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Gazette Calendar Of Events Community Meetings Associations Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m., sharp, United Community Civic; Augustana Lutheran Church, 69-05 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria Heights.Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8, United Forties Civic; St. Teresa's Parish Center, 50-20 44th St., Woodside. Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8, Jun. 12, 7:30 p.m., Dutch Kills Civic, St. Patrick's School Hall, 39-37 28th St., LIC; 718.786.2049. Mar. 13, Apr. 24, Jun. 26, 7:45 p.m., Juniper Park Civic; Our Lady of Hope, 71st Street/Eliot Avenue, Middle Village. Boards Mar. 12, 7:45 p.m., Board 6; Kew Gardens Community Center, 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202; 718.263.9250. 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. Mar. 13, 9:30 a.m., Board 1 District Service Cabinet; Kaufman Astoria Studio Cafe, 34- 12 36th St.; 718.786.3335. Clubs Mar. 20, 8 p.m., JFK Regular Democratic Club of Queens; Tietz Rehabilitation Center, 164th Street, Fresh Meadows; 718.591.8446. Community Councils Feb. 26, Mar. 25, Apr. 22, May 27, Jun. 24, all 7 p.m., 114th Precinct, Riccardo's, 21-01 24th Ave., Astoria. Mar. 18, Apr. 15, May 20, Jun. 17, 8 p.m., 115th Precinct, 92-15 Northern Blvd., Jackson Heights. Community Education Councils Feb. 26, 7 p.m., District 24; P.S. 81, 599 Cypress Ave., Ridgewood; 718.418.8160. Feb. 28, 7 p.m., sharp, District 26; M.S. 67, 51-60 Marathon Pkwy., Room B44A, Little Neck; 718.631.6927. Others Feb. 21, 8 p.m., Queens County Conservative party; American Legion Post 1424, 107-15 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hills; 718.474.3826. Feb. 22, 1 p.m., Woodhaven Cultural/Historical Society, 93-34 91st Ave.; 718.846.1907. Feb. 28, 5:45 p.m., Queens Library Board of Trustees, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Formal Conference Room, Jamaica; 718.990.0705. Feb. 28, Mar. 20, Apr. 10, May 1, 22, Jun. 12, Jul. 10, 24, Aug. 14, Sep. 4, 25, Oct. 16, Nov. 6, Dec. 4, 10:30 a.m., Queens Borough Land Use Public Hearing, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Borough President's Conference Room, Kew Gardens; 718.286.3000. Mar. 6, 6 p.m., New York City Department of Education; Hillcrest H.S., 160-05 Highland Ave. Arts & Entertainment Barnes & Noble Feb. 21, Poetry Writing Essentials, Tues./Thurs., weekly storytimes, poetry writing essentials; Wed., women's studies discussion, events free, 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows; 718.380.7077. Flushing Town Hall Feb. 23, Music for Tots 18 months-4 years; Feb. 23, Chai Found Music Ensemble, Stepping Out With My Baby: Tap Dance for Everyone, admission varies; 718.463.7700, x. 222. Museum of the Moving Image To Feb. 22, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Motion Workshop, Feb. 27, Chop Shop, expansion/renovation groundbreaking celebration; program information, 718.784.0077. P.S. 1 Feb. 23, LTTR; Feb. 24, Protest and Survive: The Legacy of Collective Action, Pink Bloque Revisited $5 donation, Long Island City; www.ps1.org. Queensborough Community College Feb. 24, Junior Discovery concert, $50-$15; Feb. 26, new exhibit, "Defying the Devil: Christian Clergy who Saved Jews During the Holocaust"; Mar. 7-8, 11-12, 15, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, $8-$3; Mar. 9, lecture "Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust"; Mar. 16, Madeline and the Bad Hat, $9-$7.50; Mar. 22, The Three Broadway Divas, $35-$29; Mar. 23, film "The Dybbuk"; Mar. 29, St. Petersburg Ballet, $42-$29 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside; 718.631.6396 or Kupferberg Center at 718.281.5770. Queens College Feb. 21, film "School Daze"; Feb. 23, The Music of John Coltrane by Turtle Island Quartet; Feb. 24, Classic Hits for Kids: A Young People's concert, LeFrak Concert Hall; Feb. 25, meeting "Acting White: Race & Education", discussion Their Eyes Were Watching God; Feb. 27, discussion Their Eyes Were Watching God, film "Black Is, Black Ain't"; Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, program information 718.793.8080. Queens Museum of Art Mar. 2, Slow Motion, Sara Morris Shorts, First Sundays for Families; Mar. 15, third annual Persian Arts Festival; Mar. 16, Feminism Not for Sale…, Road to Guantanamo; Mar. 19-Mar. 23, "New York States of Mind," exhibition and film program;Mar. 22, free forum Queens Artists Connection connecting art service organizations, funders and venues; Mar. 23, World Trade Center, U.N., Pentagon, Amerika, The Nuclear Football, opening reception for "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; program information, 718.592.9700. Queens Theatre In The Park Feb. 23, Sleeping Beauty; Feb. 24, Junior Discovery Concert, $50/$15; Feb. 27, Mar. 1, 2, "25 Questions For a Jewish Mother, $35-$18; Mar. 8, Dr. Dolittle, Mainstage Theatre; program information, 718.760.0064. Socrates Sculpture Park To Mar. Design: Isamu Noguchi & Isamu Kenmochi, EAF07: 2007 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition; 32-01 Vernon Blvd; 718.956.1819. Others Feb. 23, Italian Charities of America, Saturday dances, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, italchari@yahoo.com. Feb. 23, Bella Italia Mia "The Masks of Venice", $7 n.m., free parking; Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village; 718.426.1240. Feb. 24, Donnell Library Center, free; program information, 718.459.1277. Feb. 27, Dino Rosi International Concert; Atria Senior Center, 117-01 84th Ave., Kew Gardens. Feb. 27, 28, FSF Community Theatre Group "Peter Pan" auditions, 41-60 Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 516.354.5210 or 800.260.6789. Feb. 29, Carol Sudhalter, Shirley Stewart Farmer & Dakota Macleod, $100; Iridium, 1650 Broadway, Manhattan; 212-787- 6566; Mar. 29, Carol Sudhalter's 13-piece Astoria Jazz Band & Myrna Lake, $20; 718.278.5331 or 917.667.5331. To Feb. 29, A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, art exhibit, 24 W. 57th St., Manhattan; wwwmanojvyas.com. To Feb. 29, Repetti, artists Fletcher Boote+Alisha Kerlin+Austin Shull+Rachael Wren, 44-02 23rd St., 4th Floor, LIC; 718.786.8007. Mar. 6, LaGuardia Community College Performing Arts Center, singersongwriter Carmen Consoli, $25/$15, Mainstage Theatre, 47th Avenue/Van Dam Street, LIC: 718.482.5151. To Mar. 4, Time Warner Center presents "Through the Lens of Time" Greek photo exhibit, "Realizing An African Renaissance" painting/ sculpture exhibit, Columbus Circle, Manhattan; 212.823.6300. Mar. 8, New York Metropolitan Country Music Association dances, Nashville Attitude; Apr. 12, Stoney Creek, $12 p.p., n.m., adults only; Glendale Memorial Building, 72-02 Myrtle Ave; 718.763.4328. To Mar. 16, Greek Cultural Center, "With Power From Kifissia", $20/$15, 27-18 Hoyt Ave. South, Astoria; 718.726.7329. To Mar. 23, Thalia Spanish Theatre, Tango & Milonga, $30/$25 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside; 718.729.3880. To May 17, Calpulli Children's Dance Workshop; The Arts Cure Center, 33-24 Northern Blvd., 3rd Floor, LIC; 718.507.2617. •Wednesday nights, Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden, "Comedyland", free, 29-19 24th Ave., Astoria; 718.274.4825. Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Dances, Fleas, Fairs, Fundraisers Mar. 3, QSAC, documentary debut benefit, "Her Name Is Sabine", VIP $100, general public $50, students $25, 22 E. 60th St., Manhattan; 212- 244-5560, x, 2016. Health Feb. 22, Forest Hills Hospital, "Grandparents: Safety Tips for You and Your Little One" wellness lecture, 102-01 66th Rd.; 516.465.2500. Feb. 23, Bayside Personal Development Center, hypnosis lecture and demonstration, reserve by Feb. 22, 718.747.1135. Mar. 2, Central Queens YM & YWHA, author talk, "Women Speak Openly About Breast Cancer", $7/$5, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills; 718.268.5011. •Feb.-May, Queens College, Head Start Children's Fitness classes, 8- weeks $99, College Fitness Center, program information, 718.997.2740. •Daily: Elmhurst Medical Center, pediatrics; Thursday, Medicine; 2nd Wednesdays, OB/GYN; Wednesdays, Psychiatry; Tuesdays, Cardiology; 79-01 Broadway; 718.334.5296. •Wednesdays, Queens Hospital Center, Medicine, OB/GYN, Cardiology; Fridays; Pediatrics, Psychiatry; 82-68 164th St., Jamaica; 718.334.5296. •Ongoing: The Public Policy and Education Fund of New York has launched a new Web site designed to help New Yorkers find health coverage, go to www.NYConsumerHealth.org. •Ongoing: Jackson Heights Al-Anon; St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Parish House, 2nd Floor; 718.335.7379. 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, volunteers needed for Sundays at The Castle; Fort Totten; 718.352.1548. Feb. 24, Queens Historical Society, "Stitching Stories"; ongoing, Queens As it Was: 1880-1920, Persistence: A Celebration of Landmarks in Queens; Kingsland: From Homestead to House Museum, $3, Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing; 718.939.0647, x. 17. Items of Community Interest Feb. 21, NYC Economic Development Corporation, free, minority & women-owned businesses certification workshops, York College, Jamaica; 212.312.3712 or e-mail mwbe@nycedc.com. Feb. 21, St. John's University, fourth annual Greek Independence Day celebration, Council Hall; Feb. 22-24, intercollegiate mock trial tournament, 8000 Utopia Pkwy.; 718.990.6161. Feb. 28, LICBDC @ LaGuardia Community College: Workforce1, Careers in Retail, free workshop, registration deadline Feb. 27, C-building, Room C-427; 718.482.5971, Industrial Business Seminar, free "Get in the Driver's Seat of Your Business, Room E-500; Mar. 5, Greening your Business: Saving Energy and Money, free, RSVP; Mar. 26, Hiring Employees: Hidden Risks, Best Practices, free, RSVP, at 29-10 Thomson Ave., LIC; 718.786.5300. Feb. 29, ASPCA, "My Furry Valentine" online photo contest deadline, submit photos to www.aspca.org/furryvalentine. To Mar. 19, Housing Partnership Development Corp/Margert Community Corporation, home improvement seminar for first-time homeowners, free; St. Gertrude's, Gymnasium, 307 Beach 37th St., Far Rockaway; 718.471.3724. •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 program information go to www.queenslibrary.org or call 718.790.0770: Feb. 21, 28, Computer Classes For Spanish Speakers; Feb. 23, Gotta Keep On Tryin', MoMA Presents: Jacob Lawrence and the Migration Series, Celebrating Lunar New Year, Business Success Series two workshops in Mandarin, Two Poets & One Guitar in Russian, Cuban Hip-Hop Artist Miki Flow, Egyptian Music in Arabic, SAT Exam & College Application Process in Chinese, Business Success Series two workshops in Mandarin, Chef Acacio Acosta Puerto Rican Cuisine in Spanish; Feb. 24, "Dreams of Dust"; Mar. 1, The Social Challenges & Accomplishments of Women in Latin America & Spain; Mar. 8, Tai Chi; Mar. 10, Taiwanese Music; Mar. 16, Traditional Jewish Klezmer Music; Mar. 22, "Gandhi's Children of God and Me"; Mar. 30, "I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal", Flushing Library, International Resource Center, 3rd level.Parks & Recreation Alley Pond Environmental Center APEC has many fun and interesting programs all year long for tots to preteens to adults: Feb. 21, Caumsett Park Slide Show; Feb. 23, Mar. 15, Mad Scientists-Acid Rain; Feb. 24, Animal Care Trainee, Footprints in the Snow; Feb. 25, The Habitable Planet: Environmental Science Episodes 4 and 9; Mar. 1, Ezra Jack Keats Fan Club afternoon storytime; punched a victim in the face at 25- 95 Steinway St. • A 48-year-old white male was charged with assault, forcible touching and harassment after he touched a victim inappropriately and then struck the victim's hand with a candleholder, causing injury. The incident took place at 25-95 Steinway St. • A 29-year-old white male was observed at Broadway and 31st Street urinating in public and could not produce valid identification. Upon further investigation, he was found in possession of marijuana. He was charged with urinating in public and unlawful possession of marijuana. Friday, February 8: • A 24-year-old Hispanic male was charged with urinating in public after he was observed urinating in public at Broadway and 41st Street and on further investigation, was found to be wanted on an active warrant. • A 22-year-old Hispanic male was charged with criminal mischief and unauthorized use of a vehicle after he broke into a victim's vehicle without permission at Vernon Boulevard and 31st Avenue. • A 41-year-old male was charged with menacing, assault and criminal possession of a weapon after he punched a victim and threatened the victim with a knife at 32-39 43rd St. • A 26-year-old Hispanic male was charged with assault and harassment after he punched and attempted to choke a victim and threatened her with a knife. The incident took place at 19-32 21st Dr. • An 18-year-old Hispanic male was charged with having an open container of an alcoholic beverage in public after he was observed drinking alcohol in public at Ditmars Boulevard and 45th Street and was found to be under the legal age. Also, on further investigation, he was found to be wanted on an active warrant. • A 50-year-old black female was charged with having an open container of an alcoholic beverage in public after she was observed drinking alcohol in public at 22-72 31st St. and upon further investigation, was found to be wanted on three active warrants. • Two 15-year-old Hispanic males were charged with criminal mischief, making graffiti and possession of a graffiti instrument after they were observed making graffiti on the sidewalk at 36-19 Broadway. • A 35-year-old white male was charged with criminal possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana after he was observed smoking marijuana in public at Steinway Street and Ditmars Boulevard. • A 43-year-old white male was observed throwing the contents of a garbage container and the container on the sidewalk at 37th Street and 30th Avenue and was found in possession of marijuana. He was charged with violation of a local law, unlawful possession of marijuana and disorderly conduct. • A 53-year-old Hispanic male was yelling obscenities in public and refused to leave 36-63 34th St. upon a lawful order to do so. He was charged with disorderly conduct. • A 19-year-old black male was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance after he was found in possession of a gravity knife and cocaine at Crescent Street and 35th Avenue. • A 19-year-old white male was charged with criminal mischief and petit larceny after he broke into a victim's bedroom and removed money without permission. The incident took place at 20-45 Shore Blvd. • A 31-year-old Hispanic male was charged with criminal possession of stolen property, criminal possession of a controlled substance, petit larceny and possession of a hypodermic needle after he was found in possession of a crack pipe and a hypodermic needle at 24th Avenue and 35th Street. • A 29-year-old black male was charged with criminal possession of stolen property and petit larceny after he was found in possession of a stolen television at 24th Avenue and 35th Street. • A 46-year-old black male was charged with criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglar's tools, petit larceny and resisting arrest after he broke into a victim's vehicle at 30th Avenue and 45th Street and removed property from within. • A 30-year-old Hispanic male was observed entering the New York City subway system at the N and W elevated train station at 30th Avenue between 32nd and 31st Streets without paying the required fare and was charged with theft of service. • An officer from the 114th Precinct attempted to issue a summons for double parking to a 31-year-old Asian male at 23rd Road and 32nd Street. The male fled the scene and caused a hazardous condition by swerving down a street and running a red light. He was charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, producing a false insurance card, disorderly conduct, unlicensed operator and traffic device violation. • A 21-year-old white male was stopped at a vehicle checkpoint at Broadway and 31 Street and found to be in possession of marijuana inside the vehicle. He was charged with criminal possession of marijuana. Wednesday, February 6: • A 12-year-old Hispanic female was charged with criminal mischief and making graffiti after she made graffiti on a wall at 45-11 31st Ave. • A 12-year-old Hispanic female was charged with assault and harassment after she punched a victim in the face at 33rd Road and 21st Street. • A 36-year-old black male was charged at the 114th Precinct station house, 34-16 Astoria Blvd., with criminal contempt after he violated a valid order of protection by repeatedly calling and texting a victim. Tuesday, February 5: • A 51-year-old black male was charged with burglary and criminal trespass after he was observed on property at 38-39 12th St. attempting to gain access to the inside of the building. • At 35-44 Steinway St., a 34-year-old Hispanic female slapped a 39-year-old Hispanic female in the face and punched her in the chest. The 39-year-old female punched the 34-year-old in the chest. Both were charged with assault. Monday, February 4: • A 33-year-old white male was charged with criminal possession of marijuana and criminal sale of marijuana after he was found to be in possession of marijuana for purposes of sale at 21-38 31st St. • A 23-year-old black male and a 24- year-old white male were charged with arson and criminal mischief after they set a vehicle on fire at Astoria Boulevard and 22nd Street. • A 25-year-old white male was charged with criminal trespass after he was observed on property at 21-38 31st St. without permission. |
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