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resumes Thursday, February 3 Community Meetings Associations Feb. 3, 7:45 p.m., Ridgewood Property Owners & Civic; J.H.S. 93, Auditorium, Forest Avenue; 718-275-0569. Feb. 7, 8 p.m., Jackson Heights Neighborhood; Atonement Lutheran Church, Basement Meeting Room, 87th Street, East Elmhurst. Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Forest Hills Community & Civic; Grace Lutheran Church Hall, 103-15 Union Tpke.
Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m., Middle Village Property Owners/Residents; St. Margaret’s, Parish Hall, 79th Place; 718-894-4114. Clubs Mar. 21, 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 Feb. 3, Mar. 3, 7 p.m., Board 2; Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor; 718-533-8773. Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., Board 11; M.S. 158, 46-35 Oceania St., Bayside; 718-225-1054. Feb. 8, 7:45 p.m., Board 9; Le Cordon Bleu, 96-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven; 718-286-2686. Feb. 14, 7 p.m., sharp, Board 7; Union Plaza Care Center, 1st Floor, 33-23 Union St.; 718-359-2800. Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Jamaica; 718-264-7895. Community Councils Feb. 22, 8 p.m., sharp, 107th Police Precinct, Parsons Boulevard, Flushing. Feb. 22, 8 p.m., sharp, 108th Police Precinct; Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor. Community Education Councils Feb. 8, 8 p.m., District 30; P.S. 112, 25-05 37th Ave., Long Island City; Feb. 15, 6 p.m., NYC DoE, Region 4 Learning Support Center, 28-11 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City; Mar. 8, I.S. 227, 32-02 Junction Blvd., East Elmhurst; Apr. 12, 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.; 718-391-8380. Feb. 17, 8 p.m., District 26, M.S. 74, 61-15 Oceania St., Bayside; 718-631-6981. Others Feb. 17, Mar. 10, Mar. 31, Apr. 21, May 12, Jun. 2, Jun. 23, Jul 14, Aug. 4, Aug. 25, Sep. 15, Oct. 6, Oct. 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 8, Dec. 29, LAND USE PUBLIC HEARINGS; Feb. 14, Mar. 14, Apr. 11, May 16, Jun. 20, Sep. 19, Oct. 11, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 5:30 p.m., Queens Borough Board; Feb. 15, Mar. 15, Apr. 12. May 17, Jun. 21, Sep. 20, Oct. 12, Nov. 15, Dec. 13, 9:30 a.m., Queens Borough Cabinet; Queens Borough Hall, Borough President’s Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 718-286-2640. Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m., Kew Forest Post 250; Rego Park Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd.; 718-AX 7-7711. Feb. 6, 1:15 p.m., Amateur Observers’ Society of New York Astronomy Club; Nassau Community College, Building F, Room 129; 516-593-8580. Feb. 8, 12:30 p.m., Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce; Dazies Restaurant, 39-41 Queens Blvd., Long Island City; 718-482-6053. Feb. 14, Mar. 14, 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. Feb. 23, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society; Emanuel United Church of Christ, 91st Avenue; 718-845-3385. Town Hall Meetings Feb. 3, 7 p.m., Councilmember Michael Gianaris; American Museum of the Moving Image Riklis Theater, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria; 718-545-3889. Feb. 8, Councilmember James F. Gennaro, P.S. 131, 172nd Street and 84th Avenue; Feb. 17, Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, 70-11 150th St.; Mar. 15, Samaritan Village, 138-02 Queens Blvd., 2nd Floor, all Town Hall events are at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call the councilmember’s district office at 718-217-4969. Arts & Entertainment Flushing Town Hall Feb. 3, 4, 2005 Black History Month: The Persuasions; Feb. 4, Bright Sheng, Cho-Liang Lin and Andre-Michel Schub; to Feb. 6, Daily Miracles–The First 25 Years; Feb. 11, Rhythm is Our Business; Feb. 26, Masterpieces of the Early Keyboard; 718-463-7700. LaGuardia Community College Feb. 5, LaGCC Performing Arts Center: African-American Experience with the Eric Lemon Quartet; 718-482-5151. Museum of the Moving Image Feb. 5, Carnal Knowledge, Irreversible; Feb. 6, Star 80, Ford Transit; Feb. 12, Poison, Red Dust; Feb. 13, Taxi Driver, Touch of Evil, 35th Avenue, Astoria; 718-784-0077. Noguchi Museum To May 1, Noguchi and Graham: Selected Works for Dance, 9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City. P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center To Feb. 2, Joan Wallace; March, Hans-Peter Feldmann, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 718-784-2084. Queens College Feb. 2, Dramatic Readings, Black Freedom Movement; Feb. 7 to June 20; “Annemarie Schwarzenbach: Selected Photographs 1933–1940”; Feb. 8, 10, Documentary: Alice Walker”; Feb. 9, Alice Walker’s Meridian; Feb. 15, “Eyes on the Prize, Episode 5, Mississippi: Is this America?”; Feb. 16, “4 Little Girls”; Feb. 17, “Slavery,” “Mississippi Burning”;Feb. 22, “Eyes on the Prize, Episode 4, No Easy Walk”; Feb. 23, African Dance Performance, “Malcolm X”; Feb. 24, American Jazz Legacy, “Round Midnight”; 718-793-8080. Queensborough Community College Feb. 3, orchestra auditions, room H-27, Humanities Building, call Professor Hest at 718-631-6393; Feb. 5, Queens Symphony Orchestra: Dance to the Music; Feb. 20, “Jerry Orbach is Remembered at the Q-PAC Center: My One and Only”; Feb. 20-Mar. 31, “Echo Sonata” Paintings. “Mappings” Sculptures; Feb. 26, Verdi’s “Aida”; ongoing, An American Odyssey: 1945-1980, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718-631-6327. Queens Theatre In The Park Feb. 3, 5, “Taxi to Jannah”; Feb. 5, Hot Rocks: Rolling Stones Tribute; Feb. 6, Kids and Yiddish Revue, Folksbiene Yiddish Theater; Feb. 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, “Two Can Play”; Feb. 12, Tom Chapin; Feb. 26, Music of Afghanistan: Ensemble Kabul with Ustad Mahwash; Feb. 27, Stepping Out Queens Music and Dance; Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-760-0064. Others Feb. 2, FSF Community Theatre Group auditions for May performances of “Enter Laughing”; Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd.; 800-260-6789. Feb. 5, Goliard Concerts; Steinway Reformed Church, Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria. Feb. 5, “Anthony Quinn’s Eye: A Lifetime of Creating and Collecting Art; Terrace on the Park, 52-11 111th St., Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-651-4268. Feb. 6, Queens Festival Orchestra Association/Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra Concert; Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd.; 516-785-2532. Feb. 9, Dino Rosi; Atria Senior Center, 117-01 84th Ave., Kew Gardens; 718-721-7541. Feb. 11-13, 18-20, 25-27, Astoria Performing Arts Center presents “Lucky Stiff”; Feb. 20, Cabaret at the Cave’ 718-393-7505. Feb. 12, Astoria Music Society, Astoria Symphony’s Mozart Fest; Good Shepherd Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria; 718-204-9034. Feb. 13, Musica Reginae Productions, Kaleidoscope Concert Series: Sedalia to Harlem; Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718-279-4842 or www.musicareginae.org. To Feb. 13, Crystal Windows & Door Systems presents “Sensation of Space” at the Crystal Art Gallery, 31-10 Whitestone Xway., Flushing; 718-686-0908. Feb. 17-27, St. Bart’s Playhouse presents Neil Simon’s “Rumors,” Park Avenue and 50th Street, Manhattan; 212-378-0248 and 378-0222. Feb. 20, Con Brio Ensemble; Flushing Library,Main Street; Feb. 27, Donnell Library Center, 20 W. 53rd St., Manhattan Feb. 26, Bella Italia Mia Italian “American Artists & Their Contributions to the America”; Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718-426-1240. To Feb. 26, Archibald Arts presents Queens artist Brandon Ballengee; 602 10th Ave., Suite 2RS, New York; 212-541-6366. Health Anger affects the heart. A happy heart is a healthy heart History 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 Feb. 2, Long Island City Business Development Corporation, Gleason’s Knockout Event; Gleason’s Gym, Brooklyn; Feb. 10, NY Hospital of Queens First Annual “Helping Heart” Award Luncheon; Caffe on the Green, Bayside; Feb. 20, Astoria Performing Arts Center Cabaret Nights; The Cave, Astoria; Feb. 23, Lower Your Energy Bills with First Energy Group; Silvercup Studios, Long Island City; 718-786-5300. Feb. 3, Kew Gardens Hills Community Center movies, “Hildago”; Feb. 10, “Night and Day”; Feb. 17, “De-Lovely”; Feb. 24, “Man in the Iron Mask,” 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd.; 718-268-5960. Feb. 9, Queens Jewish Agencies Coalition “The Changing Demographics of Queens”; Central Queens YM-YWHA, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills; RSVP by Feb. 1, 212-983-4800, ext. 190. Feb. 13-20, NY Harbor Healthcare System and St. Albans VAVS Executive Committe, “Hospitalized Veterans Week, “Massing of the Colors at 2 p.m.; Pratt Auditorium, St. Albans Campus, 179th Street and Linden Boulevard. Feb. 14, Jewish Heritage Center presents a humorous look at relationships, 68-29 Main St., Flushing; 718-575-3100. Feb. 16, Forest Hills Community House & Senior Center, Legislation and Advocacy; 718-699-2020. Feb. 17, Us Too NY “What are the issues of PSA as an indicator of Prostate Cancer?; New York Presbyterian Hospital, Lecture Hall A950, 525 E. 68th St., Manhattan; 212-946-1494. Feb. 22, Forest Hills Hospital–North Shore-LIJ Health System Community Wellness Lecture, “Update on Stroke Prevention,” 102-01 66th Rd.; 516-465-2500. 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. Parks & Recreation Alley Pond Environmental Center Feb. 5, Ezra Jack Keats Fan Club: Saturday Afternoon Story Time; Feb. 6, Winter Weed Walk, Mad Scientists; Feb. 6, 13, 19, 26, Snowpeople; Feb. 9, Make A Difference–Get Your Energy From The Sun; Feb. 11, 18, Mar. 4, 11, 18, Acrylic Art Classes; Feb. 12, Paper Flowers; Feb. 12, 13, Sweet Valentine (limited to 10 participants); Feb. 26, Alley Pond Scavenger Hunt; ongoing: birthday parties for 2 to 3 and 4 to 12 year old children, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-229-4000. Queens Botanical Garden Feb. 13, A Sign of Affection: Your Own Worm Collection; Mar. 5, Indoor Composting with Worms; Mar. 13, Starting Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds; Mar. 19, Natural Lawn Care, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 718-886-3800. Others To March 2005, Ice skating season has begun: 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. Reunions May 2005, 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 Feb. 3, District 24, 30, 32–Region 4 Teacher’s Demonstration, 3:30 p.m., New York City Department of Education, Region 4 Learning Support Center, 28-11 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City. Feb. 12, St. Francis Prep Fathers’ Guild Oldies Dance starring “The Crystals,” 61-00 Francis Lewis Blvd., Fresh Meadows; 718-423-8810, ext. 203. Feb. 13, Queen of Angels Home School Association cake/rummage sale, Church Recreation Center, Skillman Avenue. YMCAs Central Queens YM & YWHA Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 Course I and II, Wilton Cake Decorating; Feb. 13, Early Childhood Center Day and Open House; Feb. 15, Gershwin Afternoon for Senior Adults; Feb. 22, Author Talk “Culture of Violence Behind Suicide Bombers”; 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 Now, Dance Instruction, children ages 3 to 11, Arts Programs for Youth, Teens & Adults; Feb. 16, Valentine’s Day Luncheon; Feb. 26, open house events; to Apr. 10, 10-week course in computers for children, adults and seniors; 718-551-9314; Monday to Sunday, ballroom dancing, 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. Long Island City & Catalpa Y’s Feb. 3, 2005 Strong Kids Campaign kicks off; 718-392-7932. Local Libraries Feb. 2 10:15 a.m.Queensboro Hill Toddler Time Queensboro Hill Toddler Time (in Story Room) 10:30 a.m.Central Library Toddler Time Hillcrest Toddler Time Jackson Heights Toddler Learning Center (in Mandarin) 11:15 a.m.Queensboro Hill Pre-School Story Time Queensboro Hill Story Time 4 p.m.Astoria The Balance of Nature by the Queens Zoo 7 p.m.Flushing Library InfoLinQ Class (in English) Feb. 3 10:30 a.m.Flushing Library Toddler Time 1:30 p.m.Flushing Library Story Time 6:30 p.m.Auburndale Blues & Bossa Nova Rego Park An Italian Revue Feb. 4 10:30 a.m.Central Library Mother Goose Time 1 p.m.Flushing Library First Book Club: Big Stone Gap 4 p.m.Flushing Library Teen Advisory Group Feb. 5 10 a.m.Flushing Library InfoLinQ Class (in English), Lunar New Year of the Rooster Festival 10:30 a.m.Flushing Library InfoLinQ Class (in English) 11 a.m.Flushing Library Tour of Flushing Library Langston Hughes Understanding the What, Why, and How of Taxation for Small & New Business Owners 2 p.m.Bayside South American Rhythms: Musica Argentina Central Library African Music and Dance Flushing Library Chess Club Feb. 6 2 p.m.Flushing Library Winter Film Festival at Flushing "The Man of the Year” 6 p.m.Central Library Concerts at Central: Dances & Drums of Africa Feb. 7 4:30 p.m.Queensboro Hill Lunar New Year Program 6 p.m.Flushing Library InfoLinQ Class (in Korean) Jackson Heights Setting Limits: Getting Your Children to Listen to You (in Spanish) 6:30 p.m.Baisley Park Art & History of Hair Braiding South Ozone Park Printmaking for the Holidays 7 p.m.Central Library Career Exploration Inventory Feb. 8 2 p.m.Flushing Library Stay Well Exercise for Seniors 6 p.m.Flushing Library InfoLinQ Class (in Spanish) 6:15 p.m.Flushing Library Friends of Flushing Library General Meeting Feb. 9 10:15 a.m.Queensboro Hill Toddler Time Central Library Toddler Time 10:30 a.m.Hillcrest Toddler Time 11:15 a.m.Queensboro Hill Pre-School Story Time 6 p.m.Flushing Library InfoLinQ Class (in Chinese) 7 p.m.Flushing Library InfoLinQ Class in English PSAs Al-Anon of Jackson Heights, self-help for people affected by another person’s drinking, Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m.; St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 82nd Street; 718-457-1511. Forest Hills Community House & Senior Center, 108-22 62nd Dr.; 718-699-1010; Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202; 718-268-5960; Rego Park Senior Center, 93-29 Queens Blvd.; 718-896-8511. All the centers host many interesting and diverse courses and activities, call the one nearest you for more information. QSAC free training for parents and caregivers of children and adults with autism, every two weeks on Tuesday, 30-10 38th St., 3rd Floor, Astoria; 718-7-AUTISM, ext 1219. Queens Women’s Network Multi-Service Center has a host of programs for displaced homemakers and domestic violence victims, (in English) and Spanish, for women and men, strictly confidential, 161-10 Jamaica Ave., Suite 207, Jamaica; 718-657-6200. Sunnyside Community Services Adult Day Services, for information, call Nancy Lee Hendley at 718-786-9273; Home Care Project, Inc., for information, call the Case Management Department at 718-786-6160, ext. 341 or 345; Immigration Information and Legal Assistance Referral Services, for information, call Myrna Soto at 718-784-6173, ext. 115; Home Care Projects/Home Health Aide Job Opportunities, for information, call Blanca Castillo at 718-784-6160, ext. 334. Woodside On The Move employment assistance/placement services for local employers and employees. No age restriction, all programs are free, 39-42 59th St.; 718-476-8449, contact Gene Curry. Queens library celebrates langston hughes as lyricist Queens Library has a sensational Langston Hughes celebration coming to Central Library to commemorate African-American History Month, a time to reflect on the great contributions Black Americans have made to our society. Admission is free. 89-11 Merrick Boule-vard, Jamaica; 718-990-0778
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