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Live in The Lot is our free summer concert series, featuring live music performed outdoors every weekend at Culture Lab LIC! Here’s the lineup for May: Saturday, May 3 3:45pm: L-Train Brass 4:30pm: Queens County Roots 7pm: Habbina Habbina 8pm: Os Clavelitos Sunday, May 4 4pm: Allegra Levy’s Songs For You & Me! 5pm: Kid […]
Sunset Jazz is a free, indoor jazz music series every Friday at Culture Lab LIC. Come listen to incredible musicians, have a drink and take in the art. May 2025 Schedule: Friday, May 9 8pm: ZenithNadir Friday, May 16 8pm: Electric Bird Dog Friday, May 23 8pm: Mike Forzano’s Wiggleroom Friday, May 30 8pm: Michael […]
Live in The Lot is our free summer concert series, featuring live music performed outdoors* every weekend! May 2025 Schedule: Saturday, May 10 Asia in a Bite Sunday, May 11 Asian in a Bite Saturday, May 17 5pm: Sons of Astro 7pm: Liftoff Brass Band Sunday, May 18 5pm: Minglewood Saturday, May 24 5pm: Brainsalt […]
Culture Lab After Dark presents Nice One! Comedy Every other Thursday at 8pm at Culture Lab LIC Laughs meet art at Culture Lab LIC, where stand-up comedy takes center stage in a vibrant gallery setting! Upcoming Dates: Thursday, May 15, 8:00 PM Thursday, May 29, 8:00 PM Thursday, June 12, 8:00 PM Thursday, June 26, […]
The Cabaret Burlesque by Nathalie Marrable presents PART 1 of a three-show masterpiece. Feast your eyes on glitter, glamor and showgirls, inspired by vintage Paris. This show is immersive and interactive. Prepare to leave your worries at the door and dive into a dream world, full of feathers, storytelling and elegantly curated striptease. Les Belles […]
Presented by the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and the National Coalition Against Censorship, Unbanned is a free, outdoor celebration of the freedom to read. At a time when books and ideas are being increasingly challenged across the country, this series invites the public to engage in timely conversations about censorship and creative expression. Held at […]
“The world of utility and the world of beauty are not separate realms. Who is to say that spirit and matter are not one?” Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things Don’t miss this collaboration between Sri and Lawton Mull exploring the aesthetic kinship between Japan and Scandinavia and celebrating the beauty of utility. Opening […]
Join us for a rejuvenating yoga session every Tuesday at Trends Dispensary in Long Island City Queens! Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced yogi, this event is perfect for everyone looking to unwind and recharge. Come and experience the calming atmosphere, guided by our skilled instructors. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enhance […]
Jest Kidding! brings you some of the best pro and emerging talent in the Standup world. Featuring a diverse lineup and a variety of styles, get ready for a night of comedy, odd stories, laughs and other nonsense.
Performances will take place at The Chocolate Factory Theater, 38-33 24th Street, Long Island City. S H I N E is a performance and installation using sound, video, voice, movement and audience participation to explore space as a living entity, and the delicate machinery of intentional, communal action. The work addresses the unseen mechanisms of […]
Reading Rhythms and Queens Book Bazaar are partnering for a Queens Reading Party celebrating AAPI Month. We’ll be hosting a reading party and also a book fair featuring authors from these regions!
We’re excited to be bringing together 20+ legal New York brands so you can have the chance to meet & see their newest products firsthand. To make the experience even more enjoyable, we’ll have a live DJ spinning some tunes and tasty bites along with some elevated activities. We’re also planning on having interactive demos […]
Cacao Circles are portals connecting our minds with our hearts and transcending our consciousness into peace. Following the Mayan Calendar, the Chol’Qi, we observe the tradition of drinking cacao ‘chaqiya’ to bring in balance, health, wealth, and bliss. If you’re familiar with the Mayan Chol’Qi calendar, we will be connecting with the energy of Aq’a’bal, […]
Kasset is an indie band made up of five CUNY students from Colombia, Indonesia, Poland, and the U.S. They blend indie and classic rock with R&B vibes creating a sound shaped by their backgrounds and shared experiences. It all started when Juanita (bass/vocals) and Noah (guitar/lead vocals) performed together at Brooklyn Music School. By […]
Get ready for a high-energy night of Mahjong, drinks, and unbeatable vibes! Whether you’re here to earn, compete, or just soak in the atmosphere, there’s a table waiting for you. 📅 May 31 SAT 🎲 🕖 7:00 ✨ New to Mahjong? No worries! Our Beginner-Friendly tables will get you up to speed with Sichuan Mahjong […]
LIC Springs! is our annual community street festival celebrating Long Island City with live performances, interactive lessons, art, fitness classes, outdoor dining, pop-up activities, games and more. This year we also celebrated the 20th anniversary and recent expansion of the LIC Business Improvement District (LIC BID), managed by LIC Partnership. The event is free and open […]
Opening Reception: June 5, 6-9pm. Beer, wine, food and live music. Free Admission. On view June 5 – July 27 during gallery hours, Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm. Pass the Crown: Voices & Memory is an interactive media installation exploring dementia, memory, and legacy within communities of color. Expanding on the […]
On Thursday, June 5, 6-9pm, join us for the opening reception, with beverages and light fare. One-night-only performance art and live music will fill the evening. Free Admission. On View: June 5 – July 27 during gallery hours, Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm. Framing Gender invites viewers to traverse the intricate […]
Cannabis meets cocktail culture at the LIC Infused Mocktail Battle Royale, LIC’s first-ever event of its kind, taking place Thursday, June 5 at Trends LIC, Queens’ largest dispensary. Five of Long Island City’s most beloved bars — Dutch Kills, The Infamous, JACX&CO, Jungly, and Record Room — will showcase innovative mocktails that can be enjoyed […]
Join us for the opening reception: Thursday, June 5 from 6-9pm with beverages and light fare. One-night-only preformance art and live music will fill the evening. Framing Gender invites viewers to traverse the intricate terrains of gender identity, culture, and self-expression through the artistic lens. This dynamic exhibition brings together a diverse group of artists […]
The punchline dense comedy show full of gags and surprises, Best Cult Ever is the comedy show for the cult curious. Polygamy? More like Polyga-WEEEE! The only comedy show from an ex-Mormon tradwife turned comedian soaking in wit and the unexpected. Come on in here for the show that feels like a hilarious group hug. […]
Presented by Pasar Malam New York Celebrating Indonesian Culinary & Culture! Join us for: – Zumba and dance performances – Live music – Authentic Indonesian cuisine – Stunning Manhattan views Enjoy halal, vegetarian, and vegan options! Sponsored by: – Mandiri Bank – Indonesian Culinary Enthusiasts Inc. – Taste of Surabaya – MetroPlus Health – BNI […]
Learn about the real biology behind the weird and wonderful creatures of monster movies! A paleontologist will contrast the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park to their feathered, paleontologically accurate—and much scarier—real-life counterparts. An entomologist will describe how the Alien Xenomorph’s famous chest-burster owes significant debt to the real-world horrors of the parasitoid wasp larvae’s emergence from a caterpillar. Slugs, sharks, […]
Fertile Ground New Works Showcase: June 8th FERTILE GROUND has supported emerging and established artists for 19 seasons, showcasing the work of over 50 choreographers each year. This non-curated program features 6 artists each evening and includes a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Green Space Artistic Advisory Board Member Chris Ferris. Tickets are $18 […]
FREE Dance Movement Workshop: Exploring Bullying Through the Body This interactive dance-based workshop invites students to explore the physicality of bullying through movement. Using body language, group dynamics, and nonverbal communication, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how exclusion and connection manifest physically. Through guided exercises, students will embody both isolation and support, cultivating […]
Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn […]
“Rafael Domenech: Flowers Blooming on Acid” is the first comprehensive monograph of Rafael Domenech’s work. Join Domenech and SculptureCenter curator Jovanna Venegas for a conversation around several of his recent projects featured in the book, including his 2020 SculptureCenter exhibition “Model to exhaust this place (SculptureCenter Pavilion).” Designed by the artist and published by Isométrico […]
This ain’t your average workout. It’s movement medicine. We bring the rhythm of the Motherland to the heart of the city fusing AfroBeat, sweat, and soul for a full body experience that’s part dance floor, part healing ground. Whether you from uptown, Queens, L.I, BK, the BX, or Jersey pull up to unlock power, joy, […]
An immersion into the natural connection between Wine and Opera at Culture Lab LIC. Thursday, June 12, 7:30pm Join us for an evening of wine, curated by Wine Educator & Sommelier, Sandra Zotti, while enjoying an operatic stylings of Soprano, Sara Duchovnay, accompanied by pianist, Matthew Stephens. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vino-e-voce-tickets-1318109995479
we’re back with another nice one comedy show! Check out our live award winning standup comedy show at Culture Lab LIC! Featuring comics from the NY comedy scene, clubs, Fallon, Colbert, Netflix, and Comedy Central!
Laughs meet art at Culture Lab LIC, where stand-up comedy takes center stage in a vibrant gallery setting! Thursday, June 12, 8pm Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-lab-after-dark-presents-nice-one-comedy-tickets-1298574464179 Presented by Culture Lab After Dark Thanks to our sponsors: Plaxall, TF Cornerstone, Steve Madden, Howard Gilman Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts
Martita Abril continues her introspective work of reflecting on border life. A sense of the familiar yet distorted, always shifting and yet recognizable, the work takes on the dualities of being raised in a land divided.
Sunset Jazz at Culture Lab LIC – Free, Indoors, Every Friday! Sunset Jazz is a free, indoor jazz music series every Friday at Culture Lab LIC. Come listen to incredible musicians, have a drink and take in the art! Friday, June 13 8pm: Pawel Ignatowicz Trio Friday, Jun 20 8pm: Nathaniel Aguilar Trio Friday, June […]
The NY Irish Center hosts the fourth annual “Queens Irish Heritage Festival” on Sat June 14. Co-presented by Culture Lab LIC and McManus Irish Dance this free outdoor concert event features five continuous hours of music and dance set against the backdrop of Queens. Please join us as we celebrate all the fascinating interconnections between […]
Saturday, June 14, 4-9pm Free, Outdoors. New York Irish Center, Culture Lab LIC, and McManus Irish Dance LLC present the 4th annual Queens Irish Heritage Festival: Celebrating Ireland with the World’s Borough. With five continuous hours of entertainment and family-friendly fun, the free Queens Irish Heritage Festival presents just a fraction of the immeasurable creativity […]
Where little hands explore, create, and celebrate Fathers Day—one leaf, print, and trail at a time!
This afternoon Father’s Day Yoga Flow offering is dedicated to Invigorating and balancing the Divine Masculine Life Force and honoring the harmonious relationship between the feminine and masculine energies that reside within us all. This class is designed to empower and encourage us to be our own trailblazer by taking thoughtful, intentional action steps towards […]
Join us for an afternoon of family fun around the corner from our studio at Focal Point Brewery! Let’s celebrate dads & families everywhere the Art Strong way this Sunday June 15th! This event is the perfect opportunity for your child(ren) to explore and play outside! We will have several different sensory and exploration stations […]
Join us for a free opening reception celebrating Spasial Program by Khajistan and In Practice: Kevin Hernández Rosa. Spasial Program by Khajistan On view Jun 19–Jul 28, 2025 Born in 9th-century Herat, Afghanistan, today Khajistan lives on as an archive founded by Saad Khan. Khajistan saves, digitizes, and distributes art, words, and media from forgotten […]
Director Baz Lurhman faced a daunting task in 2013 when he decided to remake F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. This was made possible by research compiled by the Greater Astoria Historical Society, which Baz and his crew dubbed ‘The Bible.’ It enabled Baz to create a vision of 1920s New York, earning him several […]
An immersive program series that connects the echoes of queer history to the present through history lessons and live performance. Thursday, June 19, 7 – 10pm Join our host lecturer, Cookie Woolner (author of The Famous Lady Lovers: Black Women and Queer Desire before Stonewall), for a vital evening in which we explore the history […]
Brooklyn Boulders Pride Celebration Friday, June 20th from 6P-10P Supporting & promoting all LGBTQIA+ artists, shops, bakers & makers at our pop-up market. Special performance by Pixie Dust Studio. All are welcome!
As part of Open Worlds 2025 free community programs, Museum of the Moving Image will host “Muppet Babies Take MoMI presented by Bank of America,” a weekend of fun and educational activities for families, anchored by the exhibition of newly restored puppets, including Muppet Babies puppets of Kermit the Frog, Baby Gonzo, and Baby Rowlf, […]
Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn […]
Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn […]
Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn […]
Our dance parties are back full force this year! Join us for a thematic afternoon of dance lessons and open dance floor for all with a Queens musical guest! Want a free reminder? Free RSVP here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latin-beats-plaza-party-at-moma-ps1-family-festival-tickets-1334814729789?aff=oddtdtcreator Location: Plaza at 46th Ave/Jackson Ave, in front of MoMA PS1, Long Island City Transportation: E/M/7/G to Court […]
Satsang is the gathering of truth seeking community. Meditate with music! Kirtan, the long held practice of singing your heart out to divine music and elevating the mind to the cosmos. Special guest Devadas, Terrence Pompey and Zander. Get a pre-Listen to their music on Spotify: The Grand Street Kirtan Sessions Bring a yoga mat […]
Beginner workshops are perfect for you to grab your friends, grab a drink and come make tiny trees! We’re bringing the awesome art of bonsai out of the hedged in gardens and into the streets! Or at least into your favorite bars/breweries/pubs. Bonsai Bar is a night of fun you don’t want to miss. Learn […]
Join us to celebrate the culture of the dinner table in our Italian-American speakeasy on the last Sunday or every month!
Summer is here! Let’s create all things sunshine and happiness. In this 4-day week children will explore a wide variety of art projects and celebrate the start of Summer break. Experience the ultimate Summer Art Camp with our unbeatable program! Get ready to unleash your creativity as we dive into a world of art like […]
Join us for a thematic afternoon of a dance lesson and open dance floor for all to a live Queens musical guest! Want a free reminder? Free RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latin-beats-part-2-plaza-party-at-murray-playground-lic-tickets-1334817006599?aff=oddtdtcreator Location: Murray Playground, 21st Street at 45th Road, Long Island City Transportation: E/M/7/G to Court Square or Q67 Bus. Limited street parking. See ADA accessible […]
