Category Archives: Pick of the Week

Here’s a chance to wear corsets, horsehair crinolines, petticoats, silhouettes, and V-shaped bodices. King Manor Museum will host the second annual Governor’s Victorian Holiday Ball on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 5:30 pm to 8 pm. Formal dress is encouraged…Strongly encouraged! Participants will celebrate with historic cocktails (i.e. Apple Toddies, English Milk Punch, Champagne Cobbler), ballroom…

Superheroes and villains from various universes will do battle in Queens this weekend. Wintercon: New York Sci-Fi Expo will fill Resorts World New York City with characters from Star Trek, Star Wars, X Files, Doctor Who, Terminator, and maybe even Lethal Weapon on Saturday, Dec. 2, and Sunday, Dec. 3. Now in its ninth year,…

Black Friday can’t compare to Astoria Weekend! QED will host the tenth annual Makers Market from noon to 5 pm on Nov. 25 and Nov. 26. Several dozen Queens-based artisans and crafters will sell such handmade, homemade, and small batch products as candles, jewelry, prints, and pottery with the promise that “you won’t find this…

Celebrate the Festival of Lights with Indian art, dance, food, and music. Flushing Town Hall kicks off a four-hour Diwali Extravaganza on Sunday, Nov. 19, at noon. The ninth-annual event begins with master teaching artist Abha Roy and members of her Queens-based Srijan Dance Center providing a primer on Bollywood, Bhangra, and Kathak dance moves. Then,…

It’s time for a serious fiesta with La Bamba, El Coco, and La Bruja! The NY Son Jarocho Festival will conclude with two days of tremendous musica at Flushing Town Hall this weekend. The fun begins with a free album-release party with Tapacamino Colectivo Musiquero on Friday, Nov. 10, at 7 pm. The Oaxaca-based ensemble…

Have breakfast in a historic house, lunch in a historic church, and dinner in a historic club. Between meals, stroll through parks, airports, and neighborhoods. Every year, Open House New York organizes a citywide exploration of several hundred landmarks and land masses where volunteers offer talks, tours, exhibitions, workshops, and behind-the-scenes access. The extremely popular…

The diet starts on Oct. 16! That’s because the Sunnyside Restaurant Crawl is on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 2 pm. Here are the numbers: 51 eateries/breweries; five hours; two trolleys; and one bus. Back for the 13th year (hey, another number), several hundred attendees are expected to go door-to-door, sampling food and beverages from establishments…

Editor’s note: This game has been cancelled due to rain. Play ball! Very, very old ball, that is. The New York Mutuals will match talent with the Brooklyn Atlantics in Fort Totten Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 11 am. No big contracts. No steroids. No lights for a night game. And no gloves, as…

Born fully grown and beautiful, the Hindu Goddess Durga is often depicted riding a lion or tiger. She represents divine feminine powers and protects the universe from evil. Kew Gardens-based dance school Vivarta Arts celebrates Navratri, an annual homage to Durga, with four hours of Garba and Dandiya lessons and performances at the Unisphere in…

Here’s your Sunday assignment: eat! Momo Crawl is in Himalaya Heights (Jackson Heights-Woodside-Elmhurst) from noon to 5 pm. True to its name, the 11th annual feastapalooza’s main focus is momos, but cultural performances and an awards ceremony are also on the menu. Participants meet at Diversity Plaza — vicinity of 37th Road and 74th Street —…