French music. The program includes pieces by composers such as Poulenc (France), Ginastera (Argentina), Françaix (France), Golestan (Romania) and Lajtha (Hungary). Their compositions are inspired by sources as diverse as the French Renaissance and Romanian folklore. $12-$22. The Churchin the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills Gardens, www.musicareginae.org. • Saturday, Jan. 10, Saturday Afternoon with a Rock Radio Legend, 2 p.m. Meet Ken Dashow, who worked at WNEWFM for 17 years and then joined Q104, where his afternoon show is rated number one in NYC. He also hosts a popular Sunday morning show, Breakfast with the Beatles. Free. Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, www.queenslibrary.org. • Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, 3D Design Workshop, 1:30 to 5 p.m. This workshop teaches how to use the free, webbased, 3D modeling program TinkerCAD. $5 per adult/child pair, plus admission. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Corona, www.nysci.org. • Saturday, Jan. 10, Storybook Discovery: Let it Snow, 11 a.m. This monthly reading activity focuses on the snowy season and participants make paper plate snowmen to take home. $5 suggested donation per family. The Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary, and Victorian Garden, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing, www.vomuseum.org. • Saturday, Jan. 10, A Bronx Tale, 1 p.m. Set in the Bronx in the 1960s, but shot in Astoria in the 1990s, this film depicts a youth who gets lured into joining the mob. Free. Greater Astoria Historical Society, Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, Fourth Floor, LIC, www.astorialic.org. • Saturday, Jan. 10, Yoga in the Elements, 9:15 a.m. The onsite heated log cabin offers the perfect setting for a serene yoga session. Certified master instructor Mike Mancini creates a multi-level, adaptable approach suitable for beginners to experts. $16. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, www.alleypond.com. • Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 10-11, MulchFest 2015, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring trees to a designated park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city. NYC Parks employees chip the trees and give donors bags of mulch. Free. Astoria Park, 19th Street and Hoyt Avenue, chipping; Brookville Park, Brookville Boulevard/Caney Road/144th Avenue, chipping; Cunningham Park, visitor parking lot and 196th Street, chipping; Forest Park, Forest Park Drive and Woodhaven Boulevard, chipping; GreenThumb and Land Restoration Project Compound, Queens Plaza South and 10th Street, drop-off only; Juniper Valley Park, 80th Street between Juniper Boulevards North and South, chipping; Kissena Park, 164th Street at Underhill Avenue, drop-off only; Oakland Playground (P.S. 203), Springfield Boulevard and 56th Avenue, chipping; Rockaway Beach, Shore Front Parkway and Beach 94th Street, drop-off only; Rockaway Beach, parking lot at Beach 11th Street, drop-off; Rockaway Beach Neponsit Nursing Home parking lot, Rockaway Beach Boulevard just west of 149th Street, drop-off; Roy Wilkins Park, park entrance at Merrick and Foch boulevards, drop-off; and Travers Park, 78th Street and 34th Avenue, chipping. More info at www.nycgovparks.org. • Sunday, Jan. 11, Electronic Waste Recycling Event, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drop off unwanted or broken gadgets, which will be disposed of in the proper ecological way. This 12th annual event is done in partnership with the Lower East Side Ecology Center and sponsored by TekServe. Free. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., but find parking garden entrance on Crommelin Street, Flushing, www.queensbotanical.org. • Sunday, Jan. 11, GingerBread Lane Giveaway, 1 to 6 p.m. Receive pieces of GingerBread Lane on a firstcome, first-served basis until every piece is gone. Limit of one house per person while supplies last. Line opens at noon; giveaway starts at 1 p.m. Free with admission. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Corona, www.nysci.org. • Sunday, Jan. 11, Con Brio presents Bach, Beethoven, Dvorak and More, 4:30 p.m. Violinist Alexander Meshibovsky and pianist Diana Mittler play Beethoven’s Sonata in D Major and other selections. Oboist Alan Hollander presents Bach, Schumann, and others. Baritone Darian Worrell performs Dvorak. $12. The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills Gardens, www.thecitg.org. • Sunday, Jan. 11, Bauer Hour, 5 p.m. Performer and choreographer Eleanor Bauer hosts a talk show, variety show, parlor show, all or none of the above and also an experiment. She invites guests to join her and create a space and time for whatever seems most important now and not later. Everybody has a story so let’s hear it, and talk is cheap so let’s spend it. Small talk, medium talk, big talk, trash-talk, pillow talk, hard talk, shop talk, walk talk, fake talk, real talk, straight talk, curly talk, sideways talk, and backwards talk. No talk is an option for guests who prefer dance or pantomime. MoMA PS 1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., LIC, www.momaps1.org. • Sunday, Jan. 11, Sunday, Funny Sunday, 7 p.m. Get a showcase of NYC’s best new comedic talent and a free pint of Abita beer. $10. Laughing Devil Comedy Club, 47-38 Vernon Blvd., LIC, www.laughingdevil.com. • Sunday, Jan. 11, Emerging Toronto Filmmakers, 5:30 p.m. Three emerging Canadian movie directors—Antoine Bourges and Kazik Radwanski (founders of the production and screening collective Medium Density Fibreboard Films) and experimental filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz—participate in a discussion led by film critic Adam Nayman. Free. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District, www.movingimage.us. • Monday, Jan. 12, 5 Skinny Habits: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Fitness, 1:30 p.m. Author David Zulberg, a certified health-and-fitness coach, speaks on how ancient wisdom can teach a more holistic understanding of healthier lifestyles. Zulberg draws on Maimonides and the ancient Greeks to integrate spiritual, emotional, and physical components of health and weight loss. $8 suggested donation. Central Queens Y, 67-09 108th St., Forest Hills, www.cqy.org. The “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the Queens Tourism Council with the hope that readers will enjoy the borough’s attractions. More info at www.itsinqueens.com. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 20- News From The Queens Tourism Council TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014 • 54 Up to 40% of businesses never recover after experiencing a major disaster. Do you have a plan to keep your business running if disaster strikes? For a free online tool that helps you develop an emergency plan, visit Ready.gov/business.
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