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#InTheLoop | An Evening of Fine Food Is on Feb. 25

The deliciousness never fades away in this borough. An Evening of Fine Food is set for Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. More than 700 people are expected to bring their stomachs and good cheer to this 29th annual celebration, which also…

#InTheLoop | Got Words? Museum Is Accepting Applications for Six-Week Writing Workshop

Got literary skills? Here’s the chance to make them soar. The Lewis Latimer House Museum is currently accepting applications for its Spring 2025 Memoir and Autobiographical Writing Workshop series. The program’s themes are race and immigration, and the facilitator is Abeer Hoque. Born in Nigeria, Hoque is a writer, photographer, editor, and educator. In 2016,…

#InTheLoop | New Queens Exhibition and Film Screenings Celebrate Claymation

Claymation has been around since the invention of pottery in about 10,000 BCE. However, the art form has evolved greatly over the past few decades. Learn more at Clayography in Motion: Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail, which is on display at the Museum of the Moving Image from Friday, Dec. 20, through Sunday, March…

#InTheLoop | A Festival of Lights Will Illuminate Queens Botanical Garden

Take a walk in a winter wonderland. Queens Botanical Garden unveils Lektrik: A Festival of Lights on Christmas Day.  The outdoor exhibition features more than 40 lamp scenes crafted by 150 artisans using 120 tons of steel and 150,000 feet of silk. Along the way, attendees will find acrobatic performers, artisan vendors, live music, food,…

InTheLoop | Queens Hosts Great Holiday Theater in December

Gifts, office parties, and traveling are stressful aspects of December, but the season has one fixture that is pure joy: holiday theater. And of course, Queens has some great options this month. For the third year in a row, A Christmas Carol will run at The Secret Theatre in Woodside from Thursday, Dec. 12, to…

#InTheLoop | The New ‘Queens Girls Who Walk’ Group Heads to Alley Pond Park on Dec. 29

Movement. Connection. Community. Those are the three pillars of Queens Girls Who Walk, whose next excursion is in Alley Pond Park on Sunday, Dec. 29, at 11 am. Founded by Stancy Saji, the new group aims to meet twice a month for roughly three-mile strolls through different borough parks. (That’s about 5,000 steps for those…

#InTheLoop | ‘Let It Snow’ as Blizzard Films Screen in a Warm, Cozy Cinema

No shoveling. No icy patches. No frozen fingers. Just classic movies in a climate-controlled environment. The Museum of the Moving Image presents See It Big: Let It Snow from Friday, Dec. 6, to Sunday, Jan. 24, 2025. This annual program shows 14 classic winter films on a big screen this year. This includes everything from…

#InTheLoop | Tianyu Lights Festival Is at Citi Field until Jan. 19

Go on an adventure in a magical forest a few steps north of the 7 train line. The Tianyu Lights Festival is in two Citi Field parking lots until Sunday, Jan. 19. In Queens for the first time, this experience mixes traditional Chinese folklore with modern day light technology to offer a wonderland of art,…

#InTheLoop | Curators’ Choice Program Screens the Best Films of 2024

Leave it up to the experts. That’s exactly the point behind Curators’ Choice, which is at the Museum of the Moving Image in December. This annual series screens the year’s best films as chosen by MoMI Senior Curator of Film Eric Hynes and Associate Curator of Film Edo Choi with contributions from Curator of Science…

#InTheLoop | Big Things Happening at Little Window Gallery in Sunnyside

Good things come in small packages…and small spaces. The Little Window Gallery exhibits work by local artists in a box set into the brick facade of All Saints Episcopal Church at 43-12 46th St. in Sunnyside.  Katie Berka’s Plastic Rings is currently on display. Alongside the painting, she asks: “Is there something you keep in…