Community Meetings
Associations

Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., Astoria, Ditmars Homeowners & Tenants Civic Association, 45-09 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria; 718-267-8444.

Boards

Feb. 20, 5:45 p.m., Queens Library Board of Trustees, Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 718-990-0705.

Feb. 26, 7:45 p.m., Community Board 6, Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202, Kew Gardens; 263-9250.

Councils

Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., COP 104; Trinity Lutheran Church Hall, Dry Harbor Road and Juniper Boulevard, Middle Village; 718-651-5865.

7:30 p.m., 112th Precinct Community Council, 68-40 Austin St., Forest Hills.

7:30 p.m., 110th Precinct Community Council; St. John’s Queens Hospital, 2 West Conference Room, 90-02 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst.

Feb. 20, 1:15 p.m., New York Metropolitan Transportation Council; NYSDEC Offices, Lower Level Conference Room,11-15 47th Ave., Long Island City; 718-472-3046.

Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., 114th Precinct Community Council, Riccardo’s, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria; 626-0327.

8 p.m., 108th Precinct Community Council; Nakwon Reformed Church, 41-20 Queens Blvd., Sunnyside.

8 p.m., 107th Precinct Community Council, 71-01 Parsons Blvd., Community Room, Flushing.

Clubs

Feb. 26, Mar. 26, Frank Kenna Republican Club, 23-63 Steinway St., Astoria; 718-545-1600.

Feb. 27, 7 p.m., Alfred E. Smith Regular Democratic Club, Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72nd St., Maspeth; 639-7010.

School Boards

Feb. 27, 8:30 p.m., Community School Board, District 26, M.S. 74 Auditorium, 61-15 Oceania St., Bayside; 718-631-6981.

Others

Feb. 19, 7 p.m., NYSDOT, White Castle District headquarters, 69-01 34th Ave.; 718-424-4157; Feb. 19, 6 p.m., MTA fare and toll increases and subway token booth closings, Queens Borough Hall Central Jury Room, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 212-878-7483.

Feb. 19, 9:30 a.m., Queens Borough Cabinet, Crowne Plaza LaGuardia, 104-04 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718-286-2900.

Feb. 20, 21, 10 a.m., The Future of Downtown Flushing, workshop, sponsored by NYCEDC and Dept. of City Planning, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 212-312-3517 or 212-720-3471.

Feb. 24, 6 p.m., SHHH; Lexington School for the Deaf, 30th Avenue and 75th Street, Jackson Heights; 718-350-3203 or 718-264-3017.

7:30 p.m., Italian Charities of America general membership meeting, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 478-3100.

8 p.m., Queens Mineral Society; Queens College, Room D235, Flushing; 718-544-5059 or 718-728-0648.

8 p.m., Whitestone VFW Community Post 4787, also Ladies Auxiliary, VFW Community Post 4787, 19-12 149th St., Whitestone; 718-748-0540.

Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., Americans of Italian Heritage , Reception House, Northern Boulevard and 167th Street, Flushing; 746-88751.

Items of Community Interest

Feb. 19, Queensborough Community College Taste of African Culture Festival, reservations are required, Student Union Lounge, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718-631-6233.

Feb. 20, Kew Gardens Community Center "Remembering the Fifties," 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202; 718-268-5960.

Feb. 22, 1 p.m., Bella Italia Mia, "The Masks Of Venice," Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 426-1240.

Feb. 23, 25th Annual U.S. Open Karate Championship; Adria Hotel & Conference Center, 220-33 Northern Blvd., Bayside; 718-896-0456 or 631-862-0446.

Feb. 23, Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens/FIDA Social Club citizenship drive; 718-204-2444.

Feb. 24, York College lecture "History of Reparations", 718-262-2054; Feb. 26, 27, African market, 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., Jamaica.Feb. 24, Friends of Kew Gardens Hills Library "Breast Cancer Prevention," Main Street, Kew Gardens Hills; 718-591-8972.

Feb. 25, St. John’s University Center of Asian Studies, Sun Yat-Sen lecture series "People, Places and Perceptions…", 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica; 718-990-1526.

Now to Feb. 25, NYC Sanitation Worker Exam No. 2052, for applications go to www.nyc.gov/sanitation, www.nyc.gov/dcas, 212-669-1357, 212-219-8090 or DCAS Walk-In Center, 18 Washington St., Manhattan.

Feb. 25, Queens Jewish Community Council community forum with Queens College President James Muyskens, Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke.; 544-9033.

Mar. 9, Apr. 6, New York Finch and Type Canary Club; near Belmont Racetrack; 718-697-6899.

Mar. 19-26, Anthropology Museum of the People of New York trip to France. For information, call 718-428-5650.

Now. to Mar. 21, St. John’s "Images From The Atomic Front," Sun Yat-Sen Hall, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica.

Now through March, LaGuardia Community College, computer graphics; Visual Basics programming, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City.

Arts & Entertainment

Feb. 21, 22, 23, Astoria Performing Arts Center presents "I Hate Hamlet," 31-60 33rd St., Astoria; 718-278-5925.

Feb. 21, Parents Without Partners Queens Chapter 16 singles dance; La Bella Vita, 106-09 Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park; 718-343-7674.

Feb. 22, Queens Symphony Orchestra, great romantic classics, 80-00 Cooper Ave., Bldg. 22, Glendale; 718-326-4455.

Feb. 22, Bust-A-Gut comedy events for singles 32 to 62; Holliswood Theater, 215-16 82nd Ave., Bayside; 718-265-6354.

February-March, Cedar House Gallery "Psychlone" photo exhibit, Cedar House Café, 70-10 Grand Ave., Maspeth; 718-478-9569.

Now to March 21, St. John’s "From The Atomic Front"combat artists of the U.S. military, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica; 718-990-5542.

American Museum of the Moving Image

Film screenings: Feb. 19-21, 1:30 p.m., Spirited Away; Feb. 21, 8 p.m., Standing In The Shadows Of Motown; Feb. 22, 2 p.m., Citizen Kane, 4:30 p.m., Kenneth Anger Program: Fireworks, Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome, Scorpio Rising, 6:30 p.m., Paris, Texas; Feb. 23, 2 p.m., October (Ten Days That Shook The World), 4:15 p.m., Triumph Of The Will, 6:30 p.m., Paris, Texas; Feb. 28, 8 p.m., I Have Found It (Kandukondain, Kandukondain); 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria; 718-784-0077 or www.ammi.org.

Flushing Town Hall

Now to Mar. 16, Chinese art and calligraphy in celebration of the Year of the Ram; 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718-463-7700 or www.flushingtownhall.org.

Greek Cultual Center Theater Company, Feb. 21, 22, Feb. 28, Mar. 1, Mar. 7, 8, "Who Discovered America," 27-18 Hoyt Ave. South, Astoria; 726-7329.

LaGuardia Community College

Feb. 21, Bill Jacobs, "Tribute to Weldon Irvine"; Mar. 7, Carol Sudhalter, "Female Musician’s Night"; Mar. 21, Paavo Carey, "Young Lions Play-Off"; Apr. 4, Hill Saunders, "Third Annual Salute to Queens Jazz Greats," Long Island City; 718-482-5060.

MoMA QNS

Feb. 19 to May 19, Matisse-Picasso exhibit; 33rd Street at Queens Boulevard, Long Island City; 212-708-9400.

Museum for African Art

Feb. 22, "The State Of Contemporary African Art," panel discussion, Langston Hughes Community Library, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona; 1-888-NYT-1870.

Queensborough Community College

Feb. 19, "Taste of African Culture Festival"; Feb. 22, Queens Symphony Orchestra "Great Romantic Classics"; Feb. 23, "Big Band Dance Party"; Feb. 25, movie, "Sarafina"; Feb. 26, "La Troupe Breeze"; 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718-631-6233.

Queens Museum of Art

Feb. 25, Mar. 4 through May, free art classes for seniors, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-592-9700.

Thalia Spanish Theatre

Now to Mar. 16, "Life’s Tango/La Vida Es Tango," 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718-729-3880.

York College Performing Arts Center

Feb. 19, 20, 25, 26, black history month film series; Feb. 22, gospel concert extraordinaire; Feb. 27, grand finale "Out of the Mouths of Babes," 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica; 718-262-2008.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dance

Feb. 23, Italian Charities of America Sunday Dances with Instruction, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.

Feb. 25, Queens Centers for Progress Evening of Fine Foods, Terrace on the Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 718-380-3000.

Feb. 28, Little Neck-Douglaston Lions Club dinner-dance, New Hyde Park Inn, 214 Jericho Tpke., New Hyde Park; 718-229-0173 or 917-312-3043.

Reunions

April 12, Mary Louis Academy reunion for classes ending in 3’s and 8’s; alumnae of any year who have not been receiving mailings or information; call, 718-297-2120.

May 16, Bushwick H.S. 50th year reunion for January and June, 1953 classes. Contact Ellie Guarini, 516-764-3685, BORIOLE1953@aol.com; or John Maggio, 908-359-8444, jpmboro@aol.com.

Summer, Our Lady of Sorrows School, Corona, looking for past graduates/alumni. Forward your current (and maiden) name, address, phone number, e-mail address and year of graduation to OLS c/o Sharkey (Figalora), 320 Jordan Rd., New Milford, NJ 07646.

Looking for 1953 to 2003 graduates, St. Gregory the Great 50th anniversary, Bellerose; 718-347-3707.

School Spirit

Feb.19, 27, Our World Neighborhood Charter School kindergarten through sixth grade admission open house for 2003–2004 school year; 718-392-3405.

May 17, Sheepshead Bay H.S., 1972-1975 reunion; Ramada Plaza Hotel. For more information write to Sheepshead Bay H.S. Reunion 2003, P.O. Box 40767, Staten Island, NY 10304, e-mail SBHSReunion2003@aol.com, or call 718-698-1451..

Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers

May 14-19, St. Demetrios Cathedral, 30th Drive between 30 and 31st Streets.

May 26, Sept. 28, Broadway Astoria Merchants and Professionals, Broadway between Crescent and 47th Street.

June 18-22, St. Antonio Abate Society of Castrofilippo, Ditmars Boulevard between 35th and 38th Streets.

June 22, Central Astoria LDC, Steinway Street between 28th and 34th Avenues.

Feb. 27, Queens Library’s "Celebrating Queens’ Leadership in Albany, Benefiting Future Generations of Leaders" reception; Caffé on the Green, 201-10 Cross Island Pkwy., Bayside; 718-990-0700.

July 20, Friends of Community Board 1, 30th Avenue between 29th and 42nd Streets.

July 26, Dutch Kills Civic Association, 36th Avenue between 29th and 35th Streets.

July 31-Aug. 3, Hellenic Orthodox Traditionalist Church of America, St. Markella, 26th Street from 23rd Avenue to Amtrak Trestles.

Aug. 7-10, St. Irene Chrysovalantou Monastery, 23rd Avenue from 35th to 37th Streets, and 36th Street from 23rd Avenue to Amtrak Overpass.

Aug. 14-17, Borgetto Cultural Association, Steinway Street between 25th and 28th Avenues.

Aug. 17, Steinway Street Business Improvement District, Steinway Street between 28th and 35th Avenues.

Sept. 1, 30th Avenue Business Association, 30th Avenue between 29th and 42nd Streets.

Oct. 26, 114th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol, Broadway between 29th and and 47th Streets.

You’ve Gotta Have Park

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Feb. 19, Winterfest; Feb. 22, Take A Hike; Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 2, 9, 30, May 7, 24, 21, 28, weekly walk with Joseph Varon, weather permitting; all year, kids’ birthday parties on Saturdays and Sundays, some after-school and holidays possible, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-229-4000.

Queens Botanical Garden

Feb. 23, Flower Arranging for Beginners; Mar. 1, Terrarium Workshop; Mar. 4, 11, Flower Creations for all Occasions; Mar. 6, 8, Spruce Up Your Garden for Spring; Mar. 9, Greenhouse to Go: Making New Plants; Mar. 15, Cooking with Oils; Mar. 18, Wedding Flowers; Mar. 23, Vivacious Veggies!; Mar 29, natural lawn care; Administration Building Lobby, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 886-3800.

Historicals

Queens Historical Society, visit historic Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing; 718-939-0647.

Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society, flower arranging, 93-34 91st Ave.; 718-846-1907.