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Chinese Blue Pipa Trio

Flushing Town Hall

Saturday, March 6

The Chinese Blue Pipa Trio will perform at Flushing Town Hall, located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 6.

The event is part of the Lunar New Year Festival. The members of the trio are vocalist and pipa player Min Xiao-Fen, bassist Mark Helias, and guitarist Steve Salerno.

Tickets cost $12 or $10 for members and students and $5 for children.

For more information, visit www.flushingtownhall.org or call 718-463-7700.

‘Ain’t I a Woman’

York College Performing Arts Center

Saturday, March 6

“Ain’t I a Woman” will be performed at the York College Performing Arts Center, located at 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in Jamaica, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 6 by The Core Ensemble.

The show will celebrate the lives of ex-slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth, novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, folk artist Clementine Hunter and civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.

Tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.

For more information, visit www.york.cuny.edu or call 718-262-3750.

Young Soloist Competition

Queens Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, March 7

The Queens Symphony Orchestra will hold the final round recital of its Young Soloist Competition at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 7 at the Taiwan Center, which is located at 137-44 Northern Boulevard in Flushing.

Prizes include cash and a chance to perform with the Queens Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased by calling 718-326-4455 x20 or online at www.queenssymphony.org.

Poetry Reading

Steinway Library

Monday, March 8

A poetry reading will be held at the Steinway Library, located at 21-45 31st Street in Long Island City, at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 8.

It will feature Harry Bailey, who will read some of his own poems and those by other poets.

For more information, call 718-728-1965.