HANUKAH OH HANUKAH!, Holiday Jazz Concerts and More Set for Flushing Town Hall, Dec 2013

Hey baby, it's cold outside. If you have visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, bring your holly jolly spirit on over to Flushing Town Hall. With free or low cost holiday events, we have something the entire family can enjoy.

HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE:

HANUKAH OH HANUKAH!

SUN, DEC 1, 1 PM & 3 PM

$10/$5 Members & Children

Celebrate Hanukah, the Festival of Lights, with award-winning storyteller Robin Bady as she shares her favorite stories and songs of miracles, menorahs, dreidels, and potato latkes. Listen, sing, dance, celebrate and have fun! Robin is accompanied by alt-rock violinist Deni Bonet.

MONTHLY JAZZ CLINIC

WED, DEC 4, 5-7 PM, FREE

MONTHLY JAZZ JAM

WED, DEC 4, 7-10 PM

$10/FREE for Performers, Members & Students

BOOGIE WOOGIE, RAGTIME & STRIDE PIANO MUSIC

FRI, DEC 6, 8 PM

$15/$10 Members & Students

If you loved the early sounds of Ragtime, Stride and Boogie Woogie, you won't want to miss this. Join multi -instrumentalist Ayodele Maakheru & The Wind Song String Ensemble for an ode to early piano music.

CONCERT:

Aaron Copland SCHOOL OF MUSIC GUERILLA ARTS ENSEMBLE

SUN, DEC 8, 2 PM

$5 Suggested Donation

Guerilla concerts highlight talented jazz and classical musicians from the students & faculty of Queens College's Aaron Copland School of Music. You never know who you'll discover! Call the week prior for artist names.

FLUSHING HISTORIC HOUSE TOUR

SUN, DEC 8, 1-5 PM

$10 Advance/$12 Day of Tour/Children under 12 FREE

Purchase tickets in advance at queeshistoricalsociety.org or (718) 939-0647 x17, or at the houses Dec. 8.

Six historic sites in Flushing invite you to celebrate the holiday season with refreshments and activities while learning about the houses and their unique histories. A trolley will be available to take visitors from one historic house to the next.

FLUSHING TOWN HALL GIFT SHOP SALE

SUN, DEC 8, 1-5 PM

Flushing Town Hall's Gift Shop is your one stop destination for holiday shopping. Choose from children's games to one-of-a-kind pieces, all made my local artist from Queens and Long Island.

AMANDA MONACO - CAROLS & CAR RACES

FRI, DEC 13, 8PM

$15/$10 Members & Students

Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist and composer Amanda Monaco is a staple in the Queens jazz scene. Here she brings her quartet "Formula One," which plays original compositions inspired by car racing, and keeping with the season, intertwines some favorite holiday songs!

MASTER GYE OK KIM & PROJECT WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE

SAT, DEC 14, 8PM

$15/$10 Members & Students

Join us for a night of Korean traditional folk music. Gayakeum (Korean native stringed instrument) Ensemble led by Master Gayakeumist and Composer Gye Ok Kim will play beloved folk songs such as Arirang, Doraji and more.

THE David LeonHARDT TRIO - A WINTER HOLIDAY JAZZ CONCERT

FRI, DEC 20, 8PM

$15/$10 Members & Students

Holiday classics with a jazz beat, a swinging take on seasonal favorites that we all know and hum! This internationally acclaimed jazz group, led by David Leonhardt (former David "Fathead" Newman Quintet pianist) will have fingers snapping and toes tapping as they present a winter holiday concert of cool jazz and hot rhythms.

HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE:

CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP: SEASON OF GIVING

SAT, DEC 21, 1PM, FREE

Create beautiful Christmas wreaths with up-cycled fabrics, beads and ribbons which will be donated to local senior centers in Queens

KWANZAA WORKSHOP: AFRICAN ADORNMENT

SAT, DEC 21, 3PM, FREE

Honor the values of African cultures as we celebrate Kwanzaa in style. Experts talk about the importance of dress and personal style as manifest in the Kwanzaa principle of Kujichagulia or Self-Determination

For a complete list of all Fall 2013 events visit www.flushingtownhall.org. Flushing Town Hall is conveniently located on 137-35 Northern Boulevard Flushing, NY, 11354; a block and half east of Main Street, FTH is easily accessible by subway and bus; we offer limited, free parking for our patrons. For tickets and more information, visit: flushingtownhall.org, or call the Box Office: (718) 463-7700, ext. 222.

Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts (FCCA) was founded in 1979 to be a revitalizing force for its community, and a creative catalyst for developing and promoting the arts throughout the Borough of Queens, the most culturally diverse county in the United States. FCCA restored, operates and programs historic Flushing Town Hall (circa 1862) as a multi arts center (on behalf of New York City, which owns the building) and provides services to artists, arts organizations and educational institutions, borough- wide.