We’re proud to welcome pianist, composer, and author Sharp Radway back to Central Library for another Culture Connection concert!This time, Sharp is bringing our patrons “Music Of The Streets,” a project that pays homage to iconic figures in the world of jazz. Sharp’s concert…
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We’re very excited to welcome Candice Hoyes to Queens Library! Her recent independently-released debut album, On a Turquoise Cloud, climbed to #10 on the American jazz charts and was selected as “one of the best albums of 2015” by SoulTrain.com.A classically-trained vocalist and…
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If you haven’t already met them, we’d like to introduce you to some of our Battle of the Bands contestants. Chiv Culture, the Roslyn School of Rock House Band, and Psychonaut Underground will be bringing down the house on July 14 at Colden Auditorium, so now’s your chance to…
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January 15 marks the birthday of one of the greatest drummers of all time: Gene Krupa.Born in Chicago in 1909, Krupa had been groomed for the priesthood by his parents, but decided to go his own way. He started playing the instrument in the 1920s and his powerful, busy drumming…
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Louis Armstrong, the legendary jazz musician and longtime resident of Corona, Queens, bequeathed a huge legacy to the world, with much of it right at our fingertips, right here in our borough! This weekend Lincoln Center Local and Queens Library will be partnering to present “It…
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