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Enjoy the summer this weekend at the LIC Flea & Food
10-day fi lm festival coming to Kew Gardens this summer
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com / @QNS
Grab a good seat and a bag of popcorn –
a brand new fi lm festival is coming to Kew
Gardens this summer.
From Friday, Aug. 4 to Sunday, Aug.
13, the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema
will present over 150 remarkable fi lms
from 24 countries at Kew Gardens
Cinemas, Maple Grove Cemetery and
the Queens Museum.
“Aft er more than a year of planning,
Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema is fi nally
here!” said Founder and Executive Director
Jayson Simba. “We hope our festival will
help this historic hamlet of Queens continue
to thrive and prosper both economically
and culturally, and plan to keep this tradition
going every year hereaft er.”
Th e festival will kick off on Friday,
Aug. 4 with at Austin’s Ale House’s
Trackside Cafe by the Long Island Rail
Road Kew Gardens station at 8 p.m.
Th e event will include free beer tastings
from some of the top breweries in
Queens and a plaque dedication to the
late Rodney Dangerfi eld, who grew up
in Kew Gardens. Th is event is free and
open to the public, but all guests must
RSVP by Aug. 3.
Th roughout the 10-day festival, fi lms
will be competing for awards in the
following categories: Narrative Feature,
Documentary Feature, Narrative Short,
Documentary Short, Animation &
Experimental Film. Winners for each
category will be chosen by the festival’s
specially selected jury and will receive
a personally engraved unique statuette
at the Grand Awards Gala on the fi nal
night of the Festival, Sunday, Aug. 13, at
Terrace on the Park.
Among the fi lms being screened during
the festival include the World Premiere
of Zachary Raines’ comedy “Accidents,”
Francesco Calogero’s “Second Spring,”
Heather Fink’s “Inside You” and more.
Th e documentary features will include
Susanne Helmer’s “Melanie,” Eve Lamont’s
“Neighborhood Utopia,” Todd Nilssen’s
“Th e Last Stop,” Sean Kernan’s “Crow
Stories” and Jessie Auritt’s “Supergirl.”
Th e festival also presents a number of
Queens-made fi lms including the World
Premiere of Forest Hills fi lmmaker Louie
Cortes’ “Good Day,” Kew Gardens Hills
resident Jermaine Manigault’s narrative
short “Language is Dead,” and the feature
“Nowhere, Michigan” by Robert Vornkahl
of Woodhaven.
To see a full lineup for this year’s festival,
visit www.kewgardensfestivalofcinema.
com.
Tickets for fi lm screenings and events
are now available at www.kewgardensfestivalofcinema.
com/shop. For the screenings
at Kew Gardens Cinemas, tickets may
also be purchased at the box offi ce starting
Aug. 4.
With the warm weather continuing
throughout the week, it’s time to get
outside and enjoy the summer at the
LIC Flea & Food (located at 5-25 46th
Ave.). Picture yourself strolling through
the market under a blue sky, a few clouds
fl oating by and fresh breeze coming from
the East River. You can fi nish your walk
in the beer garden area along the waterfront
with a craft beer and a delicious
treat from the dozens of food vendors.
Sounds a lot better than being stuck
inside — AC or not.
At the Flea, there is something for any
taste. Seeking to get yourself something
cute? How about a gorgeous bracelet
from Vivian Jewelry. Try J’enessence for
all-natural, handcraft ed body products,
like their amazing coff ee and cinnamon
body scrub. Maybe you are just looking
for something unique and funny? Th an
check out Th e Fishtank Apparel shirts
and even golf balls.
For regular visitors, there is always
something new to discover. New addition
Four the Hard Way will bring authentic
Jamaican fl avor to the LIC Flea &
Food. Th ink richly fl avored jerk chicken,
delicious oxtail and tender curry goat.
If you are more about shopping than eating,
check out Potter Aguero and his handmade
impressive pottery for a unique mug
or bowl that will stand out in any kitchen.
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. And
for all our wine and sweets lovers, we
have something special. With the code
LICFLEA, you can get 15 percent off the
Wine & Sweets Festival coming up July
22nd and 23.
**Please link LIC Flea and the W&S
Festival and use photos for fi shtank,
Vivian Jewelry,
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