Long Island City event round-up; December 15th-20th

This week: Ethereal Holiday Trunk & Fashion Show at SHI, Long Island City

Wednesday 12/16

• Ethereal Boutique is having a Holiday Fashion & Trunk Show at SHI, doors at 6pm, show at 8pm. Hair and makeup sponsored by Primp & Tease Salon. 4720 Center Blvd, LIC, 347.242.2450

Thursday 12/17

• LIC Art Center holiday party at the Secret Theatre, starts at 5pm. Ticket is $25 which includes entrance to the Secret Theatre’s new production ‘Titus Andronicus,’ plus two complimentary cocktails and a free food buffet catered by local LIC restaurants from 6-8pm. Live music by the Silbin Sandovar Band after the performance. Evening begins with gallery opening receptions from 5-8pm on the ground floor and a group exhibition with works curated by M55 and AES Galleries in the new Secret Theatre Gallery. Reservations/more info: contact Secret Theatre, 718.392.0722. 44-02 23rd St, LIC

• ‘In Time For The Holidays’ at AES Gallery in cooperation with Modern Art Foundry and RT Restorations, opening reception from 6-8pm. “Don’t miss out on your opportunity to purchase artwork priced for our economy-challenged times. Buy artwork for family, friends, and even yourself.” Through December 29th. 4402 23rd St, LIC, 718.249.9359

• M55 Gallery‘s ‘The Night of 1001 Prints,’ a cash and carry charity fundraising event for Angel Wish Foundation, benefitting children living with HIV/AIDS, opening reception from 5-8pm. Through December 20th. 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.729.2988

• Euclidean Space opens at Flux Factory from 6-9pm. Anna So Young Han’s work “straddles the line between painting and sculpture, creating magnificent visual experiences that reference op art and hard-edge abstraction.” Through December 27th, hours: Saturday 12-6pm or by appt (718.707.3362). 39-31 29th St, LIC

Friday 12/18

• Shop local, shop late: it’s Midnight Madness in Long Island City, one night of great community, discounts, and promotions (or freebies). Most stores will be open until midnight, so take advantage of the late hours and specials that participating LIC businesses and restaurants along Vernon and Jackson are offering.

• 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

Saturday 12/19

• 1st Annual LIC Community Christmas Celebration, December 19th-21st. Featuring: Kids Christmas Extravaganza at LIC Kids on Dec 19th with dodgeball, free play, face painting, and crafts for all children (ages 5 & up from 2-4pm, 0-4 from 4-6pm); Skyline City Church Christmas Services at PS 78 on Dec 20th at 9am and 11am; Community Holiday Party at Manducatis Rustica on Dec 21st at 6pm with live entertainment, caroling, great food, and more.

Sunday 12/20

• 2nd day of 1st Annual LIC Community Christmas Celebration: Skyline City Church Christmas Services at PS 78 at 9am and 11am. 48-09 Center Blvd, LIC, 718.392.5402

• Local Project gallery is having a Christmas celebration in the form of a ‘Last Minute Art Sale’ running from 2pm-8pm. 45-10 Davis St, LIC

Continuing

• Now playing at Chocolate Factory: Dream Express, running through December 19th (Tuesdays-Saturdays @ 8pm; no performances 12/15-17). “The legendary outlaw lounge act is back in town! New songs! New stories! New tattoos! More wisdom! More noise! Journey to the end of the night on the Dream Express, performed by Steve Mellor and Deirdre O’Connell.” 5-49 49th Ave, LIC, 718.482.7069

• The Secret Theatre Studio presents Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ on select dates through December 19th and January 1st-3rd @ 8pm. Matinee on Dec 19th & 20th @ 3:30pm. “‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Winter? Emphatically, yes [...] in director Katherine M. Carter’s energetic new staging of Shakespeare’s most beloved romantic comedy.” Tickets $15, also available online. 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.392.0722

• Now playing at the Secret Theatre: Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ running December 16th-20th, January 1st-3rd and 6th-9th @ 8pm, with matinees on Dec 19th and Jan 2nd @ 3.30pm. “Shakespeare’s early play, ‘Titus Andronicus,’ is known as a bloody revenge tragedy, but it also addresses issues about family vs. the state, and civilization vs. savagery. Director Rich Ferraioli’s version uses a stark, minimalist aesthetic to highlight these questions.” 4402 23rd St, LIC, 718.392.0722

• New exhibition ‘It’s a Matter of Perspective’ from artists Maria Cabo and Jose Osorio, will be on view through December 19th at Local Project gallery. Hours: Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, 2-6pm, other hours by appt. 45-10 Davis St, LIC

• EXTENDED: The Space’s Fardom Gallery presents Radar Eyes, an exhibition of hallucinogenic prints featuring over 200 prints by more than 50 international artists. Extended through December 20th. 25-17 41st Ave, LIC

• New exhibition ‘Conjugation’ now on view at Space Womb gallery through December 26th. Hours: Thurs-Mon 12pm-6:30pm, Tues & Wed by appointment only. 22-48 Jackson Ave, LIC, 917.670.1342

• Lauren Petty and Shaun Irons’ ‘Revolving Twilight’ at Chocolate Factory Theater on view through January 16, 2010. “‘Revolving Twilight’ is an immersive video/sound installation inspired in part by tales from nautical lore, notions of optical phenomena and illusion, and neurological case studies exploring mental and visual perception, fragmented or dwindling memory, and cognitive disruptions.” 5-49 49th Ave, LIC, 718.482.7069

• New group exhibition ‘Parallel States’ at Dean Project gallery, featuring Sangbin Im, Palma Blank-Rosenblum, and Kris Tamburello, through February 14th. 45-43 21st Street, LIC, 718.706.1462

• Josh Smith’s On The Water now on view at Deitch Project through March 28th, 2010. Josh Smith painted 47 paintings directly on the wall to “create a show of paintings that looked like something else. The intention was to make ‘art without an art object’ and to take the commodity out of the art.” 4-40 44th Drive, LIC

• Socrates Sculpture Park‘s EAF 09: Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition is on view through March 2010, featuring 16 artists awarded fellowships with the Park to create and exhibit their work in the outdoor studio. 32-01 Vernon Blvd (@ Broadway), LIC, 718.956.1819

• P.S. 1‘s fall exhibitions are now on view, including ’1969′ and ‘Between Spaces’. Exhibitions run through April 2010. 22-25 Jackson Ave @ intersection of 46th Ave, LIC, 718.784.2084

Upcoming

• 3rd and final day of 1st Annual LIC Community Christmas Celebration: Community Holiday Party at Manducatis Rustica on December 21st at 6pm with live entertainment, caroling, great food, and more.

• P.S. 1 presents Saturday Sessions, a new program of emerging performance art that will take place on the second Saturday of each month; January 9th features Jibade-Khalil Huffman and Desi Santiago, in conjunction with Open Studios for ‘Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront,’ 4-6pm.

• Opening reception of Leopards in the Temple at SculptureCenter on January 10th, 5-7pm. Named after the Franz Kafka parable, “the group exhibition of the same name [featuring a number of increasingly prominent European artists] focuses on moments of metamorphosis, paradox, and formal adjacency, borrowing from the parable an ability to promote multiple readings of succinct forms and extraordinary occurrences.”

• Upcoming performances at Green Space Dance Studio: Take Root on January 23rd featuring Dana Salisbury, and Fertile Ground on January 24th featuring Brittany Antle, John Zullo, Esmé Boyce. Consuelo Marie, and Barbara Mahler.