ARTISTRY & ABSINTHE

ARTISTRY - ABSINTHE

SATURDAY - right here in JH - Right here at NOVO from 3 to 5pm QUILL POETRY READING- APRIL 16th $5 at the door - awesome raffle prizes and meet other poets and artists too.

E-vite to QUIlL Poetry Reading, April 16, 3-5pm

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/E-vit...

Queens in Love with Literature (QUILL) presents an evening of poetry in translation by authors of South and Southeast Asia

THEN ON TO THE NEXT BIG THING...

In case you have not noticed we are mentioned in an article in the new Edible Queens magazine. The article is about Cheryl Lin and Delaware Phoenix Distillery.

The great news is that Ms. Lin will be joining us on April 16th for a special tasting of her hand crafted Absinthe and Rye Whiskey.

from 4 to 6 pm at

Table Wine on 37th ave bewteen 79th and 80th Street

LUCKY 7- Laura Schiavina

Back in January, I wrote about an amazing painter I met in our neighborhood: Laura Schiavina.

I am ecstatic in March, because she has now agreed to be share her outstanding paintings with us at
NOVO Lounge:
37th avenue between 78th street and 79th street in jackson heights.

PLEASE JOIN US OPENING NIGHT
THURSDAY MARCH 31st -
from 6 to 9pm

come meet Laura and enjoy her inspiring and colorful creations...

we will be featuring only 7!
pieces from her vast body of work, which we could not begin to count, although she keeps excellent records.!

Laura M. Schiavina has lived in Jackson Heights since 1951. Included in the Who’s Who of American Art, her award winning work has been collected and exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the Islip Art Museum, NY; Sumner Museum, Washington D.C.; DuPont Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Citicorp Gallery, LIC; Eleftherias Park Art Center, Athens, Greece; National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, NY; New York City College of Technology, CUNY; and Ringel Gallery at Purdue University, IN. One of the first female members of the Salmagundi Club, Laura was chosen by Cynthia Maris Dantzic for her book “100 New York Painters,” published in 2006.

Laura is member of N.A.W.A, National League of American Pen Women, National Art League, Jackson Heights Art Club, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, and Audubon Artists. Laura came to New York in 1944 from Springfield, MA to become a fashion illustrator, completing evening courses at the Traphagen School of Fashion, while working in business. Deciding to continue in business, she studied fine art weekends, evenings and vacations from the late 1950's through 1980 with artists including Will Barnet, Carl Molno, Joseph Caine and Paul Puzinas.

the arts just keep on comin' - @PS 69 this weekend

YOU ARE NOW THE OWNER OF THIS SUITCASE...

A young woman arriving from Ecuador accidentally switches suitcases with a mysterious stranger. Her quest to recover the missing suitcase will lead her to encounter lovers, dreamers, fighters, a magical cell phone, books that come to life, and the best guitar player in the world.
Picking up where last year’s 167 Tongues left off, You Are Now The Owner Of This Suitcase is the
second part of a trilogy exploring the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, Queens, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world.
Conceived and directed by Ari Laura Kreith

Written by Mando Alvarado, Jenny Lyn Bader, Barbara Cassidy, Les, Hunter, Joy Tomasko, Gary Winter, Stefanie Zadravec
Starring Patricia Becker, Rajesh Bose*, Kim Carlson*, Arlene Chico-Lugo, Kathleen Choe*, Bernardo Cubria*, Ross DeGraw*, Oscar Fabela, Samuel T. Gaines*, John P. Keller*, Stephanie LaVardera, Waldo Mayo*, Emma Ramos

Dramaturgy by Angie Balsamo
Production Design by Michael Wilson MorganLighting Design by Nicole Pearce
Line Producer: Antonia Fairchild
Stage Manager: Sean McCain

Tickets:
$18 gen, $16 stu/sen (use discount code SUITCASE 1)
$9 12 and under (use discount code SUITCASE2)

www.brownpapertickets.com
www.theatre167.org
or call (800) 838 3006

March 11th: 8pm
March 12th: 2pm & 8pm
March 13th: 2pm
March 18th: 8pm
March 19th: 2pm & 8pm
March 20th: 2pm
March 25th: 8pm
March 26th: 2pm, 8pm
March 27th: 2pm

PS 69
77-02 37th Ave.
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
F/E/7/G/R/V @ Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Ave

Press for You Are Now The Owner Of This Suitcase

www.brooklynrail.org/2011/03/theater/you-are-now-the-owner-of-this-suitcase

Press for 167 Tongues

New York Times:
I had the feeling I was seamlessly dropping in and out of all these different cultures just by walking down the street...

American Theatre Magazine:
The rich diversity of the neighborhood provides ample material for works inspired by and about the various cultures in flux…

Offoffonline.com:
PICK OF THE WEEK: (A) tight collaboration of 11 talented playwrights and 29 actors, assembled by [Artistic Director] Ari Laura Kreith

QueensBuzz.com
I just returned from seeing something truly wonderful!

This event is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts

*Performing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. AEA approved Showcase.

SEE YOU ON THE AVENUE!

Celeste

JH Filmmakers Kim & Jack at QWFF - March 5th

You may have seen us in the Daily News, or the local news or on the street!

QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL IS HERE!

On Saturday March 5th , Jackson Heights' own KIM CUMMINGS will be showing her short - FLOWER OF A GIRL -

at the Queens World Film Fest.

Kim will be featured in the ABOUT WOMEN Short Stack. These films are made by women and relay a unique perspective and film style too. Great films for everyone.

Saturday, March 11:30am - 1:00pm
Come out and see Jackson Heights resident Diane DiCroce in a film based on the poem "Flower of a Girl" by another JH resident, Rebecca Gopoian! In the very next block of shorts at 1:30 in the same location - the next block BEAUTIFUL TWISTED Short Stack will feature Jack Feldstein a new implant from Australia to Jackson Heights. His film: The Ecstacy of Gary Green...is a stream of consciousness story...done in Jack's "Neon Animation" unique style
	Jackson Heights Cinema 40-31 82nd Street Jackson Heights, NY
Check out the website - order tickets - come to the OPENING EVENT MARCH 3rd - THURSDAY 6:30 doors open at the newly refurnished Jackson Heights Cinema. Program will include special guest, Q&A and premiere: The Love Permit and Sillage by 2 queens filmmakers... and fro Oregon SHEPHERDS of HELMAND. portion of proceed from openingnight to benefit Honored American Veterans Afield. See you at the movies! or on the avenue! or at the after parties! or at the QWFF restaurants! www.queensworldfilmfestival.com Celeste

SPRING is in the AIR & in PHOTOGRAPHS TOO...

A NEW OPENING AT NOVO on Thursday February 24th will feature beautiful images from local photographer DEBRA RESCHOFF-AHEARN... like the image here taken at Barley Cove in Ireland. I am so there! and you can visit her website for people, places and things from near and far.

OR stop by NOVO on 37th AVE between 78 & 79th Street

from 6-9pm THURSDAY for a drink and view more striking photographs and meet Debra too.

ALSO on the walls and at NOVO will be fun, quirky, vibrant paintings of filmmaker/artist DON CATO.

Don is also the Program Director for the QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL which is at

the Jackson Theatre and Renaissance Charter school next weekend March 3, 4, 5, 6

Over 104 shorts and features for everyone:

KIDS animation on Saturday morn- SENIOR shorts on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, Family Fare + Globally Queer + Wild Life + Gangsters and of course EDGY LOVE STORIES. All made independently by up and coming filmmakers from Queens and beyond... that you may see at the Academy Awards in just a few years!!

The website has the film block break down - tickets are available via PayPal and at the box office table day of program.

Best prices too: $6 ADULTS

$ 3 Kids & Seniors for each time block.

Meet the Filmmakers and Q&A's after some blocks

PLUS PANELS on Saturday, restaurant deals and more!

Youth INITIATIVE Panel -on Saturday March 5th at 11am - helping young filmmakers get started ...

FILM FINANCE PANEL on Saturday March 5th at 12 Noon - to help established filmmakers find some needed audiences and resources...

after the screening of KEIKO - The Untold Story of Free Willy - Naomi Rose of Washington DC, senior scientist of the Humane Society International, will host a discussion on global animal protection.

PANELS are on SATURDAY March 5th at

Renaissance Charter School

on 81st Street off of 37th Ave

www.queensworldfilmfestival.com

You can write a script! writer /animator shows you how FEB 16th

THE FANTASTICAL WORLD OF SCRIPTWRITING

Location	The Renaissance Charter School... 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights. easy to get to: 7 train to 82nd St - or Q32 from madison ave along queens blvd up roosevelt right to TRCS door
Info	JACK FELDSTEIN, filmmaker and script writer (credits include TV's Murphy Brown & Designing Women) presents "THE FANTASTICAL WORLD OF SCRIPTWRITING" seminar...and explains the how-to of scriptwriting along with his "Fantastical" neon animation short on scriptwriting. $4 at the door http://www.jackfeldstein.com/ coordinated by Celeste Balducci in conjunction with QWFF - this will be a fun and informative foray into what makes a script work. $4 at the door- copies of Jack's DVD will also be available for aspiring writers and animators. GOOGLE MAP of TRCS LOCATION Jack will also be screening his neon animation short: THE ECSTASY OF GARY GREEN at the Queens World Film Festival March 3-4-5-6 check www.queensworldfilmfestival.com for time and date and to see the weekend schedule of over 104 independent features and shorts at the Jackson Theatre and TRCS See you on the avenue! Celeste

MUSIC in the JH Air- from Jazz to The Sonnet Man

The forecast is sunny for The Sonnet Man and Jackson Repertory Theatre!

JOIN US IN JACKSON HEIGHTS THIS SATURDAY!

Just in time for Valentine's Day Weekend,

Jackson Repertory Theatre invite you to a night out in Jackson Heights.

THE SONNET MAN - A Hip Hop Valentine Concert

Shakespeare may have been the greatest rapper of them all!

Broadway playwright Arje Shaw (Jackson Rep, 167 Tongues) and Hip Hop artist Devon Glover have created this dynamic and accessible concert featuring Shakespeare's love sonnets set in song enhanced by Devon’s riffs on the themes. Music by Daniel Lynas with vocals by Devon Glover and Melissa Guttman.

Tickets $14 ($10 Students/Seniors) Sonnet Man Concert Only

DEVON GLOVER appeared on the Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda back in January talking about his devotion to his family and his music.

SAME NIGHT-RECEPTION FUNDRAISER

With cabaret appearances from Jackson Rep company member and two time Emmy Award Winner and Broadway Veteran Nikkieli DeMone (RagTime, RENT, Miss Saigon) and other guest performers showin’ the love for Jackson Rep! Refreshments and more. Tickets: $30 for The Sonnet Man Concert plus Reception Cabaret Fundraiser

Come support the theatre and enjoy!

Saturday February 12th, 8:00pm

Tickets: $14 ($10 Students/Seniors) Sonnet Man Only

$30 Sonnet Man plus Reception Cabaret Fundraiser

P.S. 69 Auditorium

77-02 37th Avenue

Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Corner of 77th Street

Tickets and more info at www.jacksonrep.org - click here.

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JUST IN TIME TO WATCH THE SNOW MELT!

THEY ARE BACK - Jim Hershman Trio

	Jim Hershman on guitar - Nathan Peck on bass and Brian Fishler on drums - Can SPRING be far behind? www.jimhershman.com Novo Restaurant and Lounge Trio Every Monday 7-10pm no cover or minimum 78-23 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights Tel: (718) 426-7272

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NYTimes thinks our architecture and neighborhood is fabulous!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/realestate/06living.html?ref=todayspaper