FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com NOVEMBER 28, 2013 • BUZZ • THE QUEENS COURIER 61 buzz SATURDAY and SUNDAY, DEC. 7 & 8 Make a beautiful wreath at the Queens County Farm Museum’s wreath making workshop. All materials will be provided participants need only bring a garden shear. The workshops will be held at 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. Advance payment is required. To register and to pay the $20 fee call 718-347-3276 ext 301. The Queens County Farm Museum is located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway Glen Oaks, NY. SUNDAY, DEC. 8 The Kupferberg Center for the Arts presents “Holiday Pops” with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and conductor Keith Lockhart. The Holiday Pops concert captures the magic of the Christmas season and the winter charm of New England. Don’t miss new arrangements of seasonal favorites. Santa Claus himself will make a guest appearance. Kick off the holiday season with song and cheer! Tickets are $50-$120. Order online or call the box offi ce, 718-793-8080 for tickets. The Colden Auditorium is located at Reeves Avenue and the Horace Harding Service Road in Flushing. The Waltz Astoria presents a bright, up-and-coming singer from Northern California, “Nicole!” She will cover the popular music of today and the classic tunes from yester-year. The performance will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. There is an $8 cover charge and a one drink minimum. The Waltz Astoria is located at 23-14 Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria. For more information, call 718-956-8742. SATURDAY, DEC .14 Queensborough Performing Arts Center presents, “Karaoke at the Movies: Aladdin.” The program is a family-oriented, interactive fi lm series that encourages total audience participation. The crowd can sing and dance along with their favorite characters on screen! Movies are captioned. Prior to the showing of the movie a trivia contest will be held. The most enthusiastic participant can win a $100 cash prize. All showings for Karaoke at the movies are $5. Tickets can be purchased online at www. visitqpac.org or call the box offi ce, 718-631-6311. Queensborough Performing Art Center is located at 222-05 56th Avenue in Bayside. SUNDAY, DEC. 15 Join the Astoria Symphonic Choir and orchestra in ushering in the holiday season! The evening features Camille Saint-Saens’ masterpiece “Oratorio de Noel” and Francis Poulenc’s powerful “Gloria.” Adam Eggleston will be the conductor for the evening. The concert begins at 5 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, 43-19 30th Avenue in Astoria. Tickets in advance are $20 for adults and $15 for students/ seniors and $ 25/$20 at the door. For more information call 917-300-8695. ONGOING THROUGH SUNDAY, JAN. 26, 2014 “Space Choreographed: Noguchi and Ruth Page” is an exhibit of the drawings of Noguchi of avant-garde American dancer and choreographer Ruth Page. This Noguchi series entails ink wash paintings that abstract the human form. 9-01 33rd Rd, New York, NY 11106. For more information, call 718-204-7088 ONGOING THROUGH APRIL 7, 2014 Bring your friends, bring a scarf and gloves and remember to lace up tight! Ice skating season has begun at World Ice Arena at Flushing Meadow- Corona Park! Admission is $5 for all ages on weekdays and $8 on weekends and holidays. To rent skates, be sure to bring socks and an additional $5. The rink is open from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. On weekends, it is open 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday nights; 12 p.m. until 4:45 p.m. and 8 p.m. until 9:50 p.m. Saturdays and 12 p.m. until 4:45 on Sundays. Information is subject to change, to inquire about any changes call 718-760-9001. World Ice Arena is located at Avery Avenue and 131st Street Flushing, NY. ONGOING THROUGH MARCH 31, 2014 Legacy: Photographs Emily Fisher Landau’s Gift to the Whitney Museum of American Art at the Fisher Landau Center for Arts. The collection includes 419 works, namely installations, sculptures, drawings, photographs etc. by numerous key fi gures in contemporary American Art. FREE. Exhibition hours are Thursday through Monday, 12 to 5 p.m. The Fisher Landau Center for Arts is located at 38-27 30th Street Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101. For more information call 718-937-0727. ONGOING The Museum of Moving Image invites all to experience its core exhibit: “Behind the Screen.” “Behind the Screen” conveys the techniques and creative processes that ultimately amount to motion pictures. The exhibit boasts over 1,4000 artifacts from the museum’s collection of the material culture of the moving image, computer-based interactive experiences that includes recording their own images, audio-visual material that encompasses over four hours of various types of fi lm clips and projections and commissioned artworks constructed exclusively for “Behind the Screen.” For more information call 718-777-6888. Silver Sneakers Exercise classes are available for senior at all levels of physical fi tness. Trained professionals will help eligible seniors buttress their balance, agility, strength and endurance. Classes are available Monday through Friday in Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. To fi nd out if you are eligible and to check for class times call 516-745-8050. You voted, they won of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com EDITOR’S PICK Photo Courtesy Flushing Town Hall STORYTELLER ROBIN BADY NY Computer Hospital Here they are – more winners of the Queens Courier’s Best of the Boro Competition, FAMILY & RECREATION. The competition collected over 41,000 votes in such categories as best Dance School, Batting Cage and many more. SUNDAY, DEC. 1, Come and light the menorah at Flushing Town Hall. Celebrate Hanukkah with awardwining storyteller Robin Bady, as she shares her favorite stories and songs. Bady will be accompanied by violinist Deni Bonet. It will be a day of miracles, menorahs, dreidels and dancing! There are two opportunities to join the festivities at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for members and children. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Boulevard, at the corner of Linden Place, in Flushing. For more information, call 718-463-7700.
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