Calendar of Events

Flag Day
Jun. 10, 11 a.m., Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside, Flag Day parade
(parade forms at 10 a.m.), Greenpoint Avenue from 39th to 48th
Street; noon, ceremonies; Veterans Memorial Plaza, Joe Sabba
Park, Queens Boulevard and 49th Street.
Community Meetings
Boards
Jun. 1, 7 p.m., Board 2; Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St.,
2nd Floor; 718-533-8773.
Jun. 12, 19, 7 p.m., sharp, Board 7; Union Plaza Care Center, 33-
23 Union St., Flushing; 718-359-2800.
Jun. 13, Sep. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m., Board 6;
Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite
202; 718-263-9250.
Jun. 14, 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.
Jun. 21, 3:30 p.m., Board 7; Main Street Library, Flushing; 718-
359-2800.
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.
Jun. 21, Sep. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20, 112th Police Precinct,
Forest Hills.
Education Councils
Jun. 13, District 30, Region 4; I.S. 227, 32-02 Junction Blvd., East
Elmhurst; 718-391-8380; call for meeting locations after Mar. 14.
Others
May 31, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society;
Emanuel United Church of Christ, 91st Avenue; 718-846-1907.
Jun. 1, 6 p.m., NYC Department of Transportation; Queens
Borough Hall, 122-55 Queens Blvd., Room 213; 212-442-7173 or
truckroute@dot.nyc.gov.
Jun. 1, 3 p.m., Boys & Girls Clubs of America New York Long
Island Area Council; Swan Club, Shore Road, Glenwood Landing;
516-621-7600.
Jun. 7, 12:30 p.m., AARP Chapter 2889; Presbyterian Church of
Newtown, 54-05 Seabury St., Elmhurst; 718-639-8497.
  Jun. 8, 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.
Jun. 13, noon, AARP North Flushing Chapter 4158; Church-On-
The-Hill, 167-07 35th Ave., Flushing.
Jun. 19, Jul. 10, Sep. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 13, Dec. 11; 5:30 p.m.,
BOROUGH BOARD: Jun. 20, 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.
+First Friday of the Month, American Legion Astoria Post 145;
James A. McKenna Post.
Arts & Entertainment
Barnes & Noble
Jun. 8, Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late storytime; Jun. 10, meet
author Elizabeth Nunez; Jun. 11, Harry Potter Club; Jun. 12, open
mic poetry; 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.
LaGuardia Community College
Jun. 3, Salman Ahmad, tickets vary, Long Island City 718-482-
5151.
Museum of the Moving Image
Jun. 23 to Jul. 2 ,Camera D'or Winner 'The Forsaken Land'; Jun.
8, A Prairie Home Companion; 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. 10, Fine Print: Alternative Media at P.S. 1, Iron Artist, rain
date Jun. 11; 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 July 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
May 31, Jubilee Cluster Players auditions, "Once Upon A
Mattress"; United Methodist Church of Glendale, 66-14 Central
Ave., Middle Village; 718-894-8654 or 416-0975.
To Jun. 1, Carolina Penafiel & Sara Rychtarik photographs
"Seeing Queens"; Repetti, 44-02 23rd St., 4th Floor, Long Island
City.
Jun. 1, Kew Gardens Community/Senior Center, "The Wedding
Banquet"; Jun. 4, Cesar Vuksic Chamber Ensemble, "Queens
Rhapsody"; Jun. 6, "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg"; Jun. 13,
"Vengo"; Jun. 15, "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. 2, Graduation To Murder!, $45 p.p.; Riccardo's, 21-01 24th
Ave., Astoria; 718-721-7777.
Jun. 2, 5, 9, Italian Charities of America, Dance With Instruction;
Jun. 3, 17, Saturday Dance, Members $8, 83-20 Queens Blvd.,
Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.
Jun. 2-4, 9-11, 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. 3, Queens Council on the Arts, Panel Forum For Visual
Artists: How to Price Your Artwork?; Jamaica Center for Arts and
Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Ave., Jamaica. Admission is free, registration
        is required, space is limited, go to www.queenscouncilarts.
        org.
Jun. 3, Dino Rosi International Concert; Flushing House, 38-20
Bowne St., Flushing; 718-762-3198; Jun. 7, Atria Kew Gardens,
117-01 84th Ave; 718-784-7552.
Jun. 4, 11, 18, Thalia Spanish Theatre "We Women Do It Better",
tickets $22/$20, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718-729-3880.
Jun. 4, 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. 5, 9, Queens Theatre in the Park, The CASA Initiative-After
School   Adventures       performance   workshops,   Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park; 718-760-0064.
Jun. 9, Queens Public Television, Latin Legends of Comedy,
Channel 34; Jun. 15, 29, Channel 35, www.qptv.org.
Jun. 9, Forest Hills Community House & Senior Center, "The
Family Stone"; Jun. 13, "Cheaper By The Dozen"; Jun. 23,

"Serendipity; Jun. 27, "Never Been Kissed", 108-25 62nd Dr.;
718-699-1010.
To Jun. 10, Crystal Foundation "Life in Ink and Wash" exhibition;
Asian Fusion Gallery, 15 E. 40th St., Manhattan; 718-961-7300.
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.
Jun. 24, Women's Studio Center, Women's Writers Forum, free;
registration not necessary, 21-25 44th Ave., Long Island City; 718-
361-5649.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dance
Jun. 4, Forest Hills Action League "I Care" Awards brunch, parking
    available; Sterling Glen, 112-50 72nd Ave., Forest Hills; 718-
268-7820.
Jun. 8, LICBDC Seventh Annual Spring Gathering, $85 nonmembers,
            RSVP; The Foundry, 42-38 9th St., Long Island City;
718-786-5300, ext. 21.
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. 1, Gala "1950s Dinner in the Park" funfest and fundraiser to
save the 1939 New York State Pavilion, doo wop, hula hoop contest;
      Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, Ederle Terrace, Meadow
Lake, Flushing.
Jun. 3, NORC flea market, bargains, raffle, homemade refreshments,
        volunteers needed; 718-278-4148.
Jun. 4, 107th Police Precinct Community Council, Electchester
Street Fair, donations/memberships needed to support community
programs, 161st Street and Jewel Avenue, Flushing.
Jun.   4,   14th   Annual Queens   Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual   and
Transgender Pride Parade and Festival, "Pride Not Prejudice", 37th
Road between 73rd and 77th Streets, Jackson Heights; 718-592-
8650.
Jun. 7, Chocolate Factory 2006 Benefit Fundraiser "Taste of LIC",
tickets $35-$500; 5-49 49th Ave., Long Island City; 718-482-7069.
Jun.     10,     Queensborough Community College,     "Liberty
Partnerships   Program   Project   PRIZE   Annual   Recognition
Ceremony & Luncheon.", Jun. 17, "USO of Metropolitan New
York Fundraising Charity Basketball Game and Talent Show",
718-631-6327.
Jun. 10, Italian Charities of America flea market, refreshments will
be served, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.
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.
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. 3, United Community Civic Association/Mt. Sinai Hospital of
Queens, Annual Community Health Fair; St. Francis of Assisi
Church, School Yard, 21st Avenue.
Jun. 3, 4, American Cancer Society Relay For Life, Astoria Park
Track, registration/information, call 718-263-2225, ext. 13 or email
      heather.reagan@cancer.org.
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. 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. 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. 1, Forest Hills Community House & Senior Center, Lecture:
Senior Information Update; Jun. 7, crafts, plants and cake sale,
108-25 62nd Dr.; 718-699-1010.
Jun. 1, Queensborough Community College, "OASIS Summer
Camp Open House."; "Student Nurse Awards."
Jun. 4, Kew Gardens Community Groups "Spring into Summer
Community Day"; Maple Grove Cemetery, Lefferts Boulevard and
Kew Gardens Road.