It’s In Queens! News From The Queens Tourism Council Get ready to be taken for a ride! There’s a fantastic, outdoor model train show pulling into Flushing for Memorial Day Weekend. Other enrichment opportunities include live theater, live music, a walking tour and foreign films. Here’s the rundown. • Friday and Saturday, May 23- 24, Moon Over Buffalo, 8 p.m. Rockaway Theatre Company presents this 1995 comic play by Ken Ludwig set in Buffalo in 1953. During its Broadway run, this play marked Carol Burnett’s return to the stage after a 30-year absence. $15/$12 seniors and children. The Post Theatre Building T4, Fort Tilden, www.rockawaytheatrecompany.org. • Friday, May 23, Helen Sung Trio: The (Re)Conception Project, 8 p.m. Pianist/composer Helen Sung, the Skanner Winner of the Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Piano Competition, has a singular sound and style. $15/$10 students. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., www.flushingtownhall.org. • Friday, May 23, A Geisha, 7 p.m. The Museum of the Moving Image (MMI) is honoring Kenji Mizoguchi (1898–1956), who produced 85 films that spanned the silent and sound eras in Japan. Set in Kyoto’s Gion district in the postwar period, A Geisha focuses on the student-mentor relationship between an experienced geisha and a teenage -SEE TOURISM ON PG. 59- Community CALENDAR Queens & Brooklyn girl who begs to apprentice with her. MMI, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us. • Saturday through Sunday, May 24-26, World’s Fair Train Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Long Island Garden Railway Society displays a working G-scale model train exhibit in a World’s Fair-themed outdoor setting. On May 24, the festivities include food and craft vendors, a trackless train for rides, and a 4 p.m. concert by John Yao’s Big Band, a 17-piece ensemble. Free with admission. Queens Botanical Gardens, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, www.queensbotanical.org. • Saturday, May 24, South American Voices of NYC: Tangolando & Festejation, 7 p.m. Two ensembles, one stage and an open dance floor offer varying takes on Latin music. Tangolando provides the first encounter of the tango with Afro-Peruvian music. Festejation plays traditional Afro-Peruvian music with other styles. $15/$10 students, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., www.flushingtownhall.org. • Saturday, May 24, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, 2 p.m. The annual memorial concert honoring permanent resident Scott Joplin. Free. St. Michael Cemetery, 72-02 Astoria Blvd., East Elmhurst, www.stmichaelscemetery.com. TODAY MASPETH HIGH SCHOOL Theater Department will present “Titus Andronicus” by William Shakespeare today and tomorrow at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the school, 54-40 74th St., Maspeth. For information call 1-718-803-7100. COMMUNITY BOARD 5 will hold a public hearing on the homeless shelter being proposed by Samaritan Village on Cooper Ave in Glendale. Hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Christ the King H.S., 68-02 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village. RIDGEWOOD LIBRARY, 20-12 Madison St., Ridgewood will celebrate it’s 85th anniversary by inviting children ages 6 to 12 to play games popular of the past years, such as jacks, hula hoop, hopscotch and more from 4 to 5 p.m. For information call 1-718- 821-4770. GLENDALE KIWANIS will meet at Zum Stammtisch restaurant, Myrtle Ave. and 70th St., at 12:30 p.m.M ASPETH KIWANIS will meet at O’Neills Restaurant, 64-21 53rd Drive, Maspeth at 12:15 p.m. RIDGEWOOD OLDER ADULT CENTER, 59-14 70th Ave., welcomes new members 60 years of age or older. Weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Many programs and meals daily. For more information, call 1-718- 456-2000. REGO PARK SENIOR CENTER, 93-29 Queens Blvd., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-896-8751. RIDGEWOOD-BUSHWICK SENIOR CENTER, 319 Stanhope St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-366- 3038. PETER CARDELLA SENIOR CENTER, 68-52 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-497-2908. SUNNYSIDE SENIOR CENTER, 43-31 39th St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-392-6944. SELF-HELP MASPETH Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., will hold beading, jewelry and bingo. Hot lunch at noon. Transportation available. For more information, call 1-718-429-3636. 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., Tai-Chi-Chuan at 10:15 a.m. For more information, call 1-718-894-3441. THE WOODSIDE CLINIC, 61- 20 Woodside Ave., provides support groups, human services, day activity program, food pantry, meals-on-wheels and senior assistance program. For more information, call 1-718-779-1234. SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY -SEE CALENDAR ON PG. 36- TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 • 22
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