Events Queen Historical Society – Kingsland Homestead (2024)

FLUSHING FREEDOM MILE WALKING TOUR

The signature walking tours at Queens HistoricalSociety return with a morning stroll throughhistoric Flushing led by our resident tour guide Hermit Wang.

A House Restored w/ Author Lee McColgan

The Queens Historical Society welcomes architectural conservator and author Lee McColgan on July 18th for a fascinating lecture about his new book, "A House Restored."

The Flushing River Exhibit

The history of the Flushing River is told throughrare archival photographsand artifacts.

REMEMBERING JACK EICHENBAUM AT KINGSLAND HOMESTEAD

Join us at Kingsland Homestead on Saturday July 13th at 2:30pm for a tribute to friend, colleague, mentor, tour guide and former Queens Borough Historian Jack Eichenbaum.

The Flushing River: A Brief History

Join QHS for a free Live Zoom slide show presentationon the History of the Flushing River this Sunday June 30th at 2:30 p.m.

Juneteenth At Queens Historical Society

Come join us at Kingsland Homestead for a celebrationof Juneteenth in the beautiful Weeping Beech Park. Food and Entertainment will be provided!

Lecture: The Story of Alley Pond

Join us as author William Nieter comes to Kingsland Homestead for a slide show presentation about his new bookThe Story of Alley Pond.

Moving Kingsland

The Queens Historical Society presents its latest gallery exhibit Moving Kingsland. In 1965, the Kingsland Homestead, the last remaining British colonial farmhouse in Queens became the borough’s first historic landmark.

Flushing Author Rivkah Lapidus!

The story of Julio Rivera by documentary filmmaker Richard Shpuntoff.

THE FRENCH CONNECTION AT QHS

Join us at Kingsland Homestead for a very special screening of the 1971 Oscar winning Best Picture,The French Connection.

JULIO DOCUMENTARY

The story of Julio Rivera by documentary filmmaker Richard Shpuntoff.

JULIO REVISITED

Born and raised in Elmhurst, Richard Shpuntoff was the official photographer of Queens Pride for its first 20 years (1993 - 2012). In 2016, he completed the feature length documentary film Julio of Jackson Heights, about the 1990 gay bashing murder of Julio Rivera, and its enormous impact LGBTQIA+ organizing in Queens, that directly led to the creation of the Queens Pride Parade. The film premiered at the Queens World Film Festival where it won the Social Impact Award. He has received funding support from the Queens Council on the Arts for various projects in support of the Queens Pride Committee's work on building awareness and understanding of the history of Queens Pride and the Queens LGBTQ community, and in 2016 I was awarded a "Special Honor for Service to the LGBTIQ Community of Queens for over two decades documenting and narrating the history of the community’s struggle" by the Queens Borough President. His most recent film, Everything that is Forgotten in an Instant, had its New York premiere at the documentary film festival of MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art).

Holiday Poetry Slam and Musical Jam

Come to Kingsland Homestead on Saturday, December 16th from 1pm until 5pm forthe soothing acousticguitarand flute music of Stephen C. Josephs and Glen Flax.And then join us from 3pm until 5pm for the poetry of David Mills.Stephen C. Josephs and Glen Flax will perform music with a holiday theme. Also, if you are lookingfor the perfectgift or stocking stufferbooks in our gift shop will be availablefor 20 percent off and additional 10 percent for Queens Historical Societymembers.Poet David Mills has also appeared atFlushing Town Hall and is the writer of theaudio script forReflections in Black:100 Years of Black Photography, a photography exhibition which was shown at the Whitney Museum and Dallas Museum. Mr. Mills has recorded his poetry on ESPN and RCA Records and has had poems displayed at the Venice Biennale.Poetry will spotlight Trumpeter Louis Armstrong, Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart Jr., and George Johnson the country's first recording star who recorded for Thomas Edison's record company.

36th Annual Holly Tour

The annual Holly Tour is back! The historic holiday house tour is an annual tradition featuring an afternoon of holiday cheer and historic tours. For this year’s 36th Annual Holly Tour, visitors will explore four historic sites in Flushing including the Voelker Orth Museum, the John Bowne House, Kingsland Homestead and Quaker Meeting House. The event will take place on Sunday, December 10th from 1pm until 5pm. Each house will be providing its own libations and entertainment. Come take a trip through colonial and Victorian era Queens with the annual Holly House Tour.