Calendar of Events
Flag Day

June 14, 10:30 a.m., Richmond Hill Historical Society recreation of the 1910 Jacob Riis Flagpole Ceremony, Richmond Hill Library, Hillside Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard; 718-847-6070.

11 a.m., Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside annual Flag Day parade, kick off at Greenpoint Avenue and 39th Street with ceremonies at the Veterans Memorial Plaza; 718-482-5625 or 718-786-4644 during regular business hours.

1 p.m., St. Lukes Roman Catholic Church Flag Day Mass followed by a celebration and dedication of a new flag and pole and 100-year-old bell, Clintonville Street and 17th Avenue., Whitestone.

Community Meetings

Boards

June 17, public hearing and meeting; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd.; 718-786-3335.

June 18, 7:30 p.m., Community Board 8; Queens Center for Progress, 81-15 164th St., Flushing; 718-264-7895.

Community Councils

June 18, 7:30 p.m., 110th Police Precinct C.C.; St. John’s Queens Hospital, 2 West Conference Room, 90-02 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst.

7:30 p.m., 112th Police Precinct C.C., 68-40 Austin St., Forest Hills.

June 24, 8 p.m., sharp, 108th Police Precinct C.C.; Nakwon Reformed Church, 41-10 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside; 718-206-0545.

Others

June 16, 7:30 p.m., Parents Without Partners, Queens Chapter 16; Knights of Columbus, 263-15 Union Tpke., Glen Oaks; 718-539-4425 or 718-767-6068.

June 19, 5:45 p.m., Queens Library Board of Trustees; Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 718-990-0705.

June 22, 9:30 a.m., Jewish War Veterans Post 250; Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park; 718-AX7-7711.

June 23, 5:30 p.m., Queens Borough Board, Queens Borough Hall, Second Floor, BP’s Conference Room, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718-266-3000.

June 25, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society; Emanuel United Church of Christ, 91st Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard; 718-845-3385.

June 29, 1 p.m., New York Finch & Type Canary Club Feather Show, near Belmont Racetrack; 718-967-6899.

Jun 30, 6 to 7:30 p.m., SHHH; Lexington School for the Deaf, 30th Avenue and 75th Street, Jackson Heights; 718-350-3203.

Civil Air Patrol

2nd and 4th Monday, 7 p.m., Falcon Senior Squadron, Federal Express Building 260, North Hangar Road, JFK International Airport; http://users.systec.com/sms90/falcon.falcon.htm.

Thursdays, 3 p.m., August Martin H.S. Cadet Squadron, 156-10 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica; 877-209-0744, ext. 6015.

Fridays, 6:30 p.m., Academy Cadet Squadron, College of Aeronautics, East Elmhurst; 877-377-3849.

Saturdays, 8 a.m., Arts & Business H.S. Cadet Squadron, 105-25 Horace Harding Expwy., Corona; ssgdmp@yahoo.com.

Items of Community Interest.

June 14, United Community Civic Association 3rd Annual Community Health Fair; St. Francis of Assisi Church Schoolyard, 21st Avenue; 718-932-5415.

June 14, 15, American Cancer Society Relay for Life International Festival; St. John’s University, Jamaica; 718-263-2224.

June 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, Outdoor Singles hikes at selected parks in NJ, NY, CT, PA, call for information; 718-784-7353.

June 15, Asociacion Puertorriquena Y Hermanos de Queens 6th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade; 32nd Street; 718-672-9388.

June 18, NAMI lecture; Hillside Hospital Sloman Auditorium, 76th Avenue and 265th Street; Glen Oaks; 718-347-7284.

June 19, Queens County Bar Association "Shaken Baby Syndrome" Continuing Legal Education course; Queens Bar Building, 90-25 148th St., Jamaica; 718-291-4500.

June 20, Queensboro Council for Social Welfare & F.E.G.S. elder abuse conference; Crowne Plaza Hotel; La Guardia Airport, 104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718-457-6300.

June 21, 112th Police Precinct Community Council graffiti cleanup in Forest Hills and Rego Park, 68-40 Austin St., Forest Hills.

June 21, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center 2003 Community Health Fair; 718-963-6781.

LaGuardia Community College: June 19, government procurement exposition; Con Edison’s Learning Center, 43-82 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City; 718-482-5315.

Queensborough Community College: June 10, July 8, information evening for prospective students; June 13, Citizenship Swearing-In Ceremony; June 19, 27, ESL classes for non-native speakers; June 30 to July 31, summer day camp open house; ongoing, Holocaust Resource Center and Archives exhibit; Campus Quadrangle ; 718-631-6044.

Arts & Entertainment

June 14, Goliard Concerts presents The Garden Musicale pre-concert ice cream social and Klapa Astoria; The Steinway Reformed Church, 42st Street and Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria

June 14, American Museum of Natural History exhibition that explores "Chocolate," 77th Street, Manhattan.

June 14, The Towers Garden Committee presents an outdoor evening cabaret, Main Garden, 80th Street and 34th Avenue, Jackson Heights; 718-424-9898.

June 14, Annual Quilt Show of the Richmond Hill Piecemakers; Holy Child Jesus School, 86th Avenue and 112th Street; 718-634-7176.

June 14, Italian Charities of America flea market; June 15, dance, June 21, dance; 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.

To June 15, Hofstra Gray Wig presents "I Ought To Be In Pictures," West End Theatre, Hempstead; 516-463-6818.

June 16, AQA Gallery nude model workshop (non-instructional), June 28 to July 19, "Arts4all" exhibition; 99-10 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 718-520-9842.

June 17, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Flowers With Care 3rd Annual Art Show "X-press Yourself Art Show," 23-40 Astoria Blvd., 718-726-9790.

June 18, Modern Art Foundry/Long Island City Business Development Center breakfast; 718-286-8000.

June 18, Federation of Italian American Organizations, Italian Nights 2003 presents Frizzi & Lazzi the Olde Time Italian–American Music & Theatre Company; June 25, children dance and cheerleading program; Athens Square Park, 30th Street and 30th Avenue, Astoria; 718-932-6893.

June 20, The Killing Kompany "Murder At The Sock Hop!"; Niederstein’s, 69-16 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718-326-0717.

June 21, The Undercroft Performance Space of Long Island City/Astoria afternoon variety show featuring local performers; 718-482-8790.

June 22, Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary & Victorian Garden grand opening open house, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing; 718-359-6227.

June 23, Peninsula Library; July 1, Briarwood Library; July 5, Forest Hills Library; Ken Stuart’s "Celebrate America!";718-896-5845.

June 28, Bella Italia Mia and Council on National Literatures book event, "Two Women Writers on the Italian–American Experience; Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718-821-3916.

June 28, Astoria Performing Arts Center "APAC’s Summer Stars" auditions, classes begin July 12; Presbyterian Church of Astoria, 31-30 33rd St.; 718-274-4781.

American Museum of the Moving Image

June 13, Maximum Penalty (La Pena Maxima); June 14, Short Films By Polanski, Knife In The Water, Weekend; June 15, Repulsion, Cul-De-Sac, Weekend; June 19, The Hulk; June 21, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Rosemary’s Baby, Wings of Desire; June 22, Macbeth, What?, Wings of Desire; June 27, Bronx Barbes; June 28, Chinatown, The Tenant, Ugetsu; June 29, Tess, Bitter Moon, Ugetsu; 718-784-0777.

Asian Society and Museum/Asian Cine Vision

June 20 to June 29, 26th Asian American International Film Festival: A Peck On The Cheek, Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity, Asakusa Kid, Inner Senses, Tribute And Remembrance, 725 Park Ave., Manhattan; 212-989-1422.

Flushing Town Hall

June 20, Live Jazz & World Beat Music with Little Jimmy Scott; June 28, Asian Director Shorts: Somewhere Over The Dreamland, Marriage Is A Crazy Thing, Inner Senses, Conduct Zero; June 29, Flavors, Room To Let, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing.

Isamu Noguchi Museum

June 21 to Oct. 4., free, art for families, Saturdays only; June 17 to Aug. 5, free, afternoon art program for teens, Thursdays only; Noguchi Education Department, 36-01 43rd Ave., Long Island City, 718-204-7088, ext. 203.

LaGuardia Community  College

June 11, two-hour lunchtime musical concert at Poolside Café; 718-482-5151.

MoMA QNS

June 26 to Sept. 29, Max Beckmann exhibit, 33rd Street at Queen Boulevard; 212-708-9431.

Queens Council On The Arts

June 14, Dance Community Round Table Discussion; Topaz Arts, Inc., 55-03 39th Ave., Woodside; June 21, South Asian Arts Day: Poetry, Music Dance and Traditional Cuisine; Bombay Harbour Restaurant, 73-01 Broadway, Jackson Heights; June 26, Silent Art Auction Benefit, 44-61 11th St., Long Island City; 718-647-3377.

Queens Museum of Art

June 18, 20, 25, painting classes for seniors; June 14, Juneteenth 2003; June 15, Animation Festival: "Princess Mononoke," "Chicken Run," "Creature Comforts"; Workshops: Dreams and Fantasy in Photography, Family Portraits, Jasper Johns-inspired flag-making; to July 19, Harumi Ori: I Was Here exhibition; June 22 to Sept. 7, Salvador Dali’s Dream of Venus; 718-592-9700 for information.

Socrates Sculpture Park

June 21, summer solstice celebration (raindate June 22); to Aug. 3, "Yard" an exhibit about the private landscape; to Aug. 8, free outdoor art making workshops; 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City; 718-956-1819.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

To June 29, "We Women Do It Better," 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside ; 718-729-3880.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dances

June 19, The Center for the Women of New York (formerly Queens Women’s Center, 16th Annual Anniversary Dinner; Crowne Plaza Hotel, La Guardia Airport; RSVP, 718-793-0672.

June 19, Forest Hills Community House Community Leaders breakfast, 108-25 62nd Dr.; RSVP, 718-592-5757, ext. 100.

June 20, NAACP Northeast Queens 60th anniversary Freedom Fund dinner; Sheraton La Guardia East, 135-20 39th Ave., Flushing; RSVP, 718-591-0258.

June 20, Rotary Club of Flushing 50th Anniversary Gala; Terrace On The Park, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-321-3800, ext. 245.

June 22, Forest Hills Action League annual brunch and inaugural "I Care" awards program; Wilton Court, 112-50 72nd Ave., Forest Hills; 718-268-7820.

June 27, Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC) silver anniversary dinner dance/silent auction gala; Terrace On The Park, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 516-625-0091, reserve early.

Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers

June 14, First Annual Newtown Creek Waterfront Festival; 718-383-4388 or www.erashop.org.

June 18, City Councilmember James Gennaro fundraiser; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows; call for reservation, 718-454-5697.

June 18 to 22, St. Antonio Abate Society of Castrofilippo, Ditmars Boulevard between 35th and 38th Streets.

June 22, Central Astoria LDC, Steinway Street between 28th and 34th Avenues.

July 20, Friends of Community Board 1, 30th Avenue between 29th and 42nd Streets.

July 26, Dutch Kills Civic Association, 36th Avenue between 29th and 35th Streets.

July 31-Aug. 3, Hellenic Orthodox Traditionalist Church of America, St. Markella, 26th Street from 23rd Avenue to Amtrak Trestles.

Reunions

July 12, Franklin K. Lane H.S., Class of 1984/1985 reunion; Roma View, Howard Beach; 516-883-8036.

You’ve Gotta Have Park

Alley Pond Environmental Center

June 14, Perfect Plants, An Evening with the Stars astronomy program; June 14, 21, The Art Alive Series; June 25, Oakland Lake slide show at Flushing Library; ongoing, Birthday Party Program on Saturdays and Sundays, some after-school and holidays possible, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-229-4000.

City Parks Foundation

June 30 to Aug. 14, City Parks Tennis, free, ages 6 to 16 at the following Queens locales: Alley Pond Tennis Center, Astoria Park, Baisley Park, Brookville Park, Crocheron Park, Cunningham Park, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Flushing Memorial Field, Forest Park,  Juniper Valley Park, Kissena Park; 718-699-4200.

Cunningham Park

June 11, opera in the park; to June 21, "Turn 2" youth baseball clinics, Horace Harding Expressway and Grand Central Parkway; 212-360-1311.

Forest Park

June 15, Ballet los Pampas; June 16, Latin Jazz coalition; June 19, Charlie Thomas’ Drifters; George Seuffert Bandshell, Woodhaven; 718-235-4100.

Queens County Farm Museum

June 21, 22, strawberry festival; July 9 to Aug. 15, children’s summer program, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park; 718-347-FARM.

Historicals

Historic New York Tours, June 21, Long Island City–Old and New walking tour; 646-298-7669.

Queens Historical Society, June 15, Queens Parklands Walk, meet at Queens Botanical Garden; June 25, the History of Oakland Lake; June 28, tour of the Riker-Lent Homestead; June 29, "Beauty for Ashes" the story of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-939-0647, ext. 17.

Every Kid Deserves A ‘Y’

Central Queens YM & YWHA, June 18, Andy Statman and the Shashmaqam Bukharan Ensemble present "The Wedding of our Cultures" at Forest Hills H.S; June 23 to 26, swim week; 718-268-5011.

Cross Island YMCA, June 15, Father’s Day family swim, adult basketball and/or water workout; June 16, eight-week computer course; June 17, 24, defensive driving; June 26, "Be A Neighborhood Hero" dinner dance, Caffe on the Green; to Aug. 17, computer learning; register before June 15, Bayside; 718-479-0505.

PSA

Glen Oaks Volunteer Ambulance Corps Youth Squad is looking for new members between the ages of 14 and 18; 718-347-1637.

American Legion, Blissville Post 727 needs hand-held battery-powered games, videos, books, arts and craft supplies, bubbles, crayons, coloring books and other toys for children in Queens hospitals; 718-786-7649.

Queens Women’s Network Multi-Service Center displaced homemaker programs and womensafe programs, everything in the center is strictly confidential, 161-10 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica; 718-657-6200.

THE CORNER LIBRARY

Adults

June 14

10:00 a.m. Flushing Library

INFOLINQ CLASS IN ENGLISH

Floral Park Branch

ANNUAL BOOK SALE AND PETTING ZOO

10:30 a.m. Central Library

PARENT/CHILD STORY & CRAFT

Flushing Library

INFOLINQ CLASS IN ENGLISH

11:00 a.m. Flushing Library

INFOLINQ CLASS IN RUSSIAN

2:00 p.m. Central Library

JAM WITH US-THE ART OF

IMPROVISATION FOR NON-MUSICIANS

Flushing Library

CENTRAL PARK STOMPERS SWING BAND

2:30 p.m. Flushing Library

DATABASE SEARCH SKILLS FOR

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

June 16

10:00 a.m. Central Library

4:30 p.m. Howard Beach Branch

NVR FILM SERIES: FORENSICS FRENZY!

6:00 p.m. Flushing Library

THE ROAD TO BECOMING A

U.S. CITIZEN

6:30 p.m. Astoria Branch

JAZZ PIANO PIONEERS - THE NEW YORK SCENE

Briarwood Branch

PORT OF SPAIN: MUSIC OF THE CARIBBEAN

Broad Channel Branch

STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP

Laurelton Branch

JAZZ OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND EVERYDAY

Middle Village Branch

TAI CHI FOR ADULTS

Woodhaven Branch

GET OVER YOURSELF, LOVE!

7:00 p.m. Central Library

POLISH YOUR RESUME!

East Flushing Branch

THE NEW YORKERS

Floral Park Branch

BAG-OF-BOOKS [AND MORE] SALE

June 17

2:00 p.m. Flushing Library

STAY WELL EXERCISE FOR OLDER ADULTS

Howard Beach Branch

THE MOONLIGHTERS

6:00 p.m. Flushing Library

CAREER EXPLORATION INVENTORY

June 18

10:00 a.m. East Elmhurst Branch

STAY WELL EXERCISE FOR OLDER ADULTS

10:30 a.m. Central Library

METROCARD MOBILE SALES

2:30 p.m. Fresh Meadows Branch

FROM PICASSO TO POLLOCK

6:00 p.m. Flushing Library

"FINANCE & CREDIT" SMALL

BUSINESS

6:30 p.m. Flushing Library

INTO THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS BOOK CLUB

7:00 p.m. Flushing Library

INFOLINQ IN ENGLISH

Kids

June 13

10:30 a.m. Maspeth Branch

TODDLER TIME

11:00 a.m. JACKSON HEIGHTS BRANCH

TODDLER LEARNING CENTER IN SPANISH

1:00 p.m. Maspeth Branch

PRE-SCHOOL STORYTIME

1:30 p.m. Astoria Branch

PICTURE BOOK IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

4:00 p.m. Queens Village Branch

CHILDREN’S CHESS CLUB

June 14

10:30 a.m. Central Library

PARENT/CHILD STORY & CRAFT

1:00 p.m. Forest Hills Branch

SCRIPT THEATER WORKSHOP FOR YOUTH

June 16

3:30 p.m. East Elmhurst Branch

CHESS CLUB FOR YOUTH

4:00 p.m. Laurelton Branch

YOUTH TALK

Queens Village Branch

CHILDREN’S CHESS CLUB

4:30 p.m. Howard Beach Branch

NVR FILM SERIES: FORENSICS FRENZY!

5:00 p.m. Laurelton Branch

YOUTH TALK

June 17

4:00 p.m. Queens Village Branch

CHILDREN’S CHESS CLUB

June 18

10:30 a.m. Queens Village Branch

PRE-SCHOOL PICTURE BOOK