60 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • NOVEMBER 28, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com happenings >NOV 28- >DEC 4 COMPILED BY RACHEL LANDAU SATURDAY, NOV. 30 NYC Urban Park Rangers is organizing a vigorous hike through Alley Pond Park’s forested trails. Comfortable shoes or boots, a bottle of water and a light snack is recommended for all participants to bring. Meet up will take place at 11 a.m. at the Alley Pond Park Adventure Center, between the Grand Central Parkway and Winchester Boulevard. This event is free. For more information, call 718-846-2713. SUNDAY, DEC. 1 Join Brooklyn All-Star Center Brook Lopez for a morning of basketball instruction and fun at the “2013 Citi Brook Lopez Basketball Pro Camp.” This event begins at 9 a.m. at Queens College’s Fitzgerald Gymnasium, located at 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing. For more information, call 718-997-4710. Urban Park Rangers is hosting “Nature Photography: Winter Landscapes” at Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk. This photography program is for digital cameras and you must provide your own camera. DSLR cameras are preferred, though all cameras are welcome. Participants are asked to meet up at Beach 67 Street and the Boardwalk at 11 a.m. This event is free. For more info, call 718-846-2731. The New York Hall of Science presents, “Make it! Block Printing.” Make small, block printed pillows, holiday cards and envelopes. Participants are also welcome to bring their own t-shirts and fabric to print on. This event is recommended for age 5 and up. Tickets are $ 5 per parent/child pair ($3 for members), plus admissions to the museum. Register on the day of the event at the NYSCI admissions area. This drop-in workshop takes place at 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, email rbingham@ nysci.org. The New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th Street in Corona. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 The Irish Studies Program at Queens College hosts “A Talk with Vincent Carey.” Carey is a scholar of early modern Ireland and is currently a Macaulay Honors College Teaching Fellow. Carey will discuss the importance of going out in the fi eld to confi rm “historical paper trails” in the landscape. Refreshments will be served. This lecture will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Paul Klapper Hall, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard in Flushing, in the Godwin-Ternbach Museum event space. For more information, call 718-997-4710. THURSDAY, DEC. 5 Public Health Solutions invites you to the “Jamaica/ Hollis Neighborhood Hunger Network Community Meeting.” Community representatives and individuals interested in working to alleviate hunger and poverty in Jamaica, Queens are invited to attend this meeting. Networking hour will start HOLIDAY MAGIC! at 9:30 a.m. followed by the meeting at 10 a.m. A light breakfast will be served. This meeting will take place in the Harvest Room at the Jamaica Market, 90-40 160th Street. For more information and to RSVP, email Erika Eitland at eeitland@ healthsolutions.org. FRIDAY, DEC. 6 Verizon sponsors “How to amplify your Business through Mobile Technology.” The Queens Chamber of Commerce will present this workshop forum at the Bulova Center, 75-20 Astoria Boulevard in Jackson Heights. This panel workshop features small business experts. Grow your knowledge and business by embracing the newest and boldest technology! This event begins at 8 p.m. For more information, email http://www.queenschamber. org/events. Get into the holiday wintertime spirit! Bring the whole family to “Jack Frost” at the Queensbourough Performing Arts Center at 222-05 56th Avenue in Oakland Gardens. The show is from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. All seats are $8. To make reservations, call 718-266-0202 or email info@ aosny.com. SATURDAY, DEC. 7 Bay Terrace Jewish Center presents, “Cabaret Night.” Cabaret Night features Theatre by the Bay’s leading lady, Jean Ann Kump, and singing impressionist Barry Feterman. It will be an evening of music, comedy and dancing in an intimate, seated cabaret setting. Guests are encouraged to bring their own bottle of wine. Tickets are $22 per person in advance and $25 at the door. For those who reserve a table of 8 to 10, tickets cost $20 per person. This event begins at 8 p.m. at the Bay Terrace Jewish Center at 13-00 209th Street in Bayside. For reservations and more information, call 718-428-6363. Photo by Shari Romar The Queen’s Museum of Art presents “Poets in the Galleries: Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee Explore Queens International 2013.” The Poets in the Galleries series is a program geared towards exploration and discussion. Join the poets for interactive readings and take the opportunity to learn from the poets’ presentation. The Queens Museum of Art is located in the NYC Building in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. For more information, call 718- 592-9700. Temple Beth Sholom, located at 171-39 Northern Boulevard in Flushing, is having its highly anticipated Annual Bazaar. There will be antiques, more than 40,000 used books, records, paintings, new merchandise of all kinds, including holiday shop, toys, housewares, clothing, yarn, jewelry and cosmetics. Food Court, Snack Bar. Saturday December 7, 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday, December 8, 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, December 9, sell-out day 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. 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. EDITOR’S PICK SUNDAY, DEC. 8 , The Queens Botanical Garden invites you to an afternoon of family fun, crafts, live music and holiday magic! From 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Santa Claus will be visiting the Queens Botanical Garden. The photograph fee starts at $10. Individuals must be on line by 4 p.m. From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. take a tour of the winter garden. To put a splendid close to the holiday festivities, the tree lighting ceremony and sing-along will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Garden admission is free. The Queens Botanical Garden is located at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing. For more information, call 718-886-3800.
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