10 | BOROMAG.COM | MAY 2015 THE ARTS Gifts for Every Type of Mom For the artistic mom: Paint and Sip Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 10) at 2 p.m. $50 Pamper and express yourself at the same time with this guided acrylic painting class. While you get your creative juices flowing we’ll have the drinks flowing. Have fun and relax while you leisurely create a work of art to take home with you. All materials and a glass of wine are included with your purchase! For the mom who wants a laugh: Yo Mama’s So Funny! Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 10) at 5:30 p.m. $5 Hosted by Lisa Corrao (finalist on Nick @ Nite’s Funniest Mom in America), The Mom Show will feature a lineup of hilarious moms and dads. Kids are welcome at this all-ages show—in fact, Lisa’s daughter will be co-hosting! If you don’t think your kids will sit through the show, there will be arts and crafts with an instructor in the cafe during the show to keep them busy. For the adventurous mom: Burlesque Basics (Six weeks + show) Sunday, May 17, at 2 p.m. $200 In this class you’ll learn everything you need to get started in this sexy, silly and empowering art form. You’ll learn the basic moves from how to shimmy shake, bump and grind, spin tassels, and take off gloves with style. Then you’ll develop your burlesque alter ego and create an act that you can perform in front of a live audience. Or, if you’d rather just be in the audience, you’ll get two tickets. The class is taught by comedian/burlesque performer Cherry Pitz (aka Cyndi Freeman), the producer and host of Hotsy Totsy Burlesque. There’s no single perfect gift for Mother’s Day because there’s no single type of mom. Luckily Q.E.D. has classes and shows for every type of mom in your life. Whether she’s your partner, friend, stepmom, grandmother or sister, Q.E.D. has a large variety of offerings that will make the perfect gift. at Q.E.D. For the mom with the green thumb: Flower Arranging Class Sunday, May 17, at 4 p.m. $30 Using lush and romantic flowers, you will learn how to make your very own floral arrangement in a mason jar! Finding inspiration in the beauty of spring, this class will instruct you on proper care for each bloom, and the best techniques for arranging them. The best part? At the end of the class, everyone gets to take home their original flower arrangement and vase. For the mom who’s impossible to buy a gift for: Q.E.D. Gift Certificate Who knows your mom better than herself? Get her a gift certificate and let her treat herself to one of their many shows or classes, a glass of wine or a snack, whatever her heart desires. Q.E.D. is like an after-school space for grown-ups. Their affordable classes and shows are as diverse as Queens itself. At Q.E.D., you’ll find arts and crafts, stand-up comedy, tastings, DIY projects, poetry slams, game nights, walking tours, storytelling, gardening, improv and everything in between. In a nutshell, they aim to provide a fun, creative, casual space to laugh and learn by opening their stage to performers of various levels of experience, and hosting classes and workshops that are affordable and accessible to all types of folks. [email protected] QEDAstoria.com 347-451-3873 27-16 23rd Ave., Astoria
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