44 THE COURIER SUN • APRIL 10, 2014 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com happenings >APR17-23 Courtesy of New York Daily News/Andrew Theodorakis Mets host “Weather Education Day” SATURDAY, APRIL 19 Celebrate National Kite Month at King Manor! Kites are fun, but they have also been used for scientifi c experiments and discovery. Create and decorate your own kite and try fl ying it in our backyard! Families with children of all ages are welcome! Admission is FREE! The King Manor Museum is located at 150-3 Jamaica Avenue. SUNDAY, APRIL 20 The American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s mobile, no-cost Breast Cancer Screening Program will provide mammograms and clinical breast exams to uninsured and medically underserved New York City women at the Corona Spanish SDA Church at 40-34 102nd St in Corona. Call 877- 628-9090 to make an appointment. MONDAY, APRIL 21 State Sen. Jose Peralta, in conjunction with the 82nd Street Partnership, is hosting a forum for restaurateurs and small business owners to learn about proposed changes to the restaurant lettergrade and fine system and the new paid sick leave law. Officials from the city’s Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene and Consumer Affairs will detail the proposed changes and respond to questions. Representatives from the Department of Small Business Services will be on hand to talk about small business access to capital and offer help in navigating city agencies. Monday, April 21, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Langston Hughes Library, 100th Street and Northern Boulevard in Corona. TUESDAY, APRIL 22 Volunteers are asked to help spruce up locations in Gateway National Park for Earth Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sites include Floyd Bennett Field, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Frank Charles Park, Hamilton Beach Park Canarsie Pier and North Channel Bridge. Registration required. Email volunteer coordinator Keith_White@nps.gov. Develop your green thumb and learn about bee-keeping and the importance of clean waterways while making sculptures, jewelry and art out of recycled materials at the Earth Day Festival at Flushing Town Hall, 137- 35 Northern Blvd. at 1 p.m. Free. 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. EDITOR’S PICK The New York Mets and PIX11 will host the eighth annual “Weather Education Day” on Thursday, April 24, at Citi Field for 8,000 students from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Students will be treated to a meteorology lesson starting at 11:00 a.m. by PIX11 weather experts Mr. G and Linda Church prior to the Mets game versus the St. Louis Cardinals at 1:10 p.m. Tickets are on sale at Mets.com/Education.
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