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LIST OF
19 THINGS TO DO
THURSDAY, FEB. 14
1 Q.E.D. in Astoria is celebrating
Valentine’s Day
with a night of throwbacks.
Watch three classic “Golden
Girls” episodes in your best
costumes. Play Bingo and
you may even win Dorothy’s
infamous moist cupcakes.
Q.E.D. will show the following
episodes: “Ladies of
the Evening,” “Valentine’s
Day” and “Brotherly Love.”
Devereaux sequined shoulder
pads welcomed.
When: Thursday, Feb. 14,
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Q.E.D., 27-16 23rd
Ave., Astoria
Cost: $10
Contact: 203-525-4262
2 Jamaica Center for
Arts & Learning (JCAL)
will host a night of jazz
with Jasper Dütz. Dütz is
a multi-instrumentalist, composer
and gamer. He attended
the New School for Jazz
and Contemporary Music on
a full scholarship, and has
studied with artists such as
Lee Konitz, Walter Smith III,
Marty Ehrlich, Gary Foster
and Ben Wendel. Aside from
his education, he performed
at The Jazz Gallery, Jazz
Standard, Blue Note NYC,
Walt Disney Concert Hall and
Monterey Jazz Festival. This
event is a part of a series
every second Thursday of the
month from October of 2018
until June of 2019.
When: Thursday, Feb. 14, at
8 p.m.
Where: Jamaica Center for
Arts & Learning (JCAL), 161-
04 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica
Cost: $10
Contact: 718-658-7400
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EDITOR’S
PICK
The Creek & The Cave have a regular stand-up comedy show, Creek Cave Live. This
event brings some of NYC’s most talented comics together for a night of laughter. The
Creek & The Cave offer a free PBR for those who attend the show as a thank you to
their customers for supporting the space. For the bravest souls who sit in the front
row during Creek Cave Live, you will receive one free shot on the house. Creek Cave
Live releases their lineup the week of the show.
When: Thursday, Feb. 14, 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Where: The Creek & the Cave, 10-93 Jackson Ave., LIC
Cost: Free
Contact: 718-706-8783
FRIDAY, FEB. 15
4 Learn about the costume
design for “The
Ballad of Buster Scruggs,”
a six-part western anthology
movie about the
American west by Ethan
Coen and Joel Coen. It is
their most recent movie
released on Netflix. The film
has been praised by notable
publications such as The
New York Times and The
Washington Post. Learn what
went on behind the costume
design in this illustrious
western film at the Museum
of the Moving Image until
the end of May.
When: Friday, Feb. 15, 10:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Museum of Moving
Image, 36-01 35th Ave.,
Astoria
Cost: $15 adults, $11 senior
citizens, $11 students with
valid ID, $9 youth
Contact: 718-777-6800
SATURDAY, FEB. 16
5 Little Cooks: Let’s
eggs-periment! The
Alley Pond Environmental
Center will host an eggthemed
educational workshop
for aspiring chefs. The
event will teach participants
fun healthy recipes, and
they’ll play a spatula game.
The young cooks will even
experiment with eggs from
other animals. This unique
event will have interactive
activities which will allow
attendees to make a tasty
egg snack. The snacks will
contain the following: eggs,
mustard, herbs, spices, avocado
and other fruits and
veggies. All materials included.
Ages 5 to 7 welcomed.
When: Saturday, Feb. 16,
from 11 a.m. to noon
Where: Alley Pond
Environmental Center, 22806
Northern Blvd., Little Neck
Cost: $22
Contact: 718-229-4000
7 Lloyd X Latimer has
an exhibition opening,
Energy of Place at Lewis
Howard Latimer House
Museum in Flushing.
Originally owned by Lewis
Howard Latimer from 1903
- 1928, the home pays homage
to this African-American
inventor and draftsman. It
now operates as a museum
to not only Latimer’s
inventions but other African-
American inventors as
well. Latimer worked with
Alexander Graham Bell,
where he drafted the necessary
drawings required
to receive a patent for the
telephone. In 1857, Filmer
co-patented an improved toilet
system, and then later
invented a lightbulb with a
carbon filament, along with
Joseph Nichols. The exhibition
features Latimer’s artwork,
inspired by Tom
Lloyd’s sculptures and archival
documents about Lloyd’s
Storefront Museum.
When: Saturday, Feb. 16,
from 5 to 7 p.m.
Where: Lewis Howard
Latimer House Museum,
34-41 137th St., Flushing
Cost: Free
Contact: 718- 961-8585
8 Flushing Town Hall
will host a performance
of “Sleeping
Beauty” with artist David
Gonzalez. This includes multimedia
storytelling with
Chinese. Gonzalez has been
deemed a master storyteller
and performer by The
New York Times. The Times
wrote that “Mr. Gonzalez has
the gift of creating magical
worlds and drawing his audience
into them.” This family
performance will feature
live music and multimedia
image projections that take
the audience into a magical
fairytale world. Ages 5+.
When: Saturday, Feb. 16, at
2:15 p.m.
Where: Flushing Town Hall,
137-35 Northern Blvd.,
Flushing
Cost: $14, $10 members,
$8 children, $6 member children,
FREE for teens
Contact: 718-463-7700
9 The Center at Maple
Grove will have an
art exhibition dedicated
to late portrait painter
Eleanor Cunningham
Banister. The Kew Gardens
Exhibit has their opening
reception featuring artists
such as Robert Murphy and
Brad Marshall this Saturday.
The event will also have
refreshments. RSVP encouraged.
When: Saturday, Feb. 16,
from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Center at Maple
Grove, 127-15 Kew Gardens
Rd., Kew Gardens
Alexander Graham Bell
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