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Community Calendar October 29, 2003
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Community Meetings
Associations

Nov. 3, 8 p.m., Jackson Heights Neighborhood Assn.; Atonement Lutheran Church Basement Meeting Room, 87th Street, Corona.

Nov. 10, Middle Village Property Owners/Residents Assn., Inc.; St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, Juniper Valley Road; 718-894-4114.

Nov. 13, United Community Civic Assn. and Assemblymember Michael Gianaris "Connect To Your Community"; American Museum of the Moving Image, Riklis Theater, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria; 718-545-3889.

Nov. 25, 8 p.m., Bayside Hills Civic Assn.; Bayside Colonial Church.

Clubs

Nov. 19, Dec. 19, John F. Kennedy Regular Democratic Club, 78-31 Parsons Blvd., Basement, Flushing; 718-591-0100.

Community Boards

Nov. 6, 7 p.m., Board 2; Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor; 718-533-8773.

Nov. 10, 7 p.m., Board 4; Flanders Field Post 150-VFW, 51-11 108th St., Corona; 718-760-3141.

Nov. 10, 7 p.m., sharp, Board 7; Union Plaza Care Center, 33-23 Union St., Flushing; 718-359-2800.

Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., Board 11; M.S. 158, 46-35 Oceania St., Bayside; 718-225-1054.

Nov. 12, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Queens Center for Progress, 81-15, 164th St., Flushing; 718-264-7895.

Community Councils

Nov. 5, 111th Police Precinct, 45-06 215th St., Bayside; 718-279-5200.

Nov. 19, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m., 110th Police Precinct; St. John’s Queens Hospital, 2 West Conference Room, 90-02 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst.

Nov. 25, 8 p.m., sharp, 108th Police Precinct; Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St., Sunnyside.

Nov. 25, Dec. 25, 8 p.m., 107th Police Precinct, 71-01 Parsons Blvd., Flushing.

Community School Boards

Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m., District 26; M.S. 74, 61-15 Oceania St., Room 128, Bayside; 718-631-6927.

Others

Nov. 20, Queens Borough Public Library Board of Trustees, Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 718-990-0700.

Nov. 25, Greater Woodhaven Development Corp.; Le Cordon Bleu.

Arts & Entertainment

American Museum of the Moving Image

Nov. 1, 2, Sammy [Davis Jr.] On Television, Anna Lucasta, Ashes And Diamonds; Nov. 2, Porgy And Bess, A Man Called Adam, Ashes And Diamonds; Nov. 7, The Servant’s Shirt (Naukar Ki Kameez); Nov. 8, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Ed Wood Preceded By Vincent, Beetlejuice, The Seven Samurai; Nov. 9, Batman, Batman Returns, The Seven Samurai; Nov. 14, Saturday (Sabado); Nov. 15, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow Preceded By Frankenweenie, Le Petit Soldat; Nov. 16, Mars Attacks!, Planet Of The Apes, Le Petit Soldat, House Of Sand And Fog; Nov. 19, Big Fish (Preview Screening); Nov. 21, Dil Chahta Hai; Nov. 22, Dementia 13, You’re A Big Boy Now, The Godfather; Nov. 23, The Rain People, Finian’s Rainbow, The Godfather; Nov. 25, In America (Preview Screening); Nov. 28, Sword Of Doom; Nov. 29, Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Godfather Part II; Nov. 30, The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Godfather Part II; 718-784-0077.

Flushing Town Hall

Thru Feb. 1, 2004, Carl Molno: An American Original retrospective exhibition; Nov. 1, Puerto Rican Heritage Month cultural event; Nov. 7, The Vincent Herring Quartet; Nov. 21, The Alex Blake Quartet; Nov. 9, Madama Butterfly; 718-463-7700.

LaGuardia Community College

Oct. 31, Living Jazz Legends Cecil Bridgewater and Harold Ousley; Nov. 12, Latino chamber music with Carpentier String Quartet. For information, call 718-482-5697.

MoMA QNS

To Nov. 3, Ansel Adams at 100; to Nov. 24, Projects 80: Lee Mingwei, The Tourist, Literally; to Dec. 1, Projects 79: Liam Gillick, Literally; to March 8, 2004, Pencil: Drawings from the Collection; Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Paul Cézanne, Claes Oldenburg and more; 33rd Street at Queen Boulevard; 718-707-0403.

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center

To Dec. 29, Paul Graham: American Night, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Special Projects, Vincent Szarek; to January 5, 2004, El real viaje Real/The Real Royal Trip, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 718-784-2084.

Queens College

Oct. 28-Dec. 23, Ciphers In Time: Recent Italian Mixed-Media Art; Nov. 2, Tamara & The Shadow Theatre of Java; Nov. 9, Prague Chamber Orchestra; Nov. 12, Evening Readings with Norman Manea; Nov. 25, Evening Readings with Edna O’Brien. For tickets and information, call 718-997-4646.

Queens Museum of Art

Nov. 6, 13, 20, Painted Paper Collage; to Nov. 1, Saturday Art Workshops; Nov. 6, The Impressionists; Nov. 13, Asian Art Today; Nov. 20, East Wind: Tour and Discussion; to Nov. 29, Korean Film Festival; to Nov. 30, Sunday Art Workshops; Dec. 3, 10, 17, Painting: The Still Life; Dec. 4, Joan Jonas: Performance Installations; Dec. 18, The Looking Series:Nature as a Mirror; Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-592-9700.

Queens Theater In The Park

Nov. 1, 2, 5, 7-9, A Tribute To "The Greatest"; to Nov. 2, My Cousin’s Wedding; Nov. 5-9, All Under Heaven; Nov. 14, 15, Inti-Illimani; Nov. 15, 16, Bruce Adler; Nov. 22, 23, Pilobolus; to Nov. 23, Contents Under Pressure; Nov. 29, A Christmas Carol, Beatlemania Again!; Dec. 5-7, 10, 11, 13, 14, Meshuggah-Nuns; Dec. 6, Trial By Water; Dec. 13, Celestial Motions; Dec. 19, 20, Words, Rhythms & Rhymes; Dec. 20, Santa Meets the Wicked Wizard, Soul Erotica; Dec. 27, Américo & Friends: An Evening of Poetry & Jazz; Dec. 27, 28, Rockin’ New Year; Jan. 24, 2004, Dance Asia, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 718-760-0064.

Others

Oct. 31, Nov. 1, 2, 3, 7, Theatre A La Carte "Let’s Murder Marsha"; Community Church of Douglaston, 39-50 Douglaston Pkwy.; 718-631-4092.

Nov. 8, Greek American Folklore Society Hellenic Music Festival; Cretan Association, 32-33 31st St., Astoria; 718-956-3544 or 726-4997.

Nov. 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, FSF Community Theatre Group "Victor Victoria"; Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd.; 800-260-6789 or 516-354-3017.

Nov. 8-22, AQA Gallery "Water & Light," 99-10 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 718-520-9842.

Nov. 9, Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra 40th Season Celebration; Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd.; 718-746-9122.

Nov. 13-23, St. Bart’s Playhouse presents "Brigadoon," Park Avenue, Manhattan; 212-378-0248 or 378-0222.

Nov. 13-Dec. 14, Thalia Spanish Theatre "Flamenco en Cuerpo y Alma," 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718-729-3880.

Nov. 14-16, Queens International Film Festival; Midway Theater, Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills; 718-459-5496 or www.queensfilmfestival.com.

Nov. 14-16, 21-23, Astoria Performing Arts Center, "Love Jokes," 31-30 33rd St., Astoria; 718-393-7505.

To Nov. 14, St. John’s University Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, Marshall Arisman’s "Power Animals," 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica.

Dec. 21, Oratorio Society of Queens Holiday Concert, 25-33 154th St., Flushing; 718-460-0726.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dances

Nov. 9, The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Long Island Chapter, Fifteenth Annual Fall Luncheon; Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, N.Y.; 516-222-5530.

Nov. 12, Long Island City Business Development Corp. Annual Luncheon & Trade Show; Terrace on the Park, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-786-5300.

Nov. 13, Long Island City YMCA 4th Annual Frank J. Tempone Service To Youth Dinner & Dance; Terrace on the Park, 52-11 111th St., Flushing.

Nov. 15, Alley Pond Environmental Center 2003 Annual Autumn Reception, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-235-4000.

Nov. 29, Bella Italia Mia Sixth Annual Party; Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718-426-1240.

Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers

Nov. 8, John Stanton Benefit Fund to assist family; Msgr. McClancy H.S.,71st Street, Jackson Heights; 718-335-0402.

Nov. 8, North Shore Queens Detachment 240 Marine Corps League 228th Anniversary Birthday Ball; Plattdeutsche Park Restaurant,1132 Hempstead Tpke., Franklin Square; 718-357-6570.

Nov. 8, Sunnyside Community Services fall bazaar to benefit the senior center, 43-31 39th St.; 718-784-6173, ext. 111.

Nov. 14, Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce 2003 Auction of fine art-estate jewelry, sports memorabilia and collectibles; LIC YMCA, 2nd Floor, 32-23 Queens Blvd.; 718-482-6053 or 718-784-8437.

Nov. 19, Shareing & Careing Annual Benefit, Cocktail Party and Silent Auction; Riccardo’s by the Bridge, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria; 718-721-7777.

Health

Others

Oct. 30, The Anthropology Museum of the People of New York Integrated Medicine: Pills, Diet & Exercise; Queens College Music Building, Choral Room 264; 718-428-5650.

Oct. 30, Cooley’s Anemia Foundation blood drive, 129-09 26th Ave., Room 203, Flushing; 718-321-2873, ext. 205.

Historicals

Nov. 1, King Manor Museum Spooky Stories, reservations required, space is limited. Museum located inside King Park, Jamaica Ave at 150th Street, Jamica; 718-206-0545.

Daily, Fort Totten Historical Center tours and lectures; 718-352-2462.

Items of Community Interest

Dutch Kills Civic Association

Nov 2, New York City marathon; 718-937-5568.

LaGuardia Community College

Oct. 29, Computer Maintenance; Nov. 8-Dec. 20, Microsoft Access. For information, call 718-482-5338.

Queens College

Oct. 29, Lecture Series: Law and Revelation; 718-997-5730.

Queensborough Community College

Nov. 5, Open House Networking Event "Peer Power Forum," reservations; 718-281-5144

York College

Nov. 3, open house, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Awareness Day; Nov. 4, open house, MARC Honors Seminar Research Reports, Small Business Development (SBD): Restaurants; Nov. 5, SBD: Import/Export; Nov. 8, open house, Structure of the Universe, Total Lunar Eclipse, 25th Anniversary Independence Celebration concert; Nov. 10, Personal Finance Community Forum Nov. 11, Gospel Concert, Graduate Workshop, MARC Honors Seminar: Responsible Conduct of Research, Part II: Research on Animals,"The Family Expert" staged reading; Nov. 12, Let’s Talk About Sex..., SBD: Entertainment as a Business; Nov. 13, Graduate Workshop; Nov. 14, Sixth Annual School of Journalism Day and NYC Scholastic Press Association Conference; Nov. 15, Financial Aid Workshop; Nov. 18, Haitian Independence Day, "Combat De Vertieres," MARC Honors Seminar: Cultural Capital & Graduate Student Achievement.

Others

Oct. 31, Center for the Women of New York 16th Annual World of Working Women Conference and Job Fair; Sheraton LaGuardia East; 71;8-460-6666.

Nov. 2, Catholic War Veterans 21st Annual Music Salute to Veterans; St. Albans Veterans Administration Center, 179th Street and Linden Boulevard.

Nov. 5, Neighborhood Housing Services of Northern Queens, seminar "Dangers of Lead Paint in Your Home" and "HUD Home," 60-20 Woodside Ave., 2nd Floor, registration required; 718-457-1017.

Nov. 6, Queens Borough Chamber of Commerce Card Exchange; Computer Career Center, 95-25 Queens Blvd., Rego Park; 718-898-8500.

Nov. 8, Community Task Force of Maspeth, Elmhurst & Middle Village Protest March, corner of Grand Avenue and 79th Street; 718-651-5865.

Nov. 8, New York Junior Tennis League is sponsoring a trip to Yale and Albertus Magnus University; 718-786-7110, ext. 162; Nov. 8-9, early morning winter weekend tennis lessons at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Bay Terrace Tennis Center and Cunningham Tennis Center, no black sole sneakers; 718-786-7110, ext. 26.

Nov. 10, Rosenthal Library at Queens College "This is woman’s hour…"—The Life of Mary Baker Eddy, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 718-997-3672.

Nov. 11, The Salvation Army "Honor Our Heroes" service, 21-10 Borden Ave., Long Island City; 718-784-5690.

Parks & Recreation

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Nov. 1, 9, Lovely Leaves; Nov. 8, Bird Walk at Jones Beach; Nov. 15, 2003 Annual Autumn Reception; Nov. 16, The City That Drinks The Mountain Sky; Nov. 22, Oakland Lake Slide Show; year ’round, Birthday Party Program on Saturdays and Sundays, some after-school and holidays possible, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-229-4000.

Forest Park

To Nov. 14, Forest Parks Landscape Stewards Program; host your next event at Oak Ridge; Salsa Tuesdays, Yoga Mondays, One Forest Park, Woodhaven; 718-235-4100.

Queens Botanical Garden

Nov. 8, Monet’s Garden in Giverny; Nov 15, Bountiful Traditions; Dec. 13, Winter Gathering, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 718-886-3800.

Socrates Sculpture Park

To Nov. 2, Edward Burtynsky, Shipbreaking #50, Chittagong, Bangladesh; to February 8, 2004, EAF03: The 2003 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition; 718-956-1819.

Urban Park Rangers

Nov. 1, Ethnobotany, Alley Pond; Nov. 8, Orienteering: Finding Direction, Alley Pond; Nov. 15, Giants of the Alley, Alley Pond; Nov. 16, Orienteering: Finding Direction, Forest Park; Nov. 22, Amateur Digital Nature Photography, Forest Park; Nov. 23, Conservation: "Make a Difference," Forest Park; Nov. 29, Leaf Journal Workshop for Kids, Alley Pond; Nov. 30, Eco Kids, Forest Park. For information or to register call the citywide hotline at 311.

Other Parks

Nov. 1, "Wildman" devours Kissena Park, 164th Street and Booth Memorial Drive; Nov. 8, "Wildman" devours Cunningham Park, Union Turnpike and Francis Lewis Boulevard, Hollis, reservations; 914-835-2153.

School Spirit

Nov. 1, Martin Luther H.S. academic excellence scholarship exam for eighth/ninth grade students; 718-894-4000.

Nov. 5, Queensborough Community College ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the CUNY Center for Higher Education, 39-07 Prince St., Flushing.

Nov. 16, Queen of Angels Home School Association annual holiday/cake sale, crafts, Church Recreation Center, Skillman Avenue.

Nov. 22, St. Robert Bellarmine Home School Association raffle in the School Hall; 718-631-5665 (leave message).

Nov. 23, St. John’s Prep H.S./Lewis Avenue reunion of all classes, call Barbara Mahoney at the Alumni Office, 718-721-7200, ext. 685.

•P.S. 84, The Steinway School, is looking for alumni for their 110th year anniversary, 22-45 41st St., Astoria; 718-721-4827.

•Immanuel Lutheran School Reading and Math Enrichment Program, 12-10 150th St., Whitestone; 718-767-5656.

Seniors

Nov. 10, Forest Hills Community House/Senior Center book fair, 108-25 62nd Dr.; 718-699-1010.

YMCA’s

Central Queens

Nov. 4, trip to New York Aquarium for kids; 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills; 718-268-5011.

Cross Island

Nov. 3, Computer Learning Center registration, 10-week courses begin Nov. 10; 718-479-0505, ext. 114.

Local Libraries

To Dec. 6, Queens Library Gallery, Painting For Progress: Art And The New Deal, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 718-990-8665.

Kids

Oct. 31

10:30 a.m.,Maspeth Branch, Toddler Time

1 p.m., Maspeth Branch, Pre-School Storytime

Adults

Nov. 1

2 p.m., Flushing Library, "New York and Pennies for Peace" presented in Mandarin Chinese

Nov. 8

2 p.m., Central Library, "Fort Dimanche, Fort La Mort" presented in French

Nov. 9

1-4 p.m., Flushing Library, "Non-Citizen Voting"

PSA’s

Kew Gardens Community Center, Ti Chi Qi Gong, line dancing, open games, exercise, humor & politics, Italian opera and more; 718-268-5960.

Queens Women’s Network, displaced homemaker program, domestic violence SAFE program, 161-10 Jamaica Ave., Suite 207, Jamaica; 718-657-6200.



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