Check out these events to kick off 2019
BY TAMMY SCILEPPI
Another year over means
a new one has just begun...
and there’s plenty to look
forward to in 2019 here in
the borough that almost
never sleeps.
January can be a slow
month, but Director of
Tourism at Queens Economic
Development Corp. Rob
MacKay says otherwise and
recommends these cool events
happening in The World’s
Borough this January.
Red Envelope Show, Jan.
5 to Jan. 27: This Flushing
Town Hall exhibition honors
the Year of the Pig with
work by professional visual
artists and community
members. It’s an homage to
the red celebration envelopes
the Chinese community
distributes during the Lunar
New Year. All pieces are
for sale. Many envelopes
include a special gift for only
the buyers to see. Flushing
Town Hall is located at 137-
35 Northern Blvd. For more
information, visit www.
flushingtownhall.org.
First Look, Jan. 11 to
Jan. 21: The eighth-annual
promotion screens 40 brand
new, innovative films at the
Museum of the Moving Image.
The lineup includes features,
shorts, documentaries, and
narratives from China,
France, Israel, Pakistan,
Mexico, and other countries.
The Museum of the Moving
Image is located 36-01 35th
Ave. in Astoria’s Kaufman
Arts District. For more
information, visit www.
movingimage.us.
Q.E.D’s opening night
reception for new art
exhibit, Jan. 15 from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m.: Come to Q.E.D.
and check out a beautiful,
must-see installation
featuring powerful works
by Long Island City resident
Eileen Coyne. The art is on
view and for sale through
June. “I’m a figurative
painter most interested in
capturing the humanity in
every living creature, no
matter two or four legs,”
Photos via Facebook/grumpy bert and Flushing Town Hall
Coyne said in statement. “I
also use my art as a means
to advocate for social issues
that matter deeply to me.”
Q.E.D. is located at 27-16 23rd
Ave. in Astoria. For more
information, visit www.
qedastoria.com.
In Practice: Other
Objects, Jan. 14 to March
25: The exhibition at
SculptureCenter presents
new work by 11 artists and
artist teams that probes
the slippages and interplay
between objecthood and
personhood. SculptureCenter
is located at 44-19 Purves St.
in Long Island City. For more
information, visit www.
sculpture-center.org.
An Afternoon of
Chamber Music, Jan. 19 at 2
p.m.: Musica Reginae, a local
nonprofit that organizes and
promotes concerts, presents
an exploration of 21st century
Romanticism with lyrical,
soaring melodies, technical
virtuosity, and beautiful
sonorities at The Church-inthe
Gardens, located at 50
Ascan Ave. in Forest Hills.
For more information, visit
www.musicareginae.org.
Dance Theatre of
Harlem, Jan. 20 at 4 p.m.:
This world-renowned ballet
troupe performs at Queens
College’s Colden Auditorium
as part of a celebration of
the life and legacy of Martin
Luther King Jr. Colden
Auditorium is located at 153-
49 Reeves Ave. in Flushing.
For more information, visit
www.kupferbergcenter.org.
GingerBread Lane
Giveaway, Jan. 21 at 2
p.m.: GingerBread Lane
is a multi-thousand-pound
construction consisting of
many, many buildings made
of ginger bread, icing, and
candy. Unveiled on Nov. 10,
2018, it will be broken down,
and the public will be able to
take home chunks on Jan. 21.
The event will be hosted at
the New York Hall of Science,
located at 47-01 111th St. in
Flushing Meadows Corona
Park. For more information,
visit www.nysci.org.
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