QUEENS is HOPPING in AUGUST

In addition to local events sponsored by the Jackson Heights Beautification Group: SUNDAYS at 5pm MUSIC SERIES in the PARK (78th Street) PLUS events sponsored and coordinated by the JH GREEN ALLIANCE like FLICNIC in the Street (free films) in the 78th Street Play Street  on July 27 and August 3 at dusk... YOU CAN HAVE GREAT FUN any day of the week Right HERE IN QUEENS - Thanks to Queens Economic Development Corp for compiling this list: August 1,  7 p.m. Queens Symphony Orchestra, La Traviata:Relax to the soothing sounds of the borough's only professional orchestra as it performs Verdi's famous, timeless opera. Free. St. John's University's Great Lawn, Jamaica. 718-570-0909      August 1, 8, 15, 22, 7 p.m. Outdoor Cinema: Every Wednesday evening for the entire month, bring a blanket, food, drinks and friends for free films near large, inspiring art. Free. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. 718-956-1819 August 3-5, Rural Route Film Festival: Back by popular demand for a second year, the country's only film festival devoted to all aspects of rural life returns to Western Queens. The festival includes new films, preview screenings, and shorts. $9+. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria. 718-777-6888 August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 5:30 - 8 p.m. First Friday's Summer in the Garden:On the first Friday of each month, explore the galleries, enjoy a cash bar, and check out some short films. Free. Noguchi Museum, 32-37 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. 718-204-7088  August 4 & 16, 7 p.m. Armstrong House Concert Series: Don't miss the annual Big Band concert featuring York College Summer Jazz Institute (Aug.4). Check out Cuban born trumpeter and multi-Grammy award winner Arturo Sandoval perform at the outdoor block party. (Aug. 16). Free. Louis Armstrong House Museum. 34-56 107 St., Corona. 718-478-8274 August 7, 7 p.m. Live at the Gantries: Groove to a jazz performance by talented students and staff members from the York College Music Department in the Great Outdoors. Except a mix of traditional jazz from the blues, swing and fusion. Free. Long Island City Waterfront, 49 Ave. & Center Blvd. August 9, 23, Sundown. Movies on the Beach: Enjoy films, sand, waves and salty air at the same time in Rockaway Beach. The movie Up will show at Beach 106th St. on Aug. 9 (weather date Aug. 16); The movie Cowboys & Aliens will screen at Beach 73rd St. on Aug 23. (weather date Aug. 30) Free. Rockaway Civic's Beach Flix. August 10, 8 p.m.  Resorts World: Kool & The Gang. The group that created "Ladies Night" and "Get Down On It" will present an outdoor concert. Free, but only for Genting Card holders, Resorts World Casino. 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica, rwnewyork.com.  August 12, 2 p.m. Summer Tango: The Argentine Tango never ceases to amaze! Enjoy a live Tango concert and take a free lesson for beginners at 1 p.m. Also, dancer Mayte Vicens will do a special demonstration before the concert. Free. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing. 718-463-7700 August 16-18, Times vary. Latino Cultural Festival: Queens Theatre will host the 16th Annual 2012 Latino Cultural Festival. Concerts include Argentine Tango, Dominican Bachata, Latin Jazz, Afro-Peruvian, Colombian, Afro-Cuban and Mexican performers. Plus, comedy shows, a Spanish-languageCinderella play and more. Queens Theatre. 14 United Nations Ave, S. Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Flushing. 718-760-0686 August 18, 7 p.m. 1962: Lecture and photos look back 50 years, when gas was 28 cents per gallon, the Cold War was raging, the Vietnam War was ramping up the Bob Dylan's protest music was gaining popularity. $5, Free for members. Greater Astoria Historical Society. 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor., Astoria/LIC. 718-278-0700 August 18, 8 - 10 p.m. An Evening with the Stars Astronomy Program: With help from an astronomer, marvel at the moon, the Milky Way, the Red Giant and Scorpio the double star Albeiro and the Summer Triangle. $7+. Alley Pond Environmental Center. 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. 718-229-4000 August 26, 6 p.m. Electric Sounds of Eart' Acte: Treat your ears to a rollicking evening of favorite pop tunes from the 1940s to the 1990s. Performers include George Masone (vocals & guitar), Stephen C. Josephs (flute & keys) and others. $2-$4. Queens Botanical Garden. 43-50 Main St. Flushing., 718-886-3800 August 28, 10 - 11:30 a.m. Busy, Busy, Honey Bees!: Meet a professional bee keeper, learn to make bee wax candles, sample honey, play bee games and more. For families with children ages 4-10. $10-$16. Alley Pond Environmental Center. 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. 718-229-4000 August 29, 8 p.m. She Devils, Women in Comedy: A night of hilarious comedy from the funniest people in the world who also happen to have no Y chromosomes. $20. Laughing Devil. 47-38 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. 347-913-3845 Go to www.discoverqueens.info for more events/attractions.

GUGGENHEIM tours JH - Art Abounds

WORLDS TOGETHER, WORLDS APART
Every Friday, April 6th - May 4th, 2012
3:00 - 6:00 PM
37th Road Pedestrian Plaza
Jackson Heights, Queens

QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, presents ITINERANT, a citywide festival for Contemporary Performance Art to be hosted at various venues in the five boroughs of New York City. ITINERANT 2012 focuses on live performative works that treat notions of intimacy, self-reflection, and introspection.

Hector Canonge and Camila Cañeque present the durational, site-specific performance and public intervention "Worlds Together, Worlds Apart"inspired by the transient nature of people, and the ephemeral relevance of historical figures. The performance evokes the complex relationship, influence, and dependence between the colonizer and the colonized, the lover and the enemy, the Old and New Worlds, the Americas and Europe, and the present with the past.

ITINERANT 2012 focuses on live performative works that treat notions of intimacy, self-reflection, and introspection. Artists working in Contemporary Performance Art were selected to participate from an open call that attracted more than 175 local, national and international submissions. Forty five artists will be featuring new and existing works that explore the program’s theme over a period of 5 weeks starting on March 30^th through May 5^th.

In addition, ITINERANT will present Public Performances at the new 37^th Road Pedestrian Plaza (between 74^th and 73^rd Streets) in Jackson Heights, Queens, every Friday, April 6th – May 4th, 3 – 6 PM,

and the closing event on Saturday, May 12th, 3 – 6 PM

featuring the public performances by Chloe Bass, John Cichon, Lizzie Scott, and Priscila Stadler on Saturday, May 12th, 3 – 6 PM.

CHRISTY WALSH - photographs

NOVO

78-23 37th avenue

WEDNESDAY April 25

opening

6 to 11 pm

I am accustomed to being uncomfortable and I really like it. Perhaps I am just a little disingenuous; I think that discomfort keeps me honest. Also, being uncomfortable seems like a difficult choice, and if I think something is difficult, that is was what I want to do. Where do all of these stressful choices lead me? I crave structure. Not to mention coffee.

I seek to explicate intellectual and emotional content through movement and imagery. I am interested in philosophy, history, mathematics and systems of power. I try to make dry topics lively but this does not mean I don’t indulge in the occasional formal exercise, abstract tango or series of portraits of buildings. I am interested in greater perspective but sometimes, small details create a telling narrative. I am rigorous in my study but loose in my application. I defy genre without meaning to. I want to do everything at once but can only do one thing at a time.

Stillspotting NYC Transhistoria by SO – IL For Transhistoria, the third edition of stillspotting nyc, the architects at Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL) explore how one finds calm and inner peace in a bustling environment such as Jackson Heights. In two-hour self-guided tours starting from the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Ave. station, Transhistoria visitors will encounter four of these personal transhistories, selected from a series of around six indoor and outdoor spaces that frame the special experiences of these stories of migration, displacement, and finding familiarity and identity in a new place. Hours are Saturdays and Sundays, April 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, and May 5-6, 11am-7pm with the last tour starting at 5pm. $10, $8 members, Child (12 & under): Free For tickets please click here or visit: stillspotting.guggenheim.org/visit/queens/ Visitors will receive a map, directions for a self-guided tour, and a wristband for access to four sites that they may choose from the six sites open daily. Tours initiate from the stillspotting ticketing kiosk just south of the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave transit hub at 40-40 75th Street.

Jackson Heights resident Bree Benton Show!

La MaMa will be presenting Poor Baby Bree in

I Am Going to Run Away, a one-woman tragicomic musical inspired by Victorian melodrama and early cinema, conceived and performed by Jackson Heights resident Bree Benton, with an original book written by Benton and fifteen archival songs from the golden age of vaudeville (1890s-1930s). The production’s directed by David Schweizer, with musical direction by Jackson Heights resident Franklin Bruno (on piano), and featuring Karen Waltuch (on viola) and Jacob Garchik (on tuba and trombone).

Poor Baby Bree in I Am Going to Run Away runs from April 13 – 29 at The Club at La MaMa (74A East 4 St.) in NYC and officially opens on April 14.

For more info you can visit http://www.PoorBabyBree.com
You can view a promo video trailer for the show at http://vimeo.com/38448346
(B-roll and video footage is available upon request)

The press dates are: Fri 4/13 at 10pm, Sat 4/14 at 10pm, Sun 4/15 at 5:30pm

JH Hosts 2nd QUEENS WORLD Film Fest

The 2^nd Annual Queens World Film Festival

MARCH 1-4 2012

Screening challenging films from around the world

and around the corner

Queens World Film Festival 2

announces it will again showcase over 127 unique, creative, outstanding films from Bangladesh, Iran, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, South Africa, Norway, Canada, Australia, Los Angeles, Colorado, Missouri, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Hyde Park, and

local filmmakers right here in Astoria, Forest Hills

and Jackson Heights!

March 1, 2012 from 6 to 9

QWFF will launch at the

Museum of the Moving Image

with a meet and greet After Party at Studio Square

More Info: www.queensworldfilmfestival.com about attending the films, festivities & panels!

March 2 thru 4 - QWFF will utilize 3 locations that are accessible to EVERYTHING:

The Jackson Heights Cinema

(82^nd and Roosevelt Ave)

The Renaissance Charter School

(81st street and 37th Ave)

and PS 69

(77th Street and 37th Ave)

some upcoming events and highlights at this year's event include:

SATURDAY March 3

from 5:30 to 7:30

you can enjoy

DINNER AND A MOVIE

at Armondo's

which includes 4 courses and tickets to the show

at PS 69 at 8pm

*

'Model Rules' - Meet Marlyn Mason!

who starred in The Trouble with Girls

with Elvis Presley & appeared in over 80 TV shows

She is now making films at 72 years old that challenge aging

and the elder image

This OLD SPICE BLOCK is FREE to Senior Citizens!

Saturday at 11:30 am Renaissance Charter

*

BLOCK programming of films focus on common themes,

for example:

LGBT

Quirky Short Stack (Off beat short program)

Unflinching Looks (Documentaries)

Love and Other Dangerous Games (shorts w/ a twisted heart)

Old Spice (Shorts for Seniors)

Tough Stuff (Tough subject matter, not for the faint of heart)

Mostly By Youth, Mostly For Youth

*

You will not have to travel far to see

international films

and meet up & coming filmmakers

THANK YOU! to our Official Sponsors!

Amalgamated Bank, Stella Artois, Gold Coast Studios, Duart and Prudential Insurance...

plus generous support from local Jackson Heights businesses:

Realtor Dan Karatzas - Ultima Floral - Jahn's - Table Wine - Armondo's - Espresso 77 - Limoncello - Jim Morgo

NEW EVENTS from NEW JH STARS!

Happy New Year!

A new play from the creators of 167 TONGUES and YOU ARE NOW THE OWNER OF THIS SUITCASE...

Theatre 167 in association with Queens Theatre is thrilled to announce the world premiere of

JACKSON HEIGHTS 3AM
Conceived and Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
Written by Jenny Lyn Bader, J. Steph

en Brantley, Ed Cardona Jr., Les Hunter, Tom Miller, Melisa Tien and Joy Tomasko

We're thrilled to present the third installment of the Jackson Heights Trilogy, JACKSON HEIGHTS, 3AM! Our run in Jackson Heights is a bit shorter this time around, as we're at PS 69 for two weeks and then moving to Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Park for two weeks.

We're very excited about the transfer, but also want to make sure that all of our Jackson Heights friends get to see the play while we're here! We've had such amazing experiences researching the piece in Jackson Heights for the past 8 months!

So....here is all the info! Tickets are available via our website, www.theatre167.org

Ari Laura Kreith, Artistic Director--Theatre 167

Jan 13-22 at PS 69 in Jackson Heights

Jan 27-Feb 5 at Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows Park

Tickets for both engagements are $18.

Starring Roberto Araujo, Varin Ayala*, Farah Bala*, Cynthia Bastidas, Rajesh Bose*, J. Stephen Brantley, Arlene Chico-Lugo*, Ross DeGraw*, Nick Fehlinger, Marcelino Feliciano, Kevin Hoffman, John P. Keller*, Alex Kip*, Ephraim Lopez*, Neal Mayer*, Nina Mehta*, Sergey Nagorny, Flor De Liz Perez*, Indika Senanayake*, Josie Whittlesey* and Shivantha Wijesinha

WARNING: This production is not for all ages.

BIG NEWS from BIG LOCAL TALENT

- Sunny Knables- CD Release EVENT

JANUARY 26th -8pm...

"Grimm's Hood" is the forthcoming album "American Variations" on Centaur Records.

This ensemble, for 2 trumpets, piano and percussion, was assigned to me as part of the Iron Composers Competition in 2009, run by ANALOG ARTS. The Finalists were gathered in the morning, told which ensemble they'd be writing for, and to incorporate the "secret ingredient" of Grimm's Little Red RidingHood.

We then were given 5 hours to write a piece of music -- but after 5 hours, I hadn't finished yet, and took a penalty by continuing on for another hour. The piece was completed, practiced, rehearsed and then performed in front of a live audience with a judges panel, broadcasting live on the

radio.

I was lucky enough to be scored high enough so that my penalty didn't matter, and I won! I am now proudly including this track on my CD, which will be released on

Thursday, January 26th, 2012 at 8 pm,

at Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, NYC. 212 501 3330

129 W. 67th Street New York, NY 10023

$10 Admission, $10 CD's

Holiday Fun Right Here at Home!

SUNDAY - DECEMBER 18th! -
last minute shopping & music!

here in Jackson Heights

1st Annual POP UP SHOP Craft Fair-
One Day Only
UNIQUE GIFTS

10 am to 2pm.

La Boina Restaurant
at 77-05 37th Avenue

is hosting a



POP UP HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR
for all you last minute shoppers!

Neighborhood Artisans are sharing
their best for the fest!

La Boina will soon be called Soraya's Restaurant and she was featured here on ABC NEWS!

BE SURE TO VISIT OTHER LOCAL SHOPS LIKE RUDY VOLCANO, TABLE WINE & INNER PEACE

for Great Holiday Items...















THEN ENJOY A LOCAL CONCERT TOO!

ANNUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT

SUNDAY

4:30 pm
Jewish Center

37-06 77th St.

featuring local ARTISTS

Shem Guibbory, violin

Sar-Shalom Strong, piano

Chris Vasquez, tango vocals

Cesar Vuksic, piano

Judith Kellock, soprano

Aram Tchobanian, tenor

Dada Tapan Kanti Baidya

Singing North Indian Classical Raga

Assisted by Ravi Shankar Bhattacharya, tabla Shem Guibbory, violin

with a repeat performance!

Audience sing-along of

Dona Nobis Pacem