Community Meetings

The Forum Theatre Company and Jazz Production, Inc. present The JAzz Singer at Queens Theatre in the Park, beginning on Nov. 10th at 8 p.m. The performances will continue through Nov. 19th. For tickets and information call 718-760-0064.

Oct. 31st, 7:30 p.m. Rego Park Coalition Against Crime; meet at Walden Terrace, 98-51 64th Ave., basement community room; 896-5889.

Nov. 1st, 12:30 p.m., AARP Chapter 2889; meet at the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, 54-05 Seabury St., Elmhurst.

12:45 p.m., AARP Chapter 991; meet at Community United Methodist Church, 81-10 35th Ave., Jackson Heights; 457-4799.

8 p.m., Bayside Hills Civic Association; meet at Bayside Colonial Church.

Nov. 2nd, 7 p.m., Community Board 2, 43-31 39th St., Sunnyside; 533-8773.

7:30 p.m., United Community Civic Association; meet at Augustana Lutheran Church Hall, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria.

Nov. 6th, 8 p.m., Jackson Heights Neighborhood Association; meet at Atonement Lutheran Church, basement meeting room, 87th Street and 31st Avenue.

Nov. 14th, 7:45 p.m., Community Board 9; meet at Christ Lutheran Center, 85-15 101st Ave., Ozone Park; 286-2686.

Items of Community Interest

Oct. 26th, Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter educational meeting; Elmhurst Senior Center, 75-01 Broadway; (212) 983-0700.

Oct. 28th, Bella Italia Mia presents Verdi’s Shakespearean Operas; Maspeth Library Branch, 69-70 Grand Ave; 426-1240.

Oct. 28th, 29th. Italian Charities of America dance, 83-20 Queens Blvd.; 478-3100.

Oct. 28th, New York Metropolitan Country Music Association, Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Ave., call 763-4328.

Oct. 28th, Queens County Committee American Legion, Annual Legislative Breakfast, Broad Channel Post 1404, 209 Crossbay Blvd., Broad Channel; (212_ 692-4665.

Oct. 28th, St. Catherine’s Family Health Center open house, 41-60 Main St., second floor, Flushing; 359-5599.

Oct. 29th, Association for the Advancement of Blind and Retarded, Annual 5K Walk-A-Thon and Carnival, Kissena Park, 164th and Oak Streets; 321-3800.s

Oct. 29th, NYS Department of Health Aids Institute Ninth Annual Gifts of Love auction and luncheon; Terrace On The Park, 52-11 111th St., Flushing Meadow-Corona Park; 896-5200.

Oct. 30th, Veterans Administration Clinic grand opening, 41-03 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside; 741-4291.

Oct. 31st, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Long Island City Business Development Corporation and Queens County Overall Economic Development Corporation export seminar; Crowne Plaza LaGuardia Hotel, 104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst.

Nov. 1st, Friends of Ridgewood Library, general meeting, 20-12 Madison St.; 381-8274.

Nov. 2nd, Cultural Awareness Council Jackson Heights Community Development Corporation, weekly workshops for teens and young adults, 33-47 91st St.; 458-3600.

Nov. 6th, Queens Women’s Center, "Design 101-A Basic Sewing Experience," and commitment/relationships support group, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 158, Kew Gardens; 793-0672.

Nov. 6th, Caffé Greco Open Mike Night, 79-08 37th Ave.; 396-4243.

Nov. 8th, Queens Chamber of Commerce and Fleet Bank Business Person of the Year; Crowne Plaza LaGuardia, 104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst; 898-8500.

Nov. 9th, Long Island City YMCA, First Annual Frank J. Tempone Service to Youth Dinner and Dance; Terrace On The Park, 52-11 111th St., Flushing.

Nov. 9th, Elmhurst Hospital Community Blood Drive; Bulova Corporate Center, 72-20 Astoria Blvd., southern entrance, first floor board room, Elmhurst, 334-2022.

Campaign Trail 2000/2001

Oct. 25th, Meet The Candidates, R.H.B.A., 110-08 Jamaica Ave., Richmond Hill; 849-3759.

Oct. 30th, Meet The Candidates, Bay Terrace Community Alliance, 18-25 212th St., Bay Terrace; 279-9557 or 279-1632.

Nov. 1st, The Queens County Republican Party, Election 2000 reception and dinner honoring Congressmember Rick Lazio; Terrace On The Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing; 628-9522.

Arts & Entertainment

Oct. 28th, Once Upon A Time family theater weekend matinee, "The Adventures of Pinocchio," Courthouse Theatre, 32 Second Avenue; 846-9282.

Oct. 30th, A Salute to Black Broadway at the Langston Hughes Theatre, 8 p.m., Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 135th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, Black Tie, general admission $100.

Nov. 3rd, the Greek Cultural Center presents "The Twilight of the Golds," 27-18 Hoyt Ave. South, Astoria; 726-7329.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Oct. 28th and 29th, Mario Bava’s "Black Sunday"; Kevin Brownlow Documentary and Screenings: Oct. 28th, "Tell It To The Marines," "While The City Sleeps"; Oct. 29th, "West of Zanzibar" and "The Unholy Three"; Nov. 4th, Jean-Luc Goddard, "Black Sunday" and Jack Smith’s "Blonde Cobra," "Flaming Creatures," "Scotch Tape" and "Overstimulated"; Peter Goldman, "Echoes of Silence" and "Night Crawlers"; Nov. 5th, Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger, "Scorpio Rising," "The Last Clean Shirt," "The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man"; Nov. 11th and 12th, Brian DePalma’s, "Greetings"; Shirley Clarke’s "The Connection"; Dick Higgins’ "The Flaming City"; Lawrence Kardish, "Slow Run" ; Nov. 18th and 19th, Bernardo Bertolucci’s, "The Conformist"; Ernie Gehr’s "Wait," "Reverberation" and "Still"; Nov. 25th and 26th, Francois Truffaut, "Jules and Jim"

For information on other films currently showing, call 784-0077.

Flushing Town Hall

Nov. 3rd, "Oye’ Como Va," the Tito Puente Salute; Nov. 5th, The Verdi Voice; Nov. 12th, Children’s Orchestra Society and Nov. 17th, the Boys Choir of Harlem. For tickets or information, call 463-7700.

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

Nov. 3rd, Latin jazz; Nov. 17th, Jazz singers.

Queensborough Community College

Oct. 26th, Latin cooking with Faustino.

Queens College

Oct. 25th, QC orchestra; Oct. 26th, guest piano recital, MA jazz performance recital and music in classical Greek tragedy; Oct. 27th, student flute recital, MA student violin recital, Japanese Flamenco dance troupe; Oct. 29th piano concert and Halloween Family Day concert and Oct. 30th, guest piano recital; Oct. 31st, brass studio recital; Nov. 1st, QC choir and glee club; Nov. 2nd student organ recital and MA jazz piano performance recital; Nov. 3rd, MA cello performance recital and Nov. 6th, alumna piano recital.

Queens Museum of Art

Oct. 25th, trip to Yale Art Gallery, New Haven and Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, Connecticut; Oct. 26th, Art as Decoration; Oct. 27th Women in Film "The Lady Eve"; Oct. 28th, Puppet Tales for an All Hallow’s Eve and a special tour "The ‘Eerie’ Panorama" and Oct. 29th, the Something Special Big Band performance; Nov. 2nd, First Thursday and "Art as a Political Statement"; Nov. 3rd, Fall Film Series, "Adam’s Rib"; Nov. 4th, lecture "The Art of Marketing: Promotion and the Artist"; Nov. 5th, lecture "The Music of Tiffany’s Day". For information, call 592-9700.

Queens Theatre In The Park

Nov. 10th, "The Jazz Singer."

For information, call 760-0064.

Reunions

Nov. 4th, Newtown H.S. Alumni Association Fall "Kick-Off" event. Reservations must be paid for by Oct. 31st, call 595-8542 for more information.

School Spirit

Oct. 25th, P.S 150, First Annual Hispanic Heritage celebration, 40-01 43rd Ave., Sunnyside, $3 per ticket.

Oct. 28th, St. John’s University, homecoming, Queens campus; 990-1504.

Oct. 29th, St. Agnes H.S. open house, for information call Sister Pat Koehler at 353-6276, ext. 30.

Nov. 5th, Memorabilia Day at St. Francis of Assisi, 21-18 46th St; 726-0495. If you have any articles you could lend, please contact the school office.

Remember: There is no deadline on achievement, but it pays to start young. Anon.

Kid-U-Tainment^™

Oct. 30th, Ghost Stories for Children, First Annual Halloween Party, Queens Women’s Center, 401 Murray Ave., Fort Totten, Bayside; 793-0672.

Fairs, Fleas & Festivals

Nov. 4th, St. Francis Prep H.S., art auction, 61-00 Francis Lewis Blvd., Fresh Meadows, for tickets and information, call 359-5837.

Nov. 5th, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Flea Market, school cafeteria, 23-15 Newtown Ave., Astoria; vendors wanted, call 726-0034.

Nov. 11th, the Big Apple Depression Glass Club Collectible and Antique Show and Sale, Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, for information call 347-FARM.

"You’ve Gotta Have Park"

For information on events at any of the New York City Dept. of Parks & Recreation facilities, call (888) NY-PARKS.

Astoria, Forest and Queensbridge Parks

Oct. 28th, Astoria and Queensbridge Parks only, second Annual Haunted Waters Walk and party, call 520-5908 for information.

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Oct. 25th and 26th, find out more about nature with APEC Explorers, Junior Nature Kids, Adult and After School Programs.

Call APEC for registration and information on continuing programs, call 229-4000.

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Oct. 27th, to 29th, Med-Evil Madness, Passerelle Building near the USTA

For information, call 520-5918 or 699-4236.

Forest Park

Nov. 4th, Fall Foliage Frolic, meet the Rangers at the Buddy Monument, Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South

New York Hall of Science

Nov. 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th and 24th, Sports Exhibition from the Ontario Science Center and more.

To Jan. 7th, A total body and mind workout.

For information, call 699-0005.

Queens 2000

To Oct. 31st. Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, free music classes and concert, 461-8910.

To Oct. 31st, Queens Theatre in the Park, historic cemeteries exhibit, 760-0064.

Queens Botanical Garden

Oct. 28th, Autumn Talk: Backyard Composting; Oct. 29th, Bonsai Society of Greater New York Annual Show and Oct. 31st, Haunted Garden. Nov. 4th, Fall Pruning; Nov. 12th, Explore Your Senses; Nov. 16th, Basket Arrangement of Flowers and Nov. 19th, Creating a Harvest Centerpiece.

For information, call 886-3800.

Queens County Farm Museum

Oct. 27th to 31st, haunted house and Oct. 29th, children’s fall festival.

For information, call 347-FARM.

"Every Kid Deserves A ‘Y’"

Bellerose YMCA: November Health and Wellness: Personal commitment for adults; strength training for women, teens and older adults; chair yoga, spinning, kick-boxing, fitness evaluations and body fat analysis as well as for children and teens ages eight to 17, call 479-0505 for more information.

Cross Island YMCA: Oct. 28th HallowFest, Nov. 12th, Annual Bowl-a-Thon and new Leader-In-Training Program for high school students grades seven to 10 who are interested in working with children ages five to nine, call 479-0505 for information.

Flushing YMCA: Oct. 28th, Halloween Fright Night for kids and families; Pre-Natal Exercise; youth sports; weight training; men’s winter basketball league; pre-school and after-school programs; swim team; bench press contest on Nov. 11th. For information on any of the events listed here, call Sandra Sosic, member services director, 961-6880, ext. 152.

Long Island City YMCA: Free universal pre-kindergarten child care for children born in 1996, registration deadline Oct. 27th, call Susie Ospina at 392-7932.

Free! At Queens Libraries

Thursday, October 26

1:00 p.m.

Steinway Branch. Introduction To Glass And Tile Etching.

2:00 p.m.

Flushing Library. Unemployment Insurance Seminar.

4:00 p.m.

Central Library. Halloween Celebration-Boo!, ages six to 12.

Glendale Branch. Halloween Craft Workshop, 6th grade And Up.

North Hills Branch. Woven Card Workshop.

4:30 p.m.

Flushing Library. Infolinq Class In French.

5:30 p.m.

Bay Terrace Branch. Secrets Of Juggling Home, Children And Career.

6:00 p.m.

Briarwood Branch. From Italy With Love.

6:30 p.m.

Woodhaven Branch. Creative Writing Workshop.

7:00 p.m.

Langston Hughes Branch. Places We Call Home Series.

Friday, October 27

3:00 p.m.

Flushing Library. Introduction To Family Law.

3:30 p.m.

Corona Branch. Frightening Tales Of Horror & Terror, ages seven to 12.

4:00 p.m.

Central Library. Story Sharers Ages Six to 12 and Story Sharers For Teens Ages 12 And Up.

Steinway Branch. Halloween Masks, ages six to 12.

North Forest Park Branch. Create A Paper Puppet For Halloween, grades two to six.

4:30 p.m.

Flushing Library. Infolinq Class In Italian.

Saturday, October 28

10:00 a.m.

Central Library. Introduction To Word Processing.

10:30 a.m.

Elmhurst Branch. Writing Workshop.

11:00 a.m.

East Flushing Branch. Chess Club, ages 12 to 18.

Flushing Library. Halloween Costume Party, ages

six to 11.

12:30 p.m.

East Flushing Branch. Chess Club, ages nine to 11.

2:00 p.m.

Flushing Library. Future International Dance.

Flushing Library. General Human Outreach: Understanding Mental Health.

East Elmhurst Branch. Rob Miller & Prime Meridian.

2:30 p.m.

Jackson Heights Branch. Understanding The Managed Health Care System.

Richmond Hill Branch. Cabin Fever Quilting Workshop.

Sunnyside Branch. Jazz Influences Around The Globe.

3:00 p.m.

Fresh Meadows Branch. What A Century!

Sunday, October 29

1:00 p.m.

Central Library. Beginning Business Basics.

Flushing Library. Meet Gish Jen author.

2:00 p.m.

Kew Gardens Hills Branch. International Carnival.

2:30 p.m.

Flushing Library. Friends Of Flushing Concert.

Monday, October 30

10:00 a.m.

Central Library. Stay Well Exercise For Older Adults.

11:00 a.m.

Seaside Branch. Mosaic Frame Workshop.

1:30 p.m.

Kew Gardens Hills Branch. Friends Of The Kew Gardens Hills Library Meeting.

3:00 p.m.

Auburndale Branch. An Introduction to Social Security Disability And Supplemental Security Income Disability Benefits.

4:00 p.m.

Central Library. Quilt For A Cause, ages 11 to 18.

Maspeth Branch. Frightening Tales Of Horror & Terror, ages seven to 12

5:40 p.m.

Forest Hills Branch. Self-Help Waorkshop .

6:00 p.m.

Douglaston/Little Neck Branch. Lou Michael Singing Songs Of Sinatra And Others.

6:30 p.m.

Hollis Branch. Rob Miller & Prime Meridian .

Tuesday, October 31

6:00 p.m.

Central Library. Introduction to Excel.

Public Service Announcements

Jackson Heights Community Development Corporation, housing assistance program, m free clinic, Monday to Thursday, call 458-3600 for an appointment.

Kew Gardens Community Center health through imagery and portrait drawing classes, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd.; 268-5960.

Woodside On The Move free employment assistance and placement services for both local employers and employees, Monday through Friday, call 476-6946 for an appointment.