Watch the world’s greatest stories unroll before your eyes! Flushing Town Hall is thrilled to produce this festival of scrolled panoramas, known as “crankies,” for CRANKIES TAKE NEW YORK!

A crankie is basic in concept: it is a scroll that provides the visual narration to a story or song. Versions of the crankie have been around for hundreds of years, if not longer; their most recent iteration is directly linked to moving panoramas popular in the 19th Century. In recent years, artists have begun to embrace the intimacy of the format, creating multi-layered, immersive experiences for audiences that create a sort of fireside wonder. It's mesmerizing and the perfect respite from our digital world.

THREE performances featuring crankie artists Emily Schubert, The Lantern Sisters (Katherine Fahey & Dan Van Allen), Phoebe Potts, BoxCutter Collective, Nasaria Suckoo, and musical guest Charming Disaster.

Fri Feb 28: 7:30pm Sat Mar 1: 2pm Sat Mar 1: 7:30pm

Tickets & more info: https://www.flushingtownhall.org/crankies