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PAGE 8 THE QUEENS TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It’s In Queens!
(Sept. 29 to Oct. 5)

The days are getting shorter,
but the list of fun things to do in
Queens is getting longer. This
jam-packed week includes Korean
Thanksgiving, Indian dancing,
various forms of pickled cabbage,
Colombian Jazz, South African
bead art, and pizza giveaways.
• Sept. 29, The Brief Wondrous
Life of Oscar Wao, 7 pm. This
Junot Díaz novel is brought to life
on stage. Encapsulating magical
realism and Dominican-American
history, the book presents a vision
of the American experience and A & F Auto Repairs, Inc.
explores the human capacity to
risk it all for love. Jamaica Cen- General Auto Repairs
ter for Arts & Learning, 161-04 (Foreingn and Domestic)
Jamaica Ave. Accessories
• Sept. 29, Four Fantastic Tales by • Tires • Batteries
Roald Dahl, Nov. 17. This series • Electronic Tune-ups
screens four films of Dahl tales • Inspection Station
that teem with fiendish parents, QT Alejando Brittes • Towing
unscrupulous schoolmasters, dia- ARIS & FRANK
bolical witches, and kind, preco- grill serves German-American Workshop, 11 am. Tree rings de-
cious kids who triumph over them. cuisine alongside Korean-Amer- scribe environmental conditions. 43-05 111th Street • Corona Heights, NY
Fantastic Mr. Fox is on Oct 1 at ican dishes, uniting two culinary Using this idea and weather data
1 pm and Oct. 6 at 2:30 pm. The traditions that feature pickled from the Sky Tickler SP Weather Greek, Spanish and Italian Spoken
Witches shows on Oct. 20 at 3 pm, cabbage. Voelker Orth Museum, Station, participants create a (718) 592-7470 (718) 699-2499
Oct. 21 at 12:30 pm, and Oct. 27 at 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing. forest of tree ring drawings and
3 pm. Watch James and the Giant • Sept. 30, 5 Boroughs Music impressions with Heidi Neilson.
Peach on Nov. 4 at 3 pm, Nov. 5 Festival 2023, 7:30 pm. Cecilia Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01
at 3 pm, and Nov. 11 at 12:30 pm. Duarte, Trio Chapultepec, and Vernon Blvd., Long Island City.
Matilda runs on Nov. 11 at 2:30 percussionist Jesús Pacheco play • Oct. 4, In the Name of the Son,
pm, Nov. 12 at 12:30 pm, and Nov. mid-20th century art songs from 7 pm. Screening and conversation
17 at 3 pm. Museum of the Moving across Latin America. Flushing with creators of a new documen-
Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria’s Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. tary on Mags Riordan, an Irish
Kaufman Arts District. • Sept. 30, Sunnyside Field woman who lost three children
• Sept. 29, Bembé Secreto, Sept. Guide, 1 pm. An outdoor concert in separate tragic circumstances.
30. The group Standing on the celebrating the birds of West- She then set up a clinic in Malawi
Corner performs twice as part ern Queens. (Rain date: Satur- that is now saving thousands of
of the “Seven Prepared Pianos day, Oct. 14.) Smiling Hogshead lives every year. New York Irish
for the Seven African Powers” Ranch, 25-30 Skillman Ave., Long Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long
exhibition. The shows bridge the Island City. Island City.
avant-garde musical ensemble’s • Sept. 30, Community Day, • Oct. 4, Ubuhle Women: Bead-
interest in the urban modifications noon. This three-hour, third- work and the Art of Indepen-
of ancient devotional practices of annual street fair includes piz- dence, Jan. 11 (2024). An exhi-
the Caribbean and Africa and pro- za, games, prizes, giveaways, bition of bead art developed by
pose the destruction of Western bargains, a free trolley, choco- women living and working in
musical traditions. 7 pm on both late, and a performance by The rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Af-
nights. MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Scooches. Vicinity of 71st Street rica. Godwin-Ternbach Museum,
Ave., Long Island City. on Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Queens College Campus, 65-30
• Sept. 29, Chuseok, 5:30 pm. Hills. Kissena Blvd., Flushing.
This Korean Thanksgiving fea- • Sept. 30, Canelo v. Charlo, • Oct. 5, Chia’s Dance Party, 5
tures Ko-Art & Dance, a local 8 pm. Watch the boxing battle pm. In Celebration of Hispanic
group that specializes in tradi- of undisputed champions Saul Heritage Month, Chia’s Dance
tional Korean music and dance. “Canelo” Alvarez (four super Party plays Colombian Jazz. Free
Sunnyside Arch, vicinity of 46th middleweight championships) and Spanish-language house tours,
Street and Queens Boulevard. junior middleweight champion too. Louis Armstrong House
• Sept. 30, Garba Around the Jermell Charlo. Resorts World Museum, 34-56 107th St., Corona.
Globe 2023, 5 pm. Queens-based Casino NYC, 110-00 Rockaway • Oct. 5, Alejandro Brittes Quar-
Vivarta Arts presents four hours Blvd., South Jamaica. tet, 7 pm. Accordionist, composer,
of dance and lessons around the • Sept. 30, ShowheganPER- researcher, and interpreter of
Unisphere as part of a Hindu FORMS, 1:30 pm. This five-hour music from the Argentine Lit-
celebration of Navratri, which reception features site-specific toral region, Alejandro Brittes,
praises Goddess Durga and the performance art by Skowhegan jams with Brazilian musicians
divine feminine powers. DJ Magic alumni. It coincides with the Charlise Bandeira (flute), André
Mike and Indian street food. The opening of The Socrates Annual Ely (seven-stringed guitar), and
Unisphere, Flushing Meadows 2023, which awarded six artists Carlos de Césaro (contrabass).
Corona Park. with funding, access to an outdoor Queens Theatre, 14 United Na-
• Sept. 30, NYSCI Nights, Oct. studio, and production support. tions Ave. S., Flushing Meadows
28. Free access to the Great Hall Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Corona Park.
Terrace with seating to eat food Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. • Oct. 5, NOTHINGBEING, Oct.
from the Queens Night Market, • Sept. 30, Artmaking Work- 7. Dancers David Thomson, Anna
games like inflatable SkiBall, and shops, 2 pm. Denise Silva-Dennis Martine Whitehead, and Takahiro
access to the Chill Zone. Weekly leads a Scallop Shell Necklace Yamamoto use highly physical
event on Saturdays, 6 pm to 10 Workshop. Jevijoe Vitug leads a movement, communal medita- Read Our Paper Online Visit our website:
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