Event - “Oye Corona”

“Oye Corona”

05.31.14, 12:00 pm

Oye Corona is a free monthly cultural celebration with live music concerts of local and global talent. Dance and connect with each other in Corona Plaza, our neighborhood public pedestrian plaza. Oye Corona is a celebration of art, music and exercise in diverse forms.

LOCATION:  CORONA PLAZA, 103rd Street & Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, Queens. Adjacent to the 103rd Street stop on the #7 train.

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

Miss Saturn, Hula Hooper Extraordinaire!
Miss Saturn, Hula Hooper Extraordinaire!

Active Living: Jenny McGowan, popularly known as “Miss Saturn,”  is a physical comedian, character actor and hula hoop artist who has been performing for over 15 years. Watch her incredible hula hoop demonstration and then let her help you increase your hula skills!

Live Music: Mariachi Flor de Toloache, NYC’s only all-female mariachi band, and Mexican rock band Artillería D’ Mente

Art-making: Celebrate the 1 year anniversary of our local silk printing collective Mobile Print Power. Come and enjoy the art of print making made in Corona with artist Patrick Rowe and his team!

Info Tables:  Free information and resources on women’s health and nutrition.

Corona Plaza programming is supported by grants from The Kresge Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and The David Rockefeller Fund. Additional support provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Special thanks to the office of Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras and Queens Economic Development Corporation.