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Check this year's Annual Holi Celebrations - “Festival of Spring” and Earth Day scheduled on March 31st, at 2:30 PM in the Queens Museum located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368. The program will consist of colorful Indian folk dances and music to welcome the spring. For more information, call (718) 460-8484. About Queens Museum The Queens Museum is dedicated to presenting the highest quality visual arts and educational programming for people in the New York metropolitan area, and particularly for
This series of six walks and connecting rides along North Queens’ transportation corridor became a signature tour, focusing on what the #7 Train did to and for surrounding neighborhoods since it began service in 1914. In the New World of the Number 7 Train, walks take place in the Hudson Yards, the Long Island City shoreline, Flushing West, the Iron Triangle, North Corona, and Woodside-Jackson Heights. Tour fee is $49 and you need to register by check to Jack Eichenbaum, 36-20 Bowne St.
You are invited to participate in the Tinker Lab at Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, the key educational program designed  to serve high-quality, innovative, and hands-on activities treating science and technology as an integral part of the humanities. Register before March 31st to receive a $20 discount! The Tinker Lab Summer Camp will be on July 15th to July 26th from 9 am to 12 pm during the weekdays. The price will be $150 for one week and $280 for two
POOLTIME! Exhibit and Fundraiser @Queens Historical Society Friday, March 22nd5:30PM – 8PM FREE AdmissionYou are invited to participate in an evening of drinks and art with POOLTIME and their new public art pavilion. They will be exhibiting the POOLTIME COLLECTION, a series of framed art photographic narratives created with artifacts from the Queen’s Historical Society’s collection of the 1939 and 1964 New York World’s Fairs. All works will be available for sale and proceeds will go towards the pavilion, to be
MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.(Documentary Screening) Join us on March 9th, as the Queens Historical Society will host an intriguing film screening of Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. – winner of World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Matangi/Maya/M.I.A is a biographical documentary film about the life of Grammy-nominated British-Sri Lankan singer-songwriter-rapper-producer-political activist Matangi Arulpragasam(M.I.A.). The event will take place at the Queens Historical Society located at 14335 37th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354 on March 9th at 2:30 PM. The ticket costs are $10
You are invited to participate in the upcoming M/WBE Certification Workshop on March 8th from 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM at the Queens Library located at 41-17 Main Street Flushing, NY, 11355.  To RSVP, email Rasel Rahman at RRahman@cchr.nyc.gov or call 718-657-1187. About the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) helps unlock economic potential and create economic security for all New Yorkers by connecting New Yorkers to good jobs, creating stronger businesses,
The City Reliquary, Queens Museum, & The Levys’ Unique New York! have partnered for an exciting evening of trivia with the whole city at your feet. See them at the world’s largest architectural scale model – The Panorama of the City of New York at the Queens Museum! Panorama Challenge quizzes players on all things NYC. MC Gary Dennis reads questions while our judges highlight clues on the Panorama using lasers (well, laser pointers). Players in teams of 10 (or
We invite you to come see the upcoming Prince tribute show Purple Xperience! The Purple Xperience is a five-piece group hailing from Prince’s birthplace, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band has been touring around the country since its inception in 2011 by Dr. Fink, a three-time Grammy Award winner and original member of Prince and The Revolution, and frontman Marshall Charloff. This premier tribute brings the greatest and most authentic production of Prince and The Revolution in the world to audiences of all
The Bowne House and Lewis Latimer House Museum Celebrate Black History Month Highlights from the Bowne and Parsons Families' Activities in Abolition and the Underground Railroad Robert Bowne (1744), the great-grandson of John Bowne, was both an early and prominent abolitionist in the family active in the anti slavery movement. In 1785, he joined with Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Eddy, and George Clinton (who was married to Hannah Bowne Franklin) to form the Manumission Society of New York. The
There's no better time to explore Flushing, America's Greatest Community, than during our Lunar New Year Celebration The Year of the Pig begins Tuesday, February 5th. One of my favorite things to do on the first day is try to catch a glimpse of the many lion dancer troops that make their way in and out of local businesses with their cymbals clanging and drums beating to ward off evil spirits. My second favorite thing to do, of course, is
Lunar New Year is coming up and we invite you to march with The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce during the parade on Saturday, February 9th at 11am. We will gather at historic St. George's Church at 9:30am to connect and stay warm with hot coffee and refreshments before heading to the parade site together. Our reception will feature unique performances that include the Queens Fencing Club, a community based organization with the vision of spreading the Olympic sport of
Participate in the celebration of the 70th Republic Day of India and Remembering Leaders of Non-Violence: Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Day, and Nelson Mandela on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 at 3:00 PM in the Saraswati Hall, located at 45-52 Bowne St, Flushing, NY 11355. About Flushing Fantastic Flushing Fantastic is the premier resource for visitors, businesses, and residents to discover Flushing’s hidden historical and contemporary treasures. Flushing is a fantastic inspiration for people around the world to come
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