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Things to Do in Queens and New York City

Over the course of the past two decades Queens has become a hotbed for art, film and theater. Silvercup Studios, the company behind such productions as The Sopranos and Sex and the City is just a half mile from our hotel.

You’ll also find top art museums, galleries, theaters and more interesting and fun things to do in Queens.

Free and Cheap Things to Do In Queens

Moving Image Museum

35 Avenue at 37 Street, Astoria, NY 718-784-0077
http://www.movingimage.us
Admission is free; optional contribution of $5 per person is suggested
Learn all about the world of film at this popular Queens museum. Past exhibits have focused on everything from Star Trek to Tim Burton to Seinfeld. Interactive exhibits reveal how films are made, and visitors are able to create their own animations, select sound effects, and create flipbooks. The museum also presents film screenings featuring appearances by directors, actors and writers.

Dorsky Gallery

11-03 45th Ave, Long Island City, NY 718-937-6317
http://www.dorsky.org
Admission is free
This contemporary visual arts gallery offers independently curated exhibitions, curator's talks, and symposia. Past exhibits have focused on the office, nature, seduction and contemporary women artists. [Top]

P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center

22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave
Long Island City, NY 718-784-2084
http://www.ps1.org
Admission is a $5.00 suggested donation for Adults; $2.00 for students and senior citizens
Uncover provocative, experimental contemporary arts at one of the oldest and largest non-profit contemporary art institutions in the U.S. Now affiliated with MOMA, this experimental arts center features more than 50 exhibitions and music performances a year. The Emergency Room shows how artists respond to current events with a constantly evolving, daily collaborative exhibition.

Queens Museum of Art

New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 718-592-9700
http://www.queensmuseum.org
Admission is by suggested donation. Adults: $5, Senior and Children: $2.50, Members and Children, under five: Free
At this Flushing Meadow museum find local and international art and permanent exhibits, which include the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Art, exhibitions on the two World’s Fairs held in NY and a diorama of all five NYC boroughs. [Top]

The Noguchi Museum

9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City, NY 718-204-7088
http://www.noguchi.org
Admission: $10 for adults; $5 for senior citizens and students. Members, NYC public high school students, and children under 12, free. Plus pay as you wish, the first Friday of every month.
Famous Japanese-American sculpture artist Isamu Noguchi’s works in stone, metal, wood, and clay, plus gardens, dance sets, and Akari Light Sculptures are on display in 13 galleries of this converted factory building in Long Island City.

Modern Art Foundry

18-70 41st St, Astoria, NY 718-728-2030
http://www.modernartfoundry.com
Tour this family-owned fine art casting foundry, which has been used by such famous sculptors as Lipchitz, Lachaise, Bourgeois, Miro, Archipenko, and Noguchi. [Top]

Queens Performing Arts and Theater

Astoria Performing Arts Center

34-23 Steinway St., Astoria, NY 718-393-7505
http://www.apacny.org
This not-for-profit arts organization offers professional theatre productions such as Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Proof, Forever Plaid and other classical and modern plays.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

41-17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY 718-729-3880
http://www.thaliatheatre.org
Queens’ only bilingual Hispanic theatre puts on Spanish plays, operettas and folklore shows of music and dance with past performances such as Don Juan Through The Centuries and Rhythms Of Latino America with Mestizo Dance Company. [Top]

The Chocolate Factory

5-49 49th Avenue
Long Island City, NY 718-482-7069
http://www.chocolatefactorytheater.org
Just a few blocks from our hotel this unique theater, dance, music, multimedia and visual arts center offers such past performances and exhibits as Hourglass Group - Wellspring, "world folk opera" set in 1999 war-torn Sarajevo and Patrick Neal paintings derived from tabletop objects.

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

31-10 Thomson Avenue, Room E-241, Long Island City, NY 718-482-5151
http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac
This performing arts center housed at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY offers a strong Jazz Jam Series and a Weekend Family Series of theatre, dance and music. Performances could everything from Buddhist chanting to contemporary Mexican dance. [Top]

Queens Film Screenings

United Artists Kaufman Astoria
3530 38th Street, Astoria, NY 718-786-2020
http://www.regmovies.com/theatrelocations/default.aspx?state=NY&viewall=true

Center Cinemas

4217 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside 718-361-6869
Watch first-run movies at these Queens movie theaters, each just a mile from our hotel. [Top]

Things Not to Miss in New York

Art Entree

33-51 84th Street, Suite 4G, Jackson Heights, NY 718-391-0011
http://www.artentree.com
Get an insider view of the New York art world with tours by this Queens based organization. Visit galleries, private artist studios, special collections, or even arrange a private reception at places such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Museum of Modern Art

11 West 53 Street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues
New York, NY 212-708-9400
http://www.moma.org/
With the recent dramatic renovation of one of the world’s most famous contemporary arts museums, exhibit space doubled. The museum houses more than 150,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, architectural models and drawings, and design objects. Find such artists as Dali and Liechtenstein as well as contemporary and historic film screenings. [Top]

Central Park

Central Park West to Fifth Avenue and 59th Street to 110th Street
New York, NY 212-310-6600
http://www.centralpark.com
In New York’s massive playground and green space, you’ll find everything from two skating rinks to the Central Park Zoo to the famous boathouse and Shakespeare in the Park and Opera on the Lawn, among other unique New York activities and attractions.

Central Park Bike Tours

http://www.centralparkbiketour.com/
For a particularly interesting way to discover Central Park, try a 2-hour bike tour. Choose from a general tour that take through Strawberry Fields and the John Lennon garden of peace, Belvedere Castle, the Shakespeare Garden and more, or the Movie Scene Tour, during which you’ll tour such location spots for movies such as When Harry Met Sally, Autumn in New York and more.

United Nations Headquarters Building

First Ave. at 46th St., New York, NY 212-963-8687
http://www.un.org
Learn about the history and importance of this global organization and interact with world visitors during guided tours, which are offered every half hour. [Top]