FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com APRIL 21, 2016 • BUZZ • THE QUEENS COURIER 71 buzz and $35 at the door. Only 20 spots are available, so get your ticket now! The class will be at Gottscheer Hall, which is located at 657 Fairview Ave. The Museum of the Moving Image will be screening the classic “Peanuts” in 3D this Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for nonmembers, $9 for seniors and students, and free for members at the Film Lovers and MoMI Kids Premium levels. The Museum of the Moving Image can be found at 36-01 35th Ave. in Astoria. In a show titled Miracles of Miracles, Danny Gurwin will explore the links between American songwriting and Jewish culture as an ode to the Jewish contribution to American pop culture from then and now at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center. The 3 p.m. show will feature Vaudeville, musical comedy and contemporary theater as tools to weave a history of the intersections of American and Jewish culture. Tickets are $35 and the Queensborough Performing Arts Center is located at 222-05 Sixth Ave. in Bayside. MONDAY, APRIL 25 This Monday will mark the launch of the New York Music Competition for Young Artists’ 2016 competition where fi rst- and second-place winners will go on to perform at Merkin Concert Hall along with a cash prize of $500. The competition is set to begin with the piano preliminary and will be hosted at the YWCA of Queens. There is also a $50-$100 registration fee. The YWCA of Queens is located at 42-07 Parsons Blvd. in Flushing. Join Tenaya Hurst of Rogue Making this Monday at the New York Hall of Science from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for her BumbleBot workshop, where you can learn to make your very own bumble bee robot in only 10 minutes! Afterwards, you and other participants can duel your creations by taking part in various challenges. The registration cost is $5 on top of NYSCI admission and you may register on site the day of the workshop. The New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th St. in Corona. Flushing Town Hall will be hosting this week’s Moth StorySLAM, an open-mic storytelling competition, this Monday at 7 p.m. Prospective contestants will drop their names into a hat and 10 lucky contestants will be chosen to get on stage and tell a fi ve-minute story, which will be judged by a panel of judges. After winners from 10 different events have been chosen, they will face off in a GrandSLAM Championship. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at themoth. org. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd. in Flushing. If you’re into folk music you should drop by the Queens Tavern this Monday at 9 p.m. for “Hootenanny,” Ridgewood’s best live Folk event. Best of all, there’s no cover charge. The only thing you have to pay for here is drinks. The evening’s lineup has yet to be announced and the Queens Tavern can be found at 6869 Fresh Pond Rd. in Ridgewood. TUESDAY, APRIL 26 QED will be hosting an educational comedy show titled “Shit You Should Know” this Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. The organizers and headliners of the show are Lev Fer and Colum Tyrrell. This monthly show welcomes comedians from all over the city to come and talk to the audience about something they should know. You should know that cover is $5 and QED is located at 27-16 23rd Ave. in Astoria. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 This edition of Queens Museum’s nine-week fi lm series highlighting the evolution of various musical artists will feature a screening of The Idolmaker followed by a postscreening discussion led by Mark Ethan Toporek. The screening will begin at 2 p.m. and is scheduled to end at 5 p.m. Admission is free on top of general admission. The Queens Museum can found in the New York City Building of Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The NYC Compost Project encourages you to do your environmental duty and donate food scraps to the Food Scrap drop-off for the Queens compost pile at the Queens Botanical Garden. The fi nished compost will be used for various public greening projects throughout Queens. If you’re interested, stop by the drop-off kiosk on Fresh Pond Road between Madison and Putnam avenues in Ridgewood. The kiosk will be open from 8 to 10 a.m. The Neighborhood Housing Services of Northern Queens will be offering free mortgage assistance from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at their headquarters on Woodside Avenue. HUD-approved housing counseling experts will be on site to guide you through all of your housing needs. To schedule an appointment during the aforementioned window, call 718-457-1017. The Neighborhood Housing Services of Northern Queens is located on the second fl oor of 60-20 Woodside Avenue in Astoria. THURSDAY, APRIL 28 The Queens Book Festival is bringing National Poetry Month in with another Q-Boro Lit Crawl. Intended to showcase the borough’s literary talent and diversity, the Lit Crawl will be hosted at multiple bars, cafes, restaurants and lounges on Austin Street. Admission is $10 and the event will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Austin Street between 70th Avenue and 72nd Road. Wall, Future Punx, and King Pussy Face will be playing a punk show featuring ASL performers at this Thursday’s Deaf Club at the Knockdown Center. The event is inspired by San Francisco’s original Deaf Club in 1979. Admission is $10 at the door and the show is set to go from 7:30 to 11 p.m. The Knockdown Center can be found at 52-19 Flushing Ave. in Maspeth. Bring the kids to Queens Museum this Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. for this week’s special spring break edition of the Drop-In Family Workshop where they’ll learn to make kites from paper. The workshop will be held in the Unisphere Gallery on the second fl oor. Admission is free and there is no registration required. The Queens Museum can be found in the New York City Building of Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Has your kid ever told you they want to make cartoons? Well, now they have that opportunity at the Museum of the Moving Image’s Mixed-Up Comics edition of the family workshop. From 2:30 to 3:15 p.m. will design their very own character which they will use to create a comic strip to take home. All participants must be accompanied by an adult, and there is a $5 materials fee for each participating child. The Museum of the Moving Image can be found at 36-01 35th Ave. in Astoria. In collaboration with the Queens Library, investor and reality TV star from “Shark Tank” Daymond John will be visiting York College Performing Arts Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to discuss his book, “The Power of Broke,” as well as his experience growing up in Queens and later becoming the Global Ambassador of Entrepreneurship to President Obama. During the discussion, he will also be interviewed by Queens Library’s Hip-Hop Coordinator Ralph McDaniels. The event is free and copies of his book, “The Power of Broke,” will be available for purchase during. The York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. in Jamaica. QUEENS MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL Geriatric Committee’s Free Conference “Tools for taking Charge: Embracing Your Independence” May 4th 2016 9am – 2pm Location: Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation 271-11 76th Ave., New Hyde Park NY 11042 A Conference for All: Older Adults, Families and Providers Please RSVP by April 25th 2016 to: Izabelle Hakim LCSW: Club Pride Director Pride of Judea / JBFCS Chari of Geriatric Committee 243-02 Northern Blvd. Douglaston NY 11021 Ihakim@JBFCS.org Tel: (718) 423-6200 ext 760311 • Fax: 718-423-9762 Centers and Big Groups: ONLY Provide us with the name of the center and number of people attending we Highly Recommend Carpooling or use of public transportation Public Bus : Queens Line #46 EDITOR’S PICK Stop by CitiField this Friday, April 22, for the all-day Bacon and Beer Classic festival! Sample hundreds of craft beers and bacon-themed dishes while you enjoy live music, interactive games, the bungee run, and a photo booth. Tickets are $69 for general admission and $129 for VIP admission. Visit baconandbeerclassic. com to purchase tickets. CitiField can be found at 12301 Roosevelt Ave. in Flushing.
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