LIC limps to win
MITCH ABRAMSON Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Long Island City girls soccer coach Mark Skorupski ran on the field nearly as much as his players during Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Forest Hills. With three LIC players injured during the game, including junior forward Alison Dowdle, last season’s division-leading scorer, Skorupski was constantly tending to his players […]
SculptureCenter Members Only preview on Governors Island (reason to become a member?)
See on Scoop.it – Long Island City LMCC Fall Open Studios PreviewThursday September 27, 6-8PMMember EventMembers are invited to a VIP preview of LMCC’s Open Studio Weekend, which coincides with the final weekend of Governers Island’s 2012 public season (September 29-30). Enjoy complimentary cocktails and the exclusive opportunity to explore LMCC’s artist studios and talk […]
Casa Enrique Gives a Rare Glimpse of the Cooking of Chiapas, Mexico
Cochinito Chiapaneco (“little female pig ribs from Chiapas”) is a dish that demonstrates the adept way Chiapas cooks use dried red chiles to create subtle sauces. This week, Counter Culture rides on donkey back into the remote mountains of Chiapas in far southern Mexico, via a series of meals at Casa Enrique in Long Island […]
Forget eating at your desk — Lunchtime dance parties could be the next big thing
New Yorkers looking for a change of pace are turning to lunchtime dance parties to shake the day up. An up-tempo alternative to munching quietly at a desk or slogging through a long line at a local café, midday parties provide a place to shake and shimmy — at least for a while. “There’s so […]
Performance Space 122 & THE Chocolate Factory To Present ICH …
Performance Space 122 and The Chocolate Factory present the world premiere of ICH, KÜRBISGEIST from Big Dance Theater and playwright Sibyl Kempson. Blending performance, text, dances and visual design, Big Dance Theater installs Kempson’s play into The Chocolate Factory’s crypt-like basement for an audience of just 30 per show. Directed by Paul Lazar and co-directed and […]
LIC School Shines
Located in a renovated factory building in the heart of the Dutch Kills community of Long Island City, the Baccalaureate School For Global Education displays a quiet, respectable public demeanor. But inside these halls of learning, students participate in an explosion of knowledge and study that has launched the school to the top of a […]
Cheese Maker Put on Import Alert After Listeria Outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed Italian company Fattorie Chiarappa on import alert after the company’s product was linked to a multistate Listeria outbreak. All cheese from this company will be barred from entering through ports of entry unless the company can show that it is not contaminated. To date, 14 people in […]
Queens woman returns to middle school to aid at-risk kids
Liz Ward is a corps member for City Year New York. Her story is unique. The 24-year-old is serving for a second year at the same middle school — I.S. 126 in Long Island City, Queens — that she attended growing up. “I have lived in the same neighborhood my whole life,” she explained. “I […]
All Female She Devil Comedy Festiva
First annual five day comedy festival begins on October 24th (Long Island, NY) The first annual She-Devil Comedy Festival will take place October 24 – 28, 2012, at the Laughing Devil Comedy Club and other New York City venues. The She-Devil Comedy Festival seeks to honor and reward the artists that most personify The Art […]