Weekend Events in Queens — March 2-4

Top Picks of the Weekend

• St. Patrick's Day Parades This Weekend - St. Patrick's Day always comes early to Queens, and we're fortunate to have two neighborhood parades this weekend, Saturday's parade in the Rockaways and Sunday's parade in Sunnyside. The forecast says it may rain on Saturday for the Rockaways parade, but if it doesn't, a high near 50 would mean Irish eyes are smiling. (Only polar bears like the Rockaways on a cold, windy day.)

• Phagwah Parade in Richmond Hill. Sunday is also your chance to catch this year's biggest parade in Richmond Hill -- the Indo-Caribbean Phagwah. There aren't any bagpipes, but expect chutney music and lots of exuberant "coloring." It's a lot of fun for the local kids.

• Happy Purim! - See events listed below on Sunday for celebrations in central and northeast Queens.

Friday

• Michael Gold Quintent at Flushing Town Hall

Saturday

• QMA Opening Reception "Fighting Prejudice with Votes" - Through March 30

• Out 1 Screening at MMI

• Perimeter Walks (Strip Malls) Installation at Choc Fac - Through March 31

• St. Pat's Parade in the Rockaways

• StreetSwing Dance at Queens Theatre in the Park

• Food For Thought Film Festival at Flushing Library

• Hoedown in Flushing - Saturday Morning for Kids

Sunday

• Purim Bash 2007 at Chabad of NE Queens

• Purim Party at Queens Jewish Center

• Purim Carnival and Auction at Forest Hills Jewish Center

• St. Pat's for All in Sunnyside

• StreetSwing Dance at Queens Theatre in the Park

• Out 1 Screening at MMI

Continuing Events

• Current Exhibits at PS 1

• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Salute at Queens Central Library’s Lobby - Throughout March

• We Had Such a Good Time: The Memories of Emily Fisher Landau - Fisher Landau Center for Art

• Kupferberg Holocaust Center Events at QCC

• 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition - Socrates Park - Through March 4

• Erasing Borders - Indian Artists in the American Diaspora - Through March 4 at QMA

• Ice Skating at Atlas Park (tiny rink) - Through Early March

• Winter Exhibits at SculptureCenter - Through March 25

• “Painterly” Weavings at QC - Through March 30

• Four Tangos Season at Thalia Theatre - Through April 1

• Shin Banraisha: A Cultural Memory - at Noguchi - Through April 1

• Star Trek Voyages to Astoria, Queens - Through April 15

• Beaded Prayers Project at Queens Library Gallery - Through April 15

• Robert Moses and the Modern City - Through May 27

• Just After the Battle - Civil War Exhibit at Ridgewood Historical Society - Through June

• Queens Borough Public Library Events

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Photo Credit - J. Roleke - PS 1