(Queens, NY) Diversity strikes again! This time it’s in the form of a Halloween event for dogs and dog lovers. But there’s also British theatre, French film, Korean marching music, Spanish theater, and an expert on U.S.-Israel relations. Here’s the rundown.
Oct. 23, The Importance of Being Earnest, through Nov. 8 (times vary). Borough-based Titan Theatre Company presents Oscar Wilde’s comedic masterpiece about two bachelor friends, deceitful lives, and riotous consequences. $18. Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave., S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, www.titantheatrecompany.com.
Oct. 23, In Jackson Heights, 5:30 pm. Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman screens his new documentary, In Jackson Heights. A Q&A follows. Free. PS 69, 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, www.injheights.bpt.me.
Oct. 23, Shake the Dust, 7 pm. This documentary chronicles the influence of breakdancing, showcasing some of the most jaw-dropping moves ever committed to film. The event ends with a discussion with Martha Diaz of the Hip-Hop Education Center. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us.
Oct. 23, Giant Science Showdown, 7 pm. Games for adults. From lasers to cork-rockets, teams compete against each other. $15. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Corona, www.nysci.org.
Oct. 23-25, Broadway Around The World: A Musical Revue, (Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm.) A musical with songs that take the audience on a world tour from the beaches of the South Pacific to the NYC streets. $15. Royal Star Theatre, Immaculate Conception School, 179-14 Dalny Rd., Jamaica Estates.
Oct. 23, À nos amours (To Our Loves), 7 pm. Presented as part of a retrospective on Maurice Pialat, a French director known for emotionally raw, incisive films, To Our Loves launched the remarkable career of Sandrine Bonnaire. The awakened womanhood of teenaged Suzanne (Bonnaire) is just more fuel to the fire in the volatile apartment/workshop that she shares with her family. $12/$9 for seniors and students. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us.
Oct. 23-24, Haunted Lantern Tours, 6:30 pm. Join the Urban Park Rangers as they mix history with Halloween fun on a lantern tour of the historic Water Battery at Fort Totten. Free. Fort Totten Park, 422 Weaver Ave., Bayside, www.nycparks.com.
Oct. 24, Woofside Halloween Pet Festival, noon to 2 pm. All pets, dog groups, and animal-loving societies are welcome. Free, but $10 donation to enter costume contest. Windmuller Park, 52nd Street and 39th Drive, Woodside. Registration at Skillman Pet Store, 49-16 Skillman Ave., beforehand.
Oct. 24, Combinado Argentina de Danza, 8 pm. This collective’s philosophy is simple: train, create, and spread dance to all spaces and formats. Free. LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Room E-241, LIC, www.laguardiaperformingarts.org.
Oct. 24, This Old House: A Behind the Scenes Tour, 4 pm. With caretaker Roy Fox and executive director Nadezhda Williams, explore the museum’s 29 rooms and its evolution from a mid-18th century cottage to a historic house. $40/$25 for students and seniors. Reservations required. King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica, www.kingmanor.org.
Oct. 24, Stephen Lichty, 6 pm. In a museum full of rocks and stones, Lichty performs a solo movement composition in the round, exploring the concept of wholeness and the process of individuation and engendering new sensitivities to dance, architecture, geology, and landscape. $10/$5 for students and seniors. Noguchi Museum, 9-01 33rd Rd., LIC, www.noguchi.org.
Oct. 24, Frederick Wiseman Retrospective: Model, 3 pm. Legendary documentary filmmaker Wiseman has made nine feature-length documentaries on NYC. Model, structured around a TV commercial for pantyhose and an Oscar de la Renta runway show, follows male and female models at work on commercials, fashion shows, magazine covers, and advertising. $12/$9 for seniors and students. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us.
Oct. 24, Halloween Harvest Festival, 11 am to 3 pm. Costumes, face-painting, shadow puppetry, a harvest festival dance, and the ever-popular Canine Costume Contest. Plus, Urban Shaman Mama Donna performs a pet blessing. Free. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., LIC, www.socratessculpturepark.org.
Oct. 24, Halloween Festival, noon to 3 pm. Games, rides, craft projects, costume contest, pumpkin patch, and goodie bags. Free. Fort Totten Park Parade Grounds, Bayside, www.nycparks.com.
Oct. 24, We Won’t Grow Old Together (Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble), 2 pm; and The Mouth Agape (La gueule ouverte), 4:30 pm. Presented as part of a retrospective on Maurice Pialat, a French director known for emotionally raw, incisive films, We Won’t Grow Old is a romance based on Pialat’s long-running affairs. Mouth Agape is about a male who returns to his boyhood home to deal with his terminally ill mother. $12/$9 for seniors and students. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us.
Oct. 24 & 25, Halloween Haunted House, 4 pm to 7 pm. Haunted house, hayrides, treats, mulled cider, pumpkins, and apples. $4. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, www.queensfarm.org.
Oct. 25, We Run for Hope, 9 am. This five-kilometer race raises money for SHARE Cancer Support, a nonprofit that counsels women with breast and ovarian cancer. $30/$10 for children 12 and under. Start and finish near the Unisphere, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, www.werunforhope.com.
Oct. 25, Compañia Flamenca: José Porcel, 3 pm. This company presents classic Flamenco. The choreography, costumes, and music are faithfully reproduced to ensure an explosion of rhythms, colors, and emotions. $35. Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, www.visitqpac.org.
Oct. 25, New York Korean Traditional Marching Band, 2 pm. This professional percussion group performs Korean traditional music, including Samulnori, Sulchango (percussion), and Geomungo (string instrument). Free. Flushing Library, 41-17 Main St., Flushing, www.queenslibrary.org.
Oct. 25, Queensboro Symphony Orchestra, 7 pm. Led by acclaimed maestro Dong-hyun Kim, the orchestra performs classics such as Dvorak’s New World Symphony, Suppe’s Light Calvalry Overture, and a Trumpet Concerto by Hummel featuring soloist Ji Woong Kim. Free will offering. St. Mary’s Nativity Church, 46-02 Parsons Blvd., Flushing.
Oct. 25, Mideast Ambassador Speaks, 3 pm. Ambassador Dennis Ross, one of the leading figures in Mideast peace negotiations for 30 years, discusses his new book, Doomed to Success, which tells the inside story of the relationship between the U.S. and Israel. Advance tickets, which include kosher desserts and coffee, are $18 minimum/$25 at the door. Student tickets are $10 with ID. Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, www.cqy.org.
Oct. 25, Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell, 12:30 pm. Deborah Solomon discusses the new edition of her biography of Joseph Cornell. Legends about this artist abound–the shy hermit, the devoted family caretaker, the artistic innocent. Utopia Parkway presents a brilliant, relentlessly serious artist who worked out of a cluttered basement at 37-08 Utopia Pkwy. in Flushing. Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, www.queensmuseum.org.
Oct. 25, Children’s Fall Festival, 11 am to 4 pm. Games, costumes, pig races, pony rides, food, live country music, and the ConEdison Ecology $5. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, www.queensfarm.org.
Oct. 25, Graduate First (Passe ton bac d’abord…), 2 pm; Under the Sun of Satan (Sous le soleil de Satan), 4:30 pm; Van Gogh, 7 pm. Presented as part of a retrospective on Maurice Pialat, a French director known for emotionally raw, incisive films, Graduate First looks at life among a group of working-class teenagers in the suburbs of a poor mining town. Under the Sun depicts a country priest who is trying to save the soul of a local girl. Van Gogh deals with the famous Dutch painter’s misunderstood genius. $12/$9 for seniors and students. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us.
Oct. 25, Frederick Wiseman Retrospective: Central Park, 3 pm. Legendary documentary filmmaker Wiseman has made nine feature-length documentaries on NYC. Central Park depicts the NYC landmark and the ways in which people make use of it—running, boating, walking, skating, picnicking, singing, dancing, attending the theater, playing sports, and rallying for justice. $12/$9 for seniors and students. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us.
October 25, Long Island City Tour, 2:30 pm. This three-hour, small-group walking tour goes through LIC’s thriving arts and culinary scene. Meet interesting local artists, makers, and entrepreneurs, and enjoy additional stops for light bites and local microbrews with a grand finale at a rooftop lounge with incredible cityscape views and a glass of prosecco. $65, advance booking required.
Oct. 28, Mashups, 6:30 pm. Visual artists, dancers, musicians, and poets collaborate during what will probably become a regular series. $7. Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.queenscouncilarts.org.
Oct. 28, An Evening with Frederick Wiseman, 7 pm. Legendary filmmaker Wiseman shows scenes from his new work, In Jackson Heights, during a discussion about the nine documentaries he has made in NYC. He shows and discusses memorable moments from all nine films. $12/$9 for seniors and students. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us.
Oct. 28, Gender, Mass Violence, and Genocide, 12:10 pm. Cynthia Soohoo, Director of the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic at CUNY Law School, and Natalie Nenadic, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, discuss how mass rape came to be established as a war crime, a crime against humanity, and genocide. Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside, www.qcc.cuny.edu.
Oct. 28, Halloween Family Fun, 5 pm to 7 pm. Crafts, not-too-scary stories, treats, and surprises. Costumes encouraged. $3. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing, www.vomuseum.org.
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