40 THE COURIER SUN • AUGUST 13, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com >AUG 13- 20 happenings EDITOR’S PICK THURSDAY, AUG. 13 The Queens World Film Festival is hosting a night at Diversity Plaza. A selection of international fi lms including Bengalese Animation, Spanish love stories, Asian Documentaries and more will be shown. Films will begin around 8 p.m. at the 74th Street/Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Ave Subway stop. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.jhbg.org. Behind the Curtain: Collecting the New York Fairs will be divulging unknown artifacts and souvenirs from national and regional private collections over a 14-month period at the Queens Museum of Art. Join them from noon to 6 p.m. at 111-01 Corona Ave., Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Admission costs $8 for adults and $4 for children. For more information, call 718-592-9700 or visit www.queensmuseum.org. FRIDAY, AUG. 14 Join Melanie Cuccia, AcroYoga JAMbassador, for AcroYoga in the Garden. Take turns rotating between three different roles: the fl yer, the base and the spotter. Make sure to bring your own mats. Kids must be age 6 and older. Class will start at 9 a.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd. Admission is free. For more information call 718-463-7700 or visit www.fl ushingtownhall. org. Panorama of the City of New York is an extremely famous attraction on display at the Queens Museum. This masterpiece was created by architectural model makers Raymond Lester & Associates. Stop by the Queens Museum, 11-01 Corona Ave., from noon to 6 p.m. For more infomation, call 718-592-9700 or visit www.queensmuseum. org. SATURDAY, AUG. 15 Certifi ed yoga instructor Grace Magee will be leading a yoga class for children ages 9 to 15. Students of all levels are encouraged to attend. Bring your own mat, towel and water bottle. Class costs $16. 10 to 11 a.m. Alley Pond Environmental Center 228-06 Northern Blvd. in Douglaston. Call 718-229-4000 or visit www.alleypond.com for more information. The Hot Jazz/Cool Garden Summer Concert Series will be hosting a concert featuring Cynthia Sayer & Her Sparks Fly Quartet. Red beans ‘n’ rice and sweet tea will be served. Concert will start at 2 p.m. at the Louis Armstrong House Museum, 34-56 107th St., Corona. Advanced tickets cost $18. For more information, visit LouisArmstrongHouse.org. Grass Roots Organizing 101 is a workshop that focuses on building community support to help participants do advocacy and grassroots campaigning on food justice issues. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. La Finca Del Sur/South Bronx Farmers. 250 138th St. and Grand Concourse. For more information, visit www.greenthumbnyc.org. Container Gardening is a tutorial class that shows you how to conserve valuable ground space. Learn the design elements for a good container or window box, types of soils that work best, and tips and tricks for maintaining your container gardens all year round. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Hornaday Community Garden, 859 Hornaday Place between Mohegan Avenue and Crotona Parkway. For more ATTENTION: WANT A LISTING ON THIS PAGE? Go to the “Events Calendar” section of our web site, www.queenscourier.com/eventspage, and click on “Submit your event” to let us know about your happening. We select from reader submissions to list on our happenings page. Photo courtesy of Thanassi Karageorgiou, Museum of the Moving Image The “How Cats Took Over the Internet” exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image tells the history of cats online, cat videos, celebrity cats and more and explores how images and videos of cats have sparked a generation of web users. This exhibit takes a critical look at a deceptively frivolous phenomenon. See screenings and live events that take a deeper look into cats online and how they attracted a new generation of web users. Friday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Jan. 31. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria. Tickets are $12 for 18+, $9 for 65+, $9 for students with a valid ID, and $6 for children 3 to 12. For more information, call 718-784-0077, email [email protected] or visit www.movingimage.us.
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