Flushing City Corridor presents lineup of cultural festivals and workshops for November – QNS.com

With the beginning of a brand new month, comes new programming at Flushing Town Hall. This November, the humanities and leisure venue has numerous occasions for everybody from the Queens World Competition to a Diwali celebration, Jazz concert events and workshops. 

Thursday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m.

The twelfth Annual Queens World Movie Competition proudly screens thrilling movies from all over the world and across the nook. Flushing City Corridor is presenting two screening occasions, the primary is on Thursday with HIDEOUT, a characteristic movie from Taiwan and on Nov. 4, Friday evening at 7 p.m., ‘Voices of India’ which brings two outstanding movies collectively that talk to our hearts. Click here for extra details about the Queens World Movie Competition.

All Queens World Movie Competition Screenings are adopted by Q+A. In-person Tickets for the occasion are $15/$12 for FTH members, seniors and college students with ID.  

Friday, Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m. 

Have a good time Diwali with an Indian dance get together, that includes Kathak classical dancer Abha Roy and her Srijan Dance Firm, and IMGE Dance that includes Bharatanatyam dancer Ishita Mili! College students will get pleasure from dance performances that showcase the story of Diwali, introduce them to Sanskrit poetry, and invite them to attempt Bollywood, and Kathak dance strikes infused with Indian classical, hip-hop and up to date dance. 

Tickets are $10 per particular person. One classroom trainer per class group comes for FREE. Extra adults (together with paraprofessionals, coordinators, dad and mom, guardians, chaperones, instructing assistants, or others) might want to pay for his or her tickets. 

Saturday, Nov. 5, 11 a.m. and a couple of p.m. 

Have a good time Diwali with this all-ages competition and dance get together that includes Kathak classical dancer Abha Roy and Bharatanatyam dancer Ishita Mili! Study folks, Bollywood, and Kathak dance strikes infused with hip-hop and up to date dance with Abha and Ishita, discover rangoli design with Anju Gupta, style Indian meals with Queens Curry Kitchen, uncover ayurvedic remedies with Shweta Parmar, and extra. 

Flushing City Corridor will current the art work of the winners of its rangoli design competitors. Rangoli is an age-old artwork type from India. Derived from the Sanskrit phrase “Rangavalli”, it means rows of colours and is used to rejoice Hindu festivals reminiscent of Diwali. Rangoli is often drawn in houses or courtyards, within the hope of inviting blessings of the Gods. 

In-person Tickets are $15/12 for members; digital Tickets: $7/$5 for members. 

Tuesday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m.

Be a part of Flushing City Corridor’s Arts Companies Division at an data session to be taught concerning the Arts Grants for Queens. There will probably be assessment pointers, grant cycle schedules, and finest utility practices. All classes listed under will probably be held in-person and in English until in any other case famous. RSVPs are required.

Please notice: First-time candidates are required to attend an info session earlier than making use of. Anyone member of a corporation or artist group could attend an data session on behalf of their group. Artists and organizations who utilized in 2022 usually are not required to attend, though FTH suggests becoming a member of to be taught extra about this system and to have questions answered. Any questions, e-mail Dan Bamba, director of Arts Companies: dbamba@flushingtownhall.org.

FREE

Wednesday, Nov. 9, 7 p.m.

Month-to-month Jazz Jams return dwell at Flushing City Corridor the second Wednesday of each month! Open to skilled jazz musicians, graduate college students finding out jazz, music educators and severe hobbyists, Louis Armstrong Legacy Month-to-month Jazz Jams invitations musicians to carry out at Flushing City Corridor. All are welcome, no matter instrument (vocalists, too!). Steinway child grand and drum package can be found at every Jam. Well being and security protocols will probably be in place, so carry a masks, and be happy to carry your individual microphone. Home Band and Jam Classes are led by Carol Sudhalter, with Joe Vincent Tranchina, Scott Neumann, and Eric Lemon. Don’t play, however love Jazz? Come pay attention!

This program is supported partially by a grant from The Louis Armstrong Instructional Basis, Inc.

In-person Tickets: $10/FREE for members, college students and Jamming musicians 

Thursday, Nov. 10, 6 p.m.

Be a part of Flushing City Corridor’s Arts Companies Division at an data session to be taught concerning the Arts Grants for Queens. We are going to assessment pointers, grant cycle schedules, and finest utility practices. All classes listed under will probably be held in-person and in English until in any other case famous. RSVPs are required.

Please notice: First-time candidates are required to attend an info session earlier than making use of. Anyone member of a corporation or artist group could attend an data session on behalf of their group. Artists and organizations who utilized in 2022 usually are not required to attend, though FTH suggests becoming a member of to be taught extra about this system and to have your questions answered. Any questions, e-mail Dan Bamba, director of Arts Companies: dbamba@flushingtownhall.org.

FREE

Thursday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Be a part of Flushing City Corridor for Lioness: Girls in Jazz Live performance Collection, a 3-part partnership collection occurring at Flushing City Corridor in the course of the Fall 2022 season. Every of those 3 concert events will probably be 60 minutes lengthy and embody a Q&A after every efficiency. This live performance options Lauren Sevian’s LSQ. 

The aim of every live performance isn’t solely to share the music of ladies composers with the neighborhood, but in addition to share the creative course of and strategies practiced by these composers. It’s additionally a discussion board by way of which the viewers can have a significant dialogue with the musicians and hopefully really feel extra of a reference to the music and the creative course of shifting ahead. 

In-Individual Tickets: $5/FREE for members, seniors & college students with ID 

Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m.

Flushing City Corridor will host the sixteenth annual NEA Jazz Masters live performance “The Blues Feeling,” led by the acclaimed American jazz virtuoso Jimmy Owens.

Band chief and NEA Jazz Grasp Jimmy Owens (trumpet) will probably be joined by 5 distinguished musicians who’ve performed and traveled the world with one of the best: NEA Jazz Grasp Terri Lyne Carrington (drums), the gifted Camille Thurman (saxophone), trombonist of the yearWycliffe Gordon (trombone), veteran pianist Danny Mixon (piano), and American musician Kenny Davis (bass).

In-Individual Tickets: $40 Common Admission/ $32 members, seniors, & college students with ID; Digital Tickets: $20

Desk Packages: $130/$110 for members (consists of refreshments/drinks)  

Monday-Wednesday, Nov. 14-16, 7 p.m.

Flushing City Corridor and the NY Son Jarocho Collective current a collection of Son Jarocho workshops with artists from the Mexico-based ensemble, Caña Dulce Caña Brava. Be a part of Flushing City Corridor to be taught the jarana (Son Jarocho rhythm guitar), leona (Son Jarocho bass guitar), and zapateado (Son Jarocho percussive dance). Workshops are free and open to the general public. Prior information of Son Jarocho is really helpful however not required.

These workshops will probably be led by Raquel Palacios Vega (jarana), Anna Arismediz (leona), and Violeta Romero (zapateado), from the Mexico-based ensemble Caña Dulce Caña Brava. These three academics have years of expertise performing and instructing in neighborhood settings in addition to nationwide and worldwide levels.

These workshops are sponsored partially by the Nationwide Endowment for the Arts.

FREE with on-line RSVP

Thursday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m.

On this Spanish panel dialogue, a bunch of son jarocho performers and luthiers will current and focus on three totally different musical devices which are additionally a part of the son jarocho custom: the harp, the violin, and the marimbol. They may focus on their historical past, the challenges every instrument current and their function in several communities. This occasion is a part of the eleventh NY Son Jarocho Competition, introduced by the Son Jarocho NY Collective and sponsored by the CUNY Mexican Research Institute. This program is sponsored by CUNY Mexican Research Institute.

FREE

Friday, Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m. 

Mexico-based ensemble Caña Dulce y Caña Brava highlights female poetry and voices, taking the viewers on a voyage by way of a number of rhythms, accompanied by conventional string devices such because the harp and the jarana, the zapateado (the percussive dance performed on a picket platform that accompanies the music and is taken into account the “heartbeat” of Son Jarocho), and poetic improvisation in rhyme. 

Providing an assortment of colours, textures and pictures to numerous and multi-generational audiences, the ensemble is outlined by an authentic aesthetic that unites the standard with the vanguard in a recent stage proposal. Since its formation in 2007, the group has carried the seal of female energy and wonder throughout the historically masculine world of Mexican Son. 

Tickets are $10 per particular person. One classroom trainer per class group comes for FREE. Extra adults (together with paraprofessionals, coordinators, dad and mom, guardians, chaperones, instructing assistants, or others) might want to pay for his or her tickets.

Saturday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m.

The Annual NY Son Jarocho Competition concludes a week-long celebration of son jarocho, the music, dance, and tradition of Veracruz, Mexico. A full day of performances, the twelfth Annual NY Son Jarocho Competition will characteristic East Coast Son Jarocho teams and will probably be headlined by Mexico-based ensemble Caña Dulce Caña Brava. The Competition is a co-presentation by Flushing City Corridor and the Son Jarocho NY Collective. This partnership occasion is sponsored partially by the Nationwide Endowment for the Arts. 

In-Individual Tickets: $15 Common Admission/$12 members, seniors, & College students. 

Sunday, Nov. 20, 1 p.m.

Be a part of Flushing City Corridor on Sunday, Nov. 20, as they welcome Rachelle Garniez (USA Roots) and Masayo Ishigure (Japan)  for the following mashup efficiency. This program is generously sponsored by the Heart for Cultural Vibrancy. 

In-Individual Tickets: $15/$12 members, seniors, & college students with ID; Digital Tickets: $5 for a livestream on Flushing City Corridor’s YouTube channel

Saturday, Nov. 26, 3 p.m.

Be a part of Flushing City Corridor on Saturday, Nov. 26, for An Afternoon of Chinese language Theater, collectively introduced by the Chinese language American Arts Council and Flushing City Corridor. 

This program will characteristic Peking Opera, The Story of Music Jiang and Yan Poxi, in addition to a particular efficiency by Tong Xiao Ling Chinese language Opera Ensemble: Peking Opera, Farewell My Concubine. 

This occasion begins at 3 p.m. and will probably be roughly 2 hours in size. 

FREE