Community Meetings

Feb. 18th, 9:30 a.m., Jewish War Veterans, Kew Forest-Woodside-Irwin Loitz Post; Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd.; AX 7-7711.

Feb. 20th, 9:30 a.m., Queens Borough Cabinet; Crowne Plaza LaGuardia, 104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst; 898-8500.

5:30 p.m., Borough Board meeting; Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens.

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

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

Feb. 22nd, 10:30 a.m., Land Use public hearing; Borough President’s Conference Room, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens.

Feb. 26th, 6 p.m., Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Lexington School For The Deaf, 30th Avenue and 75th Street; 264-3017.

8 p.m., Italian Charities membership meeting, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

Feb. 28th, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society; Emanuel United Church, Woodhaven Boulevard; 846-1907.

Mar. 6th, 7:30 p.m., Community Board 4; Lisa Memorial Center, 51-13 108th St., Corona; 760-3141.

Items of Community Interest

Feb. 17th, New Mom Breakfast Club; Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Centers-St. John’s Queens, 90-02 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, registration required; 558-1198.

Feb. 20th to 22nd, JPMorganChase Sports and Arts In Schools Festival. Call (888) 782-9326, ext. 59 for locations and information.

Feb. 21st, Woodhaven Library Book Club "The Human Stain" by Philip Roth, 85-41 Forest Pkwy. Call Michael Goldfeder at 849-4980.

Feb. 23rd, Powhatan and Pocahontas Regular Democratic clubs annual dinner dance; Riccardo’s by the Bridge, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria.

Feb. 24th, World Child International Child and Family Adoption programs; The Community House, 15 Borage Pl., Forest Hills; (800) 434-ADOPT.

Feb. 24th, Bella Italia Mia "Auto-Biography of an Italian American Playwright," Maspeth Public Library, 69-70 Grand Ave; 836-3645.

Feb. 25th, blood drive, Long Island City YMCA, 32-23 Queens Blvd.; 334-2022.

Feb. 26th, Queens Mineral Society meeting and silent auction; Queens College New Science Building, D235; 544-5059 or 728-0648.

Feb. 26th, Forest Hills Action League and Parkway Hospital "Pedestrian Health Reachout" for Queens Boulevard survivors; 112th Police Precinct; 990-4175 or 268-1688.

Feb. 26th, Mar. 12th, Queens Toastmasters Club; Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., lower level; (212) 687-4159, ext. 17.

Feb. 28th, Queens County Women’s Bar Association presents Immigration Law; Mt. Sinai Seventh Day Adventist Church, 217-10 93rd Ave., Queens Village; 527-3249.

Mar. 1st, Open Mike Night; Starbucks, 41-02 Main St., Flushing.

Mar. 5th, Open Mike night; Caffé Greco, 79-08 37th Ave., Jackson Heights; 396-4243.

Mar. 7th, Apr. 4th, St. Vincents Catholic Medical Centers-St. John’s Queens heart support group, St. John’s, 90-02 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst.

Mar. 9th, Little Neck-Douglaston Lions Club Fifth Annual Charter Night dinner dance; Harper’s Restaurant, 1270 Union Tpke., New Hyde Park; 229-0173.

St. Patrick’s Day

Mar. 4th, Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 15, 25th Annual Irish Cultural Day; St. Mel’s Church auditorium, 26th Avenue and 154th Street, Flushing; 746-3837.

Mar. 17th, St. Patrick’s Church, Long Island City annual St. Patrick’s dinner dance; Riccardo’s, 21-01 24th Ave.; 706-0565 or 729-7396.

Arts & Entertainment

Mar. 5th, Caffé Greco open mike night, 79-08 37th Ave., Jackson Heights; 396-4243.

To Mar. 11th, Thalia Spanish Theatre, "El Hombre del Siglo" ("The Man of the Century") 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 729-3880.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Feb. 17th, Ray Harryhausen's Handmade Fantasies, "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" and New York Film Critics Circle, "Manhunter," "My Man Godfrey," "Rules Of The Game"; Feb. 18th, Ray Harryhausen's, "Mysterious Island" and New York Film Critics Circle, "The Heroic Trio," "Shoot The Piano Player"; Feb. 19th to Feb. 21st, Harryhausen's, "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad," "Earth vs. The Flying Saucer"; Feb. 24th, New York Film Critics Circle, "The Go-Between," "The Girl From Chicago" and "Touch Of Evil" and Wim Wenders 280-minute "Until the End of the World" at the DGA Theater, 220 W. 57th St., Manhattan and Feb. 25th, New York Film Critics Circle, "Celine And Julie Go Boating." For information, call 784-0077.

LaGuardia Community College

Feb. 23rd, Voices Saint Paulia in concert; Mar. 9th, 16th, Apr. 6th, 20th, May 4th, Jazz Jam Series and Apr. 21st "City That Drinks The Mountain Sky." For more information, call 482-5151.

Queens College

Feb. 18th, "Beauty and the Beast" and Feb. 27th, Norman Mailer, Susan Sontag and John Updike special readings. For more information, call 997-4646.

Queensborough Community College

Feb. 17th, "Queens Symphony Orchestra Gospel Choir" and the "Devore Dance Company"; Feb. 21st, lecture "Feminism and Hip Hop"; Feb. 25th "Cinderella Ballet On Ice"; to Feb. 28th, African American poets; Feb. 28th to June 30th, "Janusz Korczak’s Warsaw"

Queens Museum of Art

Feb. 17th, African and African American Folk Tales; Feb. 18th and 25th, Family Drop-In Workshops; Feb. 18th, slide talk "Discovering Queens!"; Feb. 22nd, opening reception "Heart of Glass and Gio Ponti: A Metaphysical World"; Feb. 24th, "The Queens Symphony Orchestra Youth Gospel Choir" and Feb. 25th, "Heart of Glass and Gio Ponti." For information, call 592-9700.

Queens Theatre In The Park

Now to Feb. 25th, site-specific project "New Inside Spoon"; Feb. 24th and 25th, "James and the Giant Peach"; Mar. 3rd and 4th, Jazz Dance; Mar. 8th, Latino Women in the Arts; Mar. 9th, Sam Harris; Mar. 10th, Imago Theatre; Mar. 11th, Pat Cooper; Mar. 16th to 25th, "Wit" and Queens Black Cultural Series "From the Mississippi Delta" and Mar. 24th, Animal Tales and Dinosaur Scales. For information, call 760-0064.

Dances

Feb. 17th and 24th and Mar. 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st, New York Metropolitan Country Music Association dance; Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Ave; 763-4328.

Feb. 18th and 24th. Italian Charities of America country kickoff party, dances and dances with instructions, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

Feb. 21st, Bay Terrace YM & YWHA beginner’s line dance class, 212-00 23rd Ave., Bayside; 939-4936.

Reunions

Apr. 7th. Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, is having their reunion for class years ending in ones and sixes. For more information, call Sister Joan Killen at 297-2120.

May 19th. Teenager in Woodside between 1955 and 1960? For reunion information contact Bill Higgins (800) 691-6002 or e-mail WoodsideReunion@aol.com.

Flushing H.S. Class of 1980 and 1981, all interested grads contact Andre Wayne Maloy at Amaloy1006@aol.com or Noreen Rose at Norsway@aol.com.

"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.

Forest Park

Feb. 20th to 22nd, free children’s movies, administrator headquarters, Oak Ridge, One Forest Park, Woodhaven; 235-4100.

New York Hall of Science

Feb. 19th, Water Bear Hunt; Feb. 19th to 25th, Mind-Bending Science week; Feb. 21st, "Sounds of Science: The Flavors of Music"; Mar. 17th and 18th, Brain Dissection Clinic; Mar. 22nd, "Mastering the Art of Doing It Now" and Mar. 29th, "Brunelleschi’s Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture."

Queens Botanical Garden

Kids Programs: Feb. 25th, woven cards family workshop; Mar. 11th, celebrating mother nature; Mar. 25th, bird watching bonanza. Winter Talks: Mar. 4th, battling the beetle. Special course: Mar. 6th to May 15th, master composter certification course. Adult Education: Mar. 10th, vermicomposting; Mar. 13th, flower creations; Mar. 15th and 17th, spruce up your garden for spring; Mar. 20th, natural lawn care and Mar. 27th, wedding flowers; Apr. 19th, unusual house plants; May 3rd, starting from seed and May 17th, basket arrangements. For information, call 699-0005.