Eat food, make necklaces, and buy pumpkins. If that’s not enough, bounce around, watch 1880s baseball, meet a legend, celebrate history, and find out Snow White’s true personality.
Oct. 11, The Big Bounce America, Oct. 13. Spread out over about 24,000 square feet, this inflatable theme park features towering slides, sports pits, and creature features such as aliens (friendly ones, of course) and spaceships (safe ones, of course). Citi Field.
Oct. 11, Anonymous Cathedral/Small Songs, Oct. 12. Daniel Fish and Chocolate Factory Co-Founder Brian Rogers share their new experimental films. Fish’s “Anonymous Cathedral” is a meditation on Brooklyn street life, shot in Fall 2020. “Small Songs” by Rogers is an abstract autofictional travelogue – and a love letter to artist Nancy Holt – made from footage captured during cross-country road trips between 2021 and 2024. The Chocolate Factory Theater, 38-33 24th St., Long Island City.
Oct. 11, Disenchanted!, Oct. 12. Marcie Gorman and MNM Theatre present this musical starring modern-day Snow White characters who have decided to act the way they really are. (Adult language and content.) Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Oct. 12, 19th Century Baseball Game, 11 am. It’s the New York Mutuals versus the Brooklyn Atlantics in a re-creation of 1880s baseball. The players answer questions from the audience and invite children to field grounders. Fort Totten Soccer Fields, Totten Avenue and 15th Road.
Oct. 12, Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan, 8 pm. Padma Shri Udit Narayan and his son, Aditya Narayan, perform 1990’s Bollywood hits. Expect them to sing and talk in Hindi. Queens College, Colden Auditorium, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing.
Oct. 12, Sunnyside Gardens 100th Anniversary, 2 pm. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Colonial Court – encompassed by Skillman and 43rd avenues and 47th and 48th streets – with historians, scholars, and former residents sharing the special district’s history. Sunnyside Reformed Church, 48th Street and Skillman Avenue.
Oct. 12, Pumpkin Patch, 11 am. The outdoor Pumpkin Patch, which is great for shopping, photos, and fun, opens from 11 am to 5 pm. It repeats on Oct. 13, 19, 20, and 26. Queens Botanical Gardens, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
Oct. 12, World’s Fair History and Metaverse Scavenger Hunt, 11 am. Urban Park Rangers lead a walk to World’s Fair landmarks around Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The tour combines the augmented reality of Pokemon Go, so bring a smartphone. Meet in the vicinity of Grand Central Parkway and Van Wyck Expressway inside park.
Oct. 12, The Dark Crystal with Frank Oz in Person, 1 pm. Frank Oz watches and discusses “The Dark Crystal,” which he directed with Jim Henson. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria’s Kaufman Arts District.
Oct. 13, Taste of Sunnyside, 1 pm. About 60 local eateries are ready to participate in this 14th annual restaurant crawl and block party. Check in at Lowery Plaza (40th Street and Queens Boulevard) or Bliss Plaza (46th Street and Queens Boulevard).
Oct. 13, De Yun She Global Tour, 7:30 pm. A night of traditional Chinese culture, music, and laughter. Mandarin is the main language. Queens College, Colden Auditorium, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing.
Oct. 13, Legends: A Spoken Word Affair, 5 pm. Queen Sheba hosts this second annual showcase. Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave.
Oct. 14, Shell Necklace Making Workshop, 11:30 am. Native American culture holder Tecumseh Ceaser teaches how to create necklaces with shells, sinews, and trade beads. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
Oct. 14, Native, Non-Native, and Invasive Plants Tour, 10:30 am. To commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day, culture holders Shane Weeks (Shinnecock) and Tecumseh Ceaser (Matinecock) explore and reflect upon plants. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
Oct. 15, Alley Pond: Past, Present, and Future, 7 pm. William Nieter discusses his book on the conception and creation of the Alley Pond Environmental Center, a 50-year journey sparked by a group of educators and their families. APEC, 229-10 Northern Blvd., Douglaston.
Oct. 17, Opening Reception: Exploring the Language of Form, 6 pm. This exhibition features more than 100 works and artifacts spanning 5,000 years of human experience. Ceramic, wood, metal, ivory, glass, stone, and paper items are on display, many for the first time. Queens College, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall 405, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.
Oct. 17, Wajdi Cherif: Solo Piano & Artist Talk, 7 pm. Jazz pianist and composer Wajdi Cherif offers an evening of music and conversation as he presents his latest project, “Jazz Explorations 2024.” In-house musician Carol Sudhalter moderates and plays flute. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd.
Oct. 17, Practice in Public Lecture Series Presents: The Cities We Live In, 6 pm. Visual urbanist/ environmental psychologist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani discusses her new book, The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places, with Socrates Sculpture Parks Co-Director Katie Dixon. SSP, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City.
Top image: The Big Bounce America runs from Oct. 11 to Oct. 13;
botom image: The Dark Crystal with Frank Oz in Person is on Oct. 12 at 1 pm.