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Budding artist Oron Tal, 11, will exhibit his first solo show during the LIC Arts Open. Tal, a fifth grader at the Solomon Schechter School of Queens, is bubbly, talkative, sure headed — he knows what he wants and can create a painting in about 20 minutes to an hour — and a bit fidgety.

He comes from an artistic family; his father creates carved wooden sculptures and his sister works as a fashion designer.

The name Alice Crimmins isn’t that well known today, but almost 47 years ago she was vilified as the Susan Smith of her generation. Her children, Eddie Jr., age 5, and Missy, age 4, vanished from their garden apartment in Kew Gardens Hills at 150-22 72 Drive on July 14, 1965 — victims of an alleged kidnapping.

Crimmins was once very much in love with her handsome husband, Edmund. But he was working longer hours, started drinking, developed a paunch and double chin and was no longer paying any attention to his wife. She started seeing other men in her need for approval and attention.

Not all mothers are able to give birth to a chef, but they still have the opportunity to have a delicious Mother’s Day meal in Queens.

Western Queens’ restaurants have been steadily growing in popularity over the past few years. Deni Anza, co-owner of Bistro 33 in Astoria, said the area has been expanding its culinary landscape with a great variety of ethnic food and vast options for a holiday weekend brunch.

Crossing Art in Flushing is hosting works from Spanish artists dEmo and Depoe in the contemporary show entitled “Pop, Pop.”

The show, which will run until June 1, is described as a modern twist on pop art. The works have that bright-color quality similar to American pop art icons Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, but take a new approach by adding sculpture and graffiti like murals to the show.

Luke Wright (Jason Statham) is a minor league mixed martial arts fighter who ekes out a living dumping fights in the Jersey suburbs for chump change. One fateful evening he decides that enough is enough and he knocks out a rival to whom he was supposed to lose.

Kew Gardens Hills was primarily developed by the Wolosoff Brothers, starting in 1937. After the breakup of the Arrowbrook and Queens Valley golf courses, a floodgate of development occurred all at once.

The problem was the community had everything but a school. With much pressure placed on politicians for one, a school was approved by the planning board in 1946. A site had to be found and developed as much of the best land was already bought for home development. A sand pit that had been overlooked by the developers was found at 77th Avenue and 137th Street and purchased by the city.

Queens College, as part of its yearlong tribute to Turkey featuring several college hosted talks and art exhibits, is presenting a group show titled “Amulets, Nazars & Evil Eyes” in which 27 contemporary artists look at the evil eye.

Some cultures believe that a certain gaze, or an “evil eye,” can cause injury or bad luck for the person who gets the stare down. Through time cultures have created remedies and charms to ward off these curses.

An exhibit titled “Interwoven Worlds: Exploring Domestic and Nomadic Life in Turkey,” organized by Queens College’s Godwin-Ternbach Museum, will be on view at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. through April 30. Exhibit hours are Wednesday to Friday, noon to 5 p.m.

The series, put on by the Guggenheim, is like any other day walking around Jackson Heights or sitting with friends in their apartment, except, well... you don’t know these people and at each location there’s an author or actor waiting with a story in mind to tell you.

Stillspotting NYC is a two-year-long project that takes museum-goers with a map in hand to city streets. They will hear stories from writers including poets, professors, a chaplain and a pair of rappers.