How many times can an audience shout “Viva México!” Find out at Viva el Cinco de Mayo 2025 at Queens College’s Colden Auditorium on Sunday, May 4, at 3 pm. This third annual family celebration features world-renowned ensembles performing traditional Mexican music and dance with colorful costumes and shoe-smacking choreography. General admission is $20 with…
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His trophy case features seven Grammys and seven Latin Grammys…and his bandmates are just as good. Queens College’s Colden Auditorium hosts Chucho Valdés: Irakere 50 Featuring Emilio Frías on Thursday, May 8, at 8 pm. Let’s begin with Valdés. The Cuban pianist has enjoyed a 60-year career that includes all the Grammys, being named an…
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Regardless of any jet lag, prehistoric Australian dinosaurs will visit Modern Day Flushing for a few hours on Sunday, Feb. 2. Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live will evolve at Queens College’s Colden Auditorium, starting at 3 pm. Audience members will observe, meet, feed, and interact with life-like dinosaurs, insects, and other giant puppet creatures. They’ll be…
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#Newsflash | NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis Headlines MLK Day Ceremony at Queens College on Jan. 19
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NEA Jazz Master Branford Marsalis is taking his talent to Queens College. The three-time Grammy-winning saxophonist headlines an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Ceremony at Colden Auditorium on Sunday, Jan. 19. Known for telepathic interplay and extraordinary energy, the Branford Marsalis Quartet – which includes Joey Calderazzo on piano, Eric Revis on bass, and…
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Music lovers will have to clone themselves. Two great holiday concerts are set for Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 pm. The Queens College Choral Society will offer songs designed to inspire peace and unity – “Nelson Mass,” “Dona Nobis Pacem,” and “1001 Voices: A Symphony for a New America” – at Colden Auditorium in Flushing. …
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#PickoftheWeek | New York Theatre Ballet Presents ‘The Nutcracker’ in Queens on Dec. 1
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Tickets are selling like sugar plum hotcakes for The Nutcracker at Queens College’s Colden Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 3 pm. New York Theatre Ballet offers this rendition of the timeless Christmas classic, which has a 1907 Art Nouveau theme with mischievous mice, sparkling snowflakes, dancing flowers, a time-bending clock, and a luminous owl….
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#InTheLoop | Salsa, Bachata, Jazz, Irish Strings, Classical + Plena. Music Is Everywhere in Queens These Days
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They say that music soothes the savage beast, but it also seems to fill calendars at Queens venues these days. Upcoming performances include everything from Irish harp virtuosos to famous Colombian Salsa bands to innovative Jazz artists. Some concerts kick off long-running series. Here’s a chronological list. Friday, Oct. 18 Máire Ní Chathasaigh + Chris…