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Good things come in threes. Last week, we mentioned three Queens presentations of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. This week, we have the pleasure of describing three versions of The Nutcracker that are coming to borough stages. Queensborough Performing Arts Center goes first with a grand spectacle by the 55-member State Ballet Theatre of…

Take a step back in time with a vinyl album launch, while jumping into the future with a “performed auditory environment.” The Chocolate Factory Theater offers Small Songs in Long Island City from Wednesday, Dec. 6, to Saturday, Dec. 9. (Shows are nightly at 7 pm.) Homecoming? Home game? Home cooking? Small Songs is composed,…

Is human nature anti-nature? Studio 41 hosts the opening reception for Nancy Gesimondo’s Portals on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 pm. (It’ll be on display through Jan. 28, 2024.) Gesimondo is a bicoastal, interdisciplinary, mixed-media artist based in Long Island City and Palm Springs, California. Portals contains eco-feminist, performative-based photographs of her in the Great…

Take a stroll under a magical night sky. Queens Botanical Garden unveils Astra Lumina NYC on Friday, Nov. 24, at 5:30 pm. Open for one-hour sessions, participants discover visiting stars through projections, lighting, music, and astral energy in mile-long walkway that weaves through the Flushing green space. As the night unfolds, the stars regenerate, rise,…

Now that it’s getting cold outside, stay indoors and enjoy some climate-controlled ice-skating. The SciSkate rink is inside the New York Hall of Science through April 8, 2024. Okay, it’s not exactly ice. The surface is an eco-friendly, polymer-based substance called “Glice” manufactured by a company with the same name. It contains internal lubricants that…

It’s amazing what an artist can do with the CMYK color model! MoMA PS1 unveils Leslie Martinez’s first New York museum exhibition, The Fault of Formation, on Thursday, Nov. 16. (It’ll be on display at the Long Island City gem until April 2024.) Martinez embraces “rasquachismo,” a Mexican-American art concept of making the most from…

Check out living animals during the day … and illuminated ones at night. Queens County Farm Museum unveils the Winter Lantern Festival on Friday, Nov. 17. This fourth annual holiday treat features more than 1,000 lanterns in shapes of Chinese folklore characters and animals — all handmade by artisans with decades of dedication to their…

They’re bouncy, baffling, and even a bit bossy. New York Hall of Science opens The Big Bubble Experiment on Friday, Nov. 17, at 10 am. An expansion of a favorite former activity at the museum, the new, long-term exhibition encourages experimentation and discovery through bubble play, such as blowing, stretching, popping, and looking closely. Is…

Take a trip through 17th, 18th, and 19th century Queens with plenty of chances to warm up with hot apple cider. Four historic Flushing landmarks will join forces to host the Holiday Historic House Tour on Sunday, Dec. 10, from 1 pm to 5 pm. The participating sites — Bowne House, Kingsland Homestead, Quaker Meeting…

Got some hot gossip? Wanna hear about some crazy adventures? Ready to leave it all on the stage? The Moth is dedicated to the craft of storytelling. Founded by poet/novelist George Dawes Green in 1997, the NYC-based nonprofit has just about done it all in the yarn-spinning world: mainstage shows, slams, workshops, radio shows, books,…