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10 Things to Do in Your Queens Neighborhood This Weekend

 March in Poseidon's Parade, catch an Alabama Shakes concert or check out a book fair this weekend.
Things to Do in Your Queens Neighborhood This Weekend
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These listings were compiled by DNAinfo's Queens reporters Katie Honan, Jeanmarie Evelly and Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska.

All Weekend

 NY Art Book Fair 

Where: MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City
When: Friday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

More than 370 booksellers will be at the museum this weekend for an annual fair that spotlights artists' books, catalogs, periodicals, magazines and more. The festival will also include events like readings, workshops and conversations with artists. The event is free. 

► Shakespeare in the Garden: "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"

Where: Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing
When: Saturday and Sunday, 5 p.m.

Queens-based producer Alex Schirling presents Shakespeare’s comedy "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." The Queens Botanical Garden will serve as the stage for this outdoor production. Admission is free for garden visitors (garden admission is $2 for students, $4 for adults).

Subway Series at Citi Field

Where: Citi Field, 126-00 Roosevelt Ave., Corona
When: All weekend (game times vary each day)

Watch the first place New York Mets take on lowly New York Yankees, who are three games behind some team from Toronto. The Metsies will hopefully continue their surge in the National League East standings by crushing the team from that other borough. Tickets are available on StubHub and other secondary ticketing sites and range between $63 just to stand in Citi Field to $1,200 to sit behind home plate.

Saturday, Sept. 19

Poseidon’s Parade

Where: Beach 106th to Beach 95th streets, Rockaway Beach
When: Parade starts at 11 a.m.

This inaugural parade celebrates the ocean and the peninsula’s art community and will feature floats and costumes inspired by the sea. A children’s festival with face painting, a DJ and crafts will follow the parade, which marches along Rockaway’s new boardwalk.

 Alabama Shakes with Drive-By Truckers at Forest Hills Stadium

Where: Forest Hills Stadium, 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills
When: 7 p.m.

Grammy-winning soulful blues and rock group Alabama Shakes performs in Forest Hills during the last concert at the stadium this season. Drive-By Truckers will be the opening act. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and tickets ranging from $39.60 to $69.50 are still available online.

"Annie Hall" Screening

Where: Hunters Point South Park, Center Boulevard and 51st Avenue, Long Island City
When: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Catch an outdoor showing of the Woody Allen classic “Annie Hall” as part of the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy’s summer movie series. The event is free, and the film starts at sunset. 

► HPS Rocks the Block

Where: Hunters Point South Living; Center Boulevard and 50th Avenue, Long Island City
When: Noon to 4 p.m.

Related Companies, Phipps Houses and Monadnock Development are hosting a free block party for the community to celebrate the opening of the first two buildings at Hunters Point South, the city’s planned affordable housing development on the Long Island City waterfront. The event is open to the public and will include food trucks and eats from local restaurants, live music, arts and crafts for kids and giant, life-size versions of the games Connect Four and Jenga. 

► New York Kids Couture Fashion Week 2016

Where: Jamaica Performing Arts Center; 153-10 153rd St. and Jamaica Ave., Jamaica
When: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Enjoy an afternoon of entertainment with trend-setting designers as teen and adult models present Couture Collections for 2016. The featured children's designer will be Pinky Sez. The featured adult designers include Chicago PlayGround, Smiley, Hope Wade, Hats by Rosebud, Jewel Shannon and more. R&B Jeff Redd and Will Traxx will perform. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased here ($35 at the door).

Sunday, Sept. 20

Double Vision: Two Photographers-Two Perspectives 

Where: RAA Gallery, T7 building, Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area, Rockaway Point
When: Opening reception from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m.

Photographers John Grillo and Mike Deutsch present 50 images captured with their unique processing style and vision. The photos feature landscapes and more from around the city.

► Con Brio Ensemble presents Twilight Concert

Where: The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills
When: 4:30 p.m.

Violinist Anton Miller, violist, Rita Porfiris, cellist Hamilton Berry, oboist Alan Hollander, and pianist Diana Mittler-Battipaglia of Con Brio Ensemble perform Schumann, Reinecke, Fuchs and Toch at the Church-in-the-Gardens. Tickets are $12.