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MEDIA ADVISORY FOR JUNE 27, 7 PM Contact: QUEENS COLLEGE AND NYC PARKS LAUNCH BOROUGH-WIDE COLLABORATIVE OFFERING FREE CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGH OCTOBER<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Initiative will provide access to the Inaugural Kupferberg Center for the Arts-sponsored Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series and feature emerging and professional artists from the ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ School of Arts<\/em>\u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” min_height=”1722.6px” custom_margin=”-30px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”32px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_text_color=”#000000″ header_2_text_color=”#000000″ header_3_text_color=”#000000″ width=”100%” min_height=”1204.7px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n WHAT: \u00a0<\/strong>A free and open-to-the-public launch event to announce a transformative partnership between ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ<\/a>\u00a0of the City University of New York and NYC Parks to promote cultural vibrancy through free performances and interactive workshops focused on music, dance, and the visual arts in multiple locations across the borough through October. The NYC Parks-supported initiative will include access to performances in the inaugural Kupferberg Center for the Arts-sponsored Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series and feature emerging and professional artists from the ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ School of Arts.<\/p>\n Among the initiative highlights are the Beach Opening Ceremony at Rockaway Beach and Saturday music concerts at Dinkins\u2019 Circle in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Art and nature walks will be offered in collaboration with the college\u2019s Godwin-Ternbach Museum<\/a>, the only museum in the borough with a collection that spans antiquity to the present day. Events will also take place in Alley Pond Park, Crocheron Park, Forest Park, Highland Park, and parks in southeast Queens and the Rockaways. A continually updated events listing is available on the ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ School of Arts website HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n WHO: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Invited speakers include Jacqueline Langsam, Queens Borough commissioner, NYC Parks; Frank H. Wu, president, ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ; Ellen Kodadek, executive director, Flushing Town Hall; Simone Yearwood, interim dean of Arts and Humanities, ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ; and local elected officials.<\/p>\n The ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ Aaron Copland School of Music Jazz Trio and the Antonio Hart Quartet will perform. Emmy-nominated saxophonist Hart<\/a>\u00a0is a professor of jazz studies in the Aaron Copland School of Music<\/a>\u00a0at ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ.<\/p>\n WHERE:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Archie Spigner Park<\/a>\u00a0(Great Lawn area) | 169 Street, Merrick Boulevard, and Marne Place between Linden Boulevard, Sayres Avenue and 111 Road, Jamaica, New York | Directions<\/a><\/p>\n Background ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ School of Arts<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>offers the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary arts education within the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Founded in 2022, it houses renowned programs in theatre, dance, fashion, studio art, and design as well as the Aaron Copland School of Music, Media Studies, and the MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation.<\/p>\n NYC Parks<\/a>\u00a0is the steward of more than 30,000 acres of land\u201414 percent of New York City\u2014including more than 5,000 individual properties ranging from Coney Island Beach<\/a>\u00a0and Central Park<\/a>\u00a0to community gardens<\/a>\u00a0and Greenstreets<\/a>. It operates more than 800 athletic fields<\/a>\u00a0and nearly 1,000 playgrounds<\/a>, 1,800 basketball courts<\/a>, 550 tennis courts<\/a>, 65 public pools<\/a>, 51 recreational facilities<\/a>, 15 nature centers<\/a>, 14 golf courses<\/a>, and 14 miles of beaches<\/a>. It cares for 1,200 monuments<\/a>\u00a0and 23 historic house museums<\/a>. It looks after 666,000 street trees<\/a>, and five million more in parks. It is New York City’s principal provider of recreational and athletic facilities and programs. It is home to free concerts, world-class sports events, and cultural festivals.<\/p>\n Flushing Town Hall<\/a>\u00a0(FTH) and the Louis Armstrong House Museum<\/a>\u00a0(LAHM) are presenting partners of the Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series<\/a>. FTH created the Queens Jazz Trail Map<\/a>\u00a0in the 1990s to illustrate the expansive community of jazz artists who at one point in their lives called Queens home. Such global jazz icons as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Tony Bennett, Lena Horne and scores of others all resided in the World\u2019s Borough. The Queens Jazz Trail Map masterfully brings this rich history to life.<\/p>\n -30-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”12px” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_font_size=”22px” header_2_font_size=”19px” background_color=”#EFEFEF” width=”100%” custom_padding=”18px|26px|18px|26px|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]About ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ<\/strong> ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ enjoys a national reputation for its liberal arts and sciences and pre-professional programs. With its graduate and undergraduate degrees, honors programs, and research and internship opportunities, the college helps its more than 20,000 students realize their potential in countless ways, assisted by an accessible, award-winning faculty. Located on a beautiful, 80-acre campus in Flushing, the college has been cited by Princeton Review as one of America’s Best Value Colleges for four consecutive years, as well as being ranked a U.S. News and World Report Best College and Forbes Magazine Best Value College thanks to its outstanding academics, generous financial aid packages, and relatively low costs. Visit our homepage<\/a> to learn. more\u200b. MEDIA ADVISORY FOR JUNE 27, 7 PMRSVP to\u00a0Linda.Pacheco@qc.cuny.edu Contact:Shawn Choi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Maria MatteoKupferberg Center for the Arts\u00a0\u00a0 ºì¶¹ÊÓƵShawn.Choi@qc.cuny.edu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maria.Matteo@qc.cuny.edu QUEENS COLLEGE AND NYC PARKS LAUNCH BOROUGH-WIDE COLLABORATIVE OFFERING FREE CULTURAL EVENTS THROUGH OCTOBER \u2014Initiative will provide access to the Inaugural Kupferberg Center for the Arts-sponsored Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series and feature emerging and professional artists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-5058","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5058"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5086,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5058\/revisions\/5086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=5058"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=5058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/u><\/strong>RSVP to\u00a0Linda.Pacheco@qc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Shawn Choi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Maria Matteo
Kupferberg Center for the Arts\u00a0\u00a0 ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ
Shawn.Choi@qc.cuny.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maria.Matteo@qc.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/strong>Kupferberg Center for the Arts at ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ<\/a>\u00a0(KCA) is the largest multidisciplinary arts complex in Queens, offering performances by world-class artists in on-campus venues; regional and local talent in off-site neighborhood performances; and professionally produced shows by ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ students and faculty. Its mission is to provide high quality, accessible and affordable cultural attractions to the ºì¶¹ÊÓƵ community and the borough\u2019s 2.3 million residents.<\/p>\n
\nºì¶¹ÊÓƵ produces more education graduates who become principals, teachers, and counselors for the city\u2019s public schools than any other college in the metropolitan area. The college contributes to the local talent pool as a powerful economic engine and a leader in tech education. Students from across the country and around the world are attracted to study at the Aaron Copland School of Music. Its renowned faculty and alumni include nationally recognized composers, conductors, and performers who have received over 100 Grammy Awards and nominations.<\/p>\n
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