It’s In Queens! News From The Queens Tourism Council There’s no doubt about the season as upcoming events include A Christmas Carol, holiday concerts with Handel’s Messiah, giftwrapping workshops, tree lightings, and Santa, Santa, Santa. But the Ebenezer Scrooges of Queens will also be able to enjoy art, film, dance, music, speeches, and winter fun at Citi Field. Here’s the rundown. • Tonight (Thursday), Dec. 11, through Sunday, Dec. 21, A Christmas Carol, times vary. The inresidence Titan Theatre Company brings a soaring adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the three transformational visits he endures from spirits of his past, present, and future. Prices vary. Queens Theatre, 14 United Nations Ave. S., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, www.queenstheatre.org. • Thursday, Dec. 11, Torn Memories of Nanking, 7 p.m. A screening of the award-winning documentary by Tamaki Matsuoka, a Japanese teacher and journalist who dedicated more than 25 years to finding out what happened in Nanking in the late 1930s. The film is based on interviews with more than 250 former Japanese soldiers and 300 survivors of the Nanking Massacre. Call before to confirm. -SEE TOURISM ON PG. 60- Community CALENDAR Queens & Brooklyn Queensborough Community College’s Kupferberg Holocaust Research Center, 222-05 56th Ave., Bayside, www.qcc.cuny.edu/khrca. • Friday, Dec. 12, The Corona Youth Music Project Holidays Concert, 6 p.m. The Corona Youth Orchestra, Corona Children’s Orchestra, and No Frontiers Children’s Orchestra showcase Beethoven and holiday classics with additional performances by new students in orchestral initiation programs in the area. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, www.queensmuseum.org. • Friday, Dec. 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Art Show, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. This third annual exhibit features a wide range of work by local artists with an emphasis on religious pieces. Free. Gear Art Gallery, 61-08 Myrtle Ave., Glendale, 718-386-2812. • Friday, Dec. 12, See It Big! Animation: Cheatin’, 7 p.m. The See It Big Series is presenting 16 contemporary animated films. Cheatin’ is about a newlywed wife who proves her love by becoming her husband’s mistress. Reception follows. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Kaufman Astoria District, TODAY JUNIPER PARK CIVIC ASSOC. will meet at 7:45 p.m. at Our Lady of Hope auditorium, Eliot Ave and 71st St., Middle Village. 104TH PRECINCT CIVILIAN OBSERVATION PATROL (104COP) will meet at 8 p.m. at St Pancras Parish Center, Myrtle Ave and 68th St., Glendale. 110th PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL will meet at 7 p.m. at Flanders Field Post, 51- 11 108th St. Elmhurst., 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’Neill’s Restaurant, 64-21 53rd Dr., 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. 35- TIMES, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2014 • 22
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