Two Guys From Astoria

7pm

Greater Astoria Historical Society (GAHS)
35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor
Astoria, Quenes

In the 1980s Joe Cicchelli Jr & Steven Fella were just two guys on 44th Street in Astoria. They have great stories and are coming to share what it was like being a teenager in Astoria back in the day.

$5, free to GAHS members

www.astorialic.org

NYC DEP Meeting on CSO Long Term Control Plans

6-8pm

LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue
(Building E at the Poolside Cafe)
Long Island City, Queens

This is a critical opportunity for the public to voice concerns about the CSO Long Term Control Plans that the City has released to date, and about plans that are still in development.

Learn more about the project and potential concerns from the SWIM Coalition here:
http://swimmablenyc.info/?p=2706

Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee Meeting

6:30pm – 8pm

Queens Pride House
76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 206
Jackson Heights, Queens

All are welcome at the Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee (TAQC) meeting!

Join your local T.A. to work on creating a separate pedestrian and bike line on the Pulaski Bridge, Traffic Calming on 21st Street, and Queens Blvd.

Transportation Alternatives Queens Committee advocates on behalf of cyclists, pedestrians, and mass transit users, in Queens.

More info here:
http://www.facebook.com/TAQVC

Queens CB 1 Meeting

7pm

Astoria World Manor
25-22 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, Queens

Learn about what is happening within your local community board. Community Board 1 includes the following neighborhoods: Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay and Woodside.
For meeting agenda and additional information, call: (718) 626-1021
Or visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/qnscb1/html/home/home.shtml

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Hallets Point Development

10am

1-02 26th Avenue
(corner of 1st Street and 26th Avenue)
Astoria, Queens


PLEASE NOTE: EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE OUTDOORS. PLEASE DRESS ACCORDINGLY.
Event will be held indoors in case of inclement conditions.

RSVP by Tuesday, January 12th to rsvp@durst.org

Dutch Kills Civic Association Meeting

7:30pm- 8:30pm

St. Patrick's School Hall
39-28 28th Street
Long Island City, Queens

The Dutch Kills Civic Association works to improve the quality of life in its namesake neighborhood.

Meetings are open to all!

More info: www.dutchkillscivic.com

NYRR Open Run

9am

Astoria Park
19th Street and Hoyt Avenue
Meet at the Field House next to the Track
Astoria, Queens

New York Road Runners (NYRR) Open Run is a new community-based initiative, bringing free weekly runs and walks to local neighborhood parks, all over NYC.

Open to all ages and experience levels. Walkers, strollers, and dogs on leash are welcome. No advance registration required.

More info:
http://openrun.nyrr.org/#Astoria-Park

Chance Ecologies Weekend of Walks, Talks, Screenings and Panel Discussions:

Endangered Surfaces Walk

2:30pm - 4pm

Departing from Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

Endangered Surfaces Walk to Hunter's Point South - an experimental walk by Christopher Kennedy and Ellie Irons. Tracing the border of Hunter’s Point South, this participatory walk will explore the remains, edges, and overlaps of the myriad surfaces that covered the land before development began last September.

Participants are urged to dress for cold weather.

"For the Birds"

5:30pm - 6:30 pm

Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

Screening of “For the Birds” – a series of site-specific video works by Joianne Bittle, followed by a discussion of the selected texts and observations in the field with the artist.

Archaeological Panel: "Art, Archaeology and the Curious Activity of Digging Up Nothing"

7pm -8:30pm

Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

A public discussion reflecting on the experience and concepts of performing an archeological dig.

Panel speakers: Matthias Neumann, artists of "Dock Street Dig" for Chance Ecologies / Scott Schwartz, archaeologist, CUNY Graduate Center / Megan Hicks, archaeologist, CUNY Graduate Center / Matthew C. Lange, artist / Jeffrey Lee Benjamin, artist and archaeologist, Columbia University.

www.chancecologies.org

Chance Ecologies Weekend of Walks, Talks, Screenings and Panel Discussions:

CURATORS TALK & BRUNCH

1pm – 2:30pm

Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

Curators talk and brunch, hosted by Radiator Arts. The curators of Chance Ecologies (Catherine Grau, Nathan Kensinger, and Stephen Zacks) will give a walk through of the exhibition and engage in a public discussion about the underlying themes of Chance Ecologies.

SITE & FIELD

2:30pm - 4pm

Departing from Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

Site and Field: Listening to Hunter's Point South - an Electromagnetic Field Listening walk by Dylan Gauthier.

Participants are urged to dress for cold weather.

Ceremonial Score - For Grieving the Loss of a Wild Landscape

4pm - 4:30pm

2nd Street & 54th Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

Ceremonial Score - For Grieving the Loss of a Wild Landscape, a participatory performative ritual developed by Allison Danielle Behrstock in collaboration with and facilitated by Catherine Grau.

Please dress for cold weather and unsteady terrain - the ritual will take place on the Hunter’s Point South site.

The Rotation of the Earth presents the Sunset

4:54pm

LIC East River Ferry Terminal
Hunters Point South Park
54th Avenue & Center Blvd
Hunters Point, Queens

The Rotation of the Earth presents the Sunset - a brief experimental sunset viewing by Dillon de Give.

Please feel free to pick up a poster listing the exact times of the sunset for the duration of the Chance Ecologies exhibit at Radiator Arts.

www.chancecologies.org

NYRR Open Run

Saturdays at 9am

Astoria Park
19th Street and Hoyt Ave
Meet at the Field House next to the Track
Astoria, Queens

New York Road Runners (NYRR) Open Run is a new community-based initiative, bringing free weekly runs and walks to local neighborhood parks, all over NYC.

Open to all ages and experience levels. Walkers, strollers, and dogs on leash are welcome. No advance registration required.

More info:
http://openrun.nyrr.org/#Astoria-Park

Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition

Daily through March 13, 2016

Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Blvd & Broadway
Ravenswood, Queens

Fifteen years ago Socrates Sculpture Park inaugurated the Emerging Artist Fellowship (EAF) Exhibition and launched what would become an annual exhibition of “artists to watch.”

This year’s Emerging Artist Fellows were selected through a highly competitive process that attracted over 350 applications, a record number for the program.
The 2015 Emerging Artist Fellows are: Kenseth Armstead, Charlotte Becket & Roger Sayre, José Carlos Casado, Torkwase Dyson, Carla Edwards, Davey Hawkins, Lena Henke, David Horvitz, Charlotte Hyzy, Melanie McLain, Kirsten Nelson, Freya Powell, Leah Raintree, Aaron Suggs, and Noa Younse.

As the culmination of a sought-after fellowship program, the EAF Exhibition is distinct in its commitment to emphasize individual artist projects. Rather than present an overarching theme, the exhibition highlights the singularity of each artist’s vision and subject matter, while providing critical consideration on diverse subjects, processes, and the specificities of site.

More info HERE.

Chance Ecologies Exhibit

December 17, 2015 through January 21, 2016

Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

For the past seven months, Chance Ecologies has brought together a group of artists to explore the wilderness of Hunter's Point South, Queens.

The post industrial site stood in disuse for 35 years, allowing for a complex, contemporary ecology to develop.

Over the course of the summer 2015, Chance Ecologies organized a series of art events, workshops and happenings that invited the public to experience the site prior to being completely leveled in October 2015, as part of the Hunters Point South housing development project.

Please join Chance Ecologies to view a diverse collection of new pieces by 17 different artists, which will include video, photo, sound and sculpture installations, zines, books, walks, talks and more, looking at this unique part of New York City's waterfront.

Curated by: Catherine Grau, Nathan Kensinger, Stephen Zacks

More info:
http://chancecologies.org/
http://www.radiatorarts.com/chance-ecologies/

Mobile Library at Hunters Point

Daily Until the Library Opens!

QUEENS LIBRARY & FRIENDS OF THE HUNTERS POINT LIBRARY PRESENT "THE SOLAR POWERED LIBRARY" IN GANTRY PLAZA STATE PARK!
Center Blvd & 48th Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

Beginning May 31st and continuing on Saturdays, The Mobile Library will be parked each Saturday at Gantry State Park, Vernon Boulevard at 48th Avenue, from 8:30 – 5:30 to offer books and materials for all ages for loan as well as digital downloads onsite and special library offerings.

The Mobile Library will be on site, rain or shine, except during holidays.