FEATURES Times Newsweekly Community Profiles • Local History • Nightlife • Food Reviews • Neighborhood Events And Memories 21 • TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2015 Rolling Strikes For Troops In Ozone Pk. Members of the Rotary Club of Southwest Queens went bowling for dollars at Ozone Park’s Cozy Bowl on Sunday, Jan. 18, to support returning members of the Armed Forces. The family-filled event included a bowling tournament and raffles to benefit veterans organizations assisting soldiers who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. State Sen. Joseph Addabbo, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and City Council Member Eric Ulrich were among those who turned out for the charitable event. They are pictured with Rotary members, family members and guests. (photos: Marcin Zurawicz) Last November, the students of St. Pancras School in Glendale helped donate to less fortunate children for the Christmas season. They put small toys, games, books and toiletries into shoe boxes that would be sent to areas where children needed to feel the holiday spirit. In total 156 boxes were donated. The students also put on an art show where their paintings were auctioned off. $300 was raised and put back into the school’s art department to purchase more art supplies. The students, parents, teachers and principal Brian Colomban were amazed at the results of these two events. If You See Breaking News On Your Block... Contact The Times Newsweekly Call 1-718-821-7500 • Email info@timesnewsweekly.com Hoping Sniper Isn’t Last Picture Show F.H. Rallies ’Round Cinemart The historic five-screen theater has been showing films for nearly 90 years, but now they are in danger of closing for good. Independently owned by Nick Nicolaou, Cinemart Cinemas has been operating at a loss for the past several years. In order to keep his business going, Nicolaou convinced Warner Bros. Studios to release Oscar contender for best picture, American Sniper, as a first-run film at his theater. “This is the first time film companies gave us a first-run movie in seven, or eight years,” Nicolaou said. Cinemart usually shows second-run films, meaning the theater is licensed films after major theaters have already screened them. Nicolaou has been trying to bring in audiences with specials such as a free popcorn and drink with the purchase of a ticket. “It is critical that our ticket sales in the next few weeks are as strong as possible,” Nicolaou said. The strategy has been working because, according to Nicolaou, the Cinemart has been “playing to sold out crowds all weekend, it was unbelievable.” “I am so grateful to the community, and I am confident,” Nicolaou told Times Newsweekly in a phone interview. The Queens Chamber of Commerce is lending their support by promoting the theater’s blockbuster film showing, urging members of the community to see the film at the independent theater. The Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation announced that they will be supporting the Cinemart by purchasing 20 tickets—10 for adults and 10 for seniors—for American Sniper. These tickets will be handed out for free to members of the community to entice them to support their local movie theater. The organization hopes to do this ticket purchasing again for the run of American Sniper and St. Pancras Donates To The Needy by Anthony Giudice The Cinemart Cinemas, located at 106-05 Metropolitan Ave. in Forest Hills, needs the community’s support to keep its doors open. -SEE CINEMART ON PG. 60-
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