Weekend Events in Queens — December 14-16

Top Pick of the Weekend

• New York, New York, New York at Flux Factory - Opening Friday night - Through January 13, 2008 - An exciting experiment in psychogeography: over 100 artists recreate NYC, building a new model of the city inspired by the Panorama of NYC. Could be great for all lovers of maps and everything New York.

Friday

• Hourglass Group - Wellspring (work in progress) at Chocolate Factory

• New York, New York, New York at Flux Factory - Opening Friday night - Through January 13, 2008

Saturday

• 67th Annual Winter Concert Queens College Choral Society

• The Nutcracker & Santa's Toyland at LaGuarida Community College

• Hollis Playground Annual Tree Lighting (204th St and Hollis Ave), noon

• Alex Terrier Quartet - Tribute To John Coltrane at Waltz

• When Wildlife Winterizes at Forest Park - Part 1

• Flamenco! - Dance and music at Thalia Spanish Theatre - Through December 16

• Paul Taylor Dance Company at Queens Theatre in the Park - with Banquet of Vultures and Bach's Esplanade - Sat & Sun

• Snowshoeing (or hiking) at Fort Totten

• Hands-on-History: Winter Holidays at King Manor

• Open House at Akan cultural center Onipa Abusia in Jamaica, 718 658-2600

• Christmas Trees & Poinsettias on Sale at Queens County Farm - Through December 24

Sunday

• World Premiere of Documentary Film Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies - John Turturro and the filmmakers in person for Q/A. Also screening Turturro's first film Mac about an Italian-American family of builders in Queens.

• New York - States of Mind - Art opening at Queens Museum of Art - Through March 23, 2008

• Oratorio Society of Queens Sings "Messiah" and Holiday Favorites at Queensborough College

• Nutcracker at Flushing Town Hall

• Latkes and Lights! at Queens Botanical

• Paul Taylor Dance Company at Queens Theatre in the Park - with Banquet of Vultures and Bach's Esplanade - Sat & Sun

• Detective Keith Williams Annual Tree Lighting and Toy Drive (106th Ave and 172nd St), 5 p.m.

• Cinemarosa - Queer film series at QMA - Addiction

• Handmade Holiday - Astoria Craft Collective at Waltz Astoria

• Flamenco! - Dance and music at Thalia Spanish Theatre - Closing Day

• When Wildlife Winterizes at Forest Park - Part 2

• Winter Waterfowl at Fort Totten

• Christmas Trees & Poinsettias on Sale at Queens County Farm - Through December 24

Continuing Events

• Current Exhibits at PS 1

• Spirit and Power in African Art at Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College - Through December 15

• Gifted 2007 - Rockaway Artists Alliance - Annual member show - Through December 16

• Flamenco! - Dance and music at Thalia Spanish Theatre - Through December 16

• Brush with Nature - Installation by Barbara Roux at QC - Through December 21

• Linda Post's LEVEL installation at Chocolate Factory - Through December 22

• Christmas Tree & Poinsettia Sale at the Queens County Farm - Through December 24

• Creative Ladies: Photographs by Tony Vaccaro - Opening Saturday at Art-O-Mat L.I.C. - Through December 30

• Crystal Winter at NY Hall of Science - Weekends Through December 31

• Guys & Dolls: Seeing Stars - Photography by Rose Hartman and Holger Keifel - at Dean Project - Through January 5, 2008

• Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile at QMA - Through January 6, 2008

• Flushing Remonstrance on Display at Flushing Library - Through January 7, 2008

• Line (Drawing) at Queens Library Gallery - Through January 13, 2008

• New York, New York, New York at Flux Factory - Through January 13, 2008

• Paper, Remembering Michael Hudson, and More Exhibits at Fisher Landau Center for Art - Through January 14, 2008

• Touched by Women's Hands - Art at Flushing Town Hall - Through January 20, 2008

• "Edge of the City, the Waterfront Paintings of Gregory William" at LaGuardia CC - Through January 31, 2008

• EAF07: 2007 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition at Socrates - Through March 2, 2008

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Photo Credit - The LIC firehouse that was the facade for the Third Watch TV show