Creative dining, contemporary circus, dance theater, and toy drama are on the menu at Culture Lab LIC. This first-ever New Works Festival will share original work by the venue’s 2024 Emergence Artists in Residence Danie Kohn, Helixx C. Armageddon, Yvonne Huatin Chow (House of Chow), and Gaby FeBland. Kohn, who has roots as a contemporary…
Author Archives: Rob MacKay
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It looks like Queens has a new mascot. Bumperman has put on the brakes near the David Dinkins Circle in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where it’ll be on display through October 2025, thanks to a grant from the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park and NYC Parks Department’s Art in the Parks program. Local artist…
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Two cunning drag queens outwit a self-absorbed empress. What could go wrong? Get the hilarious, wacky details when PinProductions and Ducky & Patsy present Fairytales for Sophisticated Adults…an Oktoberfest Screening! at Culture Lab LIC on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 4 pm. This unique event blends drag and animation, bringing to life classic fairytales with a…
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The Soul Rebels formed to revolutionize the Pop and Big Brass tunes they enjoyed during their youth in New Orleans. They blended Funk and Soul with elements of Hip Hop, Jazz, and good ol’ Rock-n-Roll. The result is top-notch musicianship with songs celebrating peace and love. Catch the vibes when The Soul Rebels take the…
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Build it..and they will come. Some will honk at it, while others will bike past it. Still more will meet friends there. Longtime Forest Hills resident Larry Ng is close to realizing his dream of installing a 3D sculpture in MacDonald Park, near the intersection of Queens and Yellowstone boulevards. Consisting of steel sheet metal…
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Death doesn’t come with old age, it comes with being forgotten, according to Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. Queens Economic Development Corporation’s fourth annual Día de los Muertos ceremony unites two worlds — the living and the spiritual — to honor the dearly departed in Corona Plaza on Friday, Nov. 1. To run from 6…
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If you want to head straight toward the prize, we got you. If you want to meander past beauty on the way to glory, we got you. If you want to do both, well, we got you, too. The Sunnyside Post Halloween Mile is on Saturday, Oct. 26. (Rain or shine.) Now in its eighth…
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Cloning. Telepathy. Drone videos. There are so many Halloween options in Queens this year that people will have to get creative to attend them all. To make things simple, we provide the following regional list of events with the borough divided into four areas. However, we understand that we might have missed a few fun…
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QEDC to Offer Free Home Improvement Contractor Training Course Online in English and Spanish
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The Queens Economic Development Corporation is ready to offer its highly successful Home Improvement Contractor Training course online three times over the next three months. It’s free and available in English and Spanish. LaGuardia Community College Procurement Technical Assistance Center Director Edgar Hernandez, who has been teaching HICT for more than 11 years, will lead…
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Shall we go to a movie? Actually, many, many movies. Peliculas, filmes, and eiga, too. The Museum of the Moving Image hosts Directors’ Fortnight: 1969 and Directors’ Fortnight Extended over the next two weeks. The French Directors’ Guild founded DF (aka Quinzaine des cinéastes) in 1969 to promote new talent and serve as an independent…