There’s no need for words between two hearts in love, it has been said, but what about 14 dancers, a core of musicians, and countless colorful costumes? Calpulli Mexican Dance Company presents Boda Mexicana at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 23, at 2 pm. Through songs, dances, customs, rituals, and ceremonies, this…
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A four-letter word is about to rock the White House. Farcical hilarity ensues. City Gate Productions presents POTUS in Woodside seven times from Friday, March 14, to Sunday, March 23. In this Selina Fillinger comedy, seven brilliant and beleaguered women risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the president out of trouble…
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Over her seven-decade career, Judy Collins has participated in more than 50 albums, won a Grammy, received an Oscar nomination, and performed all over the world. But the singer/songwriter is also an activist who has advocated for LGBT causes and mental health. She’ll be in Queens on Sunday, March 2, to serve as the Grand…
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Two single, 60-something women come across a mysterious suitcase full of dirty money. What could go wrong? Or maybe it’s more accurate to ask: What could go right? Thalia Spanish Theatre presents El Vuelo de las Palomas from Friday, Feb. 28, to Sunday, March 23. In Spanish with English supertitles, this comedy, translated as “The…
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These crankies make people happy. They’re scrolls that artists use to create visual narrations to stories and songs. Around since the 19th century, they were very popular before giving way to silent movies and talkies, but recently, they’ve been experiencing a renaissance. And now they’re bringing their charm to Queens. The Center for Cultural Vibrancy…
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#Newsflash | Sunny Jain Brings His Ecclectic Indian-Jazz-Global Music to Queens on Feb. 15
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Jazz comes in many forms. This one is explosive, energetic, and tireless…It’s also a lot of fun. Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East takes over LeFrak Concert Hall in Queens College on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 8 pm. Jain, who was born in Rochester to Indian parents, plays the dhol (a double-headed drum) and drums with…
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You’ll be so happy you’ll dance a jig! Tradweek, which has already started, runs at The Wolfhouse until Sunday, Feb. 16. Now in its ninth year, this Irish folk-palooza attracts world-class musicians from all over the pipe-and-fife world. Two-time All-Ireland fiddle champ Pat Mangan is ready to rock. So is Uilleann pipe master Cillian Vallely….
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Queens Got Talent! Check out these skills during Bayside Historical Society’s Winter Art Show, which runs from Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 1 pm to Sunday, March 2, at 1 pm. Now in its 24th year, this annual showcase exhibits contemporary, borough-based artists in a variety of styles and mediums. Expect paintings, sculptures, photographs, mixed media,…
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Get in the game, Fortnite lovers! Queens Museum hosts Systemic (il)logics: Cameron A Granger & Kara Güt in Conversation on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 6 pm. It sounds simple, but Granger and Güt will chat in an artist-built Lego Fortnite playscape. The’ll discuss gaming architecture’s parallels to discriminatory urban design, modding as a mechanism of…
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Traditional Queens met Modern Queens with tremendous results recently. The Instagram account Astoria Storefronts posted a video about the borough’s oldest bakery on Dec. 2 – and it went viral. The roughly-90-second clip about La Guli Pastry Shop had accrued more than 234,000 views, 8,500 likes, 480 comments and 4,800 shares as of Christmas Eve….
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