EVENTS
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7PM-Ricky’s Lake
“Blues Clues,” “Third and Bird,” and “Wonder
12:30-1PM: LIC School of Ballet 13
7:30-Goose
Pets.” Irwin has composed the scores for, among
Ballet performance.
8-Johnny Velvet and the Moonbeams
others, “Rocko’s Modern Life,” and “SpongeBob
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830-Dog Court
SquarePants.” He most recently composed the
9-US National Improv Team
music for HBO’s “Bored To Death.” Outside the
9:30-Anorexic Bear
world of television, Hawkes can be heard singing
1:30 - 2:00 PM: Secret Theatre Academy 13
10-Karma Haus
and playing trombone and ukulele with his own
The Secret Theatre has become an established
The Little Secret
group when not backing up artists like Norah
force in Queens. Now we are delighted to
Jones. Irwin was a founding member of “The
Journey On 1
announce the launch of our Academy of Dramatic
Raybeats” and “8 Eyed Spy” and was a long time
Arts, which will provide professional instruction
7:00 – 8:45 PM
member of “The B-52s.”
in Drama, Theatre and Playwriting to children
Walter: www.jwalterhawkes.com
between the ages of 6 - 16.
Pat: www.patirwinmusic.com
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8:00 – 9:30 PM
Laughing Devil Comedy Festival 35
2:00 – 2:30 PM: Water Brain 13
Adults $18/Seniors and children age 16 and
8:00 PM & 10:30 PM
Water Brain, Japanese contemporary/Improv
younger $12
(see May 12th listing)
$25
(see May 17th listing)
Museum 16
(See May 12th listing)
Roberto De Parana 49
$15 - 20
Saturday, May 19th
music. FUMIO a.k.a BBOMB SUN - Upright electric bass, MIKE WILSON - Sampler, NICK, CHEN - Drum sampler, JUN ANDO - Japanese
Doors 7:30 Start 8:00pm-8:30pm
Reflections: Water Sculpture Project 13
Roberto De Parana is an American born singer/
Kentaro Fujioka
songwriter with a strong Brazilian aesthetic
10:00 AM – sunset free
2:30 – 3:00 PM: Samurai Sword Fighting 13
and musicianship. With a natural propensity for
Reflections is a street installation project in which
Martial Artists perform a Samurai Sword
songwriting and a feverish love for Bossanova
I create the sculpture of water puddles at different demonstration
music, Roberto has utilized his roots that he
locations. The reflection of buildings and sky on
inherited from a healthy Brazilian upbringing. A
the surface of the water offers another possibility
Houston native, Roberto has been living in New
to the perception of daily life, bringing my
York City for the past six years strengthening
fascination with light and color to the public.
3:00 – 3:30 PM: Lower East Side Blues Collective 13
his lyricism and defining his musicianship. On
Located in the streets around the area of the
The Lower East Side Blues Collective is a
his debut LP, Roberto Bettega‘s proclivity to
open studios
folk-rock quartet that have been playing and
remain true to his Brazilian counterparts with a
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performing together for the past 4 years. They
mixture of American stylized jazz has produced
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feature a dynamic female vocalist as well as
great results. Roberto takes the jazzy harmonic
Koto
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acoustic and electric guitars, percussion, and a
complexity and nimble rhythms of bossanova
OPEN STUDIOS ALL OVER
healthy dose of vocal harmonies. They are likely to
and fuses it with an aggressive indie rock guitar
12:00 – 6:00 PM Free
be seen prowling down Rivington Street, banging a
dynamic, arriving at a sound that no ones
Over 200 artists from LIC participating! Explore
tambourine, crooning bluesy melodies.
really attempted yet. Roberto, a graduate from
the studios and special exhibitions of over 200
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Marymount Manhattan College with a degree
artists in NYC’s largest concentration of artist
in business, has worked in film, theater, and is
studio buildings.
currently in The Harmonica Lewinskies, an NYC
Throughout LIC
based Rock band who are also releasing their
Kids’ Art Contest Awards Ceremony
debut LP this summer. The Store www.reverbnation.com/robertobettega 832 877 6183
Pat Irwin & J. Walter Hawkes 49 8:30 – 10:00 PM,
3:30 – 4:00 PM: Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer 13
Block Party ALL DAY
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4:00 – 4:30 PM: 2/3 Goat 13
12:00 - 12:20 PM: LIC Academy of Music (LICAM) Students 13
2/3 Goat (pronounced Two-Thirds Goat) is an
Professional music school for children, teens
NYC-based band with Metrobilly tendencies.
and adults in and around Queens, NY, under the
Their musical fusion of folk, blues, rock, and
direction of Classical Singer & Music Teacher,
country summons the likes of Cash & Carter, with
Pat Irwin (guitar, electronics) and J. Walter Hawkes Oliver Sohngen. REGISTRATION IS NOW (trombone, ukulele, electronics) collaborate OPEN! Call or email us, to sign up for a lesson!
a contemporary spin. Their sound echoes their
on music that combines improvisation with
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from the hills and hollers of Kentucky, Ryan Dunn
the spontaneous and unique world of vintage
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born and bred on the beaches of South Jersey,
electronics. Both composers/musicians are known
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Ryan Guerra raised in the warm country nights
diverse roots of origin, Annalyse McCoy hailing
for their extensive work in animation. Three time
of Texas, and the rhythm section Andy Wilmoth
Emmy winner Hawkes has composed music for
and Jon Cavendish growing up in the majestic