Times Newsweekly/Ridgewood TimesHappenings a show today in Forest Hills. The concert gets underway at 4:30 p.m. at The Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave. For more information, visit www.thecitg.org. As part of Asian Lunar New Year celebrations, Flushing Town Hall will present “Dynamic Writing: A Century of Calligraphy by Two Masters” from noon to 5 p.m. through Sunday, Mar. 22. ChaoLin Ting (age 102) and Yoo Sung Lee, respected calligraphers in the Chinese and Korean communities, will demonstrate Chinese Hsu-Fa and Korean Hangeul scripts. Admission is $5 per person, free for members and students. 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, call 1-718- 463-7700. The Workmen’s Circle’s “Taste of Jewish Culture” series kicks off at Marani restaurant in Rego Park at 1 p.m. The first and only Glatt Kosher Georgian restaurant in new York City, Marani features two kitchens—a meat kitchen in the upstairs dining room and a milches kitchen downstairs used to bake traditional khachapuri, a Georgian cheese pizza that’s become a popular Israeli brunch item. Admission is $25 per person. Enjoy an afternoon of classical music at the Latin American Cultural Center of Queens in Corona during its “Sunday to Remember” program from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The program includes classical music by the Quintet of the Americas and Latin music from Francisco Cantilo. Free admission, but donations are encouraged. El Paraiso Tropical, 102-11 42nd Ave. For more information, call 1-718-261-7664 or email [email protected]. More movies featuring Gordon Willis’ cinematography will be showcased today at Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image. The marathon begins at 3 p.m. with The Purple Rose of Cairo, Woody Allen’s comedy starring Mia Farrow as a 1930s movie fan whose screen idol, played by Jeff Daniels, walks out of a film and into her life. At 5 p.m., the museum will present Klute, a 1970s work of “paranoia cinema” combining film noir and sexual revolution candor. Finally, at 7:30 p.m., the museum screens The Parallax View, a paranoid thriller about a reporter dedicated to solving the assassination of a presidential candidate. 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Arts District. For more information, visit www.movingimage.us. MONDAY, FEB. 23 Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will hold her annual budget hearing beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Queens Borough Hall. The hearing focuses on funding requests for the city’s 2016 fiscal year budget, which takes effect on July 1 of this year. Speakers must provide written copies of their testimony. 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens. TUESDAY, FEB. 24 Community Board 5’s Transportation and Public Transit Services Committees will tackle all sorts of related issues during their joint meeting at the board’s Glendale office. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at 61-23 Myrtle Ave. For more information, call 1-718-366-1834. EDITOR’S PICK: Traditional and contemporary choreography of Asian dance will be presented through Song Hee Lee’s Dancing Wind show at Flushing Town Hall at 8 p.m. The Korean dancer and choreographer, joined by Chinese dancer and educator Ling Tang, will showcase an infusion of live world music from both Korean and Chinese traditions. Admission is $15 per person, $10 for members and students. 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, call 1-718-463-7700. (photo: Flushing Town Hall) The Community Education Council of District 24 will talk public school matters during its monthly meeting at P.S. 91. Their open calendar session starts at 7 p.m. at 68-10 Central Ave. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25 The Queens Symphony Orchestra will perform classics of Johann Sebastian Bach and Claude Debussy during a concert at All Saints Episcopal Church in Woodhaven. The performance is part of the Southern Queens Salon concert series. Free admission. 85-45 96th St., Woodhaven. Indian musician and composer A.R. Rahman will come to the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria for the world premiere of a new documentary about his career tonight at 7 p.m. Jai Ho documents the life of Rahman, who won Academy, Golden Globe and Grammy awards for his score of Slumdog Millionaire; the documentary also features spectacular concert footage. 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria. For more information, visit www.movingimage.us. EDITOR’S PICK: Oscar-winning cinematographer Gordon Willis’ career will be celebrated all this weekend at Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image. The institution will screen seven of Willis’ most renowned works, from the 1977 Woody Allen film Manhattan—featuring black-and-white imagery of New York City set to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”—to The Parallax View, a thriller about a reporter looking to solve the assassination of a presidential candidate. Willis, who died last May at the age of 82, was best known for his darkened imagery in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather series. Between 1970 and 1977, he served as director of photography for films that earned 19 Oscars and 39 Academy Award nominations. The Museum of the Moving Image is located at 36-01 35th Ave. For more information, visit www.movingimage.us. (photo courtesy of the Museum of the Moving Image) 23 • TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2015
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