FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com JUNE 6, 2013 • THE COURIER SUN 41 happenings >JUNE COMPIL6ED LUKE-12 BY TABETFRIDAY, JUNE 7 Magician Jeremy Pasternak will be revealing the mysteries behind his illusions at the Whitestone Library at 151-10 14th Road. The workshop will include a presentation of magic tricks and will start at 4 p.m. Preregistration is required. Call 718-767- 8010 or visit www.queenslibrary.org for more information. SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Starting at 11 a.m., the sixth annual Long Island City Bike Parade will take place. The race will start at Socrates Sculpture Park, located at 32-01 Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City. For more info, call 718-956-1819 or visit socratessculpturepark.org. SUNDAY, JUNE 9 Maspeth will be hosting the Grand Avenue Street Festival from noon to 3 p.m. from 65th Street to 72nd Street, along Grand Avenue. Come walk among the vendors. At 3pm, the Noguchi Museum will commence its “Music in the Garden” summer concert series. The performances will be held every second Sunday between June and September at the museum, located at 32-37 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City. The museum, in collaboration with Bang on a Can / Cantaloupe Music has scheduled performances from innovative musicians Yungchen Llhamo and Anton Bagatov. For more information contact the museum at 718-204- 7088. From 1 to 4 p.m. on the second Sunday of every month, the Queens Museum of Art expands its regular family art workshop. Participants are engaged in a variety of activities, including studio art, family-designed gallery tours and live music and dance performances, inspired by the museum’s permanent collection and changing exhibitions. Refreshments are provided as well, free of charge. For information visit the museum’s website at www.queensmuseum. org or call 718-592-9700 ext.137 (ext.136 for special needs). MONDAY, JUNE 10 Come and experience Dancing Under Stars in Forest Park every Monday through July 8. Free ballroom dancing lessons will be given in the twilit park from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Wallenberg Square, at Metropolitan Avenue and Park Lane South. The fi nal lesson will feature a musical performance by The Nick Russo Latin Jazz Quintet. TUESDAY, JUNE 11 Between 2 and 4pm, children 12 and under can participate in an open casting call held at the Queens Theatre in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The auditions are being held to fi nd a local youngster with vocal talent to sing “America the Beautiful” at this year’s US Tennis Open. Those auditioning will need to bring identifi cation and proof of residency, only Queens residents will be selected. Details can be found at www.usopen.org. Starting at 4 p.m. children ages 3-13 years old can enjoy a performance of “A Mouse in the City: A Puppet Musical of ‘Ginormouse’ Proportions.” The show follows the tale of a mouse on his journey to the big city. Taking place at the Flushing Library at 41-17 Main Street. Call 718-661-1212 or visit www.queenslibrary.org for more info. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 and FRIDAY, JUNE 15 Starting at 11:30 a.m. (at 11 a.m. on Friday), singer Irv Plastock will be performing for children of ages 2-5 and their families at the Ridgewood Library, located at 20-12 Madison Street. The “Sing Along with Irv” show will contain more than 30 of the singer’s most popular children’s songs. Limited space is available and seating will be on a fi rst come fi rst served basis. For more info call 718-821-4770 or visit www.queenslibrary.org. THURSDAY, JUNE 13 The Douglaston/Little Neck Library will be holding a rally to save the branch from 2 to 4:30 p.m. It will be located at 249-01 Northern Boulevard in Little Neck. The Hollis Library will be hosting an “Etiquette for Children” seminar at 4 p.m. The event will have children read excerpts from the book Emily Post’s The Guide To Good Manners For Kids which teaches proper etiquette for eating out. Children will also be given hands-on experience with formal table setting. Call 718-465-7355 or visit www.queenslibrary.org for info. SATURDAY, JUNE 15 The Noguchi Museum is inviting families to come and participate in a series of hands-on workshops. The program is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and costs $10 per family. Families of up to four with children from 5-11 can preregister by calling 718-204-7088 ext. 203 or e-mail education@noguchi.org. The Voelker Orth Museum is hosting its monthly Storybook Discovery Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon. The museum hosts a storybook-themed activity day for children 6 and under to celebrate the love of books. Each session includes an art or nature activity. There is a suggested contribution of $2. For more information, visit the museum’s website at www.vomuseum. org or call 718-359-6227. From now through the end of August, The Louis Armstrong House Museum will be hosting an exclusive exhibit: Swingin’ with the All Stars: Louis Armstrong and Baseball. Located at 34-56 107th Street in Corona, the museum is offering free entrance to the exhibit with the price of admission, which is $10, or $7 for seniors, students, and children. The exhibit focuses on Armstrong’s fascination with baseball and features several photos and artifacts sequencing the jazz legend’s involvement with the New York’s top players during the height of his fame. The museum is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and from noon – 5 p.m. on weekends. For more information or to book a group tour visit www.LouisArmstrongHouse.org or call 718-478-8274. Come get your hands dirty at the MillionTreesNYC Tree Care Workshop and Care Day and learn about the stewardship and care it takes to keep our city green. The workshop focuses on caring for and watering the 80,000 newly planted street trees around NYC and meets at the intersection of Putnam and Forest Avenues at 10 a.m. and runs until noon. Children are welcome but must be accompanied. Visit www.milliontreesnyc. org to register or call 212-360-1342. 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 “Bridging the Gap” THURSDAY, JUNE 27, Curated by Long Island City Artists (LICA), the exhibition “Bridging the Gap” is a celebration of the diversity and creativity present in the many communities of Queens. The exhibition was assembled through an open call to the artists of Queens and is open from noon to 5 p.m. from June 27 until July 14 at Flushing Town Hall, located at 137- 35 Northern Boulevard. There is a suggested admission fee of $5 and admission is free for students, members and LICA affi liates. Call 718-463- 7700 for more information
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