for breaking news visit www.qns.com june 23, 2016 • buzz • The Queens Courier 59 ▶ buzz 3 p.m. at 47-01 111th St., Corona. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Limited capacity. Preregistration required. $60 per adult/child pair plus museum admission. Get your child’s creative juices flowing with the New York Hall of Science’s woodwork program! Your child can learn how to use hand tools like files, rasps, saws and sandpaper in a one-hour workshop to create personalized Lego heads at 47-01 111th St., Corona from 1 to 5 p.m. Lego minifigures are not included. $3 per adult/child pair plus museum admission. Onderdonk House invites you on Saturdays from 1 to 5 p.m. to view the city’s oldest Dutch Colonial stone home housing, a permanent exhibit on the site’s archaeology. The event will be held at 18-20 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood. The History and Genealogy Resource room are also open. Guided and self-guided tours available. Suggested donations run as low as $3 per person. Members, veterans and active service members are free. Visit www. onderdonkhouse.org for more information. On display at the Jackson Heights Library will be an exhibition of extraordinary women from Queens. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 35-51 81st St., Jackson Heights you will be able to learn a bit about the role women have played in shaping the city. SUNDAY, JUNE 26 K&A Pub Quiz will begin at 6 p.m. at 66-48 Myrtle Ave., Flushing. This tantalizing night of Pub Quiz will be hosted by comedic geniuses themselves, William and Josh, and included are six rounds of trivia categories ranging from sports, pop culture, to a popular favorite, music! There will be prizes for second-place winners and a grand prize of $25 tab for first-place winners. Added will be one free round of questions where participants are encouraged to freely yell out answers to questions. What better way to have a fun night, and be gifted for it than at this fun and free pub quiz social. Woodbine will be hosting an open dinner for people to meet, talk and socialize. Cooking will begin at 7:30 p.m., but others are encourages to bring things to share. Suggested donation is $5. Woodbine located at 1882 Woodbine, Ridgewood. Witness the groundbreaking novel “No-No Boy” on stage at Flushing Town Hall located at 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing. It is a powerful and timely story about finding oneself. The play is directed by Pan Asian veteran artist Ron Nakahara. Tickets are $5 but free for members and students. Call their box office at 718-463-7700 to receive free tickets. Support your local craftswoman at the Astoria Tiny Market by purchasing some of their summer goodies. The event will be held at The Queens Kickshaw, 40-1 Broadway, Astoria from 7 to 9 p.m. Vendors will be selling cookies and shortbreads, knitted items, prints, cards, coloring books and handmade chocolates. Experience the hype behind beer gardens at Nowadays. From 3 p.m. to midnight, enjoy a couple of drinks and food at a big, park-like outdoor space located at 56-06 Cooper Ave., Flushing. There is no cover charge. Witness the entrepreneurs of the future at the Kidpreneur pop-up shop. The Brass Owl is hosting six creative Astoria kids aspiring entrepreneurs and their handmade crafts for sale. It will be held at 36-19 Ditmars Blvd. from 1 to 3 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 27 Make your Monday mornings as easy as your Sundays. The Ridgewood Library invites you and your child to enjoy a calm morning of nursery rhymes, books, and singing. Caregivers must be present. The event will take place at 20-12 Madison St., Ridgewood, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Children aged 18 months to 6 are welcomed. Are you into folk music? The Hootenanny will playing at the Queens Tavern. Don’t miss Ridgewood’s best live folk event. It will start at 9 p.m. and will be held at 6869 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood. No cover. TUESDAY, JUNE 28 Who says you can only have fun on the weekends? Every Tuesday, Ridgewood Ale House, located at 5728 Myrtle Ave., Ridgewood, has karaoke from 9 p.m. to midnight. Bring your friends and have some fun! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 Bayside Historical Society is hosting an Independence Day Celebration at Fort Totten Park with a free concert and fireworks display. The event is free and is sponsored by Councilman Paul Vallone from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. at 422 Weaver Ave., Bayside. Sound Vision Music Video Night with SNKR Joe and DJ Toby starts at 9 p.m. at 6869 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood. This event will take you back to the days of video music box, MTV, VH1 and The Box, when music video reigned supreme! Don’t miss out every Wednesday at Queens Tavern for a musical and visual journey called Sound Vision. Surely this event will incorporate music dating way back from the ‘70s to ‘90s, hiphop, R&B, soul, funk, reggae, dance and beyond! 9 p.m. until who knows. Guaranteed to have a fantastic time with food, music and dancing, for free! The Keep will be hosting Hot Jazz and Gypsy Jam every Wednesday at 10 p.m. and you are invited! Come enjoy this musical event with different types of music, food and dancing all night long! The event will take place at 205 Cypress Ave., Ridgewood. Guaranteed to have a grand time, for free! Don’t let your food scraps go to waste—the Ridgewood community has got a better use for them. Bring your fruit and vegetable waste to the food scrap drop-off at Fresh Pond Road every Wednesday from 8 to 10 a.m. and Ridgewood will compost it at the beautiful Queens Botanical Garden. The finished compost will be used for street care, community gardens, and other public greening projects. Looking for an alternative to going to the gym? Try yoga! As part of the initiative of ShapeUp NYC, the Ridgewood Library will offer free yoga at 20-12 Madison St. from 5 to 6 p.m. Space is limited. Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis. Once Upon a Mattress Port Washington Play Troupe Landmark Theater 232 Main Street Port Washington 11050 July 22, 23, 29,30 at 8 PM July 24, 31 at 2 PM For tickets, go to web site: pwmattress.bpt.me (Brown Paper Tickets) or call 800 838-3006 Make your plans to be at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona on the Fourth of July as the museum kicks off its 10th annual Hot Jazz/Cool Garden series. The July 4 celebration, which coincides with the jazz great’s birthday, will feature a special party including birthday cake in honor of Satchmo and complimentary red beans and rice, Armstrong’s favorite dish. The concert will also feature the Gotham Kings featuring Alphonso Horne, which will perform a special repertoire inspired by the King Oliver Creole Band. Concert is at 2 p.m.; advance single tickets are $18 per person, and includes free admission to the museum. Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107th St., Corona. For more information, visit www.louisarmstronghouse.org.
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