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
Flushing Camera Club
Flushing Hospital, 45th Ave. & Parsons
Blvd. • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Weds., 7:30 - 10 pm
Italian Charities 83-20 Queens Blvd.,
Elmhurst, 718.478.3100.
-Italian Classes ($80)
To April 24, 14 weeks.
Adult, 3 levels: Tues., Weds., Thurs., 7 - 9
pm; Children: Sat., 10 am - 12 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
Variety Boys & Girls Club Auditions
for Seussical Jr. Ages 6-16, after-school
members. 21-12 30th Rd., LIC.
To Mar. 20, 5:30 - 6:50 pm

Community Boards, Edu. & Pct.
102nd Precinct Community Council
Moose Hall 87-34 118th St., Richmond
Hill.
3rd Tues.
112th Precinct Community Council
Meeting and Safety Seminar
68-40 Austin St., Forest Hills
3rd Weds., 7:30 pm
114th Precinct Community Council,
monthly meeting
Riccardo’s by the Bridge, 21-01 24th Ave.,
Astoria • Feb. 28, 7 pm
Community Bd. 3, Q. meeting
82-11 37th Ave., Ste. 606, Jackson Hts.,
718.458.2707, www.cb3qn.nyc.gov.
3rd Thurs
Community Bd. 9 meeting
For location call 718.286.2686.
2nd Tues.
Education Town Hall w/ UFT Pres.
Mulgrew and Cncl. Dromm
P.S. 69, 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson Hts.
Feb. 29, 6:30-8:30 pm
Greater Woodhaven Devel. Corp.
St. Thomas the Apostle, 87-49 87th St.,
First Floor, Woodhaven.
As of Mar. 27: 4th Tues., 7:30 pm
UFT District 26 Scholarship
Application Grades Pre-K - 12. Info
718.275.4400. Apply now, online:
www.uft.org/files/attachments/d26-scholarship application- 2011- 2012. pdf
Deadline April 14 (postmark).
Woodhaven Residents’ Block Assoc.
Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Volunteer
Ambulance Corps., 78-15 Jamaica Ave.,
Woodhaven. Dates and times TBA, call
718.296.3735.

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.
Brownfield Cleanup Program Remedial
Investigation Work Plan Available for
Public Review For those who live/own
near Paragon Paint and Varnish, 5-49 46th
Ave., LIC. Document repositories:
-Queens Borough Public Library, Court
Square Branch, 25-01 Jackson Ave., LIC.
-Community Bd. 2 office, 43-22 50th St.,
2nd Floor, Woodside, call in advance
718.533.8773.
-NYSDEC Region 2 office, 47-40 21st St.,
LIC, call in advance 718.482.4900.
To Feb. 27
Business Assistance Workshops (free)
Boro Pres. Marshall’s Business Assistance
Calendar: Computer workshops in
English, Spanish, Mandarin, starting and
running a business, getting government
contracts. At various Queens library
branches, www.queenslibrary.org;
www.queensny.org/qedc/business/events;
718.990.0796. • To Feb. 28
Crisis of the Black Male Conference:
From Learning to Leading
Mar. 27, 9 am - 5 pm, Medgar Evers
College, 1650 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn.
Mar. 28, 9 am - 5 pm, York College PAC,
94-20 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, info
718.262.3772,
www.york.cuny.edu/menscenter.
Family Focus Adoption Svcs. Info Mtgs.
54-40 Little Neck Pkwy., Suite 4, Little
Neck. Info 718.224.1919
Feb. 28, 7 pm.
Mary Louis Academy Parent Club
Night of Chance: Casino Royale ($25)
176-21 Wexford Terrace, School
Cafeteria, Jamaica Estates, 718.297.2120.
Mar. 23, 7 pm
CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation/Air
Quality) funded projects of NYMTC
Transportation Improvement Program
Public Meeting and Public Comments.
Details online:
www.nymtc.org/files/CMAQFFY2013-
2015Solicitation.pdf. Write to Carl King,
NYC Tranportation Coordinating
Committee, 47-40 21st St. , LIC, NY
11101; fax 718.482.6686; email:
cking@dot.state.ny.us.
• Mar. 8, 4 pm: Deadline for written comments. Queens Alliance Baseball League
Welcomes teams and players for local
competitive league. Info 718.366.7717 or
718.821.4487.
Sen. Addabbo Events
-Tax Preparation (Free) with CUNY
volunteers Majestic Marquise, 88-03
101st Ave., Ozone Park. Income eligibility requirement 718.738.1111 • Mar. 16, 10
am - 4 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
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental
Illness) 516.326.0797, www.nami.org
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.
Best of Laura Numeroff Storytime
Feb. 25, 11 am
Cookie Mouse guest appearance
Feb. 25, 11:30 am
Weekly Storytimes (Fresh Meadows):
(Weds. and Sat., 11 am)
-Dr. Seuss Storytime • Mar. 3, 11 am
Flushing Town Hall
Northern Blvd. & Linden Place
Antique Chinese Windows and Doors
To Feb. 26; ($5 suggested)
Paul Yeon Lee, composer in residence
performing “Scattered Wind”
Feb. 25, 2 - 4 pm
Barry Harris Trio ($40/ $32m/ $20 students) • Feb. 25, 8 pm
Su Zheng: 150 Years of Chinese Music
in NYC; book signing of Claiming
Diaspora • Feb. 26, 1 pm/ 3pm in
Mandarin
Daniel Bernard Roumain + The
Mission: Civil Rights Reader ($25/
$20m/ $10 students) • Mar. 2, 8 pm
(school performances, Educ. Dept.
718.463.7700 x241)

Aaron Copland School of Music
Guerrilla Arts Ensemble • Mar. 4, 2 pm
Jazz Jams ($10/ $0m, students, performers) • 1st Weds., 7 - 10 pm
Jazz Clinics (for H.S. students) 2nd Fri.
To Jun 8, 4 - 7 pm; register 718.463.7700
x241
Tai Chi • Fri. 9:30 - 10:30 am (to Mar. 2)
Collage Art of Louis Armstrong: In the
Cause of Happiness
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 (40 min. tours
$10/$7 seniors, students, children/ $0m,
children under 4) 34-56 107th Ave.,
Corona, group rates: 718.478.8274.
www.LouisArmstrongHouse.org.
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue/36th Street, Astoria,
718.784.0077, 718.777.6888.
Ongoing:
-City Glow
-Behind the Screen
Surviving Life: Collages by Jan
Svankmajer • To Feb. 26
Films of Jan Svankmajer • To Feb. 25
Restless: Films and Other Works by
Mircea Cantor (In person Mar. 3 & 5)
Mar. 3 - May 6
Persona Performa Panorama by Ming
Wong • To April 1
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World
Extended through Mar. 4, 2012
Noguchi Museum ($10, $5 seniors, college ID, $0 under 12, NYC public H.S.
ID) 9-01 33rd Rd., LIC, 718.204.7088,
www.noguchi.org.
Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island
City • To April 22
Open Studio ($5) • 1st Sun.
Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonne
Online: www.catalogue.noguchi.org.
Queens College
65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing,
718.997.5000.
In Perpetuum/forever II: Anne Pundyk
& Other Artists, “Rapunzel in the
Library” Rosenthal Library, Level Six.
-To April 25.
-Reception, Artists’ Talks + Performance
April 4, 6 - 9 pm
-Culminating Group Exhib. Apr. 4 - 25.
Influx: Turkish Contemporary Dance
(free) Goldstein Theatre • Feb. 25, 8 pm
Leo (free) The Performance Space,
Rathaus Hall M11 • Mar. 3, 8 pm; Mar. 4,
3 pm.
Matt Haimovitz, Cello ($34 - $36)
Lefrak Concert Hall
Mar. 4, 2 pm
Queens Museum of Art
www.queensmuseum.org. for program
info. Flushing Meadows Park,
718.592.9700
Queens Int’l 2012: Three Points Make a
Triangle 31 Queens artists • To May 20
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)
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
York College Music
Concerts, visit Music @ York College
YCMC Music Movie Time: The Soloist
Academic Core 2M05 • Feb. 28, 12pm
Jazz at the Chapel
York College Community Jam Session,
Illinois Jacquet • Feb. 28, 7 pm
Others
Black History Art Show at Queens
Library: Collage Work by Edwin G.
Cadiz LIC Library, 37-44 21st St., LIC,
718.752.3700, www.artist-unlimited.com.
To Mar. 30.
Forest Hills Symphony Orchestra ($5/
$3 seniors/students)
Forest Hills Jewish Ctr., 106-06 Queens
Blvd., Forest Hills, info 718.374.1627,
www.fhso.org. Group rates 516.785.2532.
Feb. 26, 2 pm
Tango 5 Senses/Sentidos ($30/ $27 students, seniors/ $25 Fridays)
Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41-17 Greenpoint
Ave., Sunnyside, 718.729.3880.
www.thaliatheatre.org.
To Mar. 8
Windows on Welfare Island, images by
Dannielle Hayes, 1968
Octagon Gallery, 888 Main St., Roosevelt
Island. • To Mar. 18.

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, (and more events
www.mshq.org/community/events)
The Heart of the Matter
George T. Douris Tower, 2nd Floor, 27-40
Hoyt Ave. South, Astoria.
Feb. 23, 7 pm
Breast Health Screening & Education
Mt. Sinai Queens, 31-60 21st St., Astoria.
Feb. 29, 4 pm
Healthy Eating with Diabetes Series
LIC YMCA, 32-23 Queens Blvd., LIC.
Mar. 6, 11 am
Medication Management
Catherine Sheridan Ctr., 35-24 83rd St.,
Jackson Hts. • Mar. 7, 11am
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.
Computer Essentials:
-Intro/Intermediate “Word” ($100)
Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23; 10 am - 12 pm. Register
Wednesday Night Singles ($7m/ $9nm)
2nd, 4th Weds., 7 - 9 pm
New Member Open House • Mar. 14
Working Together to Promote Healthy
Relationships, -Discussion series
For parents of developmentally disabled

children. With Cap Connect, Clearview
Assistance Program, 163-59 17th Ave.,
Whitestone. RSVP at above phone, Enid
Miller ext. 248, Amanda Smith ext. 204.
Mar. 1, 22, 29; 12 - 1:30 pm
SFY/CQY Annual Business Breakfast
Douglaston Manor, 63-20 Marathon
Parkway Douglaston.
Mar. 6, 8:30 - 10 am
Dancing With David - Ballroom and
Latin • Thurs. 11 - 12 pm.
Partner Abuse Counseling Program
Support, referrals to shelter and legal svcs.
Ongoing
Indoor Playground, age 5 and under
Weds., 10:45 - 11:45 pm
Other
No-Cost Digital Mammograms/ Clinical
Breast Exams Mobil Van, by appointment 877.628.9090,
www.americanitaliancancer.org. Corona,
Flushing, LIC, Whitestone, Woodside.

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.
35-20 Broadway, 4th Fl., Astoria,
718.278.0700, www.astorialic.org.
Greater Ridgewood Historical
143-135 37th Ave., Flushing,
718.465.1776.
Open to the public Sat.
King Manor Museum
King Park, Jamaica Ave. at 153rd St.,
Jamaica, 718.206.0545,
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.
Emanuel United Church of Christ, 91st
Ave. & Woodhaven Blvd.,
718.846.1907.
9/11 Blue Collar Heroes, speaker
Richard Greenwald
Feb. 29, 1 pm

Library Highlights

Queens Library

Call 718.990.0700, or visit
www.queenslibrary.org for program
information.
Central Library
89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica.
-Administrative Committee of the Bd.
of Trustees • Mar. 1, 5:30 pm
-Children’s Library Discovery Center
Adjacent to Central Library • ongoing
Family Yoga QPL, 37-44 21st St., LIC.
Feb. 27, 6 pm
Woodhaven Book Discussion Group
Woodhaven branch, 85-41 Forest Pkwy.,
718.849.1010 • 3rd Weds., 2 pm

Parks & Recreation

Alley Pond Environmental Center
Pre-register for 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.
Animal Care Trainee ($15m/ $20nm)
ages 8-12 • Mar. 4, 10 am - 12 pm
Soothing Natural Facials ($18m/
$23nm) ages 7-12
Feb. 25, 10:30 am - 12 pm
Young Discoverers Club: Acid Rain
(18m/ $23nm) Ages 8-12
Feb. 26, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Zumba! ($10 per child/ $15 per child w/
adult) grades 1-4 • Feb. 27, 3:45-4:45 pm
Toddler Time on the Weekend
($176m/$198nm) ages 24 mos. - 35 mos.
To Mar. 31, 10:30 - 11:45 am
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.
Photography of Audrey Gottlieb
To May 19, artist’s talk on May 19
NYC Compost Project ($5) must register Feb. 23, 10:30 am (children)
Composting Workshop in Mandarin
Chinese register 718.539.5296.
Mar. 3, 2 - 4 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
Western Queens Compost Initiative
Drop off: Greenmarket, 34th Ave. & 77th
St., Jackson Hts. • Sun. 9 am - 12 pm

School Events

Forest Hills H.S. Craft Fair/ Flea Mkt.
Vendors wanted. 67-01 110th St., Forest
Hills, info and prices 917.747.5129, email
28Q440PA@schools.nyc.gov.
Mar. 31, Apr. 1; 9 am - 4 pm
LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Ave., LIC. 718.482.5055,
www.lagcc.cuny.edu.
-CUNY Fatherhood Academy, ages 18 -
24 (free) C-Bldg, room C416, 29-10
Thomson Ave., LIC. 718.730.7330.
Weds. to Feb. 29, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm orientation. 5 mos. program.
-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
St. John’s Prep Alumni Reunion:
Classes of ‘82, ‘87, ‘92, ‘97, ‘02 • St.
John’s Prep, Astoria, 718.721.7200 x686,
email: sjpalumni@stjohnsprepschool.org.