Calendar of Events

Calendar Compiled By Susan Cleary
Times and dates are subject to change. Please call
event sponsors to confirm.
Halloween





Oct. 20, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Socrates Sculpture Park seventh annual Halloween
Harvest Festival, rain or shine, special Shakespeare performance, free, 32-
01 Vernon Blvd., LIC; 718.956.1819.
Oct. 20, 2:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Halloween Craft; Oct. 26, Tee Jay's
Halloween Tales, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows, 718.380.7077.
Oct. 20 noon-4 p.m., King Manor Museum "Afternoon of Ghouls", free,
Jamaica Avenue at 153rd Street; 718.206.0545.
Now to Oct. 24, Community Board 2 candy drive for children in need of
Halloween fun, drop donation at CB2 office, Sunnyside; 718.533.8773.
Oct. 27-28, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Queens Zoo, "Boo at the Zoo
Spooktacular" Halloween, $6/$2.25/$2, 53-51 111th St., Flushing
Meadows- Corona Park; 718.271.1500.
Oct. 27, 28, 31, 4-7 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum Halloween
Haunted House, $4 p.p., hayride $2 p.p., Amazing Maize Maze $7/$4, 73-
50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park; 718.347-FARM.
Oct. 28, noon-4 p.m., 107th Precinct Community Council children's
Halloween party, kids must be accompanied by an adult, 71-01 Parsons
Blvd., Flushing.
Oct. 28, 1- 4 p.m., Queens Botanical Garden "Pumpkin Patch", $5 includes
pumpkin and activities, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 718.886.3800.
Oct. 31, 6-8:30 p.m., Corona Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Halloween for Kids, 104-38 47th Ave., Corona.
Oct. 31, 4-8 p.m., United Community Civic Association, Children's
Halloween Costume Party; Central Restaurant Lounge, 20-30 Steinway St,
free hot dogs, soda, candy, games & favors, best costume prizes, party is
limited to kids under 12 who must be accompanied by an adult.
Community Meetings
Associations
Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m., United Community Civic; Augustana Lutheran Church,
69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria Heights; 718.932.5415.
Nov. 8, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., Dutch Kills Civic, St. Patrick's School Hall, 39-
28 28th St., LIC; 718.786.2049.

Nov. 8, Dec. 13, Jan. 10, 2008, Feb. 14, Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8, Jun. 12,
United Forties Civic; St. Theresa's Parish Center, 50-20 44th St., Woodside.
Nov. 12, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m., Middle Village Property Owners/Residents;
St. Margaret's Parish Hall, 66-05 79th Pl.; 718.894.4114.
Boards
Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m., Board 2; Citicorp, 1 Court Sq., 3rd Floor Cafeteria,
LIC; 718.533.8773.
Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., sharp, Board 3; I.S. 227, 32-02 Junction Blvd., East
Elmhurst; 718.458.2707.
Nov. 1, 7 p.m., Board 2; Sunnyside Community Center, 43-31 39th St., 2nd
Floor; 718.533.8773.
Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., Board 4; Flanders Field VFW Post 150, 51-11 108th
St., Corona; 718.760.3141.
Nov. 14, Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02
Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows; 718.264.7895.
Community Councils
Oct. 23, Nov. 27; Jan. 22, 2008, Feb. 26, Mar. 25, Apr. 22, May 27, Jun.
24, all 7 p.m., 114th Precinct, Riccardo's, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria.
Oct. 30, 7 p.m., 108th Precinct; Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31
39th St., 2nd Floor.
Community Education Council
Oct. 25, 7 p.m., District 26; M.S. 74, Auditorium, 61-15 Oceania St.,
Bayside; 718.631.6927.
Others
Oct. 24, 6 p.m., NYS Dept. of Transportation; White Castle Headquarters,
69-01 34th Ave., Woodside; 718.424.4157.
Oct. 29, Nov. 26, 6 p.m., Lexington Hearing & Speech Center, 30th
Avenue, Jackson Heights.
Oct. 31, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural/Historical Society; Emanuel United
Church of Christ, 91st Avenue; 718.845.3385.
Others
Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m., Jewish War Veterans Post 250; Rego Park Jewish
Center, 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park; 718.AX7.7711.
Oct. 24, 8 p.m., Mothers of Twins Club, 45-00 Parsons Blvd., Flushing
Hospital, Boardroom; 516.695.1058.
Oct. 29, 6 p.m., Hearing Loss Association; Lexington Hearing & Speech
Center, 30th Avenue, Jackson Heights; 718.350.3183.

Arts & Entertainment
Barnes & Noble
Oct. 18, Poetry Writing Essentials; Oct. 20, Educator Open House; Oct.
24, Author William Smith Booksigning/Discussion; Oct. 25, Dream Day
Storytime, Growing Up With Loukoumi contest; Oct. 27, My Gym
Performance Tues./Thurs., weekly storytimes, poetry writing essentials;
Wed., women's studies discussion, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows;
718.380.7077.
Museum of the Moving Image
Oct. 20-Nov. 11, Warhol's World; Oct. 25, Tribute to Sidney Lumet @
TimesCenter, Manhattan; Nov. 17-Dec. 2, Glorious Technicolor!; Dec. 8-9,
The Invention of Hugo Cabret; Dec. 15-Jan. 1 2008, Silly Symphonies;
$10/$7.50/$5; 718.784.4520.
Queensborough Performing Arts Center
New dance and music season: Oct. 19, Tribute to the Rolling Stones; A
Cameroon World: Art and Artifacts from the Mount Collection, QCC Art
Gallery (to Feb. 28, 2008); Oct. 21, Chubby Checker; Oct. 23, Werner
Kleeman's From Dachau To D-Day, Kupferberg Center; 718.281.5770;
Nov. 11, Georgian State Dance Company; Nov. 17, From the Mixed-Up
Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Nov. 19, Martin Preston; Nov. 30, A
Christmas Carol; Dec. 2, A Shirlala Chanukah; Dec. 11, The Rainbow Fish;
Dec. 12, Salem Justice, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718.631.6311.
Queens College
Oct. 23, Seymour Hersh; Oct. 28, Cinema on Sundays: "The Light Ahead"
English subtitled) $5 per; 718.997.5730; Dec. 13, Oliver Sacks, $15,
Music Building, for information 718.997.4646, tickets 718.793.8080.
Queens Theatre in the Park
Oct. 20-21, An Evening With Jerry Stiller*; Oct. 26, Alquimiomania; Oct.
27, An Evening of Gospel*, ticket prices vary, *additional $5, Flushing
Meadows- Corona Park; 718.760.0064.
Socrates Sculpture Park
To Mar. 16, '08, Design: Isamu Noguchi & Isamu Kenmochi, EAF07:
2007 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition; 32-01 Vernon Blvd;
718.956.1819, ext. 12.
Others
Oct. 18, Queens Community House Kew Gardens, Nelly Vuksic with the
American Vocal Ensemble, monthly birthday party, 80-02 Kew Gardens
Rd., Suite 202; 718.268.5960.
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Oct. 18, Dino Rosi "La Voce Di Napoli, Maspeth Library branch;
718.639.5228;
Oct. 19, Coffee Tub Productions & Starbucks on Steinway, fourth musical
showcase featuring Sean Tubridy, 31-44 Steinway St., Astoria;
212.730.5836 or 203.216.1191.
Oct. 20, Queens Symphony Orchestra, Masterworks Concert #1, Music of
the Americas; QCC Performing Arts Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside;
718.326-4455.
Oct. 20-Dec. 9, Black Spectrum Theatre Co, "Five Guys Named Moe",
30/$35; 718.723.1800.
Oct. 20, Goliard Concerts, Carol Kaszar recital; Dec. 9, Holiday Concert,
call for venue, fees; 718.728.8927.
Oct. 21, The Americas Vocal Ensemble: Crossing Cultures in the Americas
concerts, free,; Queens Museum of Art, New York Building, Flushing
Meadows- Corona Park; 718.592.9700; Oct. 29, LeFrak Concert Hall,
Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 718.997.3800.
Oct. 21-Jan. 7, 2008, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Senso Unico exhibition
of eight contemporary Italian artists, 22-25 Jackson Ave., LIC;
718.786.3139.
Oct. 22-25, The Greenwood Group, Explorations [of LIC] With Brush And
Camera; The Foundry, 42-38 Ninth St., LIC.
Oct. 25, Anthropology Museum of the People of New York, "Hotel
Rwanda"; Nov. 29, "El Mariachi"; Jan. 31, 2008, "Living On Tokyo Time,
free, reservations required; 718.428.5650.
Oct. 26, Carol Sudhalter: The Super-Band!; Flushing Town Hall, 137-35
Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718 463-7700; Oct. 31, Midtown Jazz @
Midday!; Saint Peter's Church, 54th Street (Lexington Avenue),
Manhattan; 718.278.5331 or www.sudhalter.com.
Oct. 26, 27, Nov. 2-4, 9-10, Theatre A La Carte, Agatha Christie's Spider's
Web, $14/$12; Community Church of Douglaston, 39-50 Douglaston
Pkwy.; 718.631.4092.
Oct. 27, The Jamaica-Long Island Health Commission of the AME
Church, An Evening of Gospel, $40/$30; Queens Theatre in the Park,
Flushing Meadows- Corona Park; 718.760.0064.
To Nov. 11, Thalia Spanish Theatre's 30th anniversary, American premier
of The "Ladies" Of Avignon, (Picasso's nude ladies come to life), 41-17
Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718.729.3880.
Breakfasts, Luncheons, Dances,

Dinners, Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers
Oct. 18, Sunnyside Community Services 4th Annual Benefit Art Auction,
43-31 39th St.; 718.784.6173, ext. 447.
Oct. 20, Kew Gardens Flea Market, "Bobbi and the Strays" dog adoption,
proceeds benefit Jamaica Hospital Pediatric Emergency Fund, LIRR North
Side Parking Lot, 82-60 Austin St., Kew Gardens; 18.847.1959.
Oct. 21, American Cancer Society, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
in Queens Breakfast; Queens Borough Hall; 800.ACS.2345.
Oct. 22, Sunnyside/Woodside Lion's Club, Eleventh Anniversary Dinner,
$45 p.p.; Harmony Two Restaurant, seating limited; 718.784.8437.
Oct. 23, Friends of Melinda Katz Reception, $360 donor/$36 patron; Forest
Hills Jewish Center, Crystal Room, 106-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills;
212-201-0599.
Oct. 24, Queens Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year
Awards Luncheon, $60 p.p.; Russo's on the Bay, 162-05 Cross Bay Blvd.,
Howard Beach, fax reservation to 718.898.8599.
Oct. 29, Friends of Assemblymember Rory I. Lancman, "Go Red Storm"
pre-game dinner and game, $35 donation; St. John's University, Bent Hall,
Room 277B, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Fresh Meadows; 718.820.0241.
Health
Oct. 18, 7 p.m., Community Civic Association & Mount Sinai Hospital
of Queens "Health & Hospital Concerns"; Museum of the Moving Image,
35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria; 718.932.5415.
Oct. 19, Queens Community House/Forest Hills S.C., flu shots; Oct. 25,
Lecture: Medications; , 108-25 62nd Dr.; 718.592.5757.
Oct. 21, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer; Queens Borough Hall,
120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens; 800.ACS.2345.
Oct. 24, Community Board 5, blood drive; Greater Ridgewood Youth
Council, 62-04 Myrtle Ave., pre-register at 718.366.1834.
Oct. 25, State Senator Frank Padavan Senior Health and Info Expos,
718.343.0255; North Flushing Senior Center, 22-38 College Point Blvd.,
718.358.9193; Oct.26; Services Now for Adult Persons (SNAP), 80-45
Winchester Blvd., Queens Village; 718.454.2100.
Historical
Oct. 25, Bayside Historical Society, "Nostalgia Night", Grand Ballroom,
Officers' Club; Oct. 28, 6th annual "Totten Trot" 5K foot race, $20 before
Oct. 25; ongoing, "Native Bayside/Native Voice", "The Castle", "If the Hat

Fits", Rolf Armstrong: Artist in Residence", $3 donation; 718.352.1548.
Oct. 28, Barnes Historical Society, Inc. 11th Annual Legend Awards
Luncheon and Dance, $50 contribution; Thomasina, 205-35 Linden Blvd.,
St. Albans; 718.658.2912 or 631.842.6015 evenings.
Items of Community Interest
Oct. 18, LICBDC event: Lower Your Natural Gas Bills, no charge, continental
breakfast, networking; Con Edison Learning Center, 43-82 Vernon
Blvd., LIC; RSVP 718.786.5300, ext. 32.
Oct. 19, LaGuardia C.C. Workforce1 Career Center, pre-screening for virtual
retail job fair Oct. 23; 718.609.2122, ext. 5135/5096; Oct. 29, 31 registration
for six-week computer literacy program for displaced homemakers
beginning Nov. 7; 718.482.5166.
Oct. 20, Queens Community House "Quilting Charity Day"; Pomonok
Center, 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 718.591.6060, ext. 229.
Oct. 21, Flushing Jewish Community Council, free English conversation
partnership programs; St. George's Episcopal Church, 135-32 38th Ave.,
Flushing; 718.463.0434, ext. 2.
Oct. 21, Queensborough C.C., Lodz- The Last Ghetto in Poland,
Kupferberg Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718.281.5770.
Oct. 23, Central Queens YM/YWHA, author talk on Farewell Babylon, $4
donation, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills; 718.268.5011.
Oct. 24, Queens College, Biblical Archaeology: Excavating Egyptians,
Israelites, and Philistines Identity and Ethnicity…, Center for Jewish
Studies, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing ; 718.997.5730.
Oct. 26, Working World of Working Women Conference & Career Fair,
students/non-working women; Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel, 35-20 39th
Ave., Flushing; 718.793.0672.
Oct. 27, Queens Citizenship Day; South Queens Boys & Girls Club, registration
required, 110-04 Atlantic Ave., South Richmond Hill; 718.441.6050,
ext. 203.
Oct. 27, NYC HPD Second Annual Housing Fair; Lost Battalion Hall, 93-
29 Queens Blvd., Rego Park; 718.286.2865.
Oct. 28, Independent Bikers Toys for Tots of Queens, Inc, 27th Annual Toy
Run, $10 donation per bike, bring an unwrapped toy to Forest Park
Bandshell, volunteers needed, rain date Nov. 4. proceeds benefit Bernard
Fineson Developmental Center; 718.323.0448.
To Nov. 18, Sunnyside Greenmarket, Lou Lodati Playground, Skillman
Avenue, 42nd/43rd Streets; 718.533.8773.