First Friday - The Noguchi Museum Date: 05/03/13 Hours: 5-8pm Ages: TW,TE,AD Price: Pay What You Wish Address: 9-01 33rd Road - 718-204-7088 At Vernon Blvd. Long Island City, NY 11106 noguchi.org Description: Art lovers can enjoy this program which includes "Center of Attention," an extended conversation around a single work of art, at 6pm, followed by a film Modern Tide: Mid-Century Architecture on Long Island, presented in collaboration with the Architecture and Design Film Festival, at 7pm. This film inaugurates the second year of collaborative programming with the Architecture and Design Film Festival. Jake Gorst's film Modern Tide takes viewers through the history of the modernist housing boom that took place on Long Island, NY in the period between the Great Depression of the 1970's, and highlights the importance of architectural preservation. First Fridays also feature pay-what-you-wish admission and a cash bar.