Jamaica, Queens Walking Tour with Adrienne Onofri

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Join QHS and tour guide and author, Adrienne Onofri,  as we explore Jamaica and learn about its history!

Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC)

The Queens Historical Society resumes in-person neighborhood walking tours on two weekends this fall. Adrienne Onofri, tour guide and author of "Walking Queens," will lead a two-hour walking tour of Astoria on Sunday, October 3, and of Jamaica on Saturday, October 23. Delayed Virtual participation will be an option for those who don't wish to attend in-person. Each tour runs from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Meeting point for the October 3 tour in Astoria is the steps outside Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, corner of 35th Ave. &amp; 36th Street. Meeting point for the October 23 tour in Jamaica is outside the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica Ave. &amp; 153rd Street. Cost is $5 for QHS members, $10 for non-members. QHS encourages all attendees to be vaccinated for this event to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Please plan accordingly.This is the ticket page for our Jamaica Tour! There is a separate page here for the Astoria tour:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/astoria-queens-walking-tour-with-adrienne-onofri-tickets-168118345497"> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/astoria-queens-walking-tour-with-adrienne-onofri-tickets-168118345497</a>Location: JamaicaDate: Saturday, October 23Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m.Meeting place: outside the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica Ave. &amp; 153rd StreetDiscover Jamaica's five centuries of history as a civic and cultural center of Queens on a neighborhood walking tour with “Walking Queens” author/guide Adrienne Onofri. Second of Queens Historical Society's 2021-22 series of walking tours. Meet outside the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica Ave. &amp; 153rd Street. Cost is $5 for QHS members, $10 for non-members. To register, please purchase a ticket. Participants can choose between in-person and virtual attendance. Virtual attendance will be available Sunday, October 24th, and will not be live. Access will be emailed to you. Virtual access will be open to all ticketholders, so if you cannot make it, no worries!

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