It’s Never Too Early To Register To Vote! This Year, You Have A Say In Choosing Our Next Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Lawmakers And Members Of Congress. Exercise Your Right As An American! Call 311 Or Visit www.vote.nyc.ny.us To Get A Voter’s Registration Form -CONTINUED FROM PG. 22- • Saturday, May 24, The Famous Sword Bijomaru, 2 p.m.; Portrait of Madame Yuki, 4 p.m.; Osaka Elegy, 7 p.m. The Museum of the Moving Image is honoring Kenji Mizoguchi (1898–1956), who produced 85 films that spanned the silent and sound eras in Japan. The Famous Sword Bijomaru is the tale of a 19th century swordmaker who works as a morale booster for the military government. Portrait of Madame Yuki is about a woman from a family of country gentry that lost everything in the war. Now she is mistreated by her loutish, insolvent husband, who nevertheless holds her in thrall sexually. When she fails to find comfort in the arms of a less virile neighbor, the inhibitions of her class conditioning leave her with no way out. Osaka Elegy is about a switchboard operator working hard to support her family. She becomes her boss’s mistress, and hardens herself into the role of a moga (“modern woman”). MMI, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us. • Sunday May 25, Sunday to Remember, 2:30 p.m. Quintet of the Americas, the woodwind group widely known for its Latin American music, performs Tango for a Cold Wintry Day, along with other genre masterworks. Dancers join in for several tangos. $5 suggested donation. El Paraiso, 102-11 42nd Ave., Corona, www.laccq.org. • Sunday, May 25, Willets Point, 4 p.m. East of Citi Field is a sewerless, hardscrabble area of auto junkyards and related businesses that have twice beaten back redevelopment attempts. But as it is located between the baseball stadium and a booming Flushing, public and private interests are again trying to transform Willets Point. Take a guided walk with official Queens historian Jack Eichenbaum to the area from central Flushing to understand its important setting and learn why “Willets Point” is a misnomer. $20. Register at www.mas.org/tours. • Sunday, May 25, Little Makers: Exploring Circuitry, 10:30 a.m. Explore the basics of circuitry with copper tape, coin batteries and LEDs. This workshop is recommended for children ages 18 months and older. $8 per family, plus admission. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Corona, www.nysci.org. • Sunday, May 25, The Designing Eye: Exposition Posters from 1893- 2000 (runs through Aug. 31). An exhibition of 30 World’s Fair posters from a 100-year period and spanning several continents. Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, www.queensmuseum.org. • Sunday, May 25, The 47 Ronin (Pt. 1 & 2), 2 p.m. The Museum of the Moving Image is honoring Kenji Mizoguchi (1898–1956), who produced 85 films that spanned the silent and sound eras in Japan. In the early years of the 18th century, the retainers of slain Lord Asano set out to avenge themselves against the man whose treachery was responsible for their master’s senseless death, proving their unshakable fidelity to the grave. The most famous version of this Japanese epic was produced at the behest of the military government with propagandistic intent. MMI, 36- 01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us. • Tuesday, May 27, Tuesday Morning Music Club of Douglaston, 11 a.m. C. Winfield Swarr, clarinet, and Hiroko Miyaki Dutton, piano, play Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major, KV 622, and in Five Bagatelle for Clarinet and Piano. Hiroko Nakahara, violin, and Jeong-Hwa Park, piano, render Beethoven, Romance in F. Major, Op. 50, and E. Grieg Sonata for Violin and Piano. Ronald Meixell, bass baritone, and Aglaia Savalas Messina, piano, are set to perform, too. Free. Douglaston Community Church, 39-15, Douglaston Pkwy. For more information, call 1-516-466-4034. • Wednesday, May 28, One With Others, 8 p.m. (nightly through May 31). Dance, words and scrap wood are the raw materials for this experimental dance examination of who we become due to the choices we make or that others make for us. $15. The Chocolate Factory, 5-49 49th Ave., LIC, www.chocolatefactorytheater.org. “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the Queens Tourism Council with the hope that readers will enjoy the borough’s attractions. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 24- bigger,” said El Kang, who will receive her degree from LaGuardia in June. On the LaGuardia campus, El Kang spotted a flyer for a program that would serve as the catalyst her business needed: the Capital One Entrepreneurship Program, a biannual entrepreneurial training program for LaGuardia students who want to start a business. Now in its sixth year, the 12-week program is sponsored by Capital One. It offers business workshops and mentoring from Capital One bankers and partners with LaGuardia’s NYDesigns, an incubator for design businesses ranging from fashion to architecture. To date, 75 student entrepreneurs have participated in the competitive program. The Capital One Entrepreneurship Program concludes with a business pitch competition where the students pitch their business plans to a panel of judges for up to $1,000 in start-up capital. After applying for the program in January 2012 and being one of only eight students selected to participate in the class that semester, Nadira won the top prize of the $1,000 award. “As a local bank, we are committed to investing in Queens and helping our community to grow and thrive,” said Colleen Taylor, EVP, Head of Treasury Management and Queens Market President at Capital One Bank. “By fostering entrepreneurship and enabling students like Nadira to gain realworld business experience, we are working to develop the future business leaders of our community.” Investing her grant from Capital One, El Kang bought a camera to take photographs of her products. The higher-quality photos, paired with search engine optimization (SEO), enabled her to increase her online annual sales revenue by 40% from 2012 to 2013. Since completing the program in June 2012, she registered her business and developed a logo and brand. Earlier this month she was accepted to NYDesigns’ highly competitive business incubator program, making her the first NYDesigns resident to come from the Capital One Entrepreneurship Program. She will be moving into a subsidized studio space with access to business advisors and technical assistance, ready to take her business to the next level, just as she was honored by Accion. As Accion shined the spotlight on women in business and celebrated the female entrepreneurial spirit at its luncheon, El Kang’s award is a fitting tribute to her professional achievements and eternal sincerity in the face of numerous hurdles along the way, and to the inspiration she brings to other immigrant women entrepreneurs. which will run around select parts of the garden (additional fee applies). John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument will cap off Saturday’s activities with a concert beginning at 4 p.m. Yao, a graduate of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, is a composer, trombonist, and arranger specializing in jazz fusion style. He and his ensemble have performed extensively throughout the region to great acclaim. This performance is cosponsored by the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. The World’s Fairs were signature events which forever changed the borough of Queens and spawned more than half of the county’s major cultural institutions, including the garden. “I have wonderful memories from the ‘64 Fair and I would think most feel the same who were there,” said Danny Saporito, president of the Long Island Garden Railway Society. “This is real local history both 50 and 75 years. I think the community would want to promote the anniversary and I hope they do.” Queens Botanical Garden is located at 43-50 Main St. in Flushing, Queens Botanical Garden is easily accessible by car, train, or bus. For travel directions and more information visit www.queensbotanical.org or call 1- 718-886-3800. TOURISM LaGuardia Community College Student Receives Award For Her Entrepreneurship All Aboard For World’s Fair Train Show This Weekend At Qns. Botanical Garden -CONTINUED FROM PG. 24- 59 • TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014
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