HEALTH CLUB 6am – 10pm Mon-Fri 7am – 9pm Sat & Sun *Gym cleaned between 1pm & 2pm on Mon., Wed., and Fri. (except on holidays) – members welcome to use gym. CLUB (Lounge, Cardrooms/VIP) Mon-Fri. 6 – 11 pm Sat. & Sun. 7 – 9 pm Subject to change INDOOR POOL/ WHIRLPOOL Mon-Thurs. 7 am - 9:45 pm Fri. - 7 am - 8:45 pm Mon-Fri pool closed from 12-1:15pm Sat & Sun. - 8 am - 8:45pm GOLF COURSE Tues - Sun. 8 am - 5:30pm Closed on Mondays TENNIS HOURS April 18th-30th - 8am - 12pm THE QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park www.queensmuseum.org Open Wednesdays – Sundays noon to 6 p.m. Admission: $8 adults and children over 12; $4 seniors and students; children under 12 free Through May 11 – Exhibition – The Islands of New York: Photographs by Accra Shepp includes striking images reminiscent of the rocky coasts of Maine, or urban backwaters found from Baltimore to Boston. The familiar often feels new in photographs of the shorelines of Governors Island, Staten Island and Manhattan. Since 2008, Shepp has been documenting the coastlines of the five boroughs, with the intention of visiting all of its forty islands with his large format camera. The resulting negatives are digitally scanned, edited and merged together into panoramic images that are printed by the artist as archival ink jet prints. Sixteen large format multi-paneled images, some spanning more than 10 feet in length, have been selected for this exhibition. On Sunday, April 27, from 3-5 p.m. Book Talk and Walk with Joseph Tirella, author of “Tomorrow-Land: The 1964-65 World’s Fair and the Transformation of America.” Tirella, a graduate of Queens College is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Vibe, Rolling Stone and Esquire, among other publications. The New York Times called an “unsparing history that explores the contrast between the purported idealism of the 1964 World’s Fair and the conflict and compromise that surrounded the event” NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART One Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor, NY (516) 484-9337 www.nassaumuseum.org Admission: $10 adults; $8 seniors (62+); $4 students; $2 children (4-12); members free $2 for parking on weekends (members park for free). Through Sunday, July 6, “Garden Party” is an exhibition exploring the imagery of fête North Shore Towers Courier n April 2014 35 APRIL EVENTS champêtre - outdoor entertainments garden parties. Guest curators, Franklin Hill Perrell, the Museum’s former senior curator, and JoAnne Olian, curator emeritus at the Museum of the City of New York, have assembled a bouquet of paintings and objects illustrating the appeal of flowers in every season. Included are works by a range of artists, among them Louis Comfort Tiffany, Marc Chagall, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Maurice Prendergast, David Hockney, Janet Fish, Jane Freilicher, Robert Mapplethorpe and Georgia O’Keeffe, among others. Wednesday, April 9 at 9 a.m.: Bird Watching For Beginners. Learn how to use field marks, habitat, behavior and song to identify our feathered friends. Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary’s education coordinator and longtime bird watcher Rich Santangelo leads beginners through the techniques of bird watching. Also May 14, June 11: Reservations needed; admission per session is $10; 10 person maximum per session. Call or visit web site for more information. Sunday, April 27, 1-4 p.m.: Celebrate Earth Day. Free Style Arts NYC returns to the Museum to mark Earth Day with art that is inspired by the Earth. Families will create flowers, paper bag animals and insects. Museum admission plus $8 per family materials fee; reservations not needed. FLUSHING TOWN HALL 137-35 Northern Boulevard Flushing www.flushingtownhall.org Tickets at online box office or call (718) 463-7700 Ext. 222 Monday, April 7 through Sunday, April 13 – Exhibition: New York Meets Istanbul, Charcoal drawings by Artist Meliksah Soyturk, more information at the Turkish Cultural Center, www.turkishculturalcenter.org Friday, April 11, 8:00 p.m. Live Jazz with the Mark Wade Trio. Bassist and composer Mark Wade leads an evening of original jazz compositions. The trio, featuring Tim Harrison on piano and Scott Neumann on drums, will debut a lineup of music that is melody-driven and allows the trio to reach for new and exciting sounds. Tickets are $15, $10 for members and students. Saturday, April 26, at 12 noon, the Second Annual Queens Jazz OverGround Spring Jazz Festival features performers from around the borough of Queens, from jazz legends to rising artists. The afternoon will also feature master classes by top music educators, and performances by local middle and high school jazz ensembles. FREE. KUPFERBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS Queens College Flushing, NY www.kupferbergcenter.org Box Office: (718) 793-8080 On Saturday, May 3, at 8:00 p.m. in Colden Auditorium The Duprees with The Glenn Miller Orchestra Presented by JES Entertainment. Known the world over for their romantic interpretations of the most beautiful love songs ever written, the Duprees are coming to the Kupferberg Center for the Arts to celebrate their 50th anniversary and they’ll be performing in concert with the World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. Don’t miss the chance to see this once in a lifetime exclusive engagement in the New York area. Tickets are $40, $50, $60. QUEENS THEATRE (FORMERLY QUEENS THEATRE IN THE PARK) 14 United Nations Avenue South Flushing Meadows Corona Park Box Office (718) 760-0064 www.queenstheatre.org On Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., also Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. in the main theatre: 13-14 Comedy Series – “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy” is Steve Solomon’s one-man show about life in a typically unique family. Tickets are $25, 35. On Friday and Saturday, April 25-6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 p.m., in the Studio Theatre: the Titan Theatre Company presents King Lear. Broadway veteran Terry Layman assumes the title role in this searing new production of Shakespeare’s epic masterpiece explores the most basic themes of our existence: love and duty; friendship and betrayal; leadership and loyalty; destiny and the overwhelming inevitability of a life nearing its end. Nine additional performances from May 1-11, tickets are $18. - Compiled by Victor G. Mimoni
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