Saturday, October 30 from 12-5pm: Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria hosts a doggie costume contest, as well as pumpkin carving and catapulting! Workshops lead up to the Flight of the Gourds at 2pm.

Saturday, October 30 from 6pm: season finale is going to be a Halloween themed blast! Just outside the New York Hall of Science in Corona Park, there will be trick or treating and costume prizes for children starting at 8:30. Entry and entertainment are free but the food vendors there have everything you can imagine, and all about $6 or less. I went for the first time this year, and was disappointed I hadn’t visited sooner!

Sunday, October 31 from 7pm: is back in Greenwich this year! This year’s theme is “Let’s Play!” It honors children as well as everyone’s inner child. The parade rolls out at 7.

Hello and Happy Autumn! Queen College is starting to buzz and that includes some exciting events from the Kupferberg Center and other departments. All listed events are free and most events are virtual, but there are some in-person options this month! Check back in later this month for some Halloween events!

Music

Sunday, October 10 at 3:00pm: Borough President Richards presents rock band This rock band was formed by �춹��Ƶ alumni from Queens. Presented in part with the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, this in person event is free! Fort Totten Park, Cross Island Pkwy between Totten Ave and 15 Rd. 

Monday, October 11 at 8:00pm: from the legendary New Orleans venue, Tipitinas. Other acts include Galactic and Soul Rebels. New Orleans brass at its best from its home! You can livestream it for free!

Friday, October 15 at 7:30pm: will be livestreaming their concert from Leshrak Concert Hall in the Aaron Copland School of Music. The program includes Gounod’s Petit Symphonie and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6.

Literature

Tuesday, October 12 at 7:00pm: This is a Hispanic Heritage Month event organized in collaboration with the Latin American and Latino Studies program at �춹��Ƶ and presented by the Kupferberg Center. This event will be livestreamed and tickets are free. You will have the option to get a Support the Arts Ticket.

Architecture

Ongoing: is New York City’s yearly celebration of architecture and its profound impact on our lives. Most virtual talks are free which you can filter to on their events page.

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Music

• Thursday, June 10 at 6PM: Bachelor and TBA present ! It will feature performances from a large roster of artists including Courtney Barnett, Ben Gibbard, Adeline, Tegan and Sara, and Tune-Yards just to name a few. This free telethon is being live-streamed but you need to RSVP!

• Monday, June 21: returns to NYC! Concerts of all styles will be taking place throughout the city and its boroughs on the longest day of the year. You can hear blues in gardens, jazz at libraries, flowerpots in parks! You can even catch some �춹��Ƶ Alumni like Vivi Hu singing in Chinatown! Check out all the free events on their and check out the

• Ongoing: The Metropolitan Opera continues making its available for free for 24 hours before the next opera takes its place at 7PM. Week 65 starts Monday, June 7 is all about updating classic operas with new settings, beginning with Verdi’s Rigoletto.

• Sundays at 2PM: The Kennedy’s host an all request hour of music from the NYC apartment. You can catch the livestreams on their

• Wednesdays at 6PM: Country star Suzy Boggus hosts Wine Down Wednesdays right on her Special guest appearances have included other country legends like Pam Tillis.

History

• Wednesday, June 16 at 2PM: The American Museum of Natural History presents Through discussion with trained guides, this tour is accessible to those with visual disabilities. It is free, but be sure to RSVP.

• Friday, June 25 through Sunday, June 27: is filled with conversations, food, poetry, arts, crafts workshops, and more. The events are all free though some require registering. Be sure to check the .

Meditation

• Mondays and Wednesdays at 12PM: Presented by the Smithsonian and sponsored by the Asian Art Museum; sessions are free to join if you need a calm space.

Theatre

• Thursday, June 10 through Sunday July 4: Presented by Broadway on Demand, tells the story of an ambitious Jamaican nurse who adventures across oceans and eras. The New York Times called it a “breathless and radiant new play.” Be sure to !

• Available through June 27: The Mint Theatre is currently showing N.C. Hunter’s play, This work portrays a family living in disarray in their ancestral home. The only requirement to watch is a valid email address.

Art

• Tuesdays at 6PM and Thursdays at 12PM: The Whitney Museum of Art hosts a twice weekly Art History from Home series. They feature pieces from the museum’s collection to illuminate issues from the start of the century through today. Be sure to register for each event, like this one on the 10th: . Check the museum’s for more.

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Parks & Nature

• Friday, May 29 at noon: Green-Wood Cemetery has lots of upcoming online programming. Today’s offering is “Zooming in on fungi: learning how to identify common mushrooms:” (

Theater & Dance

• Saturday, May 9 and Sunday, May 10 at 11AM: Lincoln Center’s is inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Led by New York City Ballet dancer Ralph Ippolito, this will be great for young ones!
• Monday, May 11 at 5:30PM: Lincoln Center brings the San Francisco Ballet to our homes in a performance of Prokofiev’s .
• Thursday, May 21 at 7:30PM: will be releasing Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot.
• Thursday, May 21: as part of their ADAPT program. You can sign up to be invited to the whole program.
• Friday, May 22 at 7:30PM: presents Mozart’s classic comedic opera, Don Giovanni.
• Wednesday, May 27 at 5PM: NYC Ballet’s Wendy Whelan takes audiences of all ages and levels through classic repertoire. See it on the
• Streaming: Alfred Molina stars as Mark Rothko in , a dramatization of creating the murals for New York’s Four Seasons Hotel. Available until May 27th.
• ���ٰ��𲹳����Բ�:�����󲹰�����𲹰���’s , recorded during Shakespeare in the Park 2019. Available through May 27th.
• Streaming: Each evening, beginning at 7:30PM, The Metropolitan Opera presents a from its Live in HD series.

Music

• Wednesday, May 6 at 4PM: Lincoln Center at Home’s Concerts for Kids  has Latinx ensemble . Fun sounds and effects incoming
• Thursday, May 7 at 2PM: presents several artists and collaborations “bringing audiences together, no matter where they are.” 
• Thursday, May 7 at 4pm: Bill Frisell performs the music of Rev. Gary Davis at
• Sunday, May 24 at 11AM: bring a blend of fun grooves and science straight to your screen.
• Friday, May 29 at 2:30PM: from her home! 
• Saturday, May 30 at 3PM: for Royal Albert Hall.
• Ongoing: Wednesdays at 8PM: Each week, Dave Matthews Band will from their archives.
• Ongoing: Saturdays at 7pm: Pianist, songwriter, and bandleader Ben Folds presents a weekly show, Saturday Apartment Requests.

Poetry & Literature

• Friday, May 8 at 12PM: Poets House features Major Jackson for a
• Saturday, May 9 at 6AM: Rise and shine for ! Paul Jennings’s classic children’s tale of a man’s quest to create an enormous jelly mold of the Royal Albert Hall! Read by actor Samuel West. Prefer to sleep in? The show will also be available after its premiere.
• Wednesday, May 20 at 12PM: Brian Teare is . He will be reading from his award winning book Doomstead Days.��
• Thursday, May 21 at 5PM: I am deliberate/ and afraid/ of nothing: Poetry, Protest & Climate Change Activism. With Ed Roberson, Joan Kane & Brian Teare.��
• Thursday, May 21 at 7PM: The hosts : performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology. Tonight’s presenters are and .
• Friday, May 22 at 7:30PM: Queens Theatre hosts . Be sure to get your free ticket!
• Wednesday, May 27 at 12PM: A from Yanyi.��
• Friday 5/29 at 12PM: Poets House hosts .
• Saturday, June 6: The Bronx is reading! presents a full day of online events.
• Ongoing: Thursdays at 7 PM: Music legend (and QC Libraries staff favorite) Dolly Parton reads a book from the Imagination Library over at . Great for all ages!

Museums, History, and Community

• Thursday, May 21 at 7PM: Incoming  in conversation with Tenement Museum president Morris Vogel.
• Tuesday, May 26th at 2:30PM: The Queens Historical Society  going back more than a century. Learn how to use the census to track down ancestors and see its impact on our past and future.

Culture Watch is compiled by Michael Deering with the assistance of QC Libraries faculty and staff.

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Is your Netflix queue looking a little picked over? Not sure where you’ll find the next concert, play, or exhibit to inspire you? We have you covered! Here are some cultural recommendations, selected by QC librarian Leila Walker.

• The Hawtplates with Charlotte Braithwaite (originally broadcast April 19: streaming now): . From the creators: “Selections from a song cycle exploring social distance and the American Dream in changing urban communities.”
• Twelfth Night (April 23-April 30): . The National Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identity features  as Malvolia. Streaming on YouTube at 2 Pm Eastern time. See the Theater’s website for other productions available to stream anytime.
• HOMEMADE: Poetic Remedies for the Times (May 1, 7-9pm EST) . An online poetry reading series offering “literal herbal remedies as well as medicinal poems.”

Finally, a personal recommendation I found (promptly disappearing down an internet rabbit hole), while compiling this post:

• . To understand the current pandemic in a broader historical context, spend some time with the  revisiting of this 2018-2019 project, which addressed the topic of infectious disease through a variety of cultural programming. New York institutions involved in the project include the CUNY Graduate Center, The New York Public Library, and the Museum of the City of New York.

Wishing you enjoyable, incisive listening, viewing, and reading!

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