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Calendar of Events

Calendar Compiled By Susan Cleary


Community Meetings
Boards
Jun. 5, 7 p.m., Board 4; VFW Post 150, 51-11 108th St., Corona;
718.760.3141.
Jun. 19, 7 p.m., Board 1; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria
Blvd.; 718.786.3335.
Clubs
May 17, 8 p.m., John F. Kennedy Regular Democratic Club of
Queens, Inc.; Tietz Nursing & Rehab Center, 164-11 Chapin
Pkwy., Jamaica; 718.591.8446.
Community Councils
May 22, 7 p.m., 114th Police Precinct; Riccardo's.
May 22, 7:30 p.m., 107th Police Precinct, Parsons Blvd.,
Flushing.
May 29, 7 p.m., 108th Police Precinct; Sunnyside Community
Services, 43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor.
Community Education Councils
Jun. 6, 7 p.m., Region 3, District 25; Regional Operations
Center, 30-48 Linden Pl., Flushing; 718.281.3786.
May   21,   6:30   p.m.   Region   4,   District     30,   Safety   &
Transportation Committee, 5th Floor Conference Room, 28-11
Queens Plaza North, Room 511; Jun. 12, 8 p.m.,   Region 4,
District   30;   I.S.   230,   73-10   34th Ave.,   Jackson   Heights;
718.391.8380.
Others
May 16, 12:30 p.m., AARP Chapter 2889; First Presbyterian
Church     of     Newtown,     54-05     Seabury St., Elmhurst;
718.639.8497.
May 16, 7:30 p.m., COP 104; Maspeth Town Hall, 53-37 72nd
St.; 718.651.5865.
May 16, Jun. 20, 7 p.m., sharp, Jackson Heights Beautification
Group   Garden   Club;   Community   Church,   35th   Avenue;
718.651.7745.
May 20, 9:30 a.m., Jewish War Veterans Post 250; Rego Park
Jewish Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd.; 718.297.7711.
May   21,   6   p.m.,   Hearing   Loss Association,   30th Avenue,
Jackson Heights; 718.350.3183.
May   22,   Greater   Woodhaven   Development   Corporation;
LeCordon Bleu Caterers, 96-01 Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven.
May 30, 1 p.m.,Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Society, 93-
34 91st Ave.; 718.846.1907.
Arts & Entertainment
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
May 24, Organizing Chaos; May 20-Sep. 24, Tunga, Laminated
Souls;   to Sep. 10, The Slimy Trail of Slug and Snail, 22-25
Jackson     Ave.,     LIC;     www.ps1.org,     www.wps1.org.,
www.moma.org.

Queens College
May   19-20,   Queens Theatre   in   the   Park,     $14/$12,   call,
718.793.8080 or 718.760.0064, to May 31, Grandeur of Islamic
Art in Images, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall; to Jul.
30, Light to Dark: Paintings and Works on Paper, Art Center;
718.997.3770; fees vary, call the School of Music for other performances,
              65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 718.793.8080.
Queens Museum of Art
May 17, Surrealism: Europe and USA, Nassau County Museum
of Art, "On The Waterfront", Private Treasures: Four Centuries of
European Master Drawings, The Morgan Library; May 20,
Robert Moses Then & Now PhotoBlog Awards Ceremony, CINEMAROSA:
                  Paris is Burning, Anthem, Rules of the Road,
Carmelita Tropicana; May 21, Deceptive Heroes and Whistle-
Blowers: Shut Up And Sing, Flushing Meadows- Corona Park,
Flushing, 311.
Others
May 16, Italian Charities of America, Saturday Dances, 83-20
Queens Blvd., Elmhurst.
May 17, Museum of the Moving Image, 'Paprika' May 20,
"New York on Location", outdoor event, free, between 34/35
Avenues, Astoria; 718.784.0077.
May 17, 19, 20, FSF Community Theatre Group, Young Voices,
$14/$12, 800.260.6789.
May 19, Fisher Landau Center for Art, paper, opening reception,
painting & sculpture exhibit, 38-27 30th St., LIC; 718.937.0727.
May 20, Oratorio Society of Queens 80th Annual Spring
Concert,   $20/$18;   Queensborough   Community   College,
Peforming Arts Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside.
May 21, LionHearted Players, American Midol; Broadway
Comedy Club, 318 W. 53rd St., Manhattan; 212.757.2323.
May 24, The Noguchi Museum, Survey of Paris Abstractions,
special preview exhibition, Sculpture Garden, 9-01 33rd Rd.,
LIC; 646.486.7050, ext. 13.
May 30, Aug. 5,   L.I.C., NYC artists exhibition, Socrates
Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd; 718.699.0005, ext. 342.
Breakfasts, Luncheons, Dances,
Dinners, Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers
May 16-21, St. Demetrios Cathedral, 30th Drive between 30th
and 31st Streets, one block, four days.
May 17, Queens Chamber of Commerce, 96th Anniversary,
Queens Business Day Expo & Luncheon; Terrace on the Park;
718.898.8599.
May 17, Big Apple Circus, benefit performance for Outreach
Project, $14/38; Cunningham Park, Union Turnpike, Fresh
Meadows; 718.847.9233 ext. 310.
May   17,   LICBDC,   Commercial/Residential   Real   Estate
Development, breakfast, $30 n.m.; Waters Edge Restaurant, 44th
Drive, LIC; 718.786.5300.

May 18, Greater Woodhaven Development Corporation Spring
Dinner Dance, $65 p.p.; LeCordon Bleu Caterers; 718.805.0202.
May 19, Italian Charities of America, flea market, refreshments,
83-10 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst.
May 20, Ravenswood Lions Club, luncheon, fashion show,
fundraiser, musical performance; Riccardo's by the Bridge, 21-01
24th Ave., Astoria; 718.932.1854.
May 26, Sunnyside Gardens Park, Annual Memorial Day Fair
Fun (rain date May 27), 48-21 39th Ave.
May   28,   Broadway   Astoria   Merchants   &   Professionals
Association, Broadway between Crescent and 47th Street, 17
blocks, one day.
May 30, Queens Museum of Art, gala celebration, silent auction,
dinner,   $300   p.p.,   Flushing   Meadows- Corona   Park,
718.592.9700, ext. 142.
Health
May 16, NAMI Queens/Nassau, malfunction of different memory
    systems, free; Hillside Hospital, Sloman Auditorium, 76th
Avenue, Glen Oaks; 718.347.7284.
May   17,   LaGuardia   Community College,   Sixth   Annual
Prevention   is   the   Cure   Educational Week;   Lecture   Global
Warming     & Disease     Prevention,     Mainstage     Theatre,
631.547.1518; May 21, six-week job readiness and computer literacy
        program for displaced homemakers; May 30, Difficult
Dialogues   47th Avenue   and   Van   Dam   Street,   LIC,   free,
718.482.5166.
May 21, Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp Blood Drive,
92-29 Metropolitan Ave; 718.268.6935.
May 21-24, Catholic Charities/BFFY Alzheimer's Adult Day
Care Center, support group, open house/flea market, raffles;
718.358.3541.
Historical
May 19, Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 19th Century
Living History Day at the Onderdonk House, $3 adults, 1820
Flushing Ave., Ridgewood; 718.456.1776.
May   20,   Queens   Historical Society,   author,   slide   lecture,
Whitestone   with   Jason Antos,   143-35   37th Ave.,   Flushing;
718.939.0647, ext. 17.
Items of Community Interest
May 18, LaGuardia Community College, Second Annual New
Media Technology Day, $10; Job Recruitment Fairs: St. Mary's
Hospital for Children, 718.482.5135; May 22, Duane Reade,
718.609.2117; May 24, Association for the Help of Retarded
Children, 718.609.2122, 29-10 Thomson Ave., Room C-400,
LIC.
May 17, The American Red Cross in Greater New York, free
emergency preparedness program; P.S. 144, 93-02 69th Ave.,
Forest Hills; 718.558.0053.
May     17,     LICBDC,     panel     discussion     on     LIC
Commercial/Residential R.E. Development, full breakfast, $30
n.m., Waters Edge Restaurant, 44th Drive & East River.
May 19, Vietnam Veterans of America, Queens Chapter 32, 16th
Annual Veterans Information Day; Lost Battalion Hall, 93-20
Queens Blvd., Rego Park; 718.830.0037 or 718.897.8987.
May 19, USTA, Reebok Urban Youth Tennis Academy Junior
Level   Player   Tryouts,   National   Tennis   Center   Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park; 718.760.6999.
May 19, Queens Community House 8th Annual Conference for
Teens, 108-25 62nd Dr., Forest Hills; 718.592.5757, ext. 252.
May 20, 107th Community Council, Graffiti Clean Up 2007, 70-
01 Parsons Blvd., Flushing.
May 24, DEP Customer Service Outreach For Water And Sewer
Account Holders In Queens; Lexington School for the Deaf,
2626 75th Street, Jackson Heights; 311.
May 26, Sunnyside Gardens Park, Annual Memorial Day Fair
Fun (rain date May 27), Sunnyside Gardens Park, 48-21 39th
Ave.
Library Highlights
May 20, Flushing Library, Flushing Remonstrance, 41-17 Main
St., 718.661.1200; May 26, Broadway Branch, Memorial Day
concert, 40-20 Broadway, LIC, 718.721.2462; to Jun. 10,
Central Library Gallery, "TRANS" the Transitional Movement of
People, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 718.990.8665.