Long Island City event round-up; Aug 31st – Sept 6th

Monday 8/31

• Monday Music Showcase Revue at LIC Bar featuring Brian Grosz, Dirty Teardrops, and Shelly Bhushan. NO COVER and FREE dinner. 8-11pm. 45-58 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.786.5400

• Comedy at The Creek: The Dream NYC, in which “a group of the city’s top improvisers come together to craft one audience member’s life story out of one eventful day.” 8pm, FREE. 10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.706.8783

Tuesday 9/1

• 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

• Closing reception of ‘escapv2′, artwork by Kristina A. Schopper, and fall preview including sculptor Luke Schumacher’s works at The Space‘s Fardom Gallery. 5-8pm, RSVP requested: info@licspace.org. 25-17 41st Ave, LIC

Wednesday 9/2

• The Space presents their own Movie Night, featuring ‘Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters,’ about controversial Japanese author and militarist Yukio Mishima. Short films will be screened sporadically accompanying movies. 42-16 West St, LIC, 718.752.0331

• Shi Restaurant is hosting karaoke on Wednesday nights. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 347.242.2450

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

• Vine Wine hosts FREE Wine Tastings on Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30pm. 12-09 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.433.2611

Thursday 9/3

• Two comedy shows (1 upstairs, 1 in the lounge) at The Creek: Improvisers Standing Up takes top improv acts and challenges them to a set of stand-up, while Bleak! Comedy’s ‘Huge Me’ presents some of the city’s top sketch comedy (they’ve performed at UCB & written for many TV shows). Both FREE & at 8pm. 10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.706.8783

• 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 FREE wine tasting events every Thursday & Friday of the week from 4:30-7:00pm. 2420 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.707.9911

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

Friday 9/4

• 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 FREE wine tasting events every Thursday & Friday of the week from 4:30-7:00pm. 2420 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.707.9911

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

• FREE Blue Streak Wine tastings are on Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30pm to close. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 718.706-9463

Saturday 9/5

• 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

• LAST WarmUp of the Summer at PS1: The 2009 Warm Up season will go out with a bang, featuring the sounds of Rong Music with TBD (Lee Douglas & Justin Vandervolgen), Coati Mundi, DJ Spun, The Glenn Branca Ensemble, and Carlos Giffoni & Okkyung Lee. 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

• Closing reception of ‘Le Dur et Le Mou (The Hard and The Soft)’ exhibition at 5pm at Local Project, featuring a performance by Isabella Bruno. Exhibition includes founded porcelains, digitally created scenes, digital collages, traditional pencil illustrations, and mixed media collages using primarily vintage magazines. Show is open during the week leading up the closing, from 2-6pm. 45-10 Davis St, LIC

• FREE Blue Streak Wine tastings are on Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30pm to close. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 718.706-9463

Sunday 9/6

• Improv at The Creek: Swartzlander features improv from recent winners of UCB’s Indie Cage Match Tournament at 6pm, and at 8pm is Froduce featuring more improv, recommended by Time Out NY as a top Sunday night pick. Both FREE. 10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.706.8783

Continuing

• LAST WEEK: 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.” See it before it closes this week; remaining dates: September 2nd-5th @ 8pm. Tickets $15. 4402 23rd St, LIC, 718 392 0722

• 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 Tech Motors in LIC. Featuring local designers Sumie Tachibana, Joel Voisard, Feral Childe, and more. 8pm, tickets for general public: $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

• LICBDC event: Best Practices in Email Marketing for small business owners and entrepreneurs at LIC’s Holiday Inn Manhattan View Hotel on Sept 10, 8-9:30am. Networking and continental breakfast. FREE, please RSVP.

• 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.

• Noguchi Museum‘s Summer Music in the Garden continues on Sept 13th with Marta Topferova and her quartet performing new and original fusions of contemporary folk music traditions of Latin America.

• Socrates Sculpture Park‘s EAF 09: Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition opens Sept 13th, featuring 16 artists awarded fellowships with the Park to create and exhibit their work in the outdoor studio. On view through March 2010.

• 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