Long Island City event round-up; October 27th-November 1st

Celebrate Halloween with local events from 10am-2pm in Long Island City

Tuesday 10/27

• Materials for the Arts presents a family-friendly Ribbon Cutting Event (to celebrate their recent 10,000 SF expansion) & Masked Marvelous Cocktail Party on October 27th in their LIC space, featuring food, drink, and entertainment, 6-9pm. 33-00 Northern Blvd, 3rd Floor, LIC, 718.729.3001

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

Wednesday 10/28

• The Grand Guignol lives at the Secret Theatre as they celebrate Edgar Allen Poe’s bicentennial with stories such as ‘Tell Tale Heart’ and ‘The Raven’ along with an original play, ‘The Poacher’s Game.’ Tickets $15 or $10 if in costume on 31st. Oct 28th-31st @ 8pm as well as a special Halloween show on the 31st @ 10pm followed by the Secret’s annual Halloween Party and BBQ (PS: “Heads up [or off] – come and try out our working guillotine!”). 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.392.0722

• Don’t miss the last Movie Night at The Space. Featured film is 1999′s ‘Spaced: The Complete Series’ (a 3-disc series). Slacker 20-something artist Tim (Simon Pegg) and his brooding writer flatmate Daisy (Jessica Hynes) do everything possible to avoid adulthood in this surreal sitcom described by star Pegg as “a cross between ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘The X Files’ and ‘Northern Exposure.’” 42-16 West St, LIC, 718.752.0331

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

Thursday 10/29

• LICBDC presents a Small Business Preparedness Seminar on October 29th from 8-9:30am at Sunnyside Community Services in Sunnyside. No charge to attend; continental breakfast & networking. RSVP: contact Indra @ 718.786.5300 x 21 or ismith@licbdc.org. 43-31 39th St, Sunnyside, 718.784.6173

• It’s Ladies Night every Thursday night at Shi Restaurant, offering 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

Friday 10/30

• Bar Domaine hosts the local Steve Blanco Trio, 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 10/31

• Celebrate Halloween in the neighborhood with the 6th Annual LIC Halloween Parade & Fun Stuff. Starts at 10am @ LIC Kids Center (5-02 50th Ave) with face painting, pumpkin decorating, arts, crafts & fun. Line up at LIC Kids @ 11:30am to trick or treat in LIC, and then return to Manducatis Rustica (46-31 Vernon Blvd) from 12:30-2pm for scary stories and more fun. Come in costume to all festivities, $10 per family with 1 child – $5 per extra sibling 1 year and older.

• The Grand Guignol lives at the Secret Theatre as they celebrate Edgar Allen Poe’s bicentennial with stories such as ‘Tell Tale Heart’ and ‘The Raven’ along with an original play, ‘The Poacher’s Game.’ Tickets $15 or $10 if in costume tonight. Show at 8pm and also @ 10pm followed by the Secret’s annual Halloween Party and BBQ (PS: “Heads up [or off] – come and try out our working guillotine!”). 44-02 23rd St, LIC, 718.392.0722

• 2nd Annual Pet Costume Contest hosted by City Vet. “Stop by the clinic anytime between 9am & 3pm to show off your pet to our judge and have some refreshments. Throughout the day, we will post pictures on City Vet’s Facebook page and on our website. At the end of the day, we will reward a grand prize winner as well as an honorable mention.” 45-44 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.433.1334

• 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

Sunday 11/1

• 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

• Now Playing at Chocolate Factory Theater: John Jesurun’s ‘Liz One’, through October 31st @ 8pm. “Black-Eyed Susan plays Elizabeth I of England as revealed through her private diaries. She struggles with a revolving set of presences to disentangle, un-write and finally rewrite her own biography.” 5-49 49th Ave, LIC, 718.482.7069

• AES Gallery presents Argentinian artist Cristián Pietrapiana’s first solo exhibition, ‘pietrapiana paintings,’ through October 31st. “In ‘pietrapiana paintings’ Cristián gives the viewer an intímate look at figures in isolation [and] engages the viewer through the forceful close-up of the human figure against a tender landscape.” 44-02 23rd St, Ground FL, LIC, 718.249.9359

• Brandon Schreck‘s ‘New Works’ exhibition runs at The Space‘s Fardom Gallery through October 31st. His work is “dense, flattened, and austere. His generously layered canvases crush scenes of nature and urban landscape into lush, abstract compositions.” 25-17 41st Avenue, LIC

• Space Womb Contemporary Art Gallery presents Jongwang Lee Solo Exhibition, through October 31st. Gallery open Thurs-Mon 12:30pm-6:30pm, Tues & Wed by appointment. 22-48 Jackson Ave, #1, LIC, 917.670.1342

• The Blood Dumpster presents their ‘Visions’ exhibition at Local Project Gallery. “‘Visions’ is a multimedia exhibition on perceiving that which exists outside of the visual ‘reality.’” Exhibition runs through November 8th. 45-10 Davis St, LIC

• Dean Project gallery presents their new exhibition ‘Mirror on Mirror Mirrored’ featuring Karlos Carcamo, Nicholas Kashian, & Barbara Weissberger. Through November 19th. More info in PDF. 45-43 21st St, LIC, 718.706.1462

• 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

• 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

Beyond

• Custom framing/gift shop Matted LIC presents an exhibition of NY collage artist Michael Albert featuring originals, limited editions, posters, and books from 6-8pm on November 19th. All work is made from cereal boxes and advertising materials.

• SculptureCenter presents: ‘Camp Kid Friendly’ on November 8th @ 5pm: “Malcolm Stuart’s hoop dance troupe, Color Wheel and friends, perform with Baby IKKI, within Mike Kelley and Michael Smith’s video installation,” FREE.

• Save the date: Queens Council on the Arts presents their 3rd annual Queens Arts Connection citywide networking event on Saturday, November 7th, 2-5pm at the United Nations Federal Credit Union in LIC. Open to the public, with attendance by hundreds of artists and informational networking and presentations by 25+ citywide arts and culture organizations each year. Register online here.

• ‘EDOKKO: Growing Up A Foreigner in Wartime Japan’ on November 8th @ 3pm at Noguchi Museum. Isaac Shapiro, a founding Noguchi Museum trustee & longtime friend of Isamu Noguchi, will read from his soon to be released memoirs which chronicle his family’s travels under persecution during the early 20th century and his subsequent career in law and the arts. FREE with museum admission.

• Coming up at the Chocolate Factory: THROW on November 10th: “Sip your cheap beer and enjoy as artists test out new performance in this bi-monthly series.” Also, ‘Selective Memory’, November 2nd-21st, showings TBA: “A real time video performance about nostalgia for relationships that never took place, events which never happened; the soundtrack to a film which was never made, but which everyone remembers; exploiting the misappropriation of “real” sounds and images to confound, distort, remake and ultimately erase the truth.”

• Green Space Dance Studio presents their Take Root series on November 14th @ 8:30pm (tickets $15), featuring Jen Browne & Ryan McNally, and their Fertile Ground new works showcase on November 15th @ 7pm (tickets $10), featuring Yoshito Sakuraba, Kaitlin Hines, Coreen Robledo, Fumihito Shimizu, and Djuna Passman. More information here.

• Save the date: LICBDC presents their B-to-B Networking Expo on November 18th at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. 150 exhibitors and 3,500 attendees are expected. Register now for exhibit tables and luncheon tickets. For more information, contact Indra Smith at 718.786.5300 x 21 or ismith@licbdc.org.