Editor’s note/update: A hybrid memorial service is set for zoom and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 47-49 East 65th St. in Manhattan on Friday, March 8, from 5 pm to 8 pm. Click here to RSVP or share a memory. The family requests mourners express sympathy by donating to the Queens…
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This play is dedicated to anyone – especially young mothers – who society deemed crazy instead of giving them an opportunity to live. Before The Drugs Kick In, which was a debut sensation at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023, will hit the stage in Long Island City 12 times from Friday, Jan. 5, until Sunday, Jan….
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Bucket list? New Year’s Resolution? The chance to add drama to life? Take care of it all via Acting Classes with Jack Dryden at the Greek Cultural Center in Astoria from Jan. 10 to Feb. 14. Dryden, who has a Master in Fine Arts from Brown/Trinity Rep, is an actor, director, and voice coach with…
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Featuring three superb actors — Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa — The Holdovers is the hottest movie right now. The dark comedy depicts a grouchy boarding school teacher who’s forced to supervise several students who have nowhere to go over Christmas break. It shows on a big screen with the director, Alexander…
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Shall we go to a movie? Wonderful idea, but let’s try an educational, 3D, family-friendly, exciting, high-quality one in a fun, enriching place. No problem, the New York Hall of Science is screening fantastic films on nature, wildlife, and conservation on a continuous loop right now. A few descriptions follow. Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope…
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James Turrell is a once-in-a-generation artist whose work never ceases to inspire. The MacArthur Foundation genius and National Medal of Arts winner has created explorations of color, light, perception, and space that are on display around the world. (i.e. Manhattan, London, San Francisco, Jerusalem, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Stockholm, Cardiff, Kagawa, etc.) But his most unsung gem…
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This new exhibition is fire! Borough-based artist Nitin Mukul recently unveiled Heat Maps: Queens in Long Island City. It’ll be on view through January 2024. The show focuses on three geographic areas — East Elmhurst-Corona, Jamaica-Hollis, and Kew Gardens-Richmond Hill — that have been rated High Risk on a scale called the “Heat Vulnerability Index.”…
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Leave it up to the experts! That’s exactly what Museum of the Moving Image did to create Curators’ Choice 2023, which runs from Tuesday, Dec. 26, to Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. This year’s annual program screens 31 of the world’s best films as chosen by MoMI Curator of Film Eric Hynes and Associate Curator Edo…
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Born in 1943, Swedish film director Roy Andersson is best known for absurdist humor, noir, grotesque scenes, and parody of his native country’s culture. He has also made more than 400 commercials and won awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice International Film Festival, and the Berlin International Festival. Nine of his works screen…
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One of the borough’s most traditional seasonal events gets a completely new twist this year, when the Oratorio Society of Queens offers its Holiday Concert at Queensborough Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 4 pm. Maestro David Close — who joined the group as an accompanist in 1968 and became the conductor two…