Throw Down
NYC Bocce Tournament - October 3-4, 2009- The X-Games got nothing on bocce! What a way to experience the ultimate Italian-American men's game. The borough preliminary games is on Saturday at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village, and the site of the finals on Sunday is in the Bronx at Pelham Bay Park.
Get Behind the Scenes
Open House NY - October 10-11, 2009- A weekend of peaking behind the facades of the more interesting buildings in all five boroughs, Open House NYC is a two-day architectural and historic adventure.
Last year, 17 venues in Queens participated. You could get behind-the-scenes peeks at Fort Totten, the ornate Hindu temple in Flushing, the new Flushing Meadows pool and ice rink, the Queens Museum of Art, Queens Botanical Garden (and its new green building), Immaculate Conception School and Church in Jamaica Estates, Louis Armstrong House Museum, Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse (exceptional 1930s oceanfront bathhouse), and more.
See the Open House site for times and details.
Eat, Eat, Eat (for Cheap)
Queens Restaurant Week - October 5-15, 2009- Every year Queens Restaurant Week gets better and better, tastier and tastier. Enjoy a three-course meal for $25 at some of the borough's best restaurants.
- Note - List of participating restaurants is still in progress with more added each week.
Children Take Over the Farm
Children's Fall Festival - October 25, 2009- It's the peak of the year at the Queens County Farm Museum, a day when your kids can get lost in a haunted house or a maize maze; hop in a sack race; dance to live music; and oh yeah, run around wearing their costumes.
Monsters, Ghosts, Aliens, and Maverick Spiders Take Over the Streets of Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights Halloween Parade - October 31, 2009- The children's Halloween Parade in Jackson Heights is the biggest in the borough and one of the biggest in the city. But it's got the vibe of a small-town happening.
Halloween Haunts
Halloween in Queens - October 2009- Event times will be updated as they are finalized by organizers.
- More Events - Halloween in Queens
Cherry-Pick Your Pumpkin
Pick Your Own Pumpkin - October 3-31 (Saturdays and Sundays), 2009- The youngest kids love picking their own pumpkins at the Queens Count Farm. And while they're there, they can hand-feed the goats and sheep or find their way to the maze.
Lost in the Maize?
The Amazing Maize Maze at Queens County Farm - September 19 to November 1 (Saturdays and Sundays)- Get lost in a cornfield at the Queens Farm Museum. Best bet is the only night of Maze by Moonlight (October 10 and 17) when it's open till 9 p.m. Otherwise, the maze is 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Also open on the Monday of Columbus Day Weekend.
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