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CALENDAR -CONTINUED FROM PG. 55- welcome. For more information, call 1-718-478-5747. GIRL SCOUTS K to 3rd grade meet from 5 to 6 p.m. Grades 4 and up meet from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Andrews United Methodist Church, 91 Richmond St., between Etna St. and Ridgewood Ave., Cypress Hills. BOY SCOUTS Troop and Pack 233 meet at 7 p.m. at St. Brigid Catholic Academy, 438 Grove St, near St. Nicholas Ave., Brooklyn. All boys in grades 1 and up are welcome. For information call 1-718-827-7377. GIRL SCOUTS meet at 7 p.m. at St. Brigid Catholic Academy, 438 Grove St., near St. Nicholas Ave., Brooklyn. 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. 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. MIDDLE VILLAGE Adult Center, 69-10 75th St., will hold aerobics to music at 9 a.m., watercolor painting at 9 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. FOREST HILLS SENIOR CENTER, 108-25 62nd Dr., will hold various programs, plus hot lunch. For more information, call 1-718-699-1010. MASPETH SELF-HELP SENIOR CENTER, 69-61 Grand Ave., Maspeth will hold exercise and bingo. Hot lunch at noon. Transportation available. Call 1- 718-429-3636 for information. Forest Park Carousel hosts this third annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter, donating 100 percent of proceeds from carousel rides. For $10, visitors have unlimited carousel rides, Cido the Clown, and face-painting or individual rides for $3. Forest Park, Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive, Woodhaven, www.forestparkcarousel.com. • Friday, Aug. 22, Beach Flix, sundown. Bring a blanket or beach chair and watch the movie Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore outdoors on the sand. Free. Beach 126th Street, Rockaway, www.RockawayCivic.com. • Saturday, Aug. 23, Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day, 9 a.m. to about 5 p.m. Children can participate in fun workshops, watch professional tennis players practice, and enjoy a free concert with The Bomb Digz, Kalin and Myles, Hollywood Ending, and Karina Rae. Free. United States Tennis Association, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, www.arthurashekidsday.com. • Saturday, Aug. 23, General Nathaniel Woodhull and the Battle of Brooklyn, 1 p.m. To commemorate this historical battle, the Onderdonk House installs an exhibit on Woodhull, the first American militia general killed in the Revolutionary War; re-installs an exhibit on the Daughters of the American Revolution; and conducts tours of its colonial kitchen. Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood, www.onderdonkhouse.org. • Saturday, Aug. 23, GAHS Movies: Goodbye Mr. Chips, 1 p.m. This 1939 British romantic drama is based on the eponymous 1934 novel about an aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school who recalls his career and personal life over the decades. Free. Greater Astoria Historical Society, Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, Fourth Floor, www.astorialic.org. • Saturday, Aug. 23, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 2 p.m.; The Window, 4 p.m. The Museum of the Moving Image (MMI) is presenting a nine-film series featuring rare titles from Hong Kong. Yesterday depicts a fast-spreading virus that induces panic when the government is slow to react. The Window is about a relationship between a career criminal and a blind girl. $15. MMI, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us. • Saturday, Aug. 23, Lena & the Happy Clam Band, 1 p.m. Great live music for youngsters as part of Rego Center’s Children’s Summer Entertainment Series. Free. RC’s Galleria, 61-35 Junction Blvd., Rego Park, www.regocenter.com. • Saturday, Aug. 23, Villalobos Brothers, 3 p.m. This group blends the indigenous rhythms and melodies of its native Xalapa in Mexico’s Veracruz with the intricate harmonies of jazz and classical music in a bilingual program. Suggested for ages five and up. Free. Queens Library at Broadway, 40-20 Broadway, LIC, www.villalobosbrothers.com. • Sunday, Aug. 24, The Afri- Garifuna Jazz Ensemble, 2 p.m. Flushing Town Hall’s free summer concerts series presents this highenergy group that mixes African, Latin, and Jazz music with indigenous rhythms from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. FTH, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, www.flushingtownhall.org. • Sunday, Aug. 24, Pei Shih, 3 p.m.; Mitra, 6 p.m. The Museum of the Moving Image is presenting “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Cinema of Patrick Lung Kong,” a nine-film series featuring rare titles from Hong Kong. Pei Shih is a tale of heartbreak and doomed romance between two solipsistic characters. Mitra is a love story set upon the expansive desert backdrops of the Middle East. $15. MMI, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us. • Sunday, Aug. 24, LIC Concerts: Sol Liebeskind, 5 p.m. With the Midtown Manhattan skyline as a backdrop, enjoy Argentine crooner Sol Liebeskind’s jazz and hip-hop band Lux DeVille. Free. Gantry Plaza State Park, 4-09 47th Rd., LIC, www.licconcerts.com. • Sunday, Aug. 24, A Taste of Ireland, 2:30 p.m. Enjoy the music, food, and culture of the Emerald Isle and the chance to view the exhibition Remembering Yesterday: Queens and Its World’s Fairs, which takes a look at the two World’s Fairs in Queens (1939 and 1964). $15/$20 at the door. Queens Historical Society, Kingsland Homestead, 143- 35 37th Ave., Flushing, www.queenshistoricalsociety.org. • Sunday, Aug. 24, Walking Tour of Whitestone, 2 p.m. Join historian Jason D. Antos for a tour of the old Whitestone LIRR line, Beechhurst, and old Whitestone Village. $10. Meet at Waldbaum’s Shopping Center, Bayside. • Monday, Aug. 25, Finding Nemo, 8:30 p.m. Outdoor screening as part of Central Astoria LDC’s 2014 Movies on the Waterfront series. Free. Astoria Park Great Lawn, Shore Boulevard between the Hell Gate Bridge and Astoria Pool, www.centralastoria.org. • Monday, Aug. 25, Frozen, 8 p.m. (rain date: Tuesday, Aug. 26). An outdoor movie on a giant screen sponsored by City Council Member Mark S. Weprin and Friends of Cunningham Park. Free. Cunningham Park, vicinity of bocce courts, Union Turnpike and 196th Place, Fresh Meadows, 718-468- 0137. • Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 25-27, Astoria Fine Arts Dance’s Modern and Choreography, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Designed for the pre-professional dancer, this class is three full days of ballet, modern, and choreography. Dancers have the opportunity to learn repertory from the Reject Dance Theatre and Rachel Pritzlaff/Time Based Art. There is an in-studio showing of the repertory at the end. $50 per day/$125 for all three days. Astoria Fine Arts Dance, 38-01 23rd Ave., Astoria, www.afadance.com. • Wednesday, Aug. 27, Legends of Hip Hop, 9 p.m. Rob Base, Coolio, Fat Joe, Fatman Scoop, and others. $30-$125. Resorts World Casino New York City, 110-00 Rockaway Blvd., Jamaica, www.rwnewyork.com. • Wednesday, Aug. 27, Italian Nights: Extasy’s Marty Hronchich, 7 p.m. The Federation of Italian Organizations of Queens presents a night of songs and music from Istria, presented by Istria Sport Club and D & F Development Group, LLC. Free. St. Joseph Church, 43rd Street between 30th and 28th avenues, Astoria. The “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the Queens Tourism Council with the hope that readers will enjoy the borough’s many attractions. More info available online at www.itsinqueens.com. News From The Queens Tourism Council If You See Breaking News On Your Block... 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