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Louis Armstrong Legacy Virtual Jazz Jam
7:00 pm
Louis Armstrong Legacy Virtual Jazz Jam
@ Flushing Town Hall at Home
Jan 13 @ 7:00 pm – Jun 9 @ 9:00 pm
 Led by Carol Sudhalter and our wonderful house band, the jam welcomes musicians including our jazz jammers from Queens/Long Island, as well as newcomers from around the world, to share their music, lift our spirits and honor those we have lost. WATCH ON FACEBOOK AND ZOOM If you’d like to watch this session LIVE, simply
Gift in the Wound
1:00 pm
Gift in the Wound
@ Flux Factory
Jan 29 @ 1:00 pm – Feb 7 @ 6:00 pm
 Gift in the Wound. Curated by Noah Phillips. “Without the weight given by a wound consciously realized, [one] will lead a provisional life.” — Robert Bly The Gift In The Wound highlights the work of artists who have confronted their fears, traumas, and shadows, and emerged on the other side with unexpected insights, treasures, and talents
Bayside Historical Society’s 20th Annual Winter Art Show Goes Virtual!
Bayside Historical Society’s 20th Annual Winter Art Show Goes Virtual!
@ Bayside Historical Society
Feb 1 – Feb 28 all-day
 Because it will not be possible to hold an in-person event, Bayside Historical Society’s annual winter art show will move online for 2021. Our 20th Annual Winter Art Show will take place in virtual “galleries” on the BHS website during the month of February 2021. The show is open to artists working in all media
Community Art Exhibition – Call and Response: Grief, Resiliency, and Hope
Community Art Exhibition – Call and Response: Grief, Resiliency, and Hope
@ Flushing Town Hall fence
Feb 1 – Apr 2 all-day
 On February 1, 2021, Flushing Town Hall re-opens the community art exhibition and solicits new artwork for the Lunar New Year, once again inviting participants to artistically express the range of emotions they feel as they face the new year. This Lunar New Year is the Year of the Ox— and its associated characteristics of
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Know Your Rights: Child Support and Custody Issues
12:00 pm
Know Your Rights: Child Support and Custody Issues
@ virtual
Feb 2 @ 12:00 pm
 On February 2, join us virtually for our Know Your Rights series to discuss Child Support and Custody Issues including understanding your rights, navigating the process, when to seek out an attorney, and mediation. You can also join us for our Financial Literacy for Women workshops! Workshop schedule (all workshops at 12 pm): February 2
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Lucky7 Free Online Raffle
Lucky7 Free Online Raffle
@ Downtown Flushing BID
Feb 4 – Feb 16 all-day
 Support local businesses and celebrate Lunar New Year at Downtown Flushing. Flushing BID invites you to join the LUCKY7 free online raffle event! Enter on www.flushingbid.com for your chance to win a $15 to $30 gift certificate from Flushing local business. Show your support today~~
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Fertile Ground New Works Showcase (Virtual): February 2021
Fertile Ground New Works Showcase (Virtual): February 2021
@ ONLINE/ Dance Entropy, Inc.
Feb 5 all-day
 FERTILE GROUND has supported emerging and established artists for 15 seasons, featuring the work of six different choreographers in Jan-June 2021, presenting a total of 42 artists across seven showings. The non-curated program features six dance makers per performance and profits diverse levels of experience, backgrounds, age of artists, and dance aesthetics. Fertile Ground February
Take Root (Virtual) Presents: Regina Nejman and BREAKTIIME
Take Root (Virtual) Presents: Regina Nejman and BREAKTIIME
@ ONLINE/Green Space
Feb 5 all-day
 TAKE ROOT, now in its 12th season, nurtures dance artists at established stages in their careers, pairing them in a split bill or full evening-length program. This monthly series supports dance makers’ experimentation and growth with support to present their work to the public. Take Root will present 12 aesthetically diverse artists among seven performances
Black History Trilogy I – John Lewis: A Pioneer for Justice
7:00 pm
Black History Trilogy I – John Lewis: A Pioneer for Justice
@ Flushing Town Hall at Home
Feb 5 @ 7:00 pm
 In honor of Black History Month, Flushing Town Hall presents its Black History Trilogy, a three-part series of outstanding Broadway performers showcasing the music and speeches of influential African American artists, scholars, and leaders. Alton Fitzgerald White kicks off the Trilogy in “John Lewis: A Pioneer for Justice” on Friday, February 5 at 7:00 PM.
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FREE TAINO CALLING SONG EVENT VIA ZOOM
2:00 pm
FREE TAINO CALLING SONG EVENT VIA ZOOM
@ ZOOM
Feb 6 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
 The IndoRican Multicultural Dance Project will be hosting a free workshop entitled Taino Calling Song on Saturday, February 6, 2021, at 2 pm via Zoom. It consists of a brief lecture, performance, dance lesson, and drum circle. It’s a family-friendly event, and all are welcome to attend. We encourage participants to have a percussive instrument
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Financial Literacy for Women: Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt
12:00 pm
Financial Literacy for Women: Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt
@ virtual
Feb 9 @ 12:00 pm
 Take control of your finances and your future with our free virtual Know Your Rights and Financial Literacy for Women workshops Tuesdays at noon! On February 9, discuss Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt. Other topics include: February 9 – Financial Literacy for Women: Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt February
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Virtual STEAM Workshop: Lunar New Year
Virtual STEAM Workshop: Lunar New Year
@ Lewis Latimer H. Museum
Feb 11 all-day
 Join us for a special Lunar New Year celebration! For the Year of the Ox, learn the foundation of sculpture! A sculpture is a 3D work of art and traditionally made from clay, wax, stone, or metal. Nowadays, artists make sculptures out of any material imaginable. Artists work with each material is according to its
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Rhizome Voice – A Movement, Not a Moment: The Black Liberation Movement through Time
7:00 pm
Rhizome Voice – A Movement, Not a Moment: The Black Liberation Movement through Time
@ Zoom
Feb 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 The first of a three-part Rhizome Project speaker series for Black History Month, Rhizome Voice is curated by Queens-based artist and activist Trasonia Abbott. The current uprising has given way to a multitude of new local liberation organizations started by young activists. To those young activists, we pose some questions: How was this mobilization possible
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Cocktails and Canapes for Sweethearts
Cocktails and Canapes for Sweethearts
@ Alley Pond Environmental Center
Feb 13 all-day
 Celebrate a night in by making your own cocktails and canapés. We will blend up 2 cocktails (each with a nonalcoholic version), bursting with flavor and color for a sweet Valentine’s Day. You’ll learn how to balance flavors and use spices and garnishes to take your beverages to the next level. And you’ll whip up
Virtual Exhibition Opening: Capturing Queens
Virtual Exhibition Opening: Capturing Queens
@ Online
Feb 13 all-day
 This exhibition highlights the work of two prominent photographers of Queens, Percy Loomis Sperr (1840- 1964) and Frederic J. Weber (1881-1967). Percy Loomis Sperr, born in 1890, was known as the “Official Photographer for the City of New York.” In the early 1920s, Loomis moved to New York where he resided in Staten Island for
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Lunar New Year Chinese Temple Bazaar
2:00 pm
Lunar New Year Chinese Temple Bazaar
@ Flushing Town Hall at Home
Feb 14 @ 2:00 pm
 For centuries, people in China have celebrated the Lunar New Year in temple fairs with performances and food to start off a good year. This year, we will celebrate together virtually. Please join us for live performances, arts and crafts, and food demonstrations to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Ox and the
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Drama Classes for Kids – Winter Break 2021 (Online)
Drama Classes for Kids – Winter Break 2021 (Online)
@ Queens Theatre Education At Home
Feb 15 – Feb 19 all-day
 Queens Theatre Education At Home presents you the drama classes for kids online this winter break: Picture a Story – Kids exercise their creative imaginations and practice their acting skills in this fun weeklong program. Working with a director and a musical director, students in this workshop will select a wordless graphic novel to adapt
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Midwinter Break Fun & Games with Historic Houses
1:00 pm
Midwinter Break Fun & Games with Historic Houses
@ Lewis latimer house museum
Feb 16 @ 1:00 pm – Feb 19 @ 1:00 pm
 Learn how to create your own fun & games this Midwinter Recess with NYC Historic House Museums! Join the Wyckoff House Museum and our sister sites Morris-Jumel Mansion, Old Stone House, Historic Richmond Town, and Lewis Latimer House Museum for a series of interactive virtual programs February 16th-19th at 1 PM. During each session, educators
Drink + Draw
7:00 pm
Drink + Draw
@ Zoom
Feb 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
 Please join us for a virtual Drink + Draw hosted by Lexy Ho-Tai (@lexymakesthings, she/her)!!! Feel free to drop in for part of it. Bring your own drawing materials and a beverage of your choice. Everybody is welcome! Each week we have four amazing models. BYOB + art supplies. 🎨🍹 Hosted by Lexy
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Zoom Lunch & Learn: 10 Tips to Boost Your Immune System Naturally
12:00 pm
Zoom Lunch & Learn: 10 Tips to Boost Your Immune System Naturally
@ virtual
Feb 17 @ 12:00 pm
 Learn safe and sensible ways to strengthen immunity. The immune system is your first line of defense against invading organisms. This training will help you to identify immune boosting foods, show ways to correct nutrient deficiencies and identify other proven ways to achieve optimal immune function. Workshop will be given by Shmuel Shields, Ph.D., certified
“Snowy Owls” – a Queens County Bird Club presentation
7:30 pm
“Snowy Owls” – a Queens County Bird Club presentation
@ Online via Zoom
Feb 17 @ 7:30 pm
 At Queens County Bird Club’s next meeting, Jean-François Therrien of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary will present “Snowy Owls: the Ultimate Nomads” When there is a winter “invasion” of Snowy Owls, birders go nuts. Why does this happen—the invasion, that is? As senior research biologist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania, Canadian-born Jean-François Therrien will review recent
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Black History Trilogy II – Divine Sass: A Tribute to the Music, Life, and Legacy of Sarah Vaughan
7:00 pm
Black History Trilogy II – Divine Sass: A Tribute to the Music, Life, and Legacy of Sarah Vaughan
@ Flushing Town Hall at Home
Feb 18 @ 7:00 pm
 https://flushingtownhall.org/black-history-trilogy-2 Black History Trilogy II – Divine Sass: A Tribute to the Music, Life, and Legacy of Sarah Vaughan In honor of Black History Month, Flushing Town Hall presents its Black History Trilogy, a three-part series of outstanding Broadway performers showcasing the music and speeches of influential African American artists, scholars, and leaders. On February
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2nd 1st Ever International Black & Brown Film Festival
2nd 1st Ever International Black & Brown Film Festival
@ TBA - Small Number Of In-Person Tickets on Website
Feb 20 – Apr 24 all-day
 The Queens Underground Red Carpet Film Festival Begins in February to Celebrate Black & Brown along with all Creative Talents in Film, Music, Dance, Poetry, Web Series Production and Networking with Industry Professionals, Community Groups, Entrepreneurs and Neighbors. Join us In-Person and/or Virtually for Movies, Music, Dance, Poetry Videos, Web Series Episodes and Business Commercials
Love Should Not Hurt Conference
3:00 pm
Love Should Not Hurt Conference
@ Online
Feb 20 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 Join us on 02.20.21 as we dive into the true meaning of love at our Love Should Not Hurt Conference that will be held online at 3 pm. Entrance is Free – Zoom link will be emailed to you upon registration. For more information, please write us at info@beyondtheabuse.org or call 516-256-9531.
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Financial Literacy for Women: Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt
12:00 pm
Financial Literacy for Women: Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt
@ virtual
Feb 23 @ 12:00 pm
Take control of your finances and your future with our free virtual Know Your Rights and Financial Literacy for Women workshops Tuesdays at noon! On February 9, discuss Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt. Other topics include: February 9 – Financial Literacy for Women: Saving & Budgeting, Bank Statements, Credit & Debt February
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Culinary Training Virtual Information Session
6:00 pm
Culinary Training Virtual Information Session
@ virtual
Feb 24 @ 6:00 pm
 Learn more about our new Culinary Training and Job Placement Program at a virtual information session Wednesday, February 24 at 12 pm. This is a twelve-week free program held in-person at our Hub in Elmhurst (77-17 Queens Boulevard). The information session will be held over Zoom. This program is for students who are: 18 years
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Celebration of Black Life Cypher
Celebration of Black Life Cypher
@ Zoom
Feb 26 all-day
 A night of rejoicing in Black resilience and artistry, Flux Factory will be providing a platform for artists to come together to celebrate through art, music and spoken word, in an open mic/cypher hosted by Nonbinary Artist / Poet / Organizer, Trasonia Abbott (@trasonia_abbott). This cypher is open to Black artists of all creative
Slam Poetry Workshop with Generation Verb & Commonpoint Queens
5:00 pm
Slam Poetry Workshop with Generation Verb & Commonpoint Queens
@ virtual
Feb 26 @ 5:00 pm
 Join Commonpoint Queens and Generation Verb for an interactive virtual poetry workshop and performance in celebration of Black History Month! Generation Verb Guest Poets Ramya Ramana and Midnight will perform, facilitate writing prompts in breakout rooms, and run an open mic for participants to share what they have written if they wish. Generation Verb’s mission
Black History Trilogy III: André De Shields is Frederick Douglass: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
7:00 pm
Black History Trilogy III: André De Shields is Frederick Douglass: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
@ Flushing Town Hall at Home
Feb 26 @ 7:00 pm
 Black History Trilogy concludes with “André De Shields is Frederick Douglass: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory.” The Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award Winner and Hadestown star explores the life and achievements of the great emancipator Frederick Douglass. André De Shields was the Triple Crown winner of the 2019 awards season, having won Outer Critics
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18th Century Cooking Class: Winter Comfort Foods
11:00 am
18th Century Cooking Class: Winter Comfort Foods
@ Queens County Farm Museum
Feb 27 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
 Join us online for a live, virtual cooking demonstration from the kitchen of Queens Farm’s historic farmhouse! Learn how early settlers prepared food using an open hearth. Original 18th-century recipes, seasonal ingredients, traditional cooking utensils, and the warm embers of the fire will bring history to life as participants watch and learn how to make
Black History Month Concert from Friends of Maple Grove
4:00 pm
Black History Month Concert from Friends of Maple Grove
@ Friends of Maple Grove Virtual Event
Feb 27 @ 4:00 pm
 Join the Friends Of Maple Grove for an online lecture and concert honoring Black History Month. Performers are Barbara Brown, soprano; David Mitchell, baritone; Paulette Coppin, soprano; Naoko Aita, pianist and Santiago Preciado, guest pianist. The link to the performance and the program will be posted on our Facebook event page prior to the concert
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