FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com JULY 31, 2014 • BUZZ • THE QUEENS COURIER 57 park is located at Sutphin Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard. SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 Bright colors, transparency and light: this is what glass painting is all about. Spend some playful time together making a colorful sun-catcher! The class will introduce you to the basics of glass painting. You will learn how to trace a design, color it with transparent, water-based paints and make a shiny and joyful decoration to hang at the window. Reservations are required. Please call 718-352-1548 to reserve a spot. Admission is $25 and the event is located at the Bayside Historical Society at 208 Totten Ave. St. Raphael’s Church on 35-20 Greenpoint Ave. will host an outdoor fl ea market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ten-foot spots cost $30 and checks are made payable to St. Raphael Church. For more information, please call 718-729-8597 or email straphaelrectory@ yahoo.com. In the event of rain, the fl ea market will be held indoors. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-05 and The Douglaston Club invite you to learn about boating safety from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Take this course to teach your children proper respect for good seamanship, to secure a jet ski operator’s license, possible reduction on boat insurance and upon successful completion of the course, the required certifi cate will be issued to the participant. The event is open to the general public and admission is $60. Admission includes books, lunch and light refreshments. Pre-registration and payment required prior to class session. Contact Rudy Bier at 516-541-3211 or [email protected] for more information. Make the check payable to “U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary” and mail the check to 321 North Hickory St. The Douglaston Club is located at 600 West Dr. Hello summer! Spend your weekends and enjoy the best of artisanal crafts and foods from local New York vendors at the LIC Flea & Food at 46th Avenue and 5th Street. The Flea Market is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and runs from today to August 31. MONDAY, AUGUST 4 The Central Astoria Local Development Coalition’s 2014 Waterfront Series continues with movies on the waterfront at 8:30 p.m. Today’s movie is Despicable Me 2. The movie runs for 98 minutes. The event is located at the Astoria Park Great Lawn on Shore Boulevard between the Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. For more information please contact 718-728-7820 or visit www.centralastoria.org. Create, shoot and edit your very own short fi lm in this three-session class, “Mac Monday: DIY Movies,” at the Central Library at 89-11 Merrick Blvd. We will be using a simple handheld digital video camera and iMovie to create the video. Bring your writing chops and acting face! Basic Mac skills are required. Register online at jobmap.queenslibrary.org. Call 718-990-8625 for additional information. The event starts at 6 p.m. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 The movie, “West Side Story,” starring Natalie Wood, will be shown at the Kew Gardens Community Center at 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd. Suite 202, at 1 p.m. Admission is free. Queens Botanical Garden announces the beginning of a new season of “Farmers Market Fridays.” Every Friday from June 20 to November 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., local residents will be able to buy fresh, local and seasonal produce, grown and sold by New York State farmers. The Farmers Market will be set up on Dahlia Avenue, directly off Main Street, outside the garden fence. For more information, visit www.queensbotanical.org or call 718-886- 3800. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 Bring your preschooler to the Queens Library at Broadway and play and read together, sharing your favorite books and games with other parents and children. This program is for children ages 1 to 5 and their parents. The Queens Library at Broadway is located at 40-20 Broadway and the event starts at 11:30 a.m. Come to the Kew Gardens Community Center at 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202, every Wednesday and Friday to play the Nintendo Wii. The games include baseball, golf, bowling, boxing and tennis. The events take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 Anjali Chugh will be at the Kew Gardens Community at 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202, at 1:30 p.m. Her workshop will give you the tools to meditate on your own. Come out to hear Michael Patrick’s Ring of Fire Band, a tribute to Johnny Cash, at Astoria Park Great Lawn on Shore Boulevard between the Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. This event is part of the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition’s 2014 Waterfront Series and begins at 7:30 p.m. For more information please contact 718-728-7820 or visit www.centralastoria.org. Find out about the health insurance and Medicare plan options for 2014/2015. Ron Ziffer and Amala Brown will be at the Kew Gardens Community Center at 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202, at 1:30 p.m. On Thursdays, Joseph Puglist leads French classes at the Kew Gardens Community Center. For beginners class starts at noon, and intermediate classes begin at 1 p.m. The center is located at 80-02 Kew Gardens Rd., Suite 202. TO HAVE YOUR EVENT APPEAR HERE POST IT @ QUEENSCOURIER.COM buzz EDITOR’S PICK PASSPORT TO BRAZIL Queens Museum presents “Passport Thursdays 2014: International Outdoor Film, Dance and Music Series.” Take a one-day excursion to Brazil on Thursday, August 7. Batala NYC All Women Afro- Brazilian Drum band will perform and there will be a showing of the movie “The Mystery of Samba/O Mistério do Samba.” The movie runs for 88 minutes and there will be English subtitles. The event is from 7 to 10 p.m. and the museum is located at the New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Admission is free. In the case of rain, the program moves inside the museum.
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