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sunday, may 18
events exhibitions See and purchase artwork by many of the 200 artists in one building. Reis Studios 43-01 22nd Street 718.784.5577 (Juvenal) ReisStudios.com
QUEENS WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
May 17 // Starting at 12pm loops every two hours We will screen Queens World Film Festival 2014 Best of the Fest Films. (A loop that plays continuously) THE LOCAL 13-02 44th Ave 347.738.5251 thelocalny.com
LONG ISLAND CITY ACADEMY OF MUSIC Sun May 18 // 1:30pm LICAM Violin student recital Long Island City Academy of Music 44-02 23rd St 917.548.3598 facebook.com/licmusic
NATURE & NURTURE II Paintings by Helaine Soller Artist Talk May 18 // 2-4pm (see May 17 for details)
TUSHEVS AERIALS
May 18 // 12pm-1pm As Tushevs Aerials, we will do an aerial tour of LIC by means of a video remote-control airplane. In this live demonstration/performance, we will fly one of our home-built, lightweight foam remote-control airplanes. The audience will be able to follow the flight via virtual reality goggles and a TV screen, both of which will stream the flight live in first person view. We can also allow some of the audience to experience flying the airplane by means of an extra remote control radio. See LIC like never before - from the perspective of a bird! Hunter’s Point South Park Center Blvd bet. 50 Ave and 54 Ave (Oval astroturf grounds near East River Ferry Landing (on South side of Park). 718.786.6385 nycgovparks.org/parks/HuntersPointSouthPark
QNMF: Composers Concordance
May 18 // 2pm Composers Concordance is a presenting organization for contemporary music with a 31-year-history of producing concerts in New York City. They strive to present music in innovative ways, with an emphasis on thematic programming. For their Queens New Music Festival performance, Comp Cord Ensemble will be joined by Bill Schimmel – accordion, Demetrius Spaneas – soprano sax, Damien Bassman – drums, and Jacob Miller – poet/narrator. The program will feature music of each composer/performer. Each of the compositions was written for this particular ensemble, and highlights the performers’ abilities, while giving the composers a unique opportunity to write for an unusual, mixedinstrumental combination. The styles of the compositions range the spectrum of musical sound, and the only words that could describe them all would be: eclectic, all-encompassing, and genre-blurring. (see Fri. QNMF for details)
QNMF: TAK Ensemble
May 18 // 4pm TAK is a New York based chamber group dedicated to the collaborative exploration and creation of new music. Comprised of soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, percussion, and electronics TAK’s collective energy brings an almost telepathic connection and immense dedication to new works and emerging composers. TAK’s QNMF performance will feature
3 works commissioned by the ensemble and 1 recent work. The Big Secret (see Fri. QNMF for details)
MY LIC: Kids’ Postcard Competition
May 14-18 // 12-6pm Awards ceremony May 18 // 5pm Students from the local schools, including LIC Elementary PS 78, have designed postcards around the theme: MY LIC. There will be an illustrious jury, and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer will present the awards to the winners at an awards ceremony on Sunday, May 18th at 5 p.m. Falchi Building 31-00 47th Ave falchibuilding.com
CONTINENTAL RECORDING STUDIO PRESENTS: FROM THE GARDEN
May 18 // 6pm - onward Creative places attract creative people. Local Long Island City museum staff team up to exhibit their artwork and music for one night, under one roof. Continental Recording Studio 10-10 44th Ave, roof 516.526.1097 facebook.com/ContinentalRecording facebook.com/events/230188920511671/
QNMF: KAVAK Trio
May 18 // 7pm Trio Kavak is Amelia Lukas (flute), Victor Lowrie (viola) and Kathryn Andrews (harp). An instrumental ensemble established by Debussy’s masterpiece sonata, Kavak explores the contemporary repertoire and new sound possibilities for this highly evocative combination. Trio Kavak will perform 4 world premieres by the composers of Random Access Music composers’ collective. The line up will include new works by David Fetherolf, Gilbert Galindo, David Schober, and Jie Wang. Also included on the line up will be the winner of RAM’s 2013 call for scores. (see Fri. QNMF for details)
CLOSING PARTY & 10SQUARED SILENT AUCTION THE OPEN’S CLOSING + 10SQUARED SILENT AUCTION May 18 // 6-10pm
Sponsored by The Falchi Building & Crescent Grill
Two Gotham Center Queens Plaza South Come celebrate the closing of our fourth glorious year. The space will not be available to us since it will soon welcome a permanent tenant. We thank HR Reit for their incredible generosity over the last three years for providing this unique ‘pop-up’ gallery. The exhibition will officially close at 6pm on May 18th , then we will be starting the countdown for the final hours of the silent auction. The auction of the 10Squared panels will close at 9pm, and in the final hour until 10pm we will wrap the art for collection by the winners. Music by Messenger-Grau
‘Go.Figure.’
A group show in the largest exhibition mounted during the festival . See Friday for details
10Squared Silent Auction
Over 100 pieces of incredible original works on 10” x 10” wood panels in all kinds of media will be auctioned off. Bidding stops at 9pm MAY 18th. Bidders must pre-register to take part in this exciting event. Minimum bids start at $100 with a minimum increment of $10. Pay $10 to register before you can bid – if your bid is successful, we will take $10 off the final bid price. All proceeds go to 2 great worthy causes – Queens Council on The Arts’ “High School to Art School” and LIC Arts Open.`
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