The pertinents:

Screening and discussion of "Peace Through Understanding: The 1964/65 New York World's Fair"

Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM

Paramus Public Library

E116 Century Road

Paramus, NJ 07652

(201)599-1300

Paramus Library

Hope to see you there! There is nothing more fun for us as when people from this board show up! If you have any questions you Email us,

BBQ Productions web site.

Thanks again you guys. We really appreciate your continued support!

Curtis and Terri

BBQ-NYC

Hope to see you there!

Hope to see you there!

Just a note to let everybody know that we will be screening our documentary film on the 1964/65 New York World's Fair - Peace Through Understanding: The 1964/65 New York World's Fair this Saturday, January 31 at 1PM at the Greater Astoria Historical Society. The Society is located at the Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City, NY 11106. 718 278 0700. www.astorialic.org. Hope to see you there!

Greater Astoria Historial Society events

We are screening Peace Through Understanding on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 1:00PM at the Greater Astoria Historical Society located in the Quinn Building at 35-20 Broadway, 4th floor, Long Island City. Telephone number is 718 278 0700 and their web site is www.astorialic.org. As always we'd love it if you could make it. Always good to have friends in the crowd!

Queens Historical Society

143-35 37th Ave.

Flushing, New York 11354

(718) 939-0647

From the mailing it seems that you'll be focusing in on the punk scene...true?

Will this be sort of like the film, "The End of Western Civilization Pt1" (I think that's what it was called)? Will you touch on how Disco & Coke, unfortunately, killed the Punk Scene? Do you foresee any mention of the 1970's Progressive Rock Movement (IE: Pink Floyd, Yes, King Crimson, Kansas, ELO etc...). Granted that was more of a British thing but it's impact can still be felt today.

Just curious.

Best wishes and have a happy holiday season!

Curtis and Terri

bbq productions

Hope you like it! We're very happy with it.

I wanted to hold off on writing anything about your DVD until I watched it at least 3 times, which I now have done. The film is superb! The archival

footage of the fair was the best I have ever seen. Your musical selection was flawless! I refrained from watching the movie on my laptop while I was

up in New York in order to watch it for the first time on a big screen when I got back down here, I was able to take it in on my buddy's 75 inch projection screen with surround sound. I am blown away by your work, I am not ashamed to say it brought tears to my eyes. History Channel and PBS are forever at a loss until they pick up your film.

The third time I watched the movie, I watched it with my Mother. Ma went to the fair quite a few times, she absolutely adored it, and when she was pregnant with me she went one more time so that I could say I was there, even though I wasn't born yet. My Ma wants me to relay to you how much she enjoyed the film. It brought back many many happy memories for her of both the fair and of my father, who passed away in 1967 at the age of 28. 3 days later, and she is still talking about it. I just might have to order a second copy from you for my Ma.

Thanks again for making such an enjoyable film, one that myself and my family will treasure for years to come.

Sincerely, Jason

World's Fair Buffs Gather in Queens

By ERIC PACE

Published: November 13, 1988

LEAD: As World's Fair buffs and memorabilia-collectors gathered yesterday in Flushing Meadow Park, a gleam came into the gray eyes of one of their leaders, Peter M. Warner, president of the World's Fair Collectors Society.

As World's Fair buffs and memorabilia-collectors gathered yesterday in Flushing Meadow Park, a gleam came into the gray eyes of one of their leaders, Peter M. Warner, president of the World's Fair Collectors Society.

Collecting ''started out as my hobby, but it's not a hobby anymore,'' he said, ''one could say it's a mission. I'm doing it for the benefit of the future,'' His own extensive collection includes everything from models of buildings to shopping bags and napkins.

The more than 500 participants in the World's Fair Reunion Day at the Queens Museum, which is in the park, included some sharp-tongued critics as well as idealists and sentimentalists who came to see films, souvenirs and relics of the 1939-40 and 1964-65 New York World's Fairs. Both were held in what is now formally known as Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

Outside the museum, Carl Zimmerman, who is promoting the idea of building a new, permanent World's Fair in the park, eyed a trash receptacle from the 1964-65 fair. Vandalism Is a Problem

''There aren't too many artifacts left around this site - because of the vandalism,'' said Mr. Zimmerman, a retired advertising artist who lives in Bayside, Queens.

Among the survivors, is the 700,000-pound, 140-foot-high, stainless steel Unisphere - said to be the largest world globe in existence - which was built for the 1964-65 Fair.

Helping out inside the museum yesterday was Helen A. Harrison, an art historian and curator, who wore clothing and souvenir jewelry from both fairs.

Ms. Harrison, who is the curator of the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, L.I., called the collectors ''World's Fair weirdos.'' Would Have Disappeared

''They're all crazy for World's Fair material,'' she added, and she said gratefully that if it were not for them, much material from the two World's Fairs would have disappeared.

Ms. Harrison herself grew up in Richmond Hill, Queens, six miles from the museum, and so, she said, the 1939-40 fair was ''a kind of neighborhood phenomenon.''

Myron and Jeanette Blitzer, who live in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn, spoke of going to the fair on a date in 1939. ''She wanted to leave me when I took her on the parachute jump, Mr. Blitzer said.

They later revisited that fair as husband and wife, and they went to the 1964-65 fair with their daughter, Ellen, their son-in-law and their granddaughter, Carolyn. Something to Reflect On

Mr. Blitzer said his family liked the 1964-65 fair, but he spoke with special warmth of the 1939-40 fair. ''That was when New York was New York,'' he said. ''It's something to remember and reflect on.''

Another reunion-goer, Joan M. Thom, a gerontological nurse who lives in Flushing said she visited the 1964-65 fair more than 40 times.

Ms. Thom said she enjoyed the reunion, which included tours of the former fair ground, home movies of the two fairs and lectures, because she had enjoyed the 1964-65 fair and ''in times like today it's good to look back on good times.''

Ms. Thom is a member of the Queens Museum New York World's Fair Association, which was founded last December. Yesterday's reunion was one in a series of World's Fair-related events being held by the museum including an exhibition which is to feature original exhibits from the two New York fairs, as well as documents and artworks; it opens in September 1989 and is entitled ''Back to the Future: A Look at the '39 and '64 Worlds Fairs.'' Collecting Thousands of Items

Next year is the 25th anniversary of the opening of the fair in 1964 and the 50th anniversary of the fair-opening in 1939, and, as Anne Edgar, an executive of the museum, noted, ''Many people in Queens were hoping there would be a third World's Fair in 1989, but of course this is not going to be.''

The 47-year-old Mr. Warner, who lives in Rockland County and works in Manhattan as an archivist and researcher in an architectural concern said he was compiling his collection -of thousands of items related to numerous world's fairs, not just the two 20th century fairs in New York - ''for historical purposes.''

''It goes beyond collecting for the sake of collecting, if you see what I mean,'' he said, a bit shyly. ''Fairs are important benchmarks in history, places where new ideas, new inventions are presented.''

Again, and as always, you guys are the absolute best and thanks for sticking with us ALL these years.

Curtis and Terri

I just spoke with Curtis and he asked me to post a review of the film on Filmbaby.com. If anyone else got the film and loved it as much as I do, please go on and post a review. This will help get the film off the ground!!

Thanks,

Liz

We want to thank everyone, once again, for your continued support of

our project. This film was made in large part with the help and support

of the many friends we have made on this board. We hope you enjoy it.

We welcome your comments.

Once we began shooting the interviews, it became obvious to us that we

wanted to make a film that would preserve the history of not only the

Fair, but of the people who put their all into building and operating it

at the height of many of their careers. We hope that people 100 years

from now can watch our film and, as a result, will understand what went

into making an event that still excites people and brings them out to

mingle, share memories and make new friends.

11:00 - Building the Fair which will include 61 Progress Report/63 Progress Report/Unisphere/Disney Animatronics/Universal Newsreel

12:00 - About the Fair which will inclue To The Fair/Home Movies and Castle Films/Great Fair Great Fun/Monorail/Picture Taking/Fiberglass/ and Commercials

12:30 - At The Fair which will include For Magic Skyway/Chrysler Islands/GM Futrama/IBM People Wall/Bell Telephone/To Be Alive/Dupont World of Chemistry/ Hall of Science Rendezvous in Space.

Says this is an educational,non-profit, non commercial program. Some films have been edited for entertainment value.

It is a free program.

On another note, Disney called this week and it looks like we will wrap up the rights this week. The box cover art is done and looks great. So, hopefully, this time everything should go through. As always we appreciate your support and PATIENCE!

curtis

The film.....Yes, it's coming out. We are still waiting for one contract. We are working on a 2nd DVD and plan on releasing it as a 2 DVD set. We are really excited about the 2nd DVD. We are putting in some really rare footage that was killing us to leave out of the film.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

Thanks you guys. What would we ever do without you!

World's Fair Architecture Walking Tour

New York City Building , Flushing Meadows Corona Park Flushing

program name: OHNY tours

program type: Architecture/Design

borough: Queens

neighborhood: Flushing Meadows and Corona Park

event date: Oct 7, 2006

hours: 1 pm to 3 pm

Join architectural historian John Kriskiewicz on a walking tour of the architecture from the 1939 and 1964/1965 World's Fairs, including the Unisphere, New York hall of Science, New York State Pavilion and Terrace on the Park. Organized by the Queens Museum of Art.

logisitical meeting information: Meet at the Queens Museum of Art Information Desk

program status: available

The event is free.

We are screening at QMA on Sunday at 1PM and would love it if anybody could make it out. Hopefully we haven't completely worn everybody out on these screenings and it would be great to see some familiar faces. Drop us a line if you want on guest list. mailto:info@bbqproductions.com

We think we may have jumped the last hurdle on clearances and are looking for a December release.

Thanks again for everybody's patient support and hope to see you this weekend. The walking tour s/b great. John is amazing!

Thanks!

Curtis and Terri

The art work for the release of the 2 DVD set is being done now. Honest. We're really close. Thanks for you patience, help and thoughts on Mary Blair.

Curtis and Terri

Queens Museum of Art participates in Open House New York 2006

October 7th – 8th, 2006

Free & Open to the Public

openhousenewyork celebrates New York City's architecture and inspires civic pride through an annual program of public access to significant buildings and sites in all five boroughs. The events below will highlight the interesting history and architectural features of the New York City Building which houses QMA, including both the 1939/40 and 1964/65 World’s Fairs, as well as hosting the UN General Assembly from 1946-50.

October 7th 1 – 3pm - Walking Tour with John Kriskiewicz & BBQ Productions

World’s Fair Architecture

Learn about the history and architectural details of many of the existing structures from the World Fair. Meet at the Info Desk near the parking lot entrance.

October 8th 1 - 3pm - SCREENING

PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING: The 1964/65 New York World's Fair

For more information, http://www.queensmuseum.org

For more information on openhousenewyork, <a href="http://www.ohny.org/ohny_website/weekend.html" target="_blank">http://www.ohny.org/ohny_website/weekend.html</a>

Curtis and Terri

this is the link to the HOS that has info about our screening. the previous link was their press release.