Calendar of Events

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America: The Healing

Grief counseling, financial assistance, Catholic Charities: Corona/Elmhurst, 779-1600; Glendale, 456-7001 and Woodside, 779-1234. The Family Center Staff emergency financial assistance, 726-9790.

Grief counseling, Cross Island YMCA, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose; 479-0505.

Dislocated Workers Assistance, The Consortium For Worker Education (CWE), 118-35 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills; 544-5490.

FEMA/NY State/NYC Disaster Assistance, FEMA, (800) 462-9029, TTY (800) 462-7585 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday to Saturday. New York State Crime Victims Board; (800) 247-8035, TTY (888) 289-9747, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Nov. 30, Astoria Peforming Arts and Long Island City Business Development Corporation fundraiser for children affected by WTC, gala show "Opening Doors," 31-30 33rd St, reservations recommended, call 278-5925.

Community Meetings

Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m., Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association, Councilmember-Elect Jim Gennaro and Community Affairs and Auxiliary units of the 107th Police Precinct ; Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills, 71-25 Main St; 263-1760.

7:30 p.m., sharp, Community Board 3; I.S. 227, 32-02 Junction Blvd., East Elmhurst.

8 p.m., JFK Regular Democratic Club of Queens County, for information, call 591-0100.

Nov. 19, 7 p.m., sharp, Community Board 7; Union Plaza Nursing Home, 33-23 Union St., Flushing; 359-2800.

Nov. 20, 7 p.m., Community Board 1; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd.; 786-3335.

Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., 112th Police Precinct Community Council, 68-40 Austin St., Forest Hills; 520-9321.

Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m., 114th Police Precinct Community Council; Riccardo’s, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria.

Items of Community Interest

Nov. 14 to Dec. 2, Lighthouse International, the leading resource on overcoming the challenges of vision impairment, first-ever, pre-holiday sale, 118-29 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills; 997-4079.

Nov. 15, St. John’s University, science and religion lecture, Council Hall, 8000 Utopia Pkwy, Jamaica; 990-6378.

•Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association is organizing a partnership of park users and advocates with the Department of Parks to improve Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Dave Kulick; 539-8462.

•Queens Women’s Center and Samuel Field/Bay Terrace ‘Y’ presents "...Coping with the Tragic Events of September 11," 212-00 23rd Ave., Bayside, Barbara Gillespie; 352-7225.

•Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC) monthly autism support group, 30-10 38th St., 3rd floor, Astoria; 728-3566 or 728-8476.

Nov. 16, Grandmaster Aaron Banks and Shihan Jonas Nunez, Jr., 34th Annual 2001 Oriental World of Self-Defense; Madison Square Garden; 896-0456

Nov. 16 to 19, New York Public Library, the Emancipation Proclamation, on view for the first time in 50 years, Wachenheim II Gallery of Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, Manhattan; (212) 869-8089.

Nov. 17, Chian Federation 24th Homeric Award, Chian Federation Cultural Center. For reservations and information, call 204-2550.

•ARROW Community Garden and Center "NYC Blooms Again" bulb planting program, 35-30 35th St., Astoria; 595-2829.

•Jackson Heights CDD free co-op buying seminar, 33-47 91st St., call Patricia Sabb-Bridges at 458-3600.

Nov. 18, Queens college undergraduate admissions open house, Kiely Hall 206, 75-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 997-5608.

Nov. 19, Queens Mineral Society, Room D235, New Science BUilding, Queens College Campus; 544-5059 or 347-6839.

Nov. 21, AARP Chapter No. 991 social meeting; Community United Methodist Church, 81-10 35th Ave., Jackson Heights; 457-4799.

•112th Police Precinct Community Council

Nov. 24, City of New York Department of Sanitation, Queens curbside leaf collection; (212) 219-8090 or www.nyc.gov/sanitation.

Nov. 26, Consortium for Worker Education (CWE)/NYC Central Labor Council, free course in artisan baking, job readiness training, 36-46 37th St., Long Island City, call Omar Domenech at 392-0025, ext. 15.

Nov. 28, Parents Without Partners, Queens Chapter 16; Skyline Diner, 271-27 Union Tpke., New Hyde Park; 343-7674.

Arts & Entertainment

Nov. 15, Dec. 6, 20, open-mic night, Starbucks Coffee, 41-02 Main St., Flushing.Nov. 16, T.R.Y. luncheon and show "The Owl and the Pussycat"; Riccardo’s By The Bridge Restaurant, 21-01 24th St., Astoria; 983-1990.

Nov. 16, 17, 23, 24, Poppenhusen Institute presents the Phoenix Players in Tom Stoppard’s "Hapgood," 114-04 14th Rd., College Point; 381-5534.

Nov. 17, open-mic night, Queens Borough Public Library, Jackson Heights Branch, 35-51 81st St.

•Italian Charities of America, Saturday and Sunday dances, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

Nov. 17, 18, Women’s Studio Center, Inc. open house; Wills Art Decor Building, 43-01 21st St., Suite 216, Long Island City.

Nov. 17, 24, New York Metropolitan Country Music Association Country & Western dances; Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Ave; 763-4328.

Nov. 19, 26, Barbara Sfraga Group, jazz; Erawan Thai Cuisine, 42-31 Bell Blvd., Bayside; 428-2112.Nov. 20, Dec. 18, Open-mic poetry nights, East Elmhurst Branch Library, 95-06 Astoria Blvd.; 424-2619.

Nov. 24 and Dec. 22, Women’s Writers Forum; Sofa Cafe, 35th St. and 28th Ave., Astoria.

Dec. 6 deadline, Friendly Poets Society inspirational poetry competition, 838 Wymount Terr., Provo, UT 84604, www.friendlypoets.com.

Dec. 8, Women’s Visual Arts Forum; LaVuelta Bistro, 10-43 44th Dr., Long Island City. Sponsored by Women’s Studio Center. For more information call 361-5649 or WSC586@aol.com.

Wednesday evenings, line dance lessons, ANIBIC Center, 212-12 26th Ave., Bayside; 423-9550.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Repertory Nights: Nov. 17, 18, "Written On The Wind"; Nov. 24, 25, "Brazil"; Dec. 1, 2, "M"’ Dec. 8, 9, "Flowers of Shanghai"; Dec. 15, 16, "My Night at Maud’s"; Dec. 22, 23, "Wild Strawberries" and Dec. 29, 30, "Steamboat Bill Jr."; 784-0077.

Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts

Nov. 16, Theater/Dance: Todo/Tango and All That Tango and Dec. 9, Classical music concert, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 463-7700.

Queensborough Community College

Nov. 17, Queensborough Orchestra performs "Concierto de Aranjuez" and Schubert’s Fifth Symphony (631-6393); Nov. 18, Performing Arts Series "The Sunshine Boys" and Nov. 24, "New Vic Theatre of London presents Canterbury Tales" (631-6311); Nov. 26, QCC Art Gallery Exhibit of European American Bank Collection and Ramon Menocal’s "Umbral de la Conceiencia" (631-6396), 56th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard, Bayside.

Queens College

Nov. 18, Fleet Classical Concert Series, Colden Center for the Performing Arts, LeFrak Concert Hall, Kissena Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing; 793-8080.

Queens Museum of Art

Young Artists Series: Nov. 28, collage and mixed media and Dec. 5, printing techniques; The Looking Series: Nov. 15, the early 20th century and "The Long Walk To Freedom: Portraits of Civil Rights Activists Then and Now" and Nov. 29, The role of photography; The Film Series: Road Movies: Nov. 16, "Red River"; Nov. 17, IMPACT repertory Theatre and Nov. 30, "Lonely Are the Brave"; Now to Jan. 27, 2002, "The Long Walk To Freedom: Portraits of Civil Rights Activists Then and Now" in conjunction with Community Works and the Langston Hughes Branch of the Queens Borough Library; Now to Feb. 7, 2002, artist Jane Benson’s "Great Representations" and artist Susan Wolsborn’s "Kinesthesia" and artist Charley Friedman’s "Big Eyes" on the museum’s ramp and wedge space; Now to Feb 17, 2002, "Translated Acts" contemporary Asian art exhibit; 592-9700.

Queens Theatre In The Park

Nov. 17, 18, Ballet Hispanico, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing; 760-0064.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

Nov. 16 to Dec. 16, "Brake Four Hearts & Put In Reverse," 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 729-3880.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & …

Nov. 17, Cross Island YMCA second annual International Dinner Dance to benefit the scholarship fund; Autun’s Cuisine, Hicksville; 479-0505, ext. 159.