FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.couriersun.com AUGUST 21, 2014 • THE COURIER SUN 39 Historical Society Kingsland Homestead at 143-35 37th Ave. For more information please call 718-939- 0647. Purchase tickets at http://www.queenshistoricalsociety. org/public-programs.html. Come to a walk through historic Whitestone with historian Jason D. Antos from 2 to 5 p.m. today. The tour will follow the path of the old Whitestone line of the North Side branch of the Long Island Rail Road and also explore historic Beechhurst and old Whitestone Village. Dress appropriately for a warm afternoon and bring water. The tour will meet in the Waldbaum’s shopping center parking lot by the Tropicana entrance. Admission is $5 for Bayside Historical Society Members and $10 for non-members. If it rains, the tour will be moved to Sunday, Sept. 7, at the same time and meeting place. For more information, email jasonantos@aol.com. Animals are smarter than you think. Through videos, games and displays, visitors to the New York Hall of Science for the “Wild Minds – What Animals Really Think” exhibit will discover the similarities between human and animal cognition. The event is recommended for ages 6 to 14 and is free with a NYSCI admission. The Hall of Science is located at 47-01 111th St. For more information please call 718- 699-0005 or visit http://nysci.org/wild-minds-whatanimals really-think. The exhibit runs to Sunday, Aug. 31. MONDAY, AUGUST 25 The Howard Beach Senior Center invites seniors ages 60 and older to become members. The center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and lunch is served at noon. The center offers exercise, yoga and tai chi classes, crafts, weekly dances with a DJ, painting and sketching classes, bingo and Wii bowling, and the center also goes to Yonkers – Empire City once a month. There will be a tai chi class with Elaine Fleischman today from 9:30 to 10: 30 a.m. and a chair aerobics class with Charlie Roemer from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. For further information call 718-738- 8100. The center is located at 155-55 Crossbay Blvd. Today marks the fi rst day of the US Open. Visit www. usopen.org to view the full schedule and pricing. The tournament is held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadow Corona Park. Call 718-760-6200 for more information. Designed for the pre-professional dancer, Astoria Fine Arts Dance’s Modern and Choreography Intensive is three full days of ballet, modern and choreography. Dancers will have the opportunity to learn repertory from both the Reject Dance Theatre and Rachel Pritzlaff/Time Based Art. There will be an in-studio showing of the repertory for family and friends at the end of the intensive. Admission is $50 per day or $125 for all three days. Each day is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 718-274-0740 or visit http:// www.afadance.com for more information. Astoria Fine Arts Dance is located at 38-01 23rd Ave. EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care is hosting activities for the community to take a step toward healthier living. The activities today include lowimpact Zumba, which will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and workout asthma – Zumba style, which will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. Both programs are free and open to the public and will be held at the Neighborhood Room in 206-20 Linden Blvd. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 Attend the Republican media event. It will take place at St. Ann’s Knights of Columbus Council at 262-15 Union Turnpike at 7:30 to 10 p.m. The Republican Club of Queens Village sponsors this event. Candidates include Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Chris Moss, Republican candidate for NYS Attorney General John Cahill, Republican candidate for NYS Comptroller Bob Antonacci and Republican and Conservative candidate SCREENING OF ‘FINDING NEMO’ for U.S. Congress in New York’s 3rd District Grant Lally. There will be refreshments served and this will be a free public meeting. The Howard Beach Senior Center will be conducting a lecture on fraud and identity at 10:30 a.m. The talk will be given by Kelly Kahn and Krystel Pena from the Howard Beach Branch of New York Community Bank. All seniors are invited. The center is located at 155-55 Cross Bay Blvd., across from Waldbaums. For more information contact Rosalie at 718-738-8100. Achieve a healthier lifestyle with EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care with their free programs today. A “Rhythm and Flow Yoga” class will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. this evening at The Neighborhood Room in 206-20 Linden Blvd. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 866-539-0999. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 Join City View Pharmacy for a free yoga class today from 7 to 8 p.m. Beginners are welcome, and the event is free of cost. It will take place at Astoria Park at 19th Street between Astoria Park South and Ditmars Blvd. To register, visit www.cityviewpharmacy. com. The Federation of Italian Organizations of Queens presents Italian Nights. Enjoy a variety of artists entertaining the crowds with old Italian favorites for dancing and singing along from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Extasy’s Marty Hroncich brings a night of songs and music of the Istria Region. Admission is free and the event is located at St. Joseph Church at 43rd Street between 30th and 28th avenues. Call 718- 204-2444 for more information. Watch the movie “The Wiz” today at the Queens Library at Far Rockaway for “Summer Movie Wednesdays.” The showing will begin at noon and the movie runs for 134 minutes. Diana Ross and Michael Jackson star in the movie. The library is located at 1637 Central Ave. Call 718-327-2549 for more information. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 The LOT LIC continues its music and fi lm series this week, with a movie screening of “The Triplets of Belleville.” The event is free and open to all ages. There will be food, drinks and music from 6 to 8 p.m. followed by the fi lm screening at 43-29 Crescent St. Join the original NYC Whale/Dolphin Watchers to head out into the Atlantic Ocean in a relaxing cruise in search of these beautiful mammals. Admission is $25 to $45 and the event ends at noon. The cruise departs at Riis Landing. EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care is hosting a program on understanding hypertension medications. The program is free and open to the public. It will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 206-20 Linden Blvd. No-Cost Breast Cancer screenings will be provided to eligible women by the American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s (AICF) mobile. The medical services will be provided from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and hosted by New York Community Bank at 60-02 Roosevelt Ave. TO HAVE YOUR EVENT APPEAR HERE POST IT @ QUEENSCOURIER.COM buzz EDITOR’S PICK The Waterfront Series continues, and you can watch a screening of “Finding Nemo” on Monday, Aug. 25. Central Astoria Local Development Coalition has presented this event every Monday of this month, and this will be the last one for this summer. The screening will start at 8:30 p.m. and takes place at Astoria Park’s Great Lawn, on Shore Boulevard between the Hell Gate Bridge and the pool. For more information, call 718-728-7820 or visit www.centralastoria.org.
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