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It’s impossible to de-feet or top-off this event. The Drip-City Market Sneaker and Hat Convention is set to fill Resorts World New York City with cutting edge gear on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 10 am. More than 300 vendors and at least 3,000 savvy shoppers are expected to sell, trade, browse, and buy the hottest,…

Quenepas are about the size of a ping pong ball. Protected by rough, green skin on the outside, their innards consist of sweet, soft pulp around a hard pit. Also known as mamoncillo, escanjocote, and guaya, they grow in bunches and hail from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Rambutans are similar, but the…

It’s time to give thanks, tell stories, and eat some fry bread. Queens County Farm Museum hosts the annual Harvest Dance Celebration on Sunday, Nov. 12, from 11 am to 4 pm. Now in its fourth year, the festivities include several performances by the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers in full regalia along with a Native…

Tinder, Jdate, Hinge, Bumble. Nothing compares to Singles’ Day at The Shops at Skyview! Set for Saturday, Nov. 11, the third annual Singles’ Day is an afternoon of serious “Me Time,” featuring pampering, live music, mingling, and a panel discussion with Asian-American heartthrob Kevin Kreider from Netflix’s Bling Empire. Here’s the schedule. Superstar Makeover (2…

This guy just flew in from Uzbekistan…and boy are his arms tired! Well, not exactly, but Natan Badalov is about to debut his solo show, Connect The Dots, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 9 pm. It’s the Queens leg of the 19th annual New York Comedy Festival, which runs from Nov. 3 to Nov. 12….

It’s time for a positive strike. A Flushing bowling center will host a fundraiser to honor a dearly departed Queens journalist on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 11 am to 4 pm. The event, Strike for a Cure, will support Memorial Sloan Kettering in loving memory of NY 1 anchor Ruschell Boone, who died on Sept….

You’ll go for the ice, but stay for the burgers. A brand new skating rink will open at Ottomanelli’s By The Water in November. The Hunter’s Point Park South concession will soon operate an outdoor facility with fantastic views of the East River and Midtown Manhattan. Spread out over more than 4,000 feet, the rink…

Find out what it feels like to be trapped inside a machine. Museum of the Moving Image unveils Dissolution in the Amphitheater Gallery on Friday, Oct. 27. Created by multi-faceted artist David Levine, this jewel-box hologram—viewable from any angle—beams colorful pixels at 30 frames per second onto an oscillating glass plate that clatters like a…

Rev. Calvin O. Butts III served as president of his class at Flushing High School before embarking on an academic, religious, and activist career that included being senior pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and president of SUNY Old Westbury. After his death on Oct. 28, 2022, he returned to Queens, where he…

They don’t turn water into wine, but they come close. La Famille Migneron, an award-winning Canadian dairy and vineyard, will serve unique alcoholic beverages during the Whey Eau-de-Vie Launch Party at M. Wells in Long Island City on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 5 pm. In other words, attendees will sample cocktails with Eau-de-vie de petit-lait,…