Long Island City weekly event roundup; June 15th – 20th

Waiting for action in Gantry Park, Long Island City. –photo by Ciprian Toma

Tuesday 6/15

• Live at the Gantries, LIC’s only outdoor summer music festival, continues on Tuesday, June 22th with the Opera Collective. 7pm at the Gantry State Park, LIC waterfront. 50th Ave & the East River

Thursday 6/17

• Opening tonight at the Secret Theatre: ‘Entertaining Mr. Sloane‘ from June 17th – July 10th. 44-02 23rd St, LIC

• 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 6/18

• Little Closets holds French Class every Friday @ 11am for newborns to toddlers & their parents/caregivers – sign up your child every Monday (beginning this month, $5 fee per 30-min class). In each session, “caregivers and children will learn interactive songs, rhymes and finger play in French. Exposing children to multiple languages early on has been shown to positively impact language acquisition and expand vocabulary. You do not have to speak French to join the class.” 46-46 Vernon Blvd, LIC

• 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 6/19

• CrossFit LIC is still holding their FREE Saturday classes at 10 or 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. 5-26 47th Ave, LIC, 646.415.8363

• The Yoga Room LIC is offering ‘Yin and Restorative Yoga’, a ‘Summer Rejuvenation and Restoration’ yoga class with Danielle Lee. “As the summer months begin to unfold and we become tired and stressed in our city’s summer heat, it’s the perfect time to refresh and energize our bodies.” Saturday June 19th, 2:30-4:30pm class. $35 investment. 10-14 47 Road, LIC 718-786-7962

Upcoming Events

• LICBDC‘s annual Summer Gathering is being held this year at the Sculpture Center coming up on Friday, June 23rd, from 6-8:30pm.“Refreshments, fun and networking! Great raffle prizes include: Dakota Jackson designer chair, certificates for LIC restaurants, doggie daycare, designer watches, and more.” 44-19 Purves St @ Jackson Ave, LIC

• Ethereal Boutique will be hosting ‘Fashion Al Fresco’, an open air market, in its fashionable patio backyard the weekend of June 26-27th. “Since its inception Ethereal has been nurturing young, local clothing and jewelry designers. Owner Adriana Ron is always on the lookout for the next hot designer to feature at Ethereal, some of which have gone on to have their work displayed in prestigious stores like Henri Bendel’s, Fred Segal and Bloomingdale’s.” Event on Sat & Sun from 12:30PM to 8PM. 48-37 Vernon Blvd, LIC

• Court Square Wines is now hosting a wine class series. Next up: “The Elegance of the Rosé” on Monday, June 21st, 7:00 – 8:15pm. In the second installment of our intermediate wine classes, Sommelier Matthew Amerson will take you on a refreshing journey through the enchanted land of Rosé! Try several different blush wines (sparkling and dry) while learning the deep, dark secrets behind that light pink exterior and the varieties of foods to pair with them. 2420 Jackson Ave, LIC, 718.707.9911

Continuing

• Secret Theatre presents ‘Ortonesque’ from June 3rd-27th, “Joe Orton, iconic British playwright, was a rising star whose talent and promise were cut short when he was brutally murdered by his boyfriend. The Queens Players proudly present some of Mr. Orton’s best work.” Also coming up: Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew from June 10th-26th.

• Flux Factory‘s new show called Science Fair runs until the 13th, “inspired by grade-school education fairs, with presentation booths and interactive experiments. The Science Fair will showcase over two dozen projects including an artist-run weather station, homemade hot air balloons, and robots that draw.” For more info contact they@thetheyco.com.

• Cityscape: Surveying the Urban Biotope at Socrates Sculpture Park now on view: “This exhibition will feature eleven artists who are exploring both the cultivated and invasive presence of nature in our built urban environment.” Runs thru August 1st. 32-01 Vernon Blvd @ Broadway, LIC, 718.956.1819

• Knight’s Move now on view at SculptureCenter. Exhibition runs thru July 26th; more related music, readings & performances coming up. “Curated by Fionn Meade, this survey of new sculpture in New York embodies an informed yet playful and questioning view of the contemporary.” 44-19 Purves St, LIC, 718.361.1750

• Dutch Kills Gallery‘s new show by Ellen Schneiderman opens tonight, June 5th and runs until July 4th, “Ellen Schneiderman’s mixed media works are influenced by systems that categorize species and specimens, macro and microbiological forms, and her own tendencies to organize, record, and contain. In her paintings, nested rectangles of cut paper house globs of dried paint and create imperfect grids. Inked patterns are covered by poured acyclic mediums to become new images based on actions of chance.” 37-24 24th Street, Suite 402, LIC

• Continuing at the Secret Theatre: ‘Taming of the Shrew’ from June 10rd-24th, which “follows Katherine, a free spirit, thrust into a sect of men in need of submissive women. Set in the heart of the FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints), this cunning new production of The Taming of the Shrew challenges the puritanical confinement of women still in existence in 21st Century America.” 44-02 23rd St, LIC

Arts events postings are sponsored by O’Connor Capital Partners.