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Alley Pond Park proves that nature can exist – and thrive – in a large, bustling city. Located in Northeast Queens, the 657-acre public space includes water marshes, tidal creeks, and underground springs along with ancient forests, kettle ponds, and hills formed by a glacier roughly 15,000 years ago. Raccoons, rabbits, and salamanders make their…

It’s a marriage between the borough’s biggest music icon and the biggest industrialist. The Poppenhusen Institute hosts A Queens Icon: Louis Armstrong, The Man and His Music in celebration of Black History Month on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 3 pm. Jimmy Owens, a trumpeter and flugelhornist who has shared the stage with Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus,…

Let’s call it a day. Night at the Museum is at MoMA PS1 on Friday, Feb. 23, starting at 8 pm. Attendees to this closing party for Rirkrit Tiravanija’s A LOT OF PEOPLE exhibition get after-hours access to interactive works, special performances, dances, and DJ sets by Spencer Sweeney, while all exhibitions are open. General admission…

Lewis Latimer (1848–1928) was a true Renaissance Man. When not inventing devices, he wrote poems, played musical instruments, installed large-scale lighting, co-founded a church, and even taught himself mechanical drawing. And of course, the African American lived in Queens, and his house is now a museum and historic landmark. To celebrate Black History Month, the…

Taiwan is the world’s largest exporter of orchids. The East Asian island is also famous for a delicious beef noodle soup, night markets, classical music virtuosos, and baseball players. But what about Taiwanese immigrants to Queens? Learn about their lives through dance, film, karaoke, music, and snacks during Islanders 3: Everybody Put Yo Hands Up!…

The Magical Mystery Tour is coming (to Southeast Queens) to take you away! For real. The Fest for Beatles Fans is at TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport from Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb. 11. Attendees can expect plenty of Fab Four music (naturally) along with Beatles-themed clothing, games, haircuts, karaoke, poetry, trivia,…

Queens got its first snow in about two years last week…and now it’s raining art. Culture Lab LIC hosts an Opening Reception for Three Gallery Exhibitions on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 pm. As to be expected at Culture Lab, the free party will feature creatively-dressed patrons sipping wine and making fascinating conversation about the…

Symbolizing strength, courage, and good fortune, the Year of the Dragon is an auspicious, significant year in the Chinese zodiac. Celebrate it with dragons (naturally), dancing lions, elegant peacocks, stunning acrobats, and twirling ribbons. The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company offers two shows at Queens College’s Goldstein Theatre in Flushing next weekend. On Jan. 27 and…

Peanut butter and chocolate. Apple and cinnamon. Pumpkin and spice. There are some great food combinations in this world. Chef Annie Phinphantthakul, whose family runs the Woodside Thai restaurant Center Point, is adding some more. She’s decided to mix her love of Western-style tea and confections with homestyle Thai cooking to create a new concept,…

NYC Restaurant Week runs until Feb. 4, but in Queens the great dining never stops. The 28th annual Evening of Fine Food is set for Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. Restaurants from around the World’s Borough – including Arepalicious (Ozone Park),…