APRIL 2016 • Volume 12 • Issue 04 What Does a Chamber Membership Do to Support its New Members? 9 Key reasons to belong to a Chamber are: ▪ Opportunities for growth (professionally and individually) ▪ Access to resources (call on other members/experts for advice) ▪ Community involvement (encourages you to give back to the area) ▪ Camaraderie (a place to network, troubleshoot and hail each other’s successes) I have the privilege this month to share our newest members’ views about how Queens Chamber membership easily becomes a valuable tool in their corporate arsenal. Our membership has been a great advantage for us as a small non-profit. We are getting to know all of the community players, and the resources they’ve shared with us have been life-savers. Due to our membership we have met several companies and were able to even get media sponsorship by attending the breakfast event in February! Johanne Civil Executive Director Queens Book Festival I have been a member since January and have since attended a Real Estate Committee meeting which was not only very informative but was great for networking! I have also received a referral from Cathy Berger whom I have begun working with to help grow each other’s business. Being a member of the Queens Chamber has been great! Peter J Malusis Sales Executive The Great American Title Agency Since I am a resident of Queens, I am proud to say that I am now a new member of the Queens Chamber. As a business broker that services small to midsized companies in Queens and surrounding areas, the opportunity to connect with small business owners and professionals in my own market is an invaluable resource. Ms. Cathy Berger has been very instrumental in my joining the chamber, and I am thrilled to be part of this wonderful organization. Kyle Griffith Senior Business Intermediary New York Business Brokerage, Inc. As one of its newest members, Kensington Vanguard, one of the nation’s largest title companies, is looking forward to being an active member of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and being involved in their numerous committees. As VP of Business Development, I have already been introduced to many people that I can refer business to and who can refer business to me. It has been an excellent forum to work with like-minded professionals who understand the networking process of know, like and trust. Tom Aurrichio Kensington Vanguard National Land Services Tea and Milk joined the Queens Chamber of Commerce not too long ago and as a new member, Cathy Berger assisted and introduced us to an array of opportunities we did not realize existed. We are happy to have joined QCOC and feel that every business, small or large, should join! Mathew Wong Partner at Tea and Milk, Astoria NY By Cathy Berger Any questions? e-mail Cathy at [email protected] Poetry, punk rock, and Poitier mix with Sinatra, the 7 train, and the city’s foremost video game festival in the borough during the upcoming month. On April 7, the first-ever Q-Boro Lit Crawl (www.queenslitcrawl.nyc) will wind through various venues in the vicinity of Vernon Boulevard. Participants will use maps and a smartphone website for directions to different bars, where writers and poets will share their verses from 6:30 pm to 2:00 am. From April 9 through April 17, the Museum of the Moving Image (www. movingimage.us) will begin a ninefilm retrospective on Sidney Poitier. An actor and director, but also an activist and humanist, Poitier was Hollywood’s first African-American leading man and the first African-American actor to win an Academy Award, in 1963. Movies to screen include No Way Out, Edge of the City, In the Heat of the Night, and A Raisin in the Sun. T hen f rom April 29 through May 1, it’s game on for IndieCade East 2016, This lively weekend festival—which fills the Astoria venue with games, panels, show-and-tell demos, and talks—celebrates the diversity and creativity of video game creators and fans. At other times, the borough’s official historian, Jack Eichenbaum (jaconet@ aol.com), will lead walking tours that focus on history, culture, and demographics. The Flushing resident’s signature excursion, The New World of the Number 7 Train, is scheduled for April 10. It’s actually a series of six walks and connecting rides along this transportation corridor. Eichenbaum, who has been doing this trip annually since 1999, will focus on how the “International Express” has changed the neighborhoods it serves since it began service in 1914. Participants can expect to explore the Hudson Yards, the Long Island City shoreline, Flushing West, the Iron Triangle, North Corona, and Woodside-Jackson Heights. Getting back to April 10, the Queens Museum (www.queensmuseum.org) will unveil Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk on that date. This retrospective will explore the Forest Hillsbased rock group’s influence on music and art in the 1970s and 1980s. Four misfits in ripped jeans and leather jackets, the Ramones were at the forefront of the Punk movement, cranking out minimalist tunes at a blitzkrieg tempo with slapstick lyrics and buzz saw guitars. The exhibition will display key objects taken from more than 50 public and private collections around the world. The show will be on view through July 31. Meanwhile over in Bayside, the Queensborough Performing Arts Center (www.visitqpac.org) will host three great concerts. On April 10, Billy Stritch and Jim Caruso will present The Sinatra Century. These multi-award winning, internationally-acclaimed entertainers will celebrate the centennial of Frank Sinatra’s legacy with an all-singing, all-dancing show with brilliant comedic bits. “Come Fly With Me,” “The Best Is Yet To Come,” and “Witchcraft” will be among the many memorable tunes. On April 17, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. will take the stage at 3 pm. With hits like “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In,” and “You Don’t Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show),” these lead singers from the soul-pop group The 5th Dimension have sold millions of records and received seven Grammy Awards. The husband-and-wife team is currently celebrating 40 years in the entertainment business with a musical tribute to the hits of their careers. On April 24, Miracles of Miracles will perform at 3 pm. Singer/entertainer Danny Gurwin explores the links between American songwriting and Jewish culture, focusing on Vaudeville, musical comedy, and contemporary theatre. The Broadway veteran weaves a gorgeous spell of music and history. IT’S IN QUEENS April Showers the Borough with Festivals, Films, Literature, Music, and the Ramones
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