70 The QUENS Courier • buzz • september 26, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com ▶ happenings >sept 26- >OCt 2 COMPILED BY TONIA N. CIMINO FRIDAY, SEPT. 27 The Rufus King Manor Museum hosts Brooklyn Boroque Concert: Couperin & Eau de Vie, a chance to experience chamber music similar to that which Rufus King would enjoy. Brooklyn Boroque consists of cellist David Bakamjian, flutist Andrew Bolotowsky and harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky, and will perform music by French composer Francois Couperin. Samples of fruit brandy and hard cider like those found in King’s wine cellar will be served. Admission is $25 in advance and $30 at the door. For more info, call 718-206-0545 SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 Join the Queens Botanical Garden for its second part of the HSB C Children’s Garden Fall Session. Those who attend the second session will cook fresh snacks with vegetables from the garden and make fresh apple cider and plant herbs to take home for the winter. Admission is $12 for members and $15 for non-members. St. John’s University Dribble for the Cure: On September 28 the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation will team up with the St. John’s Red Storm for the 3rd Annual Dribble for the Cure. A fun-filled day that raised money for pediatric cancer research, registrants will form “Dribble Teams” and have the opportunity to meet and dribble around the St. John’s Queens campus with the men’s and women’s basketball teams and Coaches Steve Lavin and Joe Tartamella. “Dribble Teams” that raise the most money will be eligible for prizes! For more information on registration, go to www.dribbleforthecure. com. St. John’s University is located at 8000 Utopia Parkway The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) invites all parents to attend a FRE Parents of Children with Special Needs Conference. Attendees will see presentations like, “The Journey of Being a Parent of a Child with Autism,” “Understanding NY Autism Insurance Reform,” Understanding Your Rights as a Parent of Child with Autism, and Functional Communication Training and Behavior Management. Attendees will receive free “Back to School” backpacks for their child. Location is Christ Tabernacle, 64-34 Myrtle Avenue Glendale. Contact: D.Plump@ centerforautism.com (RS VP by September 26 with first & last name, mailing address and telephone number) SUNDAY, SEPT. 29 There is no doubt that Pat Boone is the original American Idol, and his appeal continues to be universal in “THE COMPLETE HOWARD HAWKS” Through November 10 at the Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, New York 11106 718-777-6888, info@movingmage.us. Howard Hawks (1896–1977) was the flawless Hollywood director whose distinct personal style can be seen in classics such as “Scarface,” “To Have and Have Not,” “His Girl Friday,” “Twentieth Century” and “Rio Bravo.” The film series presents a 39-film retrospective of the great American director who made films in almost every conceivable genre, while maintaining a style that was direct, energetic, and lucid. Series highlights include new, rarely seen, and/or restored archival 35mm prints of “Ball of Fire”(1942); “I Was a Male War Bride” (1949); “Scarface “(1932); “The Dawn Patrol “(1930); “Only Angels Have Wings”(1939); as well as the silent feature “Fig Leaves” (1927) and much more. All films shown are directed by Howard Hawks, unless otherwise noted and all titles will be shown on film. scope! Singer, actor/TV host, producer, songwriter, author, motivational speaker, TV pitchman, radio personality and humanitarian, his contribution to the American culture and country’s consciousness has reached legendary status. Boone’s teen idol success led him to star in 14 major movie features with stars such as Ann Margaret, James Mason, Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis. In fact, he was Elvis’ main competition at that time. Boone became the youngest person to have his own weekly musical variety TV show, and in 1959 he wrote the lyric to the theme from the movie “Exodus,” about the creation of the State of Israel. See him perform live at 3 p.m. at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center at Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue Bayside. For tickets ($45), call 718-631-6311 SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER Socrates Sculpture Park presents Parting, an innovative installation in Long Island City, which combines green initiatives, artistry, and architecture. The design incorporates elevated thresholds and slopes, nets, chain links, and hybrid framing structures to create a state-of-theart design. Appropriately located in one of the city’s fastest growing neighborhoods, which is also home to an expanding art scene, Parting encompasses elements of modernism and curiosity. Parting is located on 43-29 Crescent Street, in a converted asphalt parking lot adjacent to M. Wells Steakhouse. The lot will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every S aturday and S unday thr ough to 2014. Parting is the first art design project located in the lot and the first project of Socrates Sculpture Park outside of its park in northern Long Island City. The development is supported by Rockrose Development Corporation and engineered by native New York architects Jerome W. Haferd and K. Brandt Knapp. For further information, visit http://www. socratessculpturepark.org/ The New York Hall of Science’s 3D theater is showing “The Last Reef,” an underwater journey that explores the unrivaled biodiversity of coral reefs. “The Last Reef” draws parallels between coral reefs, underwater centers vital to marine life, and cities, which bustle with human exchange. While this 3-dimensional feature is an entertaining experience, it also communicates the disturbing real- 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.
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