Queens Library
Broadway Branch
Saturday, October 30 11am-4:30pm
A day long festival for the entire family
Queens Library
East Flushing Branch
Thursday, January 20 at 6:30pm
An evening of Greek dances
Queens Library
Astoria Branch
Monday, March 14 at 6:30pm
Greek Shadow Theater presents Karaghiozis
Queens Library
Steinway Branch
Thursday, April 14 at 6:30pm
Greek Shadow Theater presents Karaghiozis
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A not-to-be-missed celebration of Greek culture and arts at the Queens
Library Broadway Branch in October sets the festive tone for the Hellenic
Festival in Queens.
Opening-day activities will include a puppet-making workshop
for kids with master puppeteer Aris Diakovasilis, a native
of the Island of Nisyros
in the Aegean Sea. A life-long devotion to shadow puppetry eventually led
Mr. Diakovasilis to New York, where he now directs the shadow theater program
of the Greek Cultural Center. The puppeteer’s favorite puppet protagonist,
the wily but charming Karaghiozis, is the namesake for the Greek Shadow
Theater’s Karaghiozis, and will "star" in the opening-day
performance (in Greek and English). Traditional folk dances performed by
the Greek Cultural Center Dancers with live music by My
Greek Wedding Band will complete the afternoon’s entertainment.
Winter and spring will bring more performances by the Greek Shadow Puppet
Theater’s Karaghiozis to the Astoria and Steinway Branches as well
as an evening of Greek dances
at the East Flushing Branch.
The Queens Library extends special thanks to the Greek Cultural Center
for working
in collaboration with it to present the Hellenic program series.
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