Tag: Jackson Heights

by Joe DiStefano

04/04/13 11:00am

Alchemy Gives Texas ‘Cue a Queens Homecoming

by Joe DiStefano

Long Island City

Chopsticks + Marrow, written by Joe DiStefano, covers food both inside and outside of Queens. He joins us here on QueensNYC each Thursday.

Young and old alike came out for the opening of Alchemy, Texas, BBQ.

Before there was Virgil’s Real Barbecue, before Blue Smoke, before Hill Country, before the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, and before New York City’s current love affair with Texas ’cue there was Robert Pearson. The British hairdresser caught the barbecue bug while working in Texas. He returned to New York City to open Pearson’s Texas Barbcue first in Long Island City, and then in the back of Legends Bar in Jackson Heights. I never got to taste Brit’s ’cue. And I’ve never been terribly impressed by successor outfit The Ranger Texas, Barbecue. Last night the smoky arts made a triumphant return to Legends with the opening of Alchemy, Texas, BBQ. The pitmaster behind this Texas barbecue homecoming is Josh Bowen of John Brown Smokehouse. Bowen knows a thing or two about ‘cue in general, and Texas ‘cue too having logged some time at Hill Country.

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Alchemy, barbecue, goat, Jackson Heights, Josh Bowen, Texas

Flushing

03/20/13 9:00am

QNYC Event Highlight: Quintet of the Americas Presents A Celebration of Queens Composers

Categories, Music

Quintet of the Americas Presents A Celebration of Queens Composers

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UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY SURGERY. IT WILL BE RE-SCHEDULED AND THE NEW DATE WILL BE PROMOTED.

Queens will sound so beautiful. On March 23, the Flushing Branch Library will host borough-based world musicians who will play songs by past Queens residents. The program will feature woodwind quintets by Beata Moon (a resident of Forest Hills) and James Cohn (Douglaston), The Stuff of Comets by Dylan Glatthorn (Astoria), tangos by Christopher Caliendo (Jackson Heights) and the premiere of a new work based on Tibetan influence by Xinyan Li (Flushing). But the beat goes on. The concert will feature music by past residents including jazz by Louis Armstrong (Corona), rags by Scott Joplin (who is buried in St. Michael Cemetery in East Elmhurst), Pavanne by Pulitzer Prize-winner Morton Gould (Richmond Hill), music from the Harry Potter films by Academy Award-winner John Williams (Flushing) and William Grant Still’s theme song for the 1939 Worlds Fair.

Flushing Branch Library

41-17 Main Street, Flushing

Saturday, March 23

2pm – 4:30pm|Free

Astoria

03/05/13 9:00am

QNYC Event Highlight: Queens World Film Festival

Categories, Education, Featured, Jackson Heights, Long Island City, Videos

The Third Annual Queens World Film Festival

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Come see movies from around the world and around the corner…with buffs from around the world and around the corner. Tonight, the Queens World Film Festival kicks off at Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image with shorts from Italy, Belgium, Australia, Croatia, Brooklyn and Queens. In total, the six-day extravaganza will exhibit 104 flicks, including ones by 19 locals, along with industry panels, special screening events and popular youth-oriented educational initiatives. Awards will be presented to narratives, documentaries, animation and LGBT films, and the winners will play again at encore screenings on March 10 at LIC’s Secret Theatre. The organizers, spouses Don and Katha Cato, have informed that they chose challenging films that aren’t easily available to moviegoers for this third annual festival.

Tuesday, March 5, to Sunday, March March 10

Schedule | Prices vary, some shows are sold out already

Jackson Heights Cinema
40-31 82nd Street, Jackson Heights

The Secret Theatre
44-02 23rd Street, LIC

The Renaissance Charter School
35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights

Armondo’s Restaurant
74-27 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights

P.S. 69
77-02 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights

Armondo's, Astoria, Don Cato, Jackson Heights, Jackson Heights Cinema, Katha Cato, LIC, Museum of the Moving Image, PS 69, Queens World Film Festival, Renaissance Charter School, Secret Theatre

Bayside

01/14/13 9:00am

QNYC Event Highlight: Quintet of the Americas

East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Music, Outings

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Five musicians. Three concerts. Two days. One borough. The Quintet of the Americas will perform the Crystal Winter series in Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst and Bayside on January 15 and 16. The multi-faceted group will play seasonal songs from around the world in front of projected images of crystals, snowflakes, winter scenes and Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night. Expect Van Gogh-inspired jam sessions and audience members jumping the stage to join in with bells, jingling keys and water glasses. The band will also do golden oldies such as Sammy Cahn’s “Let It Snow” and “Silver Bells,” an arrangement of Sergie Prokofiev’s Troika from Lt. Kije Suite.

Salvation Army Temple
86-07 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights

Tuesday, January 15

11am – 12:30pm | Free

Elm-Cor Senior Center
98-19 Astoria Boulevard, East Elmhurst

Tuesday, January 15

1:30pm – 3pm | Free

Catholic Charities Bayside Senior Center
221-15 Horace Harding Boulevard, Bayside

Wednesday, January 16

12:15pm – 1:45pm | Free

Bayside, Bayside Senior Center, Catholic Charities, Crystal Winter, East Elmhurst, Elm-Cor Senior Center, Jackson Heights, Let It Snow, Lt. Kije Suite, Prokofiev's Troika, Quintet of the Americas, Salvation Army Temple, Sammy Cahn, Silver Bells, Starry Night, Van Gogh

12/22/12 9:00am

QNYC Event Highlight: Fourth Annual Snow-or-Shine Jackson Heights Winter Holiday Sing-A-Long

Music, Outings, Sports and Recreation, Weekend

Cassidy's Ale House, Jackson Heights, Jackson Heights Winter Sing-a-Long, Sing-a-Long

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Come singers, come musicians, come one, come all! Today, December 22, residents of all neighborhoods are invited to the Fourth Annual Snow-or-Shine Jackson Heights Winter Holiday Sing-A-Long. Participants of this caroling walk will sing seasonal and holiday favorites from various faiths and in various tongues, including American Sign Language, thanks to the nearby Lexington School for the Deaf. The route begins in front of Cassidy’s Ale House at 31st Avenue and 75th Street, winds through the area and returns to Cassidy’s for a warm-up party at individual expense. Candles, Santa hats, holiday outfits and other forms of fancy attire are encourage, but not required.

Fourth Annual Snow-or-Shine Jackson Heights Winter Holiday-Sing-A-Long
Cassidy’s Ale House

31st Avenue and 75th Street, Jackson Heights

Saturday, December 22

7pm – 10pm | FREE!

12/12/12 9:00am

QNYC Event Highlight: Jackson Heights Community Orchestra’s First Ever Public Performance

Music

Ancient Airs and Dances Suite#1, Community United Methodist Church, Handel, Holst, Jackson Heights, Jackson Heights Community Church, Jackson Heights Community Orchestra, Jayne Skoog, Overture to the Messiah, Patricia Glunt, Respighi, St. Paul's Suite

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Retired music teacher Patricia Glunt is still conducting business. She recently formed the Jackson Heights Community Orchestra, which will offer its first ever concert tonight, December 12, at the Community United Methodist Church. The all-volunteer, 18-piece ensemble features everything from flute to oboe to cello to keyboards. Glunt, who studied violin performance and composition at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music, will conduct, and the night’s program will include Handel’s “Overture to the Messiah,” Holst’s “St. Paul’s Suite,” Respighi’s “Ancient Airs and Dances Suite#1” and a couple of holiday songs with local lyric soprano Jayne Skoog.

Jackson Heights Community Orchestra Concert
Community United Methodist Church
81-10 35th Avenue, Jackson Heights
Wednesday, December 12
7pm-9pm | $10 suggested donation

Real Estate

Floral Park

by Brownstoner Queens

07/17/12 5:00pm

Open houses this weekend in Jackson Heights and Floral Park

by Brownstoner Queens