{"title": "Celebrate Queens Memory's Sweet 16", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-19T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Culture Lab LIC", "address": "5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/birthday", "history"], "description": "A Sweet 16 birthday celebration marking sixteen years of Queens stories, hosted at Culture Lab LIC's galleries. It brings together the Queens Memory Project with colleagues, friends, neighbors, storytellers, and community partners who have shaped it. Guests can explore the gallery, enjoy snacks and drinks, and join a community show and tell, stepping up to the mic to share a favorite Queens memory, encounter, photo, or object. 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