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Vocalist Carla Cook
York College Performing Arts Center
Friday, November 16

Vocalist Carla Cook will perform at the York College Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 19 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

A jazz singer and songwriter, Cook’s music has “elements of R&B, European classical, Motown, Blues and Gospel.”

The concert is part of the Chamber Music Series, which is free and open to the public.

The York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica. For more information, call 718-262-2000 or visit york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts.

Women Jazz Greats of Queens
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Friday, November 16

The Astoria Jazz Band will perform a tribute to Queens’ women jazz greats on Friday, November 16 at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center.

The 10-piece group is led by Carol Sudhalter. The show will feature the music of Billie Holiday, Julie Mandel and Sarah Jutta Hipp, among others.

The concert will run from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $13, or $10 for students and musicians.

The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is located at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City. For more information, visit www.lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac or call 718-482-5151.

Classical Music Concert with Albert Zak
Flushing Library
Saturday, November 17

A classical music concert with Albert Zak will take place at the Flushing Library at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 17.

Zak, a native of Canada, was four years old when he began playing the piano. The concert will feature solo and chamber music by Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin.

The Flushing Library is located at 41-17 Main Street. For more information, call 718-661-1200.

‘Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile’
Queens Museum of Art
Through January 6

The exhibition “Yue Minjun and the Symbolic Smile” will be on display at the Queens Museum of Art through January 6.

This marks the first time that Minjun has had an exhibition in the United States. The exhibit at the Queens Museum of Art has paintings and sculptures.

The Queens Museum of Art is located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. For more information, visit www.queensmueum.org or call 718-592-9700.

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