24 TIMES • NOVEMBER 5, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com happenings NOV .6 - NOV1. 1 Friday, Nov. 6 Enjoy a family-friendly party at the Alley Pond Environmental Center. Meet Virgil, the celebrity turkey, and listen to bedtime stories by Ms. Nadine. Wear your pajamas, bring a blanket or sleeping bag and enjoy a bedtime snack. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. $16 per person. For ages 3 and up. Pre-registration required. 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. Visit alleypond.com to register. Indulge in NYS Wines and Spirits during SquareWine’s Fall Harvest Tasting. The event features goods made exclusively in the Hudson Valley, the Finger Lakes, Long Island and Long Island City. 7 p.m. Free. 24-20 Jackson Ave., Long Island City. For more information visit licpartnership.org/ events. Experience a wide variety of contemporary art in one location at The Artichoke NY›s Community Art Project. Come out for the opening reception to see 200 works of art created by 50 international artists including paintings, sculptures, prints, ceramics, jewelry, photography and lighting design. Free. 5 to 8 p.m. Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing. Learn how to creatively use social media to raise support to fund your own projects. Long Island City Partnership is hosting a three-part workshop for artists who need to expand their resources through creative storytelling. You will learn how to get started on Facebook, collect and organize content for social media, identify you network, and what grant proposal reviewers look for. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10 admission. Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35th St. Saturday, Nov. 7 There will be a “Comedy for a Cause” dinner event at Ben’s Best Deli. Enjoy an evening of comedy from Ventriloquist Bob Baker, Rich Walker and Carie Karavas and a full course meal. All proceeds will be donated to Autism Speaks. 7 to 9:30 p.m. $40 advance ticket price, $45 at the door. 96-40 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. The Richmond Hill Historical Society will host a 50s Sock Hop with special guest Bishop Octavio Cisneros. Enjoy a buffet dinner, drinks and dancing, and enter a raf e for prizes. 50s attire is suggested. Tickets are $50 per person. 7 p.m. HCJ Monsignor Murray Hall, 111-02 86 Ave., Richmond Hill. For more information call 718-704-9317. Learn about interesting critters and crawlers at the Queens County Farm Museum›s Wildlife Weekend. Watch a birds of prey show and a frogs, bugs and animals show. Children will enjoy hayrides, pony rides and animal feeding. EDITOR’S PICK $9 admission, free with farm membership. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. Spend your Saturday morning at the Socrates Sculpture Park Greenmarket, a favorite destination for neighboring communities. Enjoy free cooking demonstrations and weekly featured seasonal items from the market with a great view of the sculpture exhibits. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring your food scraps to compost collection 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd. Take on the art of back strap weaving in this Saturdays in the Loft Family Art Workshop. Learn basic weaving on a back strap loom from textile designer Addison Walz. Experiment with color and a variety of bers to transform yarn into a band of woven fabric on a loom of ancient origins. These bands can be sewn into jewelry, cuffs, headbands or pouches. Ages 6 to 11. Children should be accompanied by an adult. $10 per child. 10 a.m. to noon. Registration recommended at sculpturecenter. org. 44-19 Purves St., Long Island City. Join the NYC Compost Project for their 2015 Pumpkin Smash. Bring your pumpkins and food scraps and watch them turn it into compost for city parks and green spaces. Enjoy refreshments, raf es and more. Free. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 43rd Street and Skillman Avenue. Sunday, Nov. 8 Bring your child to the New York Hall of Science to learn about aerodynamics at the “Little Makers” series. Build your very own glider plane and learn about the science behind ight. Dress for messy creativity. For children aged 18 months and up. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $8 per family plus NYSCI admission. 47-01 111th St., Corona. Visit nysci.org for more information. The Rego Park Jewish Center will feature a “Sunday Fun Day” event. Stop by this family-friendly afternoon and enjoy Jewish music from Komar Music and comedy from Harris Bloom. Light refreshments will be served. Seating is limited. 2:30 to 5 p.m. $20. 97-30 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. Explore the Dyker Heights› wealth of unique buildings as well as McKinley and Dyker Heights Parks, in this neighborhood considered a New York City suburb before the coming of the subway. Greater Astoria Historical Society members $15, public $20. The group will meet at noon at Fourth Avenue and 77th Street outside the R train station. For more information call 718-278-0700. Theatre by the Bay at Bay Terrace Garden Jewish Center presents the musical comedy «A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.» The show, based on the plays of Plautus will run on Saturdays, November 7, 14, 21 at 8 p.m. and on Sundays, November 8, 15, 22 at 3 p.m. $22 adults. $20 seniors (62 and over) and children (12 and under). 13-00 209 Street, Bayside. For more information or to make reservations visit theatrebythebayny.com Monday, Nov. 9 The Queens Kickshaw restaurant will participate in NYC Cider Week, a holiday designed to highlight New York State orchards and breweries. Indulge in a fourcourse meal specially paired with local A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Watch the Gingerbread Players of St. Luke’s Church present Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream.” One of Shakespeare’s most famous comedies, “A Midsummers Night’s Dream” tells the story of city dwellers who find themselves spending a night in the country, where magic and adventure ensue. Saturdays, Nov. 7 and 14, at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, Nov. 8 and 15, at 2:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $12. St. Luke’s Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills. Visit gingerbreadplayers.org for more information.
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