Category Archives: Pick of the Week

The Gudeg Jogja (jackfruit stew) is fabulous. The Lontong (rice cake wrapped in banana leaves with squid) is out of this world. And the Ketan Serundeng (sticky rice with aromatic coconut flakes) is to die for. The New York Indonesian Food Bazaar returns to Elmhurst on Saturday, Jan. 6, from 11 am to 5 pm….

The Queens Economic Development Corporation invites you to the World’s Fair! With the title “It’s 2024, but we’re going to party like it’s 1964,” QEDC’s new calendar features one event photo for each month with informational captions. It’s beautiful. It’s educational. It’s a great housewarming or birthday gift. And it’s free…as long as supplies last….

It’s a world premiere in the World’s Borough. Ballet Nepantla debuts Nacimiento at Queens Theatre on Friday, Dec. 22, at 8 pm. The dancers explore pre-Colombian rituals and European colonization’s impact on the Americas in this piece which fuses the birth of mestizaje culture with the emergence of Christianity in the New World. Act II…

Cold hands, warm heart, great show. Go over the river and through the woods to Queens County Farm Museum for a free presentation of The Gift of the Magi on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 1 pm. Kevin R. Free, an actor who’s been an audiobook narrator for 22 years, will lead a one-man reading of…

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…