Calendar of Events
Calendar Compiled By Susan Cleary

Remember 9/11

Sep. 8, 1 p.m. Annual 9/11 Memorial Service and dedication of permanent monument; St. Michael's Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst; 718-278-3240.

Sep. 12, 7:30 p.m. Annual 9/11 Memorial Candlelight Ceremony; McManus Memorial Park, 81st Street & Grand Central Parkway service road, Astoria Heights; 718.932.5415.

Community Meetings

Associations Sep. 13, 7:30 p.m., Dutch Kills Civic, St. Patrick's School Hall, 39- 28 28th St., Long Island City; 718.786.2049. Boards Sep. 4, 7:30 p.m., Board 4; VFW Post 150, 51-11 108th St., Corona; 718.760.3141.

Sep. 12, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows; 718.264.7895.

Sep. 18, 7 p.m., Board 1; Astoria World Manor, 25-22 Astoria Blvd.; 718.786.3335. Clubs

Community Councils Sep. 18, 8 p.m., 115th Precinct, 92-15 Northern Blvd., Jackson Heights. Community Education Councils Aug. 30, 7 p.m., District 26, date, time subject to change, 61-15 Oceania St., Room 128, Bayside; 718.631.6927.

Sep. 18, 8 p.m., District 30; P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson Heights; 718.391.8380.

Arts & Entertainment

Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) Aug. 25, "Whose Park Is It Anyway?" Summer Stars 2007 production, Variety Boys & Girls Club Broccoli Theater, 21-12 30th Rd., Astoria; tickets 212.352.1301 or www.apacny.org; information 718.393.7505. Barnes & Noble Aug. 15, MY GYM; Aug. 20, Poetry Writing Essentials; Aug. 26, Booksigning/Discussion: Japanese Style: Designing With Nature's Beauty; Aug. 29, Journal Craft; Aug. 30, Back To School Storytime; Aug. 31, American Girl Party; Tues./Thurs., Weekly Storytimes, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows. Museum of the Moving Image Aug. 18, The Heartbreak Kid, Drive, He Said; Aug. 19, Charley Varrick, Play Misty for Me; Aug. 25, The Crazies, Straw Dogs; Aug. 26, Bone, The Spook Who Sat by the Door; Sep. 1, Klute, Hickey and Boggs; Sep. 2, Ulzana's Raid, The Last Movie; $10/$7.50/$5; 718.784.4520. P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center To Sep. 10, The Slimy Trail of Slug and Snail; to Sep. 24, Tunga, Laminated Souls, Jim Shaw: The Donner Party, Organizing Chaos, film/art exhibit of Pip Chodorov, Harriet Korman, and Joanna Pousette-Dart, $5 donation 22-25 Jackson Ave., LIC; www.ps1.org. Queens Museum of Art Aug. 17, The Yaa Samari Dance Theatre, Tarab music, Wanderers of the Desert; Aug. 18, Sarah Husain, Poets in the Galleries, Aug. 24, Dance in Queens, Korean Traditional Cultural Center, Joint Security Area, free, no rain date; to Sep. 30, Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings; Flushing Meadows- Corona Park, New York City Building; 718.592.9700. Socrates Sculpture Park Aug. 15, Calle 54; Aug. 22, U-Carmen…; to Aug. 22, LIC NYC artists exhibit new works, "Open Space"; Aug. 26, The Fiery Furnaces; Sep. 18, 20th Anniversary: First Annual Benefit; Mark Di Suvero's Studio (call for venue location), 32-01 Vernon Blvd; 718.956.1819, ext. 12. Others Aug. 16, Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce jazz concerts: Valery Ponomarev Jazz Trumpeter; Aug. 23, Jack Jeffers and the New York Classics, rain or shine, 70th Rd.; 718.268.6565.

To Aug. 18, Alliance of Queens Artists, "AQA's First Annual Best of Show", 99-10 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 718.520.9842.

Aug. 24, Flushing Town Hall 2007 Summer Garden Concerts: Adela Dalto, free, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718.463.7700, ext. 222.

Aug. 24, Lindy, Latin dance instruction; 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst; italchari@yahoo.com.

To Aug. 24, NYC Department of Education, grades K to 12, "P. S. Art 2007"; Tweed Courthouse, Manhattan.

Aug. 25, Bella Italia Mia., Inc., Mario Macaluso, PhD. discussses book Sicilian Wisdom; Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.426.1240.

To Sep. 2, Long Island Children's Museum, Exhibit: AirPlay, 11 Davis Ave., Garden City; 516.224.5800.

Sep. 19-Mar. 16, 2008, Noguchi Museum, Design: Isamu Kenmochi/Isamu Noguchi, 9-01 33rd Rd., LIC.

Breakfasts, Luncheons, Dances, Dinners, Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers

Aug. 16, American Cancer Society, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer breakfast; Terrace on the Park, 52-11 111th St., Flushing Meadow Park; sign up for breakfast and event at 718.263.2225, ext. 29.

Aug. 16-19, Borgetto Cultural Association, Steinway Street between 25th and 28th Avenues, four days, one block.

Aug. 25, US Open/Baseline Wheelchair Tennis Foundation exhibition and fundraiser, West Side Tennis Club, 1 Tennis Pl., Forest Hills.

Sep. 3, 30th Avenue Business Association, 30th Avenue between 29th and 42nd Streets, 13 blocks, one day.

Sep. 8, Dutch Kills Civic Association, 36th Avenue between 29th and 35th Streets, six blocks, one day.

Sep. 9, New York Metropolitan Country Music Assn., Nashville Attitude, 72-02 Myrtle Ave., Glendale; 718.763-4328, www.NYMCMA.org,

Sep. 29, Kohler Campership Association to benefit Scouts, Kohler- Kon III Collectibles Show; Bantry Bay Pub/Cork Hall, 33-01 Greenpoint Ave., LIC; 718.937.2958.

Oct. 14, Broadway Astoria Merchants & Professionals Association, Broadway between Crescent and 47th Street, 17 blocks, one day.

Health

Aug. 16, American Red Cross Safety & Preparedness classes, professional rescuer CPR/AED; Aug. 20, standard first aid; Aug. 24, adult CPR/AED & standard first aid, 138-02 Queens Blvd., Briarwood; www.nyredcross.org. Aug. 20, 23, New York Hospital Queens blood mobile Aug. 22, 29, blood drive; Mondays/Wednesdays Tai Chi, $5 p.p.; Wednesdays, yoga, $90/10 classes, Cardiac Health Center, 174-03 Horace Harding Xway, Fresh Meadows; 718.670.1695; second Monday of the month, Female Cancer Support Group, "Look Good- Feel Better"; second Wednesday, Prostate Cancer Support Group, "Man-to-Man"; Anextis Conference Room, 56-45 Main St., Flushing, 800-ACS- 2345.

Aug. 22, SCO Family of Services, information on becoming a therapeutic foster parent, 1420 Bushwick Ave., 2nd Floor, Brooklyn; 718.452.3338, ext. 17 or 718.827.8474, ext. 337.

Historical

Aug. 19, Queens Historical Society, CityParks Kids 2007, "The Princess, The Emperor and The Duck", free; Weeping Beech Park, Bowne Street and 37th Avenue, Flushing; 718.939.0648, ext. 17.

Sep. 16, Queens Historical Society Riker-Lent Homestead tour, Riker Lent Homestead, 78-03 19th Rd. at 78th Street, Jackson Heights, $15 advance, $20 at door; 718.939.0647 ext. 17.

To Aug. 19, Bayside Historical Society, Celebration of the Arts with the Queens Symphony Orchestra, free, 208 Totten Ave.; 718.352.1548.

To Sep., Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, sculpture/painting exhibit "De Boerderij", $2, Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. 718.456.1776.

Items of Community Interest

Aug. 15, LaGuardia C.C., Licensed Practical Nurses Become Registered Nurses information session, 29-10 Thomson Ave., LIC; 718.482-5094.

Aug. 21-25, U.S. Open Preview, free through semi-finals; Forest Hills Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Classic, West Side Tennis Club, 1 Tennis Pl., Forest Hills.

Aug. 29, New York Foundation For The Arts Artists' Fellowship Application Seminar, Women's Studio Center Inc., 21-25 44th Ave., Long Island City; 212.366. 6900, www.nyfa.org.

To Nov. 18, Sunnyside Greenmarket, Lou Lodati Playground, Skillman Avenue, 42nd/43rd Streets; 718.533.8773. •Mon./Wed./Thur./Fri., Queens Community House, call for information on summer activities, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202; 718.268.5960. •1st, 3rd, 5th Saturday, Queens Best Toastmasters club, public speaking/communication, free; Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference RoomA-1-15, 79-01 Broadway; 718.457.8390.

Library Highlights

There are hundreds of free events available at the Queens libraries for adults, teens and kids. For more information go to www.queenslibrary.org or call your local branch library; to Sep. 2, "Workspace07" some events free, for venue information call 718.790.0778.

Parks & Recreation

Alley Pond Environmental Center APEC has many fun and interesting programs for tots to pre-teens to adults: Aug. 16, Watercolor Workshops; Aug. 18, Sand Animals & Art, $15 n.m., An Evening With The Stars, $12 n.m.; Sep. 6, Alley Pond Park Walks; Sep. 12, Tulip Tree Trail Walk; Sep. 29, National Estuaries Day Festival, Jamaica Bay Bird Walk; Oct. 11, APEC 2007 Green Gala, $150 sponsor ticket; Oct. 21, APEC's Annual Membership Meeting; Nov. 3, APEC Square Dance, $12 n.m., call for information, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; 718.229.4000. Astoria Park To Aug. 31, free swimming lessons for tots (ages 1-1/2 to 5) and children (ages 6-14), Astoria Park Pool, 19th Street and 23rd Drive; Fisher Pool, 99th Street and 32nd Avenue; Liberty Pool, 173rd Street and 106th Avenue; Early Bird/Night Owl Adult Lap Swimmers; Astoria Pool, 19th Street and 23rd Drive; for registration, time, or information, call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/parks. Athens Square Park Aug. 21, Athens Square, Inc., DJ Gus/Astoria Dance Centre Dancers, Loupakis Trapeze Artists & Gymnasts; to Aug. 26, Federation of Italian American Organizations of Queens, Italian Nights 2007, call 718.204.2444 for information; Aug. 28, Athens Square, Inc., Astoria/Edison, New Jersey Cretans performance, Loupakis Acrobats; Sep. 4, Aurora Coman/Kostas Skrepetos performance; Sep. 11, Athenians Society/Bryant H.S. and J.H.S. 141 Band/Chorus perform, call 718.267.0935 for information, park location 30th Street and 30th Avenue, Astoria. CityParks Foundation Aug. 15, Cinderella Samba!, Forest Park; to Aug. 15, Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre presents Cinderella Samba!, Alley Pond Park; to Aug. 16, Sports 2007 Summer Kickoff, Track & Field, Astoria Park; Flag Football Clinics, ages 9-13; Adaptive Sports, under 18, Forest Park; Basketball, age 8-14, boys, Mondays/Wednesdays, girls, Tuesdays/Thursdays; Cricket, ages 7- 13, Highland Park; Aug. 19, Cinderella Samba!, Weeping Beach Park. Forest Park Aug. 17, Billy C. & Friends Rock-n-Roll; Aug. 19, Kitcherie song and dance; Aug. 23, Russian American Kid's Circus; Aug. 26, NYPD Auxiliary Band, Union Turnpike and Park Lane, Forest Park Is Tree- Mendous!, Visitor Center, call for venue information, 311. Queens Botanical Garden Aug. 15, Composting in the City & Indoor Worm Composting; Aug. 18, Compost for Families & Friends!; Aug. 19, Queens Festival Band, Natural Lawn Care; Sep. 5, Composting in the City & Indoor Worm Composting; Sep. 8-29, Children's Garden, $200 n.m.; Sep. 14, Project Diversity Queens exhibit; Sep. 26, NYC Teacher "Wormshop", $10; Oct. 6, 7, Visitor & Administration Center open hours & tour; Oct. 17, Composting in the City & Indoor Worm Composting; Oct. 28, Pumpkin Patch; to Nov. 9, Farmers' Market, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 718.886.3800. Queens Zoo Ongoing, Interactive Discovery Center, 53-51 111th St., Flushing Meadows- Corona Park; 718-271-1500 or go to www.queenszoo.com. Miscellaneous Parks Teach Your Child To Ride A Bike: Aug. 17, ARROW Rec Center*, 35th Street, Astoria; Sep. 23, Rainey Park Kidz Day, 34th Avenue, Astoria, *free helmets, free, pre-registration required at www.BikeNewYork.org or 212.932.2453, ext. 159.

Reunions

Oct. 6, Martin Van Buren H.S. Class of 1970, 37th Anniversary Teachers and Friends Reunion, for details, go to www.mvb1970.com.

Oct. 6, Mater Christi Alumni Association, Classes of '67, '72, '77, call 718.721.7200, ext. 686.