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Hear US Ambassador Dennis Ross 10/25 in Forest Hills

DOOMED TO SUCCEED:
The U.S. - Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama

Sunday, October 25, 3 p.m.

At the Forest Hills Jewish Center

with Prof. Mark Rosenblum,
Director of Queens College Center for Jewish Studies

For almost three decades, Ambassador Dennis Ross has been one of the leading figures in Middle East peace negotiations.

In his ultimate insider’s account, Ambassador Ross tells the story of the close but troubled relationship between the U.S. and  Israel over six decades, from 1948 through the current administration.  Through both Democratic and Republican administrations, Dennis Ross has been the lead U.S. negotiator in the Middle East, at Camp David and at Oslo, as well as Special Assistant to President Barack Obama.

Dennis Ross is one of the key figures who has shaped American policy in the Middle East for over thirty years. Today Dennis Ross is a Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University.  

Speaking of Ross, President Clinton said “No one worked harder for peace than Dennis. He gave it everything he had and served our nation very well.”

 

19th Annual Author’s Cafe Event to Benefit the Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library!
Co-sponsored by the Forest Hills Jewish Center, the Queens Jewish Community Council, and Queens College Center for Jewish Studies & Center for Ethnic, Racial & Religious Understanding.

Kosher Desserts & Coffee!

Minimum donation: $18 in advance/$25 at the door
Donations at $75 will receive a copy of the book, autographed by Ambassador Ross.  

Student and group discounts available in advance. Click here for more information on discounts.
RSVP by October 23.

Please consider becoming a Friend of The Library at $45 to support the library programming you enjoy all year long!

For information or tickets, call (718) 268-5011, ext. 151, or reserve online at www.cqy.org/tickets.   You can also mail a check, payable to the Central Queens Y to the address below.

The Hevesi Jewish Heritage Library is a free public library of Jewish culture, open to all, and located in the Central Queens Y.

Central Queens Y
67-09 108 Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375
(718) 268-5011, ext. 151
pkurtz@cqy.org
www.cqy.org
 


    

2nd Annual Mats Wilander Foundation Tennis Pro-Am

Mats Wilander and Wilander on Wheels returns to The West Side Tennis Club on August 27 for Charity Tennis Pro-Am benefiting debra of America and “Butterfly Children” with rare disease Epidermolysis Bullosa

Join Mats Wilander and debra of America on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 for the 2nd Annual Mats Wilander Foundation Tennis Pro-Am. Play with former #1 player in the world, Mats Wilander, Cameron Lickle of Wilander on Wheels, and other current and former tennis pros on the grass courts of the historic West Side Tennis Club. Past pros have included: John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Jonas Björkman, Thomas Blake, Thomas Johansson, Mikael Pernfors and Karel Nováček. Click here to read about last year’s event in Tennis Magazine.

During the 2014 US Open, debra of America will take over 3 court surfaces at the 100-year old West Side Tennis Club. Enjoy a full-day of dining, instructional clinics, pro challenges, individual competitions, an exhibition match, and new this year, team competitions. Register as a team with your friends or company and compete for prizes! The Tennis Pro-Am is open to guests of all ages and playing levels. All proceeds benefit debra of America's fight against Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – The Worst Disease You've Never Heard Of.™

DATE: Wednesday, August 27, 2014
TIME: 8AM - 4PM
VENUE: The West Side Tennis Club, 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills, Queens, NY

BENEFITING: debra of America and the “Butterfly Children” with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)

BUY TICKETS AND LEARN MORE AT: www.debra.org/Tennis

 

Mats Wilander

World's Fair Commemoration at the Historic Midway Theater

World's Fair Festival

The World Comes to Flushing Meadows Corona Park on May 18 to Celebrate the 75th and 50th Anniversaries of the World's Fairs

Sunday, May 18
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Festival
5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Concert and Fireworks
 

On Sunday, May 18, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., NYC Parks is celebrating the anniversaries of the two World’s Fairs held in what is now Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
The giant, one-day festival will offer a wide range of free activities for all ages to enjoy and re-live the 1939 and 1964 Fairs:

• Tour the original structures, sculptures, and buildings, including the New York State Pavilion, Queens Museum, Queens Theater, and more!
• See giant tents filled with World’s Fair memorabilia
• Check out vintage vehicles including amphibious vehicles and a Batmobile
• Enjoy food trucks representing international cuisines
• Watch live cultural entertainment
• Share and record your own World’s Fair memories and photos

For kids, there will be:

• Crafts and activities by NYSCI, the Queens Museum, and other cultural institutions
• Inflatable rides
• Puppet shows
• Strolling magicians
• A visit from Mr. Met

And much more!
From 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the anniversary celebration continues with a free concert by the Liverpool Shuffle (a Beatles Tribute Band) and the Queens Symphony Orchestra, and a sky full of fireworks.
The event is rain or shine.
Visit the World's Fair Anniversary page for more information about the Festival, and to take a virtual tour of the historic fairgrounds.

Outdoor Film & Party at Queens Farm Museum

Rooftop Films, in conjunction with AT&T and IFC Films, will be presenting a sneak preview on August 15 of dramatic rural romance Ain't Them Bodies Saints, starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. Director David Lowery - a Rooftop Films & Edgeworx Post-Production Grant recipient and alumnus - will be in attendance for a Q&A after the film. Ain't Them Bodies Saints premiered this year at Sundance and was awarded the Cinematography Award in the U.S. Dramatic Category; it will be premiering in theaters the following day on August 16.

To complement the setting of the film, Rooftop Films will be hosting the event at the 47-acre Queens County Farm. After the screening, Rooftop will be hosting an after party sponsored by Bulleit Bourbon with cocktails inspired by the film. To accommodate for any issues with transportation, it will also be providing a free shuttle service to and from the Little Neck LIRR stop running from 6pm to 2am every half hour.

The schedule and details are as follows:

Thursday, August 15

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

Venue: Queens County Farm Museum

Address: 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Glen Oaks, NY 11004

Public Transportation Directions:

Take the E or F Train to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike Station | Q46 Bus (eastbound on Union Tpk.) to Little Neck Parkway Stop | Cross Union Turnpike and walk North on Little Neck Parkway 3 blocks to Museum Entrance. Or take Hempstead Line to Floral Park Station or take Port Washington Line to Little Neck Station.

A free shuttle will take audience members from the Little Neck LIRR stop to the farm every 30 minutes from 6pm to 2am.

8:00PM Doors Open & Press Check-in

8:30PM Live Music

8:55PM Announcement of Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund grantees

9:00PM Film Begins

10:30PM Q&A with director David Lowery

11:00PM-12:00AM After-Party hosted by Bulliet Bourbon and Red Stripe

Ticket price: $13

More info: http://rooftopfilms.com/2013/works/aint-them-bodies-saints/

Bastille Day at La Boulangerie

La Boulangerie celebrated Bastille Day yesterday the way it does every year — by cooking up some delicious crepes outside! Yeah, it was pretty hot, but the pretty long wait was worth it. These things were incredible!

Local Events

A reader recently suggested I should update the blog's Events page. Happy to oblige.  Now I just need some to post there. Anyone got anything planned they want Fo Hi'ers and wannabe Fo' Hi'ers to attend?

 Email them to me at edgeofthecity@gmail.com

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CHRISTINE BARANSKI, MATT DAMON, & GLORIA REUBEN JOIN THE FREE PUBLIC FORUM! The Public Theater and The Aspen Institute Arts Program PresentA Free Public Forum Event WHAT ARE WE WORTH? SHAKESPEARE, MONEY, AND MORALS Christine Baranski, Matt Damon, and Gloria Reuben join the previously announced Alan Alda,  Marsha Stephanie Blake, Raúl Esparza, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin, Lily Rabe, and Vanessa Redgrave for readings from Shakespeare's plays. Plus a town-hall discussion led by renowned political philosopher, Harvard professor, and best-selling author Michael Sandel Monday, June 17 at 8pm The Delacorte Theater Are there some things money can't buy? Do we have obligations to each other as citizens? In the spirit of free exchange epitomized by more than 50 years of The Public’s Shakespeare in the Park, join in an evening of theatre and public debate. This one-night-only Public Forum will include Shakespeare readings about money and justice as well as a lively town-hall conversation with the audience conducted by Harvard professor and best-selling author Michael Sandel about the way the language of money has been taking over our lives – the subject of his recent book, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. This Public Forum event is presented in partnership with the Aspen Institute Arts Program. Click here for more information on this exciting free event! TICKETS ARE FREE! Free Public Forum tickets will be distributed, two per person, at 12pm on June 17 at the Delacorte Theater and via the Virtual Ticketing drawing atwww.shakespeareinthepark.org. Reserved seats are also available by becoming a Public Forum Supporter with a tax-deductible donation of $75*. For information and to donate, call 212-967-7555.

Tennis Event in FoHi Saturday

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evian® Debuts The First Annual evian Wood Racquet Cup (via PR Newswire)

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paying tribute to the heritage of evian and the brand's history with the US Open, evian®(a brand of Danone Waters of America, Inc.) will debut its first annual retro tennis tournament with the evian Wood Racquet Cup taking place on Saturday, August 18, 2012…

The Queensboro Bridge Art Contest

The Queensboro Bridge Art Contest is the LIC Art Open's (licartsopen.org) invitation to the students of Queens, ages 5-18, to memorialize the Queensboro Bridge through art. Thanks to the efforts of curator Alyssa Ratkewitch and the Queens Paideia School, art
teachers and parents throughout the borough have mobilized young artists to produce more than 1,500 breathtaking submissions. The result is an unprecedented exhibition of color, imagination, poetry, possibility, and joy.

An awards ceremony for winning submissions representing 4 age categories will be held on Saturday, May 21, at 2:30 p.m. at the Street Festival on 22nd St., between 43rd and 44th Avenues. Council member Jimmy Van Bramer will be on hand to present awards
and personally congratulate the winners (who will be notified in advance).

An exhibition of ALL of the works will be held at the LIC Art Center on May 21& May 22, noon to 6 p.m. Please stop by to view this marvelous display of youthful creativity as well as a documentary about the bridge produced by Queens Paideia’s students especially
for this event.

LIC Art Center / 44-02 23rd St., Long Island City, NY 11101
Children's Art Exhibition: 5th-floor hallway gallery
Queens Paideia School Bridge Docu-Learning: Studio 214

Tree Planting Tomorrow

Just a reminder about the big tree planting event tomorrow morning. 

Make New York City a little greener

JetBlue and New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are teaming up once again to do One Thing That's Green! Join us on April 9, 2011 as we plant hundreds of trees in Forest Hills, Queens!

In September, tornadoes ripped through Queens leaving once lush areas looking vacant. Trees are a vital part of the environment, especially in New York City, and by recommendation of the City of New York, JetBlue and NYRP will partner to revitalize MacDonald Park and surrounding areas.

Bring your friends and family for an exciting day of outdoor activities that encourage active living! Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and all volunteers will receive a One Thing That's Green branded t-shirt. There will be activities for the entire family throughout the day.

Register now and check back for updates in the coming weeks. All volunteers must register and complete a waiver. Young adults ages 14 to 17 must have a signed waiver from a parent or guardian to participate. Kids younger than 14 are welcome with an adult and they'll be plenty of activities for everyone.

Do your One Thing That's Green! Together with our partners NYRP, 106.7 Lite FM, 103.5 KTU and Power 105.1, JetBlue will make a lasting difference on the community and continue to evolve our commitment to greening the Big Apple.

When: Saturday, April 9, 2011
Where: MacDonald Park, Forest Hills, Queens
Time: 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
What: One Thing That's Green tree planting and activities!

Here is a link to more information about this event:
http://regoforestpreservation.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-9th-tree-planting-event-in-forest.html