(From l. to r.) Fresh Meadows Camera Club President Joe Kramer, Vice President Bernard Lebrun and
Treasurer Richard Taub. Photo by Jo-Anne Raskin
TIMESLEDGER | 2 QNS.COM | FEB. 14-20, 2020
BY JENNA BAGCAL
A Queens library will undergo a three-week-long interior
maintenance project starting in mid-February.
Beginning on Saturday, Feb. 22, a Queens Library spokesperson
confirmed that the Douglaston/Little Neck Library at 249-01
Northern Blvd. will be closed to conduct a soil assessment ahead
of plans to replace the building with a new structure.
The spokesperson added that the Queens Library does not
know when construction on a new building will start as the process
is in a “very preliminary stage.”
Following the soil assessment, the Douglaston/Little Neck
Library will reopen on Monday, March 16.
In the meantime, the library will provide its patrons with mobile
library services on Thursdays beginning on Feb. 27 from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Those who require comprehensive library services
can visit the following nearby Queens Public Library locations:
Bayside (214-20 Northern Blvd.): 718-229-1834
Monday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: Noon to 8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
North Hills (57-04 Marathon Pkwy.): 718-225-3550
Monday: Noon to 8 p.m.
Tuesday: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: Noon to 8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Glen Oaks (256-04 Union Tpke.): 718-831-8636
Monday: Noon to 8 p.m.
Tuesday: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday: Noon to 8 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, visit queenslibrary.org.
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
The Fresh Meadows Camera
Club is celebrating its 70-
plus anniversary this year
with a retrospective exhibition
of photographs at the Glen
Oaks Branch of the Queens
Borough Public Library.
Guests are welcomed to
view the exhibition of 30 photographs
taken by club members
currently on display
until Feb. 29 at Glen Oaks Library
located at 256-05 Union
Tpke.
“We have some members
that travel and there are photographs
from other countries,
cities, and most of it is
also local scenery in Queens,
and from Long Island and New
York state,” said Joe Kramer,
president of the Fresh Meadows
Camera Club.
The club member’s photographs
have also been featured
at various venues across
the borough, according to
Kramer. Whether they’re beginners,
advanced amateurs,
or professionals, the members
meet every Tuesday at 8 p.m.
in the club house, located 69-
40 C 186th Lane.
Established in 1949, the
Fresh Meadows Camera Club
with about 35 to 40 members,
promotes passion and knowledge
of photography with
fellow shutterbugs, to compete
in the club, and to have
fun. The club is a member
of the Photographic Federation
of Long Island (PFLI), a
voluntary nonprofit organization
of camera clubs from
Nassau and Suffolk counties
and the five boroughs of New
York City.
“The Fresh Meadows Camera
Club offers its members
the opportunity to learn all
aspects of photography including
photoshop, matting, framing,
field trips and monthly
competitions,” Kramer said.
It is the only clubhouse
that maintains a full-time
facility, including color and
black-and-white darkrooms,
and full facilities for mounting
and matting images, according
to Kramer. All of the
equipment and facilities are
available to members 24/7.
The club’s critiques and competitions
are held in a gallerystyle
setting in the meeting
room, in an atmosphere that
encourages sharing of ideas
and techniques in a non-competitive
environment.
Members can attend regular
scheduled classes in
Photoshop and all aspects of
digital photography, as well
as darkroom instruction.
The Photoshop class is taught
with a digital projector on a
large screen by various experienced
teachers and photographers
in the club, as well as
outside guest lecturers.
“Our goal is to teach, learn
and share photographic ideas
and techniques, whether we
are beginners, advanced amateurs
or professionals. All are
welcome. The public is invited
at no charge to any of the club
meetings,” Kramer said.
For further information
about the Fresh Meadows
Camera Club, visit www.
freshmeadowscameraclub.
org.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com or
by phone at (718) 260–4526.
The Douglaston/Little Neck Library. Photo via Google Maps
Douglaston/Little
Neck Library set to
close for three-week
soil assessment
Fresh Meadows Camera Club
celebrates 70th anniversary
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