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October is busier than the summer months this year! Community art, community theater, and community music are big this week in Queens. So are comedy, films, history, quilts, and wampum. Please read on.<\/p>\n
Oct. 9, Conch Shell International Film Fest, Oct. 11.<\/a> Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora filmmakers, film lovers, and industry professionals gather for three days of screenings, conversations, professional development, and community. The program screens 47 films from 14 countries, including Aruba, Canada, Colombia, Cura\u00e7ao, Dominica, France, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Regal Midway Cinema, 108-22 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills.<\/p>\n Oct. 9, Sweet Prince, 7:30 pm.<\/a> This interactive, one-woman Hamlet invites the audience to step in as the missing characters. Ready to be? \u200bThis production uses a pared-down version of Shakespeare\u2019s script to investigate depression, what it means to be \u201cmad,\u201d and grief. Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Ave.<\/p>\n Oct. 10, The 49th Annual Queens Columbus Day Parade, noon. The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens presents this event whose route goes from\u00a0Steinway Street left to 30th Avenue and right to 33rd Street. It ends at a reviewing stand on Astoria Boulevard and 32nd Street. Assembling begins at 11 am. More info at italianfederation@gmail.com.<\/p>\n Oct. 10, The Americas: 1492 to D-Day, 3 pm.<\/a> Explore the cultures, conflicts, discoveries, and achievements that transformed history \u2013 from the arrival of Europeans in the Americas in 1492 through World War II \u2013 through storytelling and artifacts. The Brownson Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 129th Street and Kew Gardens Road.<\/p>\n Oct. 10, Bowne Around Towne, 2 pm.<\/a> A walking tour of Flushing sites related to Bowne family history: Bowne House; Fox Oaks Stone; Flushing High School; Flushing Town Hall; Friends Meeting House; Former site of Flushing Female Association School; Former site of Macedonian AME Church; and Weeping Beech Tree. Meet at Bowne House, 37-01 Bowne St., Flushing.<\/p>\n Oct. 10, A Ticket to Freedom, noon.<\/a> Bowne House Archivist Charlotte Jackson talks about the Bowne family\u2019s involvement in the Underground Railroad and the anti-slavery effort. Bowne House, 37-01 Bowne St., Flushing.<\/p>\n Oct. 10, Talisman for the Perfect Stranger, 1 pm.<\/a> Queens-based artist\u00a0Dani Song\u00a0leads a community art workshop exploring talismans, small, handmade objects that carry wishes for protection, blessing, comfort, or good fortune. King Manor Museum, 150-03 Jamaica Ave.<\/p>\n Oct. 11, Tribute to Frankie Valli & More, 3 pm.<\/a> Lights Out brings high energy, tight harmonies, soaring falsettos, comedy, audience participation, and engaging personalities on a journey through music that inspired Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. Queensborough Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside.<\/p>\n Oct. 11, Into The Woods, Oct. 25.<\/a> Based on a Broadway musical, this play follows a childless couple who set out to end a curse placed on them by a witch. It\u2019s inspired by the\u00a0Grimm Brothers fairy tales \u201cLittle Red Riding Hood,\u201d \u201cCinderella,\u201d \u201cJack and the Beanstalk,\u201d and \u201cRapunzel.\u201d Times vary. Maggie\u2019s Little Theater at St. Margaret Parish, 66-11 79th Pl., Middle Village.<\/p>\n Oct. 11, Eight Strings & A Whistle, 4 pm.<\/a> An afternoon of fun, poetic, and quirky music with Suzanne Gilchrest on flute, Ina Litera on viola, and Matt Goeke on cello. The Brownson Center at Maple Grove Cemetery, 129th Street and Kew Gardens Road.<\/p>\n Oct. 11, Two \u2018Films Maudit\u2019 with J. Hoberman.<\/a> In conjunction with his new book \u201cAcross the Movi-verse: Writing on Film 2011\u20132021,\u201d J. Hoberman presents Richard Kelly\u2019s Southland Tales<\/a> (at 12:30 pm) and Michael Powell\u2019s Peeping Tom<\/a>\u00a0(at 4:15 pm). These titles were loathed upon their respective premieres in 2006 and 1960, but they have gained popularity in the rear-view mirror. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria\u2019s Kaufman Arts District.<\/p>\n Oct. 12, Wampum Belt Making Workshop, 12:30 pm.<\/a> Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day by helping Matinecock artist Tecumseh Ceasar create a wampum belt and learning local Native culture. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.<\/p>\n Oct. 11, Woven in Cloth: The Fabric of History, 2:30 pm.<\/a> Hand quilters from Quilt-N-Queens, Oakwood Friends School, and Vassar College convey the African American experience in New York State through narrative quilts. Queens Historical Society, Kingsland Homestead,\u00a0143-35 37th Ave., Flushing.<\/p>\n Oct. 14, Monthly Jazz Jam, 7 pm.<\/a> Musicians, students, educators, hobbyists and others improvise under the direction of house band leader Carol Sudhalter. Don\u2019t play? Come listen! The theme is Thelonious Monk and the Bebop Pioneers. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd.<\/p>\n Oct. 15, Annual Woody Guthrie New York Hoot, 7 pm.<\/a> All are invited to this two-hour round robin concert featuring the songs and poetry of the singular folk legend Woody Guthrie. With performances by Pat Lamanna, Joel Landy, Marie Mularczyk O\u2019Connell, Steve Suffet, and David Tarlo. Including spoken word, brief historical interludes, and an exploration of the parallels between Woody\u2019s world and our world today. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City.<\/p>\n Oct. 15, Liz Santoro + Pierre Godard: This Is Unreal, Oct. 17.<\/a> Liz Santoro recounts her childhood, ballet school, life in New York, move to Paris, motherhood, and the works she has created with Pierre Godard. But truth and fiction cannot be disentangled: some memories are real, others are generated by artificial intelligence; some movements originate from her body, others are fabricated by an algorithm. The Chocolate Factory Theater, 38-33 24th St., Long Island City.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QT.LasYanez-300x300.jpg\")
Oct. 9, Las \u00c1\u00f1ez, 8 pm.<\/a> The \u00c1\u00f1ez twins blend folk and avant-garde music with a loop pedal, beats, and small instruments. Their original songs are featured on four award-winning albums. Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FarmPumpkin-300x199.jpg\")
Oct. 10, Colonial Culinary: Pumpkin Soup and Pie, 10 am.<\/a> Chop, mix, and bake through history during this class that transforms native squash into a beloved 18th century tradition. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Glen Oaks.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QBG.Indig_-300x168.png\")
Oct. 12, Indigenous Peoples Day: Native Nature and Bird Tour, 10 am.<\/a> Join the Metoac Indigenous Collective for a walk led by Haley Scott (Unkechaug) and Tecumseh Ceaser (Matinecock\/Montaukett\/Unkechaug). They\u2019ll discuss Long Island\u2019s Indigenous history, native birds plants, and their cultural significance. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QBG.Wampum-300x194.png\")
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