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28 TIMES • MAY 28, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com happenings MAY2 9 - JUNE 4 EDITOR’S PICK NYC MUSICAL SAW FESTIVAL The 11th annual NYC Musical Saw Festival is in “The Guinness Book of World Records” as the largest musical saw ensemble with 53 saw players playingtogether, beating the previous record from Poland (28 saw players). Musical saw players from all over the world, the Astoria Symphonic Choir and Trinity Handbell Choir will performdiverse music styles. Saturday, May 30. 2 p.m. $10. Trinity Lutheran Church. 31-18 37th St. For more information, visit musicalsawfestival. Friday, May 29 Bring a chair or blanket and join us for a showing of “Space Jam.” Popcorn will be served. Board games begin at 7 p.m. Movie begins at 8 p.m. Frederick B. Judge Playground. 111-01 134th St. For more information, visit nycgovparks.org. In conjunction with the exhibition“Sensory Stories: An Exhibition of New Narrative Experiences,” Future of StoryTelling (FoST) and the Museum of the Moving Image will present a screening of“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which will feature a live, audience-driven reenactment of the film by the official New York City Shadow Cast and a Q&A with founding members of one of the original super fan communities. In addition, FoST will host a series of “Sensory Stories,” conversations with the artists from the exhibition. Free with museum admission. Runs through Saturday, June 19. Museum of the Moving Image. 36-01 35th Ave. For more information, visit movingimage.us. “Gods,” an enormously entertaining biopic, chronicles the groundbreaking work of Zbigniew Religa, the pioneering Polish surgeon who defied the Communist bureaucracy of the 1980s to perform the country’s first successful heart transplant. Told with wit, verve and a fastidious attention to period detail, this snappily paced, true-life medical saga—winner of Best Film at this year’s Polish Film Awards—is both an engrossing portrait of a larger-than-life personality and a vivid recreation of a unique moment in history. 7 p.m. $12, $9 for seniors and students, free for members. Museum of the Moving Image. 36-01 35th Ave. For more information, visit movingimage.us. Saturday, May 30 Bayside Historical Society will host a fun,“Amazing Race”-stylescavenger hunt all around beautiful Fort Totten Park called Castle Quest. YourQuest Mapwill guide you as you look for hidden photo clues and try your hand at some easy and not-soeasy Quest Challenges.Medals await the first-, second- and third-place teams at our debriefing and celebratory lunch immediately following the Quest. $10 per four-person team. Children under 12 free if accompanied by a parent or guardian. Registration begins at 11 a.m. and the race begins at noon. 422 Weaver Ave. For more information, visit baysidehistorical. org. In March 1912, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low assembled 18 girls from Savannah, Georgia, for a local Girl Scout meeting. In 1915, Ms. Low moved the national headquarters to New York City. JoinGreater Astoria Historical Societyboard member and former Girl Scout DeeAnne Gorman as we note the centennial of this move with presentations by local Girl Scout troops on the history of scouting and their activities in the community. Free. 1 p.m. 35-20 Broadway. For more information, visit astorialic.org. The Astoria Symphony Orchestra presents “Music for Brass and Percussion: For the Uncommon Woman,” featuri ng Joan Tower’s celebratory“Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman”and Wagner’s“Ride of the Valkyrie.” 8 p.m. $25 adults, $20 students and seniors. Mt. Carmel Church. 23-25 Newtown Ave. For more information, visit astoriamusic.org. Shred by Crom is an outdoor beach boot camp program that builds total body strength, endurance, balance and core stability for people of all ages and fitness levels. This training is friendly, dynamic, motivating and fun. 8 to 8:45 a.m. Free. Rockaway Beach. Beach 94th Street and Shorefront Parkway. Call 718-845-1700 for more information. There will be free spaying and neutering, pet adoption, a trick contest, raffles and giveaways at It’s My Bark Day. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rockaway Freeway Dog Park. 83-02 Beach Channel Drive. For more information, visit arfarfrockaway.org. Mama Piggy narrates “Los Tres Creditos/The Three Little Pigs,” this bilingual adaptation that features a vegetarian wolf and the three cutest little pigs on this side of town. Action, adventure, salsa, and other Latin music keeps audiences clapping en route to a happy ending. Noon to 1 p.m. Free. Flushing Meadows Corona Park. 111st Street and 53rd Avenue. Call 718-600-6560 for more details. Join Highland Park for the 7th Annual Strawberry Festival.There will be entertainment, crafts, games, inflatables, music, face painting,a strawberry eating contest, carnival games and much more. Noon to 3 p.m. Free. Jamaica Avenue and Elton Street. Call 718-235-4100 for more details. Astoria isa true example of a melting pot; its population has the influence of many cultures from all over the world. Join Central Astoria Local Development Coalition at the Celebrate Astoria International Cultural Fest by celebrating some of these amazing cultures through song and dance. Noon to 5 p.m. Free. Astoria Park’s pool terrace. Shore Boulevard by Hell Gate Bridge. For more information, visit centralastoria.nyc. Skats the Clown has been bringing the funny to audiences for nearly two decades. His confusing style of clown comedy is guaranteed to bring out the inner child in everyone. Combining magic and clownery, Skats makes everyone laugh out loud while also leaving them in amazement. Free. 2 to 4 p.m. Forest Park. Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive. Call 718-788-2676 for more information. Jeremy Teperman of the NYC Compost Project, hosted by the Queens Botanical Garden, will present a two-hour workshop on the basics of composting. Urban gardeners of all levels are welcome. 2:30 to 4:30 org.


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