The beach is closed, but waves of great musicals keep landing on the Queens shoreline. Rockaway Theatre Company’s Young People’s Theatre Workshop is currently presenting Shrek The Musical Jr. while getting ready to offer Finding Nemo Jr. in February. Based on the DreamWorks Animation franchise, Shrek Jr. premiered on Broadway in 2004. The plot follows…
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#PickoftheWeek | Celebrate Balkan Culture at Zlatne Uste Golden Festival in Astoria this Weekend
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There’s some dispute about which countries are in the Balkans. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia are definitely in. Greece and Turkey are kind of in – and kind of out. And what about Yugoslavia? But there’s no dispute that the Balkan countries have fascinating histories and…
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#InTheLoop | SculptureCenter Unveils Exhibition by Iranian Artist Anita Esfandiari on Jan. 22
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Trained as a painter in Iran, Anita Esfandiari studied drawing, installation, and sculpture at the German art school Städelschule. She’s best known for her depictions and transformations of fountains, which are historical gathering places in her home country. Check out Esfandiari’s creative evolution at In Practice, which opens at SculptureCenter in Long Island City on…
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The borough’s first Black-owned hot yoga venue will open in Queens Village on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 9 am. After a ribbon-cutting with stakeholders and elected officials, the celebration at I Am Yogi Studios will include free classes, giveaways, raffles, and community-engagement activities. The triumphant day marks a new challenge for founder Lisa Robertson, a…
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy are celebrated with a national holiday on the third Monday of January. However, many people honor the Civil Rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner before and/or after this date, especially in Queens. A list of local MLK Jr. Day activities follows. Museum of the Moving Image Chisholm…
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Save the Date! Queens Economic Development Corporation and Queens Tourism Council proudly announce that Queens Taste 2025 is set for the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, May 13, from 6 pm to 9 pm. In other words, get ready for everything from crunchy to creamy, delectable to delightful,…
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Ralph Lemon’s Ceremonies Out of the Air is currently on display at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City. The exhibition features more than 40 pieces with collaborative monthly performances of dance, drawings, painting, photographs, sculpture, video installations, and whatever else happens. The “whatever else happens” is about to…well…happen with In Proximity, a program that includes…
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Bungee-jumping, kite-surfing, and zip-lining are soooooo 20th century. Bodyflight is the new passion – and it includes a 25 percent discount in LIC these days. iFLY Indoor Skydiving is now operating at 10-20 Borden Ave. near the Long Island Rail Road yard and the Long Island Expressway entrance. There’s no jumping or falling in this…
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#Newsflash | NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis Headlines MLK Day Ceremony at Queens College on Jan. 19
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NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis is taking his talent to Queens College. The three-time Grammy-winning saxophonist headlines an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Ceremony at Colden Auditorium on Sunday, Jan. 19. Known for telepathic interplay and extraordinary energy, the Branford Marsalis Quartet – which includes Joey Calderazzo on piano, Eric Revis on bass, and…
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Flushing Town Hall is putting Queens on the map. Thanks to funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, the venerable Northern Boulevard nonprofit is spearheading an initiative to document the borough’s artistic landscape to highlight what people are doing and the challenges they’re facing. It’s called “The Queens Cultural Mapping Project.” Since…