Weekend Events in Queens — July 4-6, 2008

Happy Independence Day! - Top Pick of the Weekend

• Enjoy the Fireworks - July 4 in Queens

Friday

• Groovin’ on the Green - Live music at Atlas Park mall

• Fireworks on the East River

• Hunt for Chicken Mushrooms in Forest Park - With "Wildman" Steve Brill

Saturday

• First of the Summer - Warm Up at PS 1 - Saturdays through September 6

• NYC Musical Saw Festival in Astoria

• Queens Jazz Trail Tour - via Flushing Town Hall

• Opening - Miniature Golf - at Atlas Park mall - Through August 31

• Hunt for Ramp Bulbs in Alley Pond Park

• Canoeing at Fort Totten

• Soaring Series - Celebrating and learning about birds of prey - at Kissena Park, Forest Park, and Rockaway Beach

Sunday

• The Bethpage Brass Ban - Concert at MacNeil Park in College Point

• Independence Sunday Concert at Macdonald Park in Forest Hills

• Free canoe and kayak rides in Hallets Cove

• The History of Fort Totten

• Signs of Life Series - Wildlife at Rockaway Beach, Forest Park, and Kissena Park

• Lantern Tours of Fort Totten

Continuing Events

• Current Exhibits at PS 1

• 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

• Construction of Cultures - Diego Medina at JCAL - Through July 14

• The Real Pepsi Challenge: Breaking the Color Barrier in American Business at QMA - Through July 27

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

• Cringe at Dean Project - Through July 31

• Waste Not, Want Not at Socrates - Through August 3

• 8th Annual Summer Art Show - Bayside Historical Society - at Fort Totten< - Through August 3/a>

• Going Places (Doing Stuff) - Artist-led Tours with Flux Factory - Through August

• Miniature Golf - at Atlas Park mall - Through August 31

• Warm Up at PS 1 - Saturdays through September 6

• Magic: the Science of Illusion at NY Hall of Science - Through September 14

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Photo Credit - John Roleke - Gantry Plaza State Park, best fireworks spot