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Calendar of Events


Night Out Against Crime

Aug, 1, 107th Police Precinct Community Council, National Night Out Against Crime; Electchester Shopping Center, Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, donations needed.

Aug. 1, 112th Police Precinct Community Council, National Night Out Against Crime; MacDonald Park, Queens and Yellowstone Boulevards, rain location Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06 Queens Blvd., volunteers needed.

Aug. 1, 114th Police Precinct Community Council, National Night Out Against Crime; Astoria Park, Shore Boulevard. Community Meetings Boards Jul. 19, 7:45 p.m., 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. 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.

Councils

Sep. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20, 112th Police Precinct, Forest Hills. Others Jul. 19, 7:30 p.m., COP 104; Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72nd St.; 718-651-5865.

Jul. 20, 6 p.m., Friends of the Broadway Library, 40-20 Broadway, Astoria; 718-990-8583. 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.

Jul. 24, 6 p.m., Friends of the Sunnyside Library, 43-06 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City; 718-990-8583.

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

Arts & Entertainment

Long Island Children's Museum
Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, KIDS FIRST! Film Club; Aug. 8, Hop, Skip and Jump; Aug. 8, 10, Signature Sprouts; Aug. 8, 9, 13, "Aquamarine" comedy; Aug. 9, Butterflies, Birds and Bugs!; Aug. 10, Buglisi/Foreman Dance Workshop "Revealing Your Soul Through the Soles of Your Feet", Buglisi/Foreman Dance Performs!; Aug. 11, Pinwheels, Caillou's World of Wonder, admission $9, members and children under one free, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City; 516-224-5800.

Louis Armstrong Museum
To Dec. 3, Armstrong and Africa exhibit, tours $8, 34-56 107th St., Corona; 718-478-8274.

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
Jul. 22, A Guy Called Gerald, San Serac, Derek Plaslaiko; Jul. 29, The Juan Maclean, Adam X, Jeffrey Sfire; Aug 5, agns b. Presents...; Aug 12, Rub-N-Tug (Eskimo, aNYthing), Escort "live" (NYC); to Aug. 14, John Lurie: Works on Paper; Aug 19, Mathew Johnson "live" (Wagon Repair, Vancouver B.C.), Beppe Loda (Afro-Cosmic, Italy), Lee Douglas (Rong Music), Jeremy Campbell (Tropical Computer System); Aug 26, The Glimmers (Eskimo, Belgium) + a special guest; to Sep. 18, Ron Gorchov: Double Trouble; to Sep. 4, Su-Mei Tse's video and sculptural installation; to Oct. 2, Bearable Lightness...Likeness; to Oct. 15, Best Of Friends: Buckminster Fuller And Isamu Noguchi, admission varies, MoMAmembers free, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 718-784-2084.

Queens College
Jul. 21, Bollywood Axion Troupe, Overdose Music, Bunty Aur Babli; Jul. 28, Yana Yu Ballet School, Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, Kung Fu Hustle; Jul. 30, 2nd annual Queens Jazz Festival: Jon Faddis, Michael Phillip Mossman, Mayte Vicens; Aug. 4, Kiyoko Kashiwagi/Anime Dance Theater, Vongku Pak's Korean Drum Ensemble, Welcome to Dongmakgol; to Aug. 10, Louis Armstrong: American Jazz Icon exhibit; Aug. 11, D Underbelly, Ballet International Africans, Le Ballon d'Or; Aug. 18, Adam Scher Dance, Carioca Capoeira and Samba, The Man Who Copies; Aug. 25, Aerilise Dance Company, Shusmo, Zozo, Kissena Boulevard, Flushing; 718-544-2996.

Queensborough Community College
To Jul. 23, Performing Arts Workshop: Broadway comes to Queens! 4-week professional performance training programs ages 7 to 19, all must audition, space is limited, Theater Arts Center; 718595-2905; to Sept. 30, Andy Warhol Exhibit, QCC Art Gallery; 718-631-6396; Remembering Luboml: Images of a Jewish Community, library basement, room 30; 718-281-5770; 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
Jul. 21, Bollywood Axion Troupe, Overdose Music, Bunty Aur Babli; Jul. 28, Yana Yu Ballet School, Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, Kung Fu Hustle; Aug. 4, Kiyoko Kashiwagi/Anime Dance Theater, Vongku Pak's Korean Drum Ensemble, Welcome to Dongmakgol; Aug. 11, D Underbelly, Ballet International Africans, Le Ballon d'Or; Aug. 18, Adam Scher Dance, Carioca Capoeira and Samba, The Man Who Copied; to August 20, ABCDF: Portraits of Mexico City; Aug. 25; Aerilise Dance Company, Shusmo, Zozo; ongoing, The Panorama of the City of New York, Tiffany: The Glass, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Flushing; 718-592-9700

Queens Theatre in the Park
Jul. 26, JPMorgan Chase Latino Cultural Festival Opening Night, Noche Flamenca. It is More Than Cha, Cha, Cha...; Jul. 27, Eva Aylln; Jul. 28, "The Golden Key", "MaTRIX Inc."; Jul. 29, Foncho Castellar, Candido Camero; Jul. 30, "Clave" A Rhythmic Journey from Africa...", Improvisation Across Cultures; Jul. 31, Bolivar soy yo; Aug. 2, open mic night, Grupo Krapp; Aug. 3, Latina New Sounds; Aug. 4, Albita; Aug. 5, Inti Illimani; Aug. 6, Peru Negro, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; www.rockpaperscissors. biz/go/latinofest2006.

Socrates Sculpture Park
Jul. 19, Motorcycle Diaries; Jul. 26, Latcho Drom; Aug. 2, The Straight Story; Aug. 9, Stolen Children; Aug. 16, Kikujiro; Aug. 23, Balseros (rain date Aug. 30), films begin at sunset, free, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City; 718-956-1819.

Others
Jul. 20, Queens Botanical Garden live performance of the Queens Festival Band's annual Dixieland and classical jazz, free, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 718-886-3800.

Jul. 21, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Summer Fun at Flushing Town Hall, James Jones & Positive Energy ; Aug. 4, Marty Raneri & the Channel Surfers; Aug. 18, Asian Jazz Fusion, free garden concerts, rain location Flushing Town Hall Theater; 137-35 Northern Blvd.; 718-463-7700, ext. 222.

Jul. 22, Astoria Performing Arts Center 4th annual Summer Stars, "Broadway Time Machine", free musical and performance training program open to Queens youth (grades 4-8), tickets $15; The Cultural Center of the Chian Federation, 44-01 Broadway, Astoria; tickets@apacny.org

To Jul. 22, Art by Lucia "A Color and Light Fest"; Lafayette Grill, 54 Franklin St., Manhattan; contact, luciaphipps@yahoo.com.

To Jul. 22, The Queens Players, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, admission $20; The Jackson Avenue Theatre, 12-23 Jackson Ave., Long Island City; 347-724-4056. Jul. 29, Aug. 12, 26, Italian Charities of America, Saturday Dance, non-members $10; Aug. 6, 13, Dance With Instruction, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.

To Jul. 29, AQA Gallery, "Photo 14" annual exhibition of photographic techniques; summertime art workshops for kids, call for fees and schedule, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills.

To Jul. 30, Ben Pritchard: Beginnings and Endings; Repetti, 44-02 23rd St., 4th Floor, Long Island City; 718-670-3226.

Aug. 2, 7 p.m., St. John's University Concert Series, Eighth Annual Queens Symphony Orchestra Great Lawn Summer Concert, rain or shine, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica Estates; 718-326-4455.

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

To Aug. 7, Women's Studio Center Inc., members only exhibition, free, 21-25 44 Avenue, Long Island City; www.womenstudiocent