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25 • TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2014 Join us this Saturday 6/21 for GHANA VS GERMANY AT 2:30PM. We will be showing all the World Cup games on our 100" screen in the back room! WE'LL HAVE COMPLIMENTARY PRETZEL ROLL SANDWICHES.! SUBSCRIBE TO THE Times Newsweekly Established in 1908 as Ridgewood Times Serving All Queens And Brooklyn + BEST Community Coverage + LARGEST Classified Pages + MORE Local Features & Columns FOR ONLY $2500 A YEAR You Can Get The Times Newsweekly Mailed To Your Home For 52 Weeks ($30.00 Outside Queens & Brooklyn) FILL IN COUPON AND MAIL WITH CHECK NAME__________________________________________ ADDRESS______________________________________ _______________________________________________ CITY___________________________ ZIP_____________ PHONE_____________________________________________ _(circle one) NEW SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL WE ACCEPT ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS CALL 1-718-821-7500 Times Newsweekly P.O. Box 860299, Ridgewood, N.Y. 11386-0299 Welcome Summer In Style At Garden Solstice Event Music & Fun For Everyone This Sunday, June 22, celebrate the arrival of summer at Queens Botanical Garden (QBG) at its summer solstice event, which also kicks off the Festival de las Flores (The Festival of the Flowers), a traditional Colombian celebration now in its fifth year in New York City. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and the first day of summer. This year, QBG’s annual observance of this special day is combined with a celebration of flowers with Festival de las Flores, a popular traditional celebration originating in Medellín, Colombia. It commemorates the time when the Silletero (porter) slaves had to carry men, women and other cargo on their backs up the steep hills. When slavery ended, they carried flowers instead, to celebrate freedom and beauty. Today, this history is celebrated with elaborate floral displays (Silletas) and festive performances. The garden will celebrate both events in grand style. Visitors can enjoy crafts and food vendors, Spanish folklore and bilingual story time, old-fashioned children’s games, face painting, botanical crafts and activities, a petting zoo, miniature pony rides and more. The performance stage will feature live music by Rebollu, an ensemble of master musicians specializing in traditional Colombian instruments along with the fusion sounds of Boca. Of particular interest will be a large Floral Tapestry that will be constructed by the Festival organizers and displays of Silletas both completed and in progress. The floral Tapestry will be on display at QBG through July 4. The garden will host the Silleteros (the floral artisans who construct the Silletas) through June 28. The public is invited to observe their work from 2-4 p.m. beginning Tuesday, June 24, ©Times Newsweekly - 2014- ZUM 69-46 through 40 Myrtle Ave, Glendale, NY -SEE SOLSTICE ON PG. 57- School Donates To Moms, Homeless The community service club at I.S. 73 in Middle Village recently collected personal items to put into gift baskets for Mother’s Day presents. The baskets were distributed to the Saratoga Family Inn, a homeless shelter in Jamaica, and Women Helping Women, a center for abused women and children. The baskets were filled with crayons, pens, pencils, notepads costume jewelry and personal hygiene items. The students are pictured with their baskets filled with collected items shelters don’t supply.


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