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

Martin Luther King Jr. talk by Joan
Adams ($6 suggested)
Central Queens YM & YMHA, 67-09
108th St., Forest Hills, 718.268.5011,
www.centralqueensy.org.
Jan. 16, 1:30 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
Clinton Democratic Club Meeting
Vallone & Vallone LLP, 25-59 Francis
Lewis Blvd., Flushing, 718.428.7285
Jan. 18, 7 pm
FDR Democratic Association
Guest Asm. Rory Lancman
Chabad of NE Queens, 212-12 26th Ave.,
Bayside, 718.460.8285
Jan. 19, 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
Rego Hills Republican Club Meeting
Sizzler Restaurant, 100-27 Metropolitan
Ave., Forest Hills.
Jan. 17, 7:30 pm
United Forties Civic Assn.
St. Teresa Parish Center, 50-22 45th St.,
Woodside. Info 718.392.0416
Jan. 12, 7 pm

Community Boards, Edu. & Pct.
112th Precinct Community Council
Meeting and Safety Seminar
68-40 Austin St., Forest Hills
Jan. 18, 7:30 pm (meetings every 3rd
Weds.)
Community Bd. 2:
-Meeting on flooding • St. Mary’s
Winfield School Cafeteria, 70-20 48th
Ave., Woodside
Jan. 20, 6:30 pm
-Hunters Point South Development
Informational Meeting
P.S. 1 MoMA
22-25 Jackson Ave., LIC.
Jan. 12, 6:30 pm
Community Dist. Educ. Council 26
M. S. 67, 51-60 Marathon Pkwy., Room
B44A, Little Neck. Info 718.631.6927.
Jan. 26, 7 pm: Business Meeting
(Councilmembers); 8 pm: Public Meeting

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.
Grand Slam Luncheon: Art Shamsky
($30, $25 children)
Forest Hills Jewish Center, 106-06
Queens Blvd., Forest Hills, 718.263.7000.
Jan. 22, 12 - 2 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)
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
First Look • To Jan. 15
David Cronenberg retrospective
Jan. 21 - Feb. 12
Surviving Life: Collages by Jan
Svankmajer • To Feb. 26
Persona Performa Panorama by Ming
Wong • To April 1
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World
Extended through Mar. 4, 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.
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
Free Drop-In Family Workshop
Jan. 15, 1:30 - 4:30 pm
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
Jackson Heights 3 am ($18)
Jan. 27 - Feb. 5 (Jan. 13 - 22 at P.S. 69)
2011 - 2012 Kids Series, ($14; $11 for 3+
shows; To Apr. 1, 2012):
-Are You My Mother?
Jan. 22, 1 pm and 3 pm
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
Advance Man, pt. 1 of Honeycomb
Trilogy ($18/ $15 students, seniors)
Jan. 12 - 29; 3 pm, 8 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
York College Music
Concerts, visit Music @ York College
Others
Flux Thursday, monthly potluck and
art salon 39-31 29th St., LIC,
www.fluxfactory.org
Jan. 12, 8 pm
From Here to Haiti, fundraiser
14-46 Utopia Parkway, Whitestone,

718.746.3012 • Jan. 14, 9 am - 9 pm
Jackson Heights 3 am ($18)
P.S. 69, 77-02 35th Ave., Jackson Hts.,
www.theatre167.org. see also Queens
Theatre. • Jan. 13-22
MoMA P.S. 1: Clifford Owens, anthology performance 22-25 Jackson Ave., LIC
Jan. 14, 3 pm
Music for a Winter Afternoon ($12/ $10
students and seniors)
Saint Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South,
Forest Hills Gardens, 718.268.7772,
www.gingerbreadplayers.org.
Jan. 15, 3pm
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.
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 at various locations, call for reservations, 718.267.4333,
www.mshq.org/community/events
Diabetes: Balancing Your Blood Sugar
JVL-Dimotsis-Vallone Senior Ctr., 27-40
Hoyt Ave., South, Astoria.
Jan. 17, 10:30 am
Tame the Pain
Steinway Senior Ctr., 20-43 Steinway St.,
Astoria • Jan. 24, 10:45 am
Better Brrr-eathing: A respiratory
guide for winter
JVL-Dimotsis-Vallone Senior Ctr., 27-40
Hoyt Ave., South, Astoria.
Jan. 26, 10:30 am
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

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.
Celebration of the Arts ($5 sugg.)
Jan. 15, 2 pm Opening Reception
To Jan. 29
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.
Readings and Discussions, Documents
in American History: American
Constitutional Government. Email for
selected reading material,
astorialic@gmail.com. • Jan. 14, 1 pm
History Roundtable: Elvis Presley &
the Birth of American Youth Culture $0
m/$5nm • Jan 21, 1 pm
Film: Queens the Way It Was
Jan. 28, 1 pm
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. 718.939.0647 x17.
www.queenshistoricalsociety.org,
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.
-Bd. Trustees and Committee meetings
Jan. 19, 4:30 pm Committees; 6:15 pm
Board of Trustees, open session
-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. 28 Watching Weather; both 10:30 am
- 12:30 pm
Toddler Time on the Weekend
($176m/$198nm) ages 24-35 months
To Mar. 31, 10:30 - 11:45 am

Penguin Party ($15m/$20nm) ages 3 -5
Jan. 14, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Winter Sky: Astronomy with Mark
Freilich ($10m/ $12nm/ $7 children 7-12
yrs.) age 7+ • Jan. 14, 7 - 9 pm
Animal Care Trainee ($15m/ $20nm)
ages 8-12
Jan. 14 or Jan 29; 10 am - 12 pm
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
Italian Charities of America: Italian
Class, Winter session 83-20 Queens
Blvd., Elmhurst, 718.478.3100.
Starting: Jan. 17 beginners; Jan. 18 intermediate; Jan. 19 advanced.
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
To Mar. 10, register now
718.482.5334; www.peopleware.net/ace.
-Winter Teen Academy (middle and
high school) register now, see above
To 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
59-03 Summerfield St., Ridgewood
718.386.5136
Classic Movie Thursdays
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
Drawing/Painting Class
Fri. 1 pm
Tai Chi/Chi Kung
Fri. 10 am
Line Dancing Class • Jan. 25, 12 pm
Dance with Carol Kaminski
Jan. 18, 11 am
Ballroom Dancing intro. • Jan. 18, 12 pm
Men Only workshop
Every 4th Mon. as of Jan. 23; 10 am
English translation assistance w/Carol
Come during regular office hours
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., Ridgewood,
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.
Sen. Addabbo Free Events
Howard Beach Dist. Ofc. 718.738.1111,
Middle Village Dist. Ofc. 718.497.1630.
Social Security Info. Meetings:
-Peter Cardella Senior Center, 68-52 Fresh
Pond Rd., Ridgewood • Jan. 12, 11 am
-Howard Beach Senior Ctr., 156-45 84th
St., Howard Beach • Jan. 24, 10:30 am
-Middle Village Senior Ctr., 69-10 75th
St., Middle Village • Feb. 9, 11 am
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.