Don’t miss these LIC Lunar New Year promotions and events happening this week!

• Feb 3: The Local NY hosts up-and-coming Asian comedians as part of the Lunar New Year celebration. Details
• Through Feb 3: Purchase Xi'an Famous Foods' limited edition Year of Rabbit XFF Chili Oil & Crisps Jar for $2.22 (usually $16). Available at the12-15 Jackson Ave. store only. Details
• Through Feb 3: Visit Takumen for its special Year of the Rabbit themed chashu pork appetizer. The dish includes torched chashu pork with a soft boiled lunar egg, scallions and a hot Sichuan pepper sauce. Details
• Feb 4: Families with children ages 2–11 are invited to participate in art-making activities inspired by Lunar New Year at The Noguchi Museum. Details
• Feb 4: Studio 41 hosts two paper lantern-making workshops for children aged 6-12. Details
• Feb 4: Big aLICe Brewing hosts a Lunar New Year Bingo Night. Winners receive free beer. Details
• Through Feb 5: Find lucky red envelopes hidden throughout The Cliffs at LIC gym, each with surprises inside, ranging from free merchandise to discounts to one free month of membership. Details
• Through Feb 5: All indoor diners at Noodlecraft will receive a house-made traditional Taiwanese pineapple cake. One per person. Details

Discover events and offers from 50+ businesses at liclny.com.

LICP & LIC BID Events

Tourism Ready with NYC & Company -

Wednesday, Feb 8, 10-11:30 a.m.

Learn how to benefit from NYC's rebounding tourism industry. Contact sbrown@licpartnership.org for additional information.

LIC Springs! 2023 Information Sessions - Feb. 9 & 22, Mar. 7

Sessions will be held via Zoom on:

• Thursday, Feb. 9, 3-4 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
• Tuesday, Mar. 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Register

LIC BID Expansion Virtual Public Meeting - Feb. 9

Thursday, Feb. 9, 6 p.m.

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LICP and LIC BID Member Exclusive Webinar: Hospitality Trends in the Media

Feb. 15

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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LICP and LIC BID Member Exclusive Webinar: Marketing and Content Creation - Mar. 29

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

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Real Estate Breakfast 2023 - Apr. 19

Wednesday, April 19, 8-10:30 a.m.

Details

New Menu at Jing Li

Check out LIC BID Member Jing Li's new menu, featuring Szechuan, Shanghai and Cantonese cuisine. Menu highlights include crab & pork soup dumplings, black truffle fried rice, Szechuan dan dan noodles, Szechuan spicy fried chicken, yu xiang eggplant, and more.

Jing Li, 27-35 Jackson Ave.

Details

DEP Offers Water Bill Amnesty Program for Next 90 Days

DEP's water bill Amnesty Program will offer customers up to 100% forgiveness of accrued interest if they pay all or part of their outstanding debt and enter into a payment agreement. Details

The Studio Museum's Artists in Residence at MoMA PS1 - Through Feb. 27

Visit MoMA PS1 (LICP Member) to see the exhibition "It's time for me to go", featuring new work by The Studio Museum's Artists in Residence: Cameron Granger, Jacob Mason-Macklin and Qualeasha Wood.

• Qualeasha Wood is a textile artist whose work contemplates Black female embodiment in relation to internet culture, politics, and economics.
• Jacob Mason-Macklin’s paintings depict contemporary life in Harlem from the vantage point of the artist as both participant and spectator.
• Cameron Granger's installations honor his late grandmother and serve as a remembrance of the house she lived in, and the memories made in community within it.

Through Feb. 27

MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave.

Details

Legends of LIC - "Growing Up in Sunnyside in 1875"

By Bob Singleton, Executive Director, Greater Astoria Historical Society (LICP Member)

"As a child, I lived on Woodside Avenue about seventeen feet east of Long Island City’s city line. When I had reached sufficient height to look out of our front bedroom window I would gaze upon the mansion of the late Elias Bragaw, his estate being located on the northwest corner of Woodside Avenue and 39th Avenue. His estate was several acres." Read more here

Low Interest Small Business Loans for NYC Entrepreneurs

If you’re a NYC-based business – a startup, growth-stage business, or needing a boost after the pandemic – the NYC Small Business Opportunity Fund is a trusted, affordable way for you to invest in your business.

• No minimum credit score required
• Loans up to $250,000 at 4% fixed interest rate
• Free business support
• Easy to apply
• No application fee

If you need help and have questions, please contact Osagie Afe at oafe@licpartnership.org.

Materials Innovation Hub RFEI

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) invites academic institutions, material innovators, industry, coalitions and others to submit responses for the development of a Materials Innovation Hub. Details