A Better Jamaica
The Southeast Queens Music Education Taskforce Summit: Context, Findings and Solutions
Zoom Online, NYIn the Fall of 2021, A Better Jamaica pulled together seven distinguished public school music educators, and three graduate school students from New York University's Wagner School of Public Service to create the Southeast Queens Music Education Taskforce (SEQMET). It…
Jamaica Dance Festival 2022—FANIKE! AFRICAN DANCE TROUPE
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesFANIKE! African Dance Troupe is an African dance company that embraces and respects the dance, rhythm, historic and growing culture tied to African movement. Our mission is to perpetuate the survival of African & African Diaspora culture & arts through…
Jamaica Dance Festival — NAVATMAN DANCE
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesNavatman Dance, led by artistic director Sahasra Sambamoorthi, is a bharatanatyam dance company based in New York City whose mission is to bring extraordinary, boundary-pushing productions to the stage, making Indian classical dance more accessible to understand and experience without…
The Jamaica Dance Festival – Evening 3 of 4 – Valerie Green / Dance Entropy
Rufus King Park 89th Avenue & 150th st, Jamaica, United StatesThe legacy of dance in Jamaica, Queens is rich. In celebration of this rich legacy – and its dynamic future – A Better Jamaica is pleased to present The Jamaica Dance Festival 2022. This year's festival will span four Saturdays…
The Jamaica Dance Festival – Evening 4 of 4 – Ballet Nepantla, White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company, Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance
Rufus King Park 89th Avenue & 150th st, Jamaica, United StatesThe legacy of dance in Jamaica, Queens is rich. In celebration of this rich legacy – and its dynamic future – A Better Jamaica is pleased to present The Jamaica Dance Festival 2022. This year’s festival will span four Saturdays…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Au Revoir Les Enfants” (PG)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin…
ABJ’s Family Movies in the Park – “Soul” (PG)
Cambria/Cabbell Park 120-03 Francis Lewis Boulevard, Cambria Heights, New YorkWhat is it that makes you…YOU? Pixar Animation Studios’ all-new feature film SOUL introduces Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) – a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in…
ABJ’s Family Movies in the Park – “Shang-Chi” (PG-13)
Brookville Park Brookville Boulevard (at 143rd Avenue), Rosedale, New YorkMarvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. The film…
ABJ’s Movies in the Park – “The Bad Guys” (PG)
Baisley Pond Park – Foch Boulevard @ Long Street 118-26 Lakeview Blvd East, Jamaica, New YorkThe infamous Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, Ms. Tarantula, and Mr. Wolf find their lives of crime coming to an end as they face imprisonment. Determined to retain their freedom, the criminals band together to boost their public image…
ABJ’s Family Movies in the Park – “Cool Runnings” (PG)
Saint Albans (Archie Spigner) Park 175-18 Merrick Boulevard, Saint Albans, NYFact-based tale about the course traveled by Jamaica’s bobsled team en route to the 1988 Olympics. Directors: Jon Turteltaub Production Year: 1993 Rating: PG Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Runtime: 98 minutes Cast: Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Pan’s Labyrinth” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesIn this fairy tale, a small family in Spain moves into an old house in 1943 after the rise of Fascism. Their eldest daughter, at age 12, falls in love with a fawn that lives in the old ruined labyrinth…
ABJ’s Family Movies in the Park – “The Meteor Man” (PG)
Brookville Park Brookville Boulevard (at 143rd Avenue), Rosedale, New YorkA meek substitute teacher in an inner-city neighborhood becomes a reluctant superhero when he is hit by a meteor and gains special powers, after which he tries to rid the area of a gang of leather-jacketed goons who call themselves…
ABJ’s Family Movies in the Park – “The Goonies” (PG)
Baisley Pond Park – Foch Boulevard @ Long Street 118-26 Lakeview Blvd East, Jamaica, New YorkA group of teenagers finds a map leading to a hidden treasure. They must overcome booby traps, natural obstructions, and a gang of desperate thieves in their race for the loot. Directors: Richard Donner Production Year: 1985 Rating: PG Studio:…