Calendar of Events

9/11: We Will Never Forget

Tour the Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead with owner Marion Smith on Sept. 17 at 3 p.m., as she takes participants through the last remaining privately owned and occupied Dutch-colonial farmhouse in Queens established in 1654. The Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead is located at 78-03 19th Rd. and 78th St. in Jackson Heights. Event price $20, advance payment $15. Reservations required. Call 718-939-0647, ext 17 or: www.rikerhome.com and www.queenshistoricalsociety. org

Sep. 13, United Community Civic Association, Annual "9/11 Memorial Candlelight Ceremony", refreshments; McManus Memorial Park, 81st Street, Astoria Heights.

Community Meetings

Boards
Sep. 5, 7:15 p.m., Board 4; Flanders Field VFW Post 150, 51-11 108th St., Corona; 718-760-3141.

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.

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.

Clubs
Aug. 24, John F. Kennedy Regular Democratic Club of Queens; Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehab Center, 164-11 Chapin Pkwy., Jamaica; call for time 718-591-8446.

Councils
Sep. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 20, 112th Police Precinct, Forest Hills.

Others
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.

Sep. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 13, Dec. 11; 5:30 p.m., BOROUGH BOARD: 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
Aug. 19, Book Group: The Wings Of Joy...; Aug. 20, Lemony Snicket Club; Aug. 21, Poetry Writing Essentials; Aug. 26, Puppet Time; Aug. 27, Pancake Pig Character Appearance; Aug. 24, author storytime with Lori Corsin-Tobia; Aug. 29, Back-ToSchool Storytime; Tuesdays/Thursdays, weekly children's storytimes, all free, call to confirm, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows; 718-380-7077.

Flushing Town Hall
Aug. 18, Asian Jazz Fusion, free, rain location inside Flushing Town Hall Theater; 137-35 Northern Blvd.; 718-463-7700, ext. 222

Long Island Children's Museum
Aug. 18, 25, KIDS FIRST! Film Club, 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.

Museum of the Moving Image
Aug. 20, The Protector (with Tony Jaa martial artist in person); Aug. 25,ALetter from Greenpoint (filmmaker John Mekas in person; Aug. 26, 27, The Little American; Aug. 26 to Sep. 3, "America's Sweetheart", Mary Pickford restored; Sep. 2, 3, Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall, Sparrows; to Oct. 13, Adventures Of Captain Marvel, Tut's Fever Movie Palace, 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria.

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
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. 4, Su-Mei Tse's video and sculptural installation; to Sep. 18, Ron Gorchov: Double Trouble; to Oct. 2, Bearable Lightness...Likeness; 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.

Queens College
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 Sep. 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
Aug. 18, Adam Scher Dance, Carioca Capoeira and Samba, The Man Who Copied; to Aug. 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

Socrates Sculpture Park
Aug. 16, Kikujiro; Aug. 23, Balseros (rain date Aug. 30), films begin at sunset; Sep. 10-Mar. 4, 2007, EAF06: 2006 Emergeing Artist Fellowship exhibit; Sep. 16, 20th Anniversary Party (rain date Sep. 17) free, 32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City; 718-956-1819.

Others
Aug. 19, Queens Book Fair 2006, 2nd annual fair for self-published authors, Rufus King Park; www.queensbookfair.com.
Aug. 21, Queens Jewish Community Council Jewish Music Under the Stars, Bruce Adler & Company; Aug. 29, Sol Zim; Cunningham Park, Union Turnpike and 196th Street, free.
Aug. 21, Forest Hills Community House/Senior Center, vocalist Randy Berliant; Aug. 22, social dance; Aug. 24, vocalist Sima Gorezkava, belly dancing; Aug. 25, vocalist Gail Archer, 108-25 62nd Dr.; 718-699-1010.
Aug. 23, Kew Gardens Community Center; Book Club discussion, Lonesome Dove; Aug. 29, Fever Pitch, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd.; 718-268-5960.
Aug. 26, Italian Charities of America, Saturday Dance, non-members $10; 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.
To Aug. 26, Local Project art exhibit "Inner Visions", 21-36 44th Rd., Long Island City; 718-578-9299.
Sep. 1, 4, Italian Charities of America, dance with instruction; Sep. 9, 23, Saturday dance, $10 non-members, $8 members, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.
Sep. 8 to Oct. 8, Thalian spanish Theatre, Flamenco, tickets $25-$30, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., sunnyside; 718-729-3880.
Sep. 10, 17,Astoria Music Society and NYC Master Chorale presents Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, tickets $18, for details go to www.AstoriaMusic.org.
Sep. 30, Queens Theatre in the Park presents Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, admission $15-$17, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 718-507-2617.
Mon. to Thurs., Sat.,  AQA Gallery Summertime Art Workshop for Kids, fee, preregister, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 718-520-9842.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Dances

Sep. 22, The Disco Murders!; The White House, 10-24 154th St., Whitestone, $39 p.p.; 718-746-1111, for more information, call The Killing Kompany at 212 772-2590, or 888 SHOOT-EM.

Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers

Aug. 19, Dutch Kills Civic Association, 36th Avenue between 29th & 35th Streets, 1 day; 718-728-7820.

To Aug. 20, Borgetto Cultural Assn., Steinway Street between 25th & 28th Avenues, 2 days; 718-728-7820.

Sep. 3, Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce annual Forest Hills Street Fair, Austin Street.

Sep. 4, 30th Avenue Business Assn., 30th Avenue between 29th & 42nd Streets, 1 day; 718-728-7820.

Sep. 4, Arts & Crafts Fair the"Magic of Astoria", Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent St., Astoria; 718-721-4037.

Sep. 16, Italian Charities of America, flea market, refreshments available 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 718-478-3100.

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

Oct. 15,Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation 26th Annual Wonderful Woodhaven Street Festival, Jamaica Avenue to 80th Street to Woodhaven Boulevard.

Health

Sep. 11, Queens Council on Developmental Disabilities aging with grace conference "The Effects of Aging" Immaculate Conception Conference Center, 7200 Douglaston Pkwy., 718-736-8690, ext. 103.
Sep. 17,American Diabetes Association "walk", registration begins at 7:30 a.m.; Queens Center Mall, 90-15 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; 888-342-2383

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; Sep. 17, Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead tour, $20 at the door, $15 in advance, reservations required, 78-03 19th Rd., Jackson Heights; 718-939-0647, ext. 17, www.rikerhome.com; 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.

+Historic Districts Council Creating An Historic District: A Guide for Neighborhoods, 128 pages, 2-color, sample forms, $34.99 h.c., $19.99 s.c.; 212-614-9107.

Items of Community Interest

Aug. 19, "Queens is Book Country" second annual Queens book fair; Rufus King Park, Jamaica Avenue and 150th Street, Jamaica; www.queensbookfair.com.
Aug. 22-24, LaGuardia Community College International Trade Fair and Symposium, free, 718-482-5093; Aug. 24, Continuing Education Department, Home Decorating, fee, 718-482-7244.
To Aug. 25, Queensborough Community College, OASIS Summer Day Camp, ages 6 to13. 718-596-4900;
Aug. 29, Bay Terrace Community Alliance "Meet the Candidates Night"; Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St.; 718-907-6198.
Sep. 2, 9, Pre-GED Classes, Flushing Library, Adult Learning Center, 41-17 Main St., lower level; 718-661-1241.
Sep. 9, Oct.7 , American Littoral and Audubon Society Jamaica Bay Sunset Cruises, Dorothy B VIII ship; Sheepshead Bay , $35 p.p.; 718-318-9344.
Sep. 10, New York Mets Senior Stroll, following games, $8; Shea Stadium, 123-01 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing; 718-507-TIXX.
Sep. 18, Queensborough Community College naming and dedication of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives, RSVP by Sep. 1; Sep. 30, Remembering Luboml: Images of a Jewish Community, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718-281-5144.

Ongoing, Steinway Senior Center beading, crocheting jewelry, origami craft classes, beginning the second week of September knitting with Vicky Wong, Lion Brand knitting instructor, registration required, fee for youngsters under 60; 718-728-8473.

Saturdays, Queens Best Toastmasters Club public speaking and communication, free; Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference Room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst; 718-662-6842.

Parks & Recreation

Alley Pond Environmental Center
Now to Nov., farm fresh produce for sale; to Aug. 17, Summer Bunnies; Aug. 17, APECExplorers, Watercolor Workshops; Aug. 17, 24, Summer Field Biology H.S. Internship; to Aug. 18, Summer Nature Kids, Fledglings; Aug. 18, 19, RSVP, Overnight Camping, BBQ, Hike; to Aug. 19,Toddler Time; Aug. 19,Toddler Time on the Weekend!; Aug. 19, 26, It's Just Ducky; Aug. 19, Sep. 9,An Evening With the Stars; Sep. 16, Apple Art, Little Chefs; ongoing: Toddler Time, Wee Sprouts, Fledglings, Nature Club, Junior Nature Kids, Conservation Club; birthday parties for 2-3 and 4to 12-year-old children, most programs are fee-based, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718-229-4000.

Forest Park
Aug. 17, "The Wizard of Oz" movie and sing-a-long; to Sep. 5, outdoor yoga, $10 per session, 718-235-4100 to register or 311 for information.

Juniper Valley Park
Aug. 22, Italian Night, Caleps:, Marcantonio; Aug. 29, Swing Night, J. Walter Hawkes Quartet, 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North; bring your own lawn chair; 718-651-5865.

New York Hall of Science
Daily: CSI: Crime Scene Insects*; Weekends, Bugged Out Science*, Bugged Out Make-it & Take-its, $2, Beetle Mania!, $3; Insect Illustration, $3, puppet show and activity, $2, Bug Craft, $2, The Mysterious Miss Squito*, Science/Art Gallery Exhibition*, Small Things Considered*, Wonderland*, *free with hall admission, Drop-in FamilyWorkshops, Plant-A-Seed, Seed Collages, 47-01 111th St., Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 718-699-0005.

Queens Botanical Garden
To Aug. 24, HSBC Children's Garden; Aug. 27, Queens Festival Band, free; Sep. 10, 24th Annual Antique Motorcycle Show, call for fees, parking $5, Main Street, Flushing; 718-886-3800.

Queens County Farm Museum
To Aug. 17, "Skyhunters in Flight", $9 p.p., reservations 718-4700224; Sep. 10, 24th Annual Antique Motorcycle show, $5 p.p., free parking, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park; 718-347-3276.

Others
September 2006-June 2005, Cunningham Park after school fun, ages 6 to 12; 718-740-1999..

Weekdays, Juniper Valley Park, Shaping Up In Juniper Park, for details go to www.nyc.gov/parks or call 311.

Reunions

Oct. 7, Hillcrest H.S. Class of 1986 20th Year Reunion, call Mary Lou Haley Bischoff at 845-354-7031 or go to www.hillcrestclassof86.com.

Oct. 14, All Saints Commercial District H.S. Class of 1961 45th Year Reunion; Koenig's Restaurant, 86 S. Tyson Ave., Floral Park, RSVP by Oct. 28, Mary Ann Luzinski, 201 E. 66th St., #14D, NY10021 or e-mail mluzinsk@skadden.com.

School News & Events

Aug. 16, Community Education Council, District 24 meeting; P.S. 91, Room 119, 68-10 Central Ave., Glendale; 718-418-8160.

Sep. 23, Martin Luther H.S., 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 Class Reunion @ MLHS.

October, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church and Christian Day School 50th Anniversary, call 718-441-2120 or go to www.stjohnsglendale. org.

Ongoing, Our Lady of Fatima School, registration pre-kindergarten through 8th grade, limited seats available for all grades, first come, first served, school office hours are Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

YMCAs

Central Queens YM & YWHA
Sep. 3, fall registration, members; Sep. 10, non-member fall registration, fall family festival; Sep. 13, play gym open house; ongoing, Monday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, belly, Israeli, line, jazz dancing; Monday to Friday, 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; FamilyWorkshops; Sundays, Fencing, fees charged for most programs, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills. Call for fees, 718-268-5011.

Cross Island Y
Ongoing, art programs for youth, teens and adults; ballroom dancing, dance for ages 3 to 11; computer learning opportunities; instructional wrestling, soccer, baseball; martial arts; Smart Start; team registration for leagues, training for Special Olympics, fees charged for most programs, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose. For information, call 718-479-0505.

Library

Aug. 18 Broadway Branch Vampire Hunter D
Aug. 19 Flushing Library Global Concert 2006 Series: Folk Music of Mexico with Cetiliztli
To Aug. 20 Queens Library Cultural Drift: Understanding Movement and the Immigrant Experience
Aug. 25 Cowboy Bebop: Best Sessions There are many interesting things to do from toddlers to teens to adults at the local libraries, for more information, call 718-990-0700.

PSAs

+AL-ANON, Tuesday evenings, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Parish House, 2nd Floor, 82nd Street; 718-651-4885.

+NAR-ANON, Wednesday evenings, Church-in-the-Gardens, Forest Hills, call 800-984-0066 or go to www.nynaranon.org.

+Queens Jewish Community Council nondenominational community and senior advisors, 119-45 Union Tpke., Flushing; 718-544-9033.

+Services for Seniors: All centers host many interesting and diverse courses and activities, some have free lunch, call for information.
Austin Street Senior Center, 718-520-8197.
Clearview Senior Center, 718-224-7888.
Forest Hills Community House & Senior Center, 718-699-1010.
Kew Gardens Community & Senior Center, 718-268-5960.
Maspeth Senior Center, 718-429-3636.
Rego Park Senior Center, 718-896-8511.
Steinway Senior Center, 718-728-8473
Sunnyside Community Services for Adults, 718-786-9273.