38 DECEMBER 29, 2016 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM THURSDAY, DEC. 29 The AirTrain Jazz Festival: Michelle Marie @ AirTrain Jamaica Station. From 5 to 7 p.m., Michelle Marie takes the stage at the AirTrain Jazz festival co-produced by A Better Jamaica and the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District. The AirTrain Jamaica Station is located at 93-40 Sutphin Blvd. Winter Break and Family Workshops: Mierle Laderman Ukeles @ Queens Museum. This week, the Queens Museum invites children ages 5 to 12 and their adult companions to take a look at Queens Museum artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ “One Year Worktime II” mural from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Symbols and color association with the change in seasons will also be explored. The Queens Museum is located at New York City Building in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. FRIDAY, DEC. 30 Winter Break and Family Workshops: It’s Lit! @ Queens Museum. Children ages 5 to 12 and their family members are invited from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. to create their own lamp models using the Queens Museum’s permanent Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass as inspiration. The Queens Museum is located at New York City Building in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Afrikan Poetry Theatre’s Kwanzaa Celebration @ Jamaica Performing Arts Center. This event, from 4 to 10 p.m., will feature the fi nest performers from Jamaica, Queens, and a learning experience about the Nguzo Saba - the Seven Principles of Kwanzaa. Tickets are $5 for children and $10 for adults and can be purchased by visiting EDITOR'S PICK eventbrite.com and typing the title of the event in the search bar. Jamaica Performing Arts Center is located at 153-10 Jamaica Ave. SATURDAY, DEC. 31 NYRR Open Run @ Astoria Park Track. End the year on a good note with a 2.5- to 3-mile jog with other participants starting at 9 a.m. This running initiative is open to all ages, experience levels, walkers, strollers and dogs. Participants are directed to meet near the track, next to the bathrooms. Astoria Park Track is located in Astoria Park at 19th Street between Astoria Park S and Ditmars Boulevard. New Year’s Eve 2017 @ Sweet Afton. Celebrate the new year at one of Astoria’s favorite gastropubs. Purchasing a ticket will include an open bar from 9 p.m. until midnight with fi nger foods, specialty cocktails and a champagne toast served at midnight. Guests who book a dinner reservation between 7 and 8:15 p.m. will be able to keep their table for the rest of the night. Tickets start at $75 and can be purchased by visiting sweetaft onbar.com or emailing celebrate@sweetaftonbar.com. Sweet Aft on is located at 30-09 34th St. SUNDAY, JAN. 1 Science Inspires Art: Food @ New York Hall of Science. Visit this exhibition from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and admire the more than two dozen images of art focusing on the topic of food. The event is free with a NYSCI admission. New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th St. MONDAY, JAN. 2 Makers Space Create @ Long Island City Library. From 4 to 5 p.m., school-aged children are invited to become science explorers by creating skyscrapers with toothpicks and clay and batteries out of lemons. Long Island City Library is located at 37-44 21st St. Mother Goose @ Ridgewood Library. Babies ages 6 to 18 months and their caretakers are invited for a morning of nursery rhymes, storytelling and singing from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Ridgewood Library is located at 20-12 Madison St. TUESDAY, JAN. 3 Wheelchair Basketball Open Gym hosted by the Brooklyn Nets Wheelchair Basketball Team @ Al Oerter Recreation Center. Members of the NYC parks recreation center are invited to come out and scrimmage against other wheelchair basketball players from 8 to 9:30 p.m. A valid NYC parks recreation membership is required to play. Al Oerter Recreation Center is located at 131-40 Fowler Ave. in Flushing. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4 Family Playtime @ Ridgewood Library. Children ages 1 to 4 are invited with their family members for an hour of play from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Ridgewood Library is located at 20-12 Madison St. COUNSELING PROGRAMS • GLENDALE ALANON, a program for families and friends of alcoholics, meets every Wednesday night at Trinity Reformed Church, Palmetto Street and 60th Place, Ridgewood, Beginners meet at 7:30 p.m., followed by the regular meeting at 8:10 p.m. • 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. YOUTH ACTIVITIES • 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. • BOY SCOUT TROOP 119 meets every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at St. Margaret Parish Center, 80th Street off Juniper Valley Road, Middle Village. Boys ages 11 to 17 are welcome. • 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., holds arts and craft s at 10 a.m.; Sit and Be Fit exercise at 1 p.m.; and Tai-Chi Chuan at 10:15 a.m. daily. 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. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Nikon Small World @ New York Hall of Science. From 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., view the images that won in the 2016 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The exhibit is free with NYSCI admission. The New York Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th St.
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