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1LIS6T OF THINGS TO DO
THURSDAY, JULY 13
1 Want to keep up with
your French? Join Club
Fran ais hosted by the Glen
Oaks branch of the Queens
Library on Thursdays from
noon to 1 p.m. at 256-04
Union Tpke. Discuss interesting
topics and listen to
music and songs with your
new French-speaking friends.
For more information on the
dates of these sessions, call
718-831-8636 or visit http://
www.queenslibrary.org/
event/french-club-0.
2 Be a part of The
Ultimate Beatles
Tribute Band in Astoria
Park Green Lawn, 19th
Street and 23rd Avenue,
Astoria. The former cast
members of the Broadway
musical “Beatlemania” will
be in full costume performing
some of their greatest
hits from 7:30 to 9 p.m., free
of charge. For more information,
call 718-728-7820,
email centralastoria@aol.
com or visit http://www.centralastoria.
nyc.
3 Make your own
jewelry at the Far
Rockaway branch of the
Queens Library. Teens can
make beautiful jewelry pieces
from 2 to 3 p.m. No registration
is required; just walk
in and get started. For more
information, visit http://
www.queenslibrary.org/
event/jewelry-making.
FRIDAY, JULY 14
4 Launch watermelons
and explore physics
Whale Watching and Dolphin Adventure Cruises are back for a seventh year! These beautiful aquatic creatures
have been spotted in the waters of Rockaway, Queens. So come aboard The American Princess at State Road and
Heinzelman Road in Breezy Point to set sail in search of them from noon to 4 p.m. $48/adults; $43/seniors; $33
children. For additional information or scheduling, call 718-474-0555.
and engineering at the
Rocket Park, 47-01 111th
St., Corona, from noon to 4
p.m. Grab a friend and go
through an obstacle course
or learn Parkour. Admission is
free with the NYSCI pass, $16
for adults and $13 for children
(ages 2-17), students
and senior citizens. For more
information, call 718-699-
0005 or visit https://nysci.
org/event/rocket-park-recess
2017-2017-07-14/.
SATURDAY, JULY 15
5 Stressed lately?
Visit the Alley Pond
Environmental Center at
228- 06 Northern Blvd. for
yoga classes on Saturdays
from 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
With the help of yoga instructor
Mike Mancini, adults can
alleviate their stress. $10 for
members and $16 for nonmembers.
For more information
on the dates of the classes,
call 718-229-4000, email
contact@alleypond.com or
visit http://www.alleypond.
com/adults.html.
SUNDAY, JULY 16
6 Go kayaking or canoeing
for free at Anable
Basin. The Long Island City
Community Boathouse offers
the locals with free kayaking
or canoeing from noon to 4
p.m. at Fifth Street and North
Basin Rd. Want to go, but have
a furry friend? Bring them too!
Dogs and people of all ages
are welcome. For more information,
call 631-542-2628,
or visit http://www.licboathouse.
org/calendar/.
7 Before cellphones
became a pervasive
part out our lives, street
photographers captured
both the highs and lows of
New York life. Flushing resident
Frank Larson documented
New York in the 1950s.
Viewing Larson’s work 60
years later, we still see ourselves,
even if New York has
changed around us. Come
join us from noon to 5 p.m.
at Flushing town Hall on 137-
35 Northern Blvd. Admission
is free for members and students
but donations are
greatly appreciated.
8 “Summer through
Greta’s Lens” features
the photography of
a Queens-based photographer,
Greta Jaklitsch.
Jaklitsch can often be found
at parks and gardens in
Flushing searching for new
images to capture at the perfect
moment. This group of
summer-themed images
includes travels further afield.
1 to 4 p.m., Voelker Orth
Museum, 149-19 38th Ave.
Admission is free.
10 “Light Spectrum”
draws the viewer’s
attention to the science of
light and color. The sculpture
is composed of repurposed
lampshade frames
through which natural light
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