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Aug 27 2009

Long Island City event round-up, August 27th-30th

Huge sale at Ethereal Boutique in Long Island City this Saturday, 12-6pm

Thursday 8/27

  • LAST night of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation’s ‘Beat the Heat’ FREE film series at Gantry Plaza State Park‘s Central Lawn. ‘Snow Dogs’ wraps up the series tonight. 50th Ave & the East River, LIC

  • It’s Ladies Night every Thursday night at Shi Restaurant, offering 2 for 1 drink specials. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 347.242.2450

  • Court Square Wine & Spirits hosts complimentary (yes free) wine tasting events every Thursday & Friday of the week from 4:30-7:00pm. 2420 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.707.9911

  • Wine Tasting from 6-8pm at Hunters Point Wines & Spirits. 47-07 Vernon Boulevard, LIC, 718.472.9463

  • Royalton Realty is throwing an office opening party in LIC tonight, as well as raffling off 6 months free rent in one of two LIC condo buildings, Avalon Riverview North or 10-63 Jackson. 6:30-9pm. 5-53 48th Ave, LIC, 718.482.8275

Friday 8/28

  • Comedy at The Creek: The Bacivo Nuggets Totally Flirt With You has “all the awkwardness of a first date — times three!” Featuring sketch, stand-up comedy including a national headliner, and one lucky lady is picked to go on a date right there on stage. 8pm, FREE. 10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.706.8783

  • 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

  • Court Square Wine & Spirits hosts complimentary (yes free) wine tasting events every Thursday & Friday of the week from 4:30-7:00pm. 2420 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.707.9911

  • Wine Tasting from 6-8pm at Hunters Point Wines & Spirits. 47-07 Vernon Boulevard, LIC, 718.472.9463

  • Blue Streak Wine tastings are typically on Fridays and Saturdays starting at 6:30pm and throughout the rest of the evening until they close at 10pm. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 718.706-9463

Saturday 8/29

  • The LIC Greenmarket is open in Hunters Point every Saturday until Nov 28th, 8am-3pm. Rain or Shine. 48th Ave between Vernon Blvd & 5th St, LIC

  • Don’t miss Ethereal Boutique‘s End of Season SUPER SALE today from 12-6pm, featuring most items marked down to $50 & UNDER! Enjoy cocktails & music as you shop the trunk show and meet designers. 47-38 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.482.8884

  • Second to last WarmUp of the Summer at PS1 featuring Timmy Regisford (Area) Code & Club Shelter) with surprise special guests, Monique Bingham (King Street, Defected, Wave), and Duane Pitre. 2-9pm. $10, LIC residents & MoMA members get in FREE. Advance tickets can be bought from any agnès b. stores in NYC. 22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave, LIC, 718.784.2084

  • Socrates Sculpture Park presents ‘FLOAT’ on Saturday, August 29th AND Sunday, August 30th, 12pm-sunset (rain or shine), “a series of temporary, ephemeral and interactive artworks installed and performed throughout the Park.” Check the site for details on artists, works, and performances. Oh, and Yoko Ono is a part of it. 32-01 Vernon Blvd (@ Broadway), LIC, 718.956.1819

  • Esther M. Palmer & co. present a dance performance called Find Me in Here at Green Space over the weekend of August 29th & 30th at 8pm. Tickets $12 general, $10 students & seniors, email findmeinhere.astoria@gmail.com for reservations (recommended). 37-24 24th St, LIC, 718.956.3037

  • Blue Streak Wine tastings are typically on Fridays and Saturdays starting at 6:30pm and throughout the rest of the evening until they close at 10pm. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 718.706-9463

Sunday 8/30

  • LAST DAY: Catch ‘From Plaster to Stone’ on view at the Noguchi Museum. Noguchi used small paper models & later plaster maquettes to envision larger works. In this exhibition, a selection of Noguchi’s maquettes is presented with photographs and finished sculptures. 9-01 33rd Road (@ Vernon Blvd), LIC, 718.204.7088

  • Improv at The Creek: Froduce is “comedy that’s good for you,” “a night of improv, sketch, and all around comedy fun.” 8pm, FREE. 10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.706.8783

Continuing

  • Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ is now playing at the Secret Theatre. “Melding contemporary practices with a classical approach, the actors will invite audiences to share in the adventure of this beloved comedy.” Select dates through August 30th @ 8pm, September 2nd-5th @ 8pm & matinee on August 29th @ 3:30pm. Tickets $15. 4402 23rd St, LIC, 718 392 0722

  • New exhibition ‘I Don’t Believe in Miracles_ I Don’t Believe in Miracles_’ at Space Womb gallery through August 31. Open Thurs-Mon 12-6:30pm, Tues & Wed by appt. only. 22-48 Jackson Ave, #1, LIC, 917.670.1342

  • ‘The Horror Show,’ an art show about horror (of course) runs at Dorsky Gallery through Sept 2. More info in downloadable PDF. 11-03 45th Ave, LIC, 718.937.6317

  • In partnership with the LIC Community Boathouse (LICCB), Socrates Sculpture Park offers FREE canoeing and kayaking in Hallets Cove through October 25. 718.228.9214

Beyond

  • It’s that time of the year again — the second Subdivision Boutique-sponsored Long Island City Fashion Week Show is coming up on September 12th at Evandro Motors in LIC. Featuring local designers Sumie Tachibana, Joel Voisard, Feral Childe, and more. Tickets for general public: $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

  • Also on Sept 12th: Fractured Atlas and Chocolate Factory Theater present ‘Place + Displaced: an Arts City Council Forum in LIC,’ providing the District 26 City Council candidates “an opportunity to outline their plans for nurturing, sustaining and advancing the arts in Long Island City.” 2-4pm, space is limited so RSVP to chris@chocolatefactorytheater.org.

  • Chocolate Factory Theater resumes its programming with An Evening with Djordjevich and Peck, opening September 9th-12th at 8pm. “Choreographer Milka Djordjevich and composer Chris Peck present a collaborative evening of short works where movement and sound are in dialogue.” THROW is also coming up on Sept 15th.

  • SculptureCenter reopens with new Fall shows on Sept 13th, 5-7pm. Fall exhibitions: Grand Openings, A Voyage of Growth & Discovery, & In Practice Fall 2009. 44-19 Purves St, LIC, 718.361.1750

  • LICBDC‘s Business Breakfast with Christopher Ward, Executive Director of Port Authority of NY & NJ, is on Tues, Sept 15th. Mr. Ward will discuss transportation infrastructure plans affecting LIC & Queens. Networking and continental breakfast at Riverview Restaurant, $20 members, $30 nonmembers. Contact Indra Smith at 718.786.5300 x 21 or register online.

  • Upcoming Fall productions at the Secret Theatre: following ‘As You Like It,’ Shakespeare’s ‘Henry V’ starts Sept 17th, followed by ‘Poe: Beyond Life and Death’ starting October 14th, as part of The Queens Players’ annual tradition of mounting a Grand Guignol-themed production. Their Halloween-inspired Burlesque Show will follow ‘Poe”s closing night performance. Check the calendar for more details.

  • Join Dean Project gallery for the kickoff of the new season with a group exhibition featuring Karlos Carcamo, Nicholas Kashian, & Barbara Weissberger. Opening reception Saturday, Sept 19th.

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August 29th is Lucky Mojos last day of operation.

#1 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

why don’t people in long island city support businesses in long island city??

#2 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

#2 who says they don’t??

#3 anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

I support good local businesses!! Lucky Mojo’s had horrible food!! Will not be missed!

#4 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

I support LIC businesses and bring plenty of people to dine in the neighborhood. If a restaurant is bad, it’s bad.

#5 anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

How can Manducatis have a liquor licence and have live music? Isn’t that a major no no in this area?

#6 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

LM did have bad food. In the end that’s all that matters. The menu was also bizzare. How many BBQ/Sushi/Asian resturants do you know of. Pick one thing and do it well and people will come. You can’t be all things to everybody.

#7 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

I thought you needed a cabaret license to have live music with liquor. I also don’t understand how Manducatti’s allowed BYOB when they were applying for their license. That is not allowed.

#8 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Restaurants with fewer than 20 seats are the exception to the BYOB rule. They are permitted.

#9 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

The cabaret laws do not apply if it is incidental music with no dancing and has 3 or less musicians.

#10 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

As I posted on another thread LM is a restaurant and CHOSE to be a restaurant

They put the restaurant FIRST…..this is why there was no dj or music during happy hour even an after work 6-10 fridays nights he didn’t want it to detract from the food..

#11 dj / 2 years, 5 months ago

i agree the food was nothing to write home about… hopefully a brave soul reopens something in that space and gives LIC a high quality, original dining option. i am convinced that good businesses can do well here, its just that we seem to get one bad business idea after another opening up and subsequently closing.

#12 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

I think the building is cursed. The space is just so poorly designed, it’s dark, it’s wasted space, it’s awkward. Every owner goes in there with the piped music on the street, which just annoys the neighbors. All the new owners go in there like they are gonna have ho downs in there. It worked smashingly when it was a 1 story building with a parking lot. People from all over came to get the best bar-b-que. The feng shui is just cursed. I agree it’s all about the food. Ambiance and experience and service running equally in 2nd place.

#13 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

13, except the guy who ran that BBQ place didn’t install the proper ventilation equipment for the place. Everyone who lived on the whole block choked on heavy, greasy smoke, and the guy who ran it couldn’t give a damn. It was disgusting. At least Lucky Mojo did the right thing and invested in correct equipment.

#14 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Maybe the cost of the “correct” ventalation equipments was part of what pushed them under.

#15 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Smokey’s was the worst. #14 is right… Lucky Mojo’s was not as annoying on the block smell-wise, but they were disrespectful to their neighbors regarding the noise, and dump an annoying amount of drunk people onto the street at night. Luckily for them, that doesn’t even compare to the number of drunks that harass that street from WTB, so it kind of goes unnoticed in the summer. But the food was mediocre at its best (otherwise it would have survived). I think they do have a cabaret license there…

#16 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Not Smokey’s, Pearson’s that was the original. Smokey’s sucked too. It was in a one story building. Smokeys was horrible to neighbor’s too. It’s had 3 owners since that monstrosity took over the one story building which was Pearson’s.

#17 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Anyone know why the heck that building was built so tall? And ugly? It has so much unusable space inside.

#18 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

It was built by the electrician’s brother (who was a chef) who worked on city lights. They had some kind of weird design sense and I have always wished I could have asked the question WHY?

#19 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Totally out of place on that block. Although that seems to be normal in LIC.

#20 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

#9 FYI This is from the New York State Liquor Authority Web Site:

Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB)

BYOB, or “Bring Your Own Bottle,” where owners of establishments allow their customers to bring alcoholic beverages to their premises to be consumed on site, is NOT PERMITTED in unlicensed businesses in New York State. You MUST have a license or permit to sell/serve beer, wine or liquor to the public. Venues without a license or permit may not allow patrons to “bring their own” alcoholic beverages for consumption. In addition, owners of businesses may not give away alcoholic beverages to their patrons. Those that do are in violation of the NYS Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

Applicants should be aware that allowing BYOB without a license may jeopardize their chances for approval of their license.

#21 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

#21 is it a crime though? If not I would just withdraw my licence application aggressively push BYOB and give a middle finger to anyone who complained.

#22 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

#21 – Then why are there so many small restaurants in all the boroughs who have a BYOB policy openly advertised as such with no problem? I always thought they were allowed BYOB while awaiting approval of a license.

#23 anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

21, From Crain’s March 2009 in questioning the SLA:

“The agency says the vast majority of eateries that encourage customers to supply their own alcohol need a special ‘bottle club’ license to do so. Restaurants that have fewer than 20 seats are the only exception to the rule.”

Anyway, I’m wondering what your beef is. I thought most everyone here desperately needs alcohol with every meal.

#24 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Why is the same topic going on on two threads??

#25 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

If its not illegal this is what I would do.

1) Call up the owner of blue streak or any of the other wine shop in the area and make a deal to split revenues on the sale of wine and drinks.
2) When people come to the resturant instruct all servers to say, sorry we can’t sell alcohol, but we do strongly encourage BYOB. there are a number of excellent stores in the area, in fact xyz co. has a great selection and I know personally that they deliver within 10 minutes. If you like I can give you a menu and their phone number and a phone to call them with.
3) wine store bills customer directly and delivers to the resturant
4) resturant gets their share on the back end
5) win win win situation for the wine store, the resturant and the neighborhood. middle finger to the taliban crew

#26 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

26, while under certain guidelines it’s not illegal, if you read between the lines it’s clear that ultimately SLA wants to stop the practice. So how does this affect us? Seems that some people want a solid strip of restaurants that serve alcohol as well as bars – essentially a Williamsburg Bedford Ave type vibe. You have others who would rather see more diversity of businesses and services as well as some control over the neighborhood becoming a nightlife destination.

But is there an intelligent discussion about this? No we argue here or when there is a hearing over specific licenses. Have we identified the people who should be at the table in the discussion and why? No, we just battle back & forth and say “no, my opinion is the right one.”

#27 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

27, maybe so, but until its illegal then that what I would do if I were Blend or any of the other resturant owners caught up in this mess.

If you want intellegent conversation, why don’t you state your case for neighborhood controls over what tpyes of businesses open here?

#28 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

28, where on earth did I say “neighborhood controls over what businesses open here”? I honestly don’t understand how my words could be interpreted that way.

I am not for “neighborhood controls over what businesses open here”. I am for dialogue that tries to arrive at a consensus based on respecting different points of view, attempting to understand and believe in the sincerity of their basis, working to find common ground, and resolve differences in ways where eveyone wins. These ideas become pathways or guidelines but they should not be dogma or law.

So I’m stating a case for something better than beating each other over the head. What case are you stating?

#29 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

29, you said “control over the neighborhood becoming a nightlife destination.” doesn’t that = neighborhood controls over what businesses open here. If there is no control over what businesses open here, then how do you have control over the neighborhood becoming a nightlife destination? i think that is a reasonable leap.

#30 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Face it folks – Only restaurants with a liquor license or bars can survive with the rents that landlords are asking. Until they get the $$$tars out of their eyes and start to rent store fronts at a reasonable price no independent retailer (such as the amazing and long lived “SurpriseSurprise” in manhattan) can survive here! Yes, we need a store like “SurpriseSurprise” which is affordable attractive housewares and light hardware – but if it should it come, will you as a community support it – or will you say “I’ll go to Manhattan where I have more choices”. Just the same as those of you who do not support the farmers who are placed here by the Green Market. You would rather leave here for the mothership in Union Square rather than realizing that this market will never survive and grow until you start supporting it!

#31 anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

29, I said “You have others who would rather see more diversity of businesses and services as well as some control over the neighborhood becoming a nightlife destination.” I did not say that I want to control the neighborhood.

In fact, I said quite the opposite – namely there needs to be dialogue, respect for differing opinions, and an attempt to find consensus. The goal is not to control. It is to find solutions where differing agendas can peacefully and positively coexist.

Now since you’ve gotten me to state and restate this several times, could you please reciprocate and do what you asked of me i.e. “why don’t you state your case for” for whatever it is that you are trying to say?

#32 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Control was your word – not mine, and I still don’t understand how you can exercise control over the neighborhood becoming a nightlife destination without controlling which businesses stay or go. No explaination for that huh?

What am I for? Legal business operating under the laws of NY should not be harrased. If it is legal to open and someone wants to do it then I feel they should be able to. I do not believe in government planning. I believe people are entitled to an opinion, but I do not believe in interfering with others property rights. Happy?

#33 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

33, I just don’t get how your synapses fire. You just can’t seem to separate my depiction of “the people who want control…” from my own view which I repeat is not about control. If I say “there are people who believe in witchcraft” does that mean I ascribe to witchcraft? I’m laying out the two prominent sides who essentially want to control the neighborhood in different ways.

What I mean by that is Laissez Faire sounds all free and easy but it can lead to allowing the powerful and wealthy to control the agenda where in fact we are supposed to be a society that protects the rights of all. I’m a little afraid to even look at how you will interpret that remark. I’m only making a particular point. I’m not against certainly freedom to succeed.

Back to your idea. How do you think the laws of New York come about? Isn’t the process a form of government planning?

Finally, it seems the one area we agree is that no one should interfering with property or personal rights.

#34 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

34, get real, this LIC not a G8 conference. Who are the powerful and wealthy that are trying to control the agenda?

#35 Anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

Forget all this mumbo jumbo talk about the same thing! I went to the Ethereal boutique sale and had a blast!!!! what a great vibe in that store! I purchased 5 different things all under two hundred. I hope they do this again!

#36 anonymous / 2 years, 5 months ago

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