NY Daily News and Queens Chamber Partner for Business Breakfast

The NY Daily News and The Queens Chamber of Commerce are partnering together for a breakfast event before the Queens Chamber of Commerce's Business Expo at CitiField on Wednesday May 25, 2016.

Billed as "Everybody Loves Queens" the playful title will allow guest panelists : Dennis Walcott the Queens Library CEO,  Ana Olivera SR.VP of Investors Bank, Hugue DuFour & Sara Obraitis Owners Of M.Wells Dinette and M.Wells Steakhouse, as well as just added guest Haeda Mihaltses Executive Director of External Affairs for the NY Mets to give their reasons as to why they love Queens for their businesses.

The breakfast is filling up quickly so please contact the Queens Chamber for Tickets 

Call 718-898-8500 or email Sophia Ganosis at sganosis@queenschamber.org

 or register online at Queens Chamber Website

Queens Chamber of Commerce Business Expo May 25th at CitiField 

Its In Queens- January 9th - 15th

Neither snow, nor sleet, nor ridiculously cold temperatures can stop Queens from being a hot bed of enrichment, entertainment and fun. This week the borough smiles warmly at Mother Nature with plenty of live music, movies galore, an MLK recognition event, polar bears, Japanese art and a fiesta based on recycling electronic waste. Here’s the rundown.

Jan. 9, D.B. Rielly, 9 pm. Award-winning singer/songwriter D.B. Rielly performs a wide range of Americana music, spanning several genres, including Roots, Blues and Country. He promises an “instantaneous cure for all afflictions.” Free. Winegasm, 31-86 37th St., Astoria, www.winegasmeatery.com.

Jan. 10, David Hazeltine Trio, 8 pm. Hazeltine has his own distinctive piano style and musical voice. His trio features drum legend Louis Hayes and bassist Peter Washington. $15. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., www.flushingtownhall.org.

Jan. 10, Little Feet and Old Moon, 7 pm. The Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look series shows inventive new cinema. In Little Feet, director Alexandre Rockwell’s children star as siblings who are barely cared for by their widowed father who dresses in an animal suit for a living and collapses drunk at night. When a pet goldfish dies, they set off to find a new mate for the fish. Rockwell and his children will be at screening. The short Old Moon, directed by a student of Rockwell and filmed in Puerto Rico, shows first, and a reception follows. MMI, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us.

Jan. 11, Irish Music Concert, 7:30 pm. Siusan O’Rourke and Zig Zeitler, who were nominated as Top Duo by the Irish Music Association, perform with Donie Carroll, a singer/songwriter, and John Nolan, a button accordion maestro (1982 All Ireland Champion). $22/$11, seniors, students and unemployed. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., LIC, www.newyorkirishcenter.org

Jan. 11, Songs of Freedom, 3 pm. Robbi K and Friends commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech with a performance of protest and freedom songs, a slide presentation and stories. Free. Queens Central Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, www.queenslibrary.org

Jan. 11, Storybook Discovery Day, 11 am. In a cozy parlor, Karyn Mooney welcomes the Year of the Horse by reading about Chinese New Year celebrations and making horse puppets. Suggested donation $5 per family. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing, www.vomuseum.org

Jan. 11, Rohmer in Paris, 2 pm; The Inner Jungle, 4:15 pm; and Vic + Flo Saw a Bear, 7 pm. The Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look series shows inventive new cinema. Director Richard Misek’s Rohmer in Paris is an ode to the Nouvelle Vague master Eric Rohmer and his beloved Paris. In director Juan Barrero’s autobiographical film The Inner Jungle, he returns from the Galapagos Islands to find his girlfriend is pregnant. The film expresses the combination of terror and amazement surrounding romance and pregnancy. Vic + Flo Saw a Bear is set in director Denis Côté’s native northern Québéc. It follows a pair of lesbian lovers and ex-cellmates after their release from prison. MMI, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us

Jan. 12, Electronic Waste Recycling, 10 am to 4 pm. Drop off unwanted or broken electronics, and the Queens Botanical Garden will dispose of them. From 1 pm to 3 pm, QBG hosts children’s crafts workshops using recycled and repurposed items. Free. QBG, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, www.queensbotanical.org

Jan. 12, Twilight Concert by Con Brio Ensemble, 4:30 pm. Critically acclaimed violinist Alexander Meshibovsky and pianist Diana Mittler perform Respighi-Violin Sonata, Bloch-Baal Shem Suite and Sarasate-Introduction and Tarantella. Alan Hollander presents works for oboe and piano by Telemann, Ravel and Saint-Saens. Baritone Darian Worrell performs the Four Serious Songs by Brahms. $10 and $12. The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, www.thecitg.org

Jan. 12, Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930, 3 pm. Noguchi Museum’s Amy Hau and former Assistant Director Alexandra Snyder May discuss the new exhibit, which includes works given by Sotokichi Katsuizumi, a Japanese businessman and Chinese painting collector who introduced Isamu Noguchi to the Chinese ink painter Qi Baishi. Free with admission. NM, 9-01 33rd Rd., LIC, www.noguchi.org

Jan. 12, Classical Music: Trio Cavatina, 3 pm. Five Boroughs Music Festival presents Trio Cavatina, winners of the 2009 Naumburg International Chamber Music Competition, in a program featuring works by Beethoven and Brahms, as well as an NYC premiere by Douglas Boyce. $25/$20 Queens residents/$15 students. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., www.flushingtownhall.org

Jan. 12, Open Mic Sunday, 2 pm. The event features poet, essayist and translator Claire Van Winkle, who teaches undergraduate writing and literature at Queens College. Free. Error! Hyperlink reference not valid., 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, www.queenslibrary.org

Jan. 12, Adventure Hour: Polar Bears, 1:30 pm. This class offers toddlers an opportunity to socialize and learn about nature in a relaxed environment. Activities include live animals, art project, outdoor play, trail walks and music. Pre-registration required at 718.229.4000. $16. Alley Pond Environmental Center, 228-06 Northern Blvd., Douglaston, www.alleypond.com

Jan. 12, Visitors, 2 pm; The Quispe Girls, 5 pm; The Summer of Flying Fish, 8 pm. The Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look series shows inventive new cinema. Visitors consists of 74 black-and-white shots, taking viewers to the moon and back, while examining the human species and a gorilla from the Bronx Zoo. In the remote Chilean mountains in 1974, three goat-herding sisters survive after the death of a fourth sister in The Quispe Girls. Chilean documentarian Marcela Said’s debut feature The Summer of Flying Fish is coming-of-age story in the expansive terrains of southern Chile near Patagonia, as bright-eyed teenager Manena vacations with her family in their summer lake house, meets new friends, and finds her first love. MMI, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us

Jan. 13, Oratorio Society of Queens Auditions, 7:45 pm. Experience the joy of choral singing. Reservations are required, call 718.279.3006. Temple Beth Sholom, 171-39 Northern Blvd., Flushing, www.queensoratorio.org

The “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the Queens Tourism Council with the hope that readers will enjoy the borough’s wonderful attractions. More info at www.itsinqueens.com

It’s In Queens! (Dec. 5 to Dec. 11)

Holiday season magic is in the air. So are classic concerts, Irish ballads, the Marimba, doo woop and the Boston Pops. In addition to the wonderful sounds, Queens hosts a brand new play, various throwback movies, a historic house tour, tree lightings and the opportunity to edit Wikipedia entries about the borough. Here’s the rundown.

Dec. 6, The Dublin City Ramblers, 7:30 pm. This Irish band has thrilled audiences worldwide with ballads, folk, humor and foot-tapping music for over 35 years. $15 to $27. New York Irish Center, 10-40 Jackson Ave., LIC, www.newyorkirishcenter.org.

Dec. 6, Performances by Judith Sloan and Warren Lehrer, 7 pm. Famous for their award-winning book on Queens Crossing the Boulevard, Sloan and Lehrer’s performance fuses theatre, radio and poetry. A Q&A follows. $5. Queens Council on the Arts, 37-11 35th Ave., Astoria, www.queenscouncilarts.org.

Dec. 6, Boogie Woogie, Ragtime & Stride Piano, 8 pm. Multi-instrumentalist Ayodele Maakheru & The Windsong String Ensemble perform an ode to Ragtime, Boogie Woogie and Stride. $15/$10 students. Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, www.flushingtownhall.org.

Dec. 6, Help Queens Library Enrich Topics on Wikipedia, 10 am to 7 pm. Drop in at any time to write and edit Wiki entries about Queens for accuracy and style. Free. Queens Library-Central, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, www.queenslibrary.org.

Dec. 6, Bach & Brew, 6 pm. Pianist Dongsok Shin performs on King Manor’s fortepiano with accompaniment by violinist Leah Nelson. The program includes Johann Christian Bach and Muzio Clementi. Sample craft beer similar to what would have been enjoyed during Rufus King’s lifetime. KM, King Manor Park, Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, www.kingmanor.org.

Dec. 6, Routes: The Spiritual Odyssey of Chinese American Artists, 5 pm to 8 pm. Noguchi Museum screens two episodes of the 12-part documentary Routes, featuring interviews with Shen Ruijin and Zheng Lianjie, taking the audience through each China-born artist’s working process. Free. NM, 9-01 33rd Rd., LIC, www.noguchi.org.

Dec. 6, Sweet Smell of Success, 7 pm. Museum of the Moving Image’s ongoing series See It Big! presents 22 films on a huge screen. One of the great New York movies of the 1950s, Sweet Smell of Success, pits Burt Lancaster’s ruthless columnist J. J. Hunsecker against Tony Curtis’s desperate publicist Sidney Falco in a noirish morality play. MMI, 36-01 35^th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us.

Dec. 6, The Re-Gift of the Magi (Opening), 8 pm. This comedic play reveals why the Wise Men made their perilous journey. Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspar give Joshua an education in the shul of real life. Shows run until Dec. 21. $10. The Chain Theatre, 21-28 45th Rd., LIC, www.chain-theatre.org.

Dec. 6, Maspeth’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, 6 pm. A huge tree, a visit from Santa, entertainment by local musicians and a free raffle for a bicycle. Free. Maspeth Memorial Plaza, 69th Street and Grand Avenue, Maspeth, www.maspethchamberofcommerce.org.

Dec. 7, Making Music with the Marimba, 7:30 pm. International percussion virtuoso and Queens resident Makoto Nakura plays with violinist Jesse Mills and pianist Barbara Podgurski. The program includes Nakura’s own transcriptions of Bach’s Solo Partita in E major and Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso; the pyrotechnic display of Paganini’s Caprice no. 24 and Stravinsky’s Three Movements from Petrushka; and more recent works by Japanese composers Toshi Ichiyanagi and Toshio Mashima. $20 adults/$15 seniors/$10 students/free children under 12. The Church-in-the-Gardens, 50 Ascan Ave., Forest Hills, www.musicareginae.org.

Dec. 7, Jay & the Americans, 8 pm. A nostalgic evening with the icons of the 1950s and 1960s, starring Jay & the Americans, The Brooklyn Bridge, Vito Picone & the Elegants and the Del Satins. $35, $45 and $55. Queens College Colden Center, Kissena Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway, Flushing, www.kupferbergcenter.org.

Dec. 7, La Collectionneuse, 1:30 pm; My Night at Maud’s (Ma Nuit Chez Maud), 3:30 pm; The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 6 pm. Museum of the Moving Image’s ongoing series See It Big! presents 22 films on a huge screen. La Collectionneuse mixes the ethical and erotic dilemmas of two male friends from the avant-garde art world who try to resist the charms of a bikini-clad young “collector” of men in St. Tropez. In My Night at Maud’s, a pious Catholic finds his beliefs challenged when a beautiful divorcee invites him to spend a platonic night in her apartment. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a reinvention of the Western genre with Casey Affleck as an awkward young acolyte whose life becomes dramatically intertwined with a charismatic criminal played by Brad Pitt. MMI, 36-01 35^th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us.

Dec. 7, Cabaret Night, 8 pm. Community theater and indy film actress and singer Jean Ann Kump and singer, impressionist and actor Barry Feterman mix charm, wit and velvet tunes in an intimate cabaret club-like setting. $22 to $25. Bay Terrace Jewish Center, 13-00 209th St., Bayside, www.theatrebythebayny.com.

Dec. 7, Queens World Film Festival Goes to Queens Museum, 6 pm. Two films — Way by Elizabeth Pasieczny and Welcome to Nowhere (Bullet Hole Road) by William Cusick (Founder’s Choice QWFF 2013). QM, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, www.queensmuseum.org.

Dec. 7, Taste of Rockaway Beach, 9 am to 11 pm. Ten restaurants — Irish Circle, 101 Deli, Playland Motel & Pizza, Veggie Island, Surfside Bagels, UMA’s, Elegante Pizza, Sayra’s Wine Bar, Thai Rock and Bungalow Bar — participate. $10, Rockaway Beach, www.rockawaybeachheart.org.

Dec. 7, Gifted 2013. The Rockaway Artists Alliance’s final show of 2013 is a juried exhibition including drawing, mixed media, photography, painting, watercolor, video, textile work and sculpture. Show runs until Jan. 19, 2014. Fort Tilden, www.rockawayartistsalliance.org.

Dec. 8, Holiday Historic House Tour, 1 pm to 5 pm. Visit seven landmarked properties in the Flushing area — Kingsland Homestead, Voelker Orth Museum, Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, Friends Meeting House, Flushing Town Hall, Bowne House and Louis Armstrong House Museum. Each one will offer special activities, refreshments and a glimpse at what life was once like during the holidays. $10. For more information, try www.queenshistoricalsociety.org or 718-939-0647.

Dec. 8, Holiday Pops with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, 7:30 pm. Conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops perform their signature Sleigh Ride, other classics and new arrangements of seasonal favorites. Santa Claus makes a guest appearance during the finale followed by the traditional sing-a-long. , Colden Auditorium, 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, www.kupferbergcenter.org.

Dec. 8, Winter Solstice Celebration, 12:30 pm to 5 pm. Live musical performances, botanical craft workshops, photos with Santa, seasonal refreshments, a garden tour, special sales and a tree lighting. Free. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing, www.queensbotanical.org.

Dec. 8, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas and Tribute to “Faz” Fazakas and Diana Birkenfield, 1 pm. Screening of TV special about Ma Otter and her son, Emmet, who secretly enter a talent contest to win money for each other’s Christmas presents. This program includes Kermit the Frog segments, rare outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage and tributes to two Jim Henson colleagues who died in the past year: puppeteer and special effects designer Franz “Faz” Fazakas; and Diana Birkenfield, whose work with Henson dates to The Jimmy Dean Show. Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us.

Dec. 8, Holiday Market, 9 am to 4 pm. Local food artisans and crafters sell their products. Plus, the organizers participate in the Sandy Claus Project, collecting new, unwrapped toys for children affected by Hurricane Sandy. St. Francis of Assisi School, 46th Street and Ditmars Boulevard, Astoria.

Dec. 8, The Marriage of Maria Braun, 4pm; The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 7 pm. Museum of the Moving Image’s ongoing series See It Big! presents 22 films on a huge screen. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a reinvention of the Western genre with Casey Affleck as an awkward young acolyte whose life becomes dramatically intertwined with a charismatic criminal played by Brad Pitt. The Marriage of Maria Braun stars the commanding Hannah Schygulla in her signature performance as an ambitious woman in devastated postwar Germany. MMI, 36-01 35^th Ave., Astoria, www.movingimage.us.

The “It’s In Queens” column is produced by the Queens Tourism Council with the hope that readers will enjoy the borough’s wonderful attractions. More info at www.itsinqueens.com.