Good things come in threes. Last week, we mentioned three Queens presentations of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. This week, we have the pleasure of describing three versions of The Nutcracker that are coming to borough stages. Queensborough Performing Arts Center goes first with a grand spectacle by the 55-member State Ballet Theatre of…
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Manfred Kirchheimer is a documentarian whose films explore urban life. The tireless 92-year-old is also a professor at the School of Visual Arts. Meet him and watch three of his shorts — including two world premieres — during the Celebrating Manfred Kirchheimer program at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, Dec. 9, at…
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Every year, Ebenezer Scrooge sees the light and gets into the holiday spirit. But in 2023, he does it in three distinct Queens venues. Perseverance Production’s National Touring Company offers the classic Charles Dickens play A Christmas Carol at Queensborough Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 7 pm. This play overflows with music,…
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#PickoftheWeek | Put on your Petticoat! The Governor’s Victorian Holiday Ball is in Queens on Dec. 9
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Here’s a chance to wear corsets, horsehair crinolines, petticoats, silhouettes, and V-shaped bodices. King Manor Museum will host the second annual Governor’s Victorian Holiday Ball on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 5:30 pm to 8 pm. Formal dress is encouraged…Strongly encouraged! Participants will celebrate with historic cocktails (i.e. Apple Toddies, English Milk Punch, Champagne Cobbler), ballroom…
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Dr. Helen Arteaga Landaverde is the CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, one of the largest hospitals in Queens and one of oldest and the largest public hospitals in New York City. Born in Queens to Ecuadorian parents, she still lives in her beloved Corona neighborhood. Here are some of her favorite things about the…
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Take an enchanting trip through traditional Irish music with a few holiday-themed songs every now and then. Kupferberg Center for the Arts presents Cherish the Ladies: A Celtic Christmas in Flushing on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 8 pm. This all-female ensemble has played traditional Irish music for more than 40 years. But on this night,…
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Santa Claus might not make his regular rounds this year. He’s heading to The Shops at Skyview on Dec. 1, and he might stay at the Flushing shopping center for the entire month to enjoy crafts workshops, gingerbread, tree-lightings, shopping specials, and photo ops. To begin, a friendly Holiday Tree Celebration runs the whole month….
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Take a step back in time with a vinyl album launch, while jumping into the future with a “performed auditory environment.” The Chocolate Factory Theater offers Small Songs in Long Island City from Wednesday, Dec. 6, to Saturday, Dec. 9. (Shows are nightly at 7 pm.) Homecoming? Home game? Home cooking? Small Songs is composed,…
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Is human nature anti-nature? Studio 41 hosts the opening reception for Nancy Gesimondo’s Portals on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 pm. (It’ll be on display through Jan. 28, 2024.) Gesimondo is a bicoastal, interdisciplinary, mixed-media artist based in Long Island City and Palm Springs, California. Portals contains eco-feminist, performative-based photographs of her in the Great…
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Build it, and they will come! (Of course, the word “they” refers to humans, rabbits, turtles, guinea pigs, iguanas, and even some chinchillas.) The Alley Pond Environmental Center will hold a ribbon cutting to unveil its new headquarters on Monday, Dec. 4, which also happens to be World Wildlife Conservation Day. The program begins at 11…