Wink, The Jackson Heights Penguin

01/27/2026

Virtual Know Your Rights presenation on Thursday, January 29th at 6:00 p.m. hosted by Make The Road NY. This presentation is for all of our families to understand what your rights are when you encounter ICE in our community or city.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FvbbvzgJRX-YW3HZBl_g0Q #/registration

11/01/2024

Happy Halloween!!!!

12/27/2023

This year, I was feeling a little femme, so I went with my Mrs Claus dress for the holidays. Hope everyone had a great holiday and that you have a safe new year!

10/31/2023

You know me. You love me. And I can’t wait to see everyone at the Halloween Parade! Take a selfie with me!!! 🥰🎃👹love you, Wink

05/08/2023

Hi all! It's been a busy winter, I apologize for being MIA (although I'm never *really* MIA, am I? Except for that time way back when I waddled away). I wanted to welcome all my new friends. Thank you all for stopping in to say hi to a humble penguin. Narin Soodtunyaratana, Monica Mejia, Eyre Cairn, Sorin Vatavu and Benjamin Bolton. Also, Sofiya Shorokhova, and Frander Castillo. And to Laura Hogan, Dorothy Ambrosino and Elva Ochoa - boy am I late in saying welcome to our humble strip of Jackson Heights.

I like you. I really do.

01/28/2022

Hi friends! The PBS Nature team made a documentary about my extended family!

Penguins: Meet the Family, airing Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 8/7c on PBS (check local listings). All 18 species of penguins for the first time, from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.

Have a Wink Watching party!

A celebration of one of Earth’s most iconic and beloved birds, featuring all 18 species of penguins for the first time, from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.

10/12/2021

Look who got vaccinated!

07/23/2021

Fourth of July meets June Pride month.

01/16/2021

Mark your calendars.
Set your DVRs or VCRs (hehehe)
Wink makes his CUNY TV debut!

January 22, 2021: Jackson Heights on the next DiverseCITY.

Watching the watchmen, citizens hold immigration agents accountable for questionable tactics and the guardian penguin in Jackson Heights. Those stories and more in January.

Wink sez: Don't worry, I'll remind you again as we get closer to my premiere. I'm almost ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille....

On the next DiverseCITY, watching the watchmen, citizens hold immigration agents accountable for questionable tactics and a guardian penguin in Jackson Heights. Those stories and more in January....

12/14/2020

Thanks to Dovecote Collective for making me my own tea towel. I think Wink Mystery Penguin. tShirts are in order! Maybe we can get them to make some- large, medium, small, and extra penguin small?

02/18/2020

Still wearing my Valentines Day fancy clothes. That’s just the kind of penguin I am, fancy.