Queens, New York

Learn about the operatic Chinese art form Kunqu with Flushing Town Hall on Dec. 12 at 8 pm. Q&A session follows. Info: https://bit.ly/2VVgvkt

New cookbook shares Flushing’s food empire's success + spicy deliciousness. Info: https://bit.ly/3ovwP7v

Purple reindeer. Pink flowers. Huge nutcrakers. Take a Winter Escape at Queens County Farm Museum until Jan. 10, 2021. Info: https://bit.ly/3lVrdSk

Museum of the Moving Image + Polish Cultural Institute New York co-present Polish films from Dec. 9 to Dec. 16. Info: https://bit.ly/3qvgbqI

Celebrate American Indian dance at Queens County Farm Museum this weekend. Eight nations will be there. Info: https://bit.ly/2I55o4u

LIC's Plaxall Gallery displays "Edge of Light" until Dec. 27. The exhibit deconstructs, shapes + streams light. Info: https://bit.ly/2JJvZ8d

The policy is back! Noguchi Museum offers Free First Friday on Nov. 6. Info: https://bit.ly/3kRHybb

Queens County Farm Museum hosts floral elephants, a giant butterfly, an enchanted forest, and a life-size pumpkin spice latte cup through Nov. 29. Info: https://bit.ly/2I0PcBy

It's here! It's sweeter than sugar. It's In Queens! Info: https://bit.ly/2SczsgB

Here's the complete Halloween guide for Queens. Info: https://bit.ly/3oPZzZZ

Elvis lives! Richie Santa does his world famous Elvis impersonation on Oct. 30 at 7 pm. Info: https://bit.ly/3hrq9o4

Kin to the Cove is a new environmental art project near Socrates Sculpture Park. Info: https://www.instagram.com/kintothecove

Titan Theatre Company presents "An Iliad" from Oct. 28-30. December brings "A Christmas Carol." Info: https://bit.ly/3kmlllp

The annual Totten Trot 5K goes online this year, but costumes are still encouraged! Compete from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1. Info: https://bit.ly/31vTAzc

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Sunnyside Restaurant Week kicked off with a market in Bliss Plaza on Oct. 18. The six-hour event featured Japanese cuisine, craft vendors, children’s activities, and live entertainment spearheaded by COBU, an all-female troupe that mixes traditional Japanese Taiko drumming with rhythmic tap dancing. It was a fitting appetizer to the eighth-annual restaurant week, which runs through Oct. 28 this year. Woodside and Sunnyside establishments will serve cuisines from such countries as Colombia, Ecuador, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, and the United States. Each one will offer a three-course dinner for $25 with some establishments also offering lunch specials or other $25 deals.

Get pumpkins at Queens Botanical Garden + Queens County Farm Museum! Learn pumpkin science at Alley Pond Environmental Center. Info: https://bit.ly/37yLUQO

Author Jo Ivester discusses her struggles + acceptance of a transgender son on Oct. 22 at 7:30 pm. Info: https://bit.ly/3iMsauM