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LIST OF
18 THINGS TO DO
THURSDAY, MARCH 15
1 A Paper Mache Craft
Project is coming to
the Queens Library Glen
Oaks location from noon
to 2 p.m. Artist Richard Estrin
will be leading the class that
is designed for older adults.
Registration is required and
can be done either in person
or by phone. The program
will take place every
Wednesday until April 4. The
phone number to call is 718-
831-8636. The Glen Oaks
location is at 256-04 Union
Tpke. For more information
regarding the workshop, visit
the Queens Library website
at www.queenslibrary.org.
2 The Queens Village
location of the Queens
Library will be hosting a
You be the Judge event
from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
There participants will discuss
real court cases and verdicts
at the teleconferenced
program. This program is
designed for older adults.
There is a second event of
this program that is scheduled
on April 11. Participants
who will be first-timers have
to call 718-464-0084 to register.
The Queens Village location
of the Queens Library is
located at 94-11 217th St. For
more information, visit the
Queens Library website at
www.queenslibrary.org.
3 The eighth annual
Queens World
Film Festival is coming
to Astoria from March 15
to 25. The festival is programmed
in thematic blocks
with evocative titles, and
each program is followed by
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Nervous about your upcoming driver’s permit test? Then go to the Queens Library
Jamaica location to take free practice DMV permit tests. From 9 a.m. to noon, the
Central Library of Jamaica will be offering practice tests for passenger cars, motorcycles
and commercial drivers license (CDL). Seating is limited, but registration is not
required. Only a library card is required to have access to the practice tests. You can
also take the tests online on your own computer by the following the link, http://
queenslibrary.driving-tests.org/new-york. For more information, contact the Queens
Library Jamaica location (89-11 Merrick Blvd.) at 718-990-0700.
a post-screening dialogue to
engage audiences. Over the
course of the festival, about
180 films from various countries
around the world will
be showcased. The Museum
of the Moving Image (36-
01 35th Ave., Astoria) and
Kaufman Astoria Studios (34-
12 36th St., Astoria) will the
venues hosting this year’s
festival. For more information
on the Queens World
Film Festival, visit their website
at www.queensworldfilmfestival.
com.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
4 The Queens Botanical
Garden is hosting a
Compost for Community
Gardens event by the NYC
Compost Project. The event
is presented in partnership
with GreenThumb. QBG is an
urban oasis where people,
plants and cultures are celebrated
through inspiring gardens,
innovative educational
programs and real world
applications of environmental
stewardship. Remagine
your garden as one where
yard waste and veggie scraps
are transformed into a rich
soil amendment that creates
a lush bounty. The event will
take place from 5 to 7:30
p.m. The event is free. To
register, please visit www.
eventbrite.com. The Queens
Botanical Garden is located
at 43-50 Main St., Flushing.
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
6 The Astoria Bookshop,
along with guest
author Dana Wulfekotte,
will host a Children’s
Storytime event from 1 to
1:30 p.m. Dana will be introducing
her new book, “Rabbit
& Possum,” which is about
a funny picture book on
friendship between two best
friends, Rabbit and Possum.
Dana Wulfekotte is a freelance
animator, comic artist
and children’s book author/
illustrator. She has also done
work for Buzzfeed, Cartoon
Network, Nickelodeon and
FOX. The Astoria Workshop is
located at 31-29 31st St. and
for more information regarding
the event, call 718-278-
2665.
8 D i s t i n g u i s h e d
Concerts Orchestra
and Distinguished Concerts
Singers International presents
Reflections of Light
at the David Geffen Hall,
Lincoln Center. At 7 p.m.
the concert will be lead by
Conductor Laureate Hilary
Apfelstadt lads the Italian
composer Luigi Cherubini’s
Requiem in C minor. The
event will also include a
world premiere Concerto for
Flute, Harp and Orchestra by
Dinos Constantinides under
the direction by Maestro
Jonathan Griffith. Tickets start
from $20. The Lincoln Center
is at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza
(at 65th St.). For more information
and to purchase tickets,
visit www.lincolncenter.
org.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
9 America’s greatest
big band music
revue is coming back
to the Queensborough
Performing Arts Center. “In
The Mood” is celebrating its
23rd anniversary of the musical,
featuring singers, dancers
and the sensational String
of Pearls big band orchestra.
With tickets ranging from
$30 to $48, you don’t want to
miss out on another spectacular
performance. The show
is a celebration of the 1940s
Swing era. “In The Mood” is
a testament to the timeless
music and lyrics that moved
a nation. The event will begin
at 3 p.m. For more information
and to purchase tickets,
visit www.qcc.cuny.edu.
10 A Stop ‘N’ Swap
free community
reuse event is coming
to the free Synagogue of
Flushing from noon to 3
p.m. Bring clean, reusable,
portable items such as clothing,
housewares, games,
books and toys that you no
longer need and take something
new to you. You have
to bring something to take
something. Please do not
bring any furniture, expired
open food, unsealed personal
care products and
non-working electronics. The
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