MOZART MEETS WILDER and Sunday JH Shows!

met up with JUDITH KELLOCK for some lovely brunch at JuJu Cafe on 76th Street...check out their delicious Fresh Food, Bagels and homemade hummus!

SUNDAY SERIES
Time Updates: 2 p.m.
SUNDAY august 21
the Central Park-based Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater tomorrow, Aug. 21;

2 p.m. SUNDAY August 28
for the wonderfully satirical and musical Theater for the New City on Sunday, Aug. 28.

Don't miss them!


Also on Sunday August 21 in the heart of Jackson Heights!

Mozart and More...An evening of chamber music Sunday August 21, 7:30pm Jackson Repertory Theatre presents a new "pocket opera" based on a playlet by Thornton Wilder from composer Sunny Knable as well as works by Bach, Mozart and Sarasate. Location: Jackson Heights Jewish Center, 37-06 77th Street.

Suggested Donation: $10 ($8 seniors/students)
*Please RSVP by e-mailing info@jacksonrep.org or call 718-874-9431.

STAY LOCAL - STAY COOL- STAY FREE

SUMMER FUN on 78th Street Playstreet in Jackson Heights

Queens World Film Festival presents

FLICKNIC! Free Films for Families

next 2 Fridays at Dusk!!!! August 5th and 12th
78th Street and 34th Ave.
Cartoons, Animation, Shorts.

Pack a little snack, bring a lawn chair and join us!!! Screenings start at Dusk, around 8:30 pm

SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES:
ONCE AGAIN - local jazz fusion ensemble performed on Sunday July 31. NEXT WEEK! The Dan Sheehan Conspiracy on August 7 continues at 5pm - there is a lawn... music in the air...sprinklers for cooling off and a big open playstreet for all the kids. Breezy, safe & fun family outing...

Concerts and performances every Sunday
through September 25...


VALERIE GREEN Dance Entropy performed SPLASH!! at Voelker Orth Museum a few miles away in Flushing...also a very cool! event... SHAKESPEARE will be there!! on AUG 5 and AUG 12 at 7pm - FREE with enough seating for everyone!! info here: www.vomuseum.org

LOCAL JH MUSICIANS Sal Maida and Lisa Burns (son Dylan is keyboardist in Once Again pic above) spotted at the very cool! Brooklyn Bowl on Sunday July 24th...Sal has been touring with CRACKER......check out their website- great band going strong since the 90's -
coming to a cool! city near you...

Music in the Park! at 78th Street Play Street

I did eat too much during Restaurant Week! last month and have new local favorites in the neighborhood- please continue to visit and support our outstanding international bistros...why go anywhere else?

The fun and festivals continue in JULY... in Jackson Heights! We have it all...

SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES is happening at TRAVERS PARK at 5 pm and you can visit the green market and frolic on the open 78th Street Play Street as part of the JH Green Alliance initiative along with Council Member Daniel Dromm and State Senator Jose Peralta and Queens Council on the Arts who have contributed resources to extend the open street in 2011!

JUNE IN JH VIDEO!

LIFE is a Cabaret my friend ! - Open Call STARRING YOU!

Inkfish, www.inkfishart.com, is launching a new company and will host a cabaret at Club Atlantis as part of June in Jackson Heights on Thursday, June 23rd, at 10 PM. We are looking for 10 - 15 performers, solos, and groups interested in presenting short pieces (no longer than 7 minutes). Pieces should be low tech. We will have a small light weight table covered in black, limited lighting capability, a full sound system, and a very short tech at the venue if needed. The stage is a raised platform, 8' deep x 12'wide, with a 6 1/2 foot ceiling height.

Performers will receive:

* 2 comp tickets per group
* a copy of their performance on DVD
* a cut of the door

Each performer and performing group must be willing to sign a release form allowing us and them free use of the video of their performance and image for promotion and marketing. All creative and artistic rights are the artists.

If you are interested in being considered please send any materials or a description of your piece to Alissa Mello at inkfishart@gmail.com. I look forward to playing and working with you in June.

This is event is being presented by Club Atlantis with the support of June in Jackson Heights and New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm.

Don't Forget next week is Restaurant Week! -checkout www.juneinjacksonheights.com for more events and news!

June in Jackson Heights this Week!

LOTS to do and More to Come!

Council Member Dromm (r) with Chef Depak from Delhi Heights (c) and Consuelo (l) from Natives - participants in restaurant Week June 20 to June 25.


THURSDAY JUNE 9

TREA Open Mic - FREE
Teens for racial & Ethnic Awakening
share you creativity - music - skits - poetry
Renaissance Charter School
35-59 81st St
6 to 8pm
email: treafolks@gmail.com

Film Screening - FREE
"Stonewall Uprising"
Jewish Center of JH
77th St corner of 37th Avenue
8pm

FRIDAY JUNE 10

Theatre 167 presents a reading of a new pop musical
How I Was Radicalized - FREE
By Ben Morss and Les Hunter - Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
PS 69 37th Avenue between 77 & 78 Sts.
8pm
www.167theatre.org

SATURDAY JUNE 11

Radio Jarocho presents Musical traditions from southern Veracruz, Mexico
at JH Library - FREE
35-51 81st St
3pm
www.queenslibrary.org

Jackson Repertory Theatre
presents "Dances for a New Diagonal" with Meg Fry and Company
PS 69 37th Avenue between 77 & 78 Sts.
8pm - $10 ($8 student & seniors)
www.jacksonrep.org


Carnival & Flea Market at IS 145
33-34 80th St
8am to 5 pm

SUNDAY JUNE 12

TOWERS Book Fair - FREE
34th Ave Between 80 & 81 Sts.
10am - 3 pm

JUNE IN JACKSON HEIGHTS 2011 ready for takeoff!

It's official! JUNE 1 begins the second annual "June in Jackson Heights " sponsored by Councilmember Daniel Dromm.

Highlights include continuous art exhibits at NOVO, Espresso 77 & Maram Pharmacy Window Display...Foodies Fest including walking tours and a restaurant week June 20-25...activities for kids, adults and everyone in between PLUS the 19th! Annual Pride Parade on SUNDAY June 5th which kicks off at Noon.

visit www.juneinjacksonheights.com for details, directions and updates throughout the month of June!
JUNE 2 at 2pm :
Walk Jackson Heights with your host Steve Steve! Clopper... Share the world of Diversity. An in depth tour of unique shops, exotic food carts, fascinating sights, sounds, rhythms, colors of Jackson Heights and its international community.YES! photo taken at a secret restaurant right in the JH area- and we are not sharing!

Shops include: Botanicas, music stores, markets with spices, products, gifts and religious items and clothing from India, Latin America and Asia and beyond.

Restaurants, delis and food carts. Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Poland, Italy, Thailand, India, and more. Steve is a Licensed New York Tour guide and Jackson Height resident.

Join me on Thursday and Fridays in June. 10 am and 2 pm Free! Coming soon Hot! JH nightlife tours. "

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JUNE 4th from 4pm to 7pm:
Multidisciplinary artist Hector Canonge in collaboration with invited artists, Lawrence Graham-Brown and John Cichon, continues with his presentation Trace-Able: HOMOGENIUS
and celebrates June Pride Month in Queens and NYC.

The event observes Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender people's accomplishments & contributions to society and to the LGBT movement.

Location and Directions:

Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle Park
83rd St. at Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights, Queens
(#7 Train, exit at 82 St. Station, walk to 83 St. on Roosevelt Ave)

Photo was from May 21st performance piece Trace-Able: Habitat featuring Hector, Lawrence and John.