Fertile Ground New Works Showcase: February
2024-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
FERTILE GROUND has supported emerging and established artists for 18 seasons, showcasing the work of over 50 choreographers each year. The non-curated program features 6 dance makers each evening and includes a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Green Space Artistic Director Valerie Green.
February Artists:
Tomoko Aoki Dance Company
c/s movement projects
Jennifer Neff
Natalie Katz
Anna McGary
Natalia Montserrat

Super Bowl Sunday at Jungly
2024-02-11 17:00
Game On!
Touchdown at Jungly for the Super Bowl! Sliders, tacos, Kathi Rolls, and Happy Hour all night! Free entry, no excuses. Sunday, February 11th, starting at 5 pm. Get ready to score big!

Big Game Tail Gate Party
2024-02-11 13:00 - 21:00
Join us for the ultimate pregame experience before the Big Game at CityPickle this Sunday, February 11th, from 1 pm to 9 pm. Indulge in 6 wings, 6 ribs, and a 16 oz draft for just $25, alongside tantalizing specialty cocktails priced at $10 all day. No court reservation? No worries! Our bar and café are open to all.

Cucala February Social
2024-02-10 21:00 - 2024-02-11 00:30
Open bar! Dancing! Free class at 8pm! Get into the boogie!

Printmaking Postcards
2024-02-10 17:30 - 19:30
Learn about the art of printmaking and make your own valentine postcards! Beth will guide you through the process of making your own printing plate (aka stamp) out of styrofoam and then inking it on to postcards! The beauty of printmaking is that you can make a whole set of cards with one stamp! Make up to 3 unique designs and print up to 6 postcards to send to all your favorite people!

Lunar New Year 2024 Celebration at Culture Lab LIC
2024-02-10 16:00 - 21:00 | Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, NY, 11101, United States
Lunar New Year 2024Saturday, February 10, 4pm EST
​Come to Culture Lab LIC where you can experience fun games such as Mahjong, see exciting performances and gorgeous art!
​As part of our month-long Year of the Dragon exhibition, guests will have the opportunity to participate in the DIY DragonZodiac. Made of PVC and transparent plastic stickers, this is the work of artist Xiangdong Shi. All guests participating in the event are invited to paste plastic stickers on the designed pattern area. The special, transparent and bright light effect heralds good fortune in the Year of the Dragon in 2024.
​Enjoy fun games including Mahjong and participate in traditional dress up. Stay for the exciting live performances, you may even see a dragon making it's way through the gallery!
​End the night with CrazyLaugh Comedy, the first Chinese stand-up comedy in the Greater New York area and a fast-growing non-profit Asian cultural exchange platform.
​Tickets include one drink.
​https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunar-new-year-2024-at-culture-lab-lic-tickets-804199200457

Parent & Me Floral Bar
2024-02-10 10:30 - 13:00
Join us for a Parent & Me DIY Floral Bar with @NoliaFlorals
$30 per bouquet/ $15 per mini bouquet.

Valentine's Bouquet Adult & Me Class
2024-02-10 10:00 - 12:30
Get crafty this Valentine's Day and decorate your own glass vase and make a fresh flower arrangement to take home in it! This will be the sweetest way to celebrate with your little love bug and create a keepsake project that you’ll use year after year.
Choose from two time slots: 10-11am OR 11:30-12:30pm
One adult per child 🙂

Take Root Presents: Melanie Holm & Jeeno Joseph Na
2024-02-09 20:00 - 2024-02-10 22:00
About the Works:
Melanie Holm
Eve Song, a song cycle by American composer Jake Heggie with texts by Philip Littell, is a contemporary retelling of the creation story from Eve’s perspective. Heggie’s music blends classical, jazz, and musical theater idioms together to create a unique contemporary soundscape that highlights Eve’s emotionally charged journey. Her story is alive and well, in every being who seeks knowledge over comfort, justice over blind ignorance, and in every human being who has been shunned for seeking truth over blind ignorance. Despite continued attempts to shame her into silence, Eve’s legacy lives on, continually creating, evolving, and growing.
Jeeno Joseph Nadanam Collective
Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is an art form which heavily utilizes various Indian languages such as Tamil from Tamil Nadu, Kannada from Karnataka, Telugu from Andhra Pradesh, and Hindi from Northern India as well as their respective musical compositions and texts. As a first generation Malayali – American born to parents who emigrated from Kerala to New York, I’ve often felt a lack of representation for the Malayalam language within the Bharatanatyam repertoire. Through this work I hope to explore the beauty of Malayalam musical compositions, poetry, culture and rhythms through the traditional Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam.

CPR class
2024-02-08 19:00 - 21:00
Class led by Robert Bonsangue, Registered Nurse & AHA CPR Instructor, father, and local Queens resident. With 10+ years of experience, he teaches CPR, choking relief, and first aid.
You can choose from the following:
Fee: $60/pp for non-certification
Fee: $90/pp for certification
Fee: $112/pp for healthcare provider certification

Valentine / Galentine DIY bracelet bar
2024-02-08 17:00 - 20:00
Join us 2/8 for a pre-valentine's event! We will have @hudsonandstella jewelry there creating custom bracelets or you can choose from her curated selection! We will also have lite bites and drinks provided as well as a sweet candy bar!

Art Spot LIC Art Class
2024-02-08 15:30 - 16:30
Dab, place, push, lift and repeat: We are printing! Make a stack of cards for the ones in your heart
Art Spot’s after school session invites children ages 3-8 yrs, to create their own valentine’s cards. For us, art is all about the process.

LICP Talks Employment Law: What to Watch in 2024 and Beyond
2024-02-08 09:00 - 10:00

Movie Night Tuesdays at Jungly
2024-02-06 17:30 - 2024-02-27 19:30
Lights, camera, action! Jungly's Tuesday movie nights this February are gonna be lit! The Incredibles (2/6), Shrek (2/13), Matilda (2/20), and Finding Nemo (2/27), all at 5:30 pm.
Ready to chill with us? Secure your free spot on Resy now!

KK9R Adoption Event
2024-02-04 13:00 - 16:00
Korean K9 Rescue Adoption Event!
Are you thinking of adopting a dog? Now’s your chance to meet some of our adoptable dogs in New York City! If you choose to adopt from us, you’ll be supporting the rescue movement and helping change the life of a rescue dog for the better.
Come to our adoption event Sunday, February 4th, at Dogtopia of LIC (5-49 49th Ave., Queens). This event is from 1-1:30pm for pre-approved adopters and then open to the general public from 1:30-4pm!
*Important* – We encourage you to submit your application early, before the event for pre-approval.
Read our Adoption Procedures and Adoption FAQ:
–https://www.koreank9rescue.org/adoption-procedures/
–https://www.koreank9rescue.org/adoption-faq/
Want to Adopt? Our adoption radius currently includes select areas within New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts, and California. For full details on our adoption radius and procedures, please check our "Adopt" page.
We’re looking forward to having you join our dog rescue’s alumni community!

Winter Warmer Community Event
2024-02-04 12:30 - 14:00
Free event for the whole family!
Great for ages 4 & up. Learn about After School and our other programs at Gantry Kids. Get creative with Art Strong and make a unique project to take home!
See the gym, play, and try out a few coach-led games with Gantry Kids! Snacks will be provided.

Parent supervision required.

Sounds From the Gallery at Culture Lab LIC
2024-02-03 20:00 - 2024-03-30 20:00 | Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, NY, 11101, United States
Culture Lab LIC After Dark presents Sounds From the Gallery
Live Indoor Concert Series
Set against the backdrop of our esteemed gallery, "Sounds from the Gallery" invites music enthusiasts and art aficionados alike to indulge in an extraordinary fusion of sonic and visual aesthetics. With each concert carefully curated to complement the current exhibitions, attendees can expect a harmonious blend of artistic expressions.
The concert series promises a diverse lineup featuring local and international musical talents spanning various genres. From soulful jazz melodies to electrifying indie performances, each show promises to elevate the ambiance of our gallery space, transforming it into an enchanting musical haven.
Every Saturday at 8pm.
​Upcoming Line Up:
​Feb 3 – Ken Butler
Feb 10 – Habbina Habbina
Feb 17 – PI Power Trio
Feb 24 – Natie
March 2 – Y& I with Ken Butler and Special Guests
March 9 – Roxiny (Album release weekend)
March 16 – Jennah Vox
March 23 – RONI
March 30 – Camp Bedford
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sounds-from-the-gallery-a-live-concert-series-tickets-796909797657
https://culturelablic.org/#sounds-from-the-gallery

Triborough Film Festival at Culture Lab LIC
2024-02-03 14:00 - 21:00 | Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, NY, 11101, United States
Triborough Film Festival by Astoria Filmmakers Club
Immerse yourself in the art of storytelling with our Astor Nominees, films that promise to captivate, inspire, and entertain. From gripping dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, each screening is a unique experience that showcases the diverse perspectives and creative brilliance of filmmakers from around the five boroughs!
Discover hidden gems and emerging talent, engage with filmmakers with Q&A sessions after each screening and connect with other film enthusiasts over a diverse lineup of films, ensuring there is something for everyone!
Saturday, February 3, 2pm
at Culture Lab LIC
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-triborough-film-festival-tickets-801569825927

Super Bowl Specials
2024-02-02 06:00 - 2024-02-08 18:00
Calling all fans of food and football – Little Chef Little Cafe is offering delicious specials to order for Super Bowl Sunday. Items will be available for pick up or delivery between 12pm to 5pm on Sunday, Februay 11. Any questions – please send to events@littlechefnyc.com

Valentine's Day Bake Sale
2024-02-02 00:00 - 2024-02-11 17:00
Love is in the air
Our cafe is so excited to partner up with PS384 for our annual Valentine's Day Bake Sale! 20% of all sales will be donated to the PTA.
Plan ahead and order something sweet for your sweethearts!
Orders close Sunday, Feb 11th

Year of the Dragon: An Asian Artist Exhibition
2024-02-01 18:00 - 2024-03-24 14:00 | Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, NY, 11101, United States
Year of the Dragon: An Asian Artist Exhibition
On view: February 1 – March 24 during gallery hours, Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm​
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1, 6-9pm
Free Admission.
An exhibition featuring works by Asian Artists.
Curated by Xiangdong Shi in association with Chinese Overseas Artists Association.
https://culturelablic.org/#year-of-the-dragon

We Are Queensbridge: A Portrait Series
2024-02-01 18:00 - 2024-03-03 21:00 | Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, NY, 11101, United States
The Queensbridge (QB) Photo Collective is a group of female photographers, all over the age of 65, who live at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, New York. The Queensbridge Houses is the nation's largest public funded housing complex, home to over 7,000 residents from diverse backgrounds and cultures. During the last four years, the QB Collective, working with teaching artists from Five Corners Collective, Inc. and support from the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, has used photography to portray Queensbridge as a vibrant and resilient community – a community whose voice has value and should be heard. Join us for our opening reception, February 1st from 6-9PM!

Instrumental: The Life & Work of Ken Butler
2024-02-01 18:00 - 2024-03-03 14:00 | Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, New York, NY, 11101, United States
Instrumental: A Retrospective on the Life & Work of Ken ButlerCurated by Tess Howsam
​On view: February 1 – March 3 during gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 5-9pm, and Saturday & Sunday, 2-9pm
Opening Reception: February 1, 6-9pm
Free admission.
​We're kicking off our 2024 season right with our first exhibition of the year! Ken Butler is an artist and musician whose Hybrid musical instruments, collage artworks, performances and other works explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, altered images, and diverse sounds as function and form collide in the intersection of art and music.
​Join us Thursday, February 1, 6-9pm for our opening reception, including live music and savory bites! Be sure to stick with us throughout the month as Ken will have two live performances featuring "LIVE! at Culture Lab" favorites and special guests! As well as a chance to hear from the artist about his work!
https://culturelablic.org/#instrumental

LIC Lunar New Year Celebration 2024
2024-02-01 00:00 - 2024-02-29 23:59

LICP Networking Night at Red Sorghum
2024-01-31 17:00 - 19:00

Kid's Tennis Academy Winter/Spring OpenHouse
2024-01-28 14:30 - 16:00
At Court 16 we take a holistic approach to teaching tennis. Our coaches guide each player through a progressive curriculum that emphasizes building a strong technical foundation for the long-term benefit of the player. We believe that it's not a race to hit a certain type of ball or play on a larger court, but rather embarking on a journey to develop a deep understanding of the game that will benefit players throughout their lives. We understand that each child is unique and has their own learning style. Age is the starting point for placing children in the appropriate group, but our coaches also make recommendations based on each individual child's progress.

KK9R Adoption Event
2024-01-28 13:00 - 16:00
Korean K9 Rescue Adoption Event!
Are you thinking of adopting a dog? Now’s your chance to meet some of our adoptable dogs in New York City! If you choose to adopt from us, you’ll be supporting the rescue movement and helping change the life of a rescue dog for the better.
Come to our adoption event on Sunday, January 28th at Dogtopia of LIC (5-49 49th Ave, LIC). This event is from 1-1:30pm for pre-approved adopters and then open to the general public from 1:30-4pm!
*Important* – We encourage you to submit your application early, before the event for pre-approval.
Read our Adoption Procedures and Adoption FAQ:
–https://www.koreank9rescue.org/adoption-procedures/
–https://www.koreank9rescue.org/adoption-faq/
Want to Adopt? Our adoption radius currently includes select areas within New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Maryland, Massachusetts, and California. For full details on our adoption radius and procedures, please check our "Adopt" page.
We’re looking forward to having you join our dog rescue’s alumni community!

Yoga Tune Up Workshop
2024-01-27 13:00 - 14:15
Looking to ease muscle pain and stress?
Then join us for a Yoga Tune Up Workshop with Christine, this Saturday, Januray 27th from 1:00-2:15 pm in Studio 2!
Learn various massage techniques using Yoga Tune Up Balls and release unwanted knots and stress!
To book visit our website:
https://performancelabnyc.com/lic/schedule
or contact us via email:
info@performancelablic.com
You are also welcome to stop by and book in person.
Hope to see you there!

Drop-off Pizza & Game night!
2024-01-26 17:30 - 20:00
Join us for our first drop-off event at Two the Moon! Parents can go out and enjoy a nice dinner, or just relax on the couch for a few hours and we'll take after your kids! Ages 4+, 5:30-8!
we will have pizza, games, age appropriate movies and more!

SculptureCenter Winter Opening Reception
2024-01-24 18:00 - 20:00 | SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, New York, 11101
Join us for an opening reception celebrating R.I.P. Germain: Avangarda, In Practice: Claudia Pagès, and Small World Cinema.
R.I.P. Germain: Avangarda
Jan 25–Mar 25, 2024
SculptureCenter is pleased to present the first exhibition in the United States of R.I.P. Germain. UK-based, R.I.P. Germain investigates how structures of exclusion lead to the creation of para-institutional spaces, practices, and modes of sociality and solidarity. His practice explores how a lack of access to financial, legal, and other forms of state-sanctioned resources foment support systems that respond to the needs of underserved and excluded communities.
In New York, R.I.P. Germain will present a series of newly commissioned sculptures in the guise of facades and storefronts. R.I.P. Germain’s presentation will expand his recent explorations of “false fronts”– or spaces that present themselves in one way but function in another. Offering an appearance of banality, they frequently mask an illegal operation. Liminal and precarious spaces of trade, the fronts also run as spaces of care and sociality. These engineered facsimiles represent amalgams of frontages for “baggy spaces” (as coined by the artist and the activist-curator Helen Starr), places “found in every city, governed by their own logics — market and moral, they function as ways to serve a community need that otherwise remains unmet.” These conditions generate specified ways to access and operate within them that cut across typical social hierarchies and stratification. In hyperlocal terms that interrogate what it means to be “in the know,” R.I.P. Germain’s work asks whether such semi-secrecy produces community, reproduces the destructive dynamics of the outside world, or allows for other systems of sociality and value to develop.
In Practice: Claudia Pagès
Jan 25–Feb 19, 2024
Claudia Pagès’s work circulates word, body, music, and movement in multiple directions, tracing the continuity of logistics systems (like shipping and transport) alongside legal language and proceedings in hypnotic video installations. Pagès refers to the subjects of her work as “containment architectures,” upholding power through the flow of goods and capital. Pagès’s new work for SculptureCenter is a video installation sited between two locations that mark the “birth of bureaucracy” – ancient caves tallied with trade markers and the paper's entrance to Europe through the Silk Route.
Small World Cinema
Jan 25–Mar 25, 2024
In collaboration with Taipei Fine Arts Museum, SculptureCenter welcomes Small World Cinema, a presentation of moving image works from the Taipei Biennial 2023 – Small World, to New York City.
“Small World,” the theme of the 13th edition of the Taipei Biennial, suggests both a promise of greater control over one’s own life, and a threat of isolation from a larger community. As the curators suggest, our world can become smaller as we grow closer to one another, but also as we grow apart, and Taipei Biennial 2023 – Small World takes place within such a suspended state.
Divided into four programs and spread across SculptureCenter’s lower level galleries, Small World Cinema includes works made between 1981 and 2023 by Tekla Aslanishvili; Yin-Ju Chen; Samia Halaby; Li Yi-Fan; Artemio Narro; Ipeh Nur; Ellen Pau; Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze; Jen Liu; Jumana Manna; Bahar Noorizadeh in collaboration with Rudá Babau and Waste Paper Opera (Klara Kofen, James Oldham, Gary Zhexi Zhang, Anna Palmer); Oleksiy Radynski; John Smith; Su Yu-Hsin; Wang Ya-Hui; C. Spencer Yeh; and Zhou Tao (as of Jan 11).

Sponsors
Generous support for R.I.P. Germain: Avangarda is provided by ARTNOIR and Micki Meng. Special thanks to Neon Fab Studios, New York.
In Practice 2023 is made possible by the generosity of the Elaine Graham Weitzen Foundation for Fine Arts.
In Practice 2023 is made possible by the generosity of the Elaine Graham Weitzen Foundation for Fine Arts. The Foundation’s support for SculptureCenter’s annual open call exhibition reflects Elaine Graham Weitzen’s (1920-2017) lifelong commitment to emerging artists and her exuberant support of new ideas in art. Weitzen served as a devoted Trustee of SculptureCenter from 1987 to 2017.
Major support for the In Practice program is provided by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. The In Practice program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Leadership support for SculptureCenter’s exhibitions and programs is provided by Carol Bove, Barbara and Andrew Gundlach, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Jill and Peter Kraus, and Teiger Foundation. Major support is provided by the Marguerite Steed Hoffman Donor Advised Fund at The Dallas Foundation, Karyn Kohl, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Eleanor Heyman Propp, and Jacques Louis Vidal. Support is also generously provided by the May and Samuel Rudin Foundation, Inc., with additional funding from Candy and Michael Barasch, Sanford Biggers, Libby and Adrian Ellis, Jane Hait and Justin Beal, and Amy and Sean Lyons.
