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Dance is how we do it! The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning will host the Making Moves Dance Festival from Friday, Sept. 22, to Sunday, Sept. 24. For 14 years, this three-day event has entertained while also promoting new, emerging, and underrepresented troupes. And this year is no exception with an exciting lineup of…

¡Oye Como Va! Tito Puente Jr. + His Salsa Orchestra will offer a free concert in Bayside’s Crocheron Park on Thursday, Sept. 21. The dance lessons start at 6:30 pm with the music soon after. (Rain date: Oct. 1, 5 pm). The comparisons are inevitable, and the similarities are boundless. Tito Puente Jr. plays the…

Here are two great reasons for humans, their mascots, and even mythical creatures to get in costume and head to the Peninsula. Poseidon’s Parade is on Saturday, Sept. 16, while Dogtoberfest is on Sunday, Sept. 24. Scheduled to kick off from Beach 105th Street at 1 pm, the free Poseidon procession attracts a healthy number of…

This event will put attendees in good spirits! Wonders of Whisky presents the WoW Tasting Experience in Long Island City on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 4 pm. The four-hour celebration will showcase more than 75 whiskies, including ones from Australia, India, Israel, Japan, Scotland (naturally), and the United States. Other pours include Champagne, Cognac, Gin,…

It’s time to celebrate the harvest! Queens Botanical Garden hosts Apples & Honey Day on Sunday, Sept. 10, at noon. To take place in QBG’s Crab Apple Orchard, the four-hour event features live music, dance, lawn games, tastings, themed crafts, beer, cider, beekeepers, and the traditional Pollinator Parade. Valerie Green will present an adaptation of…

After presenting several dozen shows around the borough, Queensboro Dance Festival’s 2023 season is winding down, but it won’t end without a blowout dance-a-thon. Queens Theatre will host QDF’s Special Finale Weekend from Friday, Sept. 15, until Sunday, Sept. 17. The festival, which is also a tenth anniversary celebration, will present 25 dance companies that…

Food insecurity is a big problem in New York City right now, and it threatens to get worse due to higher prices, changes in SNAP benefits, and the influx of new populations. To discuss the nature and extent of the borough’s food insecurity problem and explore ways everyone can join in the fight, the Church-in-the…

Cool runnings. Queens Live! Reggae on the Boardwalk is at the Rockaway Beach Amphitheater on Sunday, Sept., 3, at 3 pm. The four-hour event features a Jamaican soundsystem, a large configuration of huge speaker boxes designed to amplify music with volume and clarity. Scheduled performers include DJs Sir Tommy, WiFiOG, Jah Earl, Baddamon, Amy Wachtel,…

A 1954 Ford tractor has pulled into Queens, and it’s ready to party…or at least branch out. The Queens County Farm Museum presents its annual County Fair from Friday, Sept. 8, to Sunday, Sept. 10, this year. This 40th agricultural festival features pie-eating and corn-husking contests, hayrides, carnival rides, games, crafts, food, entertainment, the Con…

It’s an original musical comedy about a heroic subway crew’s response to a flood. Theater for the New City’s award-winning Street Theater Company will present Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future in Jackson Heights on Sunday, Aug. 27, at 2 pm. Staged with trap doors, giant puppets, smoke machines,…