Jackson Heights Art Club 53rd Annual Members Exhibit

The Jackson Heights Art Club's most recent event on March 9, 2008("Rembrandt: The Master as Printmaker" lecture), had about 25 members and local community in attendance for Dr. Martha Hollander's presentation.

The next event will be a collection of artwork from JHAC members in the "53 Annual Members Show" starting with its opening reception on April 4th at 7pm.
The exhibit will also be open from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6. The public is invited to attend the opening reception on Friday and the exhibition free of charge.

[where: Parish House of St. Mark's Church, 33-50 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, NY.]

Gothamist visits Green Plantains

Joe DiStefano reviews the new Chino Latino joint, Green Plantains.

[where: Green Plantains, 79-09 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights 11372]

what? no 'jack heights'?!?!

Not sure what this list is based on but steponecreative.blogspot.com lists the
100 Top Advertising Campaigns of All Time
and coming in at #70...

Queensboro Corp., Jackson Heights Apartment Homes, WEAF, NYC, 1920s

Supermodel from Jackson Heights

from bobble-bee.blogspot.com March 04, 2008

Dovima was born in New York, in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens.
She was believed to be the highest-paid Manhattan high-fashion model of her time ($60 an hour) in the 1950s.

Boriqua Blog visits Don Francisco in JH

Daisy Martinez gives a great summary of the excellent Argentine food shop.

[where: Don Francisco Meat Market 8517 37th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372]

Diabetes more common in JH Indian community

Bedeviled by the Sugar Sickness
from NTimes By ALEX MINDLIN, March 2, 2008

Type 2 diabetes strikes a sixth of the more than 200,000 New Yorkers whose families are from the Indian subcontinent. That gives them the highest rate of the disease among the city’s major ethnic groups.

Eleanor Clift of “The McLaughlin Group” grew up in JH

from NYTimes Magazine interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON March 2, 2008

I grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, and my father had a deli, Roeloffs Deli, in Sunnyside. My mother made the German potato salad, the egg custard and rice pudding, and I didn’t learn any of the recipes. I should have.

elmjack heights

via flickr

pursue bliss provides a nice shot of JH at night... although the shot is from 37th Ave, I think it is a view down 75th Street towards Roosevelt...

Nanking Express gets reviewed on Gourmand's Guide

from gourmandsguide.blogspot.com February 18, 2008

sometimes the best meals you can eat are found in the unassuming little restaurants that look like holes in the wall!

[where: Nanking Express, 72-23 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372]

JH Menage a Trois?

via flickr

caryn74 spots swinging trio in Jax Hts Little India

India's largest bank will open in Jackson Heights

U.S. Federal Reserve Approves Uninsured Branch Of State Bank Of India In New York

from allheadlinenews.com by Linda Young January 28, 2008

India's largest bank will open an uninsured branch in Jackson Heights, New York soon. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced that it approved an application from the State Bank of India in Mumbai, India to establish a branch there. The bank has assets of approximately $187.5 billion and the Government of India owns 63.8 percent of the bank, with no other shareholder directly owning more than 5 percent of the bank's shares.

Umami Mart directs us to JH Masitas

posted by Umami Mart January 24, 2008

You can find them at bakeries all over Buenos Aires, and also in Jackson Heights at La Nueva Bakery on 37th Ave. La Nueva may have a smaller assortment than your typical bakery, but the classics are all there...

[where:La Nueva Bakery, 8502 37th Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372]

FIRST ANNUAL JACKSON HEIGHTS POETRY FESTIVAL COMING THIS MAY

Alright, you've got less than a month to think of rhymes for '7 Train', 'alfajores', 'yogurberry' and 'thatwhistlerlady'...

The Most Culturally Diverse Neighborhood in the U.S. brings together Community Schools and Organizations to Promote
Diversity Appreciation through Poetry

From May 15-17, 2008, Jackson Heights will open its doors to both the local community and NYC at large to celebrate the cultural diversity of Queens and the poetic talent of its students.

The Jackson Heights Poetry Festival is a 3-day event involving workshops taught by professors and poets, a poetry slam, and a series of readings at an all-day outdoor-poetry-extravaganza.

Leading up to the festival, a poetry contest will be held in public and private middle and high schools throughout Queens for students in grades 6 – 12, and winners will be featured at the festival.

EVENTS:
WORKSHOPS: Thursday May 15, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
The Garden School 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights NY, 11372

POETRY SLAM & OPEN MIC: Friday May 16, 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Restaurant and Lounge Novo 78-23 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY

THE FESTIVAL: Saturday May 17, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The Garden School 33-16 79th Street, Jackson Heights, NY

NOTED POETS AND EDUCATORS TAKING PART IN THE JHPF EVENTS:
Patrick Rosal, Richard Marotta, Lee Schlesinger, Michael Dumanis, Bill Zavatsky, and the first woman to be named the Poet Laureate of Queens, New York, Ishle Yi Park.

SPONSORS/ORGANIZERS/SUPPORTERS:
New York Council for the Humanities
Jackson Heights Beautification Group
NYS Assemblyman José R. Peralta, Queens Assembly District #39.
Marina Yoffe, Co-Founder/Director
-Sarah Heinemann, Co-Founder/Director

Online submissions are due by Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Finalists will be announced online May 1, 2008.

For more information or to submit your work for Contest consideration, please visit www.jhpfest.org or contact us at jhpfest@gmail.com

David Heatley's Jackson Heights map

Due to the buzz around David Heatley's "Queens is the new Brooklyn" he was commissioned to produce a map of Jackson Heights in his distinctive style.
Pick one up at Espresso 77... use the map to find out where that is.