76 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • MARCH 21, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com happenings >MAR 21-27 COMPILED BY ANTHONY O’REILLY s SATURDAY, MARCH 23 Starting at 11 a.m. (rain or shine), the Easter Egg Hunt will take place at the Ozone Howard Little League Baseball Fields, located at 97-14 135th Drive in Ozone Park. Sponsored by the Ozone Park Civic Association. Be sure to bring a basket to collect eggs. Bring your cameras to take pictures with the Easter Bunny. For more information, call 646-298-7575. Starting at 8 p.m., listen to the Astoria Symphony Orchestra at the Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 31-18 37th Street in Astoria. Vincent Perscihetti will compose a piece entitled “Flower Songs” and Morton Lauridsen will compose a piece entitled “Chansons des Roses.” Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. For more information, call 917-460-4289. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (weather permitting) celebrate the spring equinox at the Queens Botanical Garden, located at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing. Prepare for the opening season by joining the garden for a day of volunteering and unity here, followed by a festive march to the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Unisphere. Individuals and groups are welcome to volunteer. Advanced registration required; email rforlenza@queensbotanical. org for more information or call 718-886-3800 ext. 200. Starting at 8:30 a.m., the fourth annual “Allstate Life Insurance(SM) New York 13.1 Marathon” will take place at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, located at 111-01 Corona Avenue in Flushing. Experienced and rookie runners can participate in the 5K run. After the race a party with free food and beverages will be held. For more information and registration, visit 131newyork.com. Starting at 8 p.m, come see “The Hit Men” at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center, located at 222-05 56th Avenue in Bayside. The band consists of members that have performed and recorded with such stars as Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Tommy James & The Shondells, The Critters, Carly Simon, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Barry Manilow, Elton John & Kiki Dee and others. The show will be opened up by Comedy Central’s John Carfi . Tickets are $35. For more info, call 718-631- 6311 or visit qcc.cuny.edu/qpac. SUNDAY, MARCH 24 Starting at 1 p.m., the Queens Botanical Garden, located at 43-50 EDITOR’S PICK Felice Lesser Dance Theater FRIDAY, MARCH 22, Starting at 8 p.m., the Felice Lesser Dance Theater returns to LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, located at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in Long Island City. New and old works from the company’s repertoire will make an appearance during the show, including excerpts from Lesser’s “living cartoon” called “Funding the Arts.” The program will also feature original dances to music by contemporary composers and excerpts from several of the theater’s “living movies,” combining live dance with theater, video, animation and music. Tickets are $10 - $15. For more information, call 718-482-5151 or visit fl dt.org Main Street in Flushing, will teach participants how to care for their lawn. Just in time for spring the “NYC Compost Project in Queens: Spring Lawn Care” event will have experts demonstrating the proper care for one’s lawn, without the use of artifi cial fertilizers of pesticides. The last hour of the workshop is a hands-on demonstration. Registration is required. For more info, call 718-539-5296 or email [email protected]. Starting at 2:30 p.m., the immigrant journey of Greeks to America will be told at the Queens Historical Society, located at 143-35 37th Avenue in Flushing. Christina Rozeas, author of the book “Images of America: Greeks in Queens” and fi rst generation Greek-American, will give the lecture on how some Greeks travelled out of Manhattan to call Queens their home. Tickets are $5 for members and $8 for non-members. For more information, call 718-939-0647 or visit queenshistoricalsociety. org ONGOING THRU MONDAY, MARCH 25 Starting at 10 a.m., SculptureCenter, located at 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, will be presenting Berlin-based artist Nairy Baghramian’s fi rst exhibition in the US, “Retainer.” Her works examine political and social systems of power and encompass questions of context, production and reception within contemporary art. For more info, call 718-361-1750 or visit sculpture-center.org. TUESDAY, MARCH 26 A full Passover Seder will be led by Rabbi Jeffrey Rappoport in the Jewish Center of Oak Hills, located at 50-35 Cloverdale Boulevard Oakland Gardens in Bayside. All in the community are welcome. For reservations, rates and menu, call 718-631-0100 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 Starting at 7 p.m., come fi nd out about how federal aid for victims of Sandy will be distributed throughout the Rockaway area at Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School, located at 611 Beach 19th Street, in Far Rockaway. Participants can come and share ideas on how the money should be used. THURSDAY, MARCH 28 From 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., a Special Spring Holiday Program for Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities will be offered at the Samuel Field Y, located at 58-20 Little Neck Parkway. Kids and their families are invited to participate in a day of gym games and activities. The program costs $5 per family. For further information or to RSVP, contact Amanda Smith at [email protected]. Starting at 5 p.m., Moscow on the Hudson, starring Robin Williams, will be shown at the Queens Museum of Art, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The fi lm is part of a 10-week series exploring the immigrant experience in the U.S. through fi lms that refl ect its ethnic and cultural diversity. Former actor Mark Ethan introduces each screening and leads discussion afterwards. Ethan has been screening fi lms at the museum since 1998. For more info, call 718-592-9700 or email [email protected]. FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Starting at 4 p.m., come celebrate the Afghan New Year at the Pomonok Library, located at 158-21 Jewel Avenue in Flushing. Musician and singer Khalil Ahmadi will be present in an afternoon of folk and contemporary music from Afghanistan. Afghan refreshments will be provided. Admittance into the event is at no charge. Call 718-591-4343 for more details. ATTENTION: WANT A LISTING ON THIS PAGE? 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