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Silvercup Studios partners with local schools to foster next-generation filmmakers in Queens

Silvercup Studios Motion Picture Technical High School Tour

Feb. 11, 2025 By Bill Parry Long before it was one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in the nation, Long Island City was an industrial town along the polluted East River, where generations recall the only good smell emanated from the Gordon Baking Company producing the Silvercup brand of bread. After it was shuttered…

Queens World Film Festival to host special screening in Long Island City of ‘Listening Tour’ stories on hope and resilience

Queens World Film Festival

Sep. 26, 2024 By Bill Parry The Queens World Film Festival creative community will gather Friday evening at The Local in Long Island City for a special screening of “The Listening Tour,” an ongoing project in conjunction with Queens Public Library to create a historical record of life in Queens during the COVID-19 lockdown.…