70 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • DECEMBER 26, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com happenings >DEC26- > JA N1 DECEMBER 26-JAN. 1 This holiday season, the imaginative, playful, and creative fi lm and television work of Jim Henson will be celebrated by the Museum of the Moving Image with the series “Jim Henson’s World.” Beginning Dec. 21, the museum will screen “Emmet Otter’s Jug- Band Christmas.” This television special tells the story of Ma Otter and her son Emmet, who both secretly enter a talent contest to win money for Christmas presents for each other. These screenings also include Kermit the Frog’s segments, as well as outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage. Museum of the Moving Image is located at 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria. For more information call 718- 777-6888. THURSDAY, DEC. 26 “D.B. Rielly- American Roots Music” starts at 9 p.m. at Rest-au-Rant, located at 30-01 35th Avenue in Long Island City. The event is free. For more information call 718- 729-9009. DEC. 26, 27& 28 From noon to 4 p.m. visit the Queens County Farm Museum’s Holiday Open House. Enjoy tours of the decorated farmhouse, craft activities for children and mulled cider. This event is free. The Queens County Farm Museum is located at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Glen Oaks. Call 718-347-3276 for more information. FRIDAY, DEC. 27 “ReMake the Holidays” at the New York Hall of Science. Build and animate a new version of the holiday season with workshops, demos, artist installations, ice sculpting and a screening of “Bag It The Movie.” Cost is $8-$11 for museum admission. The New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th Street in Corona. DEC. 27-29 Two-time Drama Desk nominee Parallel Exit offers a very special presentation of “EXIT STAGE LEFT” - a rollicking speed-of-light comedy. Harkening back to the days EDITOR’S PICK ‘Blue Suede Birthday: The Elvis Bash’ SATURDAY, JAN. 25, The Queensborough Performing Arts Center is holding “Blue Suede Birthday, The Elvis Bash.” Master performers Scot Bruce & Mike Albert deliver an Elvis experience that is so similar it will send you back to the 1950s. Scot opens the show performing his interpretations of the early hits. It is 60 minutes of all Elvis, the hair the clothes and of course the voice! Rock around the clock, on January 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets start at $40 and are available now. The Queensborough Peforming Arts Center is located at 222-05 56th Avenue Bayside. For more information call 718-631 -6311. of vaudeville, “EXIT STAGE LEFT” packs more entertainment in a single show than a three-ring circus. An ensemble of fi ve present a wide range of old-fashioned family entertainment, from tap dance to live music to slapstick comedy at Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Avenue South, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Show times are 2 & 7 p.m. Tickets are $25. Call the Box Offi ce at 718-760-0064. SUNDAY, DEC. 29 The Rego Park Jewish Center will be having a Singles Social & Dance on Sunday, December 29 from 2 to 6 p.m.Dance to the music of DJ Andrew Forman, refreshments served, $10 per person, for singles over 45. Rego Park Jewish Center is located at 97-30 Queens Blvd., between 64th and 65th Roads in Rego Park. TUESDAY, DEC. 31 Start this year with some laughs along with fi ve amazing and famous headliners, at the Laughing Devil Comedy Club on Dec 31, from 5:30 -10:30 p.m. Tickets include appetizer or dessert and two drinks for $65. Located at 47-38 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City. For more information call 347-913- 3845. SATURDAY, JAN. 4 The Rego Park Jewish Center will be starting a new Psalms Discussion Group, led by Noreen Daniel and Charles Lehat. There is no charge. A light bite will be served. The Rego Park Jewish Center is located at 97-30 Queens Boulevard between 64th and 65th Road. For more information call 718-459 -1000. THRU JAN. 4 Artist Hisami Taniguchi, born and raised in Japan, is bringing her unique art to a solo exhibition at Resobox. Her signature style of art is created by pulling a string of a cloth by hand. Her technique was infl uenced by her memory of playing with a needle, cloth, and thread in her grandmother’s knitting shop. Taniguchi’s works are inspired by landscapes, surroundings, and everything she experiences around her. Resobox is located at 41-26 27th Street in LIC. Call 718-784-3680 for more information. ATTENTION: WANT A LISTING ON THIS PAGE? Go to the “Events Calendar” section of our web site, www.queenscourier.com/ events-page, and click on “Submit your event” to let us know about your happening. We select from reader submissions to list on our happenings page.
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