Halloween Haunts
Halloween in Queens - October 2007- Event times will be updated as they are finalized by organizers.
Walk into Art on Jamaica Ave
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2007 - September 29 - November 17, 2007- Twenty-five site-specific sculptures and installations take to Jamaica Avenue, at phone booths, parks, restaurants, shops, and street corners throughout downtown Jamaica. One of the art groups involved -- The Rider Project -- uses a Ryder rental truck to create a roving street-side art show.
Get Behind the Scenes
Open House NY - October 6-7, 2007- 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.
Seventeen venues in Queens will participate. You can get behind-the-scenes peeks at Fort Totten, the ornate Hindu temple in Flushing, the Astoria Pool, the Queens Museum of Art, Queens Botanical Garden (and its new green building), Flushing Cemetery (resting place of Louis Armstrong), Flux Factory (art collective in LIC), Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse (exceptional 1930s oceanfront bathhouse), and more.
See the Open House site for times and details.
Drum Away in Flushing Meadows
Korean Chusok Celebration - October 20 and 21, 2007- Two days of Korean drumming, song, food, and dance in Flushing Meadows to celebrate Chusok, the traditional Korean harvest festival.
Around the World in Eight Hours
World of the Number 7 Train Tour - October 27, 2007- Urban geographer Jack Eichenbaum leads his annual signature tour of the neighborhoods along the #7 subway in Queens. This is the real deal for all you NYC-hounds, local historians, train buffs, and lovers of chow in all its tasty forms.
Children Take Over the Farm
Children's Fall Festival - October 28, 2007- 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, 2007- 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.
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Cherry-Pick Your Pumpkin
Pick Your Own Pumpkin - October 6-28 & 31, 2007- 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 - October 6 -29 (Saturdays and Sundays)- Get lost in a cornfield at the Queens Farm Museum. Best bet is the only night of Maze by Moonlight (October 13) when it's open till 9 p.m. Otherwise, the maze is 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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