Flushing Town Hall

What an electrifying performance from Pahua on Thursday!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our pre-show artist talk and the incredible concert that followed! We are so glad that Pahua stopped by our historic building!

📸: Gus Philippas

NEXT WEEK, on October 3, KELEPOÚRI and Gogo Norales play together for the very first time at GLOBAL MASHUP: Greece Meets Garifuna!

KELEPOÚRI brings the soulful music and dance of the Smyrneiko tradition, inspired by the legendary Café Aman spaces of Asia Minor. 🇬🇷
Gogo Norales brings Bronx-based Garifuna energy with paranda rhythms, powerful percussion, and call-and-response vocals. 🥁

Each band plays a set, then they join forces for a mashup you won't hear anywhere else. Come at 7 PM for dance lessons and learn the moves before the music kicks off at 8 PM.

TICKETS: https://bit.ly/47hp2Th

Presented in partnership with the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

Join us for an information session with the Arts Services Department of Flushing Town Hall to learn about the Arts Grants for Queens and GO Queens Grant!

We will review guidelines, grant cycle schedules, and best application practices.

This session will take place virtually, via Zoom. A recording of this session will be available to watch on our website a week after the session takes place.

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/4yWB00u

📷 Image provided by 2024 Individual Artist Jiemin Yang, photographed by on Instagram

What a Saturday! Thank you to everyone who joined us for "The Blazing Fire Mountain and Its Princess, A Monkey King Tale". Two shows full of mischief, magic, and a whole lot of martial arts, plus a chance for the audience to see the puppets up close after the show! 🐒

A huge thank you to Galapagos Puppet Theater's puppeteers, Madeleine Beresford and Margaret Moody, for bringing this 400-year-old tale to life with such skill and heart! A special thank you to our incredible musicians for the live score:

🎶 Jimmy Zhao (趙志民), Ensemble Leader: percussion, erhu
🎶 Ma Lan (马兰): guzheng, percussion
🎶 Mei Shuan (美旋): erhu
🎶 Guo Ran (果然): p**a, sanxian

Looking for your next family outing? Join us for Diwali Festival: The Indian Wedding on November 1 at Flushing Town Hall! 🪔

On Wednesday, we came together for Mapping Queens: Innovators in Green Spaces to hear directly from the people doing the work. We learned how community leaders across Queens are working to protect and sustain community gardens and transform them into spaces for connection and creativity. What an incredible group of panelists and thoughtful discussion!🌷

A big thank you to our panelists:
🌻 Clarissa James — DIVAS for Social Justice
🌊 Jackie Rogers — The Garden By The Bay, Rockaways
🌱 Jaclyn Soto — South Jamaica Infinity Garden
🌽 Nicolás Linares — Mazorca Colectiva

Special shoutout to our moderators, Natalie Bedon, Project Manager for the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative, and Jatnna Ramirez, Director of Programs at Queens Botanical Garden. It was an honor to host this program in such a beautiful outdoor space!

Through Mapping Queens, we’re excited to continue bringing artists, cultural workers, and community members together for conversations that celebrate the people shaping arts and culture across our borough.

See you for the next Mapping Queens event; more details coming soon! 🪴

Mark your calendars! On Wednesday, September 30 at 6 PM, we're bringing together artists from Queens and across NYC for an evening of connection, conversation, and community. 🌐

This is a gathering where you can talk about current and upcoming projects, meet fellow creatives, and start building your network right here in Queens. Members of the Flushing Town Hall team will be there to share more about FTH and the resources available to local artists.

Painters, poets, performers, musicians, filmmakers, and everyone in between, this space is for you. Drinks and light refreshments on us! 🥂

We'd love to see you there. Bring a friend, your latest project, your questions, or just bring yourself!

RSVP: https://bit.ly/4y11wpn

Flushing Town Hall’s 2027 Arts Grants for Queens and GO Queens Grant applications are now open!

Arts Grants for Queens: Flushing Town Hall will award artists and arts organizations based in Queens to produce arts and culture projects to be presented in the borough in order to enrich and enliven the community. Selected individual artists will receive $5,000 while organizations can receive anywhere between $1,000 - $7,500.

GO Queens Grant: Flushing Town Hall will award forty-six $20,000 grants over two-years to Queens-based performing arts and culture nonprofit organizations with annual operating budgets under $250,000. These unrestricted funds can be used for General Operating Support (GOS) to help the granted organization grow.

📅 Submit by December 1st, 2026 at 5PM ET.

Go to flushingtownhall.org/grants to learn more, RSVP for an upcoming information session and access the application!

Image credits for each slide:
(1) Headwall Theatre Company
(2) Neela Dance Academy, Inc.
(3) WhyWOW Studio