Calendar of Events
Calendar Compiled By Susan Cleary

Community Meetings

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center Presents Dorota Jurczak and Abel Auer: The Slimy Trail of Slug and Snail May 12 through September 10. P.S.1 Opening Day Celebration: Sunday, June 24, from noon to 6 p.m. at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue in Long Island City. P.S.1 is open from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday through Monday. It is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. Admission is a $5.00 suggested donation; $2.00 for students and senior citizens; free for MoMA members and MoMA admission ticket holders. The MoMA ticket must be presented at P.S.1 within thirty days of date on ticket and is not valid during Warm Up or other P.S.1 events or benefits. Untitled egg and tempera by Dorota Jurczak

Associations
May 3, 7:30 p.m., Ridgewood Property Owners & Civic; I.S. 93, Madison
Street; 718.802.5078.
May 10, 7:30 p.m., sharp, Dutch Kills Civic; St. Patrick's School Hall, 39-
28 28th St., LIC; 718.786.2049.
Boards
May 3, 7 p.m., Board 2; Sunnyside Community Center, 43-31 39th St., 2nd
Floor; 718.533.8773.
May 8, 7:45 p.m., Board 9; Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew
Gardens Rd., 2nd Floor; 718.286.2686.
May 9, 7:30 p.m., Board 5; Kowalinski Veterans' Post Hall, 61-57 Maspeth
Ave.; 718.366.1834.
May 9, Jun. 13, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union
Tpke., Fresh Meadows; 718-264-7895.
May 9, Jun. 13, 7:30 p.m., sharp, Board 6; Kew Gardens Community
Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd.; 718.263.9250.
May 10, 9:30 a.m., Board 1; Kaufman Astoria Studio Cafe, 34-12 36th St;
718.786.3335.
May 10, 7:30 p.m., Board 5; Christ the King H.S. Cafeteria, 68-02
Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.366.1834.
May 14, 7 p.m., sharp, Board 7; Union Plaza Care Center, 33-23 Union
St., Flushing; 718.359.2800.
May 15, 7 p.m., Board 1; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd.;
718.786.3335.
Jun. 5, 7 p.m., Board 4; VFW Post 150, 51-11 108th St., Corona;
718.760.3141.

Clubs
May 9, 7:30 p.m.,
M a s p e t h
Republican Club;
Kowalinski Post,
61-57   Maspeth
Ave., Maspeth
May 17, 8 p.m.,
John F. Kennedy
R e g u l a r
Democratic Club

of Queens, Inc.; Tietz Nursing & Rehab Center, 164-11 Chapin Pkwy.,
Jamaica; 718.591.8446.
Community Councils
May 12, 10 a.m-3 p.m., 115th Police Precinct open house; May 15, 8 p.m.,
regular meeting, 92-15 Northern Blvd., Jackson Heights.
May 29, 7 p.m., 108th Police Precinct; Sunnyside Community Services,
43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor.
Community Education Councils
May 8, 8 p.m., Region 4, District 30; P.S. 92, 99-01 34th Ave., Corona;
Jun. 12, I.S. 230, 73-10 34th Ave., Jackson Heights; 718.391.8380.
Jun. 6, 7 p.m., Region 3, District 25; Regional Operations Center, 30-48
Linden Pl., Flushing; 718.281.3786.
Others
May 2, 12:30 p.m., AARP Chapter 2889; First Presbyterian Church of
Newtown, 54-05 Seabury St., Elmhurst.
May 3, 5:30 p.m., Queens Library Board of Trustees Administrative
Committee, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Formal Conference Room, Jamaica;
718.990.0700.
May 14, 5:30 p.m., Queens Borough Board, Queens Borough Hall,
Borough President's Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 120-55 Queens Blvd.;
718.286.3000.
May 15, 9:30 a.m., Queens Borough Cabinet, Queens Borough Hall,
Borough President's Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 120-55 Queens Blvd.;
718.286.3000.
May 16, Jun. 20, 7 p.m., sharp, Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Garden Club; Community Church, 35th Avenue; 718.651.7745.
Arts & Entertainment
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
May 12-Sep. 10, The Slimy Trail of Slug and Snal exhibit, 22-25 Jackson
Ave., LIC; www.ps1.org, www.wps1.org., www.moma.org.
Queens College
May 6, Elmar Oliveira, LeFrak Hall; 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 3, Gallery Exhibitions: Lee Bontecou, Milton Avery, John Constable;
May   6,   Cinco   de   Mayo   Celebration:   Portrait   Making   Flushing

Meadows- Corona Park, 311.
Others
May 4, Italian Charities of America, Dance with Instruction, $10; May 12,
26, Saturday Dances, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst.
May 4-6, Gingerbread Players, "The Sleeping Beauty"; St. Luke's Church,
Forest Hills.
May 5, 6, Long Island City Artists, 21st Annual Open Studios &
Exhibition, 37-06 36th St., 3rd Floor; 718.784.2935 or www.licartists.org.
May 5, 6, Long Island City Cultural Alliance, Opening Weekend
Celebration; 917.548.9501 or www.licarts.org.
May 6-Aug. 5, Socrates Sculpture Park, L.I.C., NYC, 32-01 Vernon Blvd;
718.699.0005, ext. 342.
May 4-6, 11-13, 18-20, Astoria Performing Arts Center, "a new brain",
$18/$5; Broccoli Theater, Variety Boys & Girls Club, 21-12 30th Rd.;
212.352.3101 or 718.393.7505.
May 8, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Music on the Move concert series;
Italian-Newtown Senior Center, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; May 12,
Masterworks   Concert   Series;   Queensborough   Community Coller
Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56th Ave, Bayside; 718.326.4455.
May 10, Gail Archer Show "Jazz 4 Kids" series; Queens Theatre in the
Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; 718.429.4515.
Breakfasts, Luncheons, Dinners,
Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers
May 3, Breakfast with Brandeis, guest speaker, complimentary continental
breakfast; Queens County Bar Association, 90-35 148th St., Jamaica;
718.298.1671 or 718.262.7365.
May 5, Kew Gardens Spring Flea Market to benefit Jamaica Hospital
Pediatric Emergency Fund, over 30 vendors, 82-60 Austin St., LIRR
Parking Lot; 718.847.1959.
May 5-6, American Legion Post 797, rummage sale, no early birds, vendors
    welcome, call Pat, 718.753.2514.
May 6, Alliance of Queens Artists, garage sale, proceeds benefit AQA programs,
        the Alley on Fitchett Street between 66th Road and 67th Avenue;
Tuesday-Saturday, Alliance of Queens Artists, art sale, proceeds go to
AQA, 99-10 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 718.520.9842.
Health
May   6,   National Alliance   on Mental   Illness/NY,   conference,
"Antipsychotic drugs, Obesity and Diabetes; Mount Sinai Hospital, Hatch
Auditorium, 1468 Madison Ave., 2nd Floor, Manhattan; 800.950.3228.
Historical Events
May 5, Central Queens Historical Association, ALS Ride for Life; St.
John's University, Lot 1, Grand Central Parkway Service Road @ Utopia
Parkway, Fresh Meadows; 917.376.4496.
May 7, Greater Astoria Historical Society, "The Archaeological History of
New York City" Quinn's Gallery, 4th Floor, 35-20 Broadway, LIC; call
ACS at 718.278.0700.
Items of Community Interest
May 2, Legal Referral Service of NYC Bar Association, Queens Law Day
2007,   free;   Queens   Civil   Court,   89-17   Sutphin   Blvd;   Jamaica;
212.382.4716.
May 4, The Queens Forum, Preparing the Preparers, pre-registration
required by Apr. 25, LaGuardia C.C., 31-10 Thomson Ave., Rm. E-242 &
Poolside Cafe, LIC; RSVP 212.983.4800, ext. 129.
May 5, The Adoption Annex, free adoption workshop, 100 Quentin
Roosevelt Blvd., Garden City, RSVP; 631.366.3434.