TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2014 • 20 It’s In Queens! News From The Queens Tourism Council It’s time for the block party to end all block parties, the community fun day to end all community fun days, the fundraiser concert to end all fundraiser concerts, and the film series to end all film series. Other activities include beach movies, a US Open preview, and history lessons on the Revolutionary War. Here’s the rundown. • Tonight (Thursday), Aug. 21, Passport Thursdays: Korea, 7 to 10 p.m. The Song Hee Lee Dance Company, which combines modern and Korean dance forms, presents. The night includes a screening of Approved for Adoption, an animated documentary that traces the unconventional upbringing of the filmmaker Jung Henin, one of thousands of Korean children adopted by European families after the Korean War. Free. Queens Museum, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, www.queensmuseum.org. • Thursday, Aug. 21, Jazzmobile Block Party, 4 to 8:30 p.m. The Louis Armstrong House Museum presents its annual end-of-summer blowout featuring the Ray Mantilla Septet, which specializes in Afro- Cuban jazz. The event shuts down 107th Street in front of the museum. The party begins at 4 p.m with a children’s art workshop presented by the Queens Museum and hulahoop -SEE TOURISM ON PG. 56- Community CALENDAR Queens & Brooklyn fun. The concert begins at 7 p.m. Free. Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107th St., Corona, www.satchmo.net. • Thursday, Aug. 21, The LEGO Movie, 6 p.m. The North Queens Community Programs Committee hosts The LEGO Movie, followed by a live music performance from Tony-O and his band. Free. Kissena Corridor Park, Main Street and Elder Avenue, Flushing. • Thursday, Aug. 21, End of Community Fun Day, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The STARS Youth Center & Reach For The STARS Day Care Center sponsors a day with a bouncy super slide, magic, cotton candy, face-painting, arts and crafts, music, and giveaways. Free. P.S./M.S. 146 Playground, 98th Street and 159th Avenue, Howard Beach, www.StarsYouthCenter.com. • Friday, Aug. 22, Biggest Fundraiser of the Summer Dance Party, 8 p.m. WBLS’s DJ Marley Marl, Ray DeJon, Ralph Mc Daniels, and DJ Vernon provide the music. $25 and all the proceeds go the Jamaica YMCA and the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens, Resorts World Casino New York City, 110- 00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica, www.rwnewyork.com. • Friday, Aug. 22, An Evening Ride on the Forest Park Carousel to End Alzheimer’s, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. TODAY COMMUNITY BOARD 9 will convene a meeting on the Pedestrian Plaza located on Drew Street, 101st Ave. and Liberty Ave. at 4:30 p.m. in Room 213 at Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd., Kew Gardens. Meeting open to the public. GLENDALE KIWANIS will meet at Zum Stammtisch restaurant, Myrtle Ave. and 70th St., at 12:30 p.m. MASPETH 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. FOREST HILLS SENIOR CENTER, 108-25 62nd Dr., will hold various programs, plus hot lunch. For more information, call 1-718-699-1010. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 THIRD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER for the Alzheimer’s Assoc., New York -SEE CALENDAR ON PG. 55-
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