Jazz and Queens became inexorably linked more than a century ago, with dozens of its founders and best practitioners living in the borough.
The Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series, ongoing through Sept. 5, seeks to not only pay tribute to that rich heritage, but to take it to new generations.
Got kids who can’t get enough of dinosaurs? The Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Conservancy has got you covered this Saturday, when Dinosaurs Rock will roar into Triassic Playground with a presentation youngsters can really sink their teeth into…
With the summer season underway, local artists reflect its sunny skies and blue waters on canvas, where visitors can enjoy them without risking sunburn.Beat the heat at Long Island City Artists’ two member showcases at The Factory this summer…
When The Secret Theatre recently invited writers to submit their works for its Act One: One Act Short Play Festival (to be presented beginning July 17 and running two weeks), no fewer than 180 would-be Paula Vogels and August Wilsons responde…
Looking to escape the sweltering heat and dive into a world of captivating stories this summer? Whether you’re lounging by the pool, relaxing at a shady park or inside enjoying the AC, a book can transport you to distant lands and thrilling a…
It’s Independence Day, the Fourth of July! Time to celebrate!In between the barbecues and fireworks, many read the Declaration of Independence to mark the holiday. National Public Radio had it read on air each July 4 for more than 30 years, t…
Espresso 77, located on 77th Street and 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights, is a café and wine bar offering a large assortment of delicious food and drinks. But what’s on the menu is only part of the reason neighborhood diners flock to the spot.O…
You mean you’ve never heard of 7-year-old kids studying chemistry and physics?Well, that’s exactly what’s going on in the Whiz Kidz Science Zone, a weekly program sponsored by the Eastern Queens Alliance at the Idlewild Park Environmental Sci…
From the time he first discovered Shakespeare at Archbishop Molloy High School, Queens Village actor Jim Haines developed and cultivated an interest in the play “Hamlet,” the title character and the actors who portrayed him both well and not …
Like Cinderella, the Queens Jazz Orchestra comes out to party just one night a year.While the name has the ring of solid permanency, the orchestra is in fact a confection — a concert of top-rank jazz whipped up by Flushing Town Hall each year…
“This is a show tune, but the show hasn’t been written for it yet,” says legendary jazz musician Nina Simone in her 1964 hit “Mississippi Goddamn,” written at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in response to the oppression of and acts o…
Get ready to feel the love on June 23 as Tom’s Elton Tribute rockets into Queens — though it took a little while for Tom Cridland, the man behind the dazzling homage, to get the Saturday Night’s Alright vibe.“It’s not something you’d delibera…
As the workday concludes, the sun sets and the blazing heat dies down, grab a yoga mat at Socrates Sculpture Park to let your mind rest and follow suit.The park invites guests from all walks of life and states of mind to Mindful Astoria’s fre…
A bilingual, five-borough production of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” is touching down in three neighborhoods in Queens this month.The Public Theater continues to takes its Free Shakespeare in the Park show on the road via its mobile u…
Tonight you can see The Stones. Next week, The Beatles.No, it’s not that you’ve boarded a magic bus to some rock ’n’ roll fantasy from all those years ago. It’s that tribute bands to those giants of British rock are coming to Queens, in a mag…
Mothra is one of the most beloved kaiju to come from the monster universe. The giant, flying, mythical monster has been a fan favorite since her debut in 1961.
Some of nature’s most majestic creatures — and one of the oddest-looking — will welcome visitors to their homes in a series of three free events scheduled at the Jamaica Bay Wildilfe Refuge.This Saturday, May 25, guests are invited to Birdwat…
The Parkside Players’ Shakespeare-themed season is coming to an end with an original tribute to The Bard, “Sound and Fury and Shakespeare,” which runs weekends through June 2.The title comes from a famous soliloquy in “Macbeth,” which, in thi…
“In the beginning, the Creator made heaven and the Creator made earth.”Those are the opening lines of “Third Law,” a production by creative group What Will the Neighbors Say? at Culture Lab LIC.
The latest attraction at The Secret Theatre in Woodside is a new musical whodunit set in a discotheque in 1974.Surprisingly, the show’s creators are two young women who weren’t even born until some three decades later.
Audible gasps could be heard from the audience during the Douglaston Community Theatre debut performance of “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller as they reacted to the twists and turns of the drama. The play is showing at Zion Church Parish Hall, a…
Artists, art administrators and area elected officials last Thursday gathered at the Queens Museum to kick off Queens Rising’s third annual season.Throughout the month of June, institutions all over the World’s Borough will present a plethora…
It’s a tale almost as old as time, dating back several centuries. It’s been adapted to seemingly every medium known to man, from musical theater and opera to ballet, film and television.And now, “Cinderella” makes its way to the stage of St. …
Thalia Spanish Theatre, the first and only bilingual Hispanic theater in Queens, is celebrating May as Mother’s Month with a theatrical debut, called “Como Si Pasara Un Tren” (”Like A Passing Train”), that is sure to tug at your heartstrings,…
It’s entertaining! It’s informative! It’s inspiring! It’s part of a worldwide phenomenon! It’s coming your way this year May 3 to 5. And, if all that weren’t enough, it’s free!It’s Jane’s Walk NYC 2024, a celebration of neighbors, history and…
Melissa Cody is a fourth-generation Navajo weaver who combines traditional spinning and weaving techniques with new technology to create textile works with colorful geometric patterns and overlays.Pacita Abad (1946-2004), a native of the Phil…
The Living Museum isn’t easy to get to or particularly well known.It is buried deep in the campus of Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, the massive, state-run mental-health hospital in Queens Village.
The life, loves and music of the Queen of Soul will be explored in the play “Natural Woman: An Aretha Story,” at Black Spectrum Theatre today, April 18, to April 20.The work depicts Aretha Franklin’s life from her childhood to adulthood and t…
Even after 13 years with the Queens World Film Festival, Executive Director Katha Cato is still capable of viewing an entry from Queens, New Jersey, London or Nepal and being amazed.The festival this year has 152 films from 19 countries. Betw…
When “Urinetown: The Musical” opened on Broadway in 2001, it was shocking on many levels, beginning with its provocative title.In its exploration of an imaginary world in which a severe drought has led to the outlawing of private toilets, it …
Isolating during the Covid pandemic got many people more in touch with their hobbies and creative sides.Some opted to take up baking. Others got really into home improvement, or began taking long walks.
For Karlene Douglas, a Jamaican-Haitian American in Rochdale Village, it was music that brought her parents together, and on Saturday, April 20, she hopes it will bring a community together to listen to America’s original art form at the inau…
Do you know who was mayor in 1857 and how he influenced modern police lingo? Are you a fan of both “Saturday Night Live” and New York City history?Are you a fan of entertaining evenings out — and at least a little bit competitive?
This Women’s History Month, the Garage Art Center is featuring paintings, sculptures, textiles, Asian folk art, digital photographs and more from 23 female artists in its “Femina Creativa (Creative Woman)” art exhibit, which runs until April …
Everyone knows Rosie the Riveter, a cultural symbol of women’s strength, but Culture Lab LIC is celebrating Women’s History Month with an exhibition invoking her lesser known yet equally empowering cousin, Wendy the Welder.On view until April…
The spotlight is about to shine on the borough’s newest community theater group — in a most unexpected setting.Yes, the In the Grove Players are poised to take their places as the resident theater troupe of Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens…
The Astoria Music Collective, founded by Miguel Hernandez, describes itself as a community-based grassroots music program centered around a diverse and eclectic collective of musicians. Hernandez, in a 2022 interview with the Chronicle, detai…
Spring is almost in the air and what better way to kick off the season than the opening of a new art showcase?At the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, the “Evolution” exhibit, which features the work of five emerging and minority artists,…
Against the backdrop of society’s increasing reliance on technology and the recent uptick in artificial intelligence usage, SculptureCenter in Long Island City unveiled an exhibition last Thursday that will examine the relationships between h…
The New York Irish Center in Long Island City is inviting everyone to get a jump on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at its third annual 40 Shades of Green event, a six-hour Celtic cabaret of entertainment.The festival of music, song, dance and …
Reginald Rose’s television drama “Twelve Angry Men” must have been considered quite a shattering commentary on society when it made its debut back in 1954.As adapted for the stage by Sherman L. Sergel and performed by City Gate Productions, i…
If you’re a fan of the 96th annual Oscars but don’t want to sit at home on March 10, you can still head out on the town without the hassle of getting to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.QED, the arts and entertainment venue in Astoria, will hos…
From James Joyce to Muhammad Ali, influential figures as depicted by equally iconic artists will line the walls of the Godwin-Ternbach Museum at Queens College until May 16.The museum’s new exhibition, entitled “The Psychology of Portraiture,…
She’s most familiarly known as the “cuchi-cuchi” girl, but there’s much more to Spanish-born entertainer Charo than the catchphrase that shot her to stardom in the 1960s.And, on March 2, she’ll be putting her multiple talents on full display …
Do you think you’re one of the biggest Mets fans? Let’s do some quick trivia.Who was the first Mets player to drive in nine runs in a single game?
In 1974, author Studs Terkel interviewed truck drivers, housewives, receptionists, construction workers, waitresses, business executives, a hockey player and dozens of others for his book “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and H…
There’s something about places like barber shops and beauty parlors that tends to get those on hand talking about themselves in a personal, even intimate, way.Take, for instance, the six ladies who comprise the entire population of “Steel Mag…
R&B, gospel and pop. Can Ruben “The Velvet Teddy Bear” Studdard do no wrong? Of course not! On Feb. 10, expect to hear the “Soulful” singer and “American Idol” season 2 alum channel Luther “The Velvet Voice” Vandross for one night only at…
It happens only once every 12 years —and it’s about to happen again beginning Feb. 10. It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese zodiac, and, if you happen to have been born during one of those years, tradition predicts a Lunar New Year full…
The Beatles were the greatest pop-rock band that ever existed, ever will exist, ever could exist, all “Across the Universe,” until “The End” — and “I Feel Fine” saying so.I’m sure we can “Come Together” on this, and if you somehow differ, jus…
“Parables of the Unknown: The Art of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror,” a free art exhibit curated by Zach Frater at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning’s Community and Miller galleries, kicked off last Friday with more than 100 attendees.The…
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