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It’s In Queens! News From The Queens Tourism Council It must be Classics Week, as Shakespeare, The Beatles, Godzilla, The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof and a multi-day Latin cultural festival come to town. Residents can also enjoy outdoor movies, concerts and festivals and indoor lectures on such topics as feral cats, the environment, and the Holocaust. Here’s the rundown. • Tonight (Thursday), July 24, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 7:30 p.m. Hip-to- Hip Theatre Company performs Shakespeare’s slapstick comedy about love, friendship, betrayal, forgiveness, and a dog. This zany tale of romantic rivals asks the question: Is all really fair in love? Special workshop for children at 7 p.m. Free. Crocheron Park, vicinity of 214th Place, and 33rd Avenue, Bayside, www.hiptohip.org. • Thursday, July 24, The Devotions, 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a Doo Wop vocal group with Astoria roots as part of the Central Astoria Local Development Coalition’s 2014 Waterfront Concert Series. Free. Astoria Park Great Lawn, Shore Boulevard between the Hell Gate Bridge and Astoria Pool, www.centralastoria.org. • Thursday through Saturday, July 24-26, Fiddler on the Roof, 8 p.m. The Josephine Foundation hosts this timehonored musical about a Jewish family’s struggles in Russia in 1905. $25/$40 for VIP seating. Immaculate Conception Center, 72-00 Douglaston Community CALENDAR Queens & Brooklyn Pkwy., Douglaston, www.thejosephinefoundation.org. • Thursday, July 24, Tom Finnegan’s Rainbow, 7 p.m. This Woodside group plays classic rock as part of the Woodside Summer Concert Series presented by the Northwest Woodside Coalition and Goliard Concerts. Free. Sgt. Collins Park, 58th Street and Broadway, Woodside, (718) 205-1030. • Thursday through Sunday, July 25-27, The World’s Fair Play Festival, Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m, Sundays at 3 p.m. This is Queens Theatre’s 25th season, which coincides with the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs. In celebration, QT presents 10 original, 10-minute plays inspired by these fairs, which took place in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. $18. QT, 14 United Nations Ave. S., FMCP, www.queenstheatre.org. • Friday, July 25, Classic Monster Film Fridays: Godzilla, 8:19 p.m. The ocean’s surface boils and a Japanese freighter vanishes in the Pacific Ocean. Odo Island’s superstitious villagers rightly fear the ancient legend Godzilla has come true. The behemoth seeks revenge on the world, turning Tokyo into a wasteland of atomic fire and rubble. Young lovers Emiko and Ogata are trapped in the monster’s path of destruction, forced to choose between betraying a friend and saving the world. Free. Rufus King Park, Jamaica Avenue TODAY WOODSIDE SUMMER CONCERTS will present Tom Finnegans Rainbow in Sgt. Collins Park, 58th St and Broadway, Woodside at 7 p.m. Bring your own chairs. WATERFRONT CONCERT SERIES at Astoria Park located between Astoria Pool and Hell Gate Bridge at 7:30 p.m. featuring “The Devotions.” Bring your own chair. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK featuring the Hip to Hip Theatre Company will present “Two Gentlemen from Verona” at 7 p.m. Bring your own chair or blanket. PASOFINO will perform at the George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park Dr. off Woodhaven Blvd., Forest Park, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Free admission. 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 SERVICES, 43-31 39th St., will hold various programs. For more information, call 1-718-784-6173, ext. 112. -SEE CALENDAR ON PG. 27- TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2014 • 20 -SEE TOURISMON PG. 56-


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