36 DECEMBER 27, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27
Remake The Holidays — Families
bend, twist, light, sculpt and animate a
new version of the holiday season with
workshops, demos, artist installations
and more. ReMake the Holidays is a response
to increased consumption and
waste during the holiday season and
an attempt to give people inspiration
and options to do things diff erently
while having fun.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28
Movie Showing: “The House with
a Clock in its Walls” — Are you brave
enough to discover the secrets of “The
House with a Clock in Its Walls”? (2018,
PG) Come see the movie at Corona to
fi nd out!
When: 3:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: Queens Library Corona
Branch, 38-23 104 St., Corona
Cost: Free
Skip the Small Talk — Do you wish
you could have more of the kinds of
conversations you have late at night
where for some reason, you feel safe
talking about the things you actually
care about? Bring your friends (or
come by yourself– most people do)
and spend your Friday night at an
event where you know everyone else
is there for the same reason.
When: Friday, Dec. 28, 6 p.m. to
8:30 p.m.
Where: Katch Astoria, 31-19 Newtown
Ave., Astoria.
Cost: $15
Screening and Live Event: “Minding
the Gap” — This breakthrough
fi lm by fi rst-time director Bing Liu
is a coming-of-age saga about three
skateboarding friends straining
against the bounds of their Rust Belt
hometown, struggling with diffi cult
family histories, and navigating
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
their evolving relationships with
one another. Long a co-conspirator in
their group schemes, Liu refashions
himself along the way into a proper
chronicler, training his camera on
friends Keire and Zack as they grow
from teenagers into grown men in
their twenties, taking on jobs and
raising families of their own. As
they face adult responsibilities, unexpected
revelations threaten their
decade-long friendship. Winner,
Best Documentary, New York Film
Critics Circle. Winner, Jury Prize
in Breakthrough Filmmaking, 2018
Sundance Film Festival. Nominated
for 7 Cinema Eye Honors.
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Museum of the Moving
Image, 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria
EDITOR'S
PICK
Cost: $15, $11 seniors and students, $9
youth, free for children under 3 and
Museum members at the Film Lover
and Kids Premium levels and above.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29
At the Feet of the Elders: A Kwanzaa
Celebration — Join us as we celebrate
Kwanzaa in a community celebration.
Come learn about the history, principles,
values, and customs of this
African American holiday. We will
do a craft activity and hear from our
community elders. All are welcome.
When: Saturday, Dec. 29, 1:30 p.m.
to 3 p.m.
Where: Queens Library Cambria
Heights Branch, 218-13 Linden Blvd.,
Cambria Heights.
Cost: Free
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30
Line Dance and Fireworks — Join
us for this Sunday Family Workshop
where we will be learning how to
line dance. Families will be able to
master the moves and dance together
in line formation. On the side, we
will be creating crafts resembling
fireworks to celebrate the upcoming
New Year.
When: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Queens Museum, New York
City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona
Park.
Cost: Free
MONDAY, DECEMBER 31
The Roast of 2018 — Say goodbye to
2018 in style with The Roast of 2018- a
lovingly irreverent comedy show
where all the celebrities who died
this year come back from the grave for
ONE NIGHT ONLY to roast each other
senseless. If you’re easily off ended,
stay home. But if you want to see what
kind of acerbic one-liners Stan Lee
would aim at Stephen Hawking, then
this is the show for you.
When: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: The Creek and Cave, 10-93
Jackson Ave., Long Island City
Cost: $5
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1
Happy New Year! May 2019 be happy,
healthy, prosperous and peaceful for
you all!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2
Virtual Reality vs. Retro Games —
It’s old school versus the newest gaming
in technology, Virtual Reality vs.
Retro Games!
When: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Queens Library Long
Island City Branch, 37-44 21 St., Long
Island City.
Cost: Free
Queens Symphony Orchestra: Family Concert Series - “Happy Holidays”
— Music Director Martin Majkut and the Queens Symphony orchestra
off er a plethora of the beloved seasonal tunes. Featured repertoire will
include Christmas and Hanukkah music as well as the popular winter
fare, including Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel, Prokofi ev’s Troïka and
Anderson’s Sleigh Ride. A holiday treat for the whole family!
When: Sunday, Dec. 30, 3 p.m.
Where: LeFrak Concert Hall, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing
Cost: $10
COUNSELING
PROGRAMS
• ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
meets every Tuesday at 8 p.m. at
Grace Lutheran Church, 21st Avenue
and 32nd Street, Astoria. For more
information, call 718-520-5021.
• NAR-ANON, a self-help support
group for those aff ected by a loved
one’s drug abuse, meets every Wednesday
at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the
Church of the Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave.,
Forest Hills. For more information,
call 800-984-0066.
• MASPETH TOWN HALL hosts a
monthly bereavement group every
second Wednesday of the month from
2:30 to 4 p.m., 53-37 72nd St., Maspeth.
Light refreshments and handouts will
be provided. For more information,
call 718-335-6049.
YOUTH ACTIVITIES
• ST. MARGARET TROOP 119 meets
every Tuesday from 7 to 9:15 p.m. at St.
Margaret Parish Hall, 66-05 79th Place,
Middle Village. For more information,
call 718-894-4099.
• BOY SCOUT TROOP 28 meets every
Friday at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran
Church, 86-20 114th St., Richmond Hill.
All boys ages 10 1/2 to 17 are welcome.
For information, call 718-478-5747.
• SUNNYSIDE DRUM CORPS meets
every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at All Saints
Church, 43-12 46th St., one block off
Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside. Boys
and girls ages 7 to 17 are invited to join.
For more information, call 718-786-4141.
• CUB SCOUT TROOP 106 meets
every Friday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
Trinity Lutheran Church, 81st Street
between Penelope Avenue and Juniper
Boulevard South, Middle Village. For
more information, email communications.
pack106@gmail.com.
• CUB SCOUT PACK 383 meets every
Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at St.
Pancras Pfeifer Hall, Myrtle Avenue
and 68th Street, Glendale. For more
information, call 718-938-2073.
ONGOING SENIOR PROGRAMS
• RIDGEWOOD OLDER ADULT
CENTER, 59-14 70th Ave., Ridgewood,
welcomes new members 60 years
of age and older every weekday. For
more information, call 718-456-2000.
• RIDGEWOOD-BUSHWICK SENIOR
CENTER, 319 Stanhope St., Bushwick,
holds various programs every day. Call
718-366-3083 for more information.
• PETER CARDELLA SENIOR
CENTER, 68-52 Fresh Pond Road,
Ridgewood, holds breakfast and lunch
every weekday, as well as a variety of
programs. For more information, call
718-497-2908.
• SELF-HELP MASPETH SENIOR
CENTER, 69-61 Grand Ave., holds
beading, jewelry and other programs
daily. Hot lunch served at noon. Transportation
available. For details, call
718-429-3636.
• MIDDLE VILLAGE ADULT CENTER,
69-10 75th St., off ers recreation and fi tness
classes, including zumba, yoga and computers.
Daily transportation, bingo and
hot lunches. Scheduled bus trips available.
Free membership for adults 60+.
For more information, call 718-894-3441.
• REGO PARK SENIOR CENTER,
93-29 Queens Blvd., holds a variety of
programs every day. For more information,
call 718-896-8751.
• SUNNYSIDE SENIOR CENTER, 43-
31 39th St., holds programs daily. Call
718-392-6944 for more information.
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