IT’S IN QUEENS!

in mid-air and then vanish in the blink of an eye. Shows at 7 pm (May 13) and 4 pm (May 14). Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. (www.queenstheatre.org)

Queens Taste 2023

May 16, 6 p.m.

Back after a three-year Covid break, this food event attracts several dozen food-and-beverage purveyors who offer samples of their products to several hundred people. Some of the cuisines come from Central America, Colombia, Indonesia, Mexico, Quebec, and Thailand along with borough- based breweries, alcoholic beverage vendors, and juicers.

New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. (www.itsinqueens.com)

The Comedy of Errors

May 17 - May 19

The Parks Department’s Public Theater Mobile Unit presentsbilingual versions of Shakespeare’s ‘Comedy of Errors’ at 5 pm both afternoons.

ARROW Field House, 35-30 35th St., Astoria. (www.nycgovparks.org)

The Humours of Bandon

May 18, 7 p.m.

Presented by Fishamble: The New Play Company and Solas Nua, this play follows a 16-year-old dancer on the eve of the Irish Open Championships 1999.

New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. (www.newyorkirishcenter.org)

Daughter of the Struggle

May 19, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Ayanna Gregory presents her onewoman show about growing up with her father, Civil Rights activist Dick Gregory, and other issues. She sings, dances, tells stories, and acts.

Black Spectrum Theatre, inside Roy Wilkins Park near 177th Street and Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica. (www.blackspectrum.com)

Downtown Jamaica Jazz Festival

May 19 - May 20

Two music marathons with some of the world’s most prominent Jazz musicians. May 19 at 6:30 pm and May 20 at noon.

Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave. (www.jcal.org)

Tulips, Roses & Wampum: The Seal of Queens in Flowers

May 20, 11 a.m.

A walking exploration of the borough’s botanical heritage. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. (www.queensbotanical.org)

Mary Mattingly: Ebb of a Spring Tide

May 20 - Sept. 9

This exhibition features a 65-foot living sculpture, Water Clock that includes edible vegetation. The clock’s pulse is kept by water from the East River moving through tubes on the structure, a reminder of a life support system and the delicate balance of coastal ecosystems.

Socrates Sculpture Center, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. (www.socratessculpturepark.org)

Oratorio Society of Queens Spring Concert 2023

May 21, 4 p.m.

Maestro David Close conducts live orchestral and solo music by Vivaldi and Haydn. St. Kevin Church, 45-21 194th St., Flushing. (www.queensoratorio.org)

Stop ‘N’ Swap

May 21, 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Reduce waste by dropping off unwanted, clean, reusable items and taking ones you want.

Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Glen Oaks. (www.queensfarm.org)

Bringing Water to Light: An Artist Workshop Series for Flushing Creek

May 21, 1 p.m.

A three-hour workshop that visualizes the possibility of daylighting or restoring underground portions of Flushing Creek. After sections were forced underground for the construction of the 1939 World’s Fair, it runs beneath the center of Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. (www.queensmuseum.org)

Stories & Snacks: A Festival of Home Cooking, May 21, 1 p.m.

This inaugural, three-hour festival is an immersive celebration of food and cultural memory in a historic house with a Victorian garden. Vendors, recipes, workshops, cooking, free samples, and food journalist Caroline Shin.

Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing. (www.vomuseum.org).