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Free concerts and movies at Maspeth
Federal branches this summer
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
Why spend a perfectly beautiful
summer night in Queens
cooped up inside when you
can enjoy a concert or a movie under
a starlit sky for free?
Maspeth Federal Savings is hosting
several evenings of outdoor entertainment
this July and August, inviting
everyone to see a great show at no
extra charge.
The fun begins on Wednesday night,
July 11, with a disco concert in Maspeth
featuring Disco 54 performing
chart-toppers from the 1970s and early
1980s. The concert will take place at
7:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Maspeth
Federal Savings’ main branch, located
at 56-18 69th St.
The main branch will hold two
more concerts this summer: on
Aug. 1, Satisfaction, a Rolling Stones
tribute band, will perform some of
the band’s greatest hits, while the
following week, Aug. 15, The Crests
will entertain the crowd with their
covers of golden oldies from the 1950s
and 1960s. Both shows take place at
7:30 p.m.
Piano lovers will want to head over
to Maspeth Federal’s Forest Hills
branch, located at 101-09 Metropolitan
Ave., on July 18 for a free concert
featuring Dueling Pianos. The performance
takes place at 7:30 p.m.
Throughout August, the Maspeth
Federal main branch will also host its
“Free Movie Under the Stars” series,
where you can enjoy family-friendly
movies at no charge. The series begins
on Aug. 15 with a screening of
“Paddington 2,” followed by “Moana”
on Aug. 22 and “Coco” on Aug. 29. All
movies begin at 8 p.m.
Limited seating will be provided at
the Maspeth and Forest Hills events,
so guests are advised to bring their
own lawn chairs and blankets. The
events are weather permitting; visit
maspethfederal.com for additional
information.
Photo by Bob Dea/Maspeth Federal Savings, via Facebook
Talking business at Myrtle
Avenue BID meet
The Myrtle Avenue Business
Improvement District held its
30th annual meeting on June
27 at the Ridgewood Savings Bank
main branch at the corner of Myrtle
and Forest avenues. Captain John
Mastronardi, commander of the
104th Precinct, served as the guest
speaker and updated attendees on
crime in the area. Additionally, City
Councilman Antonio Reynoso was
on hand to honor the Myrtle Avenue
BID with a service award honoring
its 30 years of work. Shown at the
ceremony are (from left to right):
John Perricone, designee for Queens
Borough President Melinda Katz; Antonetta
Binanti, Myrtle Avenue BID
secretary; Giovanni Mistretta, Myrtle
Avenue BID board member; Ted
Renz, Myrtle Avenue BID executive
director; Herman Hochberg, Myrtle
Avenue BID president; City Councilman
Reynoso; Peter Aigner, Myrtle
Avenue BID treasurer; Jose Trucios,
NYC Department of Small Business
Services; and Valerie Wornian,
Myrtle Avenue BID vice president.
Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue BID
Heaven touches Brooklyn again at Giglio festival
The annual Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Italian feast starts
tonight, July 5, bringing thousands
to Williamsburg to enjoy 12
days of amazing entertainment and
feats of strength and pride.
The 131st Giglio Italian festival
takes place along Havemeyer
Street near North Eighth Street
and runs through Sunday, July 16.
The highlight of the event, however,
happens on Sunday, July 8, with
the remarkable dance of the Giglio
(pronounced jeel-yo) and Boat.
Neapolitan immigrants from Italy
who settled in Williamsburg long ago
brought over this tradition. During
the Giglio dance, a team of 120 men
hoist a three-ton, fi ve-story-tall statue
of St. Paulinus of Nola — along with
a 12-piece brass band on a platform
— along the streets of Williamsburg.
A “capo” leads the lift ers along the
way, instructing orders at the men
to move forward, up, down, dance
and even circulate the massive
tower, an awesome spectacle for the
thousands crammed on the streets
to get a glimpse of the dance.
Meanwhile, another group of
men also lift s and dances the “Boat,”
a replica of the ship upon which St.
Paulinus rode aft er being released
from captivity.
The Giglio and Boat dance takes
place at 1:30 p.m. on July 8; if you
Photos courtesy of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Feast
happen to miss it, you can come to
the festival for an evening Giglio
lift at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July
11, or the Old Timers’ lift at 2 p.m. on
Sunday, July 15.
Every day of the festival, of
course, there are plenty of other
attractions for attendees to enjoy
— including carnival games, kiddie
rides, souvenir vendors and plenty
of amazing Italian food.
Visit olmcfeast.com for more
information.
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