2005-03-23 / Community Calendar

Calendar of Events

Hippity-Hoppity Time

Mar. 26, 2 p.m. The Sunnyside-Woodside Lions Club, “Meet the Easter Bunny.” In case of rain event will be held in church basement; All Saint’s Church, 43-12 46th St.

Community Meetings

Associations

Apr. 7, 7:30 p.m., United Community Civic; Augustana Lutheran Church, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria Heights.

Clubs

Mar. 31, 8 p.m., William Jefferson Clinton Democratic Club; Receptin House, 167-17 Northern Blvd., Flushing.

Apr. 18, May 23, Jun. 20, Sep. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 21, Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m., Middle Village Republican Club; Trinity Lutheran Church, downstairs, 63-70 Dry Harbor Rd., Middle Village.

Community Boards

Apr. 5, 7 p.m., Board 4; Flanders Field Post 150, 51-11 108th St., Corona; 718-760-3141.

Apr. 13, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke.; 718-264-7895.

Apr. 14, 9:30 a.m., Board 1; Kaufman Astoria Studio Cafe, 34-12 36th St.; Apr. 19, 7 p.m.; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd.; 718-786-3335.

Community Councils

Mar. 29, 8 p.m., sharp, 108th Police Precinct; Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor.

Community Education Councils

Apr. 12, District 30; I.S. 230, 73-10 34th Ave., Jackson Heights; May 10, P.S. 78, 48-09 Center Blvd., Long Island City; Jun. 14, PS. 212, 34-25 82nd St., Jackson Hts.; call 718-391-8380 for time and directions.

Others

Mar. 28, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Self Help for Hard of Hearing; Lexington School for the Deaf, 30th Avenue, Jackson Heights; 718-350-3183.

Mar. 28, 8 p.m., Whitestone VFW Post 4787, 19-12 149th St.; 718-746-0540.

Mar. 29, 10 a.m. to noon, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council; NYC Department of City Planning, 199 Water St., Manhattan; 212-383-7251.

Mar. 30, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society Inc; Emanuel United Church of Christ, 91st Avenue, Woodhaven; 718-846-1907.

Apr. 11, May 9, Jun. 13, Jul. 11, Aug. 8, Sep. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 8 p.m., Elmhurst-Jackson Heights Post 298, 30-61 87th St., East Elmhurst; 718-429-9298.

Town Hall Meeting

Mar. 30, 7 to 9 p.m., New York City Councilmember David Weprin; Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, Medical Arts Building, Room M 136.

Arts & Entertainment

Flushing Town Hall

To Apr. 3, Long Island City: The Creative Path showcases artists Lucy Fradkin, Eliot Lable and Mary Teresa Giancoli, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718-463-7700.

LaGuardia Community College

Mar. 24, Haale in Concert; Apr. 14, Vocalist, Gino Sitson; May 7, Music/Dance Troupe, Raices Habaneras; Jun. 14, Singer/Songwriter, Kevin So, LaG CC, Little Theatre, 47th Avenue and Van Dam Street, Long Island City; 718-482-5151.

Museum of the Moving Image

Mar. 26, To Take A Wife, Rachida; Mar. 27, Osama, Rana's Wedding; Apr. 1, Korea; Apr. 2, Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera, The Blue Angel; Apr. 3, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, The Blue Angel; Apr. 6, Casablanca; Apr. 8, Beyond the Sea; Apr. 9, The Cocoanuts, Duck Soup, Sans Soleil, La Jetée; Apr. 10, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Sans Soleil, La Jetée; Apr. 15, The Holy Girl; Apr. 16, Candid Camera, Cachimba; Apr. 17, Candid Camera, Nanook of the North, Chronicle of a Summer, Portrait of Teresa; Apr. 20, Cabin in the Sky; Apr. 22, Tai Chi Fist; Apr. 23, The Real World, Don’t Look Back, Lonely Boy, A Married Couple, Tabu; Apr. 24, The Little Fugitive, Beauty #2, Rape, Portrait of Jason, Tabu; Apr. 25 to Apr.28, The Little Fugitive; Apr. 29, The Little Fugitive, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Apr. 30, The Little Fugitive, David Holzman's Diary, Sherman's March, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; 35th Avenue, Astoria; 718-784-0077.

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center

Ongoing in March, Hans-Peter Feldmann, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 718-784-2084.

Queensborough Community College

Mar. 27, “The Masters of Song: Avi Albrecht, Benjamin Warschawski”; to Mar. 31, “Echo Sonata” Paintings. “Mappings” Sculptures; “Painting with Fire; ongoing, An American Odyssey; African Art and the Khabouris Codex Exhibits; : 1945-1980, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718-631-6327.

Queens College

Apr. 2, Tango Jazz Fusion; Apr. 3, Violinist Elmar Oliveira; Apr. 17, KIDSCLASSICS “Percussion,” Queens College Campus, Flushing; 718-793-8080.

Queens Museum of Art

Mar. 26, 27, South Asian Dance and Theater Festival; Mar. 31, Van Gogh: From Holland to France; Apr. 1, South Asian American Art Today, offsite; Apr. 3, South Asian Contemporary Art, offsite; Apr. 7, Picasso: From Spain to France; Apr. 14, Kandinsky: From Russia to Germany; Apr. 21, Georgia O’Keefe: From Wisconsin to New York to New Mexico; Apr. 23, 24, South Asian Music Festival; to Apr. 25, Films of Revolution and Responsibility, call for titles; Apr. 28, Isamu Noguchi: New York to Paris; May 5, Red Grooms: Tennessee to New York; May 21, South Asian Authors Today; 718-592-9700.

Queens Theatre In The Park

Mar. 26, 27, The Value of Names; Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-760-0064.

Others

Mar. 25, Jewish Child Care Association Theater For Action “Finding Home Again…”; Reform Temple of Forest Hills, 71-11 112th St., Forest Hills; Mar. 27; Central Queens YM-YWHA, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills; Apr. 14; TBD Midtown Manhattan; 718-742-8521.

Mar. 26, CYPRECO of America, Music of the Ancient Greeks; Broadway Library, 40-20 Broadway, Astoria; 718-626-7896.

To Mar. 27, Thalia Spanish Theatre “I Love Tango,” 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718-729-3880.

Apr, 2, 16, 30, Italian Charities of America Saturday dances; Apr. 2, 10, 17, Sunday dances with instructions-, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.

Apr. 2, The Flushing Jewish Community Council Dances From Around the World; Poppenhusen Institute, 114-04 14th Rd., College Point; 718-463-0434, ext. 2.

•Astoria Performing Arts Center and Queens’ restaurateur Charlie Kourakos open mic and entertainment at Cabaret at The Cave, 31-11 Broadway, Astoria. For scheduled headliners and more information log onto www.apacny.org or call 718-278-5925.

Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers

Mar. 31, Queens Symphony Orchestra 2005 Symphony Blast! Gala; Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel; 718-326-4455, ext. 16.

Apr. 9, The Oratorio Society of Queens Annual Fundraising Dinner; Temple Beth Sholom, Grand Dining Room, Northern Boulevard, Flushing; 718-279-4842.

Apr. 24, Central Astoria LDC, Steinway Street between 28th and 34th Avenues.

May 18-23, St. Demetrios Cathedral, 30th Drive between 30th and 31st Streets.

May 30, September 25, Broadway Astoria Merchants & Professionals, Broadway between Crescent and 47th Streets.

Now, Queen of Angels School Fundraiser to keep the school open, send tax-deductible donations to “Save Our School” 44-15 Skillman Ave., Sunnyside, NY 11104; 718-937-3244.

Health

Sankofa: Learn from the past to build for the future.

Mar. 23, Queensborough Community College,“Nutritionist”; 718-631-6322.

March, Woodhaven-Richmond Hill Volunteer Ambulance Corps is holding certification classes in CPR and First Aid, to register or for information, call 718-296-7918.

Apr. 9, Queens Centers for Progress and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection 30th Annual Hike-For-Health, in memory of Christopher Postiglione; 718-380-3000, ext. 298.

To Apr. 30, Hadassah “A Lifeline for Israel: The Hadassah Medical Organization, 1913-1967”; Center of Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., Manhattan; 212-303-8155.

Historicals

Mar. 26, King Manor Museum Spring Egg Hunt, 150th Street and Jamaica Avenue; Jamaica; 718-206-0545.

Apr. 4, Greater Astoria Historical Society Slide Lecture on Lent–Riker–Smith homestead; 718-278-2437.

Tuesday/Saturday/Sunday, Queens Historical Society, 40 Years of Chinese Immigrants in Queens; Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing; 718-939-0647.

Items of Community Interest

Mar. 23, Queensborough Community College “Globalization, Clash of Civilizations…” to Dec. 31, “Tempted, Misled, Slaughtered…”; 718-281-5770.

Mar. 23, Asian Women In Business workshop “Is Franchising For You? … ,” Time Inc., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 8th Floor, Manhattan; 212-868-1368 admission fee.

Mar. 24, Community Board 3 Annual BusinessYouth Convention 2005; I.S. 227, 32-02 Junction Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718-458-2707.

Mar. 31, Neighborhood Housing Services free Homebuyers Seminar; for information, call 718-732-8045; to Apr. 15, Free Income Tax Preparation, 60-20 Woodside Ave. (inside Astoria Federal Savings), 2nd Floor, Astoria; 718-457-1017.

Apr. 9, Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Inc. ESL citizenship training; I.S. 141, 37-11 21st Ave., Astoria; 718-204-2444.

Long Island Children’s Museum

Wednesday-Friday, Early Childhood Programs: Music and Movement; stArt, and Messy Afternoons, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City. Some advance registration required 516-224-5868.

Parks & Recreation

Alley Pond Environmental Center

Apr. 2, Introduction to Alley Pond Park; Apr. 3, Nature Detective Series; Apr. 7, 14, 21, May 5, 12, 19, Watercolor Flowers; Apr. 7, 14, 21, May 5, 12, 19, 26, Conservation Club; Apr. 9, 10, 16, 17, Bunny Bonanza; Apr. 14, Spring Peeper Walk; ongoing: birthday parties for 2 to 3 and 4 to 12 year old children, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-229-4000.

Forest Park

Mar. 26, Night Hike; 718-846-2731 or 311.

Queens Botanical Garden

Mon., Wed., Fri., seniors wanted for Senior Garden Program, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 718-886-3800.

Queens County Farm Museum

Mar. 26, Barnyard Easter Egg Hunt, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park; 718-347-FARM.

Voelker Orth Museum/Bird Sanctuary/Victorian Garden

Apr. 23, May 14, Jun. 11, Victorian High Tea; Apr. 9, May 21, Trivia Pursuit Dinners: I “Ragtime to Blues,” II “The Silver Screen,” III “The Broadway Musical”, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing; 718-359-6227.

Others

March, Ice skating season continues at Wollman and Lasker Rink, Central Park; Abe Stark, Coney Island; World’s Fair Ice Skating Rink, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; World War II Veterans Memorial Rink, Staten Island, Kate Wollman Rink, Prospect Park. For information, call 311.

Apr. 3, "Wildman" Steve Brill’s Hunt for Wild Carrots in Kissena Park, 164th Street and Booth Memorial Avenue, Flushing; 914-835-2153 at least 24 hours before event to reserve.

Reunions

May, Franklin K. Lane H.S. Class of 1955 and 1956, 50 year reunion in progress, contact June G. 718-738-4271, Adele B. 631-543-3816 or LorraineC@classmates.com.

School News & Events

Apr. 9, Christ the King Regional H.S. Annual Hall of Fame Awards–Fundraising Dinner; 718-366-7400, ext. 272.

May, I.S. 125 Spring Festival Showcase. To donate goods, volunteer or contribute to any of these events, contact Parent Coordinator, Heather Strafer at 718-937-0320, ext. 414.

YMCAs

Central Queens YM & YWHA

Apr. 30, Art Exhibit of Queens Scenes; ongoing, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, belly, Israeli, line, jazz dance; Monday to Thursday, Kids’ Korner After School Center, grades K to 6; Tuesday, Tai Chi Chuan exercise classes, matinee and lunch for senior adults; Fridays “Sew” for Israel; Family Workshops, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills. Call for fees, 718-268-5011.

Cross Island Y

Apr. 2, Healthy Kids Day; Apr. 11 to June 26, 10-week course in computers for children, adults and seniors; 718-551-9314; ongoing, art programs for youth, teens and adults, ballroom dancing, dance for ages 3 to 11, computer learning opportunities; martial arts; training for Special Olympics; instructional wrestling; Smart Start; instructional soccer, instructional baseball, arts programs for youth, teens & adults, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose. For information, call 718-479-0505.

Library–Adults

March 25

3:30 p.m.

Queensboro HillA Concert of Chinese Folk Music

4:30 p.m.

FlushingInfoLinQ Class

March 26

10 a.m.

FlushingInfoLinQ Class (In English)

11 a.m.

FlushingBook Discussion Group (In Spanish)

Langston HughesSmall Business/Self-Employed

1 p.m.

LaureltonGED Classes

2:00 p.m.

BroadwayKnitting Workshop for Adults

FlushingIran's Mindset, Chinese Film Festival ,

International Film Series

Forest HillsClassical Saturdays at Forest Hills

2:30 p.m.

Jackson HeightsSongs by Richard Rodgers

3:00 p.m.

BroadwayClassical Saturdays @Your Library,

A Concert of Ancient Greek

7 p.m.

East ElmhurstRemembering King

March 28

1 p.m.

Queens VillageCrochet

1:30 p.m.

Howard BeachAn Italian Revue

Kew Gardens Hills The Influence of the NYC Panorama on Artists of the 20th Century

2:00 p.m.

Middle VillageBrava Broadway

6 p.m.

East ElmhurstOpen Mic

6:30 p.m.

BroadwayYoga

South Ozone ParkBook Club, The Namesake

7 p.m.

Central LibraryAfrican-American Autobiography,

Polish Your Resume

East ElmhurstRemembering King

March 29

1 p.m.

Jackson HeightsFree Individual Income Tax

Counseling for Low-Income Older Adults

2:00 p.m.

FlushingStay Well Exercise for Adults 60+

6 p.m.

Jackson HeightsTaxpayer Outreach Program (In Spanish)

March 30

10 a.m.

FlushingTax Preparation

10:30 a.m.

East FlushingComputer Classes

7 p.m.

FlushingInfoLinQ Class

March 31

10:30 a.m.

East FlushingBook Discussion

1 p.m.

SeasideYoga Instruction

2:30 p.m.

AuburndaleFrom Vivaldi to the Beatles

4 p.m.

FlushingRingling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey

Circus Highlights

6 p.m.

Forest HillsA Talk with a Russian Author

Langston HughesCreative Writing

LaureltonQuilting

Library–Kids

March 25

10 a.m.

Central LibraryBilingual Storytime (In English/Spanish)

Howard BeachToddler Time

10:30 a.m.

BroadwayToddler Learning Center

ElmhurstToddler Learning Center

FlushingToddler Learning Center (In Mandarin) Queensboro HillToddler Learning Center (In Chinese)

11 a.m.

BroadwayToddler Crafts Time

3:30 p.m.

BroadwayCraft Hour Springtime Origami Projects

4:00 p.m.

East FlushingArts and Crafts

Fresh MeadowsFrom China to Chinatown

March 26

11 a.m.

Central LibrarySaturdays at the Gallery for Kids

2:00 p.m.

FlushingChess Club

BaysideChinese Papercutting with

Lan Fen-Lin

3:30 p.m.

LaureltonLaurelton Children's Book Club

WoodsideFrom China to Chinatown

March 28

4:00 p.m.

Howard BeachBig Readers

LeffertsPicture Book Time

March 30

10 a.m.

Howard BeachToddler Time

10:15 a.m.

Queensboro HillToddler Time

10:30 a.m.

BelleroseToddler Learning Center

BroadwayPreschool Storytime

Central LibraryToddler Time

HillcrestToddler Time

Kew Gardens HillsToddler Learning Center

Langston HughesToddler Learning Center

Lefrak CityToddler Learning Center

Ozone ParkToddler Learning Center

Queens VillageToddler Learning Center

SeasideToddler Learning Center

WhitestoneToddler Learning Center

11 a.m.

BroadwayPreschool Crafts Time

GlendalePreschool Storytime

11:15 a.m.

Queensboro HillPreschool Storytime

1 p.m.

Howard BeachPre-K Program.

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