2006-06-14 / Community Calendar

Calendar of Events


Community Meetings

Boards
Jun. 14, Sep. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 7:45 p.m., Board 6; Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202; 718-263-9250.

Jun. 20, 7 p.m., Board 1; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd.; 718-786-3335.

Sep. 13, Oct. 18, Nov. 8, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Flushing, call to confirm location; 718-264-7895.

Sep. 14, 9:30 a.m., Board 1; Kaufman Astoria Studio Cafe, 34-12 36th St.; 718-786-3335.

Clubs
Jun. 22, 8 p.m., John F. Kennedy Regular Democratic Club of Queens; Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehab Center, 164-11 Chapin Pkwy., Jamaica; 718-591-8446.

Councils
Jun. 27, 8 p.m., sharp, 108th Police Precinct; Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor, Sunnyside.
Sep. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20, 112th Police Precinct, Forest Hills.

Others
Jun. 19, Jul. 10, Sep. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 13, Dec. 11; 5:30 p.m., BOROUGH BOARD: Jul. 11, Sep. 19, Oct. 17, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m. BOROUGH CABINET, Queens Borough Hall, Borough President's Conference Room, 2nd Floor,120-55 Queens Blvd., dates are subject to confirmation; 718-286-2640.
Jun. 29, Jul. 20, Aug. 10, Aug. 31, Sep. 21, Oct. 12, Nov. 2, Nov. 22, Dec. 14, Borough President's Land Use Public Hearings, Queens Borough Hall, Borough President's Conference Room, 2nd Floor,120-55 Queens Blvd., call to confirm dates; 718-286-2640.

+First Friday of the Month, American Legion Astoria Post 145; James A. McKenna Post.

Arts & Entertainment

Barnes & Noble
Jun. 15, meet author Dave Durand; Jun. 19, poetry writing essentials; Jun. 20, Get Ready For Summer storytime; Jun. 21, Empowering Your Soul Through Meditation book discussion; Jun. 25, spot character appearance; Tuesdays and Thursdays, weekly storytimes, all events are free of charge and open to the public. events may change, call ahead to confirm, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows.

Museum of the Moving Image
Jun. 16, Strangers with Candy, Dog's Dream (To Oneiro Tou Skylou) premiere; Jun. 23 to Jul. 2 , Camera D'or Winner "The Forsaken Land"; ; to Jul. 9, Stanley Kubrick Retrospective, tickets vary; 35th Avenue, Astoria; 718-784-0077.

Noguchi Museum
To Oct. 15, Best of Friends: R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi, admission, 9-01 33rd Rd., Long Island City; 718-204-7088.

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Jun. 15, Into the Prism...; Jun. 19, Uncontrollable, Unstoppable Motion...; Jun. 22, Beatfuse! By Obra; Jun. 25, Into Me/Out of Me artist exhibition, ; Jun. 25 to Sep. 18, Ron Gorchov: Double Trouble; Jun. 25 to Sep. 4, Su-Mei Tse's video and sculptural installation; Jun. 29, Fine Print: Bidoun; to Aug. 14, John Lurie: Works on Paper; to Oct. 15, Best Of Friends: Buckminster Fuller And Isamu Noguchi, admission varies, MoMA members free, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 718-784-2084.

Queensborough Community College
To Sep. 30, Andy Warhol, "Remembering Luboml"; ongoing, Paintings, "Elements of Life"; Exhibits, "African Art and the Khabouris Codex"; Wednesdays/Thursdays, The Anthropology Museum of the People of New York & Armenia Cultural Education Resource Center Gallery, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718-631-6327.

Queens Museum of Art
To Jul. 9, Open Routines: Recent Projects by Pedro Lasch, Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao: Habitat 7, Local Words: An Interactive Installation by Sol Aramendi; to August 20, ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City; ongoing, The Panorama of the City of New York, Tiffany: The Glass, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing.

Others
Jun. 14, 16, 17, 18, 21-24, The Queens Players "Act one;one Act"; Jun. 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, "A Date Under His Own Name", "That Dress", "Forward Movement"; Jun. 15, 17, 22, 23, 24, "Girl Talk", "This Just In", "13 Steps", tickets $10 get second play for $5, reservations; 347-724-4056. Jun. 15, Kew Gardens Community/Senior Center, ""Divorce, Italian Style"; Jun. 22, "Central Station"; Jun. 27, "The Triplets of Belleville"; Jun. 29, "Open City", 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd.; 718-268-5960.

Jun. 15, 29, Queens Public Television, Latin Legends of Comedy, Channel 35, www.qptv.org.

Jun. 16, 17, The Stankovic Ballet Company, original modern ballet "Be With Me", donation $15, reception follows performance; TADA! Theater, 15 W. 28th St., Manhattan; 212-446-0810.

Jun. 17, 18, 24, 25, Queens Minstrel Players dinner theater "Steel Magnolias", $30; Trinity Episcopal, 130 Main St., Northport; 800260-2390.

Jun. 17, Italian Charities of America, Saturday Dance, Members $8, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.

To Jun. 18, Thalia Spanish Theatre "We Women Do It Better", tickets $22/$20, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718-729-3880. To Jun. 18, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Puppetry Exhibition, "With or Without Strings", $5, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718-463-7700, ext. 222.

To Jun. 18, Renzo Ortega Mass Production; Repetti, 44-02 23rd St., 4th Floor, Long Island City

Jun, 20-Aug. 10, Queens College, Louis Armstrong: American Jazz Icon exhibition, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Kissena Boulevard, Flushing.

Jun. 24 to Aug. 5, Flux Factory "Opolis: A Comix Fluxture", info@fluxfactory.org.

Jun. 24, Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company, 2006 Peking Opera Festival: Part One, $26-$100 p.p.; Flushing Town Hall, 137-55 Northern Blvd.; 212-736-5306 or 718-296-0233.

Jun. 23, "Serendipity; Jun. 27, "Never Been Kissed", 108-25 62nd Dr.; 718-699-1010.

Jun. 24, Women's Studio Center, Women's Writers Forum, free; registration not necessary, 21-25 44th Ave., Long Island City; 718361-5649.

To Jun. 30, LIC Artists 20 year exhibit; Citigroup, Court Square, Long Island City; 718-784-2935. To Jul. 1, Queens Hospital Center exhibition, Numyi Lee; 718-7287858. +AQA Gallery summertime art workshops for kids, call for fees and schedule, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave., Foresy Hills. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dance

Jun. 16, Fifth Annual Christopher Santora Education Scholarship Fund dinner dance; Riccardo's by the Bridge, Astoria.

Jun. 27, 107th Precinct Community Council annual dinner dance, $50 p.p. benefits neighborhood programs; The Reception House, 167-17 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718-463-1600. Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers

Jun. 14, Forest Hills Community House & Senior Center/NORC, mini flea market, 108-25 62nd Dr.; 718-699-1010.

Jun. 21, Frank Kenna Republican Club of Astoria summer pasta party, donation $15, 23-63 Steinway St., Astoria.

Jun. 21-25, St. Antonio Abate Society of Castrofilippo, Ditmars Boulevard between 35th & 38th Streets, 4 days;718-728-7820.

Jun. 22, Queens Museum of Art gala "A Thirst for Art"; New York City Building, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing; 718-592-9700.

Jun. 24, Leharve Kids' Club of Whitestone multi-family flea market, 168-68 9th Ave; 917-297-2189. Jul. 4, The Patti Fund, Borden and 51st Avenues, no rain date. Jul. 8, Woodside on the Move, Woodside and Roosevelt Avenues, no rain date.

To Oct. 1, Broadway Astoria Merchants & Professionals, Broadway between Crescent & 47th Streets, 1 day each.

Health

Jun. 15, Forest Hills Community House & Senior Center, Lecture: Balance Fall Prevention; Jun. 20, Lecture: Memory Loss: Fact or Fiction; Jun. 21, Welcome Summer Festival, 108-25 62nd Dr.; 718-699-1010.

Jun. 21, NAMI Queens/Nassau "Disaster Psychiatry"; Hillside Hospital's Sloman Auditorium, 266th Street, Glen Oaks; 718-347-7284 or 516-326-0797.

Jun. 26 to July, "Theatre Arts Center Performing Arts Workshop."; Jun. 28, "Life Line Screening Radiology: Tests that can help Save Your Life"; Carotid Artery/Stroke, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Peripheral Arterial Disease, and Osteoporosis, tests are $45 each, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Ave., BaysideMedical Arts Building, room 09; 718-631-6327.

Jun. 27, HANAC/Councilmember Helen Sears "Keeping Homes Healthy Expo"; Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, 37-06 77th St.; 718-626-7575.
Jun. 29, Jul. 27, ANIBIC, Camp Blue Castle, three-week sessions- Jun. 29 to Jul. 21, Jul. 27 to Aug. 18,; now, Summer Day Camp, 7 weeks; 718-347-5921 or 423-9550, ext. 2147.

Historicals

Greater Astoria Historical Society
Ongoing, "Astoria's Greatest Generation:World War II + 60 Years"; donation, Quinn's Gallery, 4th Floor, 35-20 Broadway, Long Island City; 718-278-0700 or go to http://www.astorialic.org.

Queens Historical Society
To Sep. 3, 40th Anniversary celebration of the designation of Kingsland Homestead as first landmark in Queens; ongoing, Kingsland: From Homestead to House Museum; Family Life at Kingsland; Persistence: A Celebration of Landmarks in Queens-Past, Present, Future; Slide Lecture, admission; 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing; 718-939-0647, ext. 17. Items of Community Interest

Jun. 14, Recycle-A-Bicycle Opening Celebration 46-01 5th St, Long Island City; 718-858-2972.

Jun. 15, City Councilmember John Liu, Summer 2006 Youth Action Team, recruitment applications, www.liunewyork.com.

Jun. 15, Center for the Women of New York training programs, $75 plus registration, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 325; 718-793-0672.

Jun. 17, Elder Law Seminars, 2:30 p.m., Flushing House, 38-20 Bowne St., Flushing; 718-762-3198 or 347-532-3025.

Jun. 17, Flushing House, elder law seminars, free handouts and refreshments, Dining Hall, 38-20 Bowne St., Flushing; 247-5323025 or 718-762-3198.

Jul. 18, 107th Police Precinct Community Council Harmony Picnic, location to be announced; Aug. 1, National Night Out Against Crime; Electchester Shopping Center, Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, donations needed.

Jun. 19, Neighborhood Advisory Board Community Forum on Community Services; Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens, 21-12 30th Rd., Long Island City.

Jun. 20, Queensborough Community College, "Admissions Open House"; Jun. 29 to Aug. 25, "OASIS Summer Day Camp", 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, 718-631-6327.

Jun. 20 to Aug. 24, LaGuardia Community College Continuing Education, Home Decorating, registration begins Jun. 5, course fee, 718-482-7244.

Jun. 21, Jackson Heights Beautification Group Garden Club Tour; Community Church, 35th Avenue; 718-651-7745.

Jun. 24, Bella Italia Mia Cornaro Awards, $7 non-members; Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave. Middle Village; 718-426-1240.

+Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, The American Family Community Services Spanish classes, donation requested, 37-63 76th St., Jackson Heights; 718-639-8370.

Parks & Recreation

Alley Pond Environmental Center
Now to Nov., Community Supported Agriculture (farm fresh produce); Jun. 15, 22, 29, Watercolor Flowers; Jun. 17, An Evening with the Stars; Jun. 17, 18, Animal Care Trainee; Jun. 17, 24, Tai ChiWorkshops, Frogs and Polliwogs; Jun. 18, 25, Drawing and Painting Nature Subjects; Jun. 20, Eco-Explorer's Club; Jun. 24, Natural Facials; ongoing: Toddler Time, Wee Sprouts, Fledglings, Nature Club, Junior Nature Kids, Conservation Club; birthday parties for 2 to 3 and 4 to 12 year old children, most programs are feebased, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-229-4000.

Forest Park
Jun. 18, Inkhay; Jun. 25, David Oquendo and Habana Tres; Jul. 2, Los Tres Cerditos, Latin Jazz Coalition; Jul. 6, Motown tribute; Jul. 9, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company-Mexico Vive Arts Festival; Jul. 10, Hillary Duff; Jul. 10 to Aug. 16, free basketball, free karate, free skateboard clinics, ages 7 to 14, registration required, starts May 30, space limited; Jul. 13, The Music Man; Jul. 14, Karaoke with Billy C. & Kitty; Jul. 17, Little Red Riding Hood; Jul. 20, The #1 Eagles Tribute; Jul. 24, Once Upon A Time...; Jul. 26, Taino; Jul. 30, Queens Symphony Orchestra; Jul. 31, Magbana; Aug. 3, Beatlemania Again; Aug. 6, Queens Symphony Orchestra; Aug. 7, The Princess, The Emperor and the Duck; Aug. 9, Hip Pickles; Aug. 10, Musique Disco Group; Aug. 13, Queens Symphony Orchestra; Aug. 14, Super Circus Stuff; Aug. 17, "The Wizard of Oz" movie and sing-a-long; 718-235-4100 to register or 311 for information.

New York Hall of Science
Weekends, Drop-In Family Workshops, Plant-A-Seed, Seed Collages, 47-01 111th St., Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 718-699-0005.

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