Queens Center Mall Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning promotes local artists through workshops, visual-art displays, music and theater. Located in a neo-Renaissance building, the center annually serves roughly 28,000 artists of all ages with a 1,650-square foot visual arts gallery, a 99-seat proscenium theater, painting, dance and ceramics studios, and soundproof music studios. Activities include film screenings and lectures, contemporary visual arts exhibitions, in-school artist residencies, a series of nearly 50 different arts workshops and free or low-cost after-school and summer programs. Inside scoop: The center was founded in 1972 as part of a large-scale effort to revitalize the declining Jamaica business district. Address: 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, and www.jcal.org. Quens World Film Festival The Queens World Film Festival screens more than 100 movies at multiple venues over two weeks in March. The event also features panel discussions and boundless networking as filmmakers from around the world attend. Address: www.queensworldfilmfestival.com. 84 QUEENS IN YOUR POCKET • www.itsinqueens.com
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