The temperature continues to rise, while Queens continues to host cool events. A surf-skate-music festival leads an agenda with play premieres, Korean food, and even a ground up summer camp. Please read on.
June 27, States: Observation, 7:30 pm. A Butoh dance trilogy of three works in progress—Origin, Mutation, and Entropy — at Absolute Zero devised and danced by Scoop Slone and brought together in one piece through a residency. 3AM Theatre, 920 35th Ave., Long Island City.
June 27, Center of Attention: Awa Odori, 3 pm. Join an extended conversation about Isamu Noguchi’s 1982 sculpture Awa Odori. Advance registration is not required. The Noguchi Museum, 09-01 33rd Rd., Long Island City.
June 27, Above Ground, June 29. The world premiere of a solo show written and performed by Ginna Hoben and directed by Stephanie Weeks. Hoben addresses her decades of journal entries, blogs, social media comments, and published works, all of which lead to the question: What is the value of my words? What is the value of my life? Hellenic Cultural Center, 25-02 Newtown Ave., Astoria.
June 27, The Garden Bridge, 7 pm. With libretto by Jill Ohayon and music by Andy Li, this play is a historical piece about a Jewish family and a Chinese family forced into the same impoverished Shanghai neighborhood during World War II. The Broom Tree Theatre, Astoria First Presbyterian Church, 23-35 Broadway.
June 28, Find Your Seoul Murray Hill Koreatown Food Crawl, 2 pm. Walk through Murray Hill, an emerging Korean neighborhood, for a curated selection of local restaurants, a grocery store, and mural art that celebrates Korean cultural heritage, cuisine, and community.
June 28, RockStock, 10 am. This 19th annual Surf, Skate & Music Festival boasts a family-friendly atmosphere and the largest shopping village on the boardwalk. Vicinity of 90th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard.
June 28, Dance Parties, 1:30 pm. This summer series kicks off with Argentinian Folk with Silvana Brizuela Weigel, Flamenco basics and castanets with Flamenco Latino, and an open dance floor with PÚYALOAHÍ, a Sunnyside-based collective dedicated to Colombian Cumbia. MoMA PS1, 46th Avenue and Jackson Avenue, Long Island City.
June 28, Summer Saturdays with Dolby Atmos, Aug 30. The Sumner M. Redstone Theater’s newly renovated audio system features Dolby Atmos surround sound capability and 63 output channels with Dolby speakers and amplification. The series screens films on consecutive Saturdays. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria’s Kaufman Arts District.
June 28, Queens Museum Book Sale, noon. More than 100 titles, and all proceeds go to the QM Collection and archive maintenance. Books cost between $2 and $30. Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
June 28, SOOO Brave!, June 29. Ira Claybourne (irate), Emily Goldstein (mooish), and Roya Hamadani (manic) present trauma comedy with three distinct solo chunks to laugh through the pain of life. Both days at 5 pm. QED, 27-16 23rd Ave., Astoria.
June 28, Jamaica Dance Festival 2025, 7 pm. The four-week festival’s final show features Parul Shah Dance Company doing Kathak and contemporary Indian dance. The other troupes are Peridance Contemporary and Alison Cook Beatty. King Manor Museum, 150-29 Jamaica Ave.
June 28, Percussia’s Rhythm Explosion, 3 pm. The final night of Queens-based Percussia’s Rhythm Explosion series. Ridgewood Library Branch, 20-12 Madison St.
June 28, Pride Printing, 1 pm. Posters were essential for mobilizing patriots during the American Revolution. Now, almost 250 years later, this workshop is about block printing to create posters that can be used at Pride Marches and beyond. King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave.
June 29, High-Energy Performances, 4:30 pm. Great live music with Mister Pablo, Believe in Ghost, and Jennah Vox. CultureLab LIC, 5-25 46th Ave.
June 29, Castañuelas and Voice, 1 pm. The Free Community Festival continues with Compañía Española de Canto y Palillos. Thalia Spanish Theater, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside.
June 29, Queensboro Dance Festival, 5 pm. This free, summer-long extravaganza continues with Cucala Dance Company, Jatary Sunchy Danza y Proyección Escénica, San Simon Sucre New York, Silvana Brizuela Weigel, Ah-Molla Dance Collective, Saylit Dance Collective. Beach 94th Street Amphitheater Stage, Shorefront Parkway, Rockaway Beach.
June 29, The Empowered Birth Brunch: A Motherhood Experience, 2 pm. Wellness talks, local resources, giveaways, and an opportunity for pregnant women to connect with one another in a warm, welcoming space. Plus, professional maternity portraits by Sweet Sol Photo, a luxury swag bag filled with must-have goodies, floral arrangements from Littler Rose Florals, and such speakers as Victoria Vallejo (OB-GYN), Tara Morales (MSN, RNC-OB), and Heather Alzate (RN, CNM). Bloom Botanical Bistro, 103-19 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills.
June 30, Summer Camp, Aug. 22. Hands-on learning, outdoor exploration, and lasting memories. Youngsters immerse themselves in nature through planting, digging, building, tasting, and discovering the world around them from the ground up. Weekdays from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park.
July 3, Horticulture Community Volunteer Days, July 31. Volunteer from 9:30 am to noon, learn gardening basics, and work hands-on with plants. Projects include weeding, watering, pruning, planting, and mulching. Opportunity repeats on July 10, 17, 24, and 31. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
Image: June 28, Find Your Seoul Murray Hill Koreatown Food Crawl, 2 pm