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LIST OF
15 THINGS TO DO
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28
2 Ever wanted to
learn how to speak
Mandarin Chinese? Then
come to the Windsor Park
Library for a beginners class
led by Jenney the instructor.
She’ll teach you the
basics of Mandarin and introduce
you to the Transparent
Language Online program. 1
p.m., Windsor Park Library,
79-50 Bell Blvd., Bayside. For
more information, call 718-
468-8300.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29
3 Check out a classic
independent holiday
movie, “Metropolitan,”
with its director during
a live screening and discussion
at the Museum
of the Moving Image. Whit
Franklin will be on hand
to talk about his 1990 film
about Manhattan’s endangered
debutante scene, and
the rise and ultimate decline
of a group of young Park
Avenue socialites who gather
nightly to discuss love,
honor and the impending
demise of their class. $15
ticket charge includes sameday
admission to the museum.
Screening at 7 p.m.,
Museum of the Moving
Image, Redstone Theater,
36-01 35th Ave., Astoria. For
information or to purchase
tickets, visit movingimage.
us.
4 You may be qualified
for a number of
government benefits and
not even know it. If you’re
in need of assistance, head
Queens’ street trees can’t just rely on Mother Nature. Everyone can do their part to keep our communities green.
Volunteer as a member of NYC Parks Stewardship for a day of caring for street trees across Long Island City. You’ll
learn how to aerate, cultivate, mulch and identify street trees. Volunteers should dress in clothes that can get dirty
and should wear closed-toed shoes. You can bring their own water bottles. 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Dec. 28.
Meet at the corner of 21st Street and 44th Road, Long Island City. Register to participate by visiting www.nycgovparks.
org/reg/stewardship/4556.
over to the Queens Village
Library for a teleconference
conversation featuring Kim
Learner, program manager of
LiveOn NY Benefits Outreach
Program. You’ll learn about
important updates to the
SNAP, SCRIE and Medicare
program. 10:30 a.m., Queens
Village Library, 94-11 217th
St. For more information, call
718-776-6800.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30
6 Want to cure your
writer’s block? The
Broadway Library can help
you during its “Write Now!”
program featuring the New
York Writers Coalition. This
free creative writing workshop
brings out powerful
stories that we have yet to
share on the printed page,
including prose, poetry, theater,
rhymes and everything
in between. Writers of all
genres, backgrounds and
experience levels are welcome.
2 p.m., Broadway
Library, 40-20 Broadway,
Long Island City. For more
information, call 718-721-
2462.
7 Escape the craziness
of the normal
world by participating in
the Pathfinder role-playing
game adventure at
the Court Square Library.
Library staff will oversee this
pen-and-paper game using
the Pathfinder rule system.
2:30 p.m. Court Square
Library, 25-01 Jackson Ave.,
Long Island City. For more
information, call 718-937-
2790.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31
8 Make a little noise
for New Year’s with
the kids at the New York
Hall of Science. Parents can
help their children design
and make noisemakers to
use during their family’s holiday
celebration. It offers
a fun way to learn about
the physics of sound. $6
per child (members $5 per
child) with paid admission.
Recommended for children
18 months and older. 10:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., New York
Hall of Science, 47-01 111th
St., Corona. Visit nysci.org for
more details.
9 Start your New Year’s
Eve night at The Creek
and The Cave in Long
Island City where comedian
Patrick Hastie will be
doing an hour of stand
up comedy! He’ll tell several
stories that range from
growing up on a farm in
Iowa, being in a high school
rap metal band called “Rusty
Needle Tattoo Parlor,” and
falling in love with his wife,
Stacie! The show is hosted
by the great Hannah Boone
and produced by Jackknife
Comedy. 7 p.m., The Creek
and The Cave, 10-93 Jackson
Ave., Long Island City. For
more information, visit creeklic.
com.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2
11 Have you ever
wanted to learn
how to play wheelchair
basketball and know the
rules inside and out? Well,
here’s your chance to learn
from the best! Come to the
Al Oerter Recreation Center
in Flushing and scrimmage
against other wheelchair basketball
players from the NYC
area. With the help of the
wheelchair basketball team,
it’s guaranteed to be tons of
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