Live at the Gantries tomorrow; Long Island City events, June 23rd-28th
Live at the Gantries summer performance series, Gantry Park, LIC
Tuesday 6/23
TOMORROW! This summer’s Live at the Gantries FREE performance series continues at LIC’s Gantry Plaza State Park Tuesday at 7pm with a performance from Chinese Theatre Works. 50th Ave & the East River, LIC
Bar Domaine hosts the local Steve Blanco Trio twice a week on Tuesday and Friday. 9p-midnight. 50-04 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.784.2350
Wednesday 6/24
- Shi Restaurant is hosting karaoke on Wednesday nights. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 347.242.2450
Thursday 6/25
It’s Ladies Night every Thursday night at Shi Restaurant, offering 2 for 1 drink specials. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 347.242.2450
Now Playing at the Chocolate Factory Theater: Performance Lab 115′s Caucasian Chalk Circle. Performances run June 25 to July 11, Wednesday thru Saturday at 8pm. “Expect song, dance, alienation, and interrogation of the Terrible Temptation to do Good.” 5-49 49th Ave, LIC, 718.482.7069
Opening reception of Michael Shapiro’s ‘Mosaic Series in Recycled Media’ exhibition, running from June 23 to July 12 at m55 Gallery. 44-02 23rd St, Ground Floor, LIC
Why Leave Astoria?! continues their Summer Concert Series at LIC/Astoria beer garden, Studio Square, with a performance by The Atlantic with Scott Harris Project. 8-10:30pm. Future WLA?! concert dates online. 35-33 36th St, LIC, 718.383.1001
Friday 6/26
Makers Market, an open-air marketplace featuring a curated selection of skillfully crafted products, opens at Socrates Sculpture Park from June 26-28. Approximately 30 makers from all around the US will be selling a wide range of products including textiles, ceramics, turned wood bowls, glassware, bicycles, jewelry, furniture, and motorcycles, as well as one of a kind and small production objects. The Market is open with free admission on June 27 from 11am-7pm & June 28 from 11am-5pm, rain or shine. 32-01 Vernon Blvd (intersection of Broadway & Vernon Blvd), LIC, 718.956.1819
Bar Domaine hosts the local Steve Blanco Trio twice a week on Tuesday and Friday. 9p-midnight. 50-04 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.784.2350
Friday nights at Lucky Mojo feature indie bands from 9pm-midnight. 5-14 51st Ave, LIC, 718.786.7427
Saturday 6/27
Elmezzi Foundation-sponsored Project 1-2-6 throws a FREE Community Celebration to bring together non-profits and residents within LIC to assess the needs of our community. Featuring: international food sponsored by local businesses, LIC CSA signup, children’s activities, and more. Project 1-2-6 is a community development initiative spanning three LIC/Astoria zip codes (11101, 11102, and 11106). Rain or shine 11am-4pm, FREE. P.S. 111 outdoor space next to Queens Library, 37-44 21st St, LIC
Join Two Coves gardeners for ‘Gardening Together’ in the Community Plot at Two Coves Community Garden, from 11am-2pm. Garden located in the triangle where Astoria Blvd, 30th Ave, and 8th St meet, 718.512.8649
Sunday 6/28
Opening day of PS1‘s Young Architects Program 2009. “Celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the Young Architects Program, P.S.1 and The Museum of Modern Art present ‘Afterparty,’ an interactive environment designed by MOS principals Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith,” 12-6pm. 22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave, LIC, 718.784.2084
Sunday Afternoon Music & BBQ at LIC Bar. Live bands perform in the bar’s patio section while the BBQ grill serves up burgers and dogs. This Sunday: the soul/pop of Arthur Lewis. NO COVER, 5-8pm. 45-58 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.786.5400
Continuing
This summer’s Live at the Gantries FREE performance series continues at LIC’s Gantry Plaza State Park on June 30 at 7pm with a performance from Earthdriver. 50th Ave & the East River, LIC
The Queens Players promise a ‘Macbeth’ to remember at LIC’s Secret Theatre. The show is presented as unique environmental-style theatre, with certain portions of the performance taking place outside around the Secret Theatre’s loading dock and other spaces within the building. FINAL performances run June 24-27 at 8pm; matinee on the 23rd at 4pm. Discounted tickets at $10 on the 24th and 25th! 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.392.0722
Green Space Dance Studio presents their NYC Summer Dance Intensive now through June 28th, “open to all dancers, choreographers, actors, directors, and movement lovers of every kind.” Register online, space is limited. 37-24 24th St, LIC, 718.956.3037
Local Project presents artist Ixrael‘s solo exhibition, ‘In Search,’ through June 27. Also check out a Local Project printmaking workshop on June 27th, 12-4pm. 45-10 Davis Street, LIC
Isaiah King‘s exhibition ‘Multiples’ at Dutch Kills Gallery, through June 28. Look out for an upcoming ‘Video Jam’ (bring your own projector!) on July 1, 8-11pm. 37-24 24th St, Suite 402, LIC, 718.784.2737
‘PIG’ continues at Deitch Studios through August 9. Hours: Thursday through Sunday from 2-8pm. 4-40 44th Drive, LIC
Socrates Sculpture Park has launched their various weekend fitness programs from now until September. On Saturdays, you can check out Yoga in the Park from 9:30-10:30am (1st session) and 11am-12pm (2nd session), as well as Capoeira in the Park from 12-1:30pm. On Sundays, you can check out Pilates in the Park from 10-11am, as well as Tai Chi in the Park from 11am-12pm. Rain or shine. FREE. 32-01 Vernon Blvd (intersection of Broadway & Vernon Blvd), LIC, 718.956.1819
In partnership with the Long Island City Community Boathouse (LICCB) and Partnerships for Parks, Socrates Sculpture Park also hosts FREE boating in Hallets Cove run by LICCB. Participants are invited to kayak and canoe from Socrates Sculpture Park’s beach. For more info, check LICCB’s website or call 718.228.9214. Through October 25.
Beyond
Want more Grucci Fireworks? Catch the pre-4th of July fireworks at the Central Astoria Independence Celebration at Astoria Park on June 29, 7:30-10pm. Shore Blvd between Hell Gate Bridge & Astoria Pool, Astoria, 718.728.7820
LIC’s Ethereal Boutique, in association with Sky Events, presents ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ fashion show at Astoria restaurant & lounge Cavo. Also featuring DJs JR Molina & Sergio. Doors at 6pm, fashion show at 8pm. Afterparty from 10pm-4am. 42-18 31st Ave, Astoria, 718.721.1001
First Fridays at Noguchi Museum on July 3. Admission is pay-what-you-wish on the first Friday of every month, and in celebration of the reopening of the Noguchi Museum’s sculpture garden, it offers extended hours (open until 8:30pm) on First Fridays and a cash bar with wine & beer available from 6-8:30pm.
PS 1‘s legendary Warm Up series kicks off in LIC July 4 through September 5, every Saturday from 2 to 9pm.
SculptureCenter‘s inaugural summer concert series on the ‘University of Trash’ courtyard stage continues with Zola Jesus, Lucky Dragons, and Wet Hair on July 5.
Flux Factory‘s Going Places (Doing Stuff), an adventurous social experiment of artist-led tours to secret destinations, returns this summer for Part 2: July 11 through September 5.
The LIC Greenmarket opens July 11 in Hunters Point (48th Ave at Vernon Blvd, Saturdays from 8am-3pm).
Music in the Garden at Noguchi Museum on July 12 featuring Gamelan Son of Lion playing music representing traditional Indonesia as well as contemporary compositions from American & Indonesian composers.
Socrates Sculpture Park‘s free summer Outdoor Cinema series kicks off at 7pm with ‘The Betrayal’ from Laos/Thailand on July 15.
Hilarious! Is that a real comment? Maybe you want to pay them a little extra on every purchase for all the money they lose on the air conditioning or heating going out the front door. I’d gladly hold the door for anyone, but that is ridiculous.
Perhaps I wasn’t clear. A door stopper to hold the door while getting in and out – not to ALWAYS keep the door open. It’s very hard to open doors with one hand while maneuvering the stroller with the other hand. And although I appreciate your offering to hold the door, it is not common practice for people to do so.
It’s just a small suggestion.
How about leaving the stroller outside and carrying your child (if they’re too small to walk) or else let them out of the stroller for a walk? No offence; I like kids but strollers in small spaces (such as store aisles) can be annoying, especially if the need is not obvious.
I undersand that strollers are annoying, but I’m not going to leave mine out in the street, so someone can take it. Plus taking a baby in and out of a stroller is quite a production just to buy milk. And god forbid I need more than milk, in which case I might actually need TWO hands, but since one would be holding the baby… hmmm… and then there’s the paying part, usually requiring 2 hands as well. (If you don’t have kids, don’t throw in your 2 cents, b/c you don’t know what you’re taking about.)
But anyways, that is my point, if I can’t get into the shop/restaurant, then I won’t buy/eat there. So I am suggesting making it easier for parents with strollers (and people with wheelchairs) to pass through a door.
It’s just a door stop at the bottom of the door, the kind that one can easily flip up and down with your foot.
Hey, stroller mom, welcome to liqcity, where even the most innocuous comment like yours is treated like something incendiary and ripe picking for ridicule.
To 2/4, would you give this woman a break? Christ, I can think of plenty things more annoying in public right now than a neighbor in a local store getting a few groceries with her kid.
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What is this, Park Slope?
Thanks #6.
As for #4, you obviously don’t know anything about being a single mom and asking for help – in this case, via a simple suggestion. In case you haven’t noticed, LIC is in the midst of a population & baby boom. This is a family friendly neighborhood.
LIC is in the midst of a baby boom? Really? I never see many. I guess they are in bed by the time I get home or something.
Stroller mom also mentioned something else to consider before you take aim at her request – people with disabilities. Doors that cannot be propped open also put people in wheelchairs or those who use walkers at a disadvantage when entering stores. Due to 2 hip replacements and a rod in my femur, I use a rollator(that’s a walker on wheels with a seat) for support on the streets. I often have to wait for “the kindness of strangers” when trying to enter many of our stores and restaurants.
Ok so we’ve devolved to attacking moms with strollers and handicap people? Where will it end? LIC is definitely experiencing a baby boom. It would not hurt business owners to make an effort to accommodate families. And if anyone has never carted a baby around (on person or in a stroller) this city, then you have no idea what a hassle it is, and how ‘unfriendly’ businesses can inadvertently be to some of their most needed customers.
The brokers and spin mysters have been selling LIC as the next hip , up and coming international grooovey spot! But the the fact is….to much happened too quick with out a chance for natural evolution. What seems to be shaking out….(in my opinion only) is that the majority of new folks are, in order 1. families, 2. dog owners, 3. Asians. And of course a lot of those categories overlap.
Anyone like to chime in with out attacking me?
My point being….the lady is right. Store owners can either listen or not…she is just a part of a very large and growing demographic.
#2 are you the same person who hates the green market and wants more parking?
No. I’m #2 and I love the greenmarket. I shop there every weekend and wish it was bigger. What I don’t like is walking by stores in the middle of the summer who have their doors open and the AC blasting. Talk about a waste of energy.
So please, go to the greenmarket, get rid of your car, leave a door-stop outside and hold the door for nice ladies and their strollers (assuming she didn’t try to run you off the sidewalk with it.)
Speaking of dogs, my little brother is visiting with his puppy for a few days. We went to the dog park in Murray Playground. Any bars that allow dogs around here or do we have to walk to Greenpoint?
I didn’t mean to sound like I was making demands of any kind-I am not a baby, as someone suggested. It was really just a simple, inexpensive suggestion that is welcoming and helpful, not just to stroller moms, but to disabled persons and even delivery people.
However, if I were to make a demand, it would be to our local Post Office which is not wheelchair accessible. I think that is an outrage- it is a public building and should comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Anyways, sorry to have high-jacked this posting for this topic, but if any business out there is listening, we would greatly appreciate your efforts to address this (especially those who offer children services).
That’s it for me. This mom is going out for a stroll…over and out.
#16 – LIC Bar – Haven’t been there in awhile but they were always dog friendly. Check it out.
Yes LIC Bar allows dogs.
I went last night to LIC Bar with the dog. Thanks.
We also went to the nightly 10 pm dog party at the Murray Playground dog park. That was sort of fun.
Sorry, not meaning to attack anyone, but I’m always amazed by those folks who feel the need to have little dogs dressed up and in tote bags to accompany them everywhere. Bars are for people, not dogs. It’s okay to leave them at home.
Stroller Mom, the problem with your comment is that this post is about the upcoming events and happenings in our neighborhood and has nothing to do with making LIC businesses stroller/wheelchair accessible. I would suggest that, instead of making a random comment to business owners here, you speak directly to the business owners themselves. I am sure that they would be more than happy to listen and probably even accommodate your request.
On a more relevant note, I would encourage people to sign up for the LIC CSA – we’ve received great produce so far and it’s a really great deal if you’re interested in fresh organic veggies and greens every month.
Aw go on stroller mom. Speak your piece.
“but I’m always amazed by those folks who feel the need to have little dogs dressed up and in tote bags to accompany them everywhere. Bars are for people, not dogs. It’s okay to leave them at home.”
Yeah, well, I am not really one of those “dog people”, but it was on a leash and not dressed up. It just sucks when your brother comes to town (with a dog for some reason) and it can’t go on the subway or anywhere much. It’s nice that it can just chill under your bench on the back patio at a bar and not bother anyone while you have a drink.
Off-leash bars are another scene entirely, if you ever have been to Sunny’s, Pacific Standard, etc. Kinda fun I think for the most part to watch dogs run around and play with one another and people.
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To any retailers/venues/restaurants/etc out there:
It would be sooo much easier to attend events and/or visit your shops, if you only installed a door stopper so that we, stroller moms, could actually get in w/o getting caught in the door.
It’s a simple request, but it makes all the difference.