Proprietor Richard Boccato mixes it up on opening night at Dutch Kills bar, LIC
After all the hoopla about the Dutch Kills bar opening, not a word on the wire this morning about it!
Rockrose’s 3rd rental tower revealed [Curbed]
$12M Gold heist in LIC [NY Times]
Architects storm LIC [Curbed]
High Rises in Hallets Cove? [Queenscrap]
Dutch Kills getting a make-over [Queens Chronicle]
Review of San Remo Pizza on Vernon Blvd [Queens Courier]
Round up of last week’s Newtown Creek meet-up/walk-around [WNYC]
LeFooding coming to LeLIC [NY Times]
Serbian film in Tribeca Film Festival shot in LIC [YourNabe]
What’s going on at the Deitch Studios right now [The Moment]
Congress voting on naming LIC’s post office after Geraldine Ferarro [Congress Matters]
Vanessa Beecroft at Deitch Studios, Armory Arts Week, Long Island City
On Friday, liQcity checked out the art studios and galleries in Long Island City participating in the Armory Arts Week. There was so much happening at once, it was hard to catch it all. Despite skipping legacies like Noguchi, PS1, Sculpture Center, the studios and galleries visited revealed a remarkably wide spectrum of contemporary art available in the hood, from the internationally acclaimed to the local and underground. All of it within walking distance of each other and inside the elusive boundaries of LIC.
At the Deitch Studios, interspersing white nude female sculptures with live nude models painted white, international sensation Vanessa Beecroft brought some high-concept art to the table with her performance and sculpture exhibit ‘VB64′. The viewing scene was just as interesting as the exhibition: against the night skyline backdrop, hundreds of people walking back and forth on 44th Drive, and hovering poker faced around the performance. The live models resembled the static statues interspersed among them, and would move occasionally, giving the visual effect of sculpture in motion.
Beecroft frequently collaborates with Kanye West, who was also rumored to have been in attendance. The sculpture exhibit is still on display, with video of the live performance from Friday.
Tibetan Blessing tonight at the Dean Project, Long Island City
1) In celebration of the book release “King of the Dharma: The Life of Je Tsongkapa”, the Dean Project is hosting a closing reception and blessing ceremony performed by Monks in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The blessing ceremony will begin tonight at 7pm. Dean Project, 45-43 21st St, LIC. 718.706.1462
2) The new Chocolate Factory production redevelop (death valley) opens tonight »
PepsiCola sign, Long Island City
The traveling PepsiCola sign is finally settling down. Woohoo.
The view from SHI, new Asian fusion restaurant at Queens West, LIC
The long awaited SHI restaurant opens tonight in QueensWest, featuring a full bar & lounge, sushi bar, dining room, and outdoor terrace seating with LIC’s famous Manhattan skyline view. With of course, LIC’s signature signage, the soon to be migrating again Pepsi Cola sign.
Anyway, it’s a good week to be in this particular hood, because there are many ways to get your drink, art, and theatre on in LIC, and some of it for FREE. Check it out »
Swoon’s ‘Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea’ at Deitch studios, LIC — photo credit
Don’t let it be said that development is depriving LIC of its artist community… ok, well someday that might happen, but for now LIC still has some un-condofied industrial spaces currently left to the whims of local artists »
Bjork lovers: Deitch studios in LIC presents a free public screening of Bjork’s new video ‘Wanderlust’ on Thursday, March 13th. First come, first served.
Deitch Studios
4-40 44th Ave, At the East River, Long Island City
Thursday, March 13th, 7pm
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