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Established in 2014, the Queensboro Dance Festival is an annual tour of parks, plazas, theaters, libraries, and streetscapes. QDF Founder Karesia Batan works with several dozen local troupes to present as many as 35 shows every year. As it’s the World’s Borough, genres include everything from Ballet to Classic Indian to Hip-Hop to Hawaiian Hula…

It takes two to tango, but how many does it take to chacarera, malambo, murga, and zamba? Find out when Silvana Brizuela-Weigel offers an Argentine Folk Dance class and performance at Socrates Sculpture Park on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 6 pm. Born in Buenos Aires, Brizuela-Weigel can dance, teach, and create choreography. She started at…

Summertime and the living is easy…on the peninsula. So easy that internationally famous influencer Rob Martinez is going to throw a huge bash there on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 5 pm. Beat the heat – and eat much meat – at The Big Hearty Rockaway Party at Postcard Brewing Co. at 111-30 Beach Channel Dr….

Paranoia, anger, and treachery! King Leontes of Sicilia is convinced that his childhood friend, King Poixenes of Bohemia, is having an affair with his pregnant wife, Hermione. He destroys his family and abandons his newborn daughter. Sixteen years later, can time bring healing and reconciliation? Fun, love, and laughs! Duke Theseus of Athens is about…

The first version of Footloose was a 1984 musical-drama featuring an eponymous title track by Kenny Loggins and super star Kevin Bacon as a Chicago teen who moves to a small town where he tries to overturn a ban on dancing. The latest version – and Queens enthusiasts might say the best one – is…

This is some reel fun. Festival of Cinema NYC illuminates several Queens neighborhoods from Friday, Aug. 2 to Sunday, Aug. 11. This eight-annual movie-palooza screens about 100 independent films and offers workshops, panel discussions, improvisation classes, and other related activities at Regal UA Midway (108-22 Queens Blvd.), Forest Hills Library (108-19 71st Ave.), Queens Center…

BY QEDC IT’S IN QUEENS The movement, music, and regalia are spectacular. So are the buffalo burgers and fry bread. Queens County Farm Museum hosts the Thunderbird American Indian Powwow next weekend (Friday, July 26, through Sunday, July 28). Now in its 45th year, this friendly competition attracts more than 40 Indian Nations – i.e. Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware,…

BY QEDC IT’S IN QUEENS In this modern world, there are countless ways to watch a movie, but let’s be honest, it’s always more fun on a huge screen in a comfortable chair with friends. Museum of the Moving Image presents See It Big: 70mm! from Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, Aug. 18. Back for a ninth edition,…

BY QEDC IT’S IN QUEENS Can you feel the passion? Flamenco Latino will present the 2024 Más Allá Series in a few Queens venues from Wednesday, July 24, to Saturday, Aug. 24. This year’s program features guest artists Omar Edwards (Tap) and Paige Stewart (Hip-Hop). It has a “We’ve Been Here Before” theme, a tongue-in-cheek response to claims…

Last one in is a rotten egg! After being closed since summer 2022 for renovations, the Astoria Pool is now open! Mayor Eric Adams and other elected and appointed officials celebrated the completed project on June 27 — the same day all 53 NYC public pools opened. (They’ll operate until Sunday, Sept. 8.)  With an…