Community Meetings

African-American Heritage Celebrations At QMA Feb. 10th, the Queens Museum of Art and Queens Benevolent Association present a slide talk of inventor Lewis Latimer: An American Inventory. Feb. 17th storyteller Joy Kelly presents tales and songs from Uganda, Nigeria and South America and on Feb. 24th the Queens Symphony Orchestra Youth Gospel Choir presents a celebration of African-American History. The programs are free with museum admission, a suggested contribution of $5 for adults and $2.50 seniors/students. For more information, call 592-9700, ext. 222.

Feb. 12th, 7 p.m., Community Board 7 public hearing; Union Plaza Nursing Home, 33-23 Union St., Flushing; 359-2800.

7:30 p.m., Middle Village Property Owners Residents Association; meet at St.Margaret’s Parish Hall, 79th Street and Juniper Valley road; 894-4114.

Feb. 12th, 8 p.m., VFW-Whitestone Post 4787, 19-12 149th St.; 746-0540.

Feb. 13th, 7:45 p.m., Community Board 9 public hearing; Le Cordon Bleu, 96-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven; 286-2686.

Feb. 15th, 5:45 p.m., Queens Library Board of Trustees meeting, Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 990-0700.

8 p.m., Conservative Party of Queens County; American Legion Continental Post 1424, 107-15 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 474-3826.

8 p.m., Queens County Line DemocraticAssociation; meet at Temple Sholom, 263-10 Union Tpke, Floral Park; 343-6779.

7:30 p.m., Community School Board 24, 8000 Cooper Ave., Glendale.

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.

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

Items of Community Interest

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

Feb. 7th, Rudy Hepatitis C Support Group meeting, 43-31 39th St.; 507-7299.

Feb. 11th, Chayalot Chapter Jewish Women International program on electrolysis; 424-2241.

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

Feb. 15th, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lecture on the AirTrain to John F. Kennedy International Airport; Professional Design Center of New York, 422 Weaver Ave., Fort Totten, Bayside.

Feb. 16th Queens County Bar Association presents free bar program; New York State Supreme Court-Civil Action free tour and explanation of procedures and operation for law school students and attorneys, 88-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica Center; 291-4500.

Feb. 16th, Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens Black History celebration, 21-12 30th Rd., Long Island City; 728-0946, extension 17.

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. 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.

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

Arts & Entertainment

Feb. 7th, St. John’s Prep Dance Ensemble performs "Windows to the Soul" at the 11th annual Tilles Dance Conference, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts; (516) 299-2353.

Feb. 8th to Mar. 11th, Thalia Spanish Theatre, "El Hombre del Siglo" ("The Man of the Century") 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 729-3880.

Feb. 9th, Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music Black history month, 42-76 Main St., Flushing; 461-8910.

Feb. 10th, Queens Symphony Orchestra celebrates Duke Ellington and Friends; York College Performing Arts Center, Jamaica; 786-8880.

Feb. 11th, Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra second concert of its 37th season; Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd.; (516) 785-2532.

To Feb. 11th, The Experimental Theater Company of the Greek Cultural Center presents "Closer," 27-18 Hoyt Ave., South, Astoria; 726-7329. Performances will be in Greek with an English libretto. The play contains adult language and subject matter.

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

American Museum of the Moving Image

Feb. 10th, "And Life Goes On," "The Public Enemy," "L'Avventura"; Feb. 11th, "The Shop Around The Corner," "The Fury"; 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 Feb. 25th, New York Film Critics Circle, "Celine And Julie Go Boating." For information, call 784-0077.

LaGuardia Community College

Feb. 7th, Mummenschanz "Next"; 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

To Feb. 28th, African American poets; Feb. 14th, the "Fusha Dance Company" 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"; Feb. 28th

To June 30th, "Janusz Korczak’s Warsaw"

Queens Museum of Art

Feb. 10th, lecture: Lewis Latimer and Other African American Inventors; Feb. 11th, humorist Fran Capo "It Happened in New York," "Family Photography Project; Parents as Teachers"; Feb. 11th, 18th and 25th, Family Drop-In Workshops; Feb. 17th, African and African American Folk Tales; 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. 10th, 18th and 24th. Italian Charities of America country kickoff party, dances and dances with instructions, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

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

Feb. 10th, St. Francis Preparatory H.S. Father’s Guild annual 50’s dance starring the "Drifters," 6100 Francis Lewis Blvd., Fresh Meadows; 359-5837.

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

Valentines

Feb. 9th, YMCA’s extended school day program special Valentine’s day program at Flushing House senior retirement residence. For more information, call (888) 987-6205 or e-mail www.flushinghouse.com.

Feb. 10th, FIERI Queens 9th Annual Valentines Day Fundraising Party; Charisma, 71-46 Main St., Flushing; (212) 656-1507, e-mail; fieriqueens@yahoo.com.

Feb. 14th, senior social and Feb. 16th family extravaganza at the Cross Island YMCA, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose; 479-0505.

Feb. 16th, Goliard’s 18th annual International Night Gala with a Valentine theme; a "Sweetheart Auction," a "Love Song Sing-along" and a full buffet meal. Steinway Reformed Church, Ditmars Boulevard at 41st Street, Astoria. Reservations required, call 728-8927.

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.

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. If you were born between 1955 and 1960 in Woodside a major reunion is being planned. For 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.

School Spirit

Feb. 7th, John Bowne H.S. "Community Open." Call Christina Morgan, student union president, 263-1919, ext. 1540.

Feb. 7th and 9th, Renaissance Charter School open house, kindergarten to 12th grade, 35-59 81st St., Jackson Height. For information, call 803-0060.

Feb. 13th, International H.S., a Charter School at LaGuardia C.C., board of trustees meeting. For information, call by noon, Feb. 12th, 482-5492

Feb. 16th. Community School District 30 is accepting nominations for the district’s gifted program for the fall of 2001. For information, call Sharon Becker, gifted program coordinator at 777-4734.

Hillcrest H.S., 160-05 Highland Ave., Jamaica. Various Saturday courses. Call 658-5407 for information.

Now to Feb. 15th, School District 25 early childhood registration for school year 2001-2002. Call 281-7647 for a school near you.

"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

Feb. 8th, Diane Lieberman’s watercolor classes; Feb. 10th, Ezra Jack Keats Fan Club; and Feb. 16th, 2001 star party.

APEC has many programs for early childhood development as well as for weekends and after school—adults are welcome too. Sign up today. For more information, call 229-4000.

Forest Park

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

New York Hall of Science

Feb. 10, brain games, "Say What?," "Psych Out" and "Through the Lens Film Series," "Conversation with Koko" and Reading Rainbow’s "Opt: an Illusionary Tale"; Feb. 13th, Astroclub meeting; Feb. 19th to 25th, Mind-Bending Science week; Feb. 21st, "Sounds of Science: The Flavors of Music";

Queens Botanical Garden

Kids Programs: Feb. 11th, Valentine’s day message mobiles; Feb. 25th, woven cards family workshop; Mar. 11th, celebrating mother nature; Mar. 25th, bird watching bonanza. Winter Talks: Feb. 10th, worm collecting and 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

"Every Kid Deserves A ‘Y’"

Bellerose YMCA: Feb. 23-25, 2001, Family Weekend Getaway (early bird registration gets discount); call 479-0505 for more information.

Cross Island YMCA: Feb. 22nd "Be A Neighborhood Hero" dinner dance and black tie optional, Swan Club, Roslyn, Long Island, RSVP by Feb. 5th; (516) 354-0098.

Free! At Queens Libraries

February celebrates the Asian Year of the Golden Snake and African-American heritage.

For more information about library programs, services, locations, events and news visit the Queens Library web site at www.queenslibrary.org, phone (718) 990-0778 or go to your local branch for that calendar of events.

Public Service

Cha Rosa Foundation offers domestic violence crime victim services; 723-4896.CITYRACKS, free installation of sidewalk bicycle parking racks, mail your request to: Community Board 2, 43-22 50th St., Woodside, NY 11377.

Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, Inc. (CCC) is ensuring that all children are healthy, housed, educated and safe; (212) 673-1800, ext. 11.

The Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College is seeking computer-literate volunteers to work at least one day a week; 225-1617.