Thursday, June 10 from 4:30pm to 8:30pm
LaGuardia Performing Art Center—Mainstage Theatre
31-10 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 482-7200
Cost: Free, RSVP is required
For reservations email:
rsvp-lpac@lagcc.cuny.edu
GROWING UP QUEENS @ 4:30p.m
Queens-born Performance Poet Kahlil Almustafa presents selections from his collection of poetry, *Growing Up Hip-Hop.*
Joining Kahlil for the event are poetry students from across Queens. Participating schools include: Renaissance Charter School, Henry Street International, Hyde Leadership & others.
Artist Reception following Growing Up Queens
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Short Films @ 7:00pm (10-20 min each)
SEVEN WORD PAIRS FOR THE #7 TRAIN
Directed by Priscilla Stadler
Shot entirely from the front window of the #7 train, our journey through Queens becomes even more dynamic with changes in speed and rhythm, gradations of shifting color, and superimposed text with phrases that NYC subway riders will recognize.
KING JEFF Produced in the United Kingdom
Directed by Phil Dale
King Jeff is a black comedy with a social conscience which poses the question: If your imaginary world is a happy one, the is it really inferior to reality? The film is about making a choice between the imagined enemy and the real one.”
The most favorite film of Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival www.sunnysideshorts.net
THE GYPSY Best Student Film at Barebones Film and Music Festival
Written/Directed & Produced by LAGCC student Jon Navarro.
A paranormal science-fiction thriller
Queens-born Performance Poet Kahlil Almustafa presents selections from his collection of poetry, *Growing Up Hip-Hop.*
Joining Kahlil for the event are poetry students from across Queens. Participating schools include: Renaissance Charter School, Henry Street International, Hyde Leadership & others.
Artist Reception following Growing Up Queens
* * * * * * * *
Short Films @ 7:00pm (10-20 min each)
SEVEN WORD PAIRS FOR THE #7 TRAIN
Directed by Priscilla Stadler
Shot entirely from the front window of the #7 train, our journey through Queens becomes even more dynamic with changes in speed and rhythm, gradations of shifting color, and superimposed text with phrases that NYC subway riders will recognize.
KING JEFF Produced in the United Kingdom
Directed by Phil Dale
King Jeff is a black comedy with a social conscience which poses the question: If your imaginary world is a happy one, the is it really inferior to reality? The film is about making a choice between the imagined enemy and the real one.”
The most favorite film of Sunnyside Shorts Film Festival www.sunnysideshorts.net
THE GYPSY Best Student Film at Barebones Film and Music Festival
Written/Directed & Produced by LAGCC student Jon Navarro.
A paranormal science-fiction thriller
Directions to LaGuardia Performing Art Center—Little Theatre: http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/visit/
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