38 THE COURIER SUN • FEBRUARY 12, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com happenings FRIDAY, FEB. 13 >FEB 13-19 EDITOR’S PICK GAME ON! Flushing Town Hall is hosting the Composers Collective Winter 2015 concert. This concert will showcase new works written for Folie a Deux, consisting of violinists Nora Krohn and Nick Revel. The Composers Collective is an initiative that brings together emerging musical composers who make music meant to be experienced by a live audience. Free. 8 p.m. 137-35 Northern Blvd. SATURDAY, FEB. 14 This Valentine’s Day, spread some love for the amazing birds that call the city their home in the winter. Urban Park Rangers will guide participants to some of the best spots to view birds in this birding program. All skill levels, including beginners, are welcome to participate. Free. 11 a.m. Ridgewood Reservoir, 58-2 Vermont Place. The park entrance is located opposite the parking lot of Vermont Place. If you prefer to count birds for a global tally rather than just watch them, head to the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing for their 18th annual bird counting event. The tally will be added to the numbers sent in from around the world. The event is free but preregistration is required; email sromar@ queensbotanical.org. The group will meet in the lobby of the Visitor & Administration building. 11 a.m. Call 718-886- 3800 for more details. 43-50 Main St. Flushing Town Hall is going traditional this Lunar New Year by hosting a bazaar, which they promise will offer an authentic cultural experience for everyone – whether you are of Chinese descent or not. Lion dance, opera hits, folk music, magic and martial arts performances, and traditional Chinese food will all be available at the bazaar. Free. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 137-35 Northern Blvd. The King Manor Museum in Jamaica is hosting a workshop for making Valentine’s Day gifts. Attendees can decorate picture frames and make It’s back! IndieCade East, the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual celebration of independent games and their makers, begins on Friday, Feb. 13. The festival includes talks, panel discussions and workshops, and introduces several new and unreleased games to the attendees. The games will be organized according to three themes: Love and Rejection, Gesture and Horizons. The festival ends on Sunday, Feb. 15. Ticket prices vary. Call 718-777-6888 for more details. 36-01 35th Ave. other gifts inspired by the 19th century for their loved ones. Noon to 3 p.m. Free. Rufus King Park, Jamaica Ave., 89 Ave., between 150th and 153rd streets. Call 718- 206-0545 ext. 13 for more information. Children can learn about democracy in the upcoming edition of the New York Council for the Humanities’ Conversations with Kids program. The discussion will focus on the book “Pearl Moscowitz’s Last Stand” by Arthur A. Levine. The book tells the story of Moscowitz, who protests the city’s decision to cut down the last tree on her block. The program is open to children and their adult companions. Free. 1 to 2 p.m. Kingsland Homestead, 143-35 37th Ave. Call 718-939-0647 for more information. The Queens Kickshaw is taking a different approach to Valentine’s Day by hosting a fundraiser for V-Day, an organization that works to end violence against women and girls through the arts. All the profi ts of the evening will be donated to V-Day. The chef of this restaurant in Astoria has planned a special menu that will be available a la carte in addition to the regular menu. 6:30 p.m. 40-17 Broadway. Call 718-777-0913 for more details. Come together for world peace at The Red Ball: World Peace in the Key of Jazz concert at the Flushing Town Hall. Singer Antoinette Montague and her band consisting of Danny Mixon (piano), Paul Beadry (bass), Chip White (drums), Solomon Hicks (guitar), Christopher McBride (sax) and Jay Hoggard will play jazz and blues hits. All attendees are encouraged to wear red to symbolize the need for world peace. 8 p.m. (Pre-show Members Lounge starts at 7 p.m.) Tickets: $22/$15 members/$10 students. 137-35 Northern Blvd. SUNDAY, FEB. 15 The New York Chinese Cultural Center has arranged a cultural event at the Queens Museum to celebrate Lunar New Year. It includes one hour of performances by professional artists and school students, another hour of a visual arts demonstration, a workshop where participants can make their own Chinese zodiac animals, and another workshop on the art of Chinese paper cutting. Visit www.queensmuseum.org or call 718-592-9700 for the full schedule. 1 to 4:30 p.m. New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The Queens Botanical Garden is organizing a craft table at The Shops at Skyview Center in Flushing. Participants will get a chance to make red envelopes and decorate them as part of QBG’s Lunar New Year celebrations. From 2 p.m. till supplies run out. Call QBG at 718-886-3800 for more information. 40-24 College Point Blvd. Pan Asian Repertory Theatre is performing “Film Chinois,” an award-winning play about spies set in 1940s China. Free. 4 p.m. Flushing Town Hall. 137-35 Northern Blvd. MONDAY, FEB. 16 The New York Hall of Science is hosting Engineering Week till Feb. 20. Every day will focus on a different aspect of the fi eld of engineering. It starts today with Civil Engineering Day. Children can learn about civil engineering through games and other hands-on activities—such as building a bridge out of paper and building the tallest possible tower of blocks without the tower falling over—arranged by NYSCI Explainers in conjunction with the Metropolitan Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 47-01 111th St. Call 718-699- 0005 for more details. ATTENTION: WANT A LISTING ON THIS PAGE? Go to the “Events Calendar” section of our web site, www.queenscourier. com/events-page, and click on “Submit your event” to let us know about your happening. We select from reader submissions to list on our happenings page. Photo courtesy of Scott Chamberlain/IndieCade
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