Bucket list? New Year’s Resolution? The chance to add drama to life? Take care of it all via Acting Classes with Jack Dryden at the Greek Cultural Center in Astoria from Jan. 10 to Feb. 14. Dryden, who has a Master in Fine Arts from Brown/Trinity Rep, is an actor, director, and voice coach with…
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Featuring three superb actors — Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa — The Holdovers is the hottest movie right now. The dark comedy depicts a grouchy boarding school teacher who’s forced to supervise several students who have nowhere to go over Christmas break. It shows on a big screen with the director, Alexander…
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The Gudeg Jogja (jackfruit stew) is fabulous. The Lontong (rice cake wrapped in banana leaves with squid) is out of this world. And the Ketan Serundeng (sticky rice with aromatic coconut flakes) is to die for. The New York Indonesian Food Bazaar returns to Elmhurst on Saturday, Jan. 6, from 11 am to 5 pm….
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#MonthlyPicks | What Does a College Student Love about Queens? Read on for a Little Education.
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Malachy Cashman is a proud Jackson Heights resident who frequently attends local events such as Queens Taste. The UAlbany junior knows some great places to park near LaGuardia Airport, but don’t expect him to share those secrets. Instead, he’ll share some of his favorite things about the World’s Borough. Good Eats Pio Pio is probably…
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The Queens Economic Development Corporation invites you to the World’s Fair! With the title “It’s 2024, but we’re going to party like it’s 1964,” QEDC’s new calendar features one event photo for each month with informational captions. It’s beautiful. It’s educational. It’s a great housewarming or birthday gift. And it’s free…as long as supplies last….
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The National Park Service has selected Bowne House to join the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom and awarded the Flushing landmark a grant. These actions recognize the anti-slavery actions that took place inside the dwelling and support Mapping the Underground Railroad at the Bowne House: Flushing & Beyond, a project to research, identify, and…
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Quick quiz. What do Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, and Charlie Mingus have in common? Obviously, they’re all Jazz legends, but they also lived in Queens — and their residences are highlighted in the Queens Jazz Trail Map. Thanks to a state grant, the Queens Tourism…
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Shall we go to a movie? Wonderful idea, but let’s try an educational, 3D, family-friendly, exciting, high-quality one in a fun, enriching place. No problem, the New York Hall of Science is screening fantastic films on nature, wildlife, and conservation on a continuous loop right now. A few descriptions follow. Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope…
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A small Flushing store has grown into a national chain and made the crossover from the Chinese community to the entire United States market over the past 15 years. Qbedding, which began as a brick-and-mortar flagship at 41-47 Main St. in 2008, now has branches on both coasts and a thriving online business. (Other locations…
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James Turrell is a once-in-a-generation artist whose work never ceases to inspire. The MacArthur Foundation genius and National Medal of Arts winner has created explorations of color, light, perception, and space that are on display around the world. (i.e. Manhattan, London, San Francisco, Jerusalem, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Stockholm, Cardiff, Kagawa, etc.) But his most unsung gem…