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IT’S IN QUEENS!

Celebrate Holi!

March 17 @ 10:30 a.m.

Abha B. Roy, Srijan Dance Company, and the Apoorva Mudgal Ensemble present a concert to celebrate Holi, the Hindu holiday of new beginnings. The lineup includes devotional and Hindustani classical raga music, traditional Kathak dance, a Holi dance drama, and more.

Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., www.flushingtownhall.org.

Metropolitan Piano Stories

March 18 @ 7:30 p.m.

Musica Reginae’s Barbara Podgurski, Carnegie Hall teaching artist Beata Moon, and guests present piano music by living women composers from New York City. The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, www. musicareginae.org.

Tiffany’s Lamps: Lighting Luxury, Ongoing

March 21

Luis Comfort Tiffany’s leaded-glass lamps debuted in 1898. Wildly popular, they provided illumination while softening the brightness of early electric light bulbs. Plus, their interplay of richly colored glass and sculpted bronze transformed them from useful household objects into works of art. Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, www.queensmuseum.org.

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

March 26 - April 2

City Gate Productions presents this comedic play set at a wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee estate in the early 1990s. Five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide in an upstairs bedroom, each with a reason to avoid the proceedings below. As the afternoon advances, these different women discover a common bond. Shows are 8 pm on Fridays and

Saturday, 3 pm on Sundays.

Moose Lodge Theatre, 72-15 Grand Ave., Maspeth. www.citygateproductions.org.

Black Doll-Making Workshop

March 26 @ 2 p.m.

Textile artist and master quilter Thadine Wormly leads a workshop on traditional, 19th-century, Black dolls.

Flushing Quaker Meeting House, 137-16 Northern Blvd.,Flushing, www.bownehouse.org.

Aaron Landsman: Night Keeper

March 29 - April 8

This new performance is staged throughout The Chocolate Factory Theater’s stark industrial space, juxtaposing spoken text with choreography, live music, and projections. Performances are Wednesday to Saturday at 7 pm with a preview show on March 27 at 7 pm.

The Chocolate Factory Theater, 38-33 24th St., Long Island City, www.chocolatefactorytheater.org.

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