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LIST OF
18 THINGS TO DO
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3
1 How Many Zombies
Are Too Many
Zombies? — In How Many
Zombies Are Too Many
Zombies? players take on the
role of scientists helping the
“Center for Calamity Control”
simulate a zombie outbreak.
Facilitators introduce participants
to mathematical modeling
and the ways they can
be used to simulate, analyze
and make predictions about
the complex real-world phenomenon.
Players help modify
the simulation by suggesting
different parameters,
such as the number of
steps zombies can take in the
Zombie Outbreak Simulator,
a turn-based game of zombie
tag. Then participants
play through the simulation,
embodying the very parameters
they’ve chosen, while the
facilitator tracks the population
of zombies and humans.
At the end, players see
graphs detailing the population
swings and can further
tweak parameters and see
different results through play.
When: 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: 47-01 111th St.,
Corona.
Cost: Free with NYSCI
Admission.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4
2 Screening & Live
Event: “Hereditary”
(with Director Ari Aster in
person) — After her mother
passes away, artist Annie
Graham (Toni Collette)
starts to learn mysterious
and terrifying secrets about
their ancestry. The more she
and her family discover, the
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EDITOR’S
PICK
Candlelight Tours — Music by local musicians and tours of the Onderdonk House.
See our holiday decorations and St. Nicholas Exhibit. Mulled Cider and other refreshments.
When: Saturday, Jan. 5 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood.
Cost: Donation $5 for adults, members free.
more they find themselves
trying to outrun the sinister
fate it seems they have inherited.
A miniaturist by trade,
Annie begins to recognize as
well as seemingly cause resonances
between her meticulously
arranged doll houses
and the suddenly embattled
family home. A familial tragedy
is transformed into something
much darker in this psychological
horror debut from
writer-director Ari Aster. Toni
Collette took home Best
Actress at the 2018 Gotham
Independent Film Award for
her performance, and the film
is nominated for Best First
Feature at the Independent
Spirit Awards.
When: 6:30 p.m.
Where: Museum of the
Moving Image, 36-01 35
Ave., Astoria.
Cost: $15 ($11 seniors and
students / $9 youth (ages
3–17) / free for children
under 3 and Museum members
at the Film Lover and
Kids Premium levels and
above).
3 Silk Road: An
Exploration of the
Jaap or Bajan Tradition
— Indo-Caribbean artists
group Gangadai was created
to increase the visibility
of the underserved
Indo-Caribbean community
and share the inherited
classical and folk musical
traditions of the underrepresented
demographic
of East Indians from
the Caribbean and South
America in New York City.
Their new project “Silk Road”
documents the dying art of
the mantra or “Jaap” Bajan
song tradition to conserve
Indo-Caribbean culture for
future generations and share
this ancient art form to bridge
divides and invite dialogue.
When: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Where: Jamaica Arts Center,
161-04 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica.
Cost: Free.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5
4 Jamaica Stop N’ Swap
— Bring clean, portable,
reusable items you
no longer need and take
home something new to
you. No one is required
to bring something to take
something. Books, toys, fashionable
clothing, housewares,
electronics, and more!
When: Noon to 3 p.m.
Where: P.S. 244, 143-26 101
Ave., Jamaica.
Cost: Free
6 4th Annual NYC
Shadow Puppet Slam
(Ages 21 and up) — The NYC
Shadow Slam returns with
another brilliant selection
of shadow performances
by local puppet illuminati.
Chinese Theater Works’
Kuang-Yu Fong and Stephen
Kaplin will once more curate
an evening of short works
ranging across the full spectrum
of traditional and cutting
edge shadow theater,
animation, video and film.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Flushing Town Hall,
137-35 Northern Blvd.,
Flushing.
Cost: $14/$10 for members
and students.
7 Jackknife Comedy —
Jackknife Comedy is
a rad monthly stand up
show the first Saturday of
every month at The Creek
and The Cave in Queens,
hosted by two dummies
from Iowa named Gideon
Hambright and Patrick
Hastie! Each show they
pick a bunch of their favorite
comedians to come do sets,
be cool and have a blast!
This months comics are:
Atheer Yacoub, Nick Naney,
Lauren Vino, David Tveite,
Wilfred Padua, Isabel Hagen,
Kyle Turner and Norah Yahya.
Come out and party!
When: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Where: The Creek and Cave,
10-93 Jackson Ave., Long
Island City.
Cost: $5.
this ancient art form to bridge
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