This guy is blessed with talent in many art genres. Not fair! But then again, we get to enjoy his creations. New York Irish Center hosts Rockin’ the Bronx Book Launch on Wednesday, April 23, at 7 pm. Black 47 frontman Larry Kirwan reads from his recently published novel, Rockin’ The Bronx. Then, he performs…
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This art gallery is kind of funny… Or maybe you prefer: A priest, a cop, and a lawyer walk into an art gallery… Then there’s always: Why did the chicken run into the art gallery? The punch line to all these hilarious jokes is the same. The Nice One! comedy show is at Culture Lab…
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Queens is getting a head start! Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22, but the borough is already celebrating via pro-nature volunteerism, advocacy, creativity, and honey giveaways. Here’s a chronological list of local activities. April 19 Earth Month Convergence + Dandelions Assembly, times vary On two separate days, this fourth annual Earth Month Convergence provides…
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A major exhibition is about to demonstrate that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. The Gatherers, which explores excess production, failing infrastructure, and political instability, opens at MoMA PS1 on Thursday, April 24. Featuring 14 international artists—many exhibiting for the first time in a U.S. museum—the presentation fills the third-floor galleries with sculptural installation,…
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“I can’t promise you it will be easy, but I can promise you it will be worth it.” The Museum of the Moving Image unveils Mission Impossible: Story and Spectacle on Friday, April 18. On time for the Memorial Day Weekend release of the eighth MI film, The Final Reckoning, this exhibition spotlights the Paramount…
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Michael Raphael really loves comics book. He loves to read them, collect them, talk about them, and fix them up so they look pretty. He also likes to give them away. Head to his Middle Village boutique shop, Spineworks Comics NYC, to get some freebies on Saturday, May 3. He’ll be there from 9 am…
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#Newsflash | The Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill Offers Mozart’s ‘Grand Mass’ on April 13
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Here’s the chance to listen to a full orchestra and a talented soloists perform one of the most beautiful compositions of all time. The Sacred Music Chorale of Richmond Hill offers Mozart’s “Grand Mass” during a special afternoon of classical music at St. John’s Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 13, at 3 pm. Admission is…
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#InTheLoop | Women in Space + Cities at Work. New York Hall of Science Opens Two New Exhibitions
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Beechhurst native and Bayside High School graduate Ellen Louis Baker (née Shulman) is physician who also participated in three shuttle flights and logged more than 686 hours in space as a NASA astronaut. Learn about her achievements and those of other high-altitude females at the Imaging Women in the Space Age exhibition at the New…
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Japanese beauty is alive and well in Queens. This post reports on cherry blossom events and bonsai workshops before listing public spaces to see blooming trees. Events The Cherry Tree Grove in Flushing Meadows Corona Park is about to explode with flowers, floral fragrances, and nature lovers. Urban Park Rangers lead a free stroll through…
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A man in blue, a man with a yellow cab, and a man who got married in kilt walk into a bar and… Find the punchline and many more jokes during A Cop, A Cabbie, and A Crusader at the Greek Cultural Center on Saturday, April 12, at 5 pm. This play, which mixes comedy…