Calendar of Events

Dated material will be inserted in chronological order, nondated material will follow dated material. Please submit information three weeks in advance of issue date. Publisher reserves the right to edit content as necessary.

Community Meetings

Aug. 15, 7 p.m., City Charter Revision Commission public hearing, LaGuardia Community College Little Theatre, 31-10 Thomson Ave., E Bldg, Van Dam Street entrance.

Aug. 15, 8:30 p.m., Community School Board District 26; 631-6927.

Items of Community Interest

Aug. 28, HANAC Lindsay Senior Center, 29-19 24th Ave. By appointment only, call 545-3889.

To Aug. 18, Queensborough Community College Holocaust Resource Center and Archives adult trip, March of the Living, $3,500. Call Yossi Kedem, (212) 252-0900 or e-mail yossi@motlmail.org.

To Aug. 23, New York Junior Tennis League free summer tennis instruction, ages 6 to 18, loaner rackets, balls and other tennis equipment; 786-7110, ext. 157.

Aug. 24 to Sept. 8, Community Board 7 has positions for the U.S. Open Tennis Championships; 45-35 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 359-2800.

Aug. 30, Queens College "Women and Work Program" (WWP) open house, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 997-3098.

To Sept. 13, NYPD Exam deadline to apply; call (212) RECRUIT for application packet and information.

To Sept. 15, NYC & Company, Fleet and Delta Air Lines hosts Winter Insider’s Hour 2002. To request the official cultural guide send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Insider’s Hour, c/o NYC & Company, 810 Seventh Avenue, NY, NY 10019.

To Oct. 25, Queensborough Community College Holocaust Resource Center "Threads of Memory" display of quilts, 222-05 56th Ave., Library Building; 631-6044.

Arts & Entertainment

Aug. 21, 28, Jewish Music Under The Stars, Cunningham Park, Union Turnpike and 192nd Street; 544-9033, ext. 27.

Aug. 14 to 18, St. Gregory’s Theatre Group production "The Wizard of Oz," 242-20 88th Ave., Bellerose; 224-4439 or www.sgtg.org.

To Aug. 16, St. John’s University 8th Annual National Juried Art Exhibit, Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, Sun Yat Sen Hall, Queens Campus, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica; 990-7476.

Aug. 18, 24, Italian Charities of America Saturday dances and Sunday dances with instruction, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 14, 15, Flushing Art League of Queens 77th Annual Art and Craft Fall Outdoor Juried Art Show with sale; Municipal Parking #1, 39th Avenue and 138th Street, Flushing; 380-6414.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Aug. 15, "Once Upon A Ride"; Aug. 17, "Fellini Satyricon," "The Decameron," "Claire's Knee"; Aug. 18, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song," "W.R.: Mysteries Of The Organism," "Claire's Knee"; Aug. 21, "Guantanamera"; Aug. 24, "Women In Love," "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," "Small Change"; Aug. 25, "The Lickerish Quartet," "Carmen, Baby," "Small Change"; Aug. 28, "The Color Of Paradise"; Aug. 31, "Hi, Mom!," "Crocus," "Is There Sex After Death?," "Pagan Rhapsody," "Salo, Or The 120 Days Of Sodom"; 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria; 784-0077 or www.ammi.org.

Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts

Aug. 23, free summer garden concerts; to Aug. 22, arts academy for children; Aug. 23, Victor Lin Trio; Sept. 7, Queens Jazz Trail; to Sept. 29, "Concerning Nature: Artists from Long Island City"; Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 463-7700, ext. 222.

Queens Museum of Art

Aug. 17, "Little Red-Girl from The Hood"; Aug. 11 to Nov. 3, Queens International multicultural art exhibit; 592-9700.

Queens Symphony Orchestra

Aug. 18, 20, "Summer Operatic Scenes...A Taste of Opera"; for location, time, raindates, call 326-4455 or www.queenssymphony.org, dates/artists subject to change.

Socrates Sculpture Park

To Aug. 18, "View" compilation of artists, Broadway at Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City; 956-1819.

Reunions

Nov. 28, Most Precious Blood Class of 1978 reunion, contact Lisa Ficarotta-Zupcich, (800) 746-6422 (access code 44) or www.mpb78.jimsabo.com/index.html.

School Spirit

Beginning Aug. 26, Nazareth Regional H.S. attendance secretary position open. Fax resume to Mr. Doran at 629-5382; Aug. 26 to 30, first annual basketball camp, registration July 29 to Aug. 2; 763-1100, ext. 239.

August, Newcomers H.S.: Academy For New Americans, registration every Wednesday, 28-01 41st Ave., Long Island City; 937-6005.

August, CUMC Parents’ Cooperative Playgroup 2002/2003 preschool registration, 75-27 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 894-8654 or 894-5064.

Fleas & Fairs & Fundraisers

Aug. 15, New York Mets benefit dinner for Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC); Bobby V’s Restaurant; 728-8476, or e-mail QSACMETS@aol.com.

Aug. 15 to 18, Borgetto Cultural Association street fair, Steinway Street between 25th and 28th Avenues.

Aug. 31, Italian Charities of America, Inc. flea market, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

Sept. 2, 30th Avenue Business Association street fair, 30th Avenue between 29th and 42nd Streets.

Sept. 7, Dutch Kills Civic Association street fair, 36th Avenue between 29th and 35th Streets.

Oct. 20, Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation’s 22nd annual street fair, Jamaica Avenue from 80th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard; 805-0202.

Oct. 27, Broadway Astoria Merchants & Professionals street fair, Broadway between Crescent and 47th Streets.

"You’ve Gotta Have Park"

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Ongoing children’s after-school, weekday and weekend programs, family and adult programs, and special events; 229-4000 or www.alleypond.com.

Athens Square Park

August, Mondays, jazz night; Tuesdays, Greek night; Wednesdays, Italian night; Fridays Bangledesh night; 786-3335.

Forest Park

Aug. 14, The Okra Dance Company in Dance, Dance, Dance and in the evening The Stingers Motown Review; Aug. 15, Worldwinds-Journeys of Magic & Mystery with Sound; Aug. 17, Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona; Aug. 18, Queens Symphony Orchestra; Aug. 19, The Performance Project: Music with a Stomp; Aug. 21, The Fool and the Flying Ship; Aug. 22, Carol Sudhalter’s Astoria Big Band; Aug. 26, Mystical Motion Dancers; Aug. 28, The Rain Forest; Aug. 29, Golden Group Memories. For more information, call 846-2731 the Urban Park Rangers; or 235-4100 Forest Park.

Queens Botanical Garden

Visit the plant shop, plan a wedding, get plant care information or participate in programs from arts and crafts to concerts: Aug. 15, The Lew Picardi Orchestra; Aug. 17, The Birds of Summer; Aug. 20, Queens Symphony Orchestra "Summer Operatic Scenes: A Taste of Opera"; Aug. 22, The Little Brass Band of the American Concert Band; Aug. 24, Native American Folk Tales; Aug. 29, Eart’Acte; Sep. 7, African Mask Making; Sep. 14, A Fondness For Fall; Sep. 21, Chinese Landscape Painting; Sep. 29, Tea House; Children’s Garden, Summer Session I now thru Aug. 21; Summer Session II now through Aug. 22; Fall Session, Sep. 7 to 28. Admission is free, parking is $3 at the lot on Dahlia Avenue; 886-3800 or www.queensbotanical.org.

Queens County Farm Museum

To Aug. 16, children’s summer program of arts and crafts, nature courses, children ages 6 to 10; 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park; 347-FARM.

Queens Urban Park Rangers

Aug. 17, bicycle ride from Alley Pond to Cunningham; Aug. 18, learn about trees and how to identify them, Forest Park Nature Center; Aug. 24, fishing at Baisley Pond Park; Aug. 25, tour Twin Fields Kettle Pond at Forest Park Nature Center; 846-2731.

Socrates Sculpture Park

Aug. 17, 24, 31, painting classes; yoga classes; Aug. 18, 25, Tai Chi classes; Aug. 21, German night; Aug. 28, Eastern European night; 956-1819 or www.socratessculpturepark.org.

Every Kid Deserves A ‘Y’

For information on YMCA summer camps in Queens, contact the Y in your neighborhood: Bellerose, 479-0505; Flushing, 961-6880; Jamaica, 739-6600; Long Island City 392-7932; Ridgewood, 821-6271 or www.ymcanyc.org.

Aug. 24, Aeroba-Thon, 150 minutes of aerobics led by Y instructors; Cross Island YMCA, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose; 479-0505, ext. 126.

The Library Corner

Adults

Aug. 15

1:30 p.m., Hollis Branch

Films For A Summer Day

6 p.m., Elmhurst Branch

Bring Up Beautiful and Healthy Youth: General Nutrition For Your 6-12 Year Old

Aug. 16

6 p.m., Queens Central Library Cyber Center

Introduction to Excel; E-Mail For Beginners In Spanish

Aug. 17

10 a.m., Queens Central Library Cyber Center

Introduction to Excel; E-Mail For Beginners In Spanish

Flushing Library

Infolinq Class in English

10:30 a.m., Flushing Library

Infolinq Class In English

2 p.m., Flushing Library

Author Talk With Terrance Cheng; Saturday Meet The Met Series For Families

2:30 p.m., Flushing Library

Business Database Searching

Aug. 19

6 p.m., Flushing Library

English Conversation Group

7 p.m., Central Library

An Evening Of Jazz With Milesahead Ensemble

Aug. 20

2 p.m., Central Library

Career Exploration Inventory

Flushing Library

Stay Well Exercise For Older Adults

6 p.m., Queens Central Library Cyber Center

Introduction To Excel

Flushing Library

Infolinq Class In Spanish

Forest Hills Branch

Poetry With Nancy Rakoczy

Aug. 21

10 a.m., Queens Central Library Cyber Center

Introduction To Computers

6 p.m., Flushing Library

Effective Parenting; Career Exploration Inventory

7 p.m., Flushing Library

Infolinq Class In English

Aug. 22

1:30 p.m., Hollis Branch

Films For A Summer Day

4:30 p.m., Flushing Branch

Infolinq Class In French

5:30 p.m., Flushing Library

Brooklyn Queens Conservatory Summer Music Series

6 p.m., Briarwood Branch

Music Of The Americas