It’s time for an art overdose! The LIC Arts Open Festival 2025 provides five days of entertainment, enrichment, workshops, and open houses from Wednesday, May 14, to Sunday, May 18. In short, gallery shows, live music, and performances will pop up all around Western Queens at different times. There’s also a Kickoff Party at The…
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Are you ready for eight concerts with works by 55 composers and 42 performers over four days? Queens New Music Festival 2025 fills The Secret Theatre with contemporary music from Thursday, May 15, through Sunday, May 18. Presented by Random Access Music under the artistic direction of Thomas Piercy, this 14th annual auditory feast showcases…
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Mommies are treated like queens in this borough! Celebrate Mother’s Day with live music, art workshops, film, comedy, and even mushrooms in the World’s Most Delicious Borough next week. Here’s a chronological list of activities. It will be updated as more information comes in. Friday, May 9 Serial Mom at 7 pm In this 1994…
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All are invited to the grand opening of a public access community art center in Long Island City on Saturday, May 3, from 5 pm to 9 pm. AlterWork Studios will launch at 40-20 22nd St. during a night of live music, festivities, networking, and a gallery art show. (Dress code? Creative!) First the exhibition….
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How many times can an audience shout “Viva México!” Find out at Viva el Cinco de Mayo 2025 at Queens College’s Colden Auditorium on Sunday, May 4, at 3 pm. This third annual family celebration features world-renowned ensembles performing traditional Mexican music and dance with colorful costumes and shoe-smacking choreography. General admission is $20 with…
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His trophy case features seven Grammys and seven Latin Grammys…and his bandmates are just as good. Queens College’s Colden Auditorium hosts Chucho Valdés: Irakere 50 Featuring Emilio Frías on Thursday, May 8, at 8 pm. Let’s begin with Valdés. The Cuban pianist has enjoyed a 60-year career that includes all the Grammys, being named an…
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Dizzy Dragon, Flying Carpet, and Samba Balloon are coming to the borough! Queens County Farm Museum hosts the Apple Blossom Children’s Carnival on two consecutive weekends, May 3-4 and May 10-11. Organized in partnership with Newton Shows, events include cultural celebrations and interactive farm experiences with help from a Merry Go Round in the orchard,…
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This event is the cat’s meow. To celebrate 50 years of adorableness and commerce, the Hello Kitty Café Truck will pop up in Flushing on Saturday, May 3. To be stationed by The Shops at Skyview’s main entrance at 40-24 College Point Blvd. from 10 am to 7 pm, the mobile unit will give away…
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WiFi? Yes! AC? Yes! Free? Yes! Huge? Yes! The Museum of the Moving Image’s Open Worlds 2025 begins on Friday, May 2. It runs until Tuesday, Nov. 2. Located on MoMI’s first floor lobby and courtyard, the community center is an estimated 15,500 square feet with a green space and a concession. A safe spot…
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Queens Economic Development Corporation Director of Reentry Services Evie Litwok and her associates provide a wide array of services to help former inmates achieve long-term employment success. She works out of the Entrepreneur Space in Long Island City. Here’s what she loves about Queens. Good Eats Let me begin by informing that my parents were…