Friday, July 23, 2010

music in queens...

Tyler Rivenbark's FIRST show in Queens for FREE! And while enjoying some lovely music you can help yourself to some FREE food. It doesn't get much better than that.
LIC Bar
Monday, August 9th
I open at 6:45pm
45-58 Vernon Blvd
fyi:
Tyler
www.myspace.com/mygoodname

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Role of Writing in Tumult of Urban Change...

Open City: Poet Fay Chiang and Scholar-Activist Peter Kwong on Gentrification and Chinatown/Loisada
Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 7-9 PM
Galleries, luxury condos, displacement, rezoning, affordable housing, neighborhood preservation. These are a few keywords in the conversation around gentrification. ***But what is the role of writing in the face of this kind of urban change?*** Two activists, scholar Peter Kwong of Hunter College/CUNY and artist Fay Chiang, will thread personal accounts of their lives as scholars and artists in Chinatown/Loisada with broader analyses of neighborhoods in flux. Their discussion will launch the Workshop’s community-based writers fellowship, “OPEN CITY: Blogging Urban Change,” where fellows collect oral history from residents of Chinatown/LES, Sunset Park, and Flushing. Partnering with the Museum of Chinese in America (MoCA) and its Archeology of Change Project, Open City is an innovative spin on the neighborhood blog, one that incorporates oral history, video/audio content, and new interdisciplinary writing.
@The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
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Between 6th and 7th Avenues
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Translations and Transitions


Writers and translators will share both the challenges and benefits of inhabiting two discourses, cultures, and traditions with high school aged writers in a workshop setting.
In-coming QC MFA students Ilaria Papini (translation), Panagiota Lilikaki (playwriting), and our recently graduated student Andriana Rizos (poetry) will join Roger Sedarat in a brief discussion and reading at:
PEN American Center, located at 588 Broadway, NYC
On the following dates and times:
10 am on Fri. July 23rd and Sat. July 24th.

Monday, July 19, 2010

The City that Never Takes a Break--or stops celebrating art...

There is a great deal happening all over the boroughs this summer. Here are two from POETS HOUSE:
18th Annual Poets House Showcase, a display of all the poetry books published in the United States in the last year, on view through Saturday, July 31 during regular library hours. Admission to the Showcase is free. Read about the 18th Annual Poets House Showcase in the New York Times. BTW--it's air conditioned with a river view!
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*Poets House Showcase Readings* are held in conjunction with the above. Coming up is a reading of several poets from *Persistent Voices*--a much acclaimed anthology that brings to life the poetry of poets who died from AIDs. Among the poets whose work will be read by other poets: Melvin Dixon, Tim Dlugos and Tory Dent.
Admission to the Showcase is free.
July 27, 7 p.m.
10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282 | www.poetshouse.org |

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Andriana: "Found (Self) in Translation"


From Tuesday's DAILY NEWS:
AT FIRST, it was all Greek, but thanks to a new creative writing program at Queens College, Andriana Rizos, a Greek-American has found her own voice in translation [at Queens College]. ... She can be found in Francis Lewis Park, penning verses on a yellow legal pad under the Whitestone Bridge. ..."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2010/07/13/2010-07-13_found_self_in_translation.html#ixzz0talH9rzU

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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Monday, July 5, 2010

A couple CUNY things probably air conditioned...

THE WORLD OF TAP DANCE: A TWO-DAY CELEBRATION

The Segal Center is pleased to devote two days to Tap Dance, a complex American popular art with a rich and under-recognized history and a present that's vibrant and international. Presented in partnership with the American Tap Dance Foundation, The World of Tap Dance will feature discussions with renowned tap artists across the generations, special screenings of classic and rare dance footage, and live performances by a curated lineup of dynamic tap artists. Day 1 will look back on the history of tap, with a special focus on the late and legendary Chuck Green, while Day 2 will survey the recent bloom in tap activity around the world, from Europe to Brazil to Japan.
Date:
July 6, 2010 - July 7, 2010
Time:
10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
College:
CUNY Graduate Center
Address:
365 Fifth Avenue 
Manhattan


INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Call (866) 553-3609 or email PDA@lagcc.cuny.edu
Date:
July 7, 2010
Time:
5:45 PM – 7:15 PM
College:
LaGuardia Community College
Address:
31-10 Thomson Avenue 
Long Island City, Queens