You can have seconds…thirds and fourths, too! Astoria Storefronts presents the Ditmars Dessert Crawl on Friday, Oct. 18, from 4 pm to 6 pm. Participants try samples at seven sweet spots on Ditmars Boulevard during this inaugural event. (Don’t worry if you can’t make it. This crawl will repeat every three months from now on.)…
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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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April was awesome. May was magnificent. June will be joyfull and jubilant. Queens Public Library’s ongoing Literary Thursdays program hosts three online author talks during Pride Month. Free and open to the public, the virtual chats are on Thursdays (naturally) at 6 pm. Due to the Juneteenth holiday, there’s no presentation on June 19. The…
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Is Queens photogenic? Tough question, but the borough is definitely photo-full these days. Queens College hosts a panel discussion and book launch for Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice on Monday, Sept. 30, from noon to 2 pm. Lee, who died from Covid in January 2021, was a photojournalist and activist whose…
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A major musician and an impressive impersonator are coming to Queens. Suzanne Vega, who is known for such hits as “Tom’s Diner” and “Luka,” offers Old Songs, New Songs, And Other Songs, at Queens College’s LeFrak Concert Hall on Friday, Sept. 27, at 8 pm. A leading figure of the Folk Revival during the early…
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It’s time to pounce! The Big Bounce America Tour will trounce outside Citi Field over three consecutive weekends – Sept. 28 + 29; Oct. 4-6; and Oct. 11-13. Spread out over about 24,000 square feet and produced by XL Event Lab, the program is basically an oversized, inflatable theme park with landscape features such as…
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#InTheLoop | It’s Climate Week, and the Stemocracy Festival Is in Queens from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28
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Timed to coincide with Climate Week NYC, the New York Hall of Science will host the Stemocracy Festival from Sunday, Sept. 22, to Saturday, Sept. 28. The inaugural event features an immersive rainforest experience, discussions with Rainforest Partnership Herpatologist Pablo Venegas, Atlanta Hip Hop duo EarthGang (Olu and WowGr8), and the launch of Hydroponic Gardens…
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Consider it a graduate-level course on living well. The Flavored Food & Wine Festival is at Queens College on Saturday, Sept. 21, from noon to 5 pm. More than 20 restaurants, including Melba’s and Brooklyn Chophouse, will provide samples during this inaugural event. Live entertainment, curated workshops, and culinary demonstrations by celebrity chefs (i.e. Lifestyle…
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No need to bring an umbrella, but it’s raining art in Long Island City these days. Outdoor, indoor, local, international, group, individual. It’s all coming to Western Queens. The first opening reception is for the annual Socrates Fellows show at Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd.) on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 3 pm to 6…