Top Pick of the Weekend

• It's the perfect time of the year for a lot of things, but especially for a walking tour along the East River. Explore the history and the recent changes -- maybe the Water Taxi Beach pictured -- along NYC's vital waterway.

Friday

• JCAL and Carnegie Hall Presents: Avantango - free, live Tango

• Tony Purrone Trio at Flushing Town Hall

• BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center Sale/Open House - May 2-4

Saturday

• Arabic Dance & Music with Zikrayat at JCAL - Learn drumming, dance, and, yes, belly dancing.

• Queens Jazz Trail - Monthly bus tour of famous jazz musicians' homes in Queens

• Musicians of the New York Philharmonic at Flushing Town Hall

• Ballet Hispanico at Queens Theatre in the Park - Sat and Sun

• GO! - Free play at Queens Theatre in the Park

• Walking Tour - Industrial History and Cultural Change on the East River

• 20th Anniversary Doo-Wop Oldies Concert at Queens College

• Earth Day Rockaway

• Teach Your Child to Ride a Bike at North Rochdale Playground

• TLC for Trees at Queens Botanical

• BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center Sale/Open House - May 2-4

Sunday

• Cinco de Mayo at Flushing Meadows

• Opening - Decoys, Complexes, and Triggers: Feminism and Land Art in the 1970s -- and Michael Portnoy: Casino Ilinx -- at Sculpture Center - Through July 28

• Robert McDuffie, Violinist - LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College

• Pets & Pals Party at Alley Pond Park

• BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center Sale/Open House - May 2-4

• Exploring Bowne Park - Gems of Queens

• Wildflower Walk at Alley Pond Park

• Five Borough Bike Ride

Continuing Events

• Current Exhibits at PS 1

• Père Another (Peter Jacobs and MKS Volcofsky) - Kicked Out of Death at Chocolate Factory - Through May 3

• Texaco Road Map Conservation Project - and Anthony Auerbach, Empire State Pavilion - at QMA - Through May 4

• Exporting Pop: A Western Fantasy - at Dean Project - Through May 10

• Olu Oguibe: Women of Substance at JCAL - Through May 10

• Invention at Play at NY Hall of Science - Through May 11

• Art at Fort Tilden - Of Women, Black & White, and The Human Figure - Rockaway Artists Alliance - Through May 18

• Design: Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi at Noguchi Museum - Through May 25

• PICASSO FLAMENCOnde de Orgaz at Thalai Theatre - Through May 25

• Changing Queens Photos at Queens Library Gallery - Through May 30

• Crossing the BLVD at Queens College - Through June 28. Originally shown at QMA a few years ago, it's an engrossing exhibit on contemporary immigrants here in Queens. Highly recommended.

• "This Case of Conscience": Spiritual Flushing and the Remonstrance - Through June 29

• Carousel at Atlas Park Mall - Through June 29

• Anna Matoušková: Places. Abstract Paintings, Drawings, and Glass Sculpture at Queens College Art Center - Through July 10

• 475 KENT Lives - QMA Gallery at the Bulova Corporate Center - Through July 13

• Decoys, Complexes, and Triggers: Feminism and Land Art in the 1970s -- and Michael Portnoy: Casino Ilinx -- at Sculpture Center - Through July 28

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Photo Credit - John Roleke - Water Taxi Beach