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36 THE COURIER SUN • JANUARY 16, 2014 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com happenings >JAN16-22 THRU JAN. 19 For the duration of the Queens Museum’s expansion, Queens-based photographer Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao has been in residence capturing the metamorphosis of the New York City Building. The resulting body of work, “New York City Building Time Lapse, 2009-2013: Photographs by Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao,” includes a series of 37 of Liao’s color photographs, comprised of nine large-format 30 x 72 inch pigment ink prints, and a contact sheet of the same size consisting of 28 other images. Visitors can view worn walls in various states of demolition and construction and stairwells lined in original terra cotta tiles, reminiscent of the building’s Beaux-Arts architecture, in contrast with bird’s eye views of barrel-vaulted ceilings, revealing the modernist elements of the Grimshaw redesign. The Queens Museum is located in the New York City Building in Flushing Meadows- Corona Park. Call 718-592- 9700 for more info. TUESDAY, JAN. 21 The Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) is calling all volunteers to join its museum docent training program. Volunteers serve a vital link between the historic house and the museum’s visitors, by guiding them through the site. The museum offers fl exible schedules for volunteers who wish to donate fi ve to 35 hours per month, as part of the program. The museum has only 25 spots open in its inaugural class. In addition to membership in the museum’s AllStar Docent Corps, benefi ts include a certifi cate of recognition of service, free admission for up to four family members to the museum, employee discount in the LAHM shop, invitation for two to LAHM annual holiday party, gift book and Louis Armstrong House museum T-shirt. Submit your resume and cover letter to volunteer@ LouisArmstrongHouse. org by Jan. 21. The museum is located at 34-56 107th Street in Corona. For more information call 718- 478-8274. EDITOR’S PICK Jazz at Flushing Town Hall FRIDAY, JAN. 31, Young Joo Song is one of Korea’s leading jazz pianists. Her swift rise in the jazz world enabled her to record eight albums with distinguished labels such as EMI, Warner and Sony. She also earned “Best Jazz Album” and “Best Jazz Performance” at the Korea Music Awards. Flushing Town Hall invites you to enjoy her music at 8 p.m. Admission is $15 for members; $10 for students. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard. To learn more, call 718-463-7700. 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 realistic, it will send you back to the 1950s. Scot opens the show with 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 in Bayside. For more info call 718-631-6311. JAN. 31 – MARCH 30 Beginning January 31, Flushing Town Hall (FTH) will kick off Lunar New Year 2014: The Year of the Horse. FTH’s Lunar New Year line up encourages audience members of all ages to come out and celebrate the annual tradition of what is often referred to as “Chinese New Year.” The rich history of Chinese New Year dates back many centuries to when people would gather to honor their ancestors while sharing myth and traditions. For a complete list of Lunar New Year events, and many others, visit www.fl ushingtownhall. org, or call 718-463-7700. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard. ONGOING THRU SUNDAY, JAN. 26 “Space Choreographed: Noguchi and Ruth Page” is an exhibit of the Noguchi drawings of avant-garde American dancer and choreographer Ruth COMPILED BY KATELYN DI SALVO Page. This series includes ink wash paintings that abstract the human form. The Noguchi Museum is located at 9-01 33rd Road in LIC. For more info call 718-204-7088. THURSDAY, JAN. 30 Join the Laughing Devil Comedy Club, as the best comedians from the New York area (and beyond) bring their A-game. The Big Thing comedians are all pros on the rise that have been vetted by the club. This event will start at 8 p.m. and star Adriane Hamilton, Casey James Salengo, Chris Williams, Christy Coffey, Evan Berke and Mike Celona. The Laughing Devil Comedy Club is located at 47-38 Vernon Boulevard in LIC. For more info call 347-913-3845. SUNDAY, FEB. 2 Flushing Town Hall is holding a Korean mask making workshop at 1 p.m. Traditional Korean masks are a vital part of Korean dance dramas. Following an introduction to Korean traditional crafts, participants will color and decorate the Bong San T’al Ch’um mask and create their own colorful character. Admission is $10 for members; $8 for students (materials included). Located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard. SUNDAY, FEB. 20 Celebrate Black History Month and join the Queens Botanical Garden at its George Washington Carver Workshop at 1:30 p.m. Learn how plants played an important role in his early life and about his later achievements in botany, agriculture, botanical illustration, industrial engineering and medicine. Admission is $6, and is appropriate for ages 5 through 12. The Queens Botanical Garden is located at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing. To register call 718-886-3800 ext. 230 or visit education@queensbotanical. org. 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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