28 TIMES • MAY 7, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com happenings MAY 8 - MAY 14 EDITOR’S PICK KRONOS QUARTET Photo courtesy of Joan Jastrebski Three musical groups, Kronos Quartet, Face the Music’s Quartet: This Side Up and Pannonia Quartet, open the Queens New Music Festival with a program of music commissioned for Kronos, including Philip Glass’s “Quartet No. 5,” Aleksandra Vrebalov’s “Pannonia Boundless” and more. Wednesday, May 13, 7:30 p.m. $27, $17 for students. The Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave. For more information, visit queensnewmusicfestival.org. Friday, May 8 Bring a chair or blanket to Police Of cer Edward Byrne Park for a showing of “Big Hero 6.” Popcorn will be served. Board games begin at 7 pm. Movie begins at 8 p.m. Free. North Conduit Avenue and 134 Street. For more information, visit nycgovparks.org. There will be a bee-guiling presentation by beekeeper and honey connoisseur Ruth Harrigan at the Bayside Historical Society titled “A Taste of Honey Redux.” Learn all about the beautiful honey bee and beekeeping, then sample several local honeys. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please preregister by calling 718-352-1548. 208 Totten Ave. Flushing Town Hall is mashing up two cultures on one stage with an open dance oor. Featuring Panamanian group Julian presenting the music of Panama that made signi cant contributions to other genres like Cumbia, Punto and Saloma; and Cameroonian songstress Kaïssa for a unique blend of African, reggae, jazz, R&B and Makossa. Together these artists will create a unique evening of exciting music and culture and make an interesting cultural cocktail to enjoy. They’ll blend together with an impromptu jam in the last set. $10 members and students, $15 non-members. 7 p.m. 137- 35 Northern Blvd. For more information, visit ushingtownhall.org. As part of the exhibition“After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India, 1947/1997,” Queens Museum will be showing “From Gulf to Gulf,” a lm about a group of sailors traveling through the Western Indian Ocean. Free with museum admission. 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Runs through Sunday, June 28. New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. For more information, visits queensmuseum.org. In “After the Rain,” it is 1984 and the city of Salvador de Bahia prepares for Brazil›s rst presidential elections after 20 years of dictatorship. As his school prepares for its own rst council elections, 16-year-old Caio›s political awakening begins, as he shifts from a critical outsider to a vocal participant. Focusing on a period seldom portrayed in Brazilian cinema, Hughes and Marques›s semiautobiographical debut highlights questions about the possibility of political and social change.7 p.m. $12, $9 for seniors and students, free for museum members. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave. For more information, visit movingimage.us. Combining hardboiled police mystery with soaring kung fu action, director Teddy Chen (“Bodyguards & Assassins,”“The Accidental Spy”) gathers an array of Hong Kong’s most outstanding talents, including action lm legend Donnie Yen, for“Kung Fu Killers.” Yen is Hahou, a fabled martial arts master who has been temporarily released from prison to help the police catch a vicious serial killer. Discovering that the killer has systematically hunted down each one of his old enemies, Hahou plunges into a riotous cat-and-mouse chase where the hunter becomes indistinguishable from the hunted. 7:30 p.m. $12, $9 for seniors and students, free for museum members. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave. For more information, visit movingimage.us. Saturday, May 9 Pitch, shoot and score with NYC Parks. Summer Sports Experience welcomes kids to join this free program focused on developing sports skills on Saturdays and Sundays. Kids will play a variety of sports each day, and can come every session, or just once. Free. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Runs through Sunday, June 21. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center, 93-29 Queens Blvd. Call 718-263-1163 for more details. NYC Parksand Bike New York are proud to present Learn to Ride classes. In these free classes, children will learn the fundamentals of bicycling. This class teaches a safe, easy, effective way to learn to ride. Using this “balance rst” method, parents help get their children rolling while the child does most of the work. Participants learn the basics of balancing, starting, stopping and steering a bike. Participants must bring their own bike. Free. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Almeda Playground, Beach 66th St. An aquatic tale that moves between ancient myths and our modern era, children’s show “Ondin” takes toddlers from the wide open shores down to the very deepest part of the sea. There, the young sherman Ondin turns into a strange marine creature and discovers a fascinating world.Ticket prices vary. 2:15 p.m. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. For more information, visit ushingtownhall.org. Join the Alley Pond Environmental Center to listen to a nature-related story followed by craft and activity time for Toddler Tales – Wild Mother’s Day. Enjoy a snack, meet an animal and take a trail walk. Limited to 12 participants. $18 per child. 10:30 a.m. to noon. Please preregister by visiting alleypond.com. 228-06 Northern Blvd. Join professional photographer, Wayne “Fli” Summerlin for this two-day adult photography workshop on Saturday, May 9, and Saturday, May 16. Learn effective camera use and the importance of composition and lighting. During the rst session, photographers will learn and then practice newly acquired skills, taking pictures during a nature walk on APEC’s trails. During the second session, two photos will be shared with the group, evaluated by the instructor and framed for your own display. $66 per person. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Please preregister by visiting alleypond.com. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd. There will be a walking tour of Mount Olivet Cemetery focusing on the horticultural beauty of the cemetery.The tour will be led by David Gigler.There will also be a discussion regarding the history of the Rural Cemetery movement starting in the mid-19th century. The tour includes a plant identi cation handout, and refreshments at the conclusion of the tour. An $8 donation per person will be requested to bene t the programs of the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society which is co-sponsoring this event. 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, visit mountolivetcemeterynyc.com. Sunday, May 10 Bring your mom for an early morning birdwatching walk led by Steve and Heidi Nanz of the Brooklyn Bird Club for “Mother’s Day at
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