Mar 8 2010

Long Island City event round-up; March 8th through 14th

Second Sundays screening & talk this week at Noguchi Museum, LIC

Wednesday 3/10

Now Playing at Chocolate Factory: Walter Dundervill’s Dear Emissary,…, “the fictional memoir of a pretend time traveler recording history as he sees it (i.e. fleetingly through the lens of his nebulous memory)” running from March 10th-13th @ 8pm. 5-49 49th Ave, LIC, 718.482.7069

Thursday 3/11

LIC Community Boathouse‘s Annual Fundraising Party is tonight from 5-10pm at The Foundry. This year, they have extended hours, so come early, stay late or both. Tickets are $20 in advance, available online (and include one free drink token and one free raffle ticket); $25 at the door. “Once again, we’ll shake off the blizzard blues with LIC hospitality, a DJ, live surf rock band, food and drinks donated by neighborhood sponsors, auctions and raffles.” Councilman Van Bramer will join as guest of honor, and they’ll also celebrate the recent formation of the New York City Watertrail Association. 42-38 9th St, LIC, 718.786.7776

Friday 3/12

Flux Factory is proud to present an evening of film by Marie Losier with special guests Tony Conrad and April March in conjunction with their inaugural exhibition, Housebroken at 8pm (postponed from original date). More info on films here. 39-31 29th St, LIC

Saturday 3/13

CrossFit LIC is still holding their FREE Saturday classes at 11am – no CrossFit experience required. “The training session takes about one hour and consists of a warm-up, skills required for the exercises to be performed, workout and stretches” and you can sign up using their Online Scheduler. If you’d like to go forward with CrossFit, you can sign up for their next Foundations Program here. 5-26 47th Ave, LIC, 646.415.8363
Live music at Dominie’s Hoek: “Well with the 7 train not running it has given all LIC residents reason to feel the Blues. Come and lament with The Señor Lucky Blues Band,” performing tonight from 9pm-midnight, NO COVER. 48-17 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.706.6531

Sunday 3/14

Yin Yoga Workshop at The Yoga Room from 1-2:45pm, cost is $25. “Yin Yoga stretches the connective tissue – thick fibrous bands that wrap our muscles, organs and joints – and flushes out the toxins trapped inside. By compressing and stretching the body, Yin restores the flow of vital energy that runs through these tissues, while strengthening and re-lubricating the joints and spine.” 10-14 47th Road, LIC, 718.786.7962
Second Sundays at the Noguchi Museum featuring Dirt: Screening and Talk with Bill Logan: “Arborist and author Bill Logan will screen and discuss the new feature-length documentary based on his book, ‘Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth.’ Narrated by Jaime Lee Curtis, ‘Dirt’ brings to life the environmental, economic, social and political impact that the soil has.” 3pm, FREE with museum admission. 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Blvd), LIC, 718.204.7088

Continuing

Now Playing at the Secret Theatre: Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ running March 10th-14th, and 17th-20th @ 8pm with matinee performances on March 13th and 20th @ 3:30pm. “With music and dance to enhance the sleek, minimalist design and intense approach to the text, The Queens Players’ production of ‘Measure for Measure’ shows that not all happy endings are alike.” 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.392.0722
Concerto of Illumination, a virtual collaboration of LIC artists, musicians, poets, dancers and performance artists, runs through March 17th at m55 Gallery; Armory Fest reception on March 5th from 5-8pm. “The gallery will be open for visual and performance artists, generating a spontaneous collaboration that will create a ‘concerto of illumination.’” During the exhibition dates, performances will take place in and around the gallery 24/7. 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.729.2988
Flux Factory’s HOUSEBROKEN is the first major exhibition in their new LIC space and also the largest collaboration in their 15 year history. It will “inaugurate the space as a complex, ever-evolving, multimedia, radical work of art: an installation to the scale of a full building,” and in short, they’re “putting the flux back in the factory,” so don’t miss it. HOUSEBROKEN will remain on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12–6pm until March 21st. 39-31 29th St, LIC
AES Gallery presents Josana Blue: “An Exhibition of Lady Paintings,” through March 27th; opening reception on March 5th from 6-9pm. “Drawing from her influences from fashion and the use of color and line, Josana Blue creates works that are elegant, playful and very evocative.” 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.249.9359
New art exhibition ‘Urbanesque’ is installed in the 6 lobby showcases in the atrium of the Citicorp building. In this exhibit, sponsored by Women in the Arts Foundation, Inc., 4 artists explore the urban landscape, with several paintings of the LIC area included as well. Works by Carole Barlowe, Elinore Bucholtz, Diane Waller and Sharon Florin, who curated this exhibit, will be on view through the end of March. Hours are Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm. One Court Square, LIC
New photography exhibition at Court Square Wines & Spirits running 8 weeks from February 11th featuring the work of J. Mitchel from ScenesofNewYork.com and Brianne Zulauf. Pricing is accessible: many pieces at just $35 and some ranging up to several hundred. “The work consists of photography but goes beyond the typical print, with many images on unusual substrates such as canvas, wood and metal.” 2420 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.707.9911
Josh Smith’s On The Water now on view at Deitch Project through March 28th, 2010. 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
Leopards in the Temple continues at SculptureCenter through March 30th, 2010. 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.” 44-19 Purves St, LIC, 718.361.1750
Socrates Sculpture Park‘s EAF 09: Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition is on view through March 7th, featuring 16 artists awarded fellowships with the Park to create and exhibit their work in the outdoor studio. SSP’s Spring 2010 exhibition will open May 2nd. 32-01 Vernon Blvd (@ Broadway), LIC, 718.956.1819
P.S. 1‘s fall exhibitions are still 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 Events

The next Queens Art Express mixer is in honor of St. Patrick’s Day: “Head to one of Sunnyside’s favorite pubs for an Irish-themed night where you can listen to Sean McCabe, County Meath, Ireland native and lead vocalist of The McCabes, read from his new book, A Good Deed and Other Stories, while snacking on Irish soda bread.” March 15th from 6:30-9pm (McCabe reads @ 7pm sharp) at Maggie Mae’s in Sunnyside; RSVP online.
Coming up at Chocolate Factory: Object Collection’s The Geometry, “an experimental opera evoking the technological sublime through video gaming rituals, soap opera death spectacles, and a hyperactivity of sensorial information,” from March 25th-April 3rd @ 8pm.
LICBDC‘s Economic Forecast Breakfast with Kathy Wylde, President of Partnership for New York City, coming up on March 18th from 8-9:30am in the MetLife Building in LIC. Also coming up: LICBDC’s Networking Night at Manducatis Restaurant on March 26th from 6-8:30pm.
Jazz and Italian eats in Long Island City: the Adrienne Hindmarsh Jazz Duo is playing Vernon Blvd’s Manducatis Rustica on March 19th from 6:30-10pm. 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.729.2988
Upcoming performances at Green Space Dance Studio: Take Root with Natasa Trifan Performance Group on March 20th @ 8:30 pm, tickets $15, and Fertile Ground featuring Nikki Manx, Kirstin Kapustik, J Chandler, Mari Meade, Annie Rigney, and Ilana Webber on March 21st @ 7pm, tickets $10. Also: don’t miss their Green Space Blooms Festival coming up in April.
Support Socrates Sculpture Park‘s 2010 Outdoor Cinema series with Cinema Soirée, a star-studded evening of international music and film at NYC’s Fontana’s Bar on March 24th, 7-10pm. $25 cover/cash bar directly supports the programming. You can also still make a donation if you can’t make the event.