Queens Antiwar Committee Schedule

from Humanist Center of Queens blogspot

Friday, March 2 between 5:30 and 7 PM
AND Thursday, March 8 between 5:30 and 7 PM
Pickets in front of the Jackson Heights Military Recruitment Center
Roosevelt Ave and 82nd St. Jackson Heights
7 Train to 82nd St.

Thursday, March 22 at 7PM
Antiwar Video Screening
Diversity Center of Queens
76-11 37th Ave. Jackson Heights

Nepal in New York

by KASHISH D SHRESTHA for Nepali Times

Rumours, arguments, and sly suggestions at a diaspora Democracy Day

A diverse group of Nepalis gathered to mark ‘democracy day’ on 19 February. Madhu Raman Acharya, Nepal’s ambassador to the US and permanent representative at Nepal’s mission to the United Nations in New York, and his wife Geeta hosted the event at the popular Yak Restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens...

...The ambassador maintains a neutral reputation here in New York, but some still view him sceptically as he was appointed to this office just days before the king’s planned attendance at the UN General Assembly in 2005...

UNLUCKY 7 FOR RIDERS AGAIN

By JEREMY OLSHAN for the New York Post, February 23, 2007

...There will be no (7 train) service between Times Square and 74th Street in Jackson Heights, although trains will shuttle between the 74th Street and the 69th and 61st Street stops, allowing riders to transfer to the E, F, or R...


BONUS: MTA Advisory

The World Can't Wait -- Jackson Heights Chapter

from queenscantwait

The World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime
Jackson Heights Consultation and Spaghetti Dinner
Friday, February 23, 7-9pm
At: Dan and Amanda's apartment in Jackson Heights
(email the.clash@verizon.net to RSVP and/or get the address)

Join us as we plan some upcoming local activities geared toward removing Bush from office.
We will also have a homemade vegetarian dinner of spaghetti, salad and garlic bread!
(Please RSVP to reserve your portion!)

DRAFT AGENDA:
1. Brief assessment/summation of recent activities.
2. Plan next educational forum or two (possibly including a forum on Iraq & Iran and another addressing LGBT concerns, both as they relate to the movement to drive out the Bush regime)
3. Plan work to pressure US Rep. Crowley (D--Qns/Bronx) to introduce legislation to impeach Bush and Cheney for war crimes.
4. Plan fundraising/media campaign to get WCW advertising into Queens newspapers.
5. Plan work to counter military recruitment in Jackson Heights.
6. Plan work to support the March 17 march on the Pentagon.
7. Other ideas!


email: the.clash@verizon.net
Listserv: queenscantwait-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
NYC chapter website: nyc.worldcantwait.org
National website: www.worldcantwait.org

UPDATE: Eung Ho Park Opening at Y Gallery

OPENING DATE AND RECEPTION FOR "TRANSPLANTATION" AT THE Y GALLERY MOVED TO FEBRUARY 15, 2007 @ 6PM!!!!

TRANSPLANTATION
Eung Ho Park
February 18th - March 15th
Opening February 15th
Y Gallery
6 - 9 pm
32-70 85th Street (corner with Northern Blvd)
East Elmhurst, NY 11370-2012
Phone 718 565 6285

Images of artist's work.
Asian American Arts Center Archive.

Kostas Anagnopoulos at The Fall Cafe

from The Burning Chair

Kostas Anagnopoulos & Elisa Gabbert at The Fall Cafe

Kostas Anagnopoulos was born and raised in Chicago. He is the editor and co-founder of Insurance Magazine and Insurance Editions. In 2003 he published his chapbook, Daydream. This spring Ugly Duckling Presse will publish his long poem, Irritant. He lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, and he works as a salesman...


Friday, February 16th, 7:30 PM
The Fall Café
307 Smith Street
Between Union & President
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
F or G to Carroll Street
FREE

arepa lady myspace page

(thanks to Jocelyn for the link)

The beloved local 'Jackson Heights Arepa Lady' has not been serving her food lately...
check her myspace blog for the reasons and (hopefully) updates on her schedule.

local photo: dunolly gardens

submitted by jamie lemoine

Parking etiquette a matter of custom more than law

Jeffrey L. Seglin for the Orabge County Register, February 12, 2007

...Scott Latzky, a reader from Queens, N.Y., wrote to me about a similar experience. The differences were that there wasn't any colorful language involved and that he was not the interloper but rather the guy who had been waiting for a space to open up near his home in Jackson Heights.

One Sunday afternoon Latzky had been waiting for several minutes when another car came along and double-parked to wait for a second space to open up. On the crowded streets in his neighborhood, such jockeying is common practice.

After another five minutes, a car began to pull out. The other car, which was parked a little closer to that spot, began to go for it, but Latzky cut him off and reminded him that he had been waiting longer.

"He complained that he thought that I had gone for a spot further back," Latzky writes.

The other driver indicated that, when he had lived on Manhattan's Upper East Side, whoever parked closest to the spot was the one who got it. Latzky reminded him that he wasn't on the Upper East Side and that this is how it works in Queens.

"He wasn't happy," Latzky concludes, "but he gave up the spot."

Latzky was in the parking space, but was he in the right?

He and the other driver both did the right thing. In matters of this nature, in which the law provides no guidance, local custom – not to mention simple courtesy – prevails. The fact that both drivers managed to avoid colorful language in sorting things out speaks well of them and of Jackson Heights...

JHNYC Call for photos

Please email photos representing Jackson Heights to
jackson.heights.nyc@gmail.com
for possible posting on this blog.
You will be credited by name.

Jackson Hts. repair goofs

By Adam Pincus for Times Ledger 02/08/2007

The city rejected an application last month to approve work done last summer without proper permits on an apartment building in the Jackson Heights landmark historic district, a city official said, in a test of city enforcement that could arise in Sunnyside Gardens if a proposed historic district there is approved.

The city Landmarks Commission during a hearing Jan. 9 turned down a plan from the owners of the Cedar Court at 83-09 35th Ave. in Jackson Heights that proposed to legalize the changes it made during their repair of the 63-unit building, Landmarks spokeswoman Elisabeth de Bourbon said...

...A landmark supporter in Jackson Heights acknowledged that there were problems in the enforcement of the Jackson Heights Historic District, which was designated in 1993, but said overall the neighborhood was better for it...

Colombian eatery grew over 17 years

By Adam Pincus for TimesLedger 02/08/2007

Though much of the food remains the same, the location could not be more different.
Orlando Valencia, 45, and his wife Ruby sell Colombian specialties in a 60-seat restaurant called Xtasis Mega Hamburguesa, at 82-12 Northern Blvd.

They came to Queens in 1989 from Colombia and began selling corn cakes and grilled meat from a pushcart in Jackson Heights at Roosevelt Avenue and 84th Street...

Mega Hamburguesa
82-12 Northern Blvd.

Chilli Chicken in Jackson Heights

from Chowhound

...It is Indian-style Chinese food (Chinese Indianized, rather than Americanized).
We started with lolipop chicken which was really tasty. Also had Lamb with sliced chillis and an great Okra dish...

Chilli Chicken
7308 Roosevelt Ave
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Tel: 718-651-0848

The Mamas & The Papas

by Jordana Rothman for Gothamist February 8, 2007

Book-ending 85th street in Jackson Heights, Mama’s Empanadas and Papa’s Empanadas caught Gothamist’s attention on a recent food-finding mission to the borough...

...Wars fought over family recipes, secret ingredients leaked to sources undeserving, bitter enmities born of pockets of dough! An angry pair of merchants courting Jackson Heights with prices plummeting in succession, specials competing for the greatest value, wildly creative fillings fashioned only for the laurels of having been there first—a kind of culinary dueling banjos forever noodling on Northern Boulevard...

...In fact, Mama’s and Papa’s is a friendly affair, the brainchild of Alberto Bastidias...

Mama’s Empanadas
85-05 Northern Blvd.
Queens, NY 11372
718-505-9937

Papa’s Empanadas
84-17 Northern Blvd.
Queens, NY 11372
718-507-0400

How to Oust a President

from the Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines (NISPOP),
World Can’t Wait/Jackson Heights

...Come see the 30-minute video “Oust!” about the Filipino people’s movement that succeeded in ousting a corrupt, militarist, anti-people president in 2001. Bring your ideas and join us as we discuss what it will take to drive out the Bush regime.

Thursday, February 8, 2007, 7:00 PM
Diversity Center of Queens
76-11 37th Avenue, 2nd Floor
Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
Subway: E/F/G/R/V/7 to Roosevelt Avenue/74th St.

Sponsors:
Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines (NISPOP),
World Can’t Wait/Jackson Heights

Co-sponsors:
Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), Humanist Center,
Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, Queens Antiwar Committee, World Can't Wait/NYC

For more info: 212-561-1567 # dan @ nispop.org # nispop.org # nyc.worldcantwait.org # worldcantwait.org


Cómo Expulsar a un Presidente
Vengan a ver un vídeo de media hora, "Oust! (¡Expulsar!)" sobre el movimiento de la gente filipina que tuvo éxito en expulsar un presidente corrupto, militarista, y contra la gente en el 2001. Traiga sus ideas y ensámblenos como discutimos lo que tomará para expulsar al régimen de Bush.

El Jueves 8 de Febrero de 2007, 7:00 PM
Diversity Center of Queens / Centro de la Diversidad de Queens
76-11 37th Ave., 2do Piso, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY
Subway: E/F/G/R/V/7 salida Roosevelt Ave./74th St.

Patrocinadores:
Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines (La red en solidaridad con la gente de las Filipinas; NISPOP), World Can’t Wait/Jackson Heights (El Mundo no Puede Esperar/Jackson Heights)

Co-Patrocinadores:
Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM), Humanist Center, Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan,
Queens Antiwar Committee, World Can’t Wait/NYC (El Mundo no Puede Esperar/NYC)

Para más información:
212-561-1567 # dan @ nispop.org # www.nispop.org # www.worldcantwait-la.com/spanish.htm

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Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines
PO Box 721340, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
212-561-1567 # nispop @ nispop.org # www.nispop.org

Koreans Share Their Secret for Chicken With a Crunch

By JULIA MOSKIN for the New York Times Published: February 7, 2007

...With Korean-style chicken outlets opening recently in New York, New Jersey and California, fried chicken has begun to complete its round-trip flight from the States to Seoul.

“I really think we make it better than the original,” said Young Jin, who opened a friendly little chicken joint called Unidentified Flying Chickens in Jackson Heights last month. “We use fresh, not frozen, chicken, always fried to order, no trans fats, no heat lamps.”...

UFC (Unidentified Flying Chicken)
71-22 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
718-2056662

bonus: Chowhound on 'UFO/UFC on Roosevelt'

Immigrant Entrepreneurs Shape a New Economy

By NINA BERNSTEIN for the New York Times, Published: February 6, 2007

...As the flow of immigrants to suburban and small-town America outpaces the growth of bustling ethnic centers in New York, many foreign-born entrepreneurs like the Mirandas are facing an unfamiliar crossroads. In the city, rising rents and density hamper growth, while swelling ethnic enclaves in the suburbs generate competitors. Yet in other places, opportunity beckons as never before, as immigrants expand the tastes of mainstream America.

Whether these businesses exploit the new chances to break out or succumb to the new perils, the city’s economy will feel the effects...

...Other companies, like Rajbhog Foods, which started as a mom-and-pop Indian sweets shop in Jackson Heights, Queens, seem to be on the edge of a similar breakthrough, even as they struggle with rising costs and shifting immigration patterns.

“Two steps forward and then back one step,” said Sachin Mody, the chief executive and son of the founders. “That is the hardest part, to keep hurdling and keep evolving.”...

Eung Ho Park Opening at Y Gallery

TRANSPLANTATION
Eung Ho Park
February 18th - March 15th
Opening February 18th
Y Gallery
6 - 9 pm
32-70 85th Street (corner with Northern Blvd)
East Elmhurst, NY 11370-2012
Phone 718 565 6285

Images of artist's work.
Asian American Arts Center Archive.

Chowhound: Daily Roundup re: Jackson Heights

from chowhound

Killer Empanadas at Jackson Heights' Chivito D'Oro

In the East Village, Zabb Thai Hits Its Stride

A decent bagel in jackson heights?

Jackson Heights yesterday at lunch time, and had no idea where to go.

Immigrant Groups Get Aid Boost

By MATT HAMPTON for Queens Tribune February 2, 11:47 AM

Several immigrant educational and support groups are more secure in their future thanks to the efforts of elected officials from Jackson Heights and Corona.
As a part of the Immigrant Opportunities Initiative, more than 100 immigrant resource centers and educational services citywide have had access to a pool of $9.2 million in City funds. This year, more than a quarter of a million dollars was earmarked for community groups in Queens...

Garden statue - Jackson Heights boasts 'Garden' Living

from dukemarket.com

Planned as a "garden" community in the 1920s, Jackson Heights remains very much true to character today - with apartment complexes built around small gardens and private homes.
Stratford School second graders learned what the Garden City Public Library has to offer them during a field trip to the library in January...

Link To Cancer Help Rolls Into Libraries

by Emanuel Jalonschi, Queens Chronicle Correspondent 02/01/2007
(thanks to Anonymous for the link)

...The Queens Cancer Center, as part of the initiative, will provide cancer detection and treatment regardless of a patient’s immigration status or ability to pay.
Information on the Queens Health Link Initiative is already available at the Jackson Heights Library at 25 51 81st St. and will soon expand to other branches. The screening van will begin regular visits to the Jackson Heights Library in March.
Check your local branch for availability or contact the American Cancer Society for details on the Queens Health Link Initiative at (800) ACS 2345 for more information.