Calendar compiled by Annette Hanze Alberts. To be considered for the Calendar listing, event info must be received at least two weeks prior to publication. Dates & times are subject to change, call to confirm.

Holidays & Observances
Cncl. Van Bramer’s Holiday Food Drive 
Drop-off at Van Bramer’s ofc, 47-01 Queens
Blvd., Sunnyside; Queens Library branches:
Sunnyside, Broadway, LIC, Woodside, Court
Square.
Deadline Dec. 9
Asm. Miller’s Holiday Food Drive
Sacred Heart Rectory, 83-17 78th Ave.,
Glendale; Miller’s ofc., 83-19 Woodhaven Blvd.,
Woodhaven; Greater Ridgewood Youth Council,
62-02 Myrtle Ave., Glendale.
To Dec. 15
Marines Toys For Tots Drop-off
New, unwrapped toys. A-Euro American Auto &
Tire Center. 30-59 41st St., Astoria,
718.728.2770.
Dec. 15 deadline for drop-offs;
Dec. 16, 7 pm celebration
Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce
Skillman Ave. Christmas Lighting
Aubergine Cafe, 49-22 SkillmanAve., Woodside
Dec. 1, 6:30 pm
Woodhaven BID: Holidays in Woodhaven
Weekend
-Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting
Ceremony. Forest Parkway Plaza, Forest Pkwy.
& Jamaica Ave., Woodhaven.
Dec. 2, 6:30 pm
-Welcome Santa to Woodhaven Parade
Along Jamaica Ave., from 96th St. to Dexter
Court.  Dec. 3, 11:30 am
Christmas Tree Lighting by Woodside on the
Move  Sohncke Square Park, 58th St., betw
Roosevelt & Woodside Aves.
Dec. 3, 6 pm
Sunnyside Shines
Shop local, get free Santa bag
-Photo with Santa (Free w/Santa bag)
45-56 43rd St., Sunnyside.
Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18; 12 - 6 pm
-Toy Drop-off (unwrapped, ages 4-11)
(For Holiday party Dec. 17) 45-56 43rd St.; 43-
42 40th St., Sunnyside.
To Dec. 14
Claus Family Christmas Spectacular ($15/$13
seniors/$10 under 12)
St. Margaret Parish, 66-05 79th Pl., Middle
Village, www.maggieslittletheater.org,
917.579.5389  Dec. 3, 9, 10 at 8 pm; Dec. 4, 11
at 2:30 pm
St. Raphael School Sunday With Santa
Gifts, trees, Santa photos, games etc., 48-25 37th
St., LIC, 718.784.0482,
www.straphaelschoollic.org
Dec. 4, 12 - 5 pm
UCCA Christmas Brunch ($100 donation) 
LaGuardia Marriott, 102-05 Ditmars Blvd. E.
Elmhurst. Info & reservations, Rose Marie
Poveromo 718.932.5415
Dec. 4, 12 - 4 pm
Pearl Harbor Day Memorial Svc.
Whitestone Veterans Memorial Assn., Veterans
Field, 149th St. & 15th Dr., Whitestone. Info
718.746.0540
Dec. 7, 11 am
United Forties Civic Assoc. Holiday

Celebration, Toy Collection ($5m/$10 guests)
 St. Theresa’s Auditorium, 50-20 45th St., (enter
parking lot on 44th St.) Woodside.
Dec. 7, 7 - 9 pm
Community Meetings
Clubs
American Legion Post 298
30-61 87th St., East Elmhurst.
1st Mon. of the month at 8 pm
American Legion & Ladies Aux. Post 118
89-02 91st St., Woodhaven, 718.846.6116
-2nd/3rd Mon. at 8 pm
Bella Italia Mia ($5m/$7nm)
Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave.,
Middle Village, 718.426.1240,
www.freewebs.com/bellaitaliamia.
Cultural events: lectures, music, wine.
Dec. 11, noon
Dutch Kills Civic Assoc. Meeting
Growing Up Green School, 39-27 28th St., LIC.
Info 718.786.2049,
www.dutchkillscivic.com.
Dec. 8, 7:30 pm
Flushing Camera Club
Flushing Hospital, 45th Ave. & Parsons Blvd. 
1st, 2nd, 3rd Weds., 7:30 - 10 pm
Queens Best Toastmasters Club
Public Speaking/Effective
Communication. Elmhurst Hospital, Conference
Rm. A-1-15, 79-01 Broadway.
1st, 3rd, 5th Sat., 10 am - 12:15 pm
Community Boards, Edu. & Pct.
102nd Pct. Community Meeting
68-02 Metropolitan Ave., 718.426.1240.
Dec. 11, 12 pm
112th Pct. Community Council
Poster Contest: Anti-Drug/Drunk Driving,
grades 4-12
Deadline Dec. 9, display Dec. 21
Community Board 4
VFW Post #150, 51-11 108th St., Corona
Dec. 13, 7 pm
Community Board 8
Hillcrest Jewish Center; Union Turnpike;
718.264.7895.
Dec. 14 at 7:30 pm
Community Dist. Educ. Council 26
M.S. 67, Room B44A, 51-60 Marathon Pkwy.,
Little Neck.
Dec. 6, 7-8:30 pm
General Interest
Animal Shelter/Rescue:
-Animal Rescue, pet adoptions, donations
appreciated. 718.224.8629 or 631.420.0425.
-Bobbi and the Strays Pet Rescue & Adoption.
Donations appreciated, Adoption Center, 71-03
80 St., Glendale, 718. 326.6070,
www.bobbiandthestrays.org /Adopt.aspx.
-Muffin’s Pet Connection helps find homes for
pets, donations appreciated, 718.833.7988 or
www.muffins.org.
Free ESL Classes
Seaburn Bookstore, 33-18 Broadway, Astoria,
347.642.3805.  Tuesdays
QEDC Small Business Workshops
Workshops ($25), clinics (free) Entrepreneur
Space, 36-46 37th St., LIC, 718.263.0546,
www.queensny.org.
Dec. 12, 6 - 8 pm
Sen. Addabbo:

-Mobile Office Hours
Various neighborhoods and times. Howard
Beach ofc. 718.738.1111, Middle Village ofc.
718.497.1630
Support Groups
Al-Anon
21-64 41st St., Astoria; call 718.728.2948
Co-Dependents Anonymous, Women
85-18 61st Rd., Rego Park, 718.805.1032.
Fridays, 10 - 11:45 am
Domestic Violence
37-63 76th St., Jackson Heights.
call 718.639.8370.
F.E.G.S.
Health & Human Services, 212.524.1780.
Jovenes (youth) AA
www.jovenesqueensaa.com
102-08 Northern Blvd., Corona, 718.426.7467.
Lexington Hearing & Speech Center
www.lexnyc.org.
Hearing testing, infants to seniors,
718.350.3171,
Narcotics Anonymous
www.westernqueensna.org
Call 718.962.6244
OCA
www.obsessivecompulsiveanonymous
85-18 61st Rd., Rego Park, 917.443.0355
Saturdays at 10:30 am
Overeaters Anonymous
www.queensoa.org
42-11 155th St., Flushing
Fridays
Sakhi for South Asian Women
call 212.714.9153, ext. 108
SMART Recovery
www.smartrecovery.org
97-29 64th Rd., Rego Park , 212.631.1198
Sundays
Strong Kids Campaign (YMCA)
238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose, 718.479.0505.
Women’s Support Group
Kissena Jewish Center, 43-43 Bowne St.,
Flushing, info & reg. 718.461.6393.
Starts Dec. 8. Alternate Thurs., 10 am.
Arts & Entertainment
Barnes & Noble
176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows,
718.380.7077.
Weekly Storytimes
Tues. at 10:30 am, Sat. at 11 am
Flushing Town Hall
Northern Blvd. & Linden Place
Ceramic Material and Material Culture ($5
sugg./members free)
To Jan. 19, 2012
Make & Decorate Clay Tiles ($5/members
free)  Dec. 3, 2-4 pm, age 5+
Rudresh Mahanthappa and the Indo-Pak
Coalition ($25/$20m/student ID)
Dec. 3, 8 pm, panel discussion 7 pm
Puppets Alive With Theatre Motus ($6nm,
adults/$3 children)
Dec. 4, 1 pm, age 5+
Le Theatre Motus, Baobab (Kwanzaa performance) ($12; $10members; $8 children; $6
member children)
Dec. 4, 2:15 pm
Holiday Card Making with Collage ($5, members free)  Dec. 10, 2-5 pm
Collage Art of Louis Armstrong
Sat. & Sun., 12-5 pm, Through 2013
The Nutcracker (Adults: $16nm/$12m ;
Children: 12nm/$10m)

Dec. 11, 1:30 pm & 4 pm
Holiday Gift Shop Sale
Dec. 11, 1-5 pm
Greek Cultural Center
With Over Two Pieces of Luggage
To Dec. 11
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Ave., LIC. 718.482.5055,
www.lagcc.cuny.edu.
Louis Armstrong House ($10/$7 seniors, students, children/members, children under 4
free)
Holiday Tour w/Christmas themed recordings Dec. 1-31
First Annual Gala
3 West Club, 3 West 51st St., Manhattan. Tix
718.997.3670, www.louisarmstronghouse.org.
Dec. 6, 6 pm
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue/36th Street, Astoria, 718.784.0077,
718.777.6888.
Ongoing:
-City Glow
-Behind the Screen
-Martial arts film series
See It Big! film series
To Jan. 1, 2012
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World
To Jan. 16, 2012
Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Rd., LIC, 718.204.7088,
www.noguchi.org.
Open Studio ($5)  1st Sun.
Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonne
Online: www.catalogue.noguchi.org.
Installments added each year on Nov. 17,
Noguchi’s birthday
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, 718.997.5000.
Stephen Sondheim ($20)
Evening Readings series, Music Bldg.
Dec. 6, 7 pm
UTOPIA In Perpetuum Forever
Thru Jan. 13, 2012
Queens Museum of Art
www.queensmuseum.org. for program info.
Flushing Meadows Park, 718.592.9700
Andrew Moore
To Jan. 15, 2012
Making & Breaking Cities, film series ($10
sugg.)  Weds. to Dec. 14, 2 pm
World’s Fair Panorama of NYC
Ongoing
Queens Theatre
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
www.queenstheatre.org, 718.760.0064
2011 - 2012 Kids Series, ($14; $11 for 3+
shows)  To Apr. 1, 2012
Paula Poundstone benefit concert for
ALTAFF ($60, $44)
Dec. 3, 7 pm & 9 pm
Queensborough Community College
www.visitQPAC.org. for information.
222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, 718.631.6396
Oratorio Society of Queens Holiday Concert
($30/$25 seniors and student ID, children
under 12 free)
Info 718.279.3006, www.queensoratorio.org. 
Dec. 18, 4 pm
Queens Symphonic Band
-40th Annual Winter Concert
Dec. 10
-Band openings
All woodwinds and brass.
Weds., 7:30 - 9:30 pm
QPAC’s Saturday Night Movie Singalong

Series ($5)
-Annie  Dec. 3, 7:30 pm, 718.631.6311
Secret Theatre
44-02 23rd St., LIC, 718.392.0722,
www.secrettheatre.com
Film: In Montauk
Q&A with Director Kim Cummings and actor
Lukas Hassel.  Dec. 2, 7 pm
LittleWomen ($18)
Dec. 8 - 17, 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Christmas Show ($25)
Open bar.  Dec. 21, 7 pm
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Blvd., LIC; 718.956.9819.
Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition
To March 4, 2012
Emerging Artist/Architect & Designers
Fellowship Proposals
Application and guidelines:
www.socratessculpturepark.org
Artists deadline Jan. 23, 2012
Architects deadline Jan. 16, 2012
Thalia Spanish Theatre
41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside,
718.729.3880. www.thaliatheatre.org.
Lorca & Flamenco ($30, $27 seniors, students
$27 Fri.)
To Dec. 11
York College Music
Concerts, visit Music @ York College
Jazz at the Chapel (Illinois Jacquet):
-Cory Morgan Graduation Recital
Dec. 6, 7 pm
-York College Blue Notes Fall Concert
Dec. 10, 7 pm
York College Big Band & Toys for Tots
Dec. 9, 7 pm at Health & Phys. Ed. bldg.
YCMC meeting & Holiday Party
Dec. 13, noon at 2M05
Others
Beyond Belief, a Christmas play ($15)
Cabaret at Cafe Marlene, 41-11 49th St.,
Sunnyside, info 917.548.1086; tix
www.unitystage.org.
Dec. 1 - 4, 8 pm and 5 pm
Comedy Night at the Utopia benefit ($18 adv,
$20 door, $100 sponsor)
Utopia Jewish Center, 64-41 Utopia Pkwy.,
Flushing.
Dec. 3, 8 pm
Kew Gardens 100 Tile Mural Project
Dedication ceremony. Kew Gardens LIRR
Station, westbound.
Dec. 1, 3:30 pm
Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners and
Dances
Enrico Caruso Museum of America Gala
Concert & Dinner ($175) feat. Marcello
Giordani
New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park
South, 9th floor, Manhattan. Info 718.368.3993.
Feb. 19, 2012 from 3 - 7 pm
New York Metropolitan Country Music Assn.
Christmas Dance w/Gunsmoke & Santa ($12)
 Adults only. Glendale Memorial Bldg., 72-02
Myrtle Ave., Glendale.
Dec. 10, 7:30 pm
Crafts Fairs & Markets
Martin Luther School Christmas Craft &
Vendor Sale
60-02 Maspeth Ave., Maspeth
Dec. 4, 11 am - 4 pm
Clay Fest: Citywide Ceramic Open Studios;

Reception at each Dec. 9:
-BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center
10-34 44th Dr., 1st Floor. 25 artists
Dec. 9, 10, 11
-Mountain Path Studio
43-50 11th St. (Studio 209)
Dec. 7-17
-Rouska Valkova
LIC Art Center, 44-02 23rd St., Ste. 307A
Dec. 9, 10, 11
St. Raphael’s Mini Flea Mkt.
Vendors wanted, new items only $35 includes
table. 35-20 Greenpoint Ave., LIC.,
718.729.8957
Dec. 11, 9 am - 3 pm
34th Ave. Green Market
77th - 78th Sts., Jackson Heights
To Dec. 19
Skillman Ave. Green Market
42nd - 43rd Sts., Sunnyside
To Dec. 18
Health
Elmhurst Hospital Center
-Flu Shots, Health Screenings
80th St. & 41st Ave., Elmhurst.
Weekdays, 8 am - 2 pm
Mount Sinai Queens
Events and presenters 718.267.4333,
www.mshq.org/community/events
Samuel Field Y
Programs: Afterschool, learning disabled, singles, parents, 58-20 Little Neck Pkwy., Little
Neck, 718.225.6750 www.sfy.org., or Central
Queens YM & YMHA, 67-09 108th St., Forest
Hills, 718.268.5011, www.centralqueensy.org.
Green Your House of Worship
Forest Hills. www.cqy.org/Green
Dec. 1, 6:30 pm
Screening and discussion of Arranged
Forest Hills.  Dec. 5, 12 pm
Partner Abuse Counseling Program
Support, referrals to shelter and legal svcs.
Ongoing
Library Highlights
Queens Library
Call 718.990.0700, or visit
www.queenslibrary.org for program information.
Western Queens Compost Initiative
Broadway Branch, 40-20 Broadway, LIC
Dec. 3, 11 am - 2 pm
Woodhaven Book Discussion Group
Woodhaven branch, 85-41 Forest Pkwy.,
718.849.1010
Starts Dec. 21, 2 pm; 3rd Weds.
Ongoing:
Children’s Library Discovery Center
Queens Library, adjacent to Central Library, 89-
11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica.
Parks & Recreation
Alley Pond Environmental Center
Pre-register all events. 228-06 Northern Blvd.,
Douglaston, 718.229.4000,
www.alleypond.com.
Children’s nature courses (18 mos. and up),
birthday parties, all-age astronomy and adult
programs.
Adult Hiking Club & Trail Crew
Pre-register,
www.facebook.com/APEC.Hikers
Dec. 19 at 7 pm
APEC Safari ($6m/$9nm)

Ages 6 - 11, pre-register
Dec. 3, 10:30 - 11:30 am
Furry Friends ($10m/$15nm)
Ages 18 - 36 mos., pre-register
Dec. 4, 1:30 - 2:45 pm
APEC’s 2011 Green Gala at Terrace on the
Park ($135m/$150nm)
Cocktails, dinner, silent auction. Pre-reg.
Dec. 8, 6-10pm
Snowy Evergreen Banners ($18m/$24nm) 
Ages 7-12
Dec. 10, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Full Moon Gazing ($12m/$14nm/$8 children
12 & under) ages 7+.
Dec. 10, 7-9 pm
American Littoral Society
28 West 9th Rd., Broad Channel. Directions
917.371.8577, info 718.318.9344.
Holiday Party ($55) benefits NYS Coastal
Cleanup
Dec. 3, Nature Walk 3 - 4:30 pm; Party 5 - 10
pm.
Fort Totten
Fort Totten Visitor Center, Bldg. 502, North of
212 St. and Cross Island Pkwy.
Wildlife Viewing: WinterWaterfowl
Dec. 4, 11 am
Queens Botanical Garden
43-50 Main St., Flushing, 718.886.3800,
www.queensbotanical.org.
NYC Compost Project in Queens:
Composting for Winter ($5)
Dec. 3, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. Register
718.539.5296.
Winter Solstice Celebration & Holiday
Marketplace  Dec. 18, 11 am - 4 pm
Pre-Lunar Year Gala & Flower Mkt.
Jan. 21, 22, 10 am - 6 pm
Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park,
718.347.3276, www.queensfarm.org.
WreathmakingWorkshops ($20)
Registration required
Dec. 3, 4; 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm
Queens Zoo
Interactive Discovery Center
53-51 111th St., Flushing Meadows - Corona
Park; 718.271.1500 or go to
www.queenszoo.com.
Voelker Orth Museum
149-19 38th Ave., Flushing,
718.359.6227, www.vomuseum.org.
Fall 2011 Horticulture series
To Dec. 15:
-Bee-Keeping ($90nm/$75m incl. text) 3rd
Weds, to June 2012, 7-9 pm
-Holiday CenterpieceWorkshop
Dec. 7, 8, 2-3:30 pm
School Events
Christ the King Regional H.S.
68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village,
718.366.7400, www.ctkrhs.org
-Tree Lighting Ceremony with Santa, Elmo
and Sponge Bob  Dec. 1, 6 pm
-CKMusical Group: Beatles Revue selections
and Christmas Carols
Dec. 9, 10, 11
-NY Blood Center CK Blood Drive
Dec 17, 9 am - 3 pm
College Workshops
Queens Library at Pomonok, 158-21 Jewel Ave.,
Flushing, pre-registration 718.591.4343.
To Dec. 5
-College Timeline Process
Dec. 5, 5 pm
High School Entrance Workshops / Events

thru Dec. 2
www.schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/High/
Calendar.
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Ave., LIC. 718.482.5055,
www.lagcc.cuny.edu.
-Long Island City Works: photography
To Feb. 29, 2012
Reunions
St. John’s Prep, Brooklyn Alumni
Classes of ‘36, ‘41, ‘46, ‘51, ‘56, ‘61, ‘66, ‘71.
New York Athletic Club, info 718.721.7200. 
Nov. 19
Senior Centers, Activities
AARP Chapter 2889
Elks Lodge, 82-20 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. 
Dec. 7, 12 pm
Astoria Restoration Assoc.
Help with Home Energy (HEAP) Grants  31-
28 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria, 718.726.0034. 
Ongoing
Atria Kew Gardens & Lighthouse
International 117-01 84th Ave., Kew Gardens,
718.441.0300.
Bayside S.C. 221-15 Horace Harding Expwy.,
Bayside.
Central QueensYM/YWHA S.C. 67-09 108th
St., Forest Hills, 718.268.5011.
CCNS/Peter J. DellaMonica S.C. 23-56
Broadway, Astoria, 718.626.1500.
Flushing House 38-20 Bowne St., 347-532-
3025 or 718.762.3198.
Flushing-Fresh Meadows Jewish Center 
193-10 Peck Ave., Fresh Meadows,
718.357.5100.
Glenridge S.C. & Advisory Center
Classic Movie Thursdays
59-03 Summerfield St., Ridgewood
718.386.5136
Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older
Adults 212.402.1127.
Kew Gardens Community Center
Daily programs. Call for schedule:
718.268.5960. 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite
202, Kew Gardens.
Diabetes Self-Management
Representatives from L.I. Jewish Hospital
Nov. 30, 1:30 pm
Queens Community House, Forest Hills
Senior/Community Center 108-25 62nd Dr.,
718.699.1010.
Queens Community House, Pomonok Center
67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, 718.591.3377.
Queens Interagency Council On Aging
Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd.,
Room 319, Kew Gardens; 718.268.5954.
Ridgewood Older Adult Center & Services,
59-14 70th Ave.; 718.456.2000.
Selfhelp Austin Street Senior Center, 106-06
Queens Blvd., Forest Hills; 718.520.8197.
Self-Help Benjamin Rosenthal S.C., 45-25
Kissena Blvd., Flushing; 718.459.5549.
Selfhelp Maspeth, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth;
718.429.3636.
Steinway S.C., 20-43 Steinway St., Astoria;
718.728.8472.
Lunch Special
Suggested contribution $1.50 age 60+, $3.50
under age 60.  Mon. - Fri.
Sunnyside Community Services Center for
Active OlderAdults
43-31 39th St., Sunnyside, 718.784.6173.