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Thursday, June 17, 2010
6:30 - 10:30 p.m.
NIGHT OF HOPE WINE TASTING EVENT

What perfect way to start the summer then by enjoying a glass of a great wine on the private penthouse deck of the CityView Racquet Club? On June 17, 2010 the American Cancer Society will be hosting the 2nd annual Night of Hope Wine Tasting and kickoff to summer BBQ.
Tickets are $75 per guest (includes wine tasting, food pairing reception, live entertainment and access to the private Penthouse of the CityView Racquet Club)
Purchase your ticket at: http://gala.acsevents.org/nightofhopeNY
A few of the Wines & Spirits being featured:
· Brancott Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand
· Jacobs Creek Reserve Shiraz from Australia (89.1 rating on Wine Spectator)
· Mumm Napa Demi Cuvee M Sparkling wine from Napa Valley
· Sandeman Founders Reserve Port from Portugal
· Absolut Acai Berry Vodka Station
· Many more whites, reds and summer spirits being featured

Don’t forget that FreshDirect is providing the exclusive food pairing reception to complement the wines!
Bring your colleagues, friends and family to enjoy an evening of fun, spirits and great food all while making a difference in the fight against cancer.

For additional information contact: April Brown, American Cancer Society, 718.261.1092 x 5535 or april.brown@cancer.org

Free Gallery Talks

Ongoing, through 7/01/10

Tours take place at 2 pm, Wednesday through Sunday, and are open to individual visitors. On First Fridays and Second Sundays, the 2 pm tour is also available in Japanese. Click here for hours, admission and directions or call: 718-204-7088.

The Mountain, 1964 - Red Persian Travertine

Ongoing, through 10/24/10

Current exhibition at Noguchi ReINstalled (9-01 33rd Road off Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, NY 11106). On view through October 24, 2010. On the occasion of the completion of the Museum's renovation and the return of the 150 works on loan to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in England, The Noguchi Museum has reinstalled its galleries and sculpture garden as Noguchi conceived. Through consultation of the Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. Additionally, complementing the reinstallation, a number of new acquisitions to the Museum's collection, including a recently fabricated model reproducing Noguchi's ambitious design for the five-acre site at the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden in Jerusalem from 1960-1965, are on view. Click here for hours, admission and directions or call: 718-204-7088

The New York Hall of Science

Ongoing, through 7/01/10

The New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona, NY. The New York Hall of Science features more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. Crystal Winter Weekends, November 27 – January 3 (plus daily December 28, 2009 – January 3, 2010) Explore the amazing symmetry of snow crystals with these winter wonderland events including a puppet show for preschoolers, craft activities, and the Giant Winter Globe. General admission, some activities have additional fees. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org

Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You

Ongoing, through 3/13/10

3 - 6 p.m. at The Queens Museum of Art is located at: New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368. Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia that drew more than one thousand toga-clad spectators to a World's Fair reflecting pool adjacent to the Queens Museum on August 13, 2009 (click here for more info). For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life. In addition, Riley will be unveiling Morituri Te Salutant (2009), a special edition print depicting the event in laser engraving and dry-point on Plexiglas printed on paper handmade from the same phragmites reeds that Riley harvested in Flushing Meadows Corona Park for the construction of his naval vessels. For more information call: (718) 592-9700.

Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild

Ongoing, through 3/13/10

Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the museum and its physical site. The New York City Building was originally built for the 1939-40 World's Fair and housed Queens' only ice rink until the QMA's expansion began in September 2009. Bricks, books, and antiquated office furniture and equipment salvaged from the rink will make up Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with participants in the QMA's New New Yorkers program-the museum's educational outreach initiative for recent immigrant residents of Queens-the artist will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants. The project will develop and evolve over the exhibition period, and is meant to serve as a rebuilding platform for human exchange and cultural collaboration in the community of Queens. For more information call: (718) 592-9700 or visit: www.queensmuseum.org

O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers

Ongoing, through 3/13/10

Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. The project harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" against the backdrop of today's financial crisis. While the 1939-40 Fair was the largest of all time, the artist assembled a miniature fair in collaboration with a group of Queens youth of immigrant parents. Having never visited their parents' countries of origin, the young participants imagined their own "motherland" as a national pavilion. Her mini-Fair reflects the increasingly complex cultural demographics of Queens and its inimitable vigor as the future of the nation. Zhang's mural-size collage of the participants' photographic portrait will serve as the U.S. pavilion. The installation of soaring angular structures and a glowing sphere are reminiscent of the Trylon and Perisphere, the signature monuments of the original World's Fair. In this project, a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. The exhibition's title is the artist's play on the 1939 World's Fair DuPont Pavilion motto - Blazing the Trail to New Frontiers Through Chemistry. For more information call: (718) 592-9700 or visit: www.queensmuseum.org

THE NEWS IN REVUE

Ongoing, through 12/26

Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. in Queens Theatre in the Park (Flushing Meadows Corona Park). See what people are saying about The News In Revue at Queens Theatre in the Park: "It's da bomb!" Kim Jong II, North Korea "They deliver more smiles to the gallon." CEO, General Motors "The votes are in. The News in Revue is the undisputed winner of this year's 'Best Comedy'. It's a laugh riot! "MAH MOUD Ahmadinejad, Tehran. Comedy. Price: $25 Tickets ,$21 Multi Show Discount,$23 Senior Discount,$20 Student Discount. For more information visit: queenstheatre.org

The Marie Rose Doll Museum International Doll Collection and Cultural Center

Ongoing, through 12/31

The Marie Rose Doll Museum International Doll Collection and Cultural Center, 187-11 Linden Blvd., St. Albans, offers tours Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Cost is adults $5, children $2.50. Children's day is on Saturdays, 12:30-4:30 p.m. Adult escort fee is $5. For more information, CLICK HERE.

Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity

Ongoing, through 12/31

Ongoing exhibit on Bayside Historical Society.

Exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine, Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.

"The Castle"

Ongoing, through 12/31/10

Ongoing exhibit on Bayside Historical Society.

explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.

"If the Hat Fits"

Ongoing, through 12/31/10

Ongoing exhibit on Bayside Historical Society.

History through headwear. This exhibit showcases hats throughout

time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. Photographs accompany the display, including some historical photos of Bayside. A $3 donation is requested.

"Jack Kerouac in Queens" Lecture

2:30 - 4:30 p.m. at Kingsland Homestead - 143-35 37th Avenue. Pat Fenton, writer, playwright, and Kerouac historian, will be presenting a lecture to celebrate the famed American writer Jack Kerouac and how Queens greatly impacted his life and writing. Admission: $3, $2 seniors & students. For more information call: (718) 939-0647 or visit: www.nycgovparks.org

Flushing

Jack Kerouac in Queens Lecture

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354. Join Pat Fenton, a writer, playwright and Kerouac historian, who will discuss and celebrate Jack Kerouac and the influence of Queens on his life and writing. Admission: $3; $2 for seniors and students. For more information, please call (718) 939-0647 ext. 17 or visit: NYCGovParks.org

Flushing

RAPPER’S ROW: THE QUEENSBRIDGE JAMAICA, & HOLLIS HIP HOP TOUR

Every Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Take a Manhattan-Queens tour with a celebrity guide and view inside the beginning of the second decade of hip hop pinpointing when the music business began to accept it as a genuine art form, not just a fad. The route allows you to see landmarks such as the Silver Cup Studios. You'll visit the neighborhoods, schools and street corners depicted in the lyrics giving you a broader understanding of referrals made in songs and locations used in videos!
For more info and tickets call 212-209-3370 or click here.
Jamaica , Hollis

Free Drop-In Workshops for Families: The Queens Family Room

1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at at Queens Museum of Arts, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Don't miss out on all the fun as we invite participants to create a collaborative family room filled with traces everyone's cultural roots. For more information visit: www.queensmuseum.org

Flushing

CLASSIC HITS FOR KIDS

2 p.m. at Kupferberg Center of the Arts. The virtuosity of this year's CPSM Concerto Competition winners—performing with full orchestral accompaniment—will amaze and inspire your youngster to new imaginings. Performances take place in LeFrak Concert Hall. Recommended for children ages 6 to 12. Admission: $12. kupferbergcenter.org

Flushing

BORGES Y PIAZZOLLA TANGO

Ongoing, through 3/21

Friday (8 p.m.), Saturday (8 p.m.) & Sunday (4 p.m.). Thalia Spanish Theatre presents a world premiere Tango musical created, produced, designed & directed by Angel Gil Orrios based on the famous collaboration between writer Jorge Luis Borges and composer Astor Piazzolla; with original music, arrangements & musical direction by 2007 Latin Grammy Winner Raul Jaurena.

718-729-3880

Sunnyside

Guitar Lessons

Ongoing, through 3/26

4:00 p.m. at Woodhaven, 85-41 Forest Parkway. Guitar lessons for ages 10 and up. Sign up Jan 25-29 in person. Preregistration required. Must have own guitar. Eight weeks of chords, scales, and songs. Must attend all lessons and have access to a CD player. For more information call: (718) 849-1010.

Woodhaven

Arts, Culture, and Fun

Ongoing, through 8/10

The Arts, Culture & Fun series offers a variety of cultural events, including, book readings and signings, film screenings, lectures on arts, dance, history, photography and music, as well as concerts, architecture, food, popular culture and much more. These events are held at various recreation centers throughout the city. For more information on the location and time of these series please visit: Arts Culture and Fun Series

Jamaica , Elmhurst , Flushing

Spanning Connections

Ongoing, through 2/14

Rockaway Artists Alliance presents exhibit Spanning Connections. Like New Year's itself, Spanning Connections stretches between past and future and brings those two points into the present; how things connect and what passes between the connections. An opening reception is taking place on Jan. 17 from 12 to 3pm in the RAA's T-6 gallery at Fort Tilden. Enjoy refreshments, spirited entertainment and good and lively company along with many of the artists.

(718) 474-0861

Far Rockaway

Exhibitions Opening

Ongoing, through 3/30

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at SculptureCenter (44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City). Please join us on Sunday, January 10th to celebrate the opening of SculptureCenter's winter exhibitions on view January 10 - March 30, 2010. For a series of winter exhibitions please visit: www.sculpture-center.org
Long Island City

Senior Program

Ongoing, through 12/31

Thursday - 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at Detective Keith L. Williams Field House - 106-16 173rd Street, Jamaica. Take part in this senior program that offers Bid, whist cards, crafts and more! Ages 55 and up. Center membership is required to take part in all programs. For more information call: 718-523-6912.

Jamaica

Lunar New Year Festival at Flushing Town Hall

Ongoing, through 2/28

Flushing Town Hall hosts a Lunar New Year Festival from January to February with events and a month-long exhibit of tiger traditions from Chinese culture. For a series of events please visit: flushingtownhall.com

Flushing

Behind the Screen

Ongoing, through 12/31

The daily core exhibition, Behind the Screen, at Museum of the Moving Image illuminates the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than 1000 film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques.

(718) 784-0077

Astoria

That Was Then...This Is Now

Ongoing, through 2/01/10

That Was Then...This Is Now is an exhibition on the Bayside Historical Society featuring two dozen photographs from our archival repository paired with recent photographs taken in the same location. Now on display in the first floor Tea Room at The Castle.

718-352-1548

Bayside

O Zhang: Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers

Ongoing, through 3/13/10

Cutting the Blaze to New Frontiers marks the 70th anniversary of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair. The project at QMA harkens back to its inspirational theme "the Dawn of a New Day" and a re-imagined Westinghouse Time Capsule solicits exhibition visitors to write on a wooden chip what they do not wish for future generations. Inverting the capsule's purpose, this collection of "non-wishes" will be burned at the end of the exhibition, rather than preserved. For more information call (718) 592-9700 or visit www.queensmuseum.org

Flushing

Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You

Ongoing, through 3/13/10

3 - 6 p.m. at The Queens Museum of Art located at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Duke Riley's Those About to Die Salute You is the second installment of a multi-part residency that began with a recreation of a Romanesque bread and circus naval battle or naumachia. For this exhibition, Riley converts the QMA's Small Triangle Gallery into a diorama revisiting that event through the detritus of the battle - armor, elements of the coliseum backdrop, battle-scarred vessels - while multi-channel video brings the "props" to life.

718-592-9700

Flushing

Noguchi ReINstalled

Ongoing, through 10/24/10

Through consultation of The Noguchi Museum's vast photographic archives, every effort has been made to present the collection as close to Noguchi's original intentions as possible. A number of objects loaned to exhibitions abroad have been returned to their intended configuration in the Museum's galleries and garden, and a number of recent acquisitions to the Museum's collections are now on view.

718-204-7088

Long Island City

Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild

Ongoing, through 3/13/10

Daniel Bozhkov has found inspiration in the history of the Queens museum and its physical site for his new exhibit Republik of Perpetual Reconstitution and Rebuild in which Michelangelo's Pieta meets Moby Dick in a forest of metal lockers full of visions. Working with the museum's educational outreach programs, he will create a hub of unlikely encounters between histories, futures, cultures, and memories; and between visitors and participants.

718-592-9700

Flushing

The New York Hall of Science

Ongoing, through 7/01/10

Visit The New York Hall of Science - located at 47-01 111 Street, Corona - featuring more than 450 exhibits, including the award-winning Science Playground & Preschool Place, and the new Rocket Park Mini Golf. For more information call: 718-699-0005 or visit: www.nyscience.org

Flushing

Free Gallery Talks

Ongoing, through 7/01/10

Wednesday - Sunday 2 p.m. at The Noguchi Museum - 9-01 33^rd Road, Long Island City. Gallery talks and tours are open to individual visitors. On first Fridays and second Sundays, the 2 p.m. tour is also available in Japanese.

718-204-7088

Long Island City

"The Castle"

Ongoing, through 12/31/10

This exhibit on the Bayside Historical Society explores the origins of the Officers' Club at Fort Totten from its design in the mid-19th century by the Army Corps of Engineers to its use as the original School of Application in 1887. Before and after photos detail the enormous task of restoring this Victorian era jewel. A $3 donation is requested.

718-352-1548

Bayside

Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity

Ongoing, through 12/31/10

Bayside Historical Society has yet another exhibit: Bayside Life: on the Edge of Modernity. This exhibit details life as it was in the Bayside community 70 years ago, featuring photographs, memorabilia, documents, accompanying narrative, and reproductions of a local magazine, Bayside Life, published from 1939-1941. A $3 donation is requested.

Bayside

"If the Hat Fits"

Ongoing, through 12/31/10

This exhibit on the Bayside Historical Society explores history through headwear, showcasing hats throughout time, including the top hat, the bowler, the pill box and the panama hat, among others. Each hat from the collection of 19 pieces tells a story about changing styles, local history, and the world at large. A $3 donation is requested.

Bayside

From Sheep to Shawl

Ongoing, through 6/30/10

Queens County Farm Museum is offering a hands-on program of carding and hand spinning which will introduce students to the process of turning wool into thread. Children will visit the farm's sheep and also take home a sample of their own hand-spun yarn.
718-347-3276, ext 302
Floral Park

Honey Bee Alive!

Ongoing, through 6/30/10

Come to Queens County Farm Museum and learn about the life-cycle of honeybees, their products, and how they help us. This workshop includes making a candle from beeswax and a delicious, edible honey stick.

FEE: $6 per person.

718-347-3276, ext 302

Jackson Heights Art Club presents a spring outdoor art exhibit on Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13, raindate June 26 and 27, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at PS 69, 37th Avenue between 77th and 78th streets.

   Queens Historical Society presents For Love of the Games: A History of Sports in Queens. Exhibition opening reception on Tuesday, June 15 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Ave., Flushing. Cost is $15 for members, $20 for nonmembers. The exhibit will run through the summer. Open Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday from 2:30-4:30 p.m.

   AES Gallery, 44-02 23rd St., Long Island City, presents Patricia Bradshaw’s “A Journey On Paper,” a series of collages and drawings, now through June 26. A reception will be held Friday, June 11 from 5-8 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment.

   The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing, announces a new photography exhibition, Flushing Main Street, USA, featuring work by Norma Felsenthal-Gerber, now through June 27. The series of images captures the vibrancy of bustling activity of downtown Flushing. The exhibition is open to the public Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 1-4 p.m.

   THEATRE

   Queens Shakespeare presents “The Merchant of Venice” on June 10, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, June 12 at 1 p.m. at Bowne Street Church, 143-11 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for students and seniors. Call or order from smarttix.com at (212) 868-4444.

   MUSIC

   The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing, presents, Eric Lemon and Friends for Jazz in the Garden, on Sunday, June 13 at 4 p.m. Admission is $10, $8 for members.

   The Hollis Presbyterian Church Ministry of Music and Birdco Productions presents “Cafe Parasio,” Paradise Cafe, an evening of R&B, blues, jazz and broadway, on Saturday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Lorne Brown Hall, Hollis Presbyterian Church, 100-50 196th St., Hollis. Tickets are $20 and includes buffet supper.

   The Queens Jazz Orchestra will perform on Friday, June 18 at 8 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Tickets are $40, $32 for members, $20 for students. Package prices are $120, $100 for members and includes a table for two, wine and snacks, meeting the artists and a signed CD.

   Hillcrest at 70 celebration concert will be held on Sunday, June 13 at 7:15 p.m. at Hillcrest Jewish Center, 183-02 Union Turnpike, Flushing. Performing will be Lisa Yves, Joel Chasnoff and Cantor Moti Fuchs. For tickets, call (718) 380-4145. Prices are $30-$60.

   DANCE

   DeFacto Dance Garden performance will be held at the Voelker Orth Museum on Saturday, June 19 at 4 p.m. at 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing. Admission is $5, children are free.

   REUNIONS

   Flushing High School class of 1970 will hold its 40 year reunion June 12. Send an email to fhs1970@gmail.com to get an information packet of details.

   TOURS

   Free Jamaica walking tour on Saturday, June 19 and Saturday, July 10 from 1-3 p.m. The event is rain or shine. Stops along the tour include access to a former Loew’s Valencia Theater, a 4,000 seat “Wonder Palace” built in the 1920s, a visit to a hidden 350-year old cemetery and concludes with a private tour and refreshments at the newly restored Chapel of the Sisters. For more information, visit jamaiacacenter.org or call (718) 526-2422.

   OUTDOORS

   Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, is home to several bird species. Bring your binoculars and field guide and join them for a walk on Saturday, June 12 at 10:30 a.m. Free with admission.

   FOR KIDS

   Storybook discovery days will be held on Saturday, June 26 from 11 a.m.-noon at the Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing. This monthly storybook and discovery activity program is for young children (under 6 years old) with Ambar Ramirez and Dr. Marjorie Hendler. Suggested donation is $2 for children.

   SPECIAL EVENTS

   A free New York Real Estate Expo will be held on Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel LaGuardia, 104-10 Ditmars Blvd., East Elmhusrt. It is for home buyers and home owners. To register, visit ny-realestateexpo.com.

   Free soup kitchen/hot lunch from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, June 12 and every second Saturday of every month. All are welcome. Non-denominational event at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens, 147-54 Ash Ave., Flushing.

   All Saints’ Church, 43-12 46th St., Sunnyside, will sponsor a Strawberry Fair on Saturday, June 12 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

   Church on the Hill, 167-07 35th Ave., Flushing, will present a Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 12 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

   A family Strawberry festival will be held at the Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood on Sunday, June 12 from noon-4 p.m. For information, call (718) 456-1776.

   A street festival will be held on Sunday, June 13 at 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Grand Avenue from 65th to 72nd streets in Maspeth. For information, call Mike at (646) 230-0713.

   The 4th annual walk for celiac disease will be held on Sunday, June 13 at Little Bay Park (by the front entrance gate of Fort Totten) Bayside. Registration begins at 10 a.m.; walk at 11 a.m. To download a registration form go to glutenfreeforever.com or contact gfforever@nyc.rr.com.

   The Sisterhood of the Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St., Bayside is having a luncheon card party on Tuesday, June 15 at 11:30 a.m. This event is for ladies and gentlemen. Plenty of great food. Cost is $20 in advance and $22 at the door. For more information, call (718) 428-6363.

   The Animal Center of Queens will hold a bowlathon, Paws n Pins, on Saturday, June 19 from 1-4 p.m. at JIB Lanes, 67-19 Parsons Blvd., Flushing. Cost is $25 per person, $7 goes directly to ACQ. Pizza and soda included. Make checks payable to JIB Lanes, Jim Santora, Animal Center of Queens Benefit, June 19th, 67-19 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, NY 11365. For information, call Jim Santora at (917) 502-4128 or jim.santora@jiblanes.com.

   The annual Gregorian festival will be held on June 17-27 at 87th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway, Bellerose. Rides, games, entertainment. Hours are 7-11 p.m. except Sundays, which are 6-10 p.m.

   The new Brookville Lions and Leos clubs will hold its Charter Night Celebration on Friday, June 18 at the International JFK Airport Hotel, 144-02 135th Ave., Jamaica. Tickets are $65. For tickets and information, call Lion Hilma at (718) 776-8839.

   Juneteenth, a community festival and celebration, will be held on Saturday, June 19 from noon-4 p.m. at PS/MS 156 school yard, 229-02 137th Ave., Cambria Heights. Community leaders appreciation ceremony will be held from 3-4 p.m. For information, contact Ms. L. Brown at (347) 426-5907 or email, psms156pta@gmail.com; or William McDonald at (718) 986-3456 or email whm6363@gmail.com.

   The American Cancer Society will hold a Relay for Life on June 26 and 27 at Juniper Park in Middle Village. For more information, contact Leslie Orlovsky at (718) 261-1092 or email leslie.orlovsky@cancer.org.

   FLEA MARKETS

   The Hollis Presbyterian Church, 100-50 196th St., is sponsoring a gently used clothing giveaway for men, women and children on Saturdays, June 12 and 19 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call (718) 776-4646.

   Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, will hold a flea market on Saturday, June 12 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

   Big Six Towers annual fundraising flea market will be held on Saturday, June 12, raindate Sunday, June 13, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 61-11 Queens Blvd., parking area alongside of shopping center. For information, call (718) 458-8579.

   PS 69 School Yard Flea Market, 77-02 37th Ave., Jackson Heights, will be held on Saturday, June 26 and July 10 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

   SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

   Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst will hold a Saturday dance on June 19 from 8 p.m.-midnight. Music by Jean and Joe.

   CLASSES

   The Sisterhood of Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St., Bayside, will be giving a defensive driving course on Thursday, June 10 from 7-10 p.m. Participants are eligible for lower insurance rates and point reduction. It is good for three years and the cost is $50 per person. To register call (718) 428-6363.

   The Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing, will hold a jewelry making workshop with paper beads on Saturday, June 12 from 1-2:30 p.m. The class features a jewelry making basics and techniques. Using recycled printed papers, participants will learn to make light weight beads and create something to wear or give as a gift. Lynn Hanousek will be the instructor. Materials includes in the $3 registration fee.

   You Gotta Believe, an adoption agency, offers free classes for the public to learn more about adopting an older child every Sunday at 4 p.m. at Little Flower Children’s Services, 89-12 162nd St., Jamaica. For information, call (718) 372-3003. The next classes will be held June 13.

   An astronomy program with Mark Freilich will be held on Saturday, June 12 at 8 p.m. at Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Cost is $10 for adult members, $12 for adult nonmembers, and $7 for children ages 7-12. Pre-register by calling (718) 229-4000.

   Sen. Joseph Addabbo will host a Citizenship Now free application assistance program on Saturday, June 12 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at PS 88, 60-85 Catalpa Ave., Ridgewood. No appointment is necessary.

   The Bayside Historical Society is now accepting registration for an eight-week watercolor workshop to be held on Saturday mornings at the Officers’ Club in Fort Totten beginning June 19. The registration deadline is June 11. Taught by mixed-media artist Gail Baxter Cohen, the program is open to those of all experience levels. Classes will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The fee is $150. For information, call (718) 352-1548 or visit baysidehistorical.org.

   A defensive driving course for insurance and point reduction will be given at the American Martyrs R.C. Church 79-43 Bell Blvd., Bayside, on Saturday, June 19 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. For information and registration, call (631) 360-9720. Cost is $45.

   Join Parks for a weekly yoga session in Forest Park’s Oak Ridge for participants aged 13 and older. Loose, comfortable clothing is recommended and attendees must bring their own mat on Tuesdays through June 15 at 6 p.m. Suggested donation is $10 per person, per class or $40 for five consecutive classes. For directions or more information, call Nicole Gamory at (718) 235-4100.

   Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd., Elmhurst, will hold a dance with instruction every Monday and Friday from 7:15-8 p.m. A dance social will be held from 8-11 p.m. Music by Sal Escott. Admission is $10.

   LECTURES

   Join the authors of the award-winning, “Tea Roses, Old Roses for Warm Gardens” at Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing on Sunday, June 13 at 10 a.m. for a presentation. It will include Q&A, a tour of the Rose Garden and lunch. Cost is $20.

   Greening your building public forum will be held on Tuesday, June 15 at 7 p.m. at Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108 St. Forest Hills. This forum is presents by the City of New York Department of Housing Preservation and Development together with the Central Queens Y Greening Initiative and the Queens Green Alliance. Free and open to the public. For information, call (718) 268-5011, ext. 151 or email pkurtz@cgyjcc.org or visit the website at cgyjcc.org.

   MEETINGS

   Come to adoption today, a two-hour information meeting by Family Focus Adoption Services on Saturday, June 5 at 10 a.m. or Tuesday, June 15 at 7 p.m. at 54-40 Little Neck Parkway, Suite 4, Little Neck.

   The Friendship Club, for couples and singles meets at the Central Queens YM & YWHA, 67-09 108th St. Forest Hills on Mondays at 7 p.m. Call Shira or Lisa with questions about this program at (718) 268-5011, ext. 621 or Lena at (718) 592-0178. Cost is $4 for members, $6 for nonmembers.

   The Flushing Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Flushing Hospital, 146-01 45th Ave., enter at 45th Avenue and Burling Street, on the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month. For information, call (718) 441-6210 or go to flushingcameraclub.org.

   HEALTH

   Emanuel Church located on Woodhaven Boulevard and 91st Avenue in Woodhaven, is sponsoring its annual blood drive on Saturday, June 12 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the downstairs hall. No appointment is necessary.

   A health fair will be held at Regal Heights Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 70-05 35th Ave., Jackson Heights, on Sunday, June 13 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. There will be blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, glaucoma and vision screenings.

   SUPPORT GROUPS

   Parents Bereavement Support Group meets on Thursday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Adalberts, 52-40 84th St., Elmhurst, enter through the stained glass door on the left side of the garages.

   The Queens Community Center Kew Gardens, 80-02 Kew Gardens Road, Suite 202, is offering a bereavement support group, beginning Thursday, now through July 29 at 1:30 p.m. For additional information, call (718) 268-5960.

   Celebrate recovery support group meets every Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church, 89-60 164th St., Jamaica, from 6:30-8 p.m. For information, call (718) 526-4775, ext. 10.

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