Are you ready for eight concerts with works by 55 composers and 42 performers over four days? Queens New Music Festival 2025 fills The Secret Theatre with contemporary music from Thursday, May 15, through Sunday, May 18. Presented by Random Access Music under the artistic direction of Thomas Piercy, this 14th annual auditory feast showcases…
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Mommies are treated like queens in this borough! Celebrate Mother’s Day with live music, art workshops, film, comedy, and even mushrooms in the World’s Most Delicious Borough next week. Here’s a chronological list of activities. It will be updated as more information comes in. Friday, May 9 Serial Mom at 7 pm In this 1994…
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All are invited to the grand opening of a public access community art center in Long Island City on Saturday, May 3, from 5 pm to 9 pm. AlterWork Studios will launch at 40-20 22nd St. during a night of live music, festivities, networking, and a gallery art show. (Dress code? Creative!) First the exhibition….
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Dizzy Dragon, Flying Carpet, and Samba Balloon are coming to the borough! Queens County Farm Museum hosts the Apple Blossom Children’s Carnival on two consecutive weekends, May 3-4 and May 10-11. Organized in partnership with Newton Shows, events include cultural celebrations and interactive farm experiences with help from a Merry Go Round in the orchard,…
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WiFi? Yes! AC? Yes! Free? Yes! Huge? Yes! The Museum of the Moving Image’s Open Worlds 2025 begins on Friday, May 2. It runs until Tuesday, Nov. 2. Located on MoMI’s first floor lobby and courtyard, the community center is an estimated 15,500 square feet with a green space and a concession. A safe spot…
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Queens is a Drama Queen! Some great plays are about to begin. First up is A View from the Bridge from May 1 to May 18. Douglaston Community Theatre presents this 1965 Arthur Miller work about betrayal, tragedy, obsession, and corruption with Brooklyn dockworkers, Italian immigrants, and a beautiful niece in the mix. Ticket prices…
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#InTheLoop | Museum of the Moving Image Hosts Tom Gunning, NYC Public High School Film Festival
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Which side of the desk are you on? The Museum of the Moving Image is about to offer programs centered on a famous professor and then screen films by students. A Weekend with University of Chicago Professor Emeritus Tom Gunning goes first on Saturday, April 26, and Sunday, April 27. Then, the venue hosts the…
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You better shop around! The Astoria Spring Retail Crawl is from Friday, April 25, to Sunday, May 4. Locally owned, independent stores are involved. To participate, pick up a passport at any one of them. Then go crazy, but make sure that your passport is signed wherever you spend at least $10. To receive free…
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#InTheLoop | Take a Guided Tour of Queens — or Several Guided Tours — During Jane’s Walk Weekend (May 2-May 4)
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In this case, good news travels fast. Jane’s Walk – an annual event during which several dozen volunteers lead free tours all around New York City – runs from Friday, May 2, through Sunday, May 4. With such themes as architecture, culture, demographics, food, history, and nature, the excursions last one to two hours. This…
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Queens is getting a head start! Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22, but the borough is already celebrating via pro-nature volunteerism, advocacy, creativity, and honey giveaways. Here’s a chronological list of local activities. April 19 Earth Month Convergence + Dandelions Assembly, times vary On two separate days, this fourth annual Earth Month Convergence provides…