Community Meetings

Sept. 28th, 8 to 9:30 a.m.,

Long Island City Business Development Corporation, keynote speaker Harold Levy, New York City Schools Chancellor, meet at Citibank, 1 Court Sq.; 786-5300.

8 p.m., Robert F. Kennedy Democratic Association, general membership meeting, keynote speaker Congressmember Anthony Weiner, 65-05 Yellowstone Blvd., basement level, Forest Hills, NY; 263-6650.

Oct. 2nd, 8 p.m.,

Jackson Heights Neighborhood Association; meet at Atonement Lutheran Church basement meeting room, 87th Street and 31st Avenue.

8 p.m., Community Board 11; meet at M.S. 158, 46-35 Oceania St., Bayside; 225-1054.

Oct. 3rd, 12:30 p.m.,

Kiwanis Club of Astoria/Long Island City, annual installation; meet at Esperides Restaurant.

7:30 p.m., Community Board 4; meet at Lisa Memorial Center, 51-13 108th St., Corona; 760-3141.

8 p.m., Astoria Civic Association; meet at Riccardo’s, 21-02 24th Ave., Astoria; 545-5353.

Oct. 4th, 6:30 p.m.,

Friends of Ridgewood Library general meeting, 20-12 Madison St; 381-9274 or 821-4770.

Oct. 5th, 7:30 p.m.,

United Community Civic Association, keynote speaker Peter F. Vallone, Jr., estate planning; meet at Augustana Lutheran Church, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria Heights; 932-5415.

Oct. 9th, 7:30 p.m.,

Property Owners/Residents Association of Middle Village, candidates night; meet at St. Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79th Street and Juniper Valley Road; 894-4114.

Items Of Community Interest

Sept. 30th, Dutch Kills 20th Anniversary dinner dance, 7:00 p.m., Riccardo’s, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria. For reservations and information, call Mary Parmel at 729-7396 or 706-0565.

Sept. 30th, Oct. 7th, 8th, 14th, 28th, 29th. Italian Charities of America dance, 83-20 Queens Blvd; 478-3100.

Sept. 30th, Bella Italia Mia "The Joy of Italian Opera", Maspeth Public Library, 69-70 Grand Ave.; 426-1240.

Oct. 1st through Dec. 23rd, Jackson Heights Community Development Corporation after school art, dance, music and theater classes, call 458-3600.

Oct. 2nd, Open Mike, Caffe Greco, 79-08 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, 424-6494.

Oct. 2nd, Stop Smoking, Queens Borough Public Library Flushing Branch and Queens Counseling Services of the Foundation of Religion and Mental Health, call 461-6393 for information.

Oct. 5th, Open Mike night, Starbuck’s across from the Flushing Library, call 424-6494 for information.

Oct. 7th, Open Mike at The Undercroft, Trinity Lutheran Church, 31-18 37th St, 482-8790.

Oct. 7th and 21st, Nov. 4th and 18th and Dec. 2nd and 16th, St. John’s Queens Hospital New Mom Breakfast Club, 10 to 11:30 a.m., call 558-1198.

Oct. 10th, 23rd, Queens Toastmasters Club, learn public speaking, call Bob at (212) 687-4159, ext. 17.

Oct. 11th, Sunnyside Community Services Neighborhood Concert Series, The American Brass Orchestra of Carnegie Hall, 43-31 39th St., 784-6173.

Oct. 13th, Kiwanis Club of Jackson Heights, Fifth Annual "Plenty ‘O’ Pasta" night fund raiser for community youth programs, Cavalier Restaurant, 85-19 37th Ave.

Campaign Trail 2000/2001

Oct. 17th, Robert F.Kennedy Jr. will host a party to celebrate and support the candidacy of Jim Gennaro at the Hillcrest Jewish Center, Jamaica Estates, 217-4969 or email at Gennaro2001@aol.com.

Arts & Entertainment

Now to Oct. 8th, Exhibition of Norman Barr at Studio B Fine Art Gallery, 32-90 36th St., Astoria, 267-6478.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Budd Boetticher: Sept. 30th, "The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond" and "Buchanan Rides Alone." Repertory Nights: New Prints of Classic Films "Belle De Jour" and "Chinatown." Zane Grey Theater: "The Long Shadow."

Kevin Brownlow Documentary and Screenings: Oct.7th, "The Wicked Darling," "The Sun’s Rays," "Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces"; Oct. 8th, "The False Faces," "The Black Bird"; Oct. 14th, "The Penalty," "Aces of Hearts," Oct. 15th, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "The Unholy Three"; Oct. 21st, "The Monster" "The Unknown," "The Phantom of the Opera"; Oct. 28th, "Tell It To The Marines," "While The City Sleeps"; Oct. 29th, "West of Zanzibar" and "The Unholy Three."

For information, call 784-0077.

Flushing Town Hall

Oct. 1st, Meridian String Quartet plays Haydn.

Oct. 6th, Geri Allen, pianist plays Mary Lou Williams.

Oct. 20th, The Jim Heath Big Band Birthday Bash.

For information, call 463-7700.

Greek Cultural Center

Oct. 7th and 8th, Saturday and Sunday, Greek Shadow Puppet Theater, "Karaghiozis," at the museum’s Leonhardt People Center; The Actor’s Workshop of Queens 10-week course and Greek Folk Dance classes weekly.

For information, call 726-7329.

(The) Killing Company

Sept. 29th, "Murder On Broadway!"; Oct. 20th, "Revenge By The Mob!"; Nov. 10th, "A Few Good Murders!"

For information, call (212) 772-2590.

LaGuardia Community College

Oct. 6th, Cecil Bridgewater celebrates Louis Armstrong.

For information, call 482-5151.

Queens Museum of Art

Sept. 30th, 2:30 p.m., Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.

Oct. 5th, Korean and Latino cultural month; music, dance, refreshments, games, give-aways and art.

Oct. 5th, First Thursday; and Oct. 12th, The Motives for Making Art, introduction and the spiritual motive.

Oct. 6th, The Film Series, Women in Film as done by Martin Scorsese, "Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore": Oct. 13th, Eric Mendelsohn "Judy Berlin."

For information, call 592-9700.

Queens Theatre In The Park

Oct. 1st to 31st, Art For Conservation featuring The Gorilla Foundation/koko.org and the "Interspecies Communication" exhibition, reception on Oct. 14th.

Oct. 7th , Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats.

Oct. 14th, "Beauty and the Beast" puppetry ballet.

Oct. 14th and 15th, Rita Moreno in Concert.

For information, call 760-0064.

Queens College

Oct. 1st, Eroica Trio; Oct. 2nd, Bach Anniversary Lecture; Oct. 4th, clavichord and fortepiano lecture-demonstration; Oct. 5th, Voice students recital, LeFrak Concert Hall and Oct. 6th, Bach, Saint-Saens and Chausson student recital, Recital Hall

Thalia Spanish Theatre

Sept. 29th to Nov. 5th, El Gran Teatro Del Mundo by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. English performances Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, Spanish performances Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

For information, call 729-3880.

Reunions

Sept. 30th, Cathedral H.S. for Girls, Class of 1960 to celebrate their 40th reunion at J.T.’s American Italian Grill, Madison Ave., call (718) 932-4052.

Oct. 1st, Cross Island YMCA, formerly the Eastern Queens YMCA, alumni picnic, call 354-0098.

Oct. 22nd (Brooklyn), P.S. 119, Class of 1950 50th Anniversary Reunion, contact Alan L. Berger (631) 261-2600, AlanBergES@aol.com or Paula Held Sharf 279-8771, 423-6200 or phsharf@webtv.net.

Fairs, Fleas & Festivals

Sept. 30th, Dutch Kills Street Festival, 35th Avenue between 29th and 35th Streets, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., food and fun galore.

Oct. 1st, 82nd Street B.I.D. Hispanic Heritage and International Day, 82nd Street, 335-9421.

Oct. 7th, fall flea market, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Middle Village, 63-70 Dry Harbor Rd. (corner of Penelope Avenue), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 335-7300.

"You’ve Gotta Have Park"

For information on events at any of the New York City Dept. of Parks & Recreation facilities, call (888) NY-PARKS.

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Sept. 27th, 28th, Oct. 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th and 26th, find out more about nature with APEC Explorers, Junior Nature Kids, Adult and After School Programs.

Call APEC for registration and information on continuing programs, call 229-4000.

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Oct. 5th, Fountain of the Fairs, ribbon cutting ceremony.

Oct. 12th, Triassic Playground, ribbon cutting ceremony.

For information, call 760-6565 or 760-6562.

Forest Park

Oct. 14th, citywide clean-up day.

For information, call 235-4100.

Greater Ridgewood Historical Society

Sept. 30th, volunteer workshop.

Oct. 7th and 14th. Self-guided tours of the Onderdonk House.

For information, call 456-1776.

King Manor Museum

Oct. 14th, Women and the American Revolution.

Oct. 14th and 15th, Happy Birthday Mary King.

For information, call 206-0545.

New York Hall of Science

Oct. 7th to Jan. 7th, A total body and mind workout.

For information, call 699-0005.

Queens 2000

To Sept. 30th open house for teens at the Business Leaders of Tomorrow, 148-15 Archer Ave., Jamaica; 658-7761.

Oct. 1st to 31st. Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music, free music classes and concert, 461-8910.

Queens County Farm Museum

Oct. 1st, Apple Festival.

For information, call museum events at 347-FARM.

Urban Park Rangers

Sept. 29th, Wish Upon A Star, meet the Rangers at Forest Parkway and Forest Park Drive.

Oct. 7th, Forest Floor Investigation, meet the Rangers at the Buddy Monument, Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South.

Oct. 8th, meet the Rangers at Cunningham Park, 196th Street and Union Turnpike.

For information, call 956-1819.

Wildlife Conservation Society

Oct 7th and 8th, Queens Zoo Fall Foliage Festival

For information, call 271-1500.

"Every Kid Deserves A ‘Y’"

The ‘Ys;’ Free week of membership at the Catalpa, Cross Island, Flushing , Jamaica and Long Island City YMCAs, call for details.

Bayside YMCA: Mommy and Me classes are available, call Maria Yates at 229-5972.

Central Queens YM & YWHA: Sept. to June, Early Childhood Center. For information, call 268-5011.

Cross Island YMCA : Sept. 30th, Back to School Party; Saturday Afternoon Special kick boxing, Tai Chi and self defense; spinning cycling program; strength training for women and older adults and Yoga classes. For information call 479-0505.

Flushing YMCA: Oct 10th, 10th Annual Run Like A Bandit–5K Run/Walk, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, call Wendy Burns at 353-4142 to register.

Free Library Events

Wednesday, Sept. 27

10:00 a.m,

Central Library. Introduction To Computers.

11:00 a.m.

Flushing Library. Spanish And American Story Time, ages two to five years.

3:30 p.m.

Sunnyside Branch. Music Of The Andes: A Panpipe-Making Demonstration, ages eight to 12.

4:00 p.m.

Jackson Heights Branch. Latin American Tales And Tunes, to grade five.

6:00 p.m.

Central Library. World Wide Web For Beginners.

Flushing Library. Infolinq Class In Chinese, at IRC and Tap Fusion.

6:30 p.m.

Central Library. Motivational Speaking: Self Esteem.

Flushing Library. Employment Rights Under Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws.

Forest Hills Branch. Ballroom Dancing.

Thursday, Sept. 28

11:00 a.m.

Flushing Library. Story Time, ages two to five years.

4:00 p.m.

Ridgewood Branch. Woven Card Workshop.

5:30 p.m.

Central Library. HUD Seminar.

6:00 p.m.

Laurelton Branch. Secrets Of Juggling Home, Children And Career.

Friday, Sept. 29

10:00 a.m.

Central Library. E-Mail For You.

12:30 p.m.

Central Library. Online Research 101.

3:00 p.m.

Central Library. E-Mail For You.

5:30 p.m.

Central Library. Online Research 101.

Saturday, Sept. 30

10:00 a.m.

Central Library. Introduction To Word Processing.

2:00 p.m.

Flushing Library. Times Talk Kickoff.

Public Service

Announcements

Help Line, telephone crisis hotline needs volunteers. A nine-week Active Listening Training Course will start on Oct. 3rd. Call (212) 684-4480 and press 5 to register.

Lost Battalion Hall free After School Program, 93-29 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, 263-1163.

Forest Hills Community House fall programs: First Wednesday for Tenants, call 592-4747 ext. 221. Kew Gardens Community Center programs: Arty Mondays and Options counseling and SAT preparation for high school juniors and seniors, call 268-5960, ext. 226.

The Long Island City YMCA has employment opportunities in its After School program for counselors. To apply send your resume to Gerri, Virtual Y Program, 32-23 Queens Blvd., LIC, NY 11101, or fax to 392-0544.