FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com AUGUST 4, 2016 • TIMES 27 happenings - AUG.. Thursday, Aug. 3 Comedy: Thursday Night Comedy @ K & A Every week K & A hosts a variety of talented comedians from all over the New York metropolitan area. Come out and check out the talent. Guaranteed to make you laugh … and it’s free! K & A is open from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. and is located at 66-48 Myrtle Ave., Glendale. Friday, Aug. 4 Yoga: Ridgewood Friday Night Community Flow @ Ridgewood Yoga Studio Get energized for the weekend by joining in a community flow at Ridgewood Yoga Studio. All levels of student are welcome, so whether you know your asanas or have never tried them, you will become a warrior! The class is donation-based and takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 16-23 Hancock St. Saturday, Aug. 5 Music: House of Feelings @ Trans-Pecos Saturday at our favorite DIY venue in Ridgewood belongs to House of Feelings, A Night of Continuous Music. Headlining the night are dream poppers Mr. Twin Sister. Get ready to feel all the feelings. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. The show starts at 9 p.m. Trans-Pecos is located at 9-15 Wyckoff Ave. Festival: Variance Music & Arts Festival @ Van-Der Onderdonk Farmhouse This Saturday, a new festival comes to Ridgewood’s beloved farmhouse. Variance is an NYCgrown music and arts festival celebrating discovery, diversity and sustainability. They’ll be presenting musicians and producers across electronica, indie, disco, house and world music, fusing them with immersive art installations that have a sustainable message, and tying everything together with culinary bites inspired by our artists’ cultural influences. Sounds great to us! Tickets are $30 and the event goes from noon to 10 p.m. The Van-Der Onderdonk farmhouse is located at 1820 Flushing Ave. Sunday, Aug. 6 Music: Personal Space, Sic Tic, Drawing Boards & Treatment @ The Footlight A lineup of four bands will make your Sunday night sweet. Tickets are $5 at the door. The show starts at 8 p.m. The Footlight is located at 465 Seneca Ave. Food & Drink: Dual release @ Finback Brewery Finback is one of Queens’ best breweries and it’s rare to catch an event happening at their space, so if you like good beers, spin by the brewery this Sunday! They’ll be releasing two new beers: the OSCILLATION 5 double IPA and SMOOTH BEATS MIAMI, a coconut IPA. Plus there will be food for purchase from Gabby Lane. The event is free at runs from 1 to 7 p.m. Finback Brewery is located at 78-01 77th Ave. Monday, Aug. 7 Cinema: Maysles Cinema Mondays presents Monterey Pop @ Nowadays Maysles Cinema in Manhattan is curating a pop-up non-fiction film series at outdoor beer garden Nowadays. This week’s edition features a documentary is “Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” The admission is free and the screening starts at sundown (around 8:30). Nowadays is located at 56-06 Cooper Ave. Tuesday, Aug. 8 Books: “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain @ Ridgewood Library If you always wanted to be part of a book club, get your foot in the door this Tuesday at the Queens Library Ridgewood branch. Book lovers will gather to discuss one of the classic. The event is free and takes place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and books are available for check-out. The library is located at 20-12 Madison St. Learning: Liberalism and the Good Life @ Nowadays Think Olio is a new lecture series featuring salon-style classes, taught by college professors for people who want to expand their worldview. This week’s class discusses the impacts of liberalism, or liberal political theory, in democratic societies where people need not agree on moral or religious issues. The class costs $10 and starts at 7:30 p.m. Nowadays is located at 56-06 Cooper Ave. Wednesday, Aug. 9 Music: Gypsy Jazz @ The Keep (FREE) Every Wednesday, the Avalon Jazz Band leads local musicians to spit some jazz tunes among the artful collection of junk and treasures that The Keep bar has on display. There are beers on draft and a tasty $10 cocktail menu available — we recommend the Lavender! Music is free and starts at 10 p.m. at 205 Cypress Ave. 4 10 AUG. Counseling Programs Glenridge Alanon, family and friends of alcoholChurch, Palmetto Street and 60th Place in Ridgewood. Beginners meet at 7:30 p.m., followed by the regular meeting at 8:10 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 21st Avenue and 32nd Street in Astoria. For more information, call 718-520-5021. Nar-Anon, a self-help support group for those affected by a loved one’s drug abuse, meets every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the Church in the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave. in Forest Hills. For more information, call 800-984-0066. Youth Activities Boy Scout Troop 28 meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 86-20 114th St. in Richmond Hill. All boys ages 10 ½ to 17 are welcome. For more information, call 718- 478-5747. Sunnyside Drum Corps meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at All Saints Church, 43-12 46th St. in Sunnyside, one block off Queens Boulevard. Boys and girls ages 7 to 17 are invited to join. For more information, call 718-786-4141. St. Margaret Boy Scout Troops 119 meets every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at St. Margaret Parish Center, 80th Street off Juniper Valley Road, in Middle Village. Boys ages 11 to 17 are welcome. Cub Scouts Pack 383 meets every Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at St. Pancras Pfeifer Hall, Myrtle Avenue and 68th Street in Glendale. For more information, call 718-938-2073. ATTENTION: Want your event on this page? Post it on QNS.com! It’s never been easier to submit a Happening. Become a registered member at www.qns.com, visit the Events page, click the “Add Event” bar at left, complete the form and click “Post Event.” You can even post a photo or a ier for your event. It takes only a couple of minutes to complete, and it’s absolutely FREE! We’ll select entries on our QNS.com Events site for our Happenings page in the Queens Courier and Ridgewood Times. Let all of Queens know what’s going on tomorrow by posting it on QNS.com today! ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Ongoing Senior Programs Ridgewood Older Adult Center, 59-14 70th Ave., Welcomes New Members 60 Years Of Age Or Older Every Weekday. For More Information, Call 718-456-2000. Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Center, 319 Stanhope St., Will Hold Various Programs. For More Information, Call 718-366-3038. Peter Cardella Senior Center, 68-52 Fresh Pond Rd., Ridgewood, Will Hold Various Programs. For More Information, Call 718-497-2908. Self-Help Maspeth Senior Center, 69-61 Grand Ave., Will Hold Beading, Jewelry And Other Programs. Hot Lunch Served At Noon. Transportation Available. For More Information, Call 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. And Tai-Chi Chuan At 10:15 A.M. For More Information, Call 718-894-3441. Rego Park Senior Center, 93-29 Queens Blvd., Will Hold Various Programs. For More Information, Call 718-896-8751. Sunnyside Senior Center, 43-31 39th St., Will Hold Various Programs. For More Information, Call 718-392-6944. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ EDITOR’S PICK Buy some beautiful owers at the Orchid Sale, in preparation for the upcoming exhibition “Taiwan: A World of Orchids.” Queens Botanic Garden (4350 Main St., Flushing), 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, FREE.
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