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Jan. 28th, Community Supported Agriculture in Astoria, pot luck dinner and "sprouting" workshop; meet at ARROW Garden, 35-38 35th St., Astoria; 937-1264.

Jan. 28th, Knights of Columbus Bishop Raymond A. Kearney Council 4299 Super Bowl Sunday, 79-05 31st Ave., Jackson Heights; 639-2464.

Jan. 30th, Queens Women’s Center Business and Professional Networking Event, Queens Borough hall, room 158, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 793-0672.

Jan. 30th, Ben’s NY Kosher Restaurant charity matzo ball eating contest; 209 W. 38th St., New York; (212) 398-BENS.

Jan. 30th, State of the Borough Address, Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

Feb. 1st, DEADLINE for New York State Police Trooper Entrance Exam scheduled for Mar./Apr. For information or an application go to a State Police station, visit the web site at www.troopers.state.ny.us or call (718) 319-5138 or (800) 770-0200.

Arts & Entertainment

Jan. 27th, New York Metropolitan Country Music Association dances; Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Ave; 763-4328 or www.nymca.org.

Jan. 27th, Italian Charities of America dances, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

Jan 28th, Con Brio Ensemble twilight concert; Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills; 459-1277.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Jan. 27th, "Cries And Whispers (Viskningar Och Rop)" and "The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)"; Jan. 28th, "Private Confessions (Enskilda Samtal)" and "Kristin Lavransdatter"; Feb. 2nd, Greek Cinema Showcase "Evdokia"; Feb. 3rd, Critical Passions: Movies Selected By The New York Film Critics Circle, "The Player," "Two Or Three Things I Know About Her," "Last Year At Marienbad"; Feb. 4th, "The Right Stuff"; Feb. 10th, "And Life Goes On," "The Public Enemy," "L'Avventura"; Feb. 11th, "The Shop Around The Corner," "The Fury"; Feb. 17th, Ray Harryhausen's Handmade Fantasies, "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" and New York Film Critics Circle, "Manhunter," "My Man Godfrey," "Rules Of The Game"; Feb. 18th, Ray Harryhausen's, "Mysterious Island" and New York Film Critics Circle, "The Heroic Trio," "Shoot The Piano Player"; Feb. 19th To Feb. 21st, Harryhausen's, "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad," "Earth vs. The Flying Saucer"; Feb. 24th, New York Film Critics Circle, "The Go-Between," "The Girl From Chicago" and "Touch Of Evil" and Feb. 25th, New York Film Critics Circle, "Celine And Julie Go Boating." For information, call 784-0077.

LaGuardia Community College

Jan. 29th, poetry round table and open mike. For more information, call 482-5060.

Queens College

Jan. 28th, Chinese New Year celebration, Colden Center; Feb. 4th, Kids Classics II and Feb. 18th, "Beauty and the Beast." For more information, call 544-2996

Queens Theatre In The Park

Jan. 27th and 28th, "The Snow Queen"; Feb. 2nd and 3rd Theatre Sports; Feb. 24th and 25th, "James and the Giant Peach"; Mar. 3rd and 4th, Jazz Dance; Mar. 8th, Latino Women in the Arts; Mar. 9th, Sam Harris; Mar. 10th, Imago Theatre; Mar. 11th, Pat Cooper; Mar. 16th to 25th, "Wit" and Queens Black Cultural Series "From the Mississippi Delta" and Mar. 24th, Animal Tales and Dinosaur Scales. For information, call 760-0064.

Reunions

Apr. 7th. Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, is having their reunion for class years ending in ones and sixes. For more information, call Sister Joan Killen at 297-2120.

May 19th. If you were born between 1955 and 1960 in Woodside a major reunion is being planned. For information contact Bill Higgins (800) 691-6002 or e-mail WoodsideReunion@aol.com.

School Spirit

Jan. 26th. Monsignor McClancy H.S. first annual alumni basketball game for grads from the 60s to 90s. For more information, call 397-9343.

Feb. 16th. Community School District 30 is accepting nominations for the district’s gifted program for the fall of 2001. For information, call Sharon Becker, gifted program coordinator at 777-4734.

Hillcrest H.S., 160-05 Highland Ave., Jamaica. Various Saturday courses. Call 658-5407 for information.

"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.

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Jan. 25th and Feb. 1st and 8th, Diane Lieberman’s watercolor classes; Jan. 27th, Bird Feeder Creations; Jan. 27th, Bill Nieter’s beginners walking tour; Jan. 27th, Feb. 3rd, Feb. 10th, Ezra Jack Keats Fan Club; Jan. 28th and Feb. 4th, Shadow Play on Groundhog Day; and Feb. 16th, 2001 star party.

APEC has many programs for early childhood development as well as for weekends and after school—adults are welcome too. Sign up today. For more information, call 229-4000.

Forest Park

Now to Jan. 30th Jonathan Lev oils and triptychs "Forest Park Carousel Studies and Reflections"; Oak Ridge, 2nd floor. For more information, call 235-4151 or visit www.nycparks.org.

Lost Battalion Hall

Jan. 31st, Girls and Women in Sports Day, volleyball, field hockey, basketball, cheerleading, double dutch, weightlifting, nutrition, boxing, rhythmic gymnastics and fitness, 93-29 Queens Blvd., Rego Park; 520-5918 or 263-1163.

Queens Botanical Garden

Kids Programs: Feb. 11th, Valentine’s day message mobiles; Feb. 25th, woven cards family workshop; Mar. 11th, celebrating mother nature; Mar. 25th, bird watching bonanza. Winter Talks: Feb. 10th, worm collecting and Mar. 4th, battling the beetle. Special course: Mar. 6th to May 15th, master composter certification course. Adult Education: Mar. 10th, vermicomposting; Mar. 13th, flower creations; Mar. 15th and 17th, spruce up your garden for spring; Mar. 20th, natural lawn care and Mar. 27th, wedding flowers; Apr. 19th, unusual house plants; May 3rd, starting from seed and May 17th, basket arrangements. For information, call 699-0005

History At The Historicals

Greater Astoria Historical Society

Jan. 27th, Feb. 3rd, 10th and 17th, Saturday Afternoon At The Movies 10-hour series of the documentary "New York." For more information, call 278-0700.

Woodhaven Historical Society

Jan. 31st, lecture and slide show, "The Great Movie Palaces." For information, contact Cezar Del Valle at 832-5624.

"Every Kid Deserves A ‘Y’"

Bellerose YMCA: Feb. 23-25, 2001, Family Weekend Getaway (early bird registration gets discount); call 479-0505 for more information.

Cross Island YMCA: Jan. 29th, 10-week programs for toddlers to seniors begin. Call 479-0505 for more information or stop-in by Jan. 22nd to register.

Long Island City YMCA: Basketball, soccer and football leagues; for information, call 392-7932.

Free! At Queens Libraries

The Year of the Golden Snake begins on Jan. 24th. Click on the link "Lunar New Year" to read about the history, recipes, traditions, fortunes and fun that are part of the traditions of Chinese, Korean and other Asian peoples in their ancestral countries and their adopted lands.

Children, teens and adults can celebrate African-American heritage at their local library branch for the month of February.

For more information about library programs, services, locations, events and news visit the Queens Library web site at www.queenslibrary.org, phone (718) 990-0778 or go to your local branch for that calendar of events.

Public Service Announcements

The Machson segment of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty will pick up furniture for needy Jewish families. Call (212) 453-9525, Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hillcrest Jewish Center needs winter clothes for an abuse shelter, call 657-2504 to arrange for a pick up.

The Association for the Advancement of the Blind and Retarded is seeking saleable clothing, household items, books and furniture for its thrift shop, call 558-0390 for pick up.

Kew Gardens Community Center; exercise and opera, humor and politics. For information, call 268-5960.

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