FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com FEBRUARY 20, 2014 • BUZZ • THE QUEENS COURIER 79 buzz THRU MARCH 10 Artifacts of the African Tribal kingdom called The Collection of Amadou Njoya is on display at the QCC Art Gallery. The potent beauty of celebratory festivals, initiations and other traditional rituals will be conveyed through masterful objects made of wood, metal and terra cotta in the exhibit. Amadou Njoya is a fourth generation Cameroonian born into a family of distinguished artisans and advisors for the royal family of the Kingdom of Bamum. Visit the exhibition at the QCC Art Gallery located at 222-05 56th Ave Oakland Gardens, they are open Monday through Sunday for hours visit their website, http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/artgallery/default.asp or call 718-631-6396. FRIDAY, MARCH 14 King Manor Museum partners with Five Boroughs Music Festival to present Les Delices, a Clevelandbased, critically-acclaimed ensemble performing French Baroque music on period instruments. The program will feature works by Philidor, Guillemain, Leclair and Rameau. The event will start at 6 p.m. where there will be wine and light refreshments. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and $15 at student rate. To buy tickets please visit http://5bmf.org/buy-tickets/ The Kings Manor Musuem is located at 150-3 Jamaica Avenue. SATURDAY, MARCH 15 The Queensborough Performing Arts Center will have David Alan Grier with special guest Godfrey on the stage at 8p.m. The star of In Living Color, David Alan Grier may be best known as a dexterous TV comedy star, but he is also a multi talented veteran of musicals, plays, and numerous fi lms. Godfrey is one of the hottest comedians on their circuit performing all over the country and hitting all the major festivals. Tickets are $40 and are available now. QPAC is located at 222-05 56th Avenue in Bayside. For more information call 718-631-6311. SUNDAY, MARCH 16 The Irish Festival will continue to celebrate the Irish gifts of music, food and culture to America. There will be a number of music and dance performances throughout the day, as well as a variety of vendors and authentic Irish food. All net proceeds benefi t the Hofstra University Scholarship Fund. Returning this year will be The Tommy Mulvihill Band, The Black Velvet Band, Katie’s Puppets, Hirten Family Irish Dancers and MC Tony Jackson. The festival starts at 11 a.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for senior citizens, children under 12 admitted free. The festival will be located at 245 Hofstra University, Hempstead. For more info call 516-463-6582. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs is holding its popular “Taste of the World” food festival on March 16, in McLaughlin Hall. The Sunday afternoon food fest showcases local restaurants. Foodies can expect Panarama challenge trivia night EDITOR’S PICK FRIDAY, MARCH 7, Calling all geographical geeks and New York know-it-alls! Come to the recently reopened Queens Museum on Friday, March 7 from 7-10 p.m. (doors open 6 p.m.) to participate in the world’s only geographical trivia-based game night at the world’s largest panorama – The Panorama of the City of New York! The Panorama Challenge involves questions about assorted city landmarks, bridges, neighborhoods, parks and more. Participants will compete in teams of 10 (or so) and will play either as a Panorama Challenger or Panorama Pro team. The suggested admission fee of $15 with all proceeds going to support the City Reliquary Museum in Williamsburg, Brooklyn dedicated to collecting NYC ephemera. A free shuttle will be traveling between the Museum and underneath the Mets-Willets Point No. 7 stop, both before and after the event. For more information and instructions to reserve your team contact: matt@levysuniqueny.com lots on the menu, with samplings from many different cuisines that refl ect the multi-ethnic character of the parish and the Forest Hills community it serves. Announced restaurant participants include Tuscan Hills, La Boulangerie, Uno Chicago Grill, Portofi no, Bonfi re Grill, Danny Brown, and Jack and Nellie’s—with more to follow. Proceeds from this annual event benefi t the church, to help maintain this 100-year-old parish. Advance tickets are $20; $25 at the door. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. The church is located at 75-55 Austin Street, Forest Hills. For more information call 718-268-6251. THRU MARCH 25 “Noguchi’s Early Drawings” bears out his confi - dence. Each of the drawings on view reveals a very different facet of his quest to form a unique artistic identity in the years following his apprenticeship with Brancusi. The selection of drawings on view covers exercises from the life drawing classes he took at Academie Collarosi and L’Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris in 1927, as well as his distillations of signature strains of Modernism he encountered in Paris and New York. The Noguchi Muesum is located at 9-01 33rd Road at Vernon Boulevard. For more info call 718-204-7088. SUNDAY, MARCH 30 Queensborough Performing Arts Center is holding a Moscow Ballet Festival, with the show “Swan Lake.” Simply one of the greatest classical ballets of all time, with music by Tchaikovsky, it is based on a German fairy tale and follows a heroic young prince as he labors to free a beautiful swan maiden. This performance uses principle dancers from the ranks of Russia’s top companies. This show starts at 3 p.m. and is a treat for people of all ages, tickets start at $39. QPAC is located at 222-05 56th Avenue, Bayside. For more information call 718- 631-6311. 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