Calendar
Flag Day

June 12, 7:30 p.m., Queens Borough Elks Lodge 878 Flag Day Memorial Ceremony, 82-10 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst. For more information, call Jack Mahoney at (516) 221-4569.

June 16, 10 a.m., Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside Annual Flag Day Parade "Celebrate Sunnyside, A Small Town in a Big City." Gather at 10 a.m., Greenpoint Avenue and 39th Street.

Community Meetings

June 11, 7 p.m., (sharp) Community Board 7; Union Plaza Nursing Home, 33-23 Union St., Flushing; 359-2800.

7:30 p.m., Middle Village Property Owners/Residents Association; St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79th Street and Juniper Valley Road; 894-4114.

8 p.m., VFW Whitestone Community Post 4787, 19-12 149th St; 746-0540.

June 12, 12:30 p.m., Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce; Dazie’s Restaurant, 39-41 Queens Blvd.; 482-6053

6 p.m., Metropolitan Transit Authority Air Train to LaGuardia; Crystal Palace, 39-01 Broadway, Astoria; 545-5500.

8 p.m., Forest Hills Community and Civic Association; American Legion Hall, 107-15 Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills.

June 13, 7:30 p.m., Community Board 5; Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Meeting Hall, 62-10 Myrtle Ave., Glendale; 366-1834.

June 14, 6:30 p.m., Community School Board 24, 80-00 Cooper Ave., Glendale.

June 14, 28, 8 p.m., St. Margaret’s Post 1172 Catholic War Veterans; Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village; 894-1133.

June 17, 9:30 a.m., Jewish War Veterans Kew Forest-Woodside-Irwin Loitz Post 250; Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., AX 7-7711.

June 19, 2 p.m., New York City Department of City Planning review of NYC draft transportation improvement program, 22 Reade St., Spector Hall, main floor, Manhattan.

June 26, Oct. 30, Nov. 27, 8 p.m., Bayside Hills Civic Association; Bayside Colonial Church, basement.

Items of Community Interest

June 12, 26

Foster Parent Association adoptive parent orientations. For more information, call Teresa Bauer at 263-0740.

June 9, 11

Friends of Floral Park Library Annual June Book Sale and 18 small animals from the Long Island Petting Zoo will be available for children to see, pet and enjoy; and on the 11th, $2 Bag-of-Books sale, Tulip Avenue and Caroline Place.

June 10

Adventure on a Shoestring snacks-and-sights safari of the shopping section of Flushing, meet at northeast corner of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue. For more information, call (212) 265-2663.

June 10, 11

Jackson Heights Beautification Group 10th annual "Historic Jackson Heights Weekend," garden tour, for more information, call (212) 439-8784.

June 11, 25, July 9

Queens Toastmasters Club; Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., lower level. For information, call Bob at (212) 687-4159, ext. 17.

June 12

•Fourth Annual Queens Women’s Network Tee Off Against Domestic Violence; Forest Park Golf Course, Woodhaven; 657-6200.

•The 18th Annual Public Health, Safety and Environment Expo and Luncheon of the Queens Chamber of Commerce; Terrace On The Park, 111th Street and 52nd Avenue, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 898-8500

To June 16

The Latin American Cultural Center of Queens cultural bridges program for students between eight and 16, 93-11 34th Ave., Jackson Heights. For information, call 261-7664.

June 23

American Lung Association 2nd Annual Family Asthma Walk, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 263-5656.

June 30

Italian-American Women Writers, Bella Italia Mia; Maspeth Library, 69-70 Grand Ave.; 426-1240.

To July 9

New Jersey Rainbow Poets religious poetry contest; Free Poetry Contest, 103 N. Wood Ave., PMB 70, Linden, NJ 07036.

Arts & Entertainment

June 21, July 5

Open Mike Night, 42-02 Main St., Starbucks, Flushing.

June 8

Forest Hills Community House final Rainbow Concert of the season; 108-25 62nd Dr.; 592-5757, ext. 231.

June 9, 10

Jackson Heights Art Club Art On The Fence outdoor art show, P.S. 69 fence, 78th Street and 37th Avenue.

June 9, 16

Gingerbread Players of St. Luke’s, "Romeo and Juliet," 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills; 268-6021.

June 9-24

Painting son view by artist Steve Secka; Olympic Diner, 37-27 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria; 728-9678.

June 9, 16, 30

New York Metropolitan Country Music Association dances; Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Ave.; 763-4328.

June 10

•"Cypreco" of America presents its 19th Annual Folkloric Festival; Bohemian Hall and Park, 29-19 24th Ave., Astoria, rain or shine; 626-7896.

•Ashley Turner Quintet; Gantry Plaza State Park, at the East River in Long Island City. For information, call Dana Matteson at 340-1632.

June 11

Jackson Heights Poets Open Mike night; Barnes & Noble, 70-00 Austin St., Forest Hills.

June 16

•The School of American Ballet, auditions, boys and girls ages eight to 10; P.S. 199, 39-20 48th Ave., Long Island City; (323) 769-6603.

•Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music third annual Juneteenth Freedom Music Festival, 42-76 Main St., Flushing; 461-8910.

American Museum of the Moving Image

June 9, "Weekend"; June 23, "Woman in the Dunes" and June 30, "Persona." Gary Cooper Retrospective: June 9, "A Farewell to Arms," "Design for Living"; June 10, "The Adventures of Marco Polo" and "The Wedding Night"; June 16, "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town," "Meet John Doe"; June 17, "The Pride of the Yankees," "For Whom the Bell Tolls"; June 23, "Ball of Fire," "Sergeant York"; June 24, "The Westerner," "High Noon"; June 30, "The Fountainhead," "The Hanging Tree" and July 1, "Vera Cruz" and "Man of the West."

Flushing Town Hall

June 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, "Rags" presented by the Flushing Council on Culture & The Arts, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 463-7700

Goliard

June 9, spring concert with Goliard Chorale performing madrigals by 16th century composer Carlo Gesualdo and the Goliard Duo performing sonatas for violin and piano; 728-8927.

Queens Museum of Art

June 7, First Thursday; June 9, Pied Piper Project, Performance: "My Dog is Better Than Yours" and guided tour of the Panorama of the City of New York; June 10, Pied Piper Project: "Crossing the Line"; June 16, Pied Piper Project and Juneteenth Celebration: commemorating the date the last slaves in America were freed; June 17, Pied Piper Project: "The Spirit of Butterflies: Myth Magic & Art"; June 23, Pied Piper Project, Performance: "Little Red Riding Hood" and guided tour of the panorama; June 24, opening reception for Crossing the Line and Pied Piper Project; June 26, business card exchange and "Embracing the World: Sculpture’s Twentieth-Century Expansion into Installation Art"; June 287, Performance: "Paradisiaca" and June 30, Pied Piper Project, Performance: Modern Noh Dance & Shakuhachi Flute and guided tour of the panorama.For information, call 592-9700.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

To July 1, All That Tango, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 729-3880.

Dinners/Dances

June 10, 16, 24, 30

Italian Charities of America dances with or without instruction, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

June 14, Queens Women’s Center 14th Annual Anniversary Dinner "A Celebration of Women in Leadership"; Crowne Plaza Hotel, LaGuardia Airport. R.S.V.P. 352-7225.

June 14

Queens Botanical Garden Annual Rose Ball Gala at the garden’s great lawn, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 886-3800.

June 15, Forestdale, Inc., Foster Parent Association, first annual scholarship dinner. For more information, call Teresa Bauer at 263-0740.

June 26, 107th Precinct Community Council dinner and dance, The Reception House, 167-17 Northern Blvd., Flushing. For information and tickets contact Carolann Foley, 969-5168 (leave a message).

June 28

Queens Society for Autistic Children Gala dinner dance and silent auction; Dante’s of Jackson Heights, 75-07 31st Ave; contact Perry Brown at 7-AUTISM, ext. 16.

Fleas/Festivals

June 16

•All Saints Church Street/Strawberry Festival, 46th Street between Queens Boulevard and 43rd Avenue; rectory phone number 729-8523.

•American Legion Post 1424 flea market, 107-15 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; for table information contact Kevin Ibert at 520-8623.

June 24

Central Astoria Local Development Coalition’s Steinway Street Festival, 28th to 34th Avenues.