Gazette Calendar Of Events
Calendar Compiled By Susan Cleary

Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm.

Dec. 20 Eid al-Adha, Dec. 22 winter begins, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve, Dec. 25 Christmas Day, Dec. 26 Kwanzaa begins, Dec. 31 New Year's Eve.

Community Meetings

Associations Jan. 10, '08, Feb. 14, Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8, United Forties Civic; St. Theresa's Parish Center, 50-20 44th St., Woodside.

Feb. 14, '08, Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8, Jun. 12, 7:30 p.m., Dutch Kills Civic, St. Patrick's School Hall, 39-28 29th St., LIC; 718.786.2049. Boards Jan. 9, '08, Feb. 13, Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 14, Jun. 11, 7:30 p.m., Board 8; Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows; 718.264.7895. Community Councils Jan. 22, '08, Feb. 26, Mar. 25, Apr. 22, May 27, Jun. 24, all 7 p.m., 114th Precinct, Riccardo's, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria.

Jan. 29, '08, 7 p.m., 108th Precinct; Sunnyside Community Services, 43-31 39th St., 2nd Floor, Sunnyside. Community Education Councils Dec. 20, 8 p.m., District 26; I.S. 67, 51-60 Marathon Pkwy, Room B44A, Little Neck; Jan. 11, '08, 7 p.m., M.S. 67.

Arts & Entertainment

Barnes & Noble 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

Dec. 22, 23, Silly Symphonies: Program One & Two; Dec. 24, 26-28, 31, Jan. 1 '08, Ratatouille; Dec. 29, 30, Silly Symphonies: Program Three & Four; Jan. 5 '08, A Tribute to J. Hoberman; Jan. 5, 6, There Will Be Blood, Hard Eight (aka Sydney); Jan. 6, Punch Drunk Love, Magnolia; daily in Tut's Fever Movie Palace, Dick Tracy; 718.784.4520. Queens Museum of Art To Jan. 6, '08, Yue Minjun and "The Symbolic Smile" Art Project; to Mar. 23, opening reception "New York States of Mind"; ongoing, tours, permanent collections, Scavenger Hunt for World's Fair memorabilia in/around The Panorama of the City of New York; Flushing Meadows- Corona Park, New York City Building; 718.592.9700. Queensborough Performing Arts Center Feb. 28, '08, new dance and music season, QCC Art Gallery 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718.631.6311. Queens College To Dec. 21, Brush With Nature: Installation Art; for information 718.997.4646, tickets 718.793.8080. Queens Theatre in the Park Dec. 23, Paul Taylor Dance Company, "Pharaoh's Daughter", $28/$26/$18 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, 12. Others Dec. 29, Bella Italia Mia, "Abruzzo" and "Where the Mountains Meet the Sea", $7 n.m.; Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.426.1240.

To Jan. 6, '08, Thalia Spanish Theatre, "The Wizard of Oz", followed by a visit by The Three Kings (Little Christmas), $12 adults, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718.729.3880.

To Jan. 7, '08, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Senso Unico exhibition of eight contemporary Italian artists, first solo exhibition by Belgian artist Kris Martin, Adel Abdessemed: Dead or Alive, 22-25 Jackson Ave., LIC; 718.786.3139.

To Jan. 13, '08, Flux Factory, "New York, New York, New York", free, 38-38 43rd St., LIC; 646.226.8611.

To Jan. 15, '08, St. John's University, Vietnamese Modernism, Sun Yat Sen Hall, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Fresh Meadows; 718.990.7476.

Jan. 31, '08, Anthropology Museum of the People of New York: "Living On Tokyo Time", free, reservations required; 718.428.5650.

Health

To Jan. 5, '08, TAWNY/NY Restoration Project "Take A Walk, New York!", free, for information, call 212-228-3126 or go to www.walkny.org.

Ongoing, Queens Community House Stay in Shape programs Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd. Kew Gardens; 718.268.5960.

Ongoing, Kew Gardens/Forest Hills Community Center Care Giver Support Services; "Over 60 and Fabulous", call 718.268.5960.

Historical

Ongoing, Bayside Historical Society, "This Was Then…This Is Now", "Native Bayside/Native Voice", "The Castle", "If the Hat Fits", "Rolf Armstrong: Artist in Residence", $3 donation; 718.352.1548.

Items of Community Interest

Dec. 27, Soka Gakkai Int'l-USA, Flushing Remonstrance 350th Anniversary Candlelight Walk; Flushing H.S., 35-01 Union St.; 516.375.9731.

To Jan. 1, '08, Flushing's Chinatown on New Year's Day, call 212-935-3960 or e-mail www.mas.org. •1st, 3rd, 5th Saturday, Queens Best Toastmasters Club, public speaking/communication, free; Elmhurst Hospital Center, Conference Room A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway; 718.457.8390.

Library Highlights

There are many free events available at the Queens libraries for adults, teens and kids. For more information go to www.queenslibrary.org or call 718.790.0778 or your local branch library for event time and place, to Jan. 7, '08, Flushing Remonstrance, IRC.

Parks & Recreation

Alley Pond Environmental Center APEC has many fun and interesting programs for tots to pre-teens to adults: Dec. 20,Watercolor Workshops; Dec. 27, Winter Wildlife, $16 n.m.; Fall/Winter Children's Programs; Animal Care Club, Animal Care Trainee, Fledglings, Audrey Wood Fan Club, Autumn Still Life, Batty for Bats, Butterflies, Field Biology High School Internship, Junior Nature Kids, Little Chefs, Mad Scientist, Nature Club, Sunny Bunnies, Toddler Time, Toddler Time- Weekends, Wee Sprouts, fees vary, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston; call for information; 718.229.4000. Queens Botanical Garden Wednesdays, Senior Garden, fee charged, 43-50 Main St., Flushing; 718.366.0021 or 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 Dec. 22, Flushing Meadows - Corona Park, Winter Waterfowl Prowl, Mauro Playground, Park Drive East; 311.

To Dec. 30, New York Hall of Science, Crystal Winter exhibits, workshops and demonstrations, weekend/ weekday events, 47-01 111th St., Flushing Meadows- Corona Park; 311.

To Jan. 21, '08, New York Hall of Science @ Flushing Meadows- Corona Park, The Chase Is On!, Cyberchase Math Mystery, $11/$8, for information or directions, www.nyscience.org or 718.699.0005.

Senior Events

Dec. 20, Queens Community House, "Identity Theft" lecture; Dec. 21, "People, Places & Events" lecture; Dec. 27, "How to Improve Your Energy Naturally" lecture; Dec. 28, "License to Wed"; check center for other programs not listed here, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202., Kew Gardens; 718-268-5960.

Dec. 20, Queens Museum of Art, The Looking Series: Woman as Abstraction, members free, Flushing Meadows- Corona Park, New York City Building; 718.592.9700. •Mondays, Ridgewood Older Adult Center & Services, Inc., Tai Chi/Qi Gong and yoga lessons, free; Wednesdays, evening multi-course dinner, $1.50, 59-14 70th Ave.; 718.456.2000.

Monday-Friday, Steinway Senior Center, lunch; ongoing; bingo, aerobics, arts/crafts, dance to live music, trips, monthly parties, special events, social services such as Meals-On- Wheels for the homebound, 23-40 Steinway St; 718.728.8472.

Dec. 20 Eid al-Adha, Dec. 22 winter begins, Dec. 24 Christmas Eve, Dec. 25 Christmas Day, Dec. 26 Kwanzaa begins, Dec. 31 New Year's Eve.

The Holidays

Dec. 21, Assemblymember Ann Margaret Carrozza Holiday Gift Drives; Troops & Hospitalized Veterans and Toys for Tots, (deadline was Dec. 19, call the office) 213-33 39th Ave., Suite 238, Bayside; 718.357.3588.

Dec. 21, 22, Annual Tree Lighting Ceremonies: Athens Square Park; Dec. 22- Jan. 6 '08, Bell Mall Christmas Celebration, call 311 for times/locations.

Dec. 21, 22, 2 & 7:30 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, A Christmas Carol; Dec. 23, 2 p.m., "The Nutcracker", 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing; 718.463.7700, x. 222. To Dec. 22, evening, The Secret Theatre, A Christmas Carol, adults $15; 718.392.0304. Dec. 22, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m., Queens Theatre in the Park, A Christmas Carol; Dec. 27-28, 1 & 4 p.m., "The Nutcracker", Main Stage Theatre, Flushing Meadows- Corona Park; 718.760.0064.

Dec. 22, 2 & 8 p.m.; Dec. 23, 4 p.m, Black Spectrum Theatre Co., Inc. "T'was the Night Before Kwanzaa", $35-$20, 177th Street & Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica; 718.723.1800.

Dec. 26-28, noon-4 p.m., Queens County Farm Museum, Holiday Open House, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park; 718.347-FARM.

Dec. 28, 8 p.m., Badenya presents Finah Misa Kule: Voice of the King, a Kwanzaa Celebration; Community United Methodist Church, 81-10 35th Ave., Jackson Heights, reservations; 888.286.5557.

To Jan. 4, '08, 5 p.m., Time Warner Center "Under the Stars" multimedia extravaganza, Columbus Circle, Manhattan; 212.823.6300.

To Jan. 8 '08, HANAC JVL-Dimotsis-Vallone Senior Center New Year's Celebration, 29-19 24th Ave., Astoria; 718.626.3035. Check our Pulpit for religious holiday events in your neighborhood.