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.
At dusk, we will showcase kid-friendly vintage animation films from the collection of Queens-native Tommy José Stathes, who runs the blog and website CartoonsOnFilm.com celebrating early animation. The films to be shown include rarely-seen cartoons from 1930s and 1940s: Along Came A Duck (1934), Felix in April Maze (1930), Betty & Grampy (1935), House Cleaning Blues (1937), A Date to Skate (1938), Me Musical Nephews (1942), and Neptune Nonsense (1936). The event will end by 8:30 pm.
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. Flicks’ co-organizers and filmmakers Emilie McDonald and Tammy Arnstein have most recently worked together on Crossing the River, a narrative short film which is completing 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.
