Summer Gantry Park action: Taste of LIC & Live at the Gantries

3rd Annual Taste of LIC in 2008

Taste of LIC

This year’s Taste of LIC – the fourth annual benefit for the Chocolate Factory Theater and celebration of all that is Long Island City – takes place on the waterfront at Gantry Plaza State Park on Tuesday, June 9th. The Patron Toast, the exclusive first hour for Patrons only, takes place at 5:30pm, and at 6:30 doors open to the festivities.

This year, the Taste of LIC features a comprehensive survey of LIC restaurants and businesses. You can still buy tickets online or by calling 212.352.3101. Check the fact sheet for details about chocolate-themed sponsorship and individual tickets.

“Join us on the waterfront to celebrate Long Island City’s best food & drink venues, shops, spas and more as we raise funds for The Chocolate Factory Theater’s year-round cultural programming.”

Live at the Gantries, Summer Performance Series

Live at the Gantries returns to Gantry Plaza State Park this summer with a new and diverse lineup of local talent. The series will kick off on Sunday, June 14th, as part of the final celebrations of QCA’s Queens Art Express, and will occur every Tuesday at 7pm, from June 23rd through August 26th.

The lineup was announced at a Gantry Park press conference yesterday, during which several of the performers came to introduce themselves: Chinese Theatre Works (June 23), Earthdriver (June 30), Hector Morales of Afrodita (July 21, also performing with Pachamama Peruvian Arts on July 28), and Silbin Sandovar (a.k.a. Gus Rodriguez from LIC Bar) and Jeneen Terrana of the Silbin Sandovar Revue (August 18), who will close the series with their all-star band made up entirely of prominent LIC and Astoria musicians.

Chinese Theatre Works performing at Live at the Gantries press conference

Live at the Gantries is produced by New York State Parks, Queens Theatre in the Park, and Queens Council on the Arts.