Art is alive and kicking in Queens. The Forest Hills-based Yant Art Space hosts an Art & Craft Fair this weekend. Plus, Sunnyside Art Walk: The Summer Edition is on Sunday, June 22. Forest Hills From 11 am to 8 pm on both days, the Yant event celebrates creativity and community with local artists, crafters,…
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InTheLoop | Free Shakespeare! The Public Theater Offers ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in Three Queens Venues
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Things were pretty good in 16th century Sicily until some soldiers returned from battle. Romance soon filled the air, and gossip ensued — along with hilarity and double-crossing. The Public is offering Much Ado About Nothing 25 times this summer. The five-borough tour includes stops at A.R.R.O.W. Field House on June 20; Queens Night Market…
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Have you ever heard of Thomas C. Mapother II? He’s a Syracuse native who spent part of his childhood in Canada. He bounced around a lot, actually, attending 15 schools in 14 years. After graduating from Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey, he did a stint as a busboy in New York City before…
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Wayne Tucker is a high-energy composer, arranger, violinist, vocalist, and Grammy-nominated trumpeter who has performed with everyone from Kurt Elling to Taylor Swift. His New York-based band, The Bad Mothas, and he offer their signature blend of Jazz, R&B, and Pop in Astoria Park on Thursday, June 19, at 7 pm. The free concert is…
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It’s the first planned garden-and-cooperative community in the United States and the second one in the entire world. It’s where the term “garden apartment” was first coined, and it features a mix of brick houses and apartment buildings in such revival styles as Georgian, Italianate, Mediterranean, and Tudor. Learn more during the Jackson Heights Historic…
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There are so many Juneteenth activities in Queens this year that it’s hard to believe that the date became a national holiday only four years ago. The World’s Most Diverse Borough is ready to host live performances, screenings, workshops, and community conversations between June 14 and June 21. A chronologic schedule follows. (The list will…
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¡Bailamos! Queens goes Salsa Crazy over the next few weeks with concerts, open floors, and other chances to boogie. The fun kicks off with A Night of Latin Music at Alewife (41-11 39th St., Sunnyside) on Saturday, June 7. To start at 7 pm, the program explodes with high-energy performances by Sunnyside Salsa, Rumba Cubana…
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Two questions: How does Hollywood create all those real-looking animals and bugs? And are these renderings accurate examples of what they’re like in real life? Get the answers to these questions — and many other ones about slimy, creepy, and crawly celluloid stars — on Sunday, June 8, when the Museum of the Moving Image…
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Watch a play set in 1893 at a venue founded in 1868. Poppenhusen Institute hosts performances of A Great Wave II on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8. Written and directed by Jackson Heights resident Tom Block, the plot deals with German immigration, the women’s suffrage movement, and assimilation in College Point, which was…
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Queens County Farm Museum will present a farmstand pop-up at St. Luke’s School (16-01 150th Pl., Whitestone) on Sunday, June 8, from 10 am to 3 pm. Head there for Certified Naturally Grown produce, such as fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, honey, and eggs. Can’t make it? Don’t worry. Queens Farm will operate the Queens Borough…