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. 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. 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. Community Bd. No. 2 Sunnyside Community Svcs., 43-31 39th St., Ground Floor, Sunnyside. Jan. 5, 7 pm Community Educ. Council Dist. 25 Calendar and Business Meeting 30-48 Linden Pl., Room 407, Flushing. Jan. 4, 7 pm General Interest Animal Shelter/Rescue (Donations always appreciated): -Animal Rescue • pet adoptions, 718.224.8629 or 631.420.0425. -Bobbi and the Strays Pet Rescue & Adoption. Adoption Center, 71-03 80 St., Glendale, 718.326.6070, www.bobbiandthestrays.org /Adopt.aspx. -Muffin’s Pet Connection helps find homes for pets. 718.833.7988 or www.muffins.org. Church in the Gardens: Mommy I Can Cook, ages 5 - 14 ($10/child/session; $5 each additional child) • 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, 718.268.6704; mommyicancook@gmail.com Dec. 29, 11 am - 1 pm 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. Alternating Thurs., 10 am Arts & Entertainment Barnes & Noble 176-60 Union Tpke., Fresh Meadows, 718.380.7077 / 7000 Austin St., Forest Hills. Weekly Storytimes (Fresh Meadows) 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 Collage Art of Louis Armstrong Sat. & Sun., 12-5 pm • Through 2013 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 To Dec. 31 Museum of the Moving Image 35th Avenue/36th Street, Astoria, 718.784.0077, 718.777.6888. Magic & Movies ($5) To Jan. 2; 1 pm & 3 pm 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. Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City • Jan. 8, 3 pm Open Studio ($5) • 1st Sun. Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonne Online: www.catalogue.noguchi.org. Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, 718.997.5000. 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 World’s Fair Panorama of NYC Ongoing Queens Theatre Flushing Meadows-Corona Park www.queenstheatre.org, 718.760.0064 Golden Dragon Acrobats ($25 - $32) To Dec. 31, 2 pm & 7 pm 2011 - 2012 Kids Series, ($14; $11 for 3+ shows) • To Apr. 1, 2012 Queensborough Community College www.visitQPAC.org. for information. 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, 718.631.6396 Secret Theatre 44-02 23rd St., LIC, 718.392.0722, www.secrettheatre.com 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 York College Music Concerts, visit Music @ York College Others Space Womb 22-48 Jackson Ave., LIC, 917.670.1342 To Jan. 12 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. The New York Panorama is an ongoing exhibit at the Queens Museum of Art Flushing Meadows Park, 718.592.9700 Feb. 19, 2012 from 3 - 7 pm 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 Queen of Angels Church Blood Drive Jan. 15, 9 am - 3 pm Samuel Field Y Programs: Afterschool, learning disabled, singles, parents, space for parties. 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. Partner Abuse Counseling Program Support, referrals to shelter and legal svcs. Ongoing Indoor Playground, age 5 and under Little Neck. Weds., 10:45 - 11:45 pm Play Gym Open House, 6 mos. - 36 mos. Pre-register. Forest Hills. Jan. 4, 10-10:45 am (6 - 18 mos.); 11- 11:45 am (19 - 36 mos.) Historicals Bayside Historical Society Fort Totten Park. For info visit www.baysidehistorical.org, or call 718.352.1548. Ongoing exhibits ($3 donation) Native Bayside; The Castle; If The Hat Fits; Virtual Exhibit: Take a Cruise Through the History of Bayside 1639- 2000. Central Queens Historical Association A source for Queens photos not available elsewhere; go to www.CQHA.net or call 917.376.4496. Greater Astoria Historical Soc. 20 Broadway, 4th Fl., Astoria, 718.278.0700. Greater Ridgewood Historical 143-135 37th Ave., Flushing, 718.465.1776. Open to the public Sat. King Manor Museum www.kingmanor.org. Tours & school/group programs. Thursdays - Sundays Maple Grove Cemetery 83-15 Kew Gardens Road (Lefferts Blvd.) Queens Historical Society Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37 Ave., Flushing. www.queenshistoricalsociety.org, 718.939.0647 x17 Lost Synagogues of The Bronx & Queens with Ellen Levitt ($5m/$8nm) Jan. 8, 2:30 - 4:30 pm Third Tuesday Movie Matinees $3/$2 students and seniors Woodhaven Cultural & Historical Soc. 91st Ave. & Woodhaven Blvd., 718.846.1907 Library Highlights Queens Library Call 718.990.0700, or visit www.queenslibrary.org for program information. Woodhaven Book Discussion Group Woodhaven branch, 85-41 Forest Pkwy., 718.849.1010 3rd Weds., 2 pm Ongoing: Central Library

89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. -Administrative Committee meeting Jan. 5, 5:30 pm -Children’s Library Discovery Center Adjacent to Central Library 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. Young Discoverers Club, ($18m/$23nm) ages 8-12 Jan. 7: Candy Chromatography Jan. 28 Watching Weather; both 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Toddler Time on the Weekend ($176m/$198nm) ages 24-35 months Jan. 7 - Mar. 31, 10:30 - 11:45 am American Littoral Society 28 West 9th Rd., Broad Channel. Directions 917.371.8577, info 718.318.9344. Fort Totten Fort Totten Visitor Center, Bldg. 502, North of 212 St. and Cross Island Pkwy. Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main St., Flushing, 718.886.3800, www.queensbotanical.org. 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. 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. -Bee-Keeping ($90nm/$75m; incl. text) 3rd Weds, to June 2012, 7-9 pm School Events LaGuardia Community College 31-10 Thomson Ave., LIC. 718.482.5055, www.lagcc.cuny.edu. -Long Island City Works: photography To Feb. 29, 2012 -College for Children, grades 3-5 Jan. 7 - Mar. 10, register now 718.482.5334; www.peopleware.net/ace. -Winter Teen Academy (middle and high school) register now, see above Jan. 7 - Mar. 17 Senior Centers, Activities 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 Queens YM/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. Forest Hills Senior Center 108-25 62nd Dr., 718.699.1010. 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: art, exercise, comedy writing, self-defense, foreign languages, etc. Call for schedule: 718.268.5960. 80- 02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202, Kew Gardens. Falun Gong (Wheel Breathing Exercise) Mon. 12-1 pm Piano Sing-Along Alternating Weds., 1:30 - 3 pm Whitney Museum slide show Dec. 29, 1 pm Line Dancing Class Jan. 11 & 25, 12 pm Dance with Carol Kaminski Jan. 4 & 18, 11 am Pomonok Senior Center 67-09 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, 718.591.3377. Bingo • Mon. & Fri 10 am Yoga • Thurs. 10 am Knitting • Fri. 1 pm Queens Interagency Council On Aging Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Room 319, Kew Gardens; 718.268.5954. Rego Park Senior Center 93-29 Queens Blvd., Rego Park, 718.896.8511. Free membership, classes, workshops, case assistance. Hot lunches served. 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 Older Adults 43-31 39th St., Sunnyside, 718.784.6173. Library Locations: •Astoria Branch, 14-01 Astoria Blvd., L.I.C.; 278-2220. •Auburndale/Clearview Branch, 25-55 Francis Lewis Blvd., Flushing; 352-2027. •Baisley Park Branch, 117-11 Sutphin Blvd., Jamaica; 529-1590. •Bayside Branch, 214-20 Northern Blvd.; 229- 1834. •Bay Terrace Branch, 18-36 Bell Blvd., Bayside; 423-7004. •Briarwood Branch, 85-12 Main St.; 658-1680. •Broadway Branch, 40-20 Broadway, LIC; 721- 2462. •Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica; 990-0781. •Corona Branch, 38-23 104 St.; 426-2844. •Court Square Branch, 25-01 Jackson Ave., LIC; 937-2790. •Douglaston/Little Neck Branch, 249-01 Northern Blvd.; 225-8414. •East Elmhurst Branch, 95-06 Astoria Blvd.; 424-2169. •East Flushing Branch, 196-36 Northern Blvd.; 357-6643. •Flushing Library, 41-17 Main St.; 661-1200. •Forest Hills Branch, 108-19 71st Ave.; 268- 7934. •Jackson Heights Branch, 35-51 81 St.; 899- 2500. •Kew Gardens Hills Branch, 72-33 Vleigh Pl., Flushing; 261-6654. •Langston Hughes Branch, 100-01 Northern Blvd., Corona; 651-1100. •Laurelton Branch, 134-26 225th St.; 518-2822. •Lefferts Branch, 103-34 Lefferts Blvd., Richmond Hill; 843-5950. •LeFrak City Branch, 98-25 Horace Harding Xway.; Corona, 592-7677. •McGoldrick Branch, 155-06 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing 461-1616. •Mitchell-Linden Branch, 29-42 Union St., Flushing; 539-2330. •North Forest Park Branch, 98-27 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Hill; 261-5512. •Maspeth Branch, 69-70 Grand Ave.; 639-5228. •Pomonok Branch, 158-21 Jewel Ave., Flushing; 591-4343. •Queensboro Hill Branch, 60-05 Main St., Flushing; 359-8332. •Queensbridge Branch, 10-43 41st Ave., L.I.C.; 937-6266. •Ravenswood Branch, 35-32 21st St., L.I.C.; 784-2112. •Rego Park Branch, 91-41 63 Dr.; 459-5140. •Ridgewood Branch, 20-12 Madison St.; 821- 4770. •Rochdale Village Branch, 169-09 137th Ave.; 721-2462. •Steinway Branch, 21-45 31st St., Long Island City; 728-1965. •Sunnyside Branch, 43-06 Greenpoint Ave., L.I.C.; 784-3033. •Windsor Park Branch, 79-50 Bell Blvd., Bayside; 468-8300. •Woodhaven Branch, 85-41 Forest Pkwy.; 849- 1010. •Woodside Branch, 54-22 Skillman Ave.; 429- 4700.