JULY EVENTS Queens Museum of Art Flushing Meadow – Corona Park Queens, NY 11368 www.queensmuseum.org The Queens Library at Howard Beach will be holding a six-week-long series, The Friendship Workshop, for families affected by autism. The program, starting Tuesday, July 11 and running through July 25, will use a combination of “sensory-based activities” in an effort to help parents understand their child’s learning styles. The program will also help foster social interactions within families, and between the six families that will have registered for all six meeting dates. Nassau County Museum of Art One Museum Drive Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576 www.nassaumuseum.org Beginning Monday, July 8, there will be three week-long sessions held at the Nassau Museum of Art for children from ages 5 through 8 (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) and 9 through 13 (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.), giving them a chance to explore the artwork within the museum as well as the natural splendor of the gardens, ponds and trails outside of the museum. Both indoor and outdoor activities will be held, ranging from journaling and sketch-making, to hiking and scavenger hunts. The weeklong program will cost $795 for members and $895 for nonmembers. Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Boulevard www.flushingtownhall.org On Thursday, July 11 families are invited to the ribbon cutting for the newly-renovated Flushing Town Hall Garden and Portico. Enjoy refreshments, entertainment and the beauty of the gardens starting at noon. DCA commissioner Kate Levin and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall will lead the ceremony, and be accompanied by other elected officials, members of the Queens Delegation and members of the Board of Directors of Flushing Council on culture and the Arts. The Flushing Town Hall will be hosting a Rock n’ Roll house party on Sunday, July 14. Enjoy music presented by the Karlus Trapp Band as well as dance lessons to 1960s music. Begins at 1 p.m. The Flushing Town Hall presents Romeo & Juliet – with a twist. Held in a modern day Queens, the play portrays the story of two teens from conflicting backgrounds, one family of Israeli-Jews and the other Palestinian-Muslims, falling in love. Watch the clash erupt in the streets of Flushing starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 25, with showings until Sunday, July 28. The Young Dancemakers Company, lead by Alice Teirstein will be hosting an event with live music and dance for families. Young Dancemakers Music Director and percussionist William Catanazaro will be featured, as well as choreographer Doug Elkins. The event will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, July 28. 20 North Shore Towers Courier n July 2013 THE ‘LITTLE FLOWER’ TO BLOOM Tony Award-nominated actor Tony Lo Bianco will transport a Queens audience back to 1945 and three–term mayor Fiorello LaGuardia’s last days in office. Lo Bianco’s one-man show, “The Little Flower,” will take the stage at Queens Theatre on Thursday, June 20. Lo Bianco has starred in an Academy Award-winning film and acted in television and on stage. “The Little Flower” marks an expansion of his directing and producing talents. “The play is really a parallel about what is going on in our country today,” he said. “Many things that happened back then reflect what is going to happen.” A TV version of the play previously won five daytime Emmys. It offers a historic look into the life and career of LaGuardia, who was mayor from 1934 to 1945. Lo Bianco, who discovered the play in 1984, described the mayor as a “man of sacrifice” because of his efforts for the poor and unfortunate. “He was a very colorful character,” Lo Bianco said. “He really cared about the people, but he was fair and logical.” The show takes audiences through important moments in LaGuardia’s life, shining a light on how he was able to help shape troubling times during the 20th century. Lo Bianco now owns the play and has rewritten it to have broader appeal. He hopes that along with entertaining audiences with its comedic elements, the play will move people to take action and become involved in their country and government. “Every day is another scandal,” he said. “I think people are so busy dealing with their own problems that they are not paying attention to what is going to affect our future.” The play is sponsored by mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis, who a spokesperson described as an admirer of LaGuardia. “LaGuardia always used to say there is no Republican or Democratic way to pick up the garbage,” Rob Ryan said. “You run the city as a New Yorker.” “The Little Flower” starts at 7:30 p.m. at Queens Theatre and has a running time of about 100 minutes. For ticket reservations, email queensjune20@gmail. com or call 917-628-5314.
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