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Classic (Love Gone Wrong) Film Fridays – “Gone Girl” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesWith his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent. Director: David Fincher Writer: Gillian Flynn Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund…
Classic (Love Gone Wrong) Film Fridays – “Fatal Attraction” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA married man’s one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. Director: Adrian Lyne Writer: James Dearden Stars: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer 1987 – R – 119 Minutes
Classic (Love Gone Wrong) Film Fridays – “What’s Love Got to Do With It” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesThe story of singer Tina Turner’s rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner. Director: Brian Gibson Writers: Tina Turner, Kurt Loder, Kate Lanier Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, RaéVen…
Classic (Love Gone Wrong) Film Fridays – “The War of the Roses” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle. Director: Danny DeVito Writers: Warren Adler, Michael Leeson Stars: Michael Douglas,Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito 1989 – R – 116 Minutes
Classic (Love Gone Wrong) Film Fridays – “Kramer vs. Kramer” (PG)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesAfter his wife leaves him, a work-obsessed Manhattan advertising executive is forced to learn long-neglected parenting skills, but a heated custody battle over the couple’s young son deepens the wounds left by the separation. Director: Robert Benton Writers: Avery Corman,…
Downtown Jamaica Holiday Market
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesThe Holiday Market takes place in Rufus King Park in the heart of our downtown. Make a day of it! Visit the market, grab lunch at any of our local longstanding eateries or try one of our new arrivals, like…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Parasite” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesBong Joon Ho brings his singular skillset home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “City of God” (R)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesBased on the novel by Paolo Lin. Gangland violence sweeps the slums of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s and ’70s, when shifting alliances result in a brutal gang war, which is documented on film by an amateur photographer. Directors:…
Classic (Foreign Language) Film Fridays – “Slumdog Millionaire” (PG)
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”. Directors: Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan Production Year: 2008 Runtime: 120 Minutes Writers: Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Malcolm X”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesBiographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam. Director: Spike Lee Writers: Alex Haley (book “The Autobiography…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “American Gangster”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesAn outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film. Director: Ridley Scott Writers: Steven Zaillian, Mark Jacobson (article “The Return of Superfly”) Stars: Denzel Washington,…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Great Debaters”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school’s first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Director:…
Youth Connect Tour 2021
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesLive music, dance performances, free food, gifts and dynamic speakers to bring together the teens in our communities in every borough. Brought to you by the Renaissance Youth Center in partnership with the NYPD. Let's showcase our teens in a…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Glory”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates. Director: Edward Zwick Writers: Kevin Jarre (screenplay), Lincoln Kirstein (book “Lay This Laurel”), Peter Burchard (book “One…
Classic (Denzel Washington) Film Fridays – “Training Day”
Rufus King Park 150-29 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY, United StatesA rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears to be. Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: David Ayer Stars: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn