FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com APRIL 30, 2015 • TIMES 29 happenings EDITOR’S PICK Photo Credit: Queensborough Performing Arts Center EMILY BARNETT Direct from Broadway, Chazz Palminteri performs his one-man stage version of the hit movie“A Bronx Tale,”based on his childhood memories of working men and gangsters in the Italian-American neighborhood where he grew up. Sunday, May 3. 3 p.m. $45. Queensborough Performing Arts Center. For more information, visit qcc.cuny.edu. Artist Emily Barnett’s exhibit of recent collages and installations integrates themes of nature and science using a vocabulary of forms including quantum corrals (an iconic scientific image of individual atoms manipulated with a scanning tunneling microscope), snake skeletons, nests and constellations. Friday, May 1. Free. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Queens Botanical Garden. 43-50 Main St. For more information, visit queensbotanical.org. CHAZZ PALMINTERI JoinPets and Pals/Walk-4-Paws Party for a freeday of family and pet fun.There will be games, rides, craft projects, pet adoptions, pet walks, a microchip clinic by Central Veterinary Associates, animal demonstrations and much more. Free. 12 to 3 p.m. Alley Pond Park. 76th Avenue and Spring eld Boulevard. To pre-register for a dog hike with Bobbi and the Strays, please visit walk4paws2015.myevent. com. Bring your little gardeners and nature lovers to Queens Botanical Gardenfor a relaxing afternoon featuring nature-inspired stories, followed by a botanically-themed craft activity. Limited to rst 30 children; while supplies last. Free with garden admission. 2 to 3:30 p.m. For more information, visit queensbotanical.org. In this hands-on workshop, an adult group (ages 12 and up) will make Da Po, a handkerchief used to teach drinking, while a youth group (ages 5-12) learns how to paint one of the most well-known types of Minhwa, Tiger and Bird, which were believed to ward off evil spirits. 1 p.m. $8 Flushing Town Hall members, $10 non-members. Flushing Town Hall. 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, visit ushingtownhall.org. The New York Classical Players’s highly successful 2014-2015 season comes to an end with Emmy Award-winning violist Richard O’Neill featuring Schubert’s monumental romantic masterwork “Arpeggione Sonata for Viola and Strings,” and Bruch’s “Double Concerto” with violinist Siwoo Kim. 4 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Flushing Town Hall. 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, visit ushingtownhall.org. Monday, May 4 “Sounds of Josef Brodsky,” presented by EtM Con Edison/FCCA Composer-in Residence Nina Siniakova, immerses spectators into the spirit of Joseph Brodsky’s poems through a unique method of morphing sounds, symbolic ideas, images, art and theater. Free. 7 p.m. Flushing Town Hall. 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, visit ushingtownhall.org. Tuesday, May 5 Join thisfree tness walking program along the beautifulJoe Michaels Mile,adjacent to Little Neck Bay. Adults only. Free. 9 to 10 a.m. Totten Ave. Call 718-352-4793 ext. 302 for more details. In “A Question of Country,” a black woman and a white woman secretly form a grass-roots organization to ght against apartheid in the early 1970’s in Cape Town. The subsequent con icts and collision of cultures, despite the victories, prove the impossibility of the friendship in post-apartheid South Africa. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free with RSVP. Kupferberg Center for the Arts. 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Please pre-register by visiting kupferbergcenter.org. Wednesday, May 6 Whether you’re a student, jazz musician or music educator, come join the Queens Jazz OverGround as they lead the house band in this monthly jam session. Held on the rst Wednesday of every month, Jazz Jams are a fun way to hone your skills and jam each month with your peers. Don’t play? Come listen. $10, Free for performers, Flushing Town Hall members and students. Flushing Town Hall. 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, visit ushingtownhall.org. “Figures of 8 Student Choreography Showcase” is an exciting opportunity for dance students to present fully produced works to the public. Choreography will be presented by Ilianna“iLLy” Ayala,Leora Graber, Malcolm V. Grif n, Paula Katsanos, Dianne Kissoon and Ashely Pinckney, Zoe Padden, Jiemin YangandOyamiwa Walker. Noon. $7. Kupferberg Center for the Arts. 65-30 Kissena Blvd. For more information, visit kupferbergcenter.org. Thursday, May 7 EC Squared Studio opens a new salsa class with a free rst session. Join other dance lovers on the fundamentals of salsa, including technique, turn patterns and styling. Start with individual footwork during the rst hour, followed by partner work during the second hour. Instructor Jose has been teaching Latin Ballroom for over 20 years and has had the privilege to study under “The Mambo King.” 7 to 9 p.m. Free. 80-20 Roosevelt Ave. For more information, visit ecsquaredstudio.com Photo Credit: Emily Barnett MAY 1 - MAY 7 Daily Senior Programs Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70th Ave., welcomes new members 60 years of age or older every weekday. For more information, call 718-456-2000. Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Center, 319 Stanhope St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 718-366-3038. Peter Cardella Senior Center, 68-52 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, will hold various programs. For more information, call 718-497-2908. Self-Help Maspeth Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., will hold beading, jewelry and other programs. Hot lunch served at noon. Transportation available. For more information, call 718-429-3636. Middle Village Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., will hold arts and crafts at 10 a.m., sit and be fit at 1 p.m. and Tai-Chi Chuan at 10:15 a.m. For more information, call 718-894-3441. Rego Park Senior Center, 93-29 Queens Blvd., will hold various programs. For more information, call 718-896-8751. Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 718-392-6944. Forest Hills Senior Center, 108-25 62nd Dr., will hold various programs and hot lunch. For more information, call 718-699-1010. Howard Beach Senior Center, 155-55 Cross Bay Blvd., will hold programs including art, computer and exercise classes. For more information, call 1-718-738-8100. EDITOR’S PICK
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