Weekend Events in Queens — April 17-19, 2009

Happy Earth Day!

• Immigrant Heritage Week In NYC: April 17-23, 2009 - Many cultural and educational events at Queens Library branches

Friday

• Jazz Concert - A Tribute to Organ Legend Earl Grant - at JCAL

• Dinosaurs! The Bones of Baisley Park

• Wine Tasting and Art Preview - Rockaway Artists Alliance

Saturday

• Queens Is Green Fashion Show

• Asian Cultural Fest April 18-19 - at Queens Theatre in the Park

• 'One Thing That's Green' Community Volunteer Day - Pomonok Houses

• Earth Day Concert with Patricia Shih at Queens Library at Central Auditorium

• NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton with his sextet Euphoria - at Atlas Park mall

• Spring Migration - Flushing Meadows Corona Park

• Earth Day In Astoria Park

• Giacomo Gates - Jazz at Flushing Town Hall

• Earth Day Restoration Project at Plum Beach - Rockaways

• Pre-Earth Day Hike at Fort Totten

• Electronics Recycling in Jackson Heights - Travers Park

• Girl Scouts "Earth Day" at Cunningham Park

• Paralympic Sport New York City at Forest Park

• Hands-on History: Rufus and His Trees - King Manor Museum

• Be a History Detective at Fort Totten

Sunday

• Children's Carnival - Queens Country Farm Museum

• March of Dimes Walk at Flushing Meadows

• Plight of the Plover - Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk

• Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs' Immigrant Heritage Week Event – Immigration Stories Bookmaking Workshop - at Queens Museum of Art

• St. James and New York Books present their annual Book Fair - at Queens Museum of Art

• Asian Cultural Fest April 18-19 - at Queens Theatre in the Park

• ZEITGEIST 2009 at Art-O-Mat Gallery Opening reception on Sunday - Through May 31

• The Worth of the Earth at Kissena Corridor West

• Cirque USA in "Odyssey" at Colden Auditorium - Queens College

• Be a History Detective at Fort Totten

• Wine & Dine and A Color Mix of Quilts & Artwork - Rockaway Artists Alliance - Through May 17 - Opening Sunday

Continuing Events

• Current Exhibits at PS 1

• Queens International 4 - Biennial at Queens Museum of Art - Through April 26

• Exhibition: Change - Long Island City Artists - at Flushing Town Hall - Through April 26

• Kia: Organic Abstract - Opening at Queens Museum of Art -Through April 29

• Queens Beats: A Sonic Ride Through Queens - at the Discover Queens Visitors Center located in Queens Center - Through April 30

• Changing Queens at JCAL Gallery

• Wine & Dine and A Color Mix of Quilts & Artwork - Rockaway Artists Alliance - Through May 17 - Opening Sunday

• Light Magic - Holograms And Laser Works by Rudie Berkhout - Center for the Holographic Arts - Through May 30

• ZEITGEIST 2009 at Art-O-Mat Gallery - Through May 31

• WPA Prints from the Great Depression at Queens College - Godwin-Ternbach Museum - Through June 9

• "Infinite India: An Excess Of Reality" at Queens Botanical Gardens - Through June 15

• When Humanity Fails - at Queens Library Gallery - Through June 16

• Collages Created By Louis Armstrong At Armstrong House Museum - Through July 12

• Queens Borough Public Library Events

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