Wallace and Gromit Winter Vacation

Wallace and Gromit, the Oscar-winning animated stars, come to Queens this coming week, starting Sunday, in honor of winter break in NYC public schools. The Museum of the Moving Image has special open hours (noon to 5 p.m.) on Monday and Tuesday and will show a trio of Wallace and Gromit including The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave, which both won the Oscar for Best Animated Short.

If you don't know Wallace and Gromit, you're missing out. They're a pair of claymation characters, a befuddled British inventor and his resourceful dog Gromit who leads him out of sticky situations. Also showing is the short A Grand Day Out.

Come back later in the week to catch The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which has been nominated for a 2005 Oscar. (Compare prices for the DVD.)

• Wallace and Gromit Over Winter Break
• February 19, 2006, noon; and February 20-21, 1:30 p.m. - Wallace and Gromit shorts
• February 22-24, 1:30 p.m. - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Admission - $10/adults, $7.50/student ID, $5/ages 5-18. Price includes admission to exhibits and movie theater
• Museum of the Moving Image (Visitors Guide), 35th Ave at 36th St, Astoria
  
• More Winter Vacation Week- Special Flim Workshops and Demonstrations for Kids