Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. held a concert and artist showcase at the Forest Hills Jewish Center to display a wide range of his constituents’ talents last weekend on Oct. 26. Some of the favorites present at the showcase were a geometric origami creator, a comic book illustrator, a woman who preserves mixed media with resin, a ventriloquist, a musical impressionist and a 95-year-old Korean War Veteran opera singer.
Artists with talents of all kinds were welcomed to apply to Addabbo’s ad, just as long as they lived within the large swathe of Queens’ District 15, which covers the neighborhoods of Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, Middle Village, Glendale, Forest Hills, Rego Park and Maspeth. The art gallery portion of the event is strictly for display purposes only, but Addabbo says there’s no harm if the artwork swaps hands out in the parking lot. Protected under the First Amendment, artistic works do not require a general vendor license to be sold on the street.
