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Calendar of Events


Community Meetings                                           Hall, Borough President’s Conference Room, 2nd Floor,120-55     Wednesdays/Thursdays, The Anthropology Museum of the People
Associations
Feb. 14, Mar. 14, Apr. 11, May 9, Jun. 13, Sep. 12, Oct. 10, Nov.
14, Dec. 12, 8 p.m., Forest Hills Civic & Community; American
Legion Hall, 107-15 Metropolitan Ave.
Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m., Jiper Park civic; Our Lady of Hope School,     Barnes & Noble
Eliot Avenue/71st Street, Middle Village; 718-651-5865.                 Feb. 13, Open Mic Poetry; Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day Storytime &
Boards                                                                               Craft, Weekly Storytimes; Feb. 16, Meet Author Karen Noe; Feb.
Feb. 8, Mar. 8, Apr. 5, May 10, Jun. 14, Sep. 13, Oct. 18, Nov. 8,     18, Generations! Interative Children’s Workshop; Feb. 19, Harry
Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union     Potter   Club:   Chamber   of   Secrets;   Feb.   20,   Poetry Writing
Tpke., Flushing, call to confirm location; 718-264-7895.                 Essentials; Feb. 21, Women’s Studies Book Group: The Feminine
Feb. 13, 7 p.m., sharp, Board 7; Union Plaza Care Center, 33-23     Mystique; Feb. 22, Around the Corner Book Group: The Sea; Feb.
Union St., Flushing; 718-359-2800.                                           26, Wedding Planning Workshop, Froggy Character Appearance,
Feb. 14, Mar. 14, Apr. 11, May 9, Jun. 13, Sep. 12, Oct. 10, Nov.     free programs, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows.
14, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m., Board 6; Kew Gardens Community Center,     Flushing Town Hall
80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202; 718-263-9250.                       Feb. 11, The Joke’s on You!, Music for Tots!, Bright Sheng &
Feb. 21, Board 1; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd.; 718-     Friends ; Feb. 15, Are You Ready My Sister?; Feb. 18, Blues in the
786-3335.                                                                           Morning, Music for Tots!; Feb. 24, BiTrip New Asian American
Councils                                                                             Danceworks; Feb. 25, Slant Performance, Takeout To Go!; Feb. 26,
Feb. 15, Mar. 15, Apr. 26, May 17, Jun. 21, Sep. 20, Oct. 18, Nov.     Curator’s Talk, Film “The Color of Funny” admission, Northern
15, Dec. 20, 112th Police Precinct, Forest Hills.                             Boulevard, Flushing; 718-463-7700.
Feb. 28, 8 p.m., sharp, 108th Police Precinct; Sunnyside     Museum of the Moving Image
Community Services, 43-31 39thSt., 2nd Floor.                             Feb. 10, Tsotsi; Feb. 11, The Yakuza, My Beautiful Laundrette;
Education Councils                                                             Feb. 12, The Brother From Another Planet, Genghis Blues; Feb. 11,
Feb. 8, 7 p.m., District 25, Region 3; I.S. 25, 34-65 192nd St.,     12, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul; 35th Avenue, Astoria; 718-784-0077.
Flushing; 718-81-3786                                                           Musica Reginae
Feb. 15, Mar. 14, Apr. 11, May 9, Jun. 13, District 30, Region 4;     Feb. 12, Sedalia To Harlem–Walk The Road Again, 33-19 210th
I.s. 27, 32-02 Junction Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718-391-8380.             St., Bayside; 718-279-4842.
Others                                                                               Noguchi Museum
Feb. 13, Mar. 6, Apr. 10, May 15, Jun. 19, Jul. 10, Sep. 18, Oct.     To Mar. 5, The Imagery of Chess Revisited, 9-01 33rd Rd., Long
16, Nov. 13, Dec. 11; 5:30 p.m., BOROUGH BOARD: Jan. 31,     Island City; 646-486-7050.
Feb. 14th, 9:00 a.m. (location TBA), Mar. 7, Apr. 11, May 16,     P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Jun. 20, Jul. 11, Sep. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m.     To Mar. 20,   Ricky Swallow Sculptures; Fall 2005 Exhibitions
BOROUGH   CABINET,   Queens   Borough   Hall,   Borough     Continue: Jon Kessler, Ari Marcopoulos, Day Labor, Adrian Paci,
President’s Conference Room, 2nd Floor,120-55 Queens Blvd.,     The Painted World, Peter Hujar, Stephen Shore: American Surfaces;
dates are subject to confirmation; 718-286-2640.                           22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 718-784-2084.
Feb. 14, noon, AARP North Flushing Chapter 4158; Church-onthe    Queens College
    Hill, 167-07 35th Ave., Flushing.                                         Feb. 8 to Mar. 30, How We Use Land: Photographs of Queens
Feb. 14, Mar. 16, 12:30 p.m., SUnnyside Chamber of Commerce;     County; Feb. 12, Kids Classics: Follow the Beat; Feb. 14, Author
Dazies Restauant, 39-41 Queens Blvd., $18.                                 Margaret Atwood; Feb. 19, Cinema: Hiding and Seeking; Feb. 23,
Feb. 15, 12:30 p.m., aaRP Chapter 2889; First Presbyterian Church     DEF Poetry Jam, admission, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 718-
of Newtown, 54-05 Seabury St., Elmhurst.                                   793-8080.
Feb. 21, 6 p.m., NYC Department of Transportation; White Castle     Queensborough Community College
Headquarters, 69-01 34th Ave.,Woodside; BQE Project Liaison     Feb. 8, Peter Vallone Booksigning: Learning to Govern–My Life in
Tom McCarley, 718-424-4157.                                                 New York City Politics from Hell Gate to City Hall; Feb. 11, Love!
Feb. 23, Mar. 16, Apr. 6, Apr. 27, May 18, Jun. 8, Jun. 29, Jul.     Dance! Music!; Feb. 19, Die Fledermaus; to Mar. 17, Exhibit,
20, Aug. 10, Aug. 31, Sep. 21, Oct. 12, Nov. 2, Nov. 22, Dec. 14,     Stefan Arteni: The Way of Form; ongoing, Paintings, “Elements of
Borough President’s Land Use Public Hearings, Queens Borough     Life”;   Exhibits,   “African   Art   and   the   Khabouris   Codex”;
                                                                                      Queens Blvd.,call to confirm dates; 718-286-2640.                         of New York & Armenia Cultural Education Resource Center
                                                                                      Feb. 27, Mar. 27, 6 p.m. Queens Chapter of SHHH at Lex., film     Gallery, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718-631-6327.
                                                                                      “Unheard Voices”, 30th Avenue, Jackson Heights; 718-350-3183.       Queens Theatre In The Park
                                                                                      Arts & Entertainment                                           Feb. 11, Caribbean Shaker Workshop; Feb. 11, 12, The Last
                                                                                                                                                                              Dragon, admission, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park; 718-760-
                                                                                                                                                                              0064, or visit online at www.queenstheatre.org.
                                                                                                                                                                              Others
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 8, FSF Community Theatre Group Open Auditions, “Blythe
                                                                                                                                                                              Spirit”; Free Synagogue of Flushing, 41-60 Kissena Blvd.; 800-
                                                                                                                                                                              260-6789 or 516-354-5210.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 8, Kew Gardens Community Center Book Club Discussion, In
                                                                                                                                                                              Cold Blood, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd.; 718-268-5960.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 8-12, The Creek Theater “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”; 10-
                                                                                                                                                                              93 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 347-724-4056.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 10, LaGuardia Community College “The Last of the Red Hot
                                                                                                                                                                              Mamas” Sweet Georgia Brown, Little Theater Performing Arts
                                                                                                                                                                              Center, 47th Street, Long Island City; 718-482-5151.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 11, Queens Symphony Orchestra 2006, Love! Dance! Music,
                                                                                                                                                                              admission, 80-00 Cooper Ave., Bldg. 22, Glendale; 718-326-4455.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 11, Louis Armstrong House Museum,“Louis Armstrong:
                                                                                                                                                                              Fountainhead”; Feb. 18, “Armstrong and the Roots of Jazz in New
                                                                                                                                                                              Orleans”; Feb. 25, “Armstrong: Collage Artist, Amateur Archivist”;
                                                                                                                                                                              to Feb. 26, Louis Armstrong House & Archives Jack Bradley
                                                                                                                                                                              Collection “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love…” exhibit and
                                                                                                                                                                              tour; Saturdays in February, special pre-tour presentation and
                                                                                                                                                                              guided tours included in admission, 34-56 107th St., Corona; 718-
                                                                                                                                                                              478-8274.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 11, 25, Italian Charities of America Saturday Dances, admission,
                                                                                                                                                                                      83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 12, Musica Reginae, Sedalia To Harlem–Walk The Road
                                                                                                                                                                              Again, admission, 33-19 210th St., Bayside; 718-729-4842.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 19, The Con Brio Ensemble, Concert of Piano Trios; Flushing
                                                                                                                                                                              Library, Main Street; Feb. 22, Concert; Lehman College Recital
                                                                                                                                                                              Hall, The Bronx; Feb. 26, Concert; Donnell Library Ceter, 20 W.
                                                                                                                                                                              53rd St., Manhattan, free, contributios welcome; 718-459-2247.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 24, “Murder At The Olympics!”; Riccardo’s, 21-02 24th Ave.,
                                                                                                                                                                              Astoria; 718-721.7777. For more information, call 888-SHOOTEM.
                                                                                                                                                                              SHOOTEM.
                                                                                                                                                                              Feb. 25, Mar. 25, Apr. 22, May 27, Jun. 24, Women’s Studio
                                                                                                                                                                              Center, Women’s Writers Forum, free; registration not necessary,
                                                                                                                                                                              21-25 44th Ave., Long Island City; 718-361-5649.
                                                                                                                                                                              To Feb. 25,AQA Gallery, “What’s Cooking in Forest Hills”; ongoing,
                                                                                                                                                                                    “Go Art” classes, “Beyond Arts Crafts” for children, 99-10
                                                                                                                                                                              Metropolitan Ave.; 718-520-9842.
                                                                                                                                                                              To Mar. 5, Socrates Sculpture Park, EAF05:2005 Emerging Artists
                                                                                                                                                                              Fellowship Exhibition, Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City; 718-
                                                                                                                                                                              956-1819.