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Jamaica Downtown Jazz Festival ready to sing out in July
BY JACOB KAYE
jkaye@qns.com
@QNS
Jamaica Avenue is set to come alive
with jazz and celebration at the inaugural
Photos courtesy of Festival Media
LIC Flea & Food to open for their
seventh summer season this weekend
With the grand opening upon us and
the warm weather on the forecast, this
weekend is the perfect time to visit the
LIC Flea & Food. Enjoy the sunshine,
stroll through the market and visit with
amazing vendors for that special item or
treat.
On June 29 to 30, LIC Flea is welcoming
a few new food and fl ea vendors. Chori
& Chimi is bringing their Argentinian
street food to LIC Flea! Stop by their
booth to enjoy the best Choripán, a popular
chorizo sandwich from Argentina,
served with the most delicious chimichurri
sauce. Th e sandwich’s name comes
from the combination of the names of its
ingredients: a grilled chorizo sausage and
a crusty Spanish bread.
For those with a sweet tooth, CoziTreats
has an array of curated sweet treats including
macarons, cupcakes, cakes and cakepops.
Also joining the market is local artisanal
bakery Cookie Crumz, who specializes
in cookies with a twist.
For all our vintage lovers, DOE Vintage
has hand-picked, curated vintage clothing
and gives pre-loved garments a new life.
Mel’s Handmade Craft s has lovely unique
handcraft ed toys and more. For personal
care, earth&water is a vegan, sustainable,
and all natural skincare company
that is inspired by the ancient practice of
Ayurveda. It’s a holistic company that only
uses ingredients from your kitchen and is
free of synthetic and harmful chemicals
and safe to use on all skin types, even on
young children.
Th ere are plenty of good reasons to
get outside this summer weekend, so get
down to Long Island City and enjoy the
off erings of the LIC Flea & Food. It will
also be open for the Fourth of July, so
make it a stay-cation and get to the market.
LIC Flea & Food, located at located at
5-25 46th Ave., is open this Saturday and
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more
information and to RSVP for the Fourth
of July (plus your chance to win Flea
Bucks), visit www.LICFlea.com.
Jamaica Downtown Jazz Festival next
month.
Hosted by the Jamaica Center for Arts
and Learning, the festival aims to get a
new generation hip to the rich history of
the legendary jazz musicianship to come
out of the Queens neighborhood.
“Th e program allows young artists
opportunities to connect to the local community,”
said Rio Sakairi, artistic director
of the Jazz Gallery and co-artistic director
of the festival.
“Th e festival will make the music even
more accessible to audiences in the
neighborhood and I believe these young
artists will enjoy bringing their craft to
new sets of ears,” Sakairi said.
Th e festival will begin on Friday, July 12,
and jam through Sunday, July 14. It is set
to feature some of the biggest names in
jazz to come out of Jamaica. Several movie
screenings and walking tours will also be
available as part of the celebration.
While most of the festival is free, several
of the events on the lineup will require
paid tickets.
Milford Graves, a jazz drummer and
percussionist who’s spent his entire life
in Jamaica, will headline the festival and
perform on the main stage at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, July 13.
Many consider Graves to be a pioneer of
the free jazz movement. His avant-garde
contributions were colored by the Afro-
Cuban rhythms and Latin percussion he
brought into the context of jazz through
his own percussion.
Graves performed with Paul Bley and
the New York Art Quartet, featuring
John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd and Reggie
Workman during the 1960s, his most prolifi
c era.
Just 10 minutes away from Jamaica
Avenue, Graves still lives in the Jamaica
home his grandparents used to live in.
A screening of Th e Full Mantis, a documentary
about Graves will kick off the festival
at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 12. Th e fi lm
will show inside the Jamaica Center for
Arts and Learning.
Additionally, a new documentary about
Aretha Franklin will also be shown. Th e
fi lm, “Th e Amazing Grace,” features the
artist recording her 1972 live album of the
same name.
Later in the festival, participants will
be able to join the JazzWalk, a guided
tour about the Addisleigh Park section
of Jamaica, considered by many to be the
“home of jazz.”
All concerts and events will take place
in venues along Jamaica Avenue, mostly
between the Jamaica Arts Center and
Jamaica Performing Arts center. Ticketed
events will be sold separately.
See the full lineup below.
Friday, July 12
• 5 p.m. – Screening of Th e Full Mantis,
Milford Graves (JCAL, $10)
• 8 p.m. – Tribute performance by Jason
Moran and Tyshawn Sorey (JCAL, $20)
Saturday, July 13
• 10 a.m. – JazzWalk Tour, pick up and drop
off at Jamaica Arts Center ($25)
• Noon – Screening of Th e Amazing Grace,
Aretha Franklin (JPAC, $10)
• 1 p.m. – Keith Jordan (Queens Central
Library)
• 2 p.m. – Camille Th urman with the
Darrell Green Trio (JCAL Gallery)
• 2 p.m. – York College Alumni Combo
(Queens Central Library)
• 3 p.m. – Napoleon Revels-Bey (King
Manor Museum)
• 3 p.m. – Secret Mall (JPAC Front Lawn)
• 3 p.m. – Giveton Gelin (JCAL Th eater)
• 4 p.m. – Simona Premazzi (JCAL Gallery)
• 4 p.m. – Morgan Guerin (King Manor
Museum)
• 5 p.m. – Kendra Shank (JPAC Front
Lawn)
• 5 p.m. – Jonathan Finlayson (JCAL
Th eater)
Main Stage Concert at Jamaica
Performing Arts Center ($30)
• 7 p.m. – Milford Graves
• 8 p.m. – Don Byron
• 9 p.m. – Alchemy Sound Project
Sunday, July 14
• 10 a.m. – JazzWalk Tour, pick up and
drop off at Jamaica Arts Center ($25)
• 2 p.m. – Tomoko Omura (JCAL Gallery)
• 3 p.m. – Chris Morrissey (JCAL Th eater)
• 4 p.m. – Jarawa Brian Gray (JCAL
Gallery)
• 5 p.m. – Flamenco Latino (JCAL
Th eater)
• 6 p.m. – Roopa Mahadevan (JCAL
Gallery)
• 7 p.m. – Pheeroan akLaff (JCAL Th eater)
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