HAYKO: Celebrate Spring with Flushing Town Hall

Mexican Paper Art Workshop & Andean Instrument-Making Workshop

Saturday, March 31, 2012, 2:00 PM

$10/Members FREE (Materials provided; Space limited!)

Join Master Mexican paper artist, Aurelia Fernandez, for a workshop based on the tradition of celebrating spring by giving children feathers in school. Juan "Pepe" Santana will lead a workshop in making Andean instruments from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

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Interactive Arts Workshop: Weaving Turkish Textiles

Sunday, April 1, 2012, 3:15 PM

$45 Weaving Participants (includes loom and yarns; Space limited!)

Join Master craftsman Hayk Oltac for a unique weaving workshop demonstrating the hand-made textiles of Turkey and the Near East.

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Vejigante Mask Making Workshop & Mexican Paper Flower Making Workshop

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 2:00 PM

$10/Members FREE (Materials provided; Space limited!)

Felipe Rangel leads a fascinating workshop on the Puerto Rican Vejigante mask tradition used at celebrations in New York and at home in Puerto Rico. Colorful Mexican paper flowers and the intricate papel picado (cut paper banners) are used in both secular and religious celebrations throughout the year including weddings and holidays.

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

(MARCH & APRIL)

GUYS AND DOLLS JR., a Production of JHS 189
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
6:00 PM, FREE (No tickets or RSVP required; first-come, first-served)

The cast from JHS 189 performs this Broadway classic set in a New York City mission populated by do-gooders and gamblers competing for local hearts and souls.
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LECTURE: TEXTILES & COSTUME IN EARLY CENTRAL ASIAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANDREW HALE

Sunday, April 1, 2012, 2:00 PM

Suggested Admission: $5 / Members & Students Free

Andrew Hale's archive is the largest private collection of 19th and early 20th century Central Asian photographs in the United States. Hale will draw from this incredible resource to discuss how early photographs document Central Asian costume and textile traditions

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THE AARON COPLAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC GUERRILLA ARTS ENSEMBLE

Sunday, April 1, 2012 (This concert has been cancelled; Next one: 5/6/2012)

Suggested Admission: $5 / Members & Students Free
Solo, Chamber & Jazz Performance by ACSM Students & Alums. Guerilla concerts highlight the talented musicians from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College featuring classical and jazz ensembles.

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MONTHLY JAZZ JAM

Wednesday, April 4, 2012, 7:00 PM

Open to General Public: $10; FREE for Performers, Students & Members

First Wednesday each Month, 7PM - 10PM

Open to professional jazz musicians, graduate students studying jazz, and music educators. Meet new contacts, hone your chops and jam each month with your peers!

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MONTHLY JAZZ CLINICS

Friday, April 13, 2012

FREE Second Friday each month, 4PM - 7PM

If you are a high school musician with an interest in jazz or an experienced high school jazz musician looking to play with other musicians your age, then Flushing Town Hall's NEW FREE JAZZCONNECT program is for you!

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Virtuoso Players of Chinese Folk Music

Saturday, April 14, 2012, 7:00 PM

$20/$15 Members/$10 Students

The virtuoso players of Chinese Folk Music is established with master performers from the Department of Fine Arts of China Ocean University in Qingdao, China.

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QUEENS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Friday, April 20, 2012, 8:00 PM

FREE (No tickets or RSVP required; first-come, first-served)

Discover the Immigrant Experience in Queens with this concert featuring contemporary works by living composers George Tsontakis and Justice Chen.

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EARTH DAY FESTIVAL FOR FAMILIES

Sunday, April 22, 2012, 1:00 PM

FREE (No tickets or RSVP required; first-come, first-served)
Join us as we celebrate the beauty and artistry of the earth! Get to know NY's butterflies! Visit with Long Island Baymen as they demonstrate the need for clean water for our fishing communities.

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THE BEN ALISON BAND

Saturday, April 28, 2012, 7:30 PM

FREE (No tickets or RSVP required; first-come, first-served)

Bassist/composer Ben Allison, known for his lyrical melodies, inventive grooves, and inspired arrangements, draws from the jazz tradition and a range of influences from rock and folk to world music, seamlessly blending them into a cinematic, cohesive whole.

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SPRING 2012

ANNUAL GALA