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Thursday, January 31, 2008

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Fire at TGIF:Thank God Nobody Was Hurt

Sheepshead Bay’s TGI Friday’s was shuttered last week after an all-hands fire ripped through the second floor of the popular Harkness Avenue eatery. Firefighters converged on the restaurant, located just across the street from the Sheepshead Bay
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Western Queens Arts & Entertainment Calendar

Galleries & Exhibits

Photography Exhibit Salutes Queens Parks – Featuring 50 photos of Queens parks taken by local residents. The exhibit is simultaneously on display in the panorama room at the Queens Museum of Art in Flushing Meadows Corona P
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Southeast Queens Community Calendar

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Black Ice, The Lost History of the Colored hockey League of the Maritimes – Authors George and Darril Fosty, with Underground Railroad historian Drakeford Levi, discuss this lost history of the sons/grandsons of runaway American slaves who f
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Fannie Lou Hamer lives!

Award-winning actress mZuri will bring her one-woman theatrical performance about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to the stage of Brooklyn’s Boy’s and Girls High School, 1700 Fulton Street, February 1.

The play, “The Woman, t
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Support group

Leeza’s Place at Park Slope Geriatric Day Center offers a Caregiver Support Group for those caring for someone over the age of 60.

The group meets Wednesdays from 10-11:30 a.m. at 1 Prospect Park West near Grand Army Plaza.

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Brooklyn celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Electrifying accolades ignited the stage and heartfelt eulogies sparked tears from a rapt audience when a distinguished roster of luminaries – among them, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senator Charles Schumer – took to the stage to honor a beloved
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Tall salute for outstanding community service

A pair of local notables was honored for their service to the community when the Kings Plaza chapter of the Canarsie Kiwanis Club met for an assembly at Rex Manor. Colonel Tracey E. Nicholson, commander of Fort Hamilton Army Base, and Command Sergeant Maj
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Western Queens Community Calendar

Events

Waitress

When: Jan. 31, 10 a.m. to 12 noon

Where: Queens Community House, 108-25 62 Dr., Forest Hills

Contact: 718-592-5757 or www.queenscommunityhouse.org

Annual Men’s Club Superbowl Party – RSVP by January
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Friends for Life to aid Guild growth

“Friends for Life,” a charitable organization supervised by Don Duggan, has been organizing benefits for worthy causes over the years. Now a concert is being planned to raise funds for the Guild for Exceptional Children’s Capital Improvemen

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