There’s quite a lot of music and movie on the Queens horizon. (Virtual, in fact.) Dance, historical past, Muppets, and science stream, too, together with pretzel-making and a paint occasion.
July 24, Celebrating the Music of Linda Ronstadt, 7 pm. Blues-rockers Paula Hanke and Peggy Ratusz dig deep to convey authenticity to Ronstadt’s 28-album catalog of music as a part of the QPAC LIVE! collection. A Q&A session follows.
July 24, Amulet, Aug. 6. The Museum of the Moving Image streams this ghost story with a claustrophobia theme. A former soldier, who’s homeless after an accident, takes refuge within the decaying residence of a lonely younger lady who’s caring for her ailing mom. As romance bubbles, the soldier begins to suspect that his new love is a prisoner.
July 24, Flamenco Latino, four pm. Jackson Heights-based Flamenco Latino provides spice to the Queensboro Dance Festival.
July 24, Parachutes and Aerodynamics, 1 pm. Participants on this Lewis Latimer House Museum workshop develop checks and trials to discover the best parachute whereas taking a look at ideas of spinning, resistance, and stability.
July 24, Homemade Pretzels & Cheesy Dip, 6 pm. Chefs of d’ Future and Alley Pond Environmental Center lead a workshop on how to make selfmade pretzels. Ingredient listing upon registration.
July 25, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, 1 pm. Two Queens Historical Society board members lead a stay digital tour of the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, which was the primary freeway to have bridges and overpasses in the complete United States and the primary bolstered concrete connection between NYC and Long Island. In operation from 1908 to 1938, a roughly two-mile remnant runs from Cunningham Park in Fresh Meadows to Alley Pond Park at Winchester Boulevard in Queens Village.
June 25, Jim Henson’s World, 7 pm. The Jim Henson Legacy President Craig Shemin, who wrote “The Muppet Character Encyclopedia,” and performer Stephanie D’Abruzzo lead a web-based dialog about Henson’s work and creations.
July 27, Greek American Folklore Society, four pm. The Queensboro Dance Festival continues with the Astoria-based Greek American Folklore Society.
July 27, Summer Teen Courses, Aug. 14. Professional filmmakers and sport designers from the Museum of the Moving Image lead 90-minute media-making lessons for youth (ages 15–18).
July 27, Little Critters Story Time, July 31. The Alley Pond Environmental Center hosts learn-aloud tales with Ms. Brenda and stay animal friends day by day at 10 am.
July 28, Brooklyn Raga Massive, 7 pm. The Live on the Gantries live performance collection continues with Brooklyn Raga Massive, which showcases a variety of sounds impressed by Jazz and Raga, a centuries-outdated, extremely improvisational Indian style.
July 28, Global Mashup: Boogaloo Meets Afrobeat, 7 pm. Flushing Town Hall’s Global Mashup collection options two bands from completely different cultures. Each one performs a set; then they jam collectively. This first live performance presents Latin Boogaloo and Chop and Quench, comprised of the forged and band members from “FELA! The Musical.”
July 28, New American Voices: The Innkeepers, eight pm. Queens Theatre presents digital readings of recent performs on the final Tuesday of the month. Written by Novid Parsi and directed by Kate Bergstrom, “The Innkeepers” is about 4 friends in a distant inn. The weekend getaway turns right into a homicide thriller.
July 29, Emily Driver’s Great Race Through Time and Space, 2 pm. Queens Theatre, in affiliation with The Museum, Arts & Culture Access Consortium, presents a stay digital studying of A.A. Brenner and Gregg Mozgala’s “Emily Driver’s Great Race Through Time and Space.” In this play, a historical past-obsessed 12-year-outdated lady makes use of her YouTube channel to have a good time landmark moments of activism and alter.
July 29, The Immigrant Experience, 9 pm. The Queens World Film Festival streams shorts concerning the immigrant expertise and hosts a dialog with the filmmakers.
July 29, Feathered Friends: Doves & Quails, 2 pm. Learn about hen beaks, feathers, ft, and native avian species throughout this Alley Pond Environmental Center workshop.
July 30, Matthew Schickele: The Oldest Takeout in Queens, 7 pm. The Queens Council on the Arts is internet hosting numerous digital occasions to introduce viewers to artists and their works-in-progress. Schickele is composing “The Oldest Takeout In Queens: A Singer and a Menu of Languages,” a track that explores immigration in Ridgewood.
July 30, Big Sexy, four pm. Astoria native and lengthy-time baseball author Michael Stahl discusses his new e book, “Big Sexy: In His Own Words,” which narrates the lifetime of Bartolo Colón, who rose from excessive poverty within the Dominican Republic to play Major League baseball on such groups because the Yankees and the Mets. Though he’s 47 years outdated, Colón presently performs professionally in Mexico.
July 30, Live Virtual Paint Party, 6:30 pm. Alley Pond Environmental Center and Creative Scene’s Masa Kitani current this interactive expertise. Kitani helps members create lovely butterfly work. Bring your personal provides and beverage!
