Directions:
By Subway: Via # 7 Flushing
IRT, exit 111th Street Station. South on 111th Street to Park entrance
at 49th Avenue.
Follow yellow signs to the Museum, which is located next to the
Unisphere. A fifteen-minute walk.
By Car: Via the Grand Central
Parkway, exit at Shea Stadium and follow signs to the Museum. Free
parking.
By Bus: Via the following
lines:
Q48 to Roosevelt Avenue & 111 Street. South to Park.
Q23, Q58 to Corona Avenue & 51 Avenue. East to Park.
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Items
taking place at the museum:
(Posted with Perfmission from QMA)
- Independence Community Foundation
Presents a Chinese New Year Celebration for the Year of the Rat
Sunday, February 17 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Blue Pipa, Inc. has organized an exciting concert /lecture at the Queens Museum of Art on February 17th at 2 pm featuring three internationally recognized Asian composers and performers: Min Xiao-Fen, Chinese pipa; Ishigure Masayo, Japanese koto; and Yoon Jeong Heo, Korean geomungo. Each of these masters are well known exponents of traditional and modern music. They are brought together for an unforgettable performance that explores the similarities and differences among the music of different Asian cultures.
This project is made possible in part with funds from the Decentralization Program, a grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the Queens Council on the Arts and Blue Pipa, Inc.
Plus enjoy free Chinese arts & crafts workshops and traditional snacks.
- NY States of Mind Film Program
Sunday, February 17 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm
NY States of Mind Film Program: Absolut Warhola (Stanislaw Mucha, Germany 2001, 80 min., German subtitles.)
A docu-comedy traces the roots of Pop Art icon Andy Warhol by taking the viewer through his homeland: the "Ruthenian Bermuda Triangle" where Slovakia, Poland and the Ukraine meet. Winner of the German Film Critics' Association best documentary film of 2001.
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