Weekly highlights by the Queens Tourism Council team |
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They’ve been learning and practicing for the past few months. Now it’s showtime! Queensborough Performing Arts Center streams Virtual Talent Show: Episode One on Aug. 22 at 8 pm. QPAC has offered virtual workshops for all age groups in such disciplines as dance, magic, and music this summer. Now, four brave locals will share their natural talent and learned skills.
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Queens County Farm Museum is about to launch September Sundays, a series of outdoor events with children’s activities, venue-inspired beer, live music, and Dutch art. Yes, a Vincent van Gogh-inspired sunflower is about to emerge inside the three-acre Amazing Maize Maze, thanks to some impressive engineering and a sponsorship by Con Edison.
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The U.S. Constitution's 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, was ratified on Aug. 18, 1920. To honor this historic law’s 100th anniversary, the Queens Public Library is presenting a series of online programs ─ author talks, an artist interview, a theater presentation ─ related to voter rights and women’s equality through Aug. 26.
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Joe DiStefano is in hot pot heaven at Elmhurst's iCook Thai Cook in this post. Queens Tourism Council's official foodie is among $15 combos ("Happy Meals" according to Joey D) with soup and rice. The catfish pad prik khing features fried basil leaves, green peppercorns, curry paste with the warmth of chili and ginger and perfume of galangal, lemongrass, and lime leaves.
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Here’s some street theater that might actually make it to a Queens street. Theater for the New City presents “Liberty or Just Us: a City Park Story” at Travers Park in Jackson Heights on Aug. 23 at 2 pm. (If not possible due to COVID, it’ll stream online.) The oratorio celebrates NYC parks as sites of activism for many 20th and 21st century progressive causes.
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It’s been a tough summer…and now it’s almost September. (Sorry.) The good news is that Commonpoint Queens has just announced Fall 2020: Take a Lunchtime Break, a series of online conversations, lectures, and presentations about art, literature, movies, and even theology. The presenters include art historians, filmmakers, and a retired Reform Rabbi.
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Instagram Photo of the Week |
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The Queens-based BlaQue Resource Network is a space to exchange ideas and share job postings, community events, scholarships, and other items. Interim Borough President Sharon Lee declared Aug. 10 to be "BlaQue Resource Network Day" in Queens. She rocks a blue suit among local business leaders in this photo, while the group's founders -- Aleeia Abraham and Steve Toussaint -- hold the official proclamation.
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