Dates To Know In Astoria, Long Island City This Week

ASTORIA, QUEENS — Most meetings and events may be virtual nowadays, but there's still plenty going on in Astoria and Long Island City.

Patch has compiled a list of events for neighbors to mark on their calendars. From community meetings to family events, here are the dates to know for the week of Jan. 24.

Local Meetings & Events

Monday, Jan. 25: City Council Member Costa Constantinides, the Queens Public Library and the New York City Department of Design and Construction give an update on the new design for the Astoria library branch at 12:30 p.m. over Facebook Live.

Thursday, Jan. 28: NYC Parks hosts a virtual visioning session for the reconstruction of Queensbridge Baby Park at 6:30 p.m. Click here for details.

Around Queens

Alley Pond Environmental Center hosts a "winter plant walk" through Alley Pond Park led by Jocelyn Perez, the NYC Queens Chapter Coordinator for Herbalists Without Borders, on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. Admission costs $5, and registration is required. Click here for details.

Queens Public Library hosts a "Beat The Blues Concert" with The Unique Band NYC, an R&B/soul and pop cover band, on Monday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. in a Facebook livestream.

The Queens Borough President's Office hosts a ranked-choice voting workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 5:30 p.m. Click here to RSVP.

Queens Museum hosts a Zoom discussion of art historian Dr. Amy Raffel’s new book, "Art and Merchandise in Keith Haring’s Pop Shop" on Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. Click here to register.

Ongoing Events

Materials for the Arts Gallery presents “Archetypes: A Visual Soundtrack,” a solo exhibition by artist-in-residence Dario Mohr.

The Museum of the Moving Image is streaming "Identifying Features" and "Preparations to Be Together" in partnership with Art House distributors, through Feb. 8. Click here for details.

The Noguchi Museum: Futura Akari exhibition, on display through Feb. 28.

Socrates Sculpture Park: Jeffrey Gibson's Because Once You Enter My House, It Becomes Our House, on display through March.

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