events 3/08/10
Queens College Annual Career Fair
12:00 p.m to 2:00 p.m At Queens Chamber of Commerce 75-20 Blvd. Suite 140, Jackson Heights. Internships for students who are ready to offer services as they pursue their experiential learning under your supervision. For more information call: 718-898-8500 or visit:
www.queenschamber.org
Astoria
Genocide Among the Flowers: Seymour Kaftan's Ponar
9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m At Holocaust Resource Center & Archives, 222-05 56 Avenue. This exhibit tells the story of Vilnus' Jews starting with the Nazi invasion, and including the Ponary tragedy. It does so through the visual images recorded by Seymour Kaftan in 26 oil paintings. For more information call: 718-281-5770 or visit:
www.qcc.cuny.edu/khrca
Bayside
Ballroom Dancing with Jing Chen
6:30 p.m. at Forest Hills, 108-19 71 Avenue. Jing Chen studied ballroom dance at the school founded by internationally acclaimed dancers Mr. and Mrs. Lu Ming Da. Mr. Chen is a skilled instructor who will give lessons in ballroom basics for beginners and offer training for more advanced students. For more information call: (718) 268-7934.
Forest Hills
Urban Stages On Tour Presents "Warriors Don't Cry" by Eisa Davis
7:00 p.m. at East Elmhurst, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. An empowering adaptation by Eisa Davis (2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist), "Warriors Don't Cry" chronicles the true-life story of Melba Pattillo Beals of the Little Rock Nine. This historical account contains strong language not appropriate for young children. For more information call: (718) 424-2619.
East Elmhurst
Youth Discussion Group
1:30 p.m. at South Hollis, 204-01 Hollis Avenue. Join our discussion group for teens. For more information on these series of discussions call: (718) 465-6779.
Hollis
Cancer in Queens Communities
6:00 p.m. at Langston Hughes, 100-01 Northern Boulevard. The Langston Hughes Cancer Action Council is hosting a panel discussion and community forum, discussing how cancer impacts our communities. Learn about local resources, hear from experts in the field and cancer survivors, voice your concerns, and more! For more information, please call 718-990-5102.
Corona
João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva
7:30 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Described as "poetic philosophical fiction", João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva's 16mm films explore and interpret the uncanny through acts of magnetism, transference, and material transformation. For a complete information on the exhibition please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Spring 2010 Open House Week & Workshop Registration
Ongoing, ends Wed 3/10
March 6th from 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and March 9th, and March 10th from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Open House Highlights: Sample
classes for FREE during open house week, Instructors and staff on hand to answer your questions, Convenient on-site registration, Discount parking passes on sale, Door prizes!, Demonstrations!, Face painting (on Saturday), and so much more! Special Discounts are available before March 10th. For more information click
Register or visit:
www.jcal.org
Jamaica
The Space hosts MoFA
Ongoing, through 3/15
7:00 p.m. at
MoFA, 46-01 Fifth Street.
MoFA, The Museum of Fake Art presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world's top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone but Fake art is not. A unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. For more information visit:
www.mofa.fr
Long Island City
Native Bayside
Ongoing, through 12/31
Native Bayside explores the prehistoric occupation of Bayside and Northeastern Queens through the culmination of archaeological fieldwork by the New York Institute of Anthropology. A $3 donation is requested. The accompanying "Native Voice" oral history program is available online at
www.baysidehistorical.org, and features interviews about the local native experience.
Bayside
Housebroken
Ongoing, through 3/21
8 p.m. at 39-31 29th Street. Join
Flux Factory for
Housebroken, an inaugural building-wide exhibition and gala! The once 8000 sq. ft. warehouse has been turned into New York's most unique art centers with dozens of artists. Carefully curated in some areas and wild and unbound in others, this project manifests the many aesthetics that shape Flux Factory's style: cabinet of curiosity, junk yard, social club, and post industrial laboratory. Electric performances and unparalleled reverie starts at 8 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15. Housebroken will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st. To attend please RSVP to rsvp@fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Lunar New Year Exhibition Tigers in the House
Ongoing, through 3/28
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with tiger-inspired crafts, masks, and prints handcrafted by artists from China, New York and California. Suggested Admission: $5 / Members Free. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Children’s Book Club & Performance Series Fourscore and Seven Years Ago – A Musical
Ongoing, through 3/27
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. inQueensborough Performing Arts Center - 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. 55 minutes, grades 3 – 8. Admission: $10.00, $8.00 (for 20 or more). For more information call: 718-631-6311 or visit:
www.visitqpac.org
Bayside
BeFitNYC - Team Handball
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13
Saturday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Al Oerter Recreation Center - 131-40 Fowler Avenue, Flushing. Play Team Handball, one of the fastest and exciting Olympic sports today! Teens can attend fun-filled clinics and participate in New York City's 6-week youth league. For boys and girls 12-17.
718-353-7853
Flushing
Book Buddies
Ongoing, through 3/26
Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in East Elmhurst Queens Library Branch, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. All students in grades Pre-K - 3rd, come and enjoy sharing a book with a teenage buddy, improve your reading skills and also develop a love for reading. For more information call: (718) 424-2619
East Elmhurst
Register Now for the Spring Session of the HSBC Children's Garden at QBG
Ongoing, through 10/02
A free HSBC Children¹s Garden Family Day will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 2-4p.m. Families will get a preview of the HSBC Children¹s Garden Program and will receive $50 off tuition if they sign up for the Spring Session that day. In addition, any child who registers for the Spring and Summer Sessions at the same time will get the Fall Session for free. For more information parents can visit:
queensbotanical.org or contact Rebecca at: 718-886-3800
Flushing
CONUNDRUM EXPRESS
Ongoing, through 3/20
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece. The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 718-658-7400 ext. 100 or email
info@jcal.org. Provide your name, number of guests and phone number. To learn more about the exhibit please visit
www.jcal.org.
Jamaica
Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World
Ongoing, through 3/27
Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Closed college holidays at Godwin-TernbachMuseum at Queens College. The achievements of Renaissance Europe ushered in key aspects of the modern world. Over 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, and decorative objects from the Godwin-Ternbach collection explore three currents that live on in Western art and culture: continuation of traditional Christian and Jewish art; revival of classical mythology and history; and an empirical spirit and curiosity that led to greater realism and the rise of such specialties as portraiture, landscape, genre scenes, and scientific illustration. For more information call: 718-997-4747 or visit: www.kupferbergcenterarts.org
Flushing
eight-week water color workshop
Ongoing, through 4/10
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Castle in Fort Totten Park on Saturday mornings. Taught by award-winning painter and illustrator John Tomaselli, the program is open to those of all experience levels. The lessons will cover introductions to the materials and basic drawing and composition skills, as well as lay a foundation of techniques to use in painting watercolors from life. Individualized instruction will also be available to those with more advanced skills or those interested in learning to paint figures and portraits. Fee: $150. Begins February 20. To register, or for more information, call: 718-352-1548.
Bayside
BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO
Ongoing, through 3/21
Friday (8 p.m.),
Saturday (8 p.m.) &
Sunday (4 p.m.).
Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.
718-729-3880
Sunnyside
Guitar Lessons
Ongoing, through 3/26
4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.
Woodhaven
Arts, Culture, and Fun
Ongoing, through 8/10
The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series
Jamaica
, Elmhurst
, Flushing
Leopards in the Temple
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Leopards in the Temple. Leopards in the Temple is a parable by Franz Kafka that reads as follows: "Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony." The group exhibition of the same name focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence. This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Exhibitions Opening
Ongoing, through 3/30
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Senior Program
Ongoing, through 12/31
Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.
Jamaica
Behind the Screen
Ongoing, through 12/31
The daily core exhibition,
Behind the Screen, at
Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.
(718) 784-0077
Astoria
Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the
Queens museum and its physical site for his new exhibit
Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with the museum's educational outreach programs, he will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
3 - 6 p.m. at
The Queens Museum of Art located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia. For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Noguchi ReINstalled
Ongoing, through 10/24/10
Through consultation of
The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair. The project at
QMA harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" and a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. For more information call (718) 592-9700 or visit
www.queensmuseum.org
Flushing
The New York Hall of Science
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org
Flushing
Free Gallery Talks
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at
The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33
rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
"The Castle"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.
718-352-1548
Bayside
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit:
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine,
Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"If the Hat Fits"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
Honey Bee Alive!
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Come to
Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.
FEE: $6 per person.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
From Sheep to Shawl
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
events 3/09/10
Andrew Clements' Frindle
10:00 a.m. At LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Street. Frindle is about discovering the true nature of words, language, thought, community, learning. It's also about great teaching and great teachers, and about the life that surges through corridors and classrooms every school day. Admission: $7.00. For more information call: 718-482-5151 or visit:
www.lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac
Long Island City
Stories and Crafts for Toddlers
10:30 a.m. at Bay Terrace, 18-36 Bell Boulevard. Parents and caregivers: bring your toddlers for music, stories, fingerplays and crafts. For more information call: (718) 423-7004
Bayside
Teen Tutoring
3:30 p.m. at Bayside, 214-20 Northern Boulevard. Does your child need help with his or her homework? We can help! Our teens tutors are available. For more information call: (718) 229-1834.
Bayside
Spring 2010 Open House Week & Workshop Registration
Ongoing, ends Wed 3/10
March 6th from 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and March 9th, and March 10th from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Open House Highlights: Sample
classes for FREE during open house week, Instructors and staff on hand to answer your questions, Convenient on-site registration, Discount parking passes on sale, Door prizes!, Demonstrations!, Face painting (on Saturday), and so much more! Special Discounts are available before March 10th. For more information click
Register or visit:
www.jcal.org
Jamaica
The Space hosts MoFA
Ongoing, through 3/15
7:00 p.m. at
MoFA, 46-01 Fifth Street.
MoFA, The Museum of Fake Art presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world's top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone but Fake art is not. A unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. For more information visit:
www.mofa.fr
Long Island City
Native Bayside
Ongoing, through 12/31
Native Bayside explores the prehistoric occupation of Bayside and Northeastern Queens through the culmination of archaeological fieldwork by the New York Institute of Anthropology. A $3 donation is requested. The accompanying "Native Voice" oral history program is available online at
www.baysidehistorical.org, and features interviews about the local native experience.
Bayside
Housebroken
Ongoing, through 3/21
8 p.m. at 39-31 29th Street. Join
Flux Factory for
Housebroken, an inaugural building-wide exhibition and gala! The once 8000 sq. ft. warehouse has been turned into New York's most unique art centers with dozens of artists. Carefully curated in some areas and wild and unbound in others, this project manifests the many aesthetics that shape Flux Factory's style: cabinet of curiosity, junk yard, social club, and post industrial laboratory. Electric performances and unparalleled reverie starts at 8 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15. Housebroken will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st. To attend please RSVP to rsvp@fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Lunar New Year Exhibition Tigers in the House
Ongoing, through 3/28
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with tiger-inspired crafts, masks, and prints handcrafted by artists from China, New York and California. Suggested Admission: $5 / Members Free. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Children’s Book Club & Performance Series Fourscore and Seven Years Ago – A Musical
Ongoing, through 3/27
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. inQueensborough Performing Arts Center - 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. 55 minutes, grades 3 – 8. Admission: $10.00, $8.00 (for 20 or more). For more information call: 718-631-6311 or visit:
www.visitqpac.org
Bayside
BeFitNYC - Team Handball
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13
Saturday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Al Oerter Recreation Center - 131-40 Fowler Avenue, Flushing. Play Team Handball, one of the fastest and exciting Olympic sports today! Teens can attend fun-filled clinics and participate in New York City's 6-week youth league. For boys and girls 12-17.
718-353-7853
Flushing
Book Buddies
Ongoing, through 3/26
Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in East Elmhurst Queens Library Branch, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. All students in grades Pre-K - 3rd, come and enjoy sharing a book with a teenage buddy, improve your reading skills and also develop a love for reading. For more information call: (718) 424-2619
East Elmhurst
Register Now for the Spring Session of the HSBC Children's Garden at QBG
Ongoing, through 10/02
A free HSBC Children¹s Garden Family Day will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 2-4p.m. Families will get a preview of the HSBC Children¹s Garden Program and will receive $50 off tuition if they sign up for the Spring Session that day. In addition, any child who registers for the Spring and Summer Sessions at the same time will get the Fall Session for free. For more information parents can visit:
queensbotanical.org or contact Rebecca at: 718-886-3800
Flushing
CONUNDRUM EXPRESS
Ongoing, through 3/20
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece. The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 718-658-7400 ext. 100 or email
info@jcal.org. Provide your name, number of guests and phone number. To learn more about the exhibit please visit
www.jcal.org.
Jamaica
Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World
Ongoing, through 3/27
Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Closed college holidays at Godwin-TernbachMuseum at Queens College. The achievements of Renaissance Europe ushered in key aspects of the modern world. Over 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, and decorative objects from the Godwin-Ternbach collection explore three currents that live on in Western art and culture: continuation of traditional Christian and Jewish art; revival of classical mythology and history; and an empirical spirit and curiosity that led to greater realism and the rise of such specialties as portraiture, landscape, genre scenes, and scientific illustration. For more information call: 718-997-4747 or visit: www.kupferbergcenterarts.org
Flushing
eight-week water color workshop
Ongoing, through 4/10
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Castle in Fort Totten Park on Saturday mornings. Taught by award-winning painter and illustrator John Tomaselli, the program is open to those of all experience levels. The lessons will cover introductions to the materials and basic drawing and composition skills, as well as lay a foundation of techniques to use in painting watercolors from life. Individualized instruction will also be available to those with more advanced skills or those interested in learning to paint figures and portraits. Fee: $150. Begins February 20. To register, or for more information, call: 718-352-1548.
Bayside
BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO
Ongoing, through 3/21
Friday (8 p.m.),
Saturday (8 p.m.) &
Sunday (4 p.m.).
Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.
718-729-3880
Sunnyside
Guitar Lessons
Ongoing, through 3/26
4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.
Woodhaven
Arts, Culture, and Fun
Ongoing, through 8/10
The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series
Jamaica
, Elmhurst
, Flushing
Leopards in the Temple
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Leopards in the Temple. Leopards in the Temple is a parable by Franz Kafka that reads as follows: "Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony." The group exhibition of the same name focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence. This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Exhibitions Opening
Ongoing, through 3/30
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Senior Program
Ongoing, through 12/31
Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.
Jamaica
Behind the Screen
Ongoing, through 12/31
The daily core exhibition,
Behind the Screen, at
Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.
(718) 784-0077
Astoria
Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the
Queens museum and its physical site for his new exhibit
Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with the museum's educational outreach programs, he will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
3 - 6 p.m. at
The Queens Museum of Art located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia. For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Noguchi ReINstalled
Ongoing, through 10/24/10
Through consultation of
The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair. The project at
QMA harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" and a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. For more information call (718) 592-9700 or visit
www.queensmuseum.org
Flushing
The New York Hall of Science
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org
Flushing
Free Gallery Talks
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at
The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33
rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
"The Castle"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.
718-352-1548
Bayside
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit:
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine,
Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"If the Hat Fits"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
Honey Bee Alive!
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Come to
Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.
FEE: $6 per person.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
From Sheep to Shawl
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
events 3/10/10
Spring 2010 Open House Week & Workshop Registration
Started 3/06, ends today
March 6th from 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and March 9th, and March 10th from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Open House Highlights: Sample
classes for FREE during open house week, Instructors and staff on hand to answer your questions, Convenient on-site registration, Discount parking passes on sale, Door prizes!, Demonstrations!, Face painting (on Saturday), and so much more! Special Discounts are available before March 10th. For more information click
Register or visit:
www.jcal.org
Jamaica
Speed Networking
5:30 p.m At Center for Automotive Education & Training 15-30 Petracca Place. Speed Networking is an efficient face-to-face business networking activity similar to "Speed Dating" that enables participants to make new business contacts through one-on-one meetings lasting between 3-5 minutes. Admission: $35 M / $50 NM. For more onformation Call: 718-898-8500 or visit:
www.queenschamber.org
Whitestone
Walter Dundervill - Dear Emissary,...
Starts today, through Sat 3/13
8:00 p.m. at The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Avenue. Dear Emissary,... is the fictional memoir of a pretend time traveler recording history as he sees it (i.e. fleetingly through the lens of his nebulous memory). His is a secret love note to the dream sequence; to elusion, evasion, forbearance, and to all who fail. For more information call: 718-482-7069 or visit:
www.chocolatefactorytheater.org
Long Island City
Toddler Time
10:30 a.m. at Poppenhusen, 121-23 14 Avenue. Join us for 45 minutes of stories, songs, puppets, fingerplays and circle time as we develop pre-reading skills for children from birth to age 5. Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. Pre-registration suggested. For more information call: (718) 359-1102
College Point
Teen Author Talk: Raina Telgemeier
3:30 p.m. at Flushing, 41-17 Main Street. Award-winning teen author Raina Telgemeier will be talking about her creative process and some of her books, including her new graphic memoir, "Smile". *In Rooms A&B, Lower Level. For more information call: (718) 661-1212.
Flushing
The Space hosts MoFA
Ongoing, through 3/15
7:00 p.m. at
MoFA, 46-01 Fifth Street.
MoFA, The Museum of Fake Art presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world's top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone but Fake art is not. A unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. For more information visit:
www.mofa.fr
Long Island City
Native Bayside
Ongoing, through 12/31
Native Bayside explores the prehistoric occupation of Bayside and Northeastern Queens through the culmination of archaeological fieldwork by the New York Institute of Anthropology. A $3 donation is requested. The accompanying "Native Voice" oral history program is available online at
www.baysidehistorical.org, and features interviews about the local native experience.
Bayside
Housebroken
Ongoing, through 3/21
8 p.m. at 39-31 29th Street. Join
Flux Factory for
Housebroken, an inaugural building-wide exhibition and gala! The once 8000 sq. ft. warehouse has been turned into New York's most unique art centers with dozens of artists. Carefully curated in some areas and wild and unbound in others, this project manifests the many aesthetics that shape Flux Factory's style: cabinet of curiosity, junk yard, social club, and post industrial laboratory. Electric performances and unparalleled reverie starts at 8 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15. Housebroken will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st. To attend please RSVP to rsvp@fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Lunar New Year Exhibition Tigers in the House
Ongoing, through 3/28
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with tiger-inspired crafts, masks, and prints handcrafted by artists from China, New York and California. Suggested Admission: $5 / Members Free. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Children’s Book Club & Performance Series Fourscore and Seven Years Ago – A Musical
Ongoing, through 3/27
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. inQueensborough Performing Arts Center - 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. 55 minutes, grades 3 – 8. Admission: $10.00, $8.00 (for 20 or more). For more information call: 718-631-6311 or visit:
www.visitqpac.org
Bayside
BeFitNYC - Team Handball
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13
Saturday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Al Oerter Recreation Center - 131-40 Fowler Avenue, Flushing. Play Team Handball, one of the fastest and exciting Olympic sports today! Teens can attend fun-filled clinics and participate in New York City's 6-week youth league. For boys and girls 12-17.
718-353-7853
Flushing
Book Buddies
Ongoing, through 3/26
Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in East Elmhurst Queens Library Branch, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. All students in grades Pre-K - 3rd, come and enjoy sharing a book with a teenage buddy, improve your reading skills and also develop a love for reading. For more information call: (718) 424-2619
East Elmhurst
Register Now for the Spring Session of the HSBC Children's Garden at QBG
Ongoing, through 10/02
A free HSBC Children¹s Garden Family Day will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 2-4p.m. Families will get a preview of the HSBC Children¹s Garden Program and will receive $50 off tuition if they sign up for the Spring Session that day. In addition, any child who registers for the Spring and Summer Sessions at the same time will get the Fall Session for free. For more information parents can visit:
queensbotanical.org or contact Rebecca at: 718-886-3800
Flushing
CONUNDRUM EXPRESS
Ongoing, through 3/20
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece. The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 718-658-7400 ext. 100 or email
info@jcal.org. Provide your name, number of guests and phone number. To learn more about the exhibit please visit
www.jcal.org.
Jamaica
Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World
Ongoing, through 3/27
Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Closed college holidays at Godwin-TernbachMuseum at Queens College. The achievements of Renaissance Europe ushered in key aspects of the modern world. Over 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, and decorative objects from the Godwin-Ternbach collection explore three currents that live on in Western art and culture: continuation of traditional Christian and Jewish art; revival of classical mythology and history; and an empirical spirit and curiosity that led to greater realism and the rise of such specialties as portraiture, landscape, genre scenes, and scientific illustration. For more information call: 718-997-4747 or visit: www.kupferbergcenterarts.org
Flushing
eight-week water color workshop
Ongoing, through 4/10
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Castle in Fort Totten Park on Saturday mornings. Taught by award-winning painter and illustrator John Tomaselli, the program is open to those of all experience levels. The lessons will cover introductions to the materials and basic drawing and composition skills, as well as lay a foundation of techniques to use in painting watercolors from life. Individualized instruction will also be available to those with more advanced skills or those interested in learning to paint figures and portraits. Fee: $150. Begins February 20. To register, or for more information, call: 718-352-1548.
Bayside
BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO
Ongoing, through 3/21
Friday (8 p.m.),
Saturday (8 p.m.) &
Sunday (4 p.m.).
Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.
718-729-3880
Sunnyside
Guitar Lessons
Ongoing, through 3/26
4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.
Woodhaven
Arts, Culture, and Fun
Ongoing, through 8/10
The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series
Jamaica
, Elmhurst
, Flushing
Leopards in the Temple
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Leopards in the Temple. Leopards in the Temple is a parable by Franz Kafka that reads as follows: "Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony." The group exhibition of the same name focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Exhibitions Opening
Ongoing, through 3/30
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence. This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Senior Program
Ongoing, through 12/31
Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.
Jamaica
Behind the Screen
Ongoing, through 12/31
The daily core exhibition,
Behind the Screen, at
Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.
(718) 784-0077
Astoria
O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair. The project at
QMA harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" and a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. For more information call (718) 592-9700 or visit
www.queensmuseum.org
Flushing
Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
3 - 6 p.m. at
The Queens Museum of Art located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia. For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the
Queens museum and its physical site for his new exhibit
Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with the museum's educational outreach programs, he will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Free Gallery Talks
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at
The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33
rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
Noguchi ReINstalled
Ongoing, through 10/24/10
Through consultation of
The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
The New York Hall of Science
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org
Flushing
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit:
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine,
Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"The Castle"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.
718-352-1548
Bayside
"If the Hat Fits"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
Honey Bee Alive!
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Come to
Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.
FEE: $6 per person.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
From Sheep to Shawl
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
events 3/11/10
Flux Thursday
8 p.m. at Flux Factory -
39-31 29th St. Come for the potluck dinner and performances, stay for the sheer awesomeness. Works and performances by Elizabeth Larison, K. Olive McKeon, the Metric System, and S.L.Á.T.U.R. For more information call: 718-707-3362 or visit:
www.fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Jewelry Making
6:30 p.m. At Lefrak City Library - 98-30 57 Avenue. Pamela Isaac teaches how you can create beautiful jewelry from semi-precious stones, glass shells and beads to compliment your wardrobe. For moire information call: 718-592-7677 or visit:
www.queenslibrary.org
Corona
Poetry-Inspired Art with Kimmy Wu Ma
1:15 p.m At Hillcrest Library, 187-05 Union Turnpike. Discover "yin and yang" in art. Find beauty and balance in the world and learn how to see and express them in artworks. Kimmy Wu Ma is an acknowledged artist and an art instructor. For more information call: 718-454-2786 or visit:
www.queenslibrary.org
Flushing
Learn the Ancient Art of NakhaChitra
6:00 p.m. At Pomonok Library, 158-21 Jewel Avenue. NakhaChitra master Suhas Tavkar shares the techniques used in this ancient form of Indian nail art that uses no other tool than the fingernail to emboss a variety of natural materials. For more information call: 718-591-4343 visit:
www.queenslibrary.org
Flushing
Meet Representatives from Workforce 1 Career Center
2:00 p.m. at Broadway, 40-20 Broadway. Come and meet a representative from Workforce 1 at LaGuardia Community College who will be available to answer questions about their agency. Workforce System readily connects businesses and job seekers and fosters economic growth. For more information call: (718) 721-2462
Long Island City
Homework Help
3:00 p.m. at Long Island City, 37-44 21 Street. Help with homework for children in K to 9th grade. For more information call: (718) 752-3700
Long Island City
St. Patrick's Day Craft for Teens
4:30 p.m. at Queens Village, 94-11 217 Street. Teens! Join us and create a special St. Patrick's Day craft. For more information call: (718) 776-6800.
Queens Village
Walter Dundervill - Dear Emissary,...
Ongoing, through Sat 3/13
8:00 p.m. at The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Avenue. Dear Emissary,... is the fictional memoir of a pretend time traveler recording history as he sees it (i.e. fleetingly through the lens of his nebulous memory). His is a secret love note to the dream sequence; to elusion, evasion, forbearance, and to all who fail. For more information call: 718-482-7069 or visit:
www.chocolatefactorytheater.org
Long Island City
The Space hosts MoFA
Ongoing, through 3/15
7:00 p.m. at
MoFA, 46-01 Fifth Street.
MoFA, The Museum of Fake Art presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world's top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone but Fake art is not. A unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. For more information visit:
www.mofa.fr
Long Island City
Native Bayside
Ongoing, through 12/31
Native Bayside explores the prehistoric occupation of Bayside and Northeastern Queens through the culmination of archaeological fieldwork by the New York Institute of Anthropology. A $3 donation is requested. The accompanying "Native Voice" oral history program is available online at
www.baysidehistorical.org, and features interviews about the local native experience.
Bayside
Housebroken
Ongoing, through 3/21
8 p.m. at 39-31 29th Street. Join
Flux Factory for
Housebroken, an inaugural building-wide exhibition and gala! The once 8000 sq. ft. warehouse has been turned into New York's most unique art centers with dozens of artists. Carefully curated in some areas and wild and unbound in others, this project manifests the many aesthetics that shape Flux Factory's style: cabinet of curiosity, junk yard, social club, and post industrial laboratory. Electric performances and unparalleled reverie starts at 8 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15. Housebroken will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st. To attend please RSVP to rsvp@fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Lunar New Year Exhibition Tigers in the House
Ongoing, through 3/28
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with tiger-inspired crafts, masks, and prints handcrafted by artists from China, New York and California. Suggested Admission: $5 / Members Free. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Children’s Book Club & Performance Series Fourscore and Seven Years Ago – A Musical
Ongoing, through 3/27
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. inQueensborough Performing Arts Center - 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. 55 minutes, grades 3 – 8. Admission: $10.00, $8.00 (for 20 or more). For more information call: 718-631-6311 or visit:
www.visitqpac.org
Bayside
BeFitNYC - Team Handball
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13
Saturday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Al Oerter Recreation Center - 131-40 Fowler Avenue, Flushing. Play Team Handball, one of the fastest and exciting Olympic sports today! Teens can attend fun-filled clinics and participate in New York City's 6-week youth league. For boys and girls 12-17.
718-353-7853
Flushing
Book Buddies
Ongoing, through 3/26
Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in East Elmhurst Queens Library Branch, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. All students in grades Pre-K - 3rd, come and enjoy sharing a book with a teenage buddy, improve your reading skills and also develop a love for reading. For more information call: (718) 424-2619
East Elmhurst
Register Now for the Spring Session of the HSBC Children's Garden at QBG
Ongoing, through 10/02
A free HSBC Children¹s Garden Family Day will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 2-4p.m. Families will get a preview of the HSBC Children¹s Garden Program and will receive $50 off tuition if they sign up for the Spring Session that day. In addition, any child who registers for the Spring and Summer Sessions at the same time will get the Fall Session for free. For more information parents can visit:
queensbotanical.org or contact Rebecca at: 718-886-3800
Flushing
CONUNDRUM EXPRESS
Ongoing, through 3/20
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece. The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 718-658-7400 ext. 100 or email
info@jcal.org. Provide your name, number of guests and phone number. To learn more about the exhibit please visit
www.jcal.org.
Jamaica
Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World
Ongoing, through 3/27
Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Closed college holidays at Godwin-TernbachMuseum at Queens College. The achievements of Renaissance Europe ushered in key aspects of the modern world. Over 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, and decorative objects from the Godwin-Ternbach collection explore three currents that live on in Western art and culture: continuation of traditional Christian and Jewish art; revival of classical mythology and history; and an empirical spirit and curiosity that led to greater realism and the rise of such specialties as portraiture, landscape, genre scenes, and scientific illustration. For more information call: 718-997-4747 or visit: www.kupferbergcenterarts.org
Flushing
eight-week water color workshop
Ongoing, through 4/10
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Castle in Fort Totten Park on Saturday mornings. Taught by award-winning painter and illustrator John Tomaselli, the program is open to those of all experience levels. The lessons will cover introductions to the materials and basic drawing and composition skills, as well as lay a foundation of techniques to use in painting watercolors from life. Individualized instruction will also be available to those with more advanced skills or those interested in learning to paint figures and portraits. Fee: $150. Begins February 20. To register, or for more information, call: 718-352-1548.
Bayside
BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO
Ongoing, through 3/21
Friday (8 p.m.),
Saturday (8 p.m.) &
Sunday (4 p.m.).
Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.
718-729-3880
Sunnyside
Guitar Lessons
Ongoing, through 3/26
4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.
Woodhaven
Arts, Culture, and Fun
Ongoing, through 8/10
The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series
Jamaica
, Elmhurst
, Flushing
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence. This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Exhibitions Opening
Ongoing, through 3/30
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Leopards in the Temple
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Leopards in the Temple. Leopards in the Temple is a parable by Franz Kafka that reads as follows: "Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony." The group exhibition of the same name focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Senior Program
Ongoing, through 12/31
Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.
Jamaica
Behind the Screen
Ongoing, through 12/31
The daily core exhibition,
Behind the Screen, at
Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.
(718) 784-0077
Astoria
Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the
Queens museum and its physical site for his new exhibit
Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with the museum's educational outreach programs, he will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
3 - 6 p.m. at
The Queens Museum of Art located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia. For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life.
718-592-9700
Flushing
O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair. The project at
QMA harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" and a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. For more information call (718) 592-9700 or visit
www.queensmuseum.org
Flushing
Noguchi ReINstalled
Ongoing, through 10/24/10
Through consultation of
The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
Free Gallery Talks
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at
The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33
rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
The New York Hall of Science
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org
Flushing
"If the Hat Fits"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit:
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine,
Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"The Castle"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.
718-352-1548
Bayside
Honey Bee Alive!
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Come to
Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.
FEE: $6 per person.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
From Sheep to Shawl
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
events 3/12/10
Marie Losier with special guests Tony Conrad
8:00 p.m. at Flux Factory (39-31 29th St). Flux Factory is proud to present an evening of film by Marie Losier with special guests Tony Conrad and April March in conjunction with our inaugural exhibition, Housebroken. For more information visit:
marielosier.net
Long Island City
Chamber Ensemble Concert featuring Korean Musicians of NY Philharmonic
8:00 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall - 137-35 Northern Blvd. Korean principal members of the New York Philharmonic, including Michelle Kim, violin, Assistant Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic; Lisa Kim, violin, Associate Principal of the New York Philharmonic, and Eileen Moon, cello, Associate Principal of the New York Philharmonic, bring the sounds of spring to our Queens community—an unforgettable experience. Tickets: $15/$10 Members & Students. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Arts and Crafts
4:00 p.m. at Briarwood, 85-12 Main Street. Hands-on activities to create seasonal decorations and gifts. For children ages 5-12. For more information call: (718) 658-1680
Flushing
Karaoke Afternoon
3:30 p.m. at Rosedale, 144-20 243 Street. Let loose and bring your singing voice. Join us for a fun afternoon singing along with some of your favorite artists. For more information call: (718) 528-8490.
Bayside
Walter Dundervill - Dear Emissary,...
Ongoing, through Sat 3/13
8:00 p.m. at The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Avenue. Dear Emissary,... is the fictional memoir of a pretend time traveler recording history as he sees it (i.e. fleetingly through the lens of his nebulous memory). His is a secret love note to the dream sequence; to elusion, evasion, forbearance, and to all who fail. For more information call: 718-482-7069 or visit:
www.chocolatefactorytheater.org
Long Island City
The Space hosts MoFA
Ongoing, through 3/15
7:00 p.m. at
MoFA, 46-01 Fifth Street.
MoFA, The Museum of Fake Art presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world's top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone but Fake art is not. A unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. For more information visit:
www.mofa.fr
Long Island City
Native Bayside
Ongoing, through 12/31
Native Bayside explores the prehistoric occupation of Bayside and Northeastern Queens through the culmination of archaeological fieldwork by the New York Institute of Anthropology. A $3 donation is requested. The accompanying "Native Voice" oral history program is available online at
www.baysidehistorical.org, and features interviews about the local native experience.
Bayside
Housebroken
Ongoing, through 3/21
8 p.m. at 39-31 29th Street. Join
Flux Factory for
Housebroken, an inaugural building-wide exhibition and gala! The once 8000 sq. ft. warehouse has been turned into New York's most unique art centers with dozens of artists. Carefully curated in some areas and wild and unbound in others, this project manifests the many aesthetics that shape Flux Factory's style: cabinet of curiosity, junk yard, social club, and post industrial laboratory. Electric performances and unparalleled reverie starts at 8 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15. Housebroken will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st. To attend please RSVP to rsvp@fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Lunar New Year Exhibition Tigers in the House
Ongoing, through 3/28
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with tiger-inspired crafts, masks, and prints handcrafted by artists from China, New York and California. Suggested Admission: $5 / Members Free. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Children’s Book Club & Performance Series Fourscore and Seven Years Ago – A Musical
Ongoing, through 3/27
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. inQueensborough Performing Arts Center - 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. 55 minutes, grades 3 – 8. Admission: $10.00, $8.00 (for 20 or more). For more information call: 718-631-6311 or visit:
www.visitqpac.org
Bayside
BeFitNYC - Team Handball
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13
Saturday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Al Oerter Recreation Center - 131-40 Fowler Avenue, Flushing. Play Team Handball, one of the fastest and exciting Olympic sports today! Teens can attend fun-filled clinics and participate in New York City's 6-week youth league. For boys and girls 12-17.
718-353-7853
Flushing
Book Buddies
Ongoing, through 3/26
Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in East Elmhurst Queens Library Branch, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. All students in grades Pre-K - 3rd, come and enjoy sharing a book with a teenage buddy, improve your reading skills and also develop a love for reading. For more information call: (718) 424-2619
East Elmhurst
Register Now for the Spring Session of the HSBC Children's Garden at QBG
Ongoing, through 10/02
A free HSBC Children¹s Garden Family Day will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 2-4p.m. Families will get a preview of the HSBC Children¹s Garden Program and will receive $50 off tuition if they sign up for the Spring Session that day. In addition, any child who registers for the Spring and Summer Sessions at the same time will get the Fall Session for free. For more information parents can visit:
queensbotanical.org or contact Rebecca at: 718-886-3800
Flushing
CONUNDRUM EXPRESS
Ongoing, through 3/20
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece. The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 718-658-7400 ext. 100 or email
info@jcal.org. Provide your name, number of guests and phone number. To learn more about the exhibit please visit
www.jcal.org.
Jamaica
Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World
Ongoing, through 3/27
Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Closed college holidays at Godwin-TernbachMuseum at Queens College. The achievements of Renaissance Europe ushered in key aspects of the modern world. Over 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, and decorative objects from the Godwin-Ternbach collection explore three currents that live on in Western art and culture: continuation of traditional Christian and Jewish art; revival of classical mythology and history; and an empirical spirit and curiosity that led to greater realism and the rise of such specialties as portraiture, landscape, genre scenes, and scientific illustration. For more information call: 718-997-4747 or visit: www.kupferbergcenterarts.org
Flushing
eight-week water color workshop
Ongoing, through 4/10
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Castle in Fort Totten Park on Saturday mornings. Taught by award-winning painter and illustrator John Tomaselli, the program is open to those of all experience levels. The lessons will cover introductions to the materials and basic drawing and composition skills, as well as lay a foundation of techniques to use in painting watercolors from life. Individualized instruction will also be available to those with more advanced skills or those interested in learning to paint figures and portraits. Fee: $150. Begins February 20. To register, or for more information, call: 718-352-1548.
Bayside
BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO
Ongoing, through 3/21
Friday (8 p.m.),
Saturday (8 p.m.) &
Sunday (4 p.m.).
Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.
718-729-3880
Sunnyside
Guitar Lessons
Ongoing, through 3/26
4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.
Woodhaven
Arts, Culture, and Fun
Ongoing, through 8/10
The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series
Jamaica
, Elmhurst
, Flushing
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence. This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Exhibitions Opening
Ongoing, through 3/30
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Leopards in the Temple
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Leopards in the Temple. Leopards in the Temple is a parable by Franz Kafka that reads as follows: "Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony." The group exhibition of the same name focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Senior Program
Ongoing, through 12/31
Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.
Jamaica
Behind the Screen
Ongoing, through 12/31
The daily core exhibition,
Behind the Screen, at
Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.
(718) 784-0077
Astoria
Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the
Queens museum and its physical site for his new exhibit
Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with the museum's educational outreach programs, he will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
3 - 6 p.m. at
The Queens Museum of Art located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia. For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life.
718-592-9700
Flushing
O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers
Ongoing, ends Sat 3/13/10
Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair. The project at
QMA harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" and a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. For more information call (718) 592-9700 or visit
www.queensmuseum.org
Flushing
Noguchi ReINstalled
Ongoing, through 10/24/10
Through consultation of
The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
Free Gallery Talks
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at
The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33
rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
The New York Hall of Science
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org
Flushing
"If the Hat Fits"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit:
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine,
Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"The Castle"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.
718-352-1548
Bayside
Honey Bee Alive!
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Come to
Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.
FEE: $6 per person.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
From Sheep to Shawl
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
events 3/13/10
Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild
Started 11/01/09, ends today
Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the
Queens museum and its physical site for his new exhibit
Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with the museum's educational outreach programs, he will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants.
718-592-9700
Flushing
Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You
Started 11/01/09, ends today
3 - 6 p.m. at
The Queens Museum of Art located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia. For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life.
718-592-9700
Flushing
O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers
Started 11/01/09, ends today
Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair. The project at
QMA harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" and a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. For more information call (718) 592-9700 or visit
www.queensmuseum.org
Flushing
BeFitNYC - Team Handball
Started 2/06, ends today
Saturday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at
Al Oerter Recreation Center - 131-40 Fowler Avenue, Flushing. Play Team Handball, one of the fastest and exciting Olympic sports today! Teens can attend fun-filled clinics and participate in New York City's 6-week youth league. For boys and girls 12-17.
718-353-7853
Flushing
Walter Dundervill - Dear Emissary,...
Started Wed 3/10, ends today
8:00 p.m. at The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Avenue. Dear Emissary,... is the fictional memoir of a pretend time traveler recording history as he sees it (i.e. fleetingly through the lens of his nebulous memory). His is a secret love note to the dream sequence; to elusion, evasion, forbearance, and to all who fail. For more information call: 718-482-7069 or visit:
www.chocolatefactorytheater.org
Long Island City
An Afternoon of Greek Music
2:00 p.m At Steinway Library, 21-45 31 Street. Grigoris Maninakis & The Mikrokosmos Ensemble Present An Afternoon of Greek Music. Greek culture takes center stage in this performance of traditional and contemporary Greek music. For more information call: 718-728-1965 or visit:
www.queenslibrary.org
Long Island City
Harlem On My Mind
2:00 p.m. at Flushing, 41-17 Main Street. Xoregos Performing Company celebrates the Harlem Renaissance in this presentation of poetry by women writers of that era (Georgia Douglas Johnson, Gwendolyn Bennett and others), some poetry of Langston Hughes, three short plays commissioned for this program and a musical component featuring Early Songs by Ellington, Gershwin and Berlin. For more information call: (718) 661-1212.
Flushing
Tax Preparation (FREE)
11:00 a.m. at Langston Hughes, 100-01 Northern Boulevard. Free Income Tax Preparation -- 30 years plus, National Association of Black Accountants continues to provide this free service to the Langston Hughes Community Library patrons every Saturday at 11:00 AM, from now until April 11. Customers are encouraged to bring all their tax related documents. For more information call: (718) 651-1100
Corona
An Evening with Stars
7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at
Alley Pond Environmental Center. Understand and appreciate the mystery and beauty of the universe with astronomer Mark Freilich. Learn about and view the winter constellations Orion Nebular, the Pleiades Star Cluster, and Deep Space Phenomenon. These programs comprise an indoor lecture on basic astronomy and outdoor viewing with a professional telescope. Admission: $10 member, $12 non-member, $7 children.
718-229-4000
Douglaston
The Space hosts MoFA
Ongoing, through 3/15
7:00 p.m. at
MoFA, 46-01 Fifth Street.
MoFA, The Museum of Fake Art presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world's top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone but Fake art is not. A unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. For more information visit:
www.mofa.fr
Long Island City
Native Bayside
Ongoing, through 12/31
Native Bayside explores the prehistoric occupation of Bayside and Northeastern Queens through the culmination of archaeological fieldwork by the New York Institute of Anthropology. A $3 donation is requested. The accompanying "Native Voice" oral history program is available online at
www.baysidehistorical.org, and features interviews about the local native experience.
Bayside
Housebroken
Ongoing, through 3/21
8 p.m. at 39-31 29th Street. Join
Flux Factory for
Housebroken, an inaugural building-wide exhibition and gala! The once 8000 sq. ft. warehouse has been turned into New York's most unique art centers with dozens of artists. Carefully curated in some areas and wild and unbound in others, this project manifests the many aesthetics that shape Flux Factory's style: cabinet of curiosity, junk yard, social club, and post industrial laboratory. Electric performances and unparalleled reverie starts at 8 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15. Housebroken will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st. To attend please RSVP to rsvp@fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Lunar New Year Exhibition Tigers in the House
Ongoing, through 3/28
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with tiger-inspired crafts, masks, and prints handcrafted by artists from China, New York and California. Suggested Admission: $5 / Members Free. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Children’s Book Club & Performance Series Fourscore and Seven Years Ago – A Musical
Ongoing, through 3/27
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. inQueensborough Performing Arts Center - 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. 55 minutes, grades 3 – 8. Admission: $10.00, $8.00 (for 20 or more). For more information call: 718-631-6311 or visit:
www.visitqpac.org
Bayside
Book Buddies
Ongoing, through 3/26
Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in East Elmhurst Queens Library Branch, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. All students in grades Pre-K - 3rd, come and enjoy sharing a book with a teenage buddy, improve your reading skills and also develop a love for reading. For more information call: (718) 424-2619
East Elmhurst
Register Now for the Spring Session of the HSBC Children's Garden at QBG
Ongoing, through 10/02
A free HSBC Children¹s Garden Family Day will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 2-4p.m. Families will get a preview of the HSBC Children¹s Garden Program and will receive $50 off tuition if they sign up for the Spring Session that day. In addition, any child who registers for the Spring and Summer Sessions at the same time will get the Fall Session for free. For more information parents can visit:
queensbotanical.org or contact Rebecca at: 718-886-3800
Flushing
CONUNDRUM EXPRESS
Ongoing, through 3/20
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece. The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 718-658-7400 ext. 100 or email
info@jcal.org. Provide your name, number of guests and phone number. To learn more about the exhibit please visit
www.jcal.org.
Jamaica
Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World
Ongoing, through 3/27
Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Closed college holidays at Godwin-TernbachMuseum at Queens College. The achievements of Renaissance Europe ushered in key aspects of the modern world. Over 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, and decorative objects from the Godwin-Ternbach collection explore three currents that live on in Western art and culture: continuation of traditional Christian and Jewish art; revival of classical mythology and history; and an empirical spirit and curiosity that led to greater realism and the rise of such specialties as portraiture, landscape, genre scenes, and scientific illustration. For more information call: 718-997-4747 or visit: www.kupferbergcenterarts.org
Flushing
eight-week water color workshop
Ongoing, through 4/10
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Castle in Fort Totten Park on Saturday mornings. Taught by award-winning painter and illustrator John Tomaselli, the program is open to those of all experience levels. The lessons will cover introductions to the materials and basic drawing and composition skills, as well as lay a foundation of techniques to use in painting watercolors from life. Individualized instruction will also be available to those with more advanced skills or those interested in learning to paint figures and portraits. Fee: $150. Begins February 20. To register, or for more information, call: 718-352-1548.
Bayside
BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO
Ongoing, through 3/21
Friday (8 p.m.),
Saturday (8 p.m.) &
Sunday (4 p.m.).
Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.
718-729-3880
Sunnyside
Guitar Lessons
Ongoing, through 3/26
4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.
Woodhaven
Arts, Culture, and Fun
Ongoing, through 8/10
The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series
Jamaica
, Elmhurst
, Flushing
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence. This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Leopards in the Temple
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Leopards in the Temple. Leopards in the Temple is a parable by Franz Kafka that reads as follows: "Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony." The group exhibition of the same name focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Exhibitions Opening
Ongoing, through 3/30
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Senior Program
Ongoing, through 12/31
Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.
Jamaica
Behind the Screen
Ongoing, through 12/31
The daily core exhibition,
Behind the Screen, at
Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.
(718) 784-0077
Astoria
The New York Hall of Science
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org
Flushing
Free Gallery Talks
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at
The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33
rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
Noguchi ReINstalled
Ongoing, through 10/24/10
Through consultation of
The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit:
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine,
Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"If the Hat Fits"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"The Castle"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.
718-352-1548
Bayside
From Sheep to Shawl
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
Honey Bee Alive!
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Come to
Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.
FEE: $6 per person.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
events 3/14/10
ALEXANDER MARKOV, Violin
2 p.m. at Queens College -65-30 Kissena Blvd (in LeFrak Concert Hall). Gold Medal winner at the Paganini International Violin Competition, Alexander Markov has been hailed as one of the most brilliant and captivating musicians before the public today. Tickets: $36/$34. For more information, please call: 718-544-2996 or visit:
kupferbergcenter.orgPlacement on map is approximate
Flushing
Women's History Month: The Triangle Factory Fire
4:30 p.m. At
Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37 Avenue. The Triangle Factory Fire, the protocals of Peace, and the Industrial Democracy in Progressive Era New York. Admission: $3 general / $2 students & seniors. For more information call: 718-939-0647 or visit:
queenshistoricalsociety.org
Flushing
Grandparents' Day! at the Noguchi Museum
11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m At
The Noguchi Museum 32-37 Vernon Blvd. Join us for this special day in which we invite grandparents and grandchildren to visit the Museum, explore the galleries, engage in art making activities and more! Admission: FREE for families with children between the ages of 2 and 12. For more information call: 718-204-7088 or visit:
www.noguchi.org
Long Island City
Women's History Month at QHS
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Queens Historical Society, 143-35 37th Avenue. The Triangle Factory Fire, the protocols of Peace, and the Industrial Democracy in Progressive Era New York. Admission: FREE with Admission to QHS. For more information call: 718-939-0647 or visit:
queenshistoricalsociety.org
Flushing
La Traviata
3:00 p.m. at Queensborough Community College - 222-05 56 th Avenue, Bayside. La Traviata is Verdi's captivating story of money, wild youth, true love and true love's sacrifice. Ravishing melodies, beautiful costumes, in a wonderful new production. Admission: $35. For more information call:
(718) 631-6311or visit: www.qcc.cuny.edu/qpac
Bayside
Rapper's Row Queens Bridge & Hollis Hip Hop Tour
Every Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Take a Manhattan-Queens tour with a celebrity guide and view inside the beginning of the second decade of hip hop pinpointing when the music business began to accept it as a genuine art form, not just a fad. The route allows you to see landmarks such as the Silver Cup Studios. You'll visit the neighborhoods, schools and street corners depicted in the lyrics giving you a broader understanding of referrals made in songs and locations used in videos!
For more info and tickets call 212-209-3370 or
click here.
Jamaica
, Hollis
Screening of Documentary: Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth and Talk with Bill Logan
3:00 p.m. at The Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Road off Vernon Boulevard, L.I.C. Arborist and author Bill Logan will screen and discuss the new feature-length documentary based on his book, "Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth". Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, "Dirt" brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact of the soil. Programs are subject to change. Please visit:
www.noguchi.org for more information.
Long Island City
The Space hosts MoFA
Ongoing, through 3/15
7:00 p.m. at
MoFA, 46-01 Fifth Street.
MoFA, The Museum of Fake Art presents the 3rd annual viewing of original works by some of the world's top fake artists. Walls are built stone by stone but Fake art is not. A unique opportunity to dress up and fake interest vis-à-vis the complex issues facing international Contemporary Art and simulate a direct involvement in the Curatorial and Exhibition process while acting as a catalyst for ideas about Fake Art and its practices. For more information visit:
www.mofa.fr
Long Island City
Native Bayside
Ongoing, through 12/31
Native Bayside explores the prehistoric occupation of Bayside and Northeastern Queens through the culmination of archaeological fieldwork by the New York Institute of Anthropology. A $3 donation is requested. The accompanying "Native Voice" oral history program is available online at
www.baysidehistorical.org, and features interviews about the local native experience.
Bayside
Housebroken
Ongoing, through 3/21
8 p.m. at 39-31 29th Street. Join
Flux Factory for
Housebroken, an inaugural building-wide exhibition and gala! The once 8000 sq. ft. warehouse has been turned into New York's most unique art centers with dozens of artists. Carefully curated in some areas and wild and unbound in others, this project manifests the many aesthetics that shape Flux Factory's style: cabinet of curiosity, junk yard, social club, and post industrial laboratory. Electric performances and unparalleled reverie starts at 8 p.m. There is a suggested donation of $15. Housebroken will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st. To attend please RSVP to rsvp@fluxfactory.org
Long Island City
Lunar New Year Exhibition Tigers in the House
Ongoing, through 3/28
Opening Reception: Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with tiger-inspired crafts, masks, and prints handcrafted by artists from China, New York and California. Suggested Admission: $5 / Members Free. For more information call: (718) 463-7700 or visit:
www.flushingtownhall.org
Flushing
Children’s Book Club & Performance Series Fourscore and Seven Years Ago – A Musical
Ongoing, through 3/27
On Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. inQueensborough Performing Arts Center - 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. 55 minutes, grades 3 – 8. Admission: $10.00, $8.00 (for 20 or more). For more information call: 718-631-6311 or visit:
www.visitqpac.org
Bayside
Book Buddies
Ongoing, through 3/26
Every Friday at 3:00 p.m. in East Elmhurst Queens Library Branch, 95-06 Astoria Boulevard. All students in grades Pre-K - 3rd, come and enjoy sharing a book with a teenage buddy, improve your reading skills and also develop a love for reading. For more information call: (718) 424-2619
East Elmhurst
Register Now for the Spring Session of the HSBC Children's Garden at QBG
Ongoing, through 10/02
A free HSBC Children¹s Garden Family Day will be held on Saturday, March 6, from 2-4p.m. Families will get a preview of the HSBC Children¹s Garden Program and will receive $50 off tuition if they sign up for the Spring Session that day. In addition, any child who registers for the Spring and Summer Sessions at the same time will get the Fall Session for free. For more information parents can visit:
queensbotanical.org or contact Rebecca at: 718-886-3800
Flushing
CONUNDRUM EXPRESS
Ongoing, through 3/20
Opening Reception: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. CONUNDRUM EXPRESS challenges viewers to expand their frame of reference and look beyond the initial visual appearance of an art piece. The exhibition works as a medium of engagement that invites viewers to explore a range of enigmatic and intricate reasoning models as if it were a brainteaser game. Admission is free. To RSVP, call 718-658-7400 ext. 100 or email
info@jcal.org. Provide your name, number of guests and phone number. To learn more about the exhibit please visit
www.jcal.org.
Jamaica
Scholars, Explorers, Priests: How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World
Ongoing, through 3/27
Mon-Thurs 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Closed college holidays at Godwin-TernbachMuseum at Queens College. The achievements of Renaissance Europe ushered in key aspects of the modern world. Over 50 paintings, sculptures, prints, and decorative objects from the Godwin-Ternbach collection explore three currents that live on in Western art and culture: continuation of traditional Christian and Jewish art; revival of classical mythology and history; and an empirical spirit and curiosity that led to greater realism and the rise of such specialties as portraiture, landscape, genre scenes, and scientific illustration. For more information call: 718-997-4747 or visit: www.kupferbergcenterarts.org
Flushing
eight-week water color workshop
Ongoing, through 4/10
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Castle in Fort Totten Park on Saturday mornings. Taught by award-winning painter and illustrator John Tomaselli, the program is open to those of all experience levels. The lessons will cover introductions to the materials and basic drawing and composition skills, as well as lay a foundation of techniques to use in painting watercolors from life. Individualized instruction will also be available to those with more advanced skills or those interested in learning to paint figures and portraits. Fee: $150. Begins February 20. To register, or for more information, call: 718-352-1548.
Bayside
BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO
Ongoing, through 3/21
Friday (8 p.m.),
Saturday (8 p.m.) &
Sunday (4 p.m.).
Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.
718-729-3880
Sunnyside
Guitar Lessons
Ongoing, through 3/26
4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.
Woodhaven
Arts, Culture, and Fun
Ongoing, through 8/10
The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series
Jamaica
, Elmhurst
, Flushing
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Ann Sperry: Harmonic Convergence. This solo exhibition presents an overview of the work of Ann Sperry (1934-2009) reflecting on four decades of experimentation with the emotional and psychological potential of material. Sperry began making sculpture in the 1960s. In later decades, when the art world came to value postmodern coolness and detachment, Sperry remained unafraid to reach into her heart and soul. She made art about her experience as a woman, a Jew and a human being awestruck by the immensity of the cosmos. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Leopards in the Temple
Ongoing, through 3/30
SculptureCenter is pleased to present
Leopards in the Temple. Leopards in the Temple is a parable by Franz Kafka that reads as follows: "Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes a part of the ceremony." The group exhibition of the same name focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences. For more information and a series of pictures of this exhibition visit:
sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Exhibitions Opening
Ongoing, through 3/30
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit:
www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City
Senior Program
Ongoing, through 12/31
Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.
Jamaica
Behind the Screen
Ongoing, through 12/31
The daily core exhibition,
Behind the Screen, at
Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.
(718) 784-0077
Astoria
The New York Hall of Science
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org
Flushing
Free Gallery Talks
Ongoing, through 7/01/10
Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at
The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33
rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
Noguchi ReINstalled
Ongoing, through 10/24/10
Through consultation of
The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.
718-204-7088
Long Island City
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit:
Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine,
Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"If the Hat Fits"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.
Bayside
"The Castle"
Ongoing, through 12/31/10
This exhibit on the
Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.
718-352-1548
Bayside
From Sheep to Shawl
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
Honey Bee Alive!
Ongoing, through 6/30/10
Come to
Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.
FEE: $6 per person.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park
