36 THE COURIER SUN • MARCH happenings 31, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.www.qns.com 31- APR 5 THURSDAY, MARCH 31 Attention sewing enthusiasts: Rego Park Jewish Center invites all lovers of knitting, crocheting, embroidery and needlework to attend and spend an afternoon with others like you. “For The Love of Needlework” costs $2 to attend and includes refreshments. The fun begins at 2 p.m., located at 97-30 Queens Blvd., between 64th and 65th Roads. Korean orchestra Jeong Ga Ak Hoe will perform at Flushing Town Hall as part of a collaboration with the Korean Culture Center. The concert is free if you RSVP online at fl ushingtownhall.org. Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd. The concert begins at 7 p.m. Join LIC Beer Project for trivia and beer. Trivia teams will compete for $25 or $15 bar tabs and the team with the best name gets a free growler. LIC Beer Project is located in Long Island CIty at 39-28 23rd street. Trivia begins 7:30p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 2 Learn how to solder while creating a beautiful wire sculpture at the New York Hall of Science. This workshop is recommended for children ages 7 and older. $6 per adult/child pair with paid NYSCI admission. Workshops from 1 to 2 p.m.; 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. New York Hall of Science, 47-01 111th St., Corona, www.nysci.org. Spring cleaning isn’t just limited to your home. Join the Partnership for Parks and the city Parks Department for “It’s My Park Day,” a series of volunteer cleanup and beautifi cation projects across the city. One such cleanup will take place at the Underbridge Dog Run in Forest Hills. Volunteers can meet up at 8 a.m. at the entrance to the dog run on the Grand Central Parkway service road at 64th Avenue. Another cleanup will be held in conjunction with the Douglaston Little Neck Lions Club from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Alley Pond Park, located at Douglaston Parkway and 67th Avenue. For more information on It’s My Park Day, visit www.partnershipforparks.org. Learn about the history of Bayside during the “Historic New York: Native Americans” presentation that the Urban Park Rangers will hold from 1 to 2 p.m. this Saturday at Fort Totten. The presentation will focus on Bayside, which was originally inhabited by the Matinecock Indians, a tribe of the Algonquin nation. Matinecock, meaning “hilly country,” described the surrounding landscape. The Rangers will guide you to historic sites within the park and discuss Native American culture. Admission is free. Fort Totten Visitor’s Center, Ordinance Road and North Loop. For more information, call 718-352-1769 or visit www.nycgovparks. org. Rufus King planted hundreds of trees around King Manor, many of which still exist today and house various birds. Learn more about it during a special presentation at the King Manor Museum in Jamaica. At 1 p.m., listen to stories about birds during a read-aloud session by Literacy INC. Then at 1:30, guests can make their own bird feeders out of oranges for the many winged friends in Rufus King Park. Admission is free. King Manor Museum, Jamaica Avenue between 150th and 153rd streets. For more information, call 718-206- 0545 or email programs@kingmanor.org. The Queens Historical Society presents their newest exhibition, Leading the Way: Six Outstanding Women of Queens, at the Kingsland Homestead in Flushing. Featuring women from diverse fi elds and backgrounds, who at one point in their lives lived and worked in Queens, the exhibition highlights the life and work of Helen Keller, Betty Friedan, Rise Stevens, Lisa Randall, Grace Lee Boggs, and Yeou- Cheng Ma. Also on display is an interactive installation of handmade sea glass-like objects by artist M. J. Levy Dickson, as a homage to Helen Keller. $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students, free for Queens Historical Society members. Kingsland ATTENTION: Want your event on this page? Post it on QNS.com! It’s never been easier to submit a Happening. Become a registered member at www.qns. com, visit the Events page, click the “Add Event” bar at left, complete the form and click “Post Event.” You can even post a photo or a fl ier for your event. It takes only a couple of minutes to complete, and it’s absolutely FREE! We’ll select entries on our QNS.com Events site for our Happenings page in The Queens Courier and Ridgewood Times. Let all of Queens know what’s going on tomorrow by posting it on QNS.com today! >MAR EDITOR’S PICK Attention martial arts movie enthusiasts, the Museum of the Movie Image is screening Ip Man 3, starring Donnie Yen and Mike Tyson, on Friday April 1. Tickets to see the Wing Chun grandmaster’s fl ying fi sts cost $12, but is free for members at the Film Lover and MoMI Kids premium levels and above. Tickets can be purchased online on their website at www.movingimage.us.
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