Long Island City event round-up, October 5th-11th

Ethereal Boutique hosts ‘Changing the Art of Fashion’ on Thursday eve, LIC

Monday 10/5

• Queens restaurant week kicks off today, with a special prix-fixe price of $25. Local LIC and Astoria restaurants are participating.

Tuesday 10/6

• 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

Wednesday 10/7

• The Space presents their own Movie Night, featuring 2007’s ‘Son of Rambow.’ 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

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

Thursday 10/8

• Ethereal Boutique presents ‘Changing the Art of Fashion,’ a solo show by NY mixed media artist Leann Marie Zafuto. Join Ethereal for a night of fashion based art, boutique shopping, wine & treats, as well as a trunk show of cutting edge accessories designers. 5:30-8:30pm. 47-38 Vernon Blvd, LIC, 718.482.8884

• Join Flux Factory for their monthly potluck and salon at their new space. Brandstifter, Paula Castro, K. Olive McKeon, and Julius Schmiedel will be presenting work. In addition: artist talk with Ana Maria Nicholson (artist of hologram exhibition ‘Into The Night’; Screens Collective will perform scenes from The Box Man; music with DJ Tinseltown. 8pm on. 39-31 29th St, LIC

• 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

Friday 10/9

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

Saturday 10/10

• Green Space Dance Studio presents ‘Take Root’ with He Raa Yoo and Dancers at 8:30pm. “Ms. Yoo’s repertory is full of curiosity and mystery, exploring who we are, what is unique, what is exotic, what comes from far away, and what is close by.” Tickets $15. 37-24 24th St, LIC, 718.956.3037

• 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

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

Sunday 10/11

• ‘Create Your Own Oracle’ workshop at Local Project Gallery, in conjunction with LIC artist Priscilla P. Stadler’s solo exhibition, ‘ORQ [The Oracle of Random Quotes].’ Priscilla will lead the workshop, 3-5pm. Please call 917.273.0145 to register or email info@localproject.org. 45-10 Davis St, LIC

• Green Space Dance Studio presents their ‘Fertile Ground’ showcase at 7pm, featuring Anna Pillot, Stephanie Swenson/Just Left of Center, Julia Y. Edwards, Elspeth Victoria Brown, and Rob Davidson. Tickets $10. 37-24 24th St, LIC, 718.956.3037

• Noguchi Museum presents Art and Artifact: The Renovation of The Noguchi Museum, featuring Jennifer Sage and Peter Coombe from Sage & Coombe discussing the renovation of The Noguchi Museum. 3pm, admission is FREE as part of the museum’s participation in Open House NY. 9-01 33rd Road (@ Vernon Blvd), LIC, 718.204.7088

Continuing

• LIC artist Priscilla P. Stadler’s solo exhibition, ‘ORQ [The Oracle of Random Quotes]‘ runs at Local Project Gallery through October 18th. “Through diverse media including sculpture, drawing, video projection and human interaction, Stadler’s art offers opportunities to explore ways we seek and construct meaning.” 45-10 Davis St, LIC

• The Center for the Holographic Arts and Flux Factory present ‘Ana Maria Nicholson – Into the Night,’ “an exhibition of large format holograms that capture the hidden dimensions of the body,” running at Flux Factory through October 24th. Saturdays 12-6pm and by appointment. 39-31 29th 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

• Deitch Studios presents The Open, an exhibition of works by 31 emerging artists in the New York community. In Deitch Studios tradition, the exhibition program will include a Sunday School (every Sunday during the exhibition run, 6-8pm), with talks and workshops on topics suggested by the artists in the show. Exhibition runs thru October 25th. 4-40 44th Drive, 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Coming up at Chocolate Factory Theater: John Jesurun’s ‘Liz One’, running October 14th-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.” Chocolate Factory’s FREE bi-monthly THROW gathering of spectators and artists testing out new works is also coming up on October 20th.

• Socrates Sculpture Park presents their 9th annual FREE Halloween Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 17th from 11am-2pm, rain or shine – this year’s theme is glam rock! Featuring a special outdoor performance of ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ from the Red Door Theatre Company at 2pm.

• Bring in the creepy holiday (Halloween!) season as the Secret Theatre, in association with Jeff Crosley, produces Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s ‘The Mystery Plays’ from October 21st-24th @ 8pm & Oct 24th @ 4:00pm. “The play is a pair of interconnected one-acts inspired by the medieval tradition of mystery plays: biblical stories dramatized by local guilds,” but “as envisioned by Aguirre-Sacasa, the plays are drawn more immediately from the horror/thriller tradition of such genre icons as H.P. Lovecraft and Rod Serling.”

• Flux Factory presents LEDs4N00BS on October 21st at 7pm, a short primer course on the history and science behind LEDs, with a workshop to follow where you’ll walk away with a prize. RSVP at rsvp@fluxfactory.org; space is limited.

• P.S. 1’s fall exhibitions are opening on October 25th, 12pm-6pm. “Kick off the season with P.S. 1’s fall opening celebration. On view: ‘1969,’ ‘100 Years (version #1, ps1, nov 2009),’ ‘Between Spaces,’ and ‘Robert Bergman: Selected Portraits.’” And if you haven’t already at a Warm-Up this summer, experience the ‘Afterparty’ by MOS in the courtyard, on view through October 26.

• Way in advance: LICBDC’s Annual Luncheon & Trade Show coming up on November 18th at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.