Community Meetings

Sept. 4, 7 p.m., Community Board 1; Riccardo’s, 21st Street and 24th Avenue; 786-3335.

7:30 p.m., Community Board 4; Lisa Memorial Center, 51-13 108th St., Corona; 760-3141, fax 760-5971.

Sept. 6, 7 p.m. sharp, United Community Civic Association; Augustana Lutheran Church Hall, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria Heights; 932-5415.

Sept. 6, 7 p.m., Community Board 2; Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St.; 533-8773.

Sept. 11, 7:45 p.m., Community Board 9; Le Cordon Bleu, 96-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven; 286-8686, fax 286-2685.

Oct. 9. 7:45 p.m., Community Board 9; Villa Russo, 118-16 101st Ave.; 286-8686, fax 286-2685.

Oct. 30, Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m., Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation; Le Cordon Bleu, 96-01 Jamaica Ave.; 805-0202.

Political Meetings

Aug. 28, "Meet the Candidates," Bay Terrace Community Alliance at Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 208-90 Cross Island Pkwy, Bayside; 279-1632.

Sept. 4, "City Council/Borough President Candidates Night," East Bayside Homeowners Association at All Saints Church Common Room, 214-33 40th Ave.

Sept. 5, "Meet the Candidates," Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center, 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 886-5777.

Items of Community Interest

Sept. 9, US Open, USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Tickets can be purchased at the center, or by calling Ticketmaster at (866) OPEN TIX.

Aug. 27, Sept. 10, Queens Toastmasters Club; Queensborough Hall 120-55 Queens Blvd., lower level; (212) 687-4159, ext. 17.

Now to Aug. 31, Newcomers H.S. registration for new students, 28-01 41st Ave., Long Island City; 937-6005.

Sept. 5, Flotilla 5-3, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary fundamentals of sailing and power boating; U.S. Coast Guard building, Battery Park, Manhattan; (718) 805-2730.

Sept. 12, 15, Oct. 4, Italian Charities of America, Italian classes for adult beginner, intermediate and advanced and children’s beginner and intermediate, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

Sept. 16, Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, become a citizen, register to vote; St. Mel’s School Auditorium, 154-24 26th Ave., Flushing; 204-2444.

Sept. 30, Community Fair, Arrow Park, 35-38 35th St., Astoria; e-mail CommunityFair2001@hotmail.com or call Yossi Rosenboin, 728-3936 or Sybil Kessler at 204-5058.

Arts & Entertainment

Sept. 6, Oct. 13, Nov. 10 and Dec. 8, Women’s Visual Arts Forum; LaVuelta Bistro, 10-43 44th Dr., Long Island City. Sponsored by Women’s Studio Center, www.womenstudiocenter.org. For more information call 274-9585.

Aug. 26, Long Island City Arts Project Summer Young People Theater presents "Flight 2972," 29-09 Queens Plaza North, LIC; 906-2907.

Sept. 3, Open Mike for poets, musicians, singers, etc; Cafe Greco, 79-08 37th Ave., Jackson Heights; 424-6494.

Now to Sept. 13, Linda Smith "Portraits in clay and paint," La Guardia Community College, E Building Atrium, 31-10 Thompson Ave., Long Island City; 482-5709.

Astoria Park Concert Series

Aug. 23, classic soul night, Shore Boulevard and 19th Street; 728-7820.

Concerts at Court Square Park

Aug. 29, Indofunk, Wednesdays, lunchtime, directly across from Citibank.

Sept. 12, Blades, Bars & Bows trio, noon, Court Square Park, Jackson and Thomson Avenues

Jazz Under the Bridge

Queensbridge Park, Aug. 24, Fred Butler Group; Vernon Boulevard and 41st Avenue.

Queens College

Sept. 4, Chamber Music Live 2001 series premiere (subscription only), To Oct. 31, summer exhibit of 100th anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s birthday at the Armstrong Archives, call 997-3670 before visiting.

Queens Museum of Art

Aug. 29, Art-on-Site; Aug. 30, Adventures in Art; Sept. 1, 8, 25, 22, 29, Guided tour of the Panorama of the City of New York; Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Sunday Family Drop-In Workshops; Sept. 23, Pied Piper Project and Sept. 29, Hispanic Heritage Month Program; Now to Sept. 22, the drawings of Robert Martinez, "Departures"; Now to Sept. 30th, Phun Phactory "Old Skool, New Skool, True Skool: The Graffiti Project"; Now to Oct. 7, opening reception for Crossing the Line multi-site exhibition of installations in the museum and at different locations in Queens and Pied Piper Project; For information, call 592-9700.

Socrates Sculpture Park

Sept. 1, 2, "Communications from a Cockroach: archy and the underside"; Now to Sept. 1, Kids Paint for ages 5+; call 956-1819.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

Sept. 6 to Oct. 7, Flamenco Soul; Sept. 15, Broadway La Gran Via produced in collaboration with the Queens Symphony Orchestra and Nov. 16 to Dec. 16, "Brake Four Hearts & Put In Reverse", 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 729-3880.

Dinners & Dances

Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, New York Metropolitan Country Music Association; Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Ave, adults only; 763-4328 or www.nymcma.org.

Sept. 5, Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal Senior Center, ballroom dancing and Sept. 10, The Seniorettes singing and dancing group, 45-25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 886-5777.

"You’ve Gotta Have Park"

Athens Square Park

Through August, Monday, Jazz Night; Wednesday, Italian Night and Sunday, Greek Night; 30th Avenue and 30th Street.

New York Hall of Science

Sept. 1, 2, Cookin’ Up A Comet; Now to Sept. 2, Aliens: World of Possibilities; Aliens Make-it and Take-it Activities and Hairy Sandwalker puppet making, 47-01 111th St., Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 699-0005.

Queens Botanical Gardens

Aug. 25, Family Program the art of paper folding; Sept. 3, concert, Queens Festival Band; Sept. 8, Crazy Containers! and Sept. 8 to 29, children’ garden; Sept. 11, Natural Lawn Care; Sept. 15, Natural Lawn Care; Sept. 22, Chocolate: Food for the Gods; Sept. 25, Backyard Composting and Sept. 29, Persimmons and Pomegranates: The Ethnic Markets of Main Street. For information, call 886-3800 or visit www.queensbotanical.org.

Queens County Farm Museum

Sept. 9, 19th annual Antique Motorcycle Show, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park; 347-FARM.

Urban Rangers

Aug. 26, Canoeing in Meadow Lake, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, reservations required; 846-2731.

Historicals

Aug. 25, King Manor Museum, 19th Century Woodcrafts; King Park, Jamaica Avenue between 150th and 153rd Streets. Call 206-0545 for information.

Sept. 29, Queens Historical Society, Queens Public Library and the American Diner Museum present a Diner Lecture & Tour; Flushing Public Library, 41-17 Main St., seating is limited; (401) 434-4342.

Every Kid Deserves A ‘Y’"

Central Queens YMCA, Sept. 9, Fall Festival 2001, for information call, 268-5011.

Cross Island YMCA, Sept. 4, computer learning programs; Sept. 5, instructional basketball; Sept. 6, pre/post natal fitness program; Sept. 7, Sports Bugs introduction to sports; Sept. 19, free community health awareness program. Swimming instructors and lifeguards are needed for year-round employment; membership services needs individuals for early morning shift, for information, call 479-0505.

Flushing YMCA, Sept. 12, 13, 16, tryouts for Flushing Flyer swim team, for information, call