CuRRENT & UPCOMING SHOWS
SOUNDS
FROM THE
GALLERY
Sounds From the Gallery is our free indoor concert series, featuring live music performed within the vibrant atmosphere of our gallery’s art exhibitions!
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Culture Lab After Dark presents
Nice One! Comedy
Thursday, March 27, 8 - 10pm
Laughs meet art at Culture Lab LIC, where stand-up comedy takes center stage in a vibrant gallery setting!
Check out our lineup:
Brendan Sagelow (Comedy Cellar)
Mike Recine (Conan)
Vannessa Jackson (Saturday Night Live)
Jeff Cerulli (Amazon Prime)
Jake Velazquez (NY Comedy Club)
Katrina Davis
Dates in March 2025
March 6, 7, 8, 9 at 7:30pm
March 13, 14, 15, 16 at 7:30pm
March 20, 21, 22, 23 at 7:30pm
March 27, 28 at 7:30pm
March 29, 30 at 2:30pm
90 minutes
It CAN Happen Here!
Hallie Flanagan and the Federal Theatre
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A multimedia extravaganza celebrating the Federal Theatre and revealing the forces that led to its downfall–forces even more powerful today.
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It CAN Happen Here! is a multi-media experience that weaves together three strands of storyline: the achievements of the Federal Theatre Project, which employed tens of thousands of artists from every demographic working in every theatrical genre and which brought performances into every corner of the U.S.; the ground-breaking work of its fearless leader, Hallie Flanagan, whose vision shaped the story-telling and aesthetics of the most impactful productions; and the political consequences, which encompassed the breaking of racial and social barriers and earned the disapprobation of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), whose legacy of attacks on Theatre and the Arts continue to this day.
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Runs Thursday, March 6 - Sunday, March 30
Photos by Al Foote III
The Hunger & the Haunt
The Hunger & The Haunt is an original theatrical song recital and community resource fair held at Culture Lab LIC, April 4 & 5, 7pm.
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The performance explores how folks from the AANHPI diaspora reclaim connection to their heritage and discover new pathways towards ancestral nourishment. This interdisciplinary work combines contemporary dance, spoken poetry, and classical music by exclusively AANHPI composers to tell the fantastical story of a Chinese American girl trying to find her way home as she traverses a mysterious, dark pit and navigates strange encounters.
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The performance will be presented by an ensemble of Asian American women, including Abagael Cheng (soprano), Marie Lloyd Paspe (dancer), and Amber Scherer (piano). The curated recital program features works by Juhi Bansal, Chihchun Chi-Su Lee, Shruti Rajasekar, Angela Yam, Johnum Palado, and Teresa Mei Chuc, among others.
Each performance will be complemented by a community resource fair at 8:30 PM, where local organizations that empower AANHPI communities in Queens will share information about their work and offer concrete ways to get involved. Partner organizations include the Flushing Chapter of Asian Americans for Equality, South Asian Youth Action, MinKwon Center for Community Action, and more. Representing a variety of neighborhoods and AANHPI identities across Queens, these organizations advocate for residents around issues of housing, civic engagement, youth leadership, and economic and social justice.
Allegra Levy's
Songs For You & Me!
Jazz for Kids!
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Allegra presents songs from her album, “Songs for You and Me,” the acclaimed singer/songwriter's first foray into jazz for the juvenile set, not only teaches both kids and adults how to say hello in 12 different languages. From bedtime and bath time to boogers and boo-boos, she and her all-star big band make it all sing… and swing!“
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"Allegra Levy sounds like a female version of Mr. Rogers on this cozy album of cozy songs for tykes … Completely charming, life affirming and inviting. Won’t you be her neighbor?” - Jazz Weekly
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Sunday, April 6, 4pm
Sunday, May 4, 4pm
REVERB: A Queer History Experience
Male Impersonators with Gillian M. Rodger
An immersive program series that connects the echoes of queer history to the present through history lessons and live performance.
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Join our host lecturer, Dr. Gillian M. Rodger [author of Just One of the Boys: Female-to-Male Cross-Dressing on the American Variety Stage], for a dynamic evening in which we explore the history of the Male Impersonator as portrayed on the Vaudevillian stage and beyond.
Attendees can expect an exciting presentation that covers key historical figures followed by talented performers who bring them to life on the stage, all set within a transformed performance space that evokes queer nightclubs of the past.
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Saturday, April 12, 7 - 10pm
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ABOUT REVERB: COLLABORATION WITH AMERICAN LGBTQ+ MUSEUM: An immersive program series that connects the echoes of queer history to the present through captivating history lessons and live performances. Each event features a blend of lectures, music, dance, and interactive experiences, all set within a casual, speakeasy atmosphere. Participants can explore archival materials and ephemera that highlight a unique aspect of queer history, showcasing how its reverberations continue to shape and influence the LGBTQ+ community. Reverb creates a space to cultivate a deeper connection to queer history through both education and expression.
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ABOUT AMERICAN LGBTQ+ MUSEUM: The American LGBTQ+ Museum (ALM) preserves, investigates, and celebrates the dynamic histories and cultures of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, as well as those of the emergent and adjacent identities among our communities. Using exhibitions and programs, we seek to advance LGBTQ+ equality through the lens of social justice movements, including, but not limited to, race, gender, class, immigration, and disability.
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Free Admission.
PERFORMING ARTS At Culture Lab LIC
Culture Lab LIC is passionate about supporting emerging artists and fostering ambitious work. Over the past four years, our directors have helped produce over 25 professional productions. We have supported original and in-development work, presenting the premiere productions.
We have provided rehearsal space for over 20 theatre/dance and music groups and produced hundreds of events. In 2019 alone, we donated over 1,000 hours of rehearsal space to local theatre and dance companies. Over the past three years, we have created an amazing space for performing artists to learn, grow, take risks and make work. We are proud to create affordable opportunities for our local artistic community here in LIC!
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