28 THE COURIER SUN • DECEMB DECEMBER 29, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com happenings > DEC29- JAN4 THURSDAY, DEC. 29 1The AirTrain Jazz Festival: Michelle Marie @ AirTrain Jamaica Station. From 5 to 7 p.m., Michelle Marie takes the stage at the AirTrain Jazz festival co-produced by A Better Jamaica and the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District. The AirTrain Jamaica Station is located at 93-40 Sutphin Blvd. 2Winter Break and Family Workshops: Mierle Laderman Ukeles @ Queens Museum. This week, the Queens Museum invites children ages 5 to 12 and their adult companions to take a look at Queens Museum artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ “One Year Worktime II” mural from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Symbols and color association with the change in seasons will also be explored. The Queens Museum is located at New York City Building in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. 3A Charlie Brown Christmas @ The Secret Theatre. Enjoy a family-friendly musical based on the beloved characters, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the peanut gang. Tickets are $18 online/$20 at the door for adults, $12 for kids and $50 for a family of four. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting secretcharliebrown.bpt.me. The Secret Theatre is located at 44-02 23rd St. FRIDAY, DEC. 30 4Winter Break and Family Workshops: It’s Lit! @ Queens Museum. Children ages 5 to 12 and their family members are invited from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. to create their own lamp models using the Queens Museum’s permanent Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass as inspiration. The Queens Museum is located at New York City Building in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. 6Undissed and Very Able @ Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning. Visit a unique photography exhibition from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. featuring the work of more than 20 contributing photographers with disabilities. Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning is located at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue. SATURDAY, DEC. 31 8New Year’s Eve @ Bar 360. Ring in the new year with performances by the Front and Center Band, Tavares and France Joli starting at 9 p.m. Bar 360 is located in the Resorts World Casino at 110-00 Rockaway Blvd. 9New Year’s Eve 2017 @ Sweet Afton. Celebrate the new year at one of Astoria’s favorite gastropubs. Purchasing a ticket will include an open bar from 9 p.m. until midnight with finger foods, specialty cocktails and a champagne toast served at midnight. Guests who book a dinner reservation between 7 and 8:15 p.m. will be able to keep their table for the rest of the night. Tickets start at $75 and can be purchased by visiting sweetaftonbar.com or emailing celebrate@sweetaftonbar. com. Sweet Afton is located at 30-09 34th St. SUNDAY, JAN. 1 10Science Inspires Art: Food @ New York Hall of Science. Visit this exhibition from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and admire the more than two dozen images of art focusing on the topic of food. The event is free with a NYSCI admission. New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th St. MONDAY, JAN. 2 11Makers Space Create @ Long Island City Library. From 4 to 5 p.m., school-aged children are invited to become a science explorer by creating skyscrapers with toothpicks and clay and batteries out of lemons. Long Island City Library is located at 37- 44 21st St. 12Mother Goose @ Ridgewood Library. EDITOR’S PICK 5 Babies ages 6 to 18 months and their caretakers are invited for a morning of nursery rhymes, storytelling and singing from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Ridgewood Library is located at 20-12 Madison St. 13Chess Club @ Queens Village Library. Let your abilities shine through with other chess participants during chess club for adults from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Queens Village Library is located at 94-11 217 St. TUESDAY, JAN. 3 14Wheelchair Basketball Open Gym hosted by the Brooklyn Nets Wheelchair Basketball Team @ Al Oerter Recreation Center. Members LIST OF 19 THINGS TO DO Afrikan Poetry Theatre’s Kwanzaa Celebration @ Jamaica Performing Arts Center. This event, from 4 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30 , will feature the finest performers from Jamaica, Queens, and a learning experience about the Nguzo Saba - the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa. Tickets are $5 for children and $10 for adults and can be purchased by visiting eventbrite. com and typing the title of the event in the search bar. Jamaica Performing Arts Center is located at 153-10 Jamaica Ave.
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