Auditions/Rehearsals
Acting Seniors
Senior Theater Acting Repertory welcomes seniors interested in acting. Wed. & Fri. 718-347-2310 or Stan Guttman at 718-224-2729.
Barbershop Harmony
Barbershop Harmony Society Queens chapter seeks men who enjoy singing. Rehearsals Wed., 8 p.m. 74-15 175th St. 718-468-8416.
Bayside Glee Club
Join the club and prepare for its upcoming concerts. Rehearsals Tues. evenings, 7:45 p.m., All Saints Church, 214-33 40 Ave. Entrance on 215th St. For more information, call 718-424-5769.
Black Coffee
Theatre à la Carte will hold auditions for Agatha Christie’s “Black Coffee” at the Community Church of Douglaston, 39-50 Douglaston Parkway, Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 8 p.m. Seeking 3 women and 10 men for performances in Apr/May (all ages from 30 up). Call 212-904-2667.
Community Singers
The Community Singers of Queens rehearses Mon. 8-10 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15 165th St. All voices welcome. Call 718-658-1021.
Forest Hills Symphony
Wed. nights 7:45-10 pm in the auditorium of the Forest Hills Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd. 718-591-3456.
Love Letters
Douglaston Community Theatre will hold auditions for A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” at Zion Church Hall, 44th Avenue off Douglaston Parkway, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. Seeking 3 women and 3 men to share two roles over four weekends in Feb/Mar (all ages from 30 up). Call 212-904-2667.
Mame
Join the Andrean Players in the 2004 production of this classic musical comedy on Mon., January 12, Tues., January, 13 and Wed., January 14 in the hall of St. Andrew Avellino, 35-60 158th St. If you are also interested in working on the technical end of the production or if you’re an artist or musician, you are welcome to come to the auditions. For more info call, 718-747-2611.
Oratorio’s Spring Show
The Oratorio Society of Queens, under the artistic direction of Maestro David Close, is rehearsing for the annual Spring Concert May 16 featuring Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” and opera and Americana favorites. Rehearsals are at 7:45 p.m. every Monday at the North Presbyterian Church, 154th Street and 26th Avenue in Flushing. Newcomers are asked to arrive at 7:30 p.m. No choral experience is necessary. Prospective members must be able to carry a tune and undergo a simple “listening.” For additional information on rehearsals and concerts, call 718-460-0726 or visit www.queensoratorio.org.
Classes
Acting Workshop
Acting Workshop of Queens. Mon., 7-10 p.m. Forest Hills Adult Center at Forest Hills High School, 67-01 110th St. 718-263-8066.
Chinese painting
Fri., 1 p.m. Bayside Senior Center, 210-10 Union Turnpike. 718-479-6071.
Drama/acting for kids
Ages 10-12, Mon., 6:30-7:30 p.m.; ages 13-17, Mon., 7:30-8:30 p.m. Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14th Rd. 718-358-0067.
Drawing and painting
Thurs., 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Alliance of Queens Artists, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave. 718-520-9842.
Kids’ painting workshops
Tues., 4-6 p.m. The Alliance of Queens Artists, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave. 718-520-9842.
Life Drawing Sessions
Teaches drawing with a live model. Sat., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Women’s Studio Center, 43-01 21st St. 718-361-5649.
Portrait class
Tues., 7-10 p.m. National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Parkway. 718-428-1859.
Portrait drawing
Taught by Esther Kirchevsly. Thurs., 11 a.m.-noon. Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd. 718-268-5960.
Concerts
Celebrating the Music of Berstein and Gershwin
With Duo pianists Katia and Marielle Labeque and percussionists Colin Currie and Julio Barreto at the Tiles Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 8 pm. Call the Box Office for questions or reservations at 516-229-3100.
Danielle Guideri
This cellist will be accompanied by pianist Anthony Newton, performing works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Brahms. Will be held at Messiah Lutheran Church, 42-15-165th St., on sat., January 17 at 5 pm. Call 718-949-8763 for more information.
“Did You See the Star?”
The Glenn Mohr Chorale presents stories from scared scripture in drama, song and dance. On Sunday, Jan. 4 at 4 pm at the United Methodist Church of Floral Park, 35 Verbana Ave. Call 718-354-5156.
Discovery Concert
Musica Reginae will kick off its Discovery Series of concerts at Flushing Town Hall Sunday, Jan. 11, at 4 p.m. featuring five young classical performers and led by Maestro David Close. Children under 12 admitted free with each paying adult. Call 718-279-4842 or go to www.musicareginae.org.
Hear the Organ!
Program including works by JS Bach, Purcell, Bernstein, Scarlatti and more. At the Colden Center at Queens College on Sunday, January 11 at 3 pm. Call 718-793-8080 to purchase tickets.
Reckson Jazz at Tilles
The Newport Jazz festival opens its 50th Anniversary Tour on Sat., Jan. 17 at 8 pm at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Long Island University C.W. Post Campus. For information or reservations call the Tilles Center Box Office at 516-299-3100.
Russian National Orchestra
At the Tiles Center for the Performing Arts on Fri., Jan. 30 at 8 pm under the baton of Alexander Vedernikov. For more information or reservations call the Box Office at 516-229-3100.
Dancing
Ballroom dancing
Wed., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Charisma Ballroom, 71-46 Main St. 718-268-2800.
Country Line Dancing Classes
Mon., 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. for beginners and intermediate. Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14th Rd. 718-358-0067.
Israeli Folk Dancing
Every Mon. at 7:30 pm at Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke. For more info: 718-380-4145.
Line dance lessons
Fri., 1 p.m. Community Education Resource Center, 51-60 Marathon Pkwy. 718-423-8174.
New dance program
Kew Gardens Community Center introduces a new dance program with Elaine Nester Fri. from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202. Call 718-268-5960.
Tango Tips
Basic instruction and skill improvement for advanced dancers Tues., Thurs. & Sat. at 6 p.m. Call 212-239-8561
Events
Africa Alive!
Queens Council on the Arts presents: Africa Alive! An Evening of West African Praise Songs, Congolese Rumba and Tanzanian Hip Hop Saturday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. featuring Super Manden and the Abdoulaye Ensemble, Balozi Dola and Coco Sukali at the Museum for African Art, 36-01 43rd Ave., 3rd floor.
Anniversary celebration
Original art works inspired by the 40th Anniversary of Flushing Meadows Park Unisphere on Fri., January 16 at 12:30 pm at Shaheen’s Restaurant, 72-09 Broadway. Call Queens Council on the Arts with any questions at 718-647-3377.
Exhibits
Another Africa
Photographs by Robert Lyons on view at the Queens Library Gallery, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica until Feb. 23. Call the Gallery at 718-990-0700 for further information.
Carl Molno: An American Original
100 watercolors from his entire career at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., running thru Sun., Feb. 1. Call 718-463-7700.
Crossing the BLVD: Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan
The Queens Museum of Art presents “Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America,” a multi-media project by documentary artists Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan that portrays the lives of new immigrants and refugees who live in Queens, the most ethnically diverse locality in the United States today. Lehrer/Sloan’s three-year journey around the world via their home borough is documented in an extraordinary new book of photographs and stories (W.W. Norton), an audio CD, a series of public radio documentaries, a reading/performance tour, a Web site, and this exhibition of photographs, sound stations, and the interactive Crossing the BLVD Mobile Story Booth. For more information call 718-592-9700 or go to www.queensmuseum.org.
Elliot Bassman
With diverse styles in acrylics, inks and watercolors. At the Forest Hills Public Library, 108-19 71 Ave., from Jan. 13- Feb. 12. Admission is free. Call 718-990-0700 or visit www.queenslibrary.org.
Fine Arts Faculty Artwork
At the Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, located in Sun Yat-Sen Hall at St. John’s University. Running until Tues., Jan. 20. Gallery hours on Tues. – Fri. 10 am- 3 pm and Sat. from 12-5 pm. For further information, call the gallery at 718-990-7476.
Home is Where the Heart is
An assortment of small art, ornaments, jewelry, handmade cards, etc., at the AQA Gallery, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave. Now until Jan. 3. Gallery hours: Tues. – Sat., 1-6 pm.
Kiki Smith: Prints, Books and Things
At the Museum of Modern Artnow running until March 8. You can call 212-708-9400 for detailed Museum information.
Mona Hatoum, Here is Elsewhere
60 works by 20 artists, including drawings, installations, paintings, photographs, prints and more now until Feb. 2 at the Modern Museum of Modern Art at 33 St and Queens Blvd. Call 212-708-9431.
Monika Goetz: Indefinite Blue
The Queens Museum of Art presents “Indefinite Blue,” an atmospheric site-specific installation by Monika Goetz, that transforms the museum’s elevator into a mirrored cube that infinitely reflects and extends the elevator’s interior. For more information call 718-592-9700 or go to www.queensmuseum.org.
Photography
From Jan. 5-30 at the National Art League, 44-21 Douglaston Pkwy. Hrs: Mon.-Thurs and Sat. 1:30- 4 pm.
Reality/Fiction
Explores issues of the real and the unreal including an exhibition of cutting-edge contemporary art running until Jan. 17 at the Jamaica Center For Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave. Call 718-658-7400
The Nature of Investigation
Running until Feb. 15 in the Main and Studio Galleries of Queens Theatre in the Park featuring Melissa Chitwood and Shelley Haven with graphite drawings and objects, pastel and water color paintings. Call 718-760-0064 with any questions. Gallery hours are Tues. – Sat. 12-6 pm and one hour prior to any performances.
The Real Royal Trip
Contemporary Spanish and Latin American artists at the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Ave. at 46th Ave. Running thru Jan. 5. Call 718-784-2084.
Wu Chih Ho
At Crystal Foundation art Gallery, 31-10 Whitestone Expwy. Featuring paintings of ancient Chinses civilizations running until Jan. 4. Call 718-961-7300 for further information.
Vertical Peace
Centered around the theme of wellness, healing and creativity at Lifespace, a holistic therapy center based in Long Island City. Running until January 16. Call 718-361-5649.
Yung Shu Chao: Pondering Pond
The Queens Museum of Art presents “Pondering Pond.” Meditation – an essential Buddhist practice for spiritual liberation – doesn’t mean nap time. In Pondering Pond, visitors answer Zen koans to break their ordinary logic and to open themselves to the unknown. Making origami focuses overstimulated minds, while a swirling, illuminated pool in which the origami float alters the perception of time passing as the ephemeral vessels slowly sink. This project is part of The Buddhism Project: Art, Buddhism, and Contemporary Culture. For more information call 718-592-9700 or go to www.queensmuseum.org.
Forums
Writers Forum
Writers asked to bring one original work to share. Fourth Sat. of the month, 3 p.m. at Women’s Studio Center, Suite 216, Wills Art Deco Building, 43-01 21st St. 718-361-5649.
Performances
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
A live performance held on Sat., January 3 at 3 pm at the Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14th St. Call 718-358-0067 for more information or to reserve tickets or space.
Giselle
A tragic tale of romance and betrayal will be at Queensborough Community College on Jan. 4 at 3 pm with the world-renowned Moscow Festival Ballet. Call 718-631-6311 to purchase tickets or for more information.
Opus Cactus
Moses Pendleton’s Momix dance ensemble at the Tiles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, on Fri., Jan. 23 at 8 pm. Call 516-299-3100 or further information or reservations.
Tour of Light 2004
A project of Uganda children’s Charity Foundation at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, on Fri., Jan. 16 at 8 pm. For more information or reservations call the Box Office at 516-229-3100.
Poetry
Open Mic
Come one, come all to the Afrikan Poetry Theatre, 176-03 Jamaica Ave., on Fri., Jan. 2 at 8 pm. Call 718-523-3312 for more information.
Theatre
The Man, Chopin and the Long Winter
A story about friendship and being open to ourselves and others. Presented by Le Theatre du Gros Mecano at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, on Sat., January 31 at 11 am and 1 pm. Call 516-229-3100 for further information or reservations.
Tours
Kingsland Homestead
Tours of Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Ave., 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Tues., Sat. & Sun. Presented by the Queens Historical Society. Call 718-939-0647 x 17.
Queens Jazz Trail
Visit the neighborhoods, clubs and museums of and about America’s Jazz Legends. First Sat. of each month, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing. 718-463-7700.
Workshops
Art for Teens
Mon. from 4:30-6:30 pm at the AQA Gallery, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave. Call 718-520-9852 with any questions.
Painting Workshop
The Women’s Studio Center presents an acrylic and watercolor painting workshop to be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Mon. with instructor Melissa Wolf. Call 718-361-5649.
