June in Jackson Heights

JUNE in Jackson Heights in JULY!! too

2011-07-10T11:58:00.005-04:00

The fun and festivals continue in JULY... no need to waste gas or travel too far from home! We have it all...

SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES is happening at TRAVERS PARK at 5 pm and you can visit the green market and frolic on the open 78th Street Play Street as part of the JH Green Alliance initiative along with Council Member Daniel Dromm and State Senator Jose Peralta and Queens Council on the Arts who have contributed resources to extend the open street in 2011!

JH Arts in the News

2011-06-29T09:29:00.006-04:00

As "June in Jackson Heights" draws to a close, Council Member Daniel Dromm has invited local artist's to contribute art work to adorn his office in Manhattan at 250 Broadway in order to showcase the talent in his district. The Council Member is thrilled to acknowledge and celebrate the many talent artists, musicians and writers living in District 25. The first artist to show there is Carla Lobmier, who teaches art and creates works that have exhibited throughout New York.

Carla received a B.F.A. in Painting/Drawing from Eastern Illinois University, supplemented with an Art History degree followed by an M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the University of Illinois. Currently, Carla, now living in Jackson Heights, has a piece in the large group show at NOVO Lounge (78-23 37th Avenue). Council Member Dromm is seen with Carla at the unveiling of her painting "August Picture" in the Manhattan office. Carla will also be hosting a salon and "Trunk Show" in Jackson Heights June 29, July 2 and 3 from 3pm to 10 pm. Her numerous art works will be on display and for sale. She has invited musicians to perform beginning at 7pm and filmmaker Jack Feldstein will be showing his short "neon animation" films too. For more information about attending the salon and show, please email: cjlobmier@gmail.com

ARTISTS ALERTS!
Jackson Heights painter Norma Greenwood is the featured artist for summer on Artists Talk on Art website: http://www.atoa.org/ and was selected to participate in the NYFA Bootcamp Artist As Entrepreneur program too!

Click here on Nancy Rackocy as she shared her talent at the Sunday Green market on June 19th in making weavings using reclaimed and discarded plastic- here she uses yellow tape recovered from the November Marathon to engage with kids and adults as they help create a new design.

Elliot Bassman now has a quintessential Jackson Heights painting in Council Member Dromm's Jackson Heights Office- Elliot's colorful, unique paintings capture all the textures and flavors in our diverse community.

VERY memorable June in Jackson Heights

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JUNE in Jackson Heights 2011 ...YOU VOTED ! THEY WON!!! a few blogs ago we urged everyone to vote for Queens Band CHARAMANS... Daily News reports here how they WON the Battle of the Boroughs and a big dream came true...

where many magical things happened...like Kid's Art Fun at Espresso 77 with El Museo Del Barrio on Saturday

and a fantastic restaurant week with some of the best food in the world (in one neighborhood!)

Plus "where were you when the vote for Marriage Equality passed?"

and of course our own Nurse Candy introducing the acts at the first ever Super Happy Deluxe Funtime Cabaret on Thursday Night...more fun to follow in the months ahead!

FUNTIME CABARET in June in Jackson! JUNE 23

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Super Happy Deluxe Funtime Cabaret

June in Jackson Heights

@ Club Atlantis

THURSDAY JUNE 23

Club Atlantis invites you to join Thrust Puppets at a weird and wacky evening of late-night cabaret as part of June in Jackson Heights. We are hosting an evening of performances including Disco Granny the senior dancing diva, Johnny Holes, Master Lee and Jackson Head, and the New York based comedian and illustrator Erik Bergstrom. The performance will take place on:

Date: Thursday, June 23

Door: 9:30 PM - Show: 10:00 PM

Location: Club Atlantis-76-19 Roosevelt Ave @ 77^th Street-

Cover: $10 cash at the door

Thrust Puppets is a newly launched division of Inkfish. We are dedicated to creating fun, sexy, and provocative (in all of the senses of this word) events and performances. Inkfish, established in 2004 by founders Michael Kelly, Alissa Mello, and Brian Snapp makes performances, events, and visual art using a wide range of traditional and advanced technologies, peoples, and ideas to explore our humanity and the world we live in.

There are many events in the last remaining days of June in Jackson Heights 2011!

Legends @ 71-04 35th Avenue is getting all ready with a new awning to welcome folks in for delicious Texas BBQ this week for restaurant week - TUESDAY Night is PASTA NIGHT with an incredible deal of 20% off a 3 course dinner!

El Coyote Restaurant @ 80 - 18 Northern Blvd has great deals to celebrate their
2nd ANNIVERSARY PARTY THIS WEEK WITH MARIACHI FROM 7PM TO 11PM!

Click here for MORE Deals for Restaurant Week

MYSTERY REVEALED for JH Events

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Council Member Daniel Dromm is seated at our 2011 Sing for Hope Piano which is at the Post Office on 37th avenue and 78th Street!

On Tuesday June 21, starting at 3pm, there will performances into the evening...featuring local musicians, singers and choruses.

You can play too - stop by anytime to try the piano...

Today at noon- JHBG escorted walking tour - meets at 82nd st 35th avenue by Community Church.

Green Market at Travers Park on 79th Street and 34th avenue has ongoing events- including artists Nancy Rakoczy, who make beautiful works out of recycled plastic (from 11am to 1pm)

and then at 4pm - CONCERT at St. Marks Church featuring JH resident and percussionist Ingrid Gordon and Clarinetists Pascal Archer...

JUNE in Jackson Heights! gets tastier tomorrow as RESTAURANT WEEK BEGINS - click on the Restaurant Tab to the right to see what the deals are for JUNE 20 through JUNE 25!

see SAY do SOMETHING

2011-06-17T11:07:00.011-04:00

MYSTERY PACKAGE

Left at the Post Office?...too big to mail? it will be unveiled on TUESDAY at 3pm - come out and see - we know there will be something to sing about!

Dear Friends! Our very own JH Carnatic Jazz Band "Charanams" competes in New York's Ultimate Battle of the Bands tonight and they need your vote!

Charanams is the only Indian band to compete against 4 other western bands. So, please vote for us and help us to win this contest!

Date................... June 17 (Friday) USA (June 18 Saturday in India)
Contest starts......... 7 pm EST (4:30 am India Time)
Charanams performs..... 8:15 pm EST (5:45 am India Time)

Voting starts.......... 9 pm EST (6:30 am India Time)
Voting Ends............ 9:30 pm EST (7 am India Time)

Where to watch the performance and vote: www.wnyc.org/thegreenespace

You may vote from all your PCs / Laptops! You may also text-vote using your cell phone.

Please send this to your friends and members of your organization, so they could also vote! Also, we'd appreciate if you could please post this in Facebook and Twitter.
VISIT Charanams Band
www.charanams.com

WHERE are WE GOING FOR DINNER Next Week?

RESTAURANT WEEK & HISTORIC events next week!

2011-06-13T20:14:00.007-04:00

The second annual “June in Jackson Heights” campaign, sponsored by Council Member Daniel Dromm, is in full swing with art shows, performances, films and historic tours. This year, 20 restaurants, representing a world of food, will again be offering specially priced menus for residents and visitors during the week-long event from Monday June 20^th through Saturday June 25^th.

Many Restaurants were happy to be included again this year and they are all on our website. Council Member Dromm’s outreach last year increased awareness of the international cuisine in the neighborhood and helped the sagging economy. Participating again is Colombian establishment Natives Restaurant (82-22 Northern Boulevard), with a Shell Salad filled with grilled chicken or shrimp or salmon and a glass of wine for only $15, in addition Consuelo Quintero has announced she has ample space for performances, parties, films and events in the revamped theatre and the upstairs lounge.

Also new this year are delicious entrees from Nepali at Mustang Thakali Kitchen (74-14 37^th Ave) where a 10% discount off anything on the menu is available for the entire week and Desi Chinese newcomer Himalayan Hut (75-18 37^th Ave) has a grand deal for two: same soup each, 1 special entrée with rice and tea for just $14.95.

In other parts of the world - such as Northern Boulevard and 31^st Avenue in Jackson Heights - visit El Coyote (80-16 Northern Blvd) for Mexican done right at $20 for 3 courses or the delectable Greek neighbor Plaka (75-61 31^st Ave) which offers a great menu with 20% off too!

Another special participant that we are celebrating is good ol’ Texas BBQ at Legends ( 71-04 35th Ave) with buy one get one free signature sandwiches of pulled pork and other tasty fare as well as their Traditional Tuesday Pasta Night – incredible Pasta dinner with dessert & coffee sweetened with a discount of 20% off the check.

Remember after you take the historic tour this weekend or eat some delicious food you can relax at some new events:

June 18 & 19 JHBG 21st Annual Walking Tour! with art, slide presentations, lectures & fabulous gardens - see calendar below)

June 19 Concert at St. Marks Church ((33-50 82nd St.) at 4pm featuring JH percussionist Ingrid Gordon and Clarinetist Pascal Archer

June 21, Make Music New York at the Post Office from 3pm to 8pm featuring PS 69 Chorus and terrific local talent!

June 23, the Proud Cabaret Crowd, at Club Atlantis (Roosevelt Ave and 76th St) – doors open 9:30 pm for the most unique variety show to hit JH ever!

June 26, a special Poetry Salon, hosted by JHPF at the Garden School (33-16 79th Street) from 3 to 6pm with moderator Richard Newman and Guest Panelist Mario Susko.

THIS WEEK Jackson Heights in the News

2011-06-08T17:12:00.003-04:00

THIS WEEK ! June in Jackson Heights

Consuelo from Natives on Northern Blvd - Sous Chef & Chef Depak from Delhi Heights on 37th Road & Council Member Dromm at the Press Conference

From The Queens Gazette:

At a press conference on May 26, Councilmember Daniel Dromm announced the Second Annual June in Jackson Heights, an initiative designed to highlight the wealth of unique artistic talent, businesses and restaurants in the most diverse community in the world.

The month-long event will include art exhibits and installations, theatrical readings, family friendly activities, dance and musical performances and the Second Annual Jackson Heights Restaurant Week featuring international cuisine from June 20th through June 25th.

“After last year’s wildly successful debut, I am pleased to once again sponsor an initiative that showcases the broad range of arts and culture that make Jackson Heights such a unique neighborhood in which to live, work, eat, and shop,” Dromm said. “June in Jackson Heights is also a wonderful example of how arts and culture can be a driving force for economic development.”

Dromm added, “We are inviting everyone to visit the area in June to partake in the numerous events that are happening all around our neighborhood. You can take a guided tour highlighting the historic landmarked gardens, enjoy piano playing in front of our post office, or visit our library, one of the most used branches in all of New York, for free educational and cultural programs.”

Also, the 19th Annual Queens Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival took place on June 5.

Of course it would not be June in Jackson Heights without another Restaurant Week. The event will start June 20 and run through June 25.

Also scheduled will be Play Me, I’m Yours, featuring 88 pianos placed in public areas in every borough. This endeavor, started by artist Luke Jerram and Sing for Hope, will return to Jackson Heights and will make a piano available for any member of the community to play through June 21. A concert in conjunction with Make Music NY will be held on June 21 in front of the Post Office at 78th Street and 37th Avenue.

THURSDAY JUNE 9

TREA Open Mic - FREE
Teens for racial & Ethnic Awakening
share you creativity - music - skits - poetry
Renaissance Charter School
35-59 81st St
6 to 8pm
email: treafolks@gmail.com

Film Screening - FREE
"Stonewall Uprising"
Jewish Center of JH
77th St corner of 37th Avenue
8pm

FRIDAY JUNE 10

Theatre 167 presents a reading of a new pop musical
How I Was Radicalized - FREE
By Ben Morss and Les Hunter - Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
PS 69 37th Avenue between 77 & 78 Sts.
8pm
www.167theatre.org

SATURDAY JUNE 11

Radio Jarocho presents Musical traditions from southern Veracruz, Mexico
at JH Library - FREE
35-51 81st St
3pm
www.queenslibrary.org

Jackson Repertory Theatre
presents "Dances for a New Diagonal" with Meg Fry and Company
PS 69 37th Avenue between 77 & 78 Sts.
8pm - $10 ($8 student & seniors)
www.jacksonrep.org

Carnival & Flea Market at IS 145
33-34 80th St
8am to 5 pm

SUNDAY JUNE 12

TOWERS Book Fair - FREE
34th Ave Between 80 & 81 Sts.
10am - 3 pm

more JUNE 4th EVENTS -GAMING Club and GREEN Alliance

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JH GREEN ALLIANCE
78th Street Visioning Workshop...
9am to 11:30 am

meet at
St Mark's Church
33-50 82nd Street

Grow a park in JH- collaborative vision meetup for the future of the 78th ST Play Street / Temporary Plaza

Fast paced, engaging, particpatory workshop...Bring your walking shoes!

Gaming Club

Saturday 3:00pm
at Community United Methodist Church

This Saturday, June 4 from 3pm to 6pm

KICK OFF Of Gaming Club (Haven't come up with a formal na...me yet since we've expanded from Scrabble to general games) at the Community United Methodist Church in Jackson Heights. We only have a few games so please BYOG (Bring Your Own Game) to help keep us busy. See you all there! Community United Methodist Church 81-10 35th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=16431823446132847130&q=Community+United+Methodist+Church%2C+35th+Avenue%2C+Jackson+Heights%2C+NY&hl=en&sll=40.751727%2C-73.885095&sspn=0.009428%2C0.013368&ie=UTF8&ll=40.756441%2C-73.89179&spn=0%2C0&z=16

JUNE 1st begins "June in Jackson Heights" events!

2011-05-31T13:15:00.004-04:00

It's official! JUNE 1 begins the second annual "June in Jackson Heights " sponsored by Councilmember Daniel Dromm.

Highlights include continuous art exhibits at NOVO, Espresso 77 & Maram Pharmacy Window Display...Foodies Fest including walking tours and a restaurant week June 20-25...activities for kids, adults and everyone in between PLUS the 19th! Annual Pride Parade on SUNDAY June 5th which kicks off at Noon.

visit www.juneinjacksonheights.com for details, directions, calendar and updates throughout the month of June!

JUNE 2 at 2pm :
Walk Jackson Heights with your host Steve Steve! Clopper... Share the world of Diversity. An in depth tour of unique shops, exotic food carts, fascinating sights, sounds, rhythms, colors of Jackson Heights and its international community.

Shops include: Botanicas, music stores, markets with spices, products, gifts and religious items and clothing from India, Latin America and Asia and beyond.

Restaurants, delis and food carts. Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Poland, Italy, Thailand, India, and more. Steve is a Licenced New York Tour guide and Jackson Height resident.

Join me on Thursday and Fridays in June. 10 am and 2 pm Free! Coming soon Hot! JH nightlife tours. "

MEET AT 74th Street Roosevelt Avenue MTA site (7-R-M-E-F) 2pm

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_225682477443280

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Avenue_/_74th_Street_(New_York_City_Subway)

JUNE 4th from 4pm to 7pm:
Multidisciplinary artist Hector Canonge in collaboration with invited artists, Lawrence Graham-Brown and John Cichon, continues with his presentation Trace-Able: HOMOGENIUS
and celebrates June Pride Month in Queens and NYC.

The event observes Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender people's accomplishments & contributions to society and to the LGBT movement.

Location and Directions:

Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle Park
83rd St. at Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights, Queens
(#7 Train, exit at 82 St. Station, walk to 83 St. on Roosevelt Ave)

Photo (l) Councilman Daniel Dromm participates with Hector Canonge in the May 21st performance piece Trace-Able: Habitat and photo (r) features Hector, Lawrence and John as they converge in the space.

JUNE IN JACKSON HEIGHTS 2011 ready for takeoff!

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Please visit us in the upcoming week for our JUNE in JACKSON HEIGHTS 2011 launch!

We will be post a calendar of JUNE events: parade - art - music - dance - tours - plus news & videos

AND of course, pics of the most delectable foods to be eaten during "restaurant week" Monday June 20th through Saturday June 25th right here in the most diverse community in Queens!