Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts Located on the Queens College campus, the Kupferberg Center for the Performing Arts encompasses three venues: the acoustically perfect LeFrak Concert Hall, which can hold about 500 guests; the Colden Auditorium, which seats 2,143; and the 476-seat Irving and Susan Wallack Goldstein Theater. Kupferberg presents a wide range of entertainment to about 350,000 patrons each year, including classical music, jazz, dance, seminars, conferences, and children’s events. Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, Cyndi Lauper, the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Boys’ Choir, and Yo-Yo Ma are among the entertainers who have performed there recently. Inside scoop: Kupferberg also operates the Godwin-Ternbach Museum, home to the borough’s most comprehensive art collection, and the Queens College Art Center, which is a separate gallery for contemporary installations. Address: Queens College is at the corner of the Long Island Expressway and Kissena Boulevard (Exit 24), Flushing, and www.kupferbergcenter.org. Thalía Spanis h Theatre The borough’s only bilingual Latino venue, Thalía Spanish Theatre is dedicated to promoting and preserving the heritage of Hispanic drama. Founded in 1977 by Cuban actress/ director Silvia Brito, Thalía specializes in the zarzuela, an art form that combines operatic singing with dialogue, and other kinds of Spanish-language drama genres. But the 100-seat theater also promotes Spanish-language playwrights, dancers, and folklorists. Inside scoop: Lance Corporal Thomas P. Noonan Playground is a few blocks from Thalía on Greenpoint Avenue and 43rd Street. The public space is named after a native son who was awarded a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor, a Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, and a Vietnam Service Medal with bronze stars for his heroics in the Vietnam War. On February 5, 1969, Noonan was fatally shot by North Vietnamese soldiers while carrying a seriously wounded United States soldier to safety. Address: 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, and www.thaliatheatre.org. 74 QUEENS IN YOUR POCKET • www.itsinqueens.com
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