SUNNYSIDE GARDENS PARK presents
FLICKS IN THE GARDEN: A FAMILY MUSIC
AND FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday September 22, 2012 at
6:30
Contact:
Emilie
McDonald/Tammy Arnstein
Producers,
Flicks in the Garden
Sunnyside
Gardens Park presents Flicks in the
Garden: A Family Music and Film Festival on Saturday September 22, 2012. Starting
at 6:30 pm, upbeat music will fill the night air as the program kicks off with tunes
from a local band. Kids and parents are invited to jump and twirl, then settle
down with a slice and some popcorn.
Beginning
at dusk we will showcase kid-friendly vintage
animation films from the collection of Queens native Tommy José Stathes. Mr. Stathes runs the blog and website
CartoonsOnFilm.com, which celebrates early animation. The films shown will be rarely-seen
cartoons from 1930s and 1940s, including Along Came A Duck (1934), House
Cleaning Blues (1937) and Date to Skate (1938).
Flicks in the Garden is a volunteer-run arts festival
established in 2011 to cultivate and recognize Sunnyside film and music
enthusiasts and locally-based filmmakers and musicians. Co-organizers
and filmmakers Emilie McDonald and Tammy Arnstein have most recently worked
together on Crossing the River (www.crossingtheriverfilm.wordpress.com),
a narrative short film currently in post production.
Flicks in the Garden is made possible by the generous support of Council Member
Jimmy Van Bramer's office, the Sunnyside Shines BID, and the Sunnyside-based
businesses Go Natural, 99¢ Pizza Dealz, The Dog and Duck, Tiny You, and Pink
Icing.
DATE: Saturday,
September 22, 2012
TIME: Music at 6:30 pm. Films begin at dusk. There will be a 15-minute
intermission.
LOCATION: Sunnyside Gardens Park, 39th
Avenue at 49th Street, Sunnyside, Queens
RAIN DATE: Sunday, September 23, 2012
ENTRY FEE: Suggested
Donation: $10/$5 for park members
SEATING: Bring beach towels, blankets, or low
chairs.
FOOD: Pizza,
popcorn, and drinks will be sold.
DIRECTIONS: Sunnyside Gardens Park is on 39th
Avenue at 49th Street, three blocks north of Queens Boulevard or Roosevelt
Avenue. It is accessible from the No. 7 train (46th or 52nd Street stations),
Q32 or Q60 bus, and the Long Island Railroad’s Woodside station.
