395223 Wed Apr 25 04:09:06 -0700 2007 0 19 Outer Boroughs 0 2513043 HalalFest Block Party - Celebrating the Many Cultures of Queens & "A Son's Sacrifice" at Tribeca Film Festival When: Sunday, April 29 1PM – 4PM Where: Madani Halal Lamb, Goat, & Poultry 100-15 94th Avenue, Ozone Park, NY (A or J train to 104 St stations) Cost: Free Celebrate the diversity of Queens and meet neighbors at a FREE block party for the documentary film "A Son's Sacrifice" premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. This weekend a storefront slaughterhouse in Queens NYC will be transformed into a venue for music, dance, film and international cuisine. The block party at the slaughterhouse will be a mixing-bowl for visitors from the Tribeca Film Festival and local South Asian, West Indian, and Arab communities in Queens. FREE HALAL FOOD samples from local West Indian and Bangladeshi restaurants. MUSIC & DANCE from the Bangladeshi Institute of Performing Arts, Kashmiri-American band "ZeroBridge", Guyanese singing-sensation Nadir, and legendary hip-hop b-boy Fable Pabon and members of the Rock Steady crew. FILM SCREENING of "A Son's Sacrifice" a new PBS documentary about the family-run slaughterhouse premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. Check http://www.sonsacrifice.com/news.html for Tribeca screening times. TOURS of Madani Halal, where thousands of families gather to bless and buy their meat. KIDS visit a farm petting zoo, learn Arabic calligraphy, get henna tattoos, and practice their cricket skills with NYC Bengals cricket team. For directions and more information visit http://www.sonsacrifice.com/ Wed Apr 25 04:09:06 -0700 2007 73451 bebevonbernstein