Season opener: Japan Fes New York
Saturday, April 9, 10:00-6:00; repeats periodically, at various locations, through October
Sixth Ave. between 24th and 26th Sts., Manhattan (very likely comprising two blocks of a longer street festival)
www.Facebook.com/events/433126645233971
Free admission
Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, April 9, 11:00-4:30; repeats monthly
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/IndonesiaFoodBazaar
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=indonesian%20james&view_all=1
Free admission
Hoboken Mac & Cheese Festival
Saturday, April 9, 1:00-5:00
Various locations in Hoboken, New Jersey
www.Eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-hoboken-mac-cheese-festival-tickets-271349623027
Tickets: adults, $35; kids, $12
Our Lady of Czestochowa-St. Casimir Palm Sunday Cake Sale
Sunday, April 10, "after all masses"
Our Lady of Czestochowa-St. Casimir, 183 25th St. (Third-Fourth Aves.; take walkway to the lower rectory hall, in back), Greenwood, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/olcbrooklyn/photos/a.1950055778353179/7993372634021433
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2020/04/babka-cake-and-pierogi-sale.html
Free admission
Songkran Festival at Wat Buddha Thai Thavorn Vanaram
Sunday, April 10, 9:00-3:00
Wat Buddha Thai Thavorn Vanaram, 7616 46th Ave. (76th-78th Sts.), Elmhurst, Queens
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Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=songkran%20buddha
In past years — it's unclear how the pandemic might change these practices — Thai dishes were doled out from a buffet, while it lasted, beginning at about 11:00; the line often formed a half-hour earlier. Any other stations served continuously while the food lasted. All are welcome to partake, bearing in mind the spirit of the occasion; a donation to the temple would be welcome
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