Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Queens on Columbus Day Monday, Oct 12: 22 picks, refreshed weekly.
22 picks · checked Sep 15
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensJohn Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensJohn Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
Queens County Farm Museum, Glen Oaks, QueensDanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNavigate the Amazing Maize Maze after dark by flashlight at Queens County Farm Museum, one of only two moonlight nights this fall.
Queens County Farm Museum, Glen Oaks, QueensDanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNavigate the Amazing Maize Maze after dark by flashlight at Queens County Farm Museum, one of only two moonlight nights this fall.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensPosters, film and sculpture from Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN's artist campaign fill PS1's Homeroom and museum admission is free for all.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensPosters, film and sculpture from Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN's artist campaign fill PS1's Homeroom and museum admission is free for all.
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Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensGolden Lion winner Sonia Boyce films Queens groups and the Resistance Revival Chorus into a kaleidoscopic wallpaper-and-video installation.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensGolden Lion winner Sonia Boyce films Queens groups and the Resistance Revival Chorus into a kaleidoscopic wallpaper-and-video installation.
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensCevdet Erek's first New York solo turns thrash-metal memories into sound sculpture, beside Aziz Hazara's objects returned from Bagram.
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensCevdet Erek's first New York solo turns thrash-metal memories into sound sculpture, beside Aziz Hazara's objects returned from Bagram.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City / Astoria, QueensSanford Biggers' cloud sculptures Unsui (Mirror) land on the East River shoreline at Socrates, 25 years after his Terra Mandala there.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City / Astoria, QueensSanford Biggers' cloud sculptures Unsui (Mirror) land on the East River shoreline at Socrates, 25 years after his Terra Mandala there.
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park / Glen Oaks, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolve clues through three acres of towering corn to Victory Bridge in New York City's only corn maze, on a working Queens farm.
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park / Glen Oaks, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolve clues through three acres of towering corn to Victory Bridge in New York City's only corn maze, on a working Queens farm.
34th Ave between 93rd & 94th St, QueensKids' programming on the 34th Avenue open street in Jackson Heights, the 26-block car-free corridor that turned a Queens road into a linear park.
34th Ave between 93rd & 94th St, QueensKids' programming on the 34th Avenue open street in Jackson Heights, the 26-block car-free corridor that turned a Queens road into a linear park.
Parsons Blvd between Jamaica & Archer Ave, QueensDowntown Jamaica's sidewalk gets a soundtrack — Boombox brings music and programming to Parsons Boulevard between Jamaica and Archer.
Parsons Blvd between Jamaica & Archer Ave, QueensDowntown Jamaica's sidewalk gets a soundtrack — Boombox brings music and programming to Parsons Boulevard between Jamaica and Archer.
34th Ave between 77th & 78th St, QueensTienda de Pueblo sets up on 34th Avenue between 77th and 78th, on Jackson Heights' famous open street.
34th Ave between 77th & 78th St, QueensTienda de Pueblo sets up on 34th Avenue between 77th and 78th, on Jackson Heights' famous open street.
Torsney Playground: Handball-01, QueensFree Cardio Sculpt at Woodside's Torsney Playground — strength-and-cardio circuits from NYC Parks' Shape Up program.
Torsney Playground: Handball-01, QueensFree Cardio Sculpt at Woodside's Torsney Playground — strength-and-cardio circuits from NYC Parks' Shape Up program.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsA ten-foot marble slide and Akari lamps: the Noguchi Museum revisits the artist's 1986 Venice Biennale pavilion in Long Island City.
The Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, QueensWmpearl · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsA ten-foot marble slide and Akari lamps: the Noguchi Museum revisits the artist's 1986 Venice Biennale pavilion in Long Island City.
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensAziz Hazara brings kneepads, tents and kitchenware discarded at Bagram Airfield back to the US — the first full showing of the collection.
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensAziz Hazara brings kneepads, tents and kitchenware discarded at Bagram Airfield back to the US — the first full showing of the collection.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City / Astoria, QueensThree monumental Chakaia Booker sculptures of recycled tires and steel, including Gridlock and LIKE, return her to Socrates for its 40th year.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City / Astoria, QueensThree monumental Chakaia Booker sculptures of recycled tires and steel, including Gridlock and LIKE, return her to Socrates for its 40th year.
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensCeramic organs and a rotating glazed heart trace the milu deer, a species saved by zoos, in Shanghai artist Yining Fei's LIC show.
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensCeramic organs and a rotating glazed heart trace the milu deer, a species saved by zoos, in Shanghai artist Yining Fei's LIC show.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City / Astoria, QueensAdd your own line to a living map of people, monarch butterflies and the waterfront at Lizania Cruz's new interactive kiosk at Socrates.
Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City / Astoria, QueensAdd your own line to a living map of people, monarch butterflies and the waterfront at Lizania Cruz's new interactive kiosk at Socrates.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensPrecious Okoyomon turns the MoMA PS1 courtyard into a woodland with an oversized teddy bear reciting her poetry from inside.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensPrecious Okoyomon turns the MoMA PS1 courtyard into a woodland with an oversized teddy bear reciting her poetry from inside.
Jacob Riis Park Boardwalk, Rockaway, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA mile of Rockaway boardwalk with ten food vendors, two bars and a retail market — beach day and food hall in one, free to walk in.
Jacob Riis Park Boardwalk, Rockaway, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA mile of Rockaway boardwalk with ten food vendors, two bars and a retail market — beach day and food hall in one, free to walk in.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Queens community fellows pick vintage prints from the 1800s to 1979 to ask what makes art American, at the Queens Museum.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensThree Queens community fellows pick vintage prints from the 1800s to 1979 to ask what makes art American, at the Queens Museum.
Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, QueensEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHelp Queens Botanical Garden's compost team turn community food scraps into rich soil at its weekly hands-on build in Flushing.
Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, QueensEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHelp Queens Botanical Garden's compost team turn community food scraps into rich soil at its weekly hands-on build in Flushing.
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