78 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • MARCH 7, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com happenings >MAR 7-13 COMPILED BY ANTHONY O’REILLY s SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Starting at 8 p.m., an open-mic night entitled SKY’S THE LIMIT at Sunnyside Reformed Church, located at 48-03 Skillman Avenue. Artists of all kind can display their works during the night. Cost of admission is $2. For more info call 718-426-5997. From noon- 3 p.m. come tour the King Manor Museum, located at 150-03 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica. These programs are designed for families with children to enjoy stories, crafts and other activities. Tours of the museum are free. For more information call 718-206-0545 or visit kingmanor. org THRU SUNDAY MARCH, 10 Flushing Town Hall, located at 137-25 Northern Boulevard in Flushing, will display traditional New Year prints in celebration of the Lunar New Year. The pieces are on loan from the Taipei Cultural Center and shows off winning works from Taiwan’s New Year Prints contest. Created from a variety of mediums including silk screen, woodblocks and digital printing, the art work represents the aspects of everyday lives of ordinary people. Suggested admission is $5. For more information call 718-463-7700 or visit fl ushingtownhall.org SUNDAY, MARCH 10 THRU MONDAY MARCH 11 The Central Queens Y, located at 67-09 108th Street in Forest Hills, will hold the fi fth annual Reel-Abilities Film Festival. The morning of March 10 will kick-off with Reel Encounters, a morning of award-winning international short documentaries about people with autism, Down syndrome, and Tourette syndrome. At 1 p.m. on March 11, a special Reelabilities event will be held. Singer Anita Hollander, who lost one leg to cancer, will perform at an event entitled Still Standing. Hollander has performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. For more information call 718-268- 5011 or visit cqy.org. SUNDAY, MARCH 10 Starting at 2:15 p.m., David Gonzalez will tell his take on the classic fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty” at Flushing Town Hall, located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard in Flushing. Gonzalez’s spin on the tale draws inspiration from Dr. Seuss and Bach Goldberg, including live music from pianist Daniel Kelly. Projected images will also be shown around the room to create a fantasy world. Tickets are $6-$12. For more information call 718-463-7700 or visit fl ushingtownhall.org. From 1 - 4 p.m., the Queens Museum of Art, located in Flushing Meadows- Corona Park, will host the Second Sundays Family Art Workshop. Participants of all ages will engage in studio art, gallery tours and live music and dance performances, all inspired by the exhibits in the museum. For more information call 718-592- 9700 or visit queensmuseum.org Starting at 3 p.m., come see an exclusive performance of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts, located 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing. Alisa Wellerstein will perform on the cello and Inon Barnatan will perform on the piano. The Academy is one of the most recorded chamber orchestras in the world, formed in 1958. Tickets are $32-54. For more information, call 718-793-8080 or visit KupferbergCenter.org. THURSDAY, MARCH 14 Temple Sholom will host a free, informative program about Passover Seder at 262-22 Union Turnpike at 7 p.m. Call 718-343-8660 to register. FRIDAY, MARCH 15 At 10:30 a.m., Performances by Arts Power will present “My Heart in a Suitcase” at Queensborough Community College, located at 222-05 56th Avenue in Bayside. This drama will be shown for kids in grades 4-8. For reservations or more info, call 973- 239-0100 or visit visitqpac.org SATURDAY, MARCH 16 Starting at 3 p.m., the Five Boroughs of Music Festival will make its stop in Queens with a performance by East of the River: Levantera at the Flushing Town Hall, located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard in Flushing. In their festival debut, the group will explore the sounds of medieval music of the Mediterranean, Balkans and Middle East. Tickets range from $20-$25. For more information, call 718 463- 7700 or visit fl ushingtownhall.org. Starting at 8 p.m., come see “RIOULT Dance NY” at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, located at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City. Choreographed by Pascal Rioult, this dance performance also features striking video projections. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. For more information, call 718-482-5151 or visit lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac. THRU MARCH 17 Come see Robert Wuhl’s new play “Hit-Lit” at the Queens Theatre, located at 14 United Nations Avenue South in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Co-directed by Steven Wallace, the comedy tells the story of editor Phoebe Saint-Anne looking for the next best-seller. The cast features Karis Danish, Adam Harrington, Greg Cody. Richard Hollis and Markita Prescott. Performances are Wednesdays through Fridays at 7:30 pm and Saturday evenings at 8 pm with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 pm and Sundays at 3 pm. Tickets are priced at $42 for weekday performances and $49 for weekend performances. For more information, call 718-760-0064 or visit queenstheatre.org SUNDAY, MARCH 17 From 3- 5 p.m., come view photos by Louise Weinberg, Philip Press and Arnold Kanarvogel in an exhibit entitled “The Passion Observers,” at Flushing Town Hall, located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard in Flushing. The ATTENTION: WANT A LISTING ON THIS PAGE? Go to the “Events Calendar” section of our web site, www.queenscourier.com/events-page, and click on “Submit your event” to let us know about your happening. We select from reader submissions to list on our happenings page. Randy Sandke at Flushing Town Hall Starting at 8 p.m., Randy Sandke will perform pieces by Louis Armstrong and Leon Bismark “Bix” Beiderbecke at the Flushing Town Hall, located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard in Flushing. Sandke is a scholar of both musicians, both of whom once called Queens their home, as well as a trumpeter and composer. Tickets are $15. For more information call 718- 463-7700 or visit fl ushingtownhall. org. EDITOR’S PICK
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