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 […]
Ex-Union Chief Arrested in Kickback Plan
The former president of a union local in Long Island City, Queens, was arrested on Tuesday and accused of abusing his position through a host of illegal schemes, including taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks from a company he contracted to run the union’s health benefits plan. Hector Lopez, the former president of […]
Recall of ricotta cheese sold in Wash., Ore.
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — An Auburn, Wash., company is recalling Ricotta Salata Frescolina brand cheese that came from supplier Forever Cheese of Long Island City, N.Y. Peterson Co. says Forever Cheese recalled the product because of possible contamination with listeria bacteria. The cheese was sold to distributors, retailers and restaurants in Washington and Oregon between […]
Art Book Fair Returns to MoMA PS1 With Rare, Pricey Works
LONG ISLAND CITY — It’s the state of the art for books. The NY Art Book Fair, returning to MoMA PS1 this weekend, will showcase more than 280 international booksellers, artists and independent publishers from over 25 countries, from Japan to Australia and Russia, some of which may sell for a pretty penny. Last year […]
NY ART BOOK FAIR: at PS1.
Printed Matter’s annual fair of contemporary art books, art catalogs, artists’ books, art periodicals, and ‘zines. Admission to the fair is FREE. // This event rules See on nyartbookfair.com
CBS goes ‘Elementrary’ to find wanne-be sleuths
Yo, Holmes! CBS is deputizing wanna-be sleuths across the nation to join a scavenger hunt and find a madman on the loose in New York City. The winning team of two to three people will snag an exclusive visit to the set of “Elementary,” the network’s new, modernized Sherlock Holmes drama, filmed at Silvercup Studios […]
Long Island City Wine Store Throwing Party for Pooches
LONG ISLAND CITY — These Chihuahuas prefer Chardonnay. A Long Island City liquor store is throwing a “Puppy Party” this Friday so that wine aficionados and their four-legged pals can have some fun while helping out New York dog charities. Court Square Wine and Spirits, at 24-20 Jackson Ave., will host a tasting of various alcohols, […]
LIC business landscape evolves
Long Island City, once an industrial area known for its large manufacturing plants and hulking waterfront warehouses, is becoming a neighborhood of choice for entrepreneurs and businesses looking to expand. As larger manufacturers have left the area, taking blue-collar jobs along with them, it has seen an increase in smaller companies, artisanal food businesses and […]
Rare Japanese blossoms
Higenbana fired up around 21st st and Jackson Ave
Dick Tiger’s daughter speaks at Ring 8 this Tuesday
Announcement Plus the creator of “Roll with the Punches” (wheelchair boxing) Dick Tiger’s daughter Justina Ihetu will be the special guest speaker at this Tuesday’s monthly RING 8 meeting at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City. Ihetu authored a book about her father entitled, “In Africa’s Honor: Dick Tiger versus Gene Fullmer III […]
Drunks & stunts enliven fest
In just a few years, the French Alliance’s Crossing the Line Festival (fiaf.org/ctl) has become a fall staple. Focusing mostly on French and American artists, this interdisciplinary fest draws on dance, multimedia installations, lectures, performance art and theater — often in the same show. One of the most buzzed-about entries is Brian Rogers’ “Hot Box,” […]
Recall of ricotta cheese sold in Wash., Ore.
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YESCO Opening New York Location
YESCO Opening New York Location A proven leader in the sign and lighting service industry (Huntington, NY) YESCO, a proven leader in the sign and lighting service industry is opening a New York location in partnership with Sign-A-Rama of Huntington. YESCO, one of the largest sign and lighting repair companies in the United States, […]
Long Island City Spirit
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