FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM MARCH 16, 2017 • THE COURIER SUN 33 EDITOR’S PICK Spend a night under the stars with professor and astronomer Mark Freilich on Saturday, March 18. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions and stargaze using a professional telescope. Feel free to bring your own telescope or binoculars! Children ages 9 and up are welcome if they’re accompanied by an adult. $15 per person. Limit 20 people. Rain date will be Saturday, March 25. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston. To register, visit alleypond.com shop will help attendees understand the right techniques to gain confidence and assertiveness while at work. Free. Preregistration is required. Class Code is JR350. Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica. To register, go to jobmap.queenslibrary. org or call 718-990-8625. 15 Travel back in time with master vocalist Tom Smith on Tuesday, March 21, at Douglaston Library. Smith will Broadway and nightclub songs that shaped the music scene of the 20th century. Free. 2 to 3 p.m. Queens Library at Douglaston/Little Neck, 249-01 Northern Blvd., Little Neck. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 16 As a part of Queens Museum Spring Film series, the 2002 film “Far From Heaven” will be playing on March 22. “Far From Heaven” features actress Julianna Moore as a 1950s Connecticut housewife faced with a marital crisis and an environment with swelling racial tensions. Mark Ethan Toporek will lead a discussion after the screening. Free with museum admission. 2 to 5 p.m. Queens Museum, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona. 17 Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals. Bring your child to Resobox’s class for kids on Wednesday, March 22. If it’s your future knitter’s first class, print out the crotchet guides on RESOBOX’s website. Materials will be provided for the first class but try to grab your little one some yarn and crotchet hooks of their own. $20 per child. Bring a friend and share the price! 5 to 6:30 p.m. RESOBOX Gallery and Café, 41-26 27th St., Long Island City. For crotchet guides and list of suggested materials, visit RESOBOX.com. EDITOR’S PICK The Queens World Film Festival is screening 135 films from 25 nations over the course of six days this week. The festival’s opening night was on Tuesday, March 14, and films will be screening through Sunday, March 19. There are two venues: the Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35th Ave., Astoria), which includes both the Redstone Theater and the Bartos Theater; and the Zukor Screening Room at Kaufman Astoria Studios (34-12 36th St., Astoria). Screening times vary. Visit queensworldfilmfestival.com for more information. 6 Photo courtesy of the Queens World Film Festival
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