44 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • FEBRUARY 23, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM buzz TV icon to help lead St. Pat’ s for All march BY ROBERT POZARYCKI rpozarycki@qns.com @robbpoz Anyone and everyone proud of their Irish heritage will be marching through the streets of Sunnyside and Woodside again during the St. Pat’s For All Parade on Sunday, March 5. Th e 18th renewal of the all-inclusive celebration of St. Patrick’s Day will be led by two grand marshals: television icon Phil Donahue and human rights advocate Anastasia Somoza. St. Pat’s for All began in 2000 as an alternative to the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade along Fift h Avenue in Manhattan, at a time when LGBT groups were prohibited from marching by the organizers, the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Even as LGBT groups have been permitted to march in the Manhattan parade in recent years, the St. Pat’s for All Parade has grown into one of the largest celebrations of Irish heritage in Queens, attracting thousands of participants and numerous elected offi cials each year. As noted on the event’s offi cial website, the St. Pat’s for All Parade theme borrows from a line in 1916 Easter Proclamation of the Irish Republic: “Cherishing all the children of the nation equally.” Donahue might be one of the most notable fi gures to lead the St. Pat’s for All Parade as a grand marshal. For nearly 30 years, his eponymous daytime talk show attracted millions of viewers nationally and internationally, earning him an array of television awards. Aft er ending his show in 1996, he produced a number of award-winning television news specials and documentaries. Somoza, a daughter of a mother from Ireland and a father from Nicaragua, is a longtime supporter of the parade that now honors her as a grand marshal. She gained national attention for her prime time speech during the fi rst night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in support of rights for disabled Americans. Somoza is a consultant with the Shield Institute, a group dedicated to helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Th e 2017 St. Pat’s for All Parade begins at 1 p.m. on March 5 at the corner of Visit www.stpatsforall.org for additional information on the St. Pat’s for All Parade. Skillman Avenue and 43rd Street with a brief ceremony. Marchers will step off at 2 p.m. from the location and head east along Skillman Avenue to 56th Street, then turn Photo by Josef Pinlac north on 56th Street to Woodside Avenue and back east on Woodside Avenue to 58th Street, where the parade concludes. IL-LUMEN-INATING Check out a canopy of photoluminescent yarn in LIC this summer BY ANGELA MATUA amatua@qns.com/ @AngelaMatua MoMA PS1 has announced its choice for the annual Young Architects Program and this year, museum patrons will be able to sit under a canopy that is responsive to light and darkness. “Lumen,” the project created by New York-based architect Jenny Sabin, is a”socially and environmentally responsive structure that adapts to the densities of bodies, heat and sunlight.” In the morning, participants will be sprayed with cooling mist and the canopy will act as shade from the heat. At night, the structure will provide light. Th e system was digitally knitted and robotically woven out of recycled textiles and photo luminescent and solar yarns that have the ability to absorb, collect and deliver light. “Lumen” is reactive; when a person comes in close proximity with its cooling system, fabric stalactites release mist to help create a “refreshing micro-system.” Everything is woven using similar fabric, including the woven recycled spool chairs that will be peppered throughout MoMA PS1’s courtyard. Creating the canopy and accompanying parts required several disciplines including coding, materials science and engineering. “Th rough direct references to the fl exibility and sensitivity of the human body, ‘Lumen’ integrates adaptive materials and architecture where code, pattern, human interaction, environment, geometry and matter operate together as a conceptual design space,” the artist’s website read. Sabin runs her own experimental architecture studio in Ithaca where she works with scientists, engineers, artists, architects and designers to “explore the intersection of architecture and science.” Th e Young Architects Program challenges architects to develop an original design for a temporary outdoor installation at MoMA PS1 that provides shade, seating and water. Around 50 fi rms are nominated every year and a panel of judges chooses the winner. “Lumen” will make its debut on June 29 at 22-25 Jackson Ave. and will be available for patrons all summer. To view a video detailing the design process for the project, click here.
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