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February 12–18, 2017 Broken Heart Week A time to celebrate loves won and lost

Broken Heart Week is a time to celebrate loves won and lost. Sure, February 14 is Valentine’s Day, but at Queens Library, every facet of and heartbreak will be explored in this week-long program. Come along for events hosted by acclaimed performers and arts

Vertical organizations including hip-hop legend Roxanne Shanté, Broadway star Lauren Elder, or literary sensation, The Moth. Plus, several community libraries will be hosting curated bookBroken displays, film screenings, fitness classes, craft programs,Heart poetry workshops and much more. Spend BrokenWeek Heart WeekFebruary laughing, 12–18, learning, 2017 and reflecting on past and present relationships.

Follow this special week of programs online! Visit queenslib.org/brokenheartweek2017 or #QLBrokenHeart on social media.

2 Broken Heart Week, February 12–18 Featured Programs

Sunday, February 12

The Moth – LOVESICK Prepare a five minute story about the heart wanting what the heart wants. Star struck lovers, crossed wires. Yearning, dreaming and scheming to find Mrs. Right or Mr. Right Now. Dating, marriage and It’s Complicated. that ache, break or burst with joy! Register for this program at queenslib.org/brokenheartweek2017. 2:00 pm Flushing 41-17 Main Street 718-661-1200

Monday, February 13

Roxanne Shanté presents: Hip-Hop – The Pain is Real Hip Hop legend Roxanne Shante Roxanne Shanté talks about her own heart wrenching story of love, loss and music, and Breaking Up is Hard to Do invites the audience to express their Recovering from a is hard too! heartbreak stories and rhymes. Register Come hear from Licensed Mental Health for this program at queenslib.org/ Counselor, Renisher Roberts, about how brokenheartweek2017. to move on from heartbreak and healthy 6:00 pm ways to explore singlehood. Central Library 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, 6:00 pm Jamaica Laurelton 134-26 225 Street 718-990-0778 718-528-2822

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Tuesday, February 14 Wednesday, February 15

How Do You Mend A Broken Heart Frida Kahlo - A Broken/Feisty Heart An Art Project for Adults age 50+ led by Frida Kahlo’s most famous art works, her teaching artist Karen Fitzgerald. This passionate love letters to her partner, collage/book-making project facilitates Diego Rivera, and a live performance the expression of a break and the of Mariachi music will bring the feisty resulting light flooding through that artist to life in celebration of her crack. Using symbols, color and simple uncompromised spirit in art and love. origami folded books, participants will Register for this program at queenslib.org/ work with collages to express and release brokenheartweek2017. a heart break, and by doing so, mend 3:00 pm the hurt, and identify the light flooding Jackson Heights 35-51 81 Street through the crack the break caused. 718-899-2500 3:30 pm Glen Oaks 256-04 Union Turnpike 718-831-8636

It Never Gets Old...... Calling All Adults with “Experienced” Hearts The Queens Memory program partners with the Cambria Heights Teen Library where teens interview adults who share their broken heart stories and how they survived to tell the tale. Adults should visit the library to sign up in advance for a 15 minute recording slot. All broken heart stories will be archived on the Queens Memory website. 4:00 pm Cambria Heights 218-13 Linden Boulevard 718-528-3535

Balsoma: Balance Through Rhythm A rhythmic approach to self-exploration through movement and music. Sometimes we can lose ourselves in relationships. This class is a great opportunity to tap into our internal strength and reconsider who we are and what we want for ourselves. 5:00 pm Woodside 54-22 Skillman Avenue 718-429-4700

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Thursday, February 16 Let’s Move! Broken Heart Week Edition Whether you have experienced a The Sweet Taste of Heartbreak heartbreak or are just ready to shake off Have you ever wondered why chocolate any stress, come learn about the “Let’s and ice cream taste so good when you’re Move!” program, the benefits of physical upset? You have probably heard of activity for cardiovascular health, and “comfort food”, but did you know that enjoy an energizing Zumba workout there’s a biological connection between with certified instructor, Fiona Harvey! our feelings, stress and the foods we You won’t want to miss this amazing crave? Come join Simone Harounian, MS, playlist which includes upbeat love and RD, CDN, CDE, to learn about this powerful empowerment songs. Sneakers and relationship, as well as some tips to make comfortable clothing required. healthier choices…even when you’re sad. 6:00 pm 6:00 pm Woodhaven 85-41 Forest Parkway Steinway 21-45 31 Street, Long Island City 718-849-1010 718-728-1965 Friday, February 17

Heartbreak Hilarities Friday, February 17 @ 2:00 pm Bring the entire family and enjoy animated cartoons of the 1920 and 30s that show the downside of love and with film archivist, animation historian and lifelong Queens resident Tommy Stathes. 2:00 pm Whitestone 151-10 14 Road 718-767-8010

Shakespeare’s : A Staged Reading by Titan Theatre Finding Poetry in Pain Company Queens Poet Laureate, Maria Lisella will In this special staged reading by Titan lead a circle of ethnically diverse poets Theatre Company, turns in an exploration of the universal poetic lethal when the children of two long voice of heartbreak, pain, , and feuding families meet- setting in motion a longing. passionate and rash chain of events that 6:00 pm are as brutal as they are beautiful. Romeo Windsor Park 79-50 Bell Boulevard, and Juliet have become emblematic Bayside of young lovers suffering the pain of a 718-468-8300 doomed love. 3:30 pm Richmond Hill 118-14 Hillside Avenue 718-849-7150 5 Queens Library Featured Programs

Saturday, February 18 repertoire ideal to celebrate the Queens Library’s Broken Heart Week. Lauren Elder Presents Broadway 3:00 pm Standards - Heartbreak at the Great Langston Hughes 100-01 Northern White Way Boulevard, Corona Broadway performer, Lauren Elder, 718-651-1100 will present a comprehensive list of beloved and lesser known Broadway standards about love and loss. Register for this program at queenslib.org/ brokenheartweek2017. 2:30 pm Central Library 89-11 Merrick Boulevard, Jamaica 718-990-0778

Heartbreak Hilarities Bring the entire family and enjoy animated cartoons of the 1920 and 30s that show the downside of love and romance with film archivist, animation historian and lifelong Queens resident Saturday, February 18 Tommy Stathes. 2:45 pm Humor and Heartbreak: “I Thought I’d Bayside 214-20 Northern Boulevard Never Laugh Again...” 718-229-1834 Join us for an afternoon of “clean” comedy focused on the failed romances The Allegro Singers present Tragic Love and unsuccessful relationships we’ve all Stories in Opera encountered at one time or another. Meet A concert of beloved arias and duets from this talented lineup of comedians like Il Trovatore by Verdi, Carmen by Bizet, Michelle Slonim, YouJean Chang, Jennifer Romeo et Juliette by Gounod, and some Lap, Sandip Sen, Ben Rosenfeld, and Ryan popular music selections. Featured artists Arnold. are soprano Liora Michelle, tenor Hamid 3:00 pm Rodriguez and baritone Ricardo Rosa who Steinway 21-45 31 Street, Long Island have performed on the operatic stage. City 3:00 pm 718-728-1965 Forest Hills 108-19 71 Avenue 718-268-7934

Sonia Olla Flamenco Dance Company From flirtatious expressions to footwork perfection, experience The Sonia Olla Flamenco Dance Company will present Tablao Sevilla, a traditional flamenco

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Arverne Astoria 312 Beach 54 Street 14-01 Astoria Boulevard 718-634-4784 Long Island City 718-278-2220 Book Discussion: The Notebook Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm Book Discussion: Five Love Languages, We will discuss The Notebook by Nicholas The Secret to Love That Lasts Sparks. We will also screen excerpts Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm of the movie to add depth to our book is easy. Staying in love— discussion. Books are available for that’s the challenge! How can you keep checkout at Arverne Library. your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? We’ll discuss the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages, in which you’ll discover Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love; helping you to experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner.

Where is my Blankie? for Children Wednesday, February 15 @ 11:00 am Preschoolers will make a replica of their favorite blankie. Caregiver must be present.

Valentine’s Day Crafts for Children Wednesday, February 15 @ 4:00 pm Come and enjoy making crafts for your Broken Heart Week Film Festival favorite Valentine. This program is for Tuesday, February 14 @ 3:30 pm families with children not older than 12 Bridget Jones’ Diary, directed by Sharon years old. Maguire (2001), Rated R Wednesday, February 15 @ 3:30 pm The First Wives Club, directed by (1996), Rated PG Thursday February 16 @ 3:30 pm Kill Bill, Vol. 1, directed by Quentin Tarantino (2003), Rated R Friday, February 17 @ 3:30 pm Kill Bill, Vol. 2, directed by Quentin Tarantino (2005), Rated R Saturday February 18 @ 3:30 pm Pretty Woman, directed by Garry Marshall (1990), Rated R

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Book Discussion: Perks of Being a Bay Terrace Wallflower Thursday, February 16 @ 4:00 pm 18-36 Bell Boulevard, Bayside Teens will meet to discuss Perks of Being 718-423-7004 a Wallflower, the critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky. Book Discussion: Me Before You Perks follows observant “wallflower” Friday, February 17 @ 10:30 am Charlie as he charts a course through the We will discuss Me Before You by JoJo strange world between adolescence and Moyes. Books are available for check out. adulthood, first dates, family drama, new friends, sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Auburndale 25-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Flushing 718-352-2027

Book Discussion: The Notebook Monday, February 13 @ 6:00pm We will discuss The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Books are available for check out at the Auburndale Library.

Baisley Park 117-11 Sutphin Boulevard Movie Screening: Splendor in the Grass Jamaica Friday, February 17 @ 2:00 pm 718-529-1590 We will show the classic film Splendor in the Grass (1961) (124 min.) (NR), directed Movie Screening: The Holiday by Elia Kazan and starring Warren Beatty Monday, February 13 @ 5:30 pm and Natalie Wood. Heartwarming, funny and totally charming. ’ The Holiday, a from the director of Bayside Something’s Gotta Give and What Woman 214-20 Northern Boulevard Want, two women trade homes only to find a change of address can change their 718-229-1834 lives. Movie Screening: How to be Single Thursday, February 16 @ 5:30 pm

Open Mic for Kids! As a part of the Broken Heart program, Tuesday, February 14 @ 4:30 pm Bayside Library presents the film How to Children ages 7-12 are invited to be Single. participate in the Valentine’s Day Open Mic program to send messages to your parents and friends.

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Bellerose Broad Channel 250-06 Hillside Avenue 16-26 Cross Bay Boulevard 718-831-8644 718-318-4943

Give a Broken Heart a Break My Worst Break Up Open Mic Wednesday February 15 @ 4:00 pm Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm Give a Broken Heart a Break. Let’s Join us in purging bad memories. Was it reminisce those extraordinary moments a lost love, lost job, lost , lost and express ourselves by storytelling or family relationship, lost home, or lost pet? poetry and a craft project. Registration is Share a tale of woe through word, song, required. poetry or humor.

Briarwood Broadway 85-12 Main Street 40-20 Broadway, Long Island City 718-658-1680 718-721-2462

Family Movie Screening: 101 Dalmatians Book Discussion: Possession Wednesday, February 15 @ 2:30 pm Tuesday, February 14 @ 2:30 pm Join us for a screening of the Disney Please join us for a discussion of animated classic 101 Dalmatians. The Possession by A.S. Byatt. Books will be story involves the canine pets of a available for check out. struggling composer and his wife: Dalmatians Pongo (male) and Perdita Maker Space: Pieces of My Heart for (female). When Perdita gives birth to Children fifteen spotted pups, the scheming Cruella Tuesday, February 14 @ 4:00 pm De Vil demands that the dogs’ owners sell Makers are creators, artists, tinkerers, and her the pups. When they refuse, Cruella inventors. Use paper, fabric, and unusual dognaps all the puppies. pieces to create mosaic hearts! (ages 5-12)

Corona 38-23 104 Street 718-426-2844

Open Mic Poetry from the Heart Wednesday, February 15 @ 4:00 pm Calling all poets! Read your original poems of the heart that deal with your experiences, falling in or out of love or having a second chance at love. Experience the poetic improvisation of Zenen Zeferino Huervo as he demonstrates his ability to use a word, theme, or action to craft lyrics set to music.

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Court Square Forest Hills 25-01 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City 108-19 71 Avenue 718-937-2790 718-268-7934

Blind Date with a Book Make Your Own Valentine for Broken Saturday–Friday, February 12–18 @ 11:00 am Heart Week In Blind Date with a Book you will take Thursday, February 16 @ 5:30 pm a chance and check out a book we’ve We will create Valentines as a tribute to selected, without knowing exactly what ourselves for Broken Heart Week! that book is until you get it home. Books will be paper-wrapped, with a descriptive How to Get Over a Broken Heart Wall blurb and genre information. Books for Display all ages will be available. Maybe you’ll Thursday, February 16 @ 6:00 pm love it, maybe not. We’ll include cards too We will create a wall display to express for you to “Rate your Date”. Completed how to get over a broken heart for Broken Ratings cards received will be entered in Heart Week! a raffle for prizes--sponsored by Friends of Queens Library at Court Square. Open Mic Thursday, February 16 @ 6:30 pm An open mic in Broken Heart Week will Douglaston-Little Neck shine a light on lost loves and second chance at love, lost jobs, lost , 249-01 Northen Boulevard lost family relationships, lost homes, lost 718-225-8414 religions, and even lost former selves. Please come and share your poems or Movie Screening: The Way We Were writings on any of these topics with (1973) featured reader Vijay R. Nathan, author of Tuesday, February 14 @ 2:00 pm Escape from Samsara: Poems. Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart. Starring: Robert Redford, Barbara Streisand. 1973.

East Flushing 196-36 Northen Boulevard 718-357-6643

East Flushing Valentine’s Week Origami for Children Tuesday, February 14 @ 3:00 pm Wednesday, February 15 @ 3:00 pm Screening & Discussion: Eat Pray Love Join us for a Valentine’s Origami session Friday, February 17 @ 1:30 pm for children, ages 5 and up. we will show the movie Eat Pray Love followed by a discussion Movie Screening: Eat Pray Love Friday, February 17 @ 1:00 pm Adult movie presentation.

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Fresh Meadows - Designated Ugly Fat Friend - by her prettier, more popular counterparts. 193-20 Horace Harding Expressway 718-454-7272 Movie Screening: The Descendants Saturday, February 18 @ 12:00 pm Movie Screening: Bridget Jones’s Baby Enjoy your Saturday afternoon with a Saturday, February 18 @ 2:00 pm movie. This week, we’ll be screening Bridget’s focus on single life and her “The Descendants”. A land baron tries to career is interrupted when she finds reconnect with his two daughters after herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... his wife is seriously injured in a boating she can only be fifty percent sure of the accident. Rated R. identity of her baby’s father. Hillcrest Glen Oaks 187-05 Union Turnpike 256-04 Union Turnpike Flushing 718-831-8636 718-454-2786

Black Out Poetry Leave a How To Get Over A Broken Heart Tuesday, February 14 @ 3:30 pm Message Have you ever wondered if you could Monday, February 13 – Saturday, February rewrite a book? Make up your own poem 18 with someone else’s words with black Customers young and old alike leave your out poetry! Make your own art or poem anonymous suggestion or experience using recycled books! Materials will be about how to get over a broken heart on a provided. post-it for our Broken Heart Poster.

Heal Your Broken Heart with Poetry Wednesday, February 15 @ 11:00 am Ease your sorrow by learning to express yourself through poetry.

Movie Screening: Valentine’s Day Tuesday, February 14 @ 2:00 pm Valentine’s Day directed by Garry Marshall. PG-13, 2h 5min, Comedy/ Romance. Set in Los Angeles, watch as singles and couples deal with the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Movie Screening: The Duff Day. Friday, February 17 @ 3:30 pm A high school senior instigates a social pecking order revolution after finding out that she has been labeled the DUFF 11 Queens Library

Hollis The Science of a Broken Heart Saturday, February 18 @ 3:00 pm 202-05 Hillside Avenue If you’ve ever had your heart broken, then 718-465-7355 you know heartbreak is very real. Come learn from a doctor what is happening Broken Heart Wall when you’re going through a powerfully Monday, February 13 – Saturday, February 18 emotional experience like a heartbreak. Express yourself at the library. Patrons are encourage to add a message on our Broken Heart Wall all week. Laurelton Heart Wall Hanging Craft 134-26 225 Street Tuesday, February 14 @ 4:00 pm 718-528-2822 Join us on Valentine’s Day to make a beautiful heart-shaped wall hanging to Open Mic Poetry Reading display in your home all year long! Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm Join Us! Celebrate Broken Heart Week. Blind Date with a Book Participants will spend time selecting Wednesday, February 15 @ 4:00 pm poems” and quotes reflecting on healing Go on a blind date with a book! It’s a book hearts and read or wrap them aloud. discussion group with a twist - no need to read ahead of time. Chicken Soup Puzzles and Color Pages for the Soul Tuesday, February 14 @ 3:00 pm Howard Beach Join us! For an hour of relaxation, coloring, and word search puzzles, served 92-06 156 Avenue with calm tea and soft background music. 718-641-7086 Movie Screening: Clara’s Heart Classic Movie Matinee: Casablanca Saturday, February 18 @ 3:00 pm Friday, February 17 @ 2:00 pm Clara’s Heart depicts the story of a young Come see Casablanca, a classic tale of boy who grows fond of his housekeeper. lost love. This tragic romance is widely Join us for the viewing of a heartwarming regarded as one of the greatest films of all film. time. Play it again, Sam!

Lefferts Jackson Heights 103-34 Lefferts Boulevard 35-51 81 Street Richmond Hill 718-899-2500 718-843-5950

Movie Screening: Kramer vs Kramer Movie Screening: Kill Bill Volume 1

Friday, February 17 @ 3:30 pm Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm When his wife walks out, Ted Kramer The Bride wakens from a four-year coma. and his six-year old son have a chance The child she carried in her womb is gone. to really get to know each other. Then Now she must wreak vengeance on the Ted’s wife returns and wants her son team of assassins who betrayed her - a back. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl team she was once part of. Streep.

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Lefrak City Maspeth 98-30 57 Avenue 69-70 Grand Avenue Corona 718-639-5228 718-592-7677 Movie Screening: Beauty and the Beast Movie Screening: P.S. I Love You Tuesday, February 14 @ 3:00 pm Thursday, February 16 @ 5:30 pm Please join us for a showing of Disney’s A young widow discovers that her Beauty and the Beast! late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

Long Island City 37-44 21 Street 718-752-3700

Wall of Broken Hearts Monday, February 13 – Saturday, February 18 Who was the first person to break your heart? Have you ever been the heartbreaker? What is being in love like? Middle Village What does heart break feel like? Share 72-31 Metropolitan Avenue your feelings on heartbreak and love in 718-326-1390 this interactive exhibit. Pieces of My Broken Heart Valentine’s Day Celebration Monday, February 13 @ 3:45 pm Monday, February 13 @ 5:00 pm Families, caregivers and children are Fun and games for the entire family. welcome for a special Valentine’s Day craft utilizing mosaic art to mend pieces Kind Words Grow Kind Heart of a broken heart. We will share musical Thursday, February 16 @ 4:00 pm lyrics from heart break songs and story Teens will read and discuss the book telling tales on lost loves and friendships. “Blubber” by Judy Blume.

Love Lost Scrapbook Friday, February 17 @ 4:00 pm Create a scrapbook where you collect your thoughts and write about the people that you love. Journaling and scrapbooking can be a healing experience.

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Mitchell-Linden North Hills 31-32 Union Street 57-04 Marathon Parkway Flushing Little Neck 718-539-2330 718-225-3550

Book/Film Discussion: Eat Pray Love Movie Screening: Kramer vs. Kramer Tuesday, February 14 @ 2:00 pm Friday, February 17 @ 3:00 pm Eat, Pray, Love features a married woman When his wife walks out, Ted Kramer who realizes how unhappy her marriage and his six-year old son have a chance really is, and that her life needs to go in a to really get to know each other. Then different direction. After a painful divorce, Ted’s wife returns and wants her son she takes off on a round-the-world journey back. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl to find herself. Streep.

Peninsula 92-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Beach North Forest Park 718-634-1110 98-27 Metropolitan Avenue Forest Hills Heartbreak Anonymous 718-261-5512 Monday, February 13 – Saturday, February 18 Open Mic Share your story of heartbreak in one sentence (or less) on our special Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm Unbreak your heart by speaking from Heartbreak Anonymous Broken Heart your heart with poetry, song, lyrics, Story Board. Exorcise your relationship short fiction. Come join us to discuss our demons on paper and then move on with experiences and talk about broken hearts, a selection from our self-help section! or finding a second chance at love. Read the wisdom of others who have loved and lost.

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Heartbreak Film Classics Book Discussion: This is How You Lose Monday, February 13 @ 4:00 pm Her Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Wednesday, February 15 @ 2:00 pm directed by Michel Gondry, 2004, Rated R On a beach in the Dominican Republic, Tuesday, February 14 @ 4:00 pm a doomed relationship flounders. In the High Fidelity, directed by Stephen Frears, heat of a hospital laundry room in New 2000, Rated R Jersey, a woman does her lover’s washing Wednesday, February 15 @ 4:00 pm and thinks about his wife. In Boston, a Kill Bill Vol. 1, directed by Quentin man buys his love child, his only son, Tarantino, 2003, Rated R a first baseball bat and glove. At the Thursday, February 16 @ 4:00 pm heart of these stories is the irrepressible, Kill Bill Vol. 2, directed by Quentin irresistible Yunior, a young hardhead Tarantino, 2004, Rated R whose longing for love is equaled only by Friday, February 17 @ 4:00 pm his recklessness. The Way We Were, directed by Sydney Pollack, 1973, Rated PG

Pomonok 158-21 Jewel Avenue, Flushing 718-591-4343

Heartbreak in Books and Film Monday–Saturday, February 13-18 @ 12:00 pm The Pomonok Library will play a number of movies that focus on lost loves, broken hearts and how people have dealt with these situations. In addition, throughout Movie Screening: Me Before You the week the library will have a display Thursday, February 16 @ 5:00 pm books on the same topics. After losing her job as a waitress, a young woman named Lou is hired to act as a caregiver for Will, a banker who Poppenhusen was paralyzed in an accident. Although 121-23 14 Avenue Will has grown despondent since his injury, Lou’s no-nonsense ways force College Point him to reconnect with life, and the pair 718-359-1102 eventually develop feelings for each other.

Pass Love On Love Letters to My Future Self Monday, February 13 – Saturday, February Friday, February 17 @ 4:00 pm 18 What do you envision for your future Come take part in our interactive display self? How would you react if you got to of love. Leave positive notes on our Love meet your future self? Teens will reflect Board to remind people that love takes on these questions and more as they write on various forms when you look for it. In love letters to their future self to be read need of a boost? Take a love note to help at a later date. you in your day!

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PS 104 in Far Rockaway Movie Screening: P.S. I Love You Thursday, February 16 @ 12:30 pm 2601 Mott Avenue, Far Rockaway Join us for the screening of P.S. I Love You, 718-327-1910 rated PG-13. Zumba Wednesday, February 15 @ 6:00 pm Rego Park It’s the day after Valentine’s Day. Feeling down, or just want to get your mind 91-43 63 Drive off things? Come dance your heart out 718-459-5140 to Certified Zumba Instructor, Maxine Davis’s heartbreak mix. Join us for a Latin Family Valentine’s Day Craft for Children dance-inspired class that combines squats Monday, February 13 @ 2:45 pm and lunges with hip hop, samba, salsa and Join us for Family Valentine’s Day Craft merengue moves. for ages K-5. Caregivers of small children are welcome! Materials will be provided. Space is limited. Preregistration is required.

Ridgewood 20-12 Madison Street 718-821-4770

Book Discussion: Sandcastle Girls Monday, February 13 @ 6:30 pm We will discuss Sandcastle Girls by Chris Queens Village Bohjalian. Books are available for check out at the Ridgewood Library. 94-11 217 Street 718-776-6800 Broken Heart Basket Weaving Thursday, February 16 @ 3:30 pm Memories of Love Join us in mending our broken heart Tuesday, February 14 @ 2:00 pm with our broken hearts weaving craft on Memories of Love - in honor of Valentine’s Thursday February 16 for teens in 6-12th Day. This is a teleconference discussion grade. group. First time callers, please register with Mail-a-Book at 718-464-0084.

Book Discussion: The Alchemist Wednesday, February 15 @ 2:00 pm Join us to discuss The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

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Broken Heart Week Origami Craft for Glassware Painting Children Saturday, February 18 @ 3:00 pm Friday, February 17 @ 3:30 pm Break into your creative side and have fun Children ages 5 to 12 years old are invited while painting your own glassware. Bring to create an origami craft for Broken your own choice of glassware and join us Heart Week. A parent or guardian must be as we paint them. present.

Seaside 116-15 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Park 718-634-1876

Movies That Break Your Heart Monday, February 13 @ 1:00 pm Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2 Wednesday, February 15 @ 3:00 pm Pretty Woman Thursday February 16 @ 4:00 pm Annie Hall Friday, February 17 @ 3:00 pm Rochdale Village The Breakup 169-09 137 Avenue Saturday February 18 @ 2:00 pm Jamaica Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 718-723-4440 Broken Heart Chain of Memories Tuesday, February 14 @ 2:00 pm Open Mic for Broken Hearts Families are invited to create a memorial Monday February 13 @ 7:00 pm art piece honoring their lost loved ones. An open mic in Broken Heart Week will shine a light on lost loves and second chance at love, lost jobs, lost friendships, lost family relationships, lost homes, lost South Hollis religions, and even lost former selves. 204-01 Hollis Avenue Please come and share your poems or 718-465-6779 writings on any of these topics with featured reader Vijay R. Nathan, author of Movie Screening: Maid in Manhattan “Escape from Samsara: Poems”. Monday February 13 @ 6:00 pm Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez) is a Movie Screening: The Perfect Guy struggling single mom who works at a Thursday, February 16 @ 6:00 pm posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a Join us for a screening of “The Perfect better life for her and her young son Tyler. Guy”.

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South Jamaica St. Albans 108-41 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard 191-05 Linden Boulevard 718-739-4088 718-528-8196

Broken Heart Story Movie Screening: The Notebook Monday–Saturday, February 13-18 Monday, February 13 @ 4:00 pm Have a broken heart? Would you like to In 1940s South Carolina, mill worker Noah help someone who does? South Jamaica Calhoun (Ryan Gosling) and rich girl Allie Library invites you to share quotes, (Rachel McAdams) are desperately in love, inspiration and poetry on our display. but her parents don’t approve. When Noah goes off to serve in World War II, it seems Open Mic to mark the end of their love ... or is Thursday, February 16 @ 6:00 pm it? We will host an Open Mic night for you to share stories and thoughts at the library.

South Ozone Park 128-16 Rockaway Boulevard 718-529-1660

Music to Mend a Broken Heart Monday, February 13 @ 12:00 pm Tuesday, February 14 @ 1:00 pm Wednesday, February 15 @ 10:00 am Thursday February 16 @ 12:00 pm Friday, February 17 @ 10:00 am Saturday February 18 @ 10:00 am We will have a playlist of music to help you recover from your wounded heart. We will also have a display board where you can post your sentiments and air your feelings in a healthy way. Sunnyside 43-06 Greenpoint Avenue, L.I.C 718-784-3033

Blind Date with a Book Saturday, February 18 @ 4:00 pm Go on a blind date with a book! It’s a book discussion group with a twist - no need to read ahead of time.

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Whitestone Woodhaven 151-10 14 Road 85-41 Forest Parkway 718-767-8010 718-849-1010

Let’s Mend Broken Hearts Matching “Broken Heart” Key Chains for Tuesday, February 14 @ 3:30 pm Adults Craft “Let’s Mend Broken Hearts” and use the Monday, February 13 @ 6:00 pm pieces to create something special. We Make matching broken heart “shrinky will create mosaic hearts, then talk about dink” key chains for you and a friend. the many ways to fix a broken heart. Movie Screening: The Intern Turn The Broken Heart Into Something Thursday, February 16 @ 2:00 pm Special Robert De Niro plays a widowed retiree Wednesday, February 15 @ 3:30 pm interning at a new Brooklyn start-up led Turning broken hearts into something by a young entrepreneur played by Anne new by using heart pieces to create new Hathaway. creatures. “I turned my broken heart into...”

Windsor Park 79-50 Bell Boulevard Bayside 718-468-8300

Broken Heart Week Film Festival Monday, February 13 @ 1:00 pm Roman Holiday Tuesday, February 14 @ 1:00 pm The Notebook Wednesday, February 15 @ 1:00 pm Woodside Eat, Pray, Love 54-22 Skillman Avenue Thursday February 16 @ 1:00 pm 718-429-4700 Me Before You Friday, February 17 @ 1:00 pm Broken Heart Week @ Woodside Library Annie Hall Tuesday, February 14 @ 3:00 pm Saturday February 18 @ 1:00 pm Friday, February 17 @ 12:30 pm Notting Hill Come join us for Broken Heart Week at Woodside Library as we show The Notebook (Feb. 14 at 3:00 pm) starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling and My Best Friend’s Wedding (Feb. 17 at 12:30 pm) starring Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz.

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