Long Island City event round-up; November 24th – 28th

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Tuesday 11/24

• Dean Project gallery hosts the Queens performance of the Five Boroughs Music Festival, featuring string quartet Brooklyn Rider at 8pm. Admission is $25; Queens residents and students pay $15; buy tickets online and receive advance purchase discounts. 45-43 21st St, LIC, 718.706.1462

• Bar Domaine hosts local jazz musician Steve Blanco twice a week on Tuesday and Friday. 9pm-midnight. 50-04 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.784.2350

Wednesday 11/25

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

Thanksgiving 11/26

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Friday 11/27

• ‘Antibodies’ book release at Flux Factory at 7pm. ‘Antibodies’ creators “Brandstifter and HuelsTrunk will perform sound loops, give lectures and screenings, sign books, and present limited handmade editions of their book,” part of the artist book collection of MoMA. Also featuring a performance by Sk Orchestra with Casio Sk1s, strips of modern plastic, and vintage circuitry. 39-31 29th St, LIC

• Bar Domaine hosts local jazz musician Steve Blanco twice a week on Tuesday and Friday. 9pm-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

Saturday 11/28

• 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

• Manducatis Rustica has begun serving its long-awaited weekend brunch from 11am-3pm every Sat & Sunday. Not to be missed. 46-33 Vernon Blvd, 718.937.1312

Continuing

• ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ is the inaugural production at the Secret Theatre‘s brand new 3000 sq ft, 100-seat theatre, running through November 29th and December 2nd-5th @ 8pm with matinees @ 3pm on November 28th & 29th and December 5th. Tickets are $15, on sale now. “Packed with dazzling poetry and wordplay from our hero Cyrano, this play produces a range of emotions that run from funny to sad and finally tragic.” 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.392.0722

• New exhibition ‘Burnt Bridges’ by artist Domenick Di Pietrantonio at Local Project through November 30th. Gallery hours Sat/Sun: 12-6pm, other hours by appointment: 718.358.5536. 45-10 Davis St, LIC

• New exhibition ‘Beatus Abjectus,’ a collection about the abject and the artists’ relation to the subject, runs at Space Womb gallery through November 30th. Gallery open Thursday-Monday 12–6pm, and Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment. 22-48 Jackson Ave #1, LIC, 718.670.1342

• SculptureCenter‘s Fall shows continue through November 30th. Check out the newly opened exhibitions: Grand Openings, A Voyage of Growth & Discovery, & In Practice Fall 2009. 44-19 Purves St, LIC, 718.361.1750

• The Space‘s Fardom Gallery presents Radar Eyes, an exhibition of hallucinogenic prints featuring over 200 prints by more than 50 international artists. More work & installation by Sakura Maku in a nearby secret location. Runs through December 2nd. 25-17 41st Ave, LIC

• 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

• 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

Upcoming

• Coming up at Chocolate Factory: Dream Express, running December 1st-19th (performance schedule: 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.”

• Save the date: gala opening of the brand new Secret Theatre space and the closing of the Queens Players’ latest production of ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ on December 5th. Featuring two performances by the LIC School of Ballet, the ribbon cutting ceremony for the theatre at 5pm, and the final performance of ‘Cyrano.’

• Upcoming workshops at The Yoga Room: Hot Yoga Clinic-Standing Series on December 5th, 3-5pm, and Hot Yoga Clinic-Floor Series on December 12th, 3-5pm, $30 per clinic or $55 for both. Clinics are open for beginners (pre-requisite minimum 3 Hot Yoga classes) to advanced.

• Lauren Petty and Shaun Irons’ ‘Revolving Twilight’ on view at Chocolate Factory Theater December 7th thru 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.”

• Flux Factory is having a Box Set Fundraiser on December 10th, a “stellar night of performances, music, free booze, and excellent people,” as well as “specially commissioned prints at extremely ridiculous prices.” Open bar cocktails start at 7:30pm, performances at 8:30pm, suggested donation $20.

• SculptureCenter‘s Winter Gala and fundraising event honoring Dan Graham, “one of the most influential figures in the field of contemporary art and theory,” is on December 10th, 6:30pm cocktails, 8pm dinner.

• Green Space Dance Studio presents Take Root featuring Jesse Philips-Fein & Trainor Dance for two nights in December, the 11th & 12th at 8:30pm, tickets $15. Green Space also presents Fertile Ground on December 13th at 7pm featuring Meredith Clinton/Oceane McCord, Tyler Ashley, Anisha Muni, Kaoru Ikeda, and Christina Briggs Winslow, tickets $10.

• P.S. 1 presents Saturday Sessions, a new program of emerging performance art that will take place on the second Saturday of each month; December 12th features Wayne Hodge and Daniel Perlin, in conjunction with Open Studios for ‘Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront,’ 4-6pm.

• New group exhibition ‘Parallel States’ is coming up at Dean Project gallery, featuring Sangbin Im, Palma Blank-Rosenblum, and Kris Tamburello. Opening reception December 12th, 6-9pm, runs December 12th-February 14th.

• Shopping for the Shop: Current Trends in Museum and Design Retailing coming up at Noguchi Museum on December 13th at 3pm. Noguchi Museum’s Director of Merchandising and Design “will lead a panel discussion focusing on the direction of art and design in museum shops in the current economic climate. All attendees of the panel will receive a 20% in-store discount on Akari Light Sculptures that day.”