Follow the drums. The Kofago Dance Ensemble presents a Seventh Annual Kwanzaa Celebration at Bayside’s Queensborough Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 6 pm. This year’s theme is “Obumu,” which translates from an East African language as “Unity,” and the performances and storytelling emphasize strength, togetherness, and the principles of Kwanzaa. Prices run…
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Some experiences are hard to describe, but everybody knows that they’re simply awesome. Gentlemen Brawlers offers Truth & Magic at Culture Club LIC on Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14. (Both shows start at 7 pm.) Attendees can expect all sorts of surprises, including elements they can taste, smell, see, touch, and hear during…
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Music lovers will have to clone themselves. Two great holiday concerts are set for Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 pm. The Queens College Choral Society will offer songs designed to inspire peace and unity – “Nelson Mass,” “Dona Nobis Pacem,” and “1001 Voices: A Symphony for a New America” – at Colden Auditorium in Flushing. …
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Gifts, office parties, and traveling are stressful aspects of December, but the season has one fixture that is pure joy: holiday theater. And of course, Queens has some great options this month. For the third year in a row, A Christmas Carol will run at The Secret Theatre in Woodside from Thursday, Dec. 12, to…
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Movement. Connection. Community. Those are the three pillars of Queens Girls Who Walk, whose next excursion is in Alley Pond Park on Sunday, Dec. 29, at 11 am. Founded by Stancy Saji, the new group aims to meet twice a month for roughly three-mile strolls through different borough parks. (That’s about 5,000 steps for those…
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Anybody who rides public transportation in New York City can identify with this plot. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! shows twice – 1 pm and 4 pm – at Queens Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 8. (The second show will have American Sign Language Interpretation.) TheaterWorksUSA presents this adaptation of a Mo…
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A dessert maker based in Long Island City’s Entrepreneur Space has just won a prestigious $20,000 award. Charles Devigne – who makes cakes, mousses, and pies via the Harlem Baking Co. – was one of 10 winners of the 2024 NYC Boss Up Veteran Entrepreneurship Program competition. In addition to the financial grant, he will…
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No shoveling. No icy patches. No frozen fingers. Just classic movies in a climate-controlled environment. The Museum of the Moving Image presents See It Big: Let It Snow from Friday, Dec. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 24, 2025. This annual program shows 14 classic winter films on a big screen this year. This includes everything from…
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#PickoftheWeek | Bria Skonberg Offers ‘Jingle Bell Swing’ with Brass-and-Sass on Dec. 7
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Here’s a great way to get in the holiday spirit. Bria Skonberg brings her Jingle Bell Swing to the Kupferberg Center for the Arts on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 8 pm. The multiple award-winning trumpeter adds her brass-and-sass – aka smoky vocals and fiery trumpet – to such classics as “Let It Snow,” “What Child…
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Catch up-and-coming dancers at an up-and-coming performance space. The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble’s Presents JOY: Dances for Midwinter is at Ridgewood’s Stone Circle Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 12, and Friday, Dec. 13. To bring light to this dark time of year, the troupe is preparing a program of soaring dances – by Anna Sokolow, Claudia Gitelman,…