7 train takes you to a SPRING CONCERT
MAY DAY! MAY DAY! MUSIC AHEAD SPRING CONCERT on SUNDAY MAY 1 at 3pm presented by The St Joan of Arc Virtuosi and The Jackson Heights Beautification Group! The Ninth Spring Concert performance with a String Quartet featuring Funda Cizmecioglu, Mitsuko Suzuki, Surai Balbesi and Jessie Reagan Man,with Sylwia Kloc on Classic Guitar and Vocalist [...]
7 train makes you SUNNYSIDE UP!-Call for ARTISTS
CALL FOR ENTRIES from Sunnysideartists.org for their annual art show extravaganza: ART FAIR IV & ART DEMOCRACY that will make you feel good and will also do good. Artists including sculptors and photographers, 18 years or older, of the Sunnyside/Woodside area are invited to apply for one or both calls. Entry fee of $30 is [...]
LOST DOG found!- new music ensemble April 28 & 30
LOST DOG NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE presents “Peal” WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, April 28th at 8:00 PM, Waltz-Astoria Cafe 23-14 Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria, www.waltz-astoria.com ASTORIA is FREE event PROGRAM: Philippe Bodin Peal Jeremy Podgursky Ouroboros * Cristian Amigo Cosmicomics #1 * Joseph Di Ponio Being-For-Time-Now: On the transgressions of events * Garth Edwin Sunderland Violin Sonata * [...]
Sound like a plan?
If you want to do an art crawl in Queens, this might be the Saturday to do it. Flux Factory, Homefront Gallery, and Local Project, all have gallery shows tomorrow. Plus as a bonus, our friends at Sorta Secret Comedy Group are doing a performance at an undisclosed location in Astoria. Art, Comedy; not a [...]
ASTORIA MUSIC & ARTS jazz series continues-April 8th
Astoria Music & Arts Friday April 8 at 8:00 pm - 1:00 am Location The Shillelagh Tavern 4722 30th avenue Astoria, NY Created By AM&A: Astoria Music & Arts, Sean Nowell, Dave Schnug, Justin Finley More Info Jazz in Astoria just makes sense. Jazz at the Shill is Supernatural. We continue our series at one of our most [...]
N train to FLUX FACTORY opening April 1st at 6pm
The Typhoon Continues and So Do You Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Soldiers Resting, 2011 Opening reception: April 1, from 6 pm on Exhibition dates: Saturday, April 2 through Sunday, May 1 Hours: open weekends, 12 – 6 pm or by appointment (closed Easter Sunday) Location: Flux Factory, 39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, Queens [...]
7 train to SPRINGTIME Art & Commerce – SATURDAY APRIL 2 @2pm
Spring is here! – and we’re looking forward to celebrating its arrival with you. Winter may have been brutal, but now that the snow boots have been tossed in the back of the closet, and the clocks have been pushed an hour ahead, it’s clear we’re ready for spring. So, to celebrate this season of [...]
First Annual LIC ARTS OPEN – call for submissions
The First Annual LIC ARTS OPEN A fabulous festival of open studios,theatre, music, dance, galleries,special exhibitions, children’s art competition, block party, food,walking tours and much more! May 14 – 22, 2011 SUBMISSIONS!! For Gallery & Special Exhibitions: Karen@licartsopen.org (If you have a gallery show you would like to attach to the event; if you have a [...]
American Bolero blooms in Astoria- April 1st
American Bolero Dance Company presents… “Tablao Flamenco” Friday April 1, 2011 at 8:30 pm Along with May flowers, April will also be bringing another spectacular installment in American Bolero Dance Company’s Spring 2011 season of Tablao Flamenco. This popular Queens-based series showcases live performances, once-a-month, of Flamenco and other styles of Spanish dance and music [...]
7 train takes you to FANTASIA in Flushing- March 19th A-LAB Forum
QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, continues the presentation of A-Lab Forum in March. The program is a series of monthly discussions designed as an opportunity for artists, working in various media, to present their work, share their visions and ideas in relation to selected topics and concepts in the field of art production, collaboration, and [...]
N or Q Train takes you to the GREEK – Cultural Center Play
“Babies are Brought by the Stork” The play takes place in Thessalonica during the German Occupation. The basic theme revolves around a young Jewish man which, hunted by the Germans, finds refuge in a couple’s bedroom. The couple itself is in fact the guest of another couple because its own house has been destructed by [...]
7 train helps you find your suitcase- through March 27th!
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 [...]
7 train ONE-STOP to Post Armory Party!- March 5th
Before you Go Home… Make it to LIC’s ONE-STOP Armory Party Presented by Queens Council on the Arts & the Queens Art Express Mixer Series Visiting Latin American Artists Headline Post-Armory Party at Ten10 Studios in LIC. Armory Week takes it to another level in 2011, when it puts the spotlight not only on Latin [...]
7 train takes you to Siberia(n) Secret Winter Ball – Feb 26
The Siberian Secret Winter Ball The Secret Theatre, 4402 23rd St LIC , NY 11101 February 26, 2011, 7:00PM- 11:00PM Open Bar: 7:00PM-8:00PM Catered by Manducatis Rustica Silent Auction Including: Liz Claiborne handbags & wallets, Kate Spade organizer, Monet jewelry, Laura Geller makeup kit, outfits from DKNY jeans & Esprit, $200 Esprit gift card, Herta [...]
WOODHAVEN PLAYWRIGHT CHANA PORTER presents BESHARET
ALIVEWIRE THEATRICS TO PRESENT WORLD PREMIERE OF BESHARET, WRITTEN BY WOODHAVEN RESIDENT & PLAYWRIGHT CHANA PORTER PREVIEWS BEGIN MARCH 5, OPENS MARCH 7 AliveWire Theatrics proudly presents the World Premiere of Besharet, written by Chana Porter, a resident of Woodhaven, Queens, and directed by Scott Rodrigue. Besharet is the company’s inaugural theatrical production, and runs from March [...]
7 train takes you to MEKANIKA opening and beyond…FEB 19
QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, is pleased to continue the presentation of A-Lab Forum in 2011. Saturday, February 19 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm CROSSING ART GALLERY The program is a series of monthly discussions designed as an opportunity for artists, working in various media, to present their work, share their visions and ideas in relation to selected topics [...]
7 train takes you to back to the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Queens Historical Society Macedonia AME Church 200th Anniversary Lecture with Jay Williams Join Macedonia historian Jay Williams for a slide lecture as he discusses the long history of this congregation, located in the heart of downtown Flushing. He will be discussing the architectural qualities of the multiple churches that had previously existed on the site [...]
7 train takes you on a SCRIPTWRITING adventure – FEB 16th
The Fantastical World of Scriptwriting! – feb 16 – 7pm to 9pm 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. For all scriptwriters, filmmakers and people with a story [...]
7 train takes you to a new home…The Homefront Gallery – Feb 12th opening
The Homefront Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition by Hidemi Takagi. February 12 – April 9, 2011 Special gallery hours: Thursday – Sunday, 12pm – 6pm Opening Reception: Saturday February 12, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Known for her bright and saturated images of immigrant food products collected from different boroughs in New York City, [...]
Be Part of the POD-cast FEB 12th at Ten10Studio in LIC
the Page4 podcast network, Page4Music.com and Page4Entertainment.com, is planning a special cozy night Saturday -February 12th @8:00 PM @ Ten10 Studios + a live jazz trio + art by Ten10′s proprietor Jessie Winter + Shiny Designs. Enjoy some complimentary champagne and beer. @ 9:00 PM – join us in Ten10′s upper level for a seated [...]
7 train takes you to Commas & Coffee February 9th
A Project of The Q Note: Life in the Borough of Queens It’s not an open mic night. Nor is it a pricey reading in a soulless auditorium. It’s a pretense-free literary salon, an intimate gathering of local (and sometimes not-so-local) writers reading their creative prose and poetry in welcoming venues throughout multi-cultural Queens. Over coffee, [...]
QAX Thursdays in 2011
Thu, Feb 17 — LIC– Share the Love! @ Breadbox Cafe 47-11 11th Street / No. 7 Train to Vernon Jackson or Hunters Point Queens in Love with Literature (QUILL) and Queens Art Express (QAX) present a Poetry Fair & Mixer at the Breadbox Cafe in Long Island City. Featuring love poems from other languages, [...]
7 train takes you to THE SONNET MAN: where shakespeare meets hip hop FEB.12
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, we at 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 [...]
‘Rags Our Riches at Queens Fashion Week’
Event Description: On Friday, February 11 Manhattan View Holiday Inn 39-05 29TH STREET LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK 11101 from 6-9pm Jocelyn Goode, creator of FAIM, will put on a mini-version of the eco-interactive styling competition with 4 competitors and 4 live models as part of Queens Fashion Week’s Young Designers Initiative. In a two-round challenge, [...]
