This ground-breaking multimedia exhibition documents the lives of recent immigrants — those who came here with support and sponsorship, those who attained refugee status, and those who remain displaced and undocumented.  Using audio interviews, still photography, and innovative installation design, artists Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan conduct a global journey through the streets of Queens, with stories of ocean and border crossings, wars, economic hardship, dreams, and cultural divides.  An interactive booth integrated into the display allows individuals to write their own stories and add their own pictures.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Programs:

Wednesday March 12, 4pm
Rosenthal Library Conference Room
MY AMERICA/YOUR AMERICA: Queens as a Lens on National Immigration
Moderator: Joseph Berger, Columnist, New York Times, John Liu, New York City Councilman, Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal, Director of the Asian American Center, Queens College, Raluca Oncioiu, Director, Immigration Services Dept., Catholic Charities, Mahendra Singh, President QC Student Government, Judith Sloan & Warren Lehrer, documentary artists.

Wednesday, March 19, 12:15 PM, 401 Klapper Hall
Lecture: Mel Rosenthal, Photographer and Collector
"The Arab-Americans: Americans by Choice”

Performances:

Sunday, March 30, 3pm Goldstein Theatre
CROSSING THE BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new america
with Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan
Q & A after the performance moderated by Brian Lehrer,
talk show host on WNYC Radio and wnyc.org

Lehrer and Sloan’s compelling and often humorous performance reflects the chaotic co-existence of new immigrants and refugees who live in Queens. This bold look into the largely invisible lives, sounds and stories of these new Americans and their struggles is illuminated by strikingly direct photographic portraits of the subjects and an engaging soundtrack of music, sounds and voices.

All seats $12.
Order online at KupferbergCenter.org or call: 718.793.8080.

Events:

April 30, 7pm Goldstein Theatre
CROSSING THE BLVD / CROSSING THE CULTURAL DIVIDE An EarSay Performance Festival directed and
hosted by Judith Sloan

Dance, Music, Theatre Featuring Trumpeter, bandleader, composer Frank London! with guest artists:
Da-Da-Dance, Leila Buck, Elise Knudson & Teresa Kochis, "the story", GAME REBELLION, students from Sloan’s Cross-Cultural Dialogue Through the Arts workshop & students from Queens College Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance under direction of Charles Repole.

FREE. For more information call: 718.793.8080

Crossing the BLVD can be viewed from Monday through Thursday, 11 am – 7 pm and on Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. Please note that the museum, located in Klapper Hall, Room 405, is not open on holidays and when the college is closed. Admission is free. For directions to Queens College, please visit: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/directions.php

For further information about Crossing the BLVD and public lectures and tours associated with this exhibition, call (718) 997-4747 or visit  www.qc.cuny.edu/godwin_ternbach.