Exercise, education, and enrichment! Open House New York Weekend runs from Friday, Oct. 18, through Sunday, Oct. 20. The 22nd annual walk-a-palooza opens 276 places across the five boroughs for behind-the-scenes tours and special access to everything from skyscrapers to factories to artist studios. Using the “Coca-Cola doesn’t promote Pepsi and vice versa” philosophy, this…
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Go back in time twice in Bayside this weekend. The first trip is to Lawrence Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11 am. Members of the Bayside Historical Society will lead a free exploration of this NYC landmarked burial ground, where many of the area’s founders are at rest. Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, who was…
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Yu-Gi-Oh! is the highest-grossing media franchise of all time with a manga series, television shows, video games, books, films, and other creations. Thus, an energetic crowd is expected at the Museum of the Moving Image’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Day on Saturday, Oct. 5, at noon. The six-hour celebration includes everything from free tabletop gaming for duelists to…
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Get ready for two days of pie-eating and corn-husking contests! The Queens Agricultural Fair is at Queens County Farm Museum this weekend. Now in its 41st year, this autumn celebration mixes hands-on activities and friendly competitions with agricultural contests, crafts, hayrides, history, and shopping. (Pumpkin patch, too.) A main stage will host musicians, while a…
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Triptych? Trilogy? Triumvirate? MoMA PS1 unveils three exhibitions on Oct. 10. All are the displaying artists’ first-ever shows in the United States and all will be on view until February 2025. Sohrab Hura: Mother showcases more than 50 works from the last two decades of this India-born artist’s experimental practice. Born in 1981, Hura began…
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Virtuoso Elizabeth Pitcairn will play her Red Mendelssohn Stradivarius – a world-famous violin that dates to 1720 – in Forest Hills on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7:30 pm. Pitcairn, who also serves as president and artistic director of the Luzerne Music Center, will partner with pianist Barbara Podgurski to offer a program that includes Mozart,…
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Editor’s update on Oct. 8, 2024. Places to buy the board are below — hat tip: QNS — or click here to order. Astoria Animal Society 30-89 38th St., Astoria NY 11103 (718) 752-1488 @astoriaanimal Eddie’s Sweet Shop 105-29 Metropolitan Ave. Forest Hills, NY 11375 (718) 520-8514 @eddiessweetshop Forest Hills Stadium 1 Tennis Pl., Forest…
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May was magnificent. June was jubilant. And July will be judicious. Queens Public Library’s ongoing Literary Thursdays program hosts weekly online author talks during National Grilling Month. Free and open to the public, the virtual chats are on Thursdays (naturally) at 6 pm. The schedule follows. July 3, John Seabrook The Spinach King: The Rise and…
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Shari Romar has lived in Queens for 26 years. The nature enthusiast enjoys helping others appreciate the natural world so much so that she started the podcast Queens Out of Doors. To find out what she loves about the world’s most diverse (and delicious) borough, we combine the regular Good Eats, Wander Streets, Historic Feats,…
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Let’s go another round! Frank Ottomanelli has just released a third Request For Proposals for the community mural (#LICMural) at his Hunter’s Point Park South restaurant Frank Ottomanelli’s By The Water. He’s asking artists to submit their ideas for three-foot-high panels of any length that will be added to an existing panorama that wraps around…