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BACK TO SCHOOL • New and expanding schools in Queens . . . . . . 4 • School safety and security in a new era . . . . . . 6 • Diversity on the school lunchroom menu. . . . . . 8 • Signing your kids up for prekindergarten. . . . . . 9 • College classes offered to senior citizens . . . . 10 • The 2018-19 NYC public school calendar . . . . 12 • School supply shopping tips from the city . . . 12

FALL GUIDE • On stage: Now that’s (live) entertainment! . . . . 13 • Fun and creative programs for kids abound . . 14 • What’s new this season on TV (or phone) . . . . 16

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Nearly 2,000 seats coming online in ’18 A comprehensive list of new school sites set to open in the borough

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f you’ve been to a civic, education or community board meeting in Middle Village, Maspeth, Corona or Elmhurst over the last few years, odds are you’ve heard more than a few dozen ti mes about how overcrowded School District 24 is.

And those angry area residents are right, as many schools in the district operate at well over 100 percent capacity.

But at least some overcrowding relief is on the way this fall and in the coming years, as numerous additions and new entire schools are in the pipeline for both District 24 and Queens as a whole.

Of the four facilities slated to open next month, two of them are in District 24 — a 640-seat addition to PS 19 and an annex of PS 143, both in Corona.

For years, PS 19 has been one of the most overcrowded schools in the borough, operating at approximately 170 percent capacity. As of this year, nearly 1,900 kids attend the K-5 facility.

Over a 20-year period beginning in 1994, a handful of temporary trailers located just outside the 98-02 Roosevelt Ave. facility were used as classrooms.

It wasn’t until three years ago that the trailers were removed — making PS 19 one of the last schools in Queens to make use of them.

But come September, the five-story, $95 million addition will double the size of the school — something Community Education Council 24 Co-president Dmytro Fedkowskyj said in an interview last Friday has been a long time coming.

“It’s going to help relieve overcrowding in that part of the district and it will enable the school community to simply function better,” Fedkowskyj said. “It’s real space.”

Earlier this year, PS 19 parents flocked to a CEC meeting to demand answers regarding the building’s aging electrical system — issues that were to be fixed this summer as the new addition is completed.

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Numerous additions and expansions, like the 484-seat structure rising next to PS 303 in Forest FILE PHOTOS Hills, are being built or designed all across the borough.

Fedkowskyj said he’s heard positive things from those parents in recent months as the opening of the new facility nears.

“They are very much looking forward to it. It creates a sense of school unity, having all the kids in one building like that,” he said. “I’m sure the teachers will be happy to no longer worry about teaching in trailers too. There are benefits all over.”

At just 211 seats, PS 143’s annex is significantly smaller than the addition at nearby PS 19. But it will replace the six trailers where first-graders are taught.

Two years from now, however, an addition to the school is slated to open — one big enough to hold 980 students, a library, art rooms and science labs.

Originally designed to accommodate 900 kids, PS 143 is operating at nearly 200 percent capacity.

Across the district in Middle Village, a 440-seat addition to PS/IS 128 is slated to open in time for the 2020-21 academic year.

Officials break ground late last year on a 440-seat addition slated for the overcrowded PS/IS 128 in Middle Village.

That comes on the heels of a 333-seat addition to Middle Village’s PS 49 that opened last September.

“It helped tremendously. The addition at PS 49 eliminated a waitlist for kids in the zone to get into the school,” Fedkowskyj said. “I believe this was the first year they didn’t have a waitlist. It goes to show the efforts throughout the district are working.”

Based in Flushing, School District 25 is also welcoming a new addition this September — a 600-seat extension at PS 24, located at 45-57 Union St. In addition to the new classrooms, the four-story building will include science and technology labs, a cafeteria, a new play area for students and offices for faculty members.

Two other District 25 schools have expansions in the works — a 548-seat addition to PS 129 in College Point slated to open in 2020 and a 410-seat addition to PS 169 in Bayside, which should open two years later.

Also in College Point, JHS 336 will open this fall on 14th Avenue, at the old St. Fidelis School site. That facility will have 507 seats and will first welcome sixth-graders, then expanding by one grade each year.

It will be the the peninsula neighborhood’s first junior high school — College Point middle schoolers take the bus each day to attend class in either Flushing or Whitestone.

“This long-awaited middle school is a huge win for the students and parents of College Point who have asked for this for years,” Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) told the Chronicle last spring.

Not far away in northeast Queens, PS 46 in Oakland Gardens is four years away from its 456-seat addition opening. That project, which is in the design phase, is expected to cost $68 million.

And at Bayside’s Cardozo High School, a 548-seat annex for the overcrowded facility is being designed.

In a statement issued Monday, Councilman Barry Grodenchik (D-Oakland Gardens) said the district is thrilled for the new classrooms.

“The additional seats at PS 46 will allow the school to serve more students from our community; the expansion of Benjamin N. Cardozo High School will provide space for the school’s current population — a student body of 3,500 students — in a building designed to accommodate only 2,500 students,” Grodenchik said. “Substantially reducing overcrowding at BNCHS and opening new seats at PS 46 are part of a larger investment in our children’s education, which is my top priority.”

Work is already underway at the landmarked PS 66 on 102nd Street in Richmond Hill — a 120-year-old school that is operating at over 250 percent capacity.

In recent years, its more than 600 students have had to share just two bathrooms, while some are taught in trailers. But construction began last fall on a badly-needed 124-seat addition that will also be equipped with a new cafeteria, a gymnasium and bathrooms.

That expansion will open next fall, as will the 484-seat addition to PS 303 in Forest Hills, where construction is well underway.

Earlier this year, PS 303 parents expressed concern over the school’s admissions process, which is being altered to ease severe overcrowding at PS 196.

That facility, also in Forest Hills, will be receiving its own 250-seat addition, it was revealed this spring. It should open in 2022.

The overcrowding issue in Forest Hills came to a head a few years ago, as dozens of incoming kindergarteners zoned for PS 144 were waitlisted. After relentless activism, their parents eventually scored an agreement from the School Construction Authority, which pledged to build a 590-seat addition.

That site is set to open in the fall of 2019.

Also in the district, in Rego Park, city documents show that plans are in the works to expand PS 206 by 392 seats come 2022.

There are numerous proposals in various stages of planning for District 30, which encompasses much of western Queens.

Ground was broken last year at the corner of 34th Avenue and 69th Street in Jackson Heights, where PS 398 will soon rise. The 476-seat, five-story school will open in September 2019, giving the overcrowded district another K-5 facility.

In Sunnyside, a 725-seat middle school is planned for 38-04 48 St., the site of the historical old garage. And on 44-59 45 Ave. in Long Island City, the SCA is aiming to build a 536-seat middle school.

Both facilities are slated to open in 2022.

Farther into the future, the city is planning to build a 1,016-seat high school at 51-30 Northern Blvd. in Woodside, where a Sports Authority operated until the company filed for bankrupty.

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How the city keeps students safe Some lawmakers seek tighter security after Parkland shooting

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he beginning of by t h e 2 018 -19 Anthony school year is like O’Reilly no other when it comes to school security; the topic is on the mind of educators, parents and students — perhaps more than it’s ever been — as the first full instructional calendar following the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. is set to start.

So what security measures do New York City schools take? It depends on the school. The administration at each building works with a safety committee every year to create a safety plan that must be approved by the city Police Department. On top of that, the Department of Education works with the NYPD to implement additional safety measures on a case-by-case basis, including police monitoring of a school and the surrounding area, placing additional school safety agents inside and retraining teachers and other staff members on safety protocols.

Each school also conducts four lockdowns, in which everyone shelters inside a classroom for a short period of time, and eight evacuation drills, when students leave the building, per year. There are also unarmed school safety agents inside each building, along with armed police officers at certain sites.

The DOE also has a general response protocol, which can be viewed at schools.nyc.gov/schoollife/support/emergency-readiness.

“The DOE remains committed to fostering safe and supportive learning environments, and we work in lockstep with NYPD to ensure every school building is secure,” a DOE spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. “There are robust systems in place that ensure the safety and preparedness of our school communities, including staff training on the DOE’s General Response Protocol, and mandatory lockdown and evacuation drills with students.”

City Councilman Paul Vallone, left, and state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. have both introduced bills designed to make schools more secure.

Certain school districts nationwide have beefed up security measures following the Parkland shooting, in which a gunman killed 17 people, mostly students. Some have placed additional security cameras around campuses — including those with facial recognition software — while others have looked to place armored guards inside school halls. The D OE s p oke s wo m a n d id not respond to a question on whether new security measures have been placed inside city schools for the upcoming school year.

Some lawmakers have tried to force the mayor’s hand to spend more money on school safety.

Councilman Paul Vallone (D-Bayside) has been pushing a bill that would implement a citywide school safety task force, which would consist of law enforcement personnel trained in responding to attacks on schools. The committee would make recommendations on how public and private schools could increase safety.

Vallone’s bill would also bring surveillance systems to all schools — according to the councilman, about one-third of schools in the five boroughs do not have one. He has also joined state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach), a member of the Education Committee, in pushing to give schools the ability to lock their front doors from the inside. Right now, all public schools must have at least one door open at all times during the school day.

Addabbo has introduced a state bill that would force all of them to be locked and require guests to ring a bell before being allowed to enter. The DOE in recent months has not supported the measure, and an agency spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment on whether its stance has changed.

St at e Se n. Si mch a Feld e r (D-Brooklyn), who caucuses with Republicans, has pushed for armed police officers to be stationed outside every school building, both public and private, in New York City. He tried to get the measure passed by linking it to a bill reauthorizing speed cameras outside certain public schools. That program was not reauthorized by the end of the state Legislature’s session in June and the cameras stopped being used to issue tickets last month, though officials are pushing for a special session to get them extended.

Dmytro Fedkowskyj, co-president

Each city school must create a safety plan that has to be approved by the Police Department, and the Department of FILE PHOTOS Education also works with the NYPD to implement additional security measures on a case-by-case basis. of Community Education Council 24 in Queens, supports the locked door proposal.

On the topic of armed guards, he said his opinion on them has changed and he’s now looking into the matter.

“But that doesn’t mean they can’t make them safer,” he said.

Maybe CEC 24, which stretches f rom Corona to R idgewood , formed a safety committee last year and is scheduled to release a report in the fall with recommendations

“The DOE remains committed to

fostering safe and supportive learning environments, and we work in lockstep with NYPD to ensure every school building is secure.

— a Department of Education spokesperson

“I need to see more information on how that works, such as who is going to be armed,” he said. “I originally had an opinion that I would not be in support of it, but recent events have led me to think more about it and we as a CEC need more information on it as well.”

Fed kowsk yj, who has also served as the Queens representative on the citywide Panel for Educational Policy, said he believes the DOE does a good job in keeping schools safe.

on how the city should further secure schools.

“It comes down to the likelihood of needing legislation to enforce these changes we’re looking to do,” he said.

Locking schools’ front doors will be one of the suggestions, the CEC president said.

New York City’s public schools have never been the site of a mass shooting, and killings inside their halls have been few and far in between. The last one occurred on Sept. 27, 2017, when Abel Cedeno,

18, allegedly stabbed two mates at a now-closed Bronx school, killing 15-year-old Matthew McCree and seriously wounding another boy.

Many believe Cedeno was bullied by students at the school and allegedly snapped at the two boys.

The last killing before that one took place in February 1993, when a boy fatally stabbed a classmate with whom he had a series of altercations, according to the New York Daily News.

In June 2014, a fatal stabbing occurred outside IS 117 in the Bronx. In that case, a student allegedly stabbed his classmate and onetime friend after the victim robbed the accused killer of his cell phone.

Although there has never been a mass shooting, there was a shooting at Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn in February 1992, when a gunman killed two students believed to be his “rivals,” according to published reports, which also state the shooting took place just 15 feet from two police officers and an hour before thenMayor David Dinkins planned to visit the school.

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A look at what’s for lunch at school DOE offers diverse options but some say halal, kosher food needed

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ueens is one of the most diverse places in the world.

Fittingly, kids at city Department of Education schools in the borough have some unique options for lunch and breakfast, which are both offered to students for free.

Crispy chicken waffle sandwiches, stewed pinto beans, a gyro on a pita with tzatziki sauce and veggie tacos are among the meals that will be available on the DOE’s lunch menus during the upcoming school year.

There are always entree alternatives for herbivore kids available, like salads and cheese sandwiches. In terms of menu items, marinated bean and cobb salads are among the meat-free choices available on different days.

Children with meat-free diets can also go with options from the vegetarian breakfast menu, which has choices like cheese omelets and cinnamon burst pancakes.

“We are committed to providing healthy and nutritious meal options for all students and our Free School Lunch for All program ensures that every student has access to free breakfast and lunch in every school, including vegetarian meals,” DOE spokeswoman Miranda Barbot said in a statement to the Chronicle.

A list of menus for city schools, with dates through December, is available at tinyurl.com/ ycrxgzfj.

Throughout the five boroughs, some schools engage in different practices. For example, the DOE implemented a “Meatless Mondays” program at 15 different Brooklyn schools in the spring that has seen them offer vegetarian-only options on the week’s first school day.

At one Flushing school, vegetarian meals are the only ones on the menu.

Since 2012, when it was the first public elementary school in the country to do so, PS 244 on Franklin Avenue has served only meat-free meals. Nowadays, it isn’t even the only DOE institution in the city to be vegetarian: Five others have the same practice, which many advocates have praised.

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City school cafeterias serve a wide range of foods, though some advocates say kosher and halal FILE PHOTO meals must be available to satisfy certain students’ religious requirements.

“Our goal in introducing vegetarian meals to our students is to show the students that there is a variety of options that include vegetarian food that they might not otherwise have access to at home,” PS 244 Parent Coordinator Lalita Kovvuri said in an interview.

A plethora of vegetarian foods are on the menu, Kovvuri said. Among them are falafel, beans and rice, gumbo, fresh fruit and a whole wheat pita with corn and other vegetables.

The meat-free meals policy has been popular with the students, according to the parent coordinator.

“I’m pretty sure that they’re now more open to trying more vegetarian food,” she added.

And, Kovvuri added, the school does not offer chocolate milk, owing to how it contains high fructose corn syrup.

Under the de Blasio administration, the vegetarian-only policy has been expanded to a school in Manhattan and another in Brooklyn.

Another signature de Blasio policy when it comes to school food is making breakfast and lunch free for all students, a reform praised by many leaders throughout the city.

But some say more needs to be done to ensure that the DOE’s food policies are adequately serving the city’s diverse population.

Although vegetarian meals may meet the dietary standards for some Jews and Muslims, many say the city needs to provide certifiably kosher and halal meals in public schools.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Fresh Meadows) has in recent years been pushing a bill in Albany requiring that public schools in the city with “students practicing a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions shall offer food options which meet such PS 244 in Flushing offers vegetarian-only dining options to dietary restrictions upon the stuU.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PHOTO dents’ request.” its students.

Department of Correction has the same one with halal food for inmates. Both agencies use vendors that make the food, according to the City Comptroller’s Office.

“I don’t see why they can’t have certified vendors provide certified halal and kosher meals that can be heated under the current conditions with their kitchens,” Weprin said of the Department of Education.

Concerns have been raised about the potential costs that his bill would incur if it were to become law. In response to them, the assemblyman brings up how a very large portion of the city’s Jewish children go to private, religious schools. But many Jewish families still opt to send their kids to public school — especially the Bukharian population, Weprin said.

In terms of schools in his district where religiously prepared kosher and halal meals would make the biggest difference, Weprin brought up PS 178 in Jamaica Estates and PS 131 in Jamaica Hills. The former has a large number of Bukharian Jewish students; the latter has many Bangladeshi Muslim kids.

Afaf Nasher, executive director of the New York Chapter of the Council on AmericanIslamic Relations, is also positive about the pilot program.

“Of course, we’re pleased but it’s a first step and that’s something we all have to keep in mind,” she said in an interview.

Ultimately, Nasher would like to see religiously prepared meals available at city schools to all Muslim and Jewish students who want them.

And before the dining options are actually served to the kids, the New York CAIR chief says the city should get some input from the two faith communities.

“We don’t want to be on the sidelines as it happens; we want to be at the table helping to make it happen in the right way,” she said. Q

Earlier this year, many leaders in the city praised a new $1 million pilot program to provide kosher and halal lunches to four different schools in the city. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Flushing) wrote a letter to City Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D-Manhattan) lauding the program. According to the City Comptroller’s Office, 38 percent of public school kids are Muslim or Jewish.

“With the support of $1 million funding provided by the City Council, we are developing approaches to pilot halal and kosher food options in our schools,” Barbot of the DOE said in an email. “We provide free and nutritious meals, including vegetarian options, to students across the city and will determine next steps.”

Councilman Daneek Miller (D-St. Albans), the only Muslim in the City Council, also praised the program.

“This pilot will demonstrate that affording children a meal that is prepared and served in accordance with their faith is integral to ensuring they receive the first class education they deserve,” the lawmaker said in a prepared statement to the Chronicle.

While Weprin said the initiative is positive, he contends that students at all public schools in the five boroughs should get halal and kosher meals, if their religious observance calls for them.

“This experimental program will show how it’s working in a few public schools,” the assemblyman said in an interview.

Accommodating Muslim and Jewish New Yorkers with food that meets their dietary restrictions, Weprin pointed out, is not exactly unprecedented in city government. Advocates say Jewish students, as well as Muslim ones, The Department for the Aging’s should be able to respectively have kosher and halal meals policy is to provides kosher meals that meet religious requirements available to them in city to seniors on request and the schools.

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What parents need to know when registering

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ll New York City children are guaranteed a prekindergarten seat in a school. Children born in 2015 will begin pre-K in September 2019.

Your child must be a current city resident to apply.

Universal Pre-K for the 2018-19 school year was available to all children who were born in 2014 and live in New York City. The application period is now over, but those who want to enroll a child for the 2019-20 school year may do so this winter.

Current 3-K students at public district schools, pre-K centers and NYC Early Education Centers, and current students in programs for 3-year-olds at charter schools, private schools, parochial schools or other preschools can apply for pre-K for next year.

There are pages on the NYC schools website for new students to apply as a transfer, for non-city residents to apply to NYC schools and for those who would like to enroll their child in a charter school.

Interpretation services will be available in more than 200 languages for applications in person and over-the-phone. You can ask questions and request information about admissions in any language when you call

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Parents can reigster their children for Pre-kindergarten and 3-K classes for next year. Applications FILE PHOTO for this year are done but parents can contact programs to be placed on a waitlist. or go to a Family Welcome Center.

Part of the emphasis of Mayor de Blasio’s UPK push was that students in pre-K classes would be more advanced in grade school than peers who didn’t attend pre-K. There are financial and inequality factors at play, which the mayor hoped to offset.

Following the success of UPK, de Blasio announced 3-K For All. Since last year, it has provided universal, free, full-day educa-

tion for every 3-year-old child regardless of family income.

For the 2018-19 school year, 3-K is coming to District 27, which includes Broad Channel, Howard Beach, Ozone Park and the Rockaways.

The application process is similar to that for UPK. You can list up to 12 programs on your 3-K application. Submit only one 3-K application per child.

Admission to a 3-K program is not firstcome, first-served. All applications submitted online, by phone or in person by the deadline are treated the same based on admissions priorities.

There are three different types of settings to choose from.

• District Schools. Some public elementary schools offer 3-K and pre-K programs.

These programs are overseen by the school’s principal.

• Pre-K Centers. Pre-K Centers are run

by DOE staff, but they only offer grades before kindergarten.

• NYC Early Education Centers. Some community-based organizations contract with the Department of Education or the Administration for Children’s Services to provide 3-K and pre-K. These programs are selected through a rigorous evaluation process and are supported by the DOE Division of Early Childhood Education.

After the application period opens this winter, you can apply one of three ways: • online in English, Spanish, Chinese, Bengali, Russian, Arabic, Urdu, Haitian Creole, Korean, or French.

• by phone at (718) -935-2009; or • in person at a Family Welcome Center. Q

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A lifetime of learning goes on Seniors are welcome in college classrooms across Queens

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he approach of fall means it’s time to go back to school. While many children probably wish their vacation could go on forever, some of their senior citizen counterparts undoubtedly eagerly anticipate the opportunity to get back into a classroom — sometimes years after last setting foot in one.

It might be in consideration of a new career, or perhaps just a desire to continue a lifetime of education, or maybe just for the fun of it. And many institutions around the borough are delighted to have them, including several in the City University of New York system.

Queens College (located at 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing), for instance, offers undergraduate and graduate selections, as well as classes in the adult education and professional and continuing education programs.

According to Maria Matteo, of the college’s office of communications and marketing, senior citizens may attend the college as auditors. As auditors, seniors do not take exams and are not responsible for assignments.

In other words, they can reap all the pleasures and benefits of attending classes without any of the headaches!

To qualify, an individual must be a New York State resident 60 years of age or older and have completed high school. Senior citizen auditors pay only $80 per semester and no additional payments are required.

They may enroll on a noncredit, space-available basis — after matriculated students have registered for the semester — by completing the senior citizen auditor application, available through the Office of Admissions.

According to Matteo, about 200 seniors take part each semester. There is no limit to the number of classes for which seniors can enroll.

Institutions around the borough are opening up adult education programs geared specifically for those aged 60 and above.

For further information on this option, call (718) 997-5600 or visitcuny.edu/Academics/SpecialPrograms/SeniorCitzenProg/ associate degree, are open to seniors age 60 and older, who may Home/Fall-Catalog.pdf.

For information on admissions deadlines, call the office of Pages/default.aspx (note that “citizen” is misspelled; typing it register as nondegree students without credit or tuition charges correctly means the web page will not come up). in academic courses, culled from over 60 majors, on a space- admissions at (718) 482-5935. For information on tuition payThe college’s Adult Collegiate Education is an accelerated available basis. They are charged a fee of $65 per term/session ments or waivers, call the office of the bursar at (718) 482-5524.

At Queensborough Community College (222-05 56 Ave., bachelor’s degree program for high school graduates age 26 and a one-time $15 university consolidated fee. and older, which might be a more accessible path toward earnIf a senior citizen age 60 or over is enrolled as a matriculated Bayside), city residents 60 years of age or older may audit classes as nonmatriculated students on a tuition-free, space-available ing a degree for senior citizens. GEDs and foreign equivalen- degree-seeking student, all tuition and fee charges apply. cies are also accepted. ACE program students may apply for up For further information on the degree programs, visit laguar- basis. Senior citizen students do not receive grades or academic credit. Those who wish to enroll for credit may opt to do so on to 36 tuition-free life achievement credits based on personal or dia.edu/Academics/Catalog or call (718) 482-7200. professional experience. Thereafter, these students choose In the Continuing Education program, in which students earn the same basis as any other degree-credit student and pay the majors and electives. For more information, call (718) 997- a certificate, senior citizens (those 65 and older) get a 30 percent applicable tuition and fees. For information on how to apply as a degree-seeking student, visit the Office of Admission webpage 5600 or visit qc.cuny.edu/Academics/SpecialPrograms/ACE/ tuition discount.

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According to Streich, some “especially at http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/admissions/index.html#apply.

In order to be admitted as a senior student, an applicant must The Continuing and Professional Edutempting options,” which have a limited cation Program, while not specifically number of spots open to the public, on a submit proof of age and proof of NYC address. bout 200 seniors To obtain an application, seniors may visit the Admissions designed for seniors, does offer several noncredit basis, include College Art audit courses at classes that may be of particular interest (including beginning drawing, painting, Office (Room A-210) or call (718) 281-5000.

Fees are $65 per session/semester due at time of registration to them.

Queens College each introduction to art, photography, art in New Course offerings cover activities that York and digital photography); College and $15 consolidated fee per semester due at time of semester, and other Music (including introduction to music, registration. improve awareness and identity, develop For further information, visit qcc.cuny.edu or call (718) talents and potential, build human capital institutions of higher piano, voice and guitar); College Liberal 631-6262. and facilitate employability, enhance the Arts (including public speaking, introduclearning here offer St. John’s University (8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica), a private quality of life, and contribute to the realization to philosophy and critical thinking); the same opportunity. and College Foreign Language (including Roman Catholic institution, offers courses for senior citizens for tion of dreams and aspirations, according to one of the college’s web pages. elementary Arabic, modern Chinese (Man- $50 a class, with a maximum of two classes. Seniors are welThe courses include Your Nutritional Health, Fear of Public darin), French, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish). The fee come to take courses in the liberal arts or in business, when there are two or more empty seats.

Speaking, Photoshop, Adobe, Graphic Design, Ace the Inter- is $320 per course.

Liberal arts classes focus on methodologies used for research view, Power of Rhythm & Movement, You Can Draw Too! The college’s website indicates that students in the Continuand Healing Power of Writing & the Word. To learn more ing Education program may obtain professional certificates, in various disciplines, how to apply critical thinking and oral about this program, call (718) 997-5700 or visit www2.cuny. along with career skills and training, business services, high and written communication skills. Business classes include edu/academics/cpe. school equivalency and English as a second language skills. Pro- introduction to business, accounting, law in a business environAt LaGuardia Community College (31-10 Thomson Ave., fessional programs include computer skills, accounting, health- ment, principles of marketing and financial management.

Registration is open to seniors on Sept. 13 from 9:30 to 11 Long Island City), a large selection of classes is available for care, education, legal, American Sign Language and construca.m. in the UC Training Center of the Queens campus. seniors in both the degree and continuing education programs, tion and building management. according to public relations manager Elizabeth Streich.

To learn more about the Continuing Education programs, For further information, visit stjohns.edu or call Q Degree programs, generally for students pursuing an visit https://www.laguardia.edu/uploadedFiles/CE/Content/ (718) 990-2000.

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Yom Kippur (schools closed).

Middle school: evening parent-teacher conferences.

High school: evening parent-teacher conferences.

Columbus Day (schools closed).

Election Day. Students will not be in attendance.

Veterans Day (schools closed).

Elementary school: parent-teacher conferences.

Thanksgiving recess (schools closed).

Middle school: parent-teacher conferences.

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Lunar New Year (schools closed).

Midwinter recess (schools closed).

High school: parent-teacher conferences.

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Middle school: parent-teacher conferences.

Spring recess (schools closed).

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Elementary school: parent-teacher conferences.

Middle school: parent-teacher conferences.

Memorial Day (schools closed).

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city’s Department of Consumer Affairs is offering parents tips on how to find good bargains, protect themselves from deceptive pricing practices and teach their children to become smart shoppers.

“Back-to-school shopping is an exciting time for families, but with long supply lists and flashy marketing campaigns, parents know all too well the amount of money that can be spent during this busy time,” said DCA Commissioner Lorelei Salas.

“With our tips, parents can create a plan and shop smart while teaching their kids about the importance of saving money and budgeting.”

The commissioner recommends: • Asking for a receipt and saving it. In New York City, customers are entitled to a receipt for purchases of more than $20.

• Protecting your personal information — by law, a customer’s receipt must not show the credit card’s expiration date or more than its last five digits.

• Checking store refund policies. Stores must post a sign detailing their policy. If they don’t, you are entitled to a refund within 30 days of your purchase.

• Looking for prices. Stores must have

prices posted on all items to ensure that shoppers are not charged different rates for the same products.

• Making a list and creating a budget.

Get the teacher’s supply list and then teach children how to create a budget based on how much they have to spend and what they need to get. When you’re shopping stick to the list and the budget. Help children make smart decisions when they are choosing which supplies to buy.

• Comparing prices. Use websites, smartphone apps and social media to research products, compare prices, and find sales and discounts.

• Teaching your children about credit and how it works. Explain that credit cards are not “free money,” and that what you pay for with it must be paid back with interest. Tell them about paying minimum balances versus the full balance and about the consequences of using a credit card irresponsibly.

The DCA also offers student loan debt tips to help people learn what their options are, as well as information for young adults to help inform them of their rights and responsibilities when enrolling in a school or training program, using a credit card, taking out a student or car loan, and learning about credit repair scams.

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will be admitted free to any performance.

Continuing its six-month tour of the borough, the Queensboro Dance Festival, featuring companies from across Queens, lands at the hall for one appearance only, on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m., with pre-show music beginning one hour earlier.

The venue’s diverse attractions include, on Sept. 15 at 1 p.m., the Inner Mongolia Performing Arts Troupe in a celebration of the culture of the grasslands. Long-tone and Mongolian throat singing join the music of the horse-head fiddles and vibrancy of dance to bring it all to life.

Lioness, a concert series featuring women in jazz, presents the Roxy Coss Quintet, led by the famous composer and saxophonist, in an evening of music from her latest album release, on Sept. 23 at 2 p.m.

On Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. the curtain rises on multiple Grammywinning Cuban-born American music legend Paquito D’Rivera, who teams up with “shape-shifter” pianist John DiMartino, known for his creativity across genres, and his trio for an evening of music by jazz giants Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington.

Entertainment aimed at the younger set comes in the form of “The Rainbow Fish,” by the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, on Dec. 8. A preshow puppet workshop takes place at 1 p.m., with the actual performance beginning at 2:15 p.m. (most suitable for youngsters from 3 to 7 years old).

Flushing Town Hall is located at 137-35 Northern Blvd. in Flushing. More: flushingtownhall.org or (718) 463-7700, ext.

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Black Spectrum Theatre presents a special program entitled Renowned Cuban-American clarinetist and saxophonist Paquito “Speaking with Spectrum,” featuring special guest Vivica A. D’Rivera will perform with “shape-shifter” pianist John DiMartino Fox, who will discuss her journey in the performing arts. Hosting will be Bowlegged Lou, best known from his roles in the COURTESY PHOTO and more at Flushing Town Hall on Oct. 26.

“House Party” movies (Oct. 6 at 8 p.m.). Tickets: $25.

Running from Oct. 12 to 28 will be the comedic mystery the popular Robert Harling play, will be performed in radio play style, revealing what goes on within the walls of a Lou- “Reunion in Bartersville” by Celeste Bedford Walker, which isiana beauty shop, as six women’s lives increasingly hinge revolves around a 50th high school reunion gone astray. The play also pays homage to legendary African-American actors on the existence of one another (Oct. 27 and 28). like Juanita Moore, Helen Martin and Beah “Frida Libre,” written, directed and Richards. Performances take place on Friday performed by Flora Martinez (with and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and Sunday performances in English and Spanish), sraeli singers Kol afternoons at 4 p.m. Tickets: $25. explores the life and work of artist Black Spectrum Theatre is located in the Frida Kahlo, one of the most influenEsperanza, tribute recreation center of Roy Wilkins Park, 177th tial women in Latin American history. band Killer Queen, Street and Baisley Boulevard in Jamaica.

(Nov. 8 to 18) Frida Kahlo biopic More: blackspectrum.com or (718) 723-1800.

The theater’s dance series gets Thalia Hispanic Theatre, the only bilinunderway with Nrityagram Dance “Frida Libre” and gual theater of its kind in the borough, celeEnsemble, an all-female Indian troupe, “A Christmas Carol” brates the diversity of Spanish and Latin Sept. 29 and 30.

The series also includes Flamenco are just some of what American culture, beginning the new season with “Federico y el Publico,” a play based on Vivo Carlota Santana’s presentation you can see this Lorca’s “The Audience.” Performances feaof Navidad Flamenca, a festive profall in Queens. ture live music and will be presented in Spangram that highlights the holiday cusish with English supertitles. The show runs toms of the Spanish-speaking world Sept. 12 to 15.

(Dec. 6 to 9).

One of the more anticipated attractions of the upcoming Titan Theatre Co., the theater’s resident troupe, offers “The Tempest,” William Shakespeare’s play of romance, revenge season is “Queens of the Night,” the world premiere of an and reconciliation, set on a fantastical island where nothing is LGBTQ musical, running from Sept. 28 to Nov. 4.

Ending off the year will be “Navidad: A Mexican Christas it seems (Oct. 13 to 29).

Titan’s four-play season will also include a mas,” presented in conjunction with Calpulli Dance Company, return of its much-lauded production of the and running from Nov. 30 to Dec. 16.

Thalia Hispanic Theatre is located at 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., holiday classic “A Christmas Carol,” running Sunnyside. More: thaliatheatre.org or (718) 729-3880.

Dec. 8 to 22.

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at LaGuardia CommuQueens Theatre is located at 14 United Nations Ave. South in Flushing Meadows nity College presents Carnegie Hall Citywide: Corey Cott, feaCorona Park in Flushing. More: queenstheatre. turing in concert the star of Broadway’s “Newsies” and “Gigi.”

There will be one performance only, on Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. It’s org or (718) 760-0064.

Flushing Town Hall inaugurates its 40th free, but RSVP is required.

Barbara Wengerd, Eric Phelps, John Garvey, Jonathan Gregg and Lanie Zera will LaGuardia is located at 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island perform “Leaving Brooklyn,” a play about a blue-collar family in 1955, making its season this year, and retains its “Teen Access Q City. More: lpac.nyc or (718) 482-5151.

PHOTOS COURTESY QUEENS THEATRE Program,” under which everyone aged 13 to 19 New York premiere at Queens Theatre in October.

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ust as diversified as the people who call Queens home are the fall attractions at multiple professional entertainment venues across the borough, with everything from a poignant dramatic look at life in Brooklyn to a Bollywoodstyle dance spectacular on tap.

Queensborough Performing Arts Center kicks off its season on Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. as Kol Esperanza, an Israeli vocal group back by popular demand, rings in the Jewish holiday season in A New Year Celebration. The program will include American standards and Broadway showstoppers, as well as Israeli favorites and Jewish classics. Tickets: $40, 45, 50.

The next week sees the arrival of Lonesome Traveler: The Concert, highlighting the roots of American folk music, and featuring special guest star and folk legend Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary. This tribute to the enduring power of the genre tells the story of an ever-changing America (Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.). Tickets: $35, 39, 42.

Song stylist Marilyn Maye celebrates her 90th birthday singing from the American songbook in a program entitled, “A Piece of Cake!” on Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $35, 42, 48.

Through a mix of traditional dance and modern song-dance, “Mystic India,” a Bollywood-inspired dance showcase, tells of ancient India’s transition into modern India (Nov. 18 at 3 p.m.).

Tickets: $35, 42, 48.

And “A Christmas Carol,” performed by the North Country Center for the Arts, tells the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge with haunting special effects and plenty of holiday sentiment (Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m.). Tickets: $35, 40.

QPAC is located on the campus of Queensborough Community College (222-05 56 Ave., Bayside). Some of this season’s programs will take place off-site as QPAC revamps its performing arts center. More: visitqpac.org or (718) 631-6311.

The Kupferberg Center for the Arts, with several venues on the campus of Queens College, welcomes six-time Grammy Award-winning salsa singer Gilberto Santa Rosa, a legendary Puerto Rican artist known as “El Caballero de la Salsa,” to its Colden Auditorium stage on Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $42-109.

The next day’s attraction is revered Mexican folk ensemble, Tlen Huicani, featuring the harpa jarocha or folk harp as the centerpiece of the music. Known for their vocal and instrumental harmonies, the ensemble will appear at LeFrak Concert Hall on Oct. 28 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $20-30.

Tribute band Killer Queen, featuring Patrick Myers as the legendary Freddie Mercury, will rock Colden Auditorium on Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. The concert is sure to feature all of Queen’s hits, including “Bohemian Rhapsody” and, yes, “We Will Rock You.” Tickets: $20-39.

Queens College is located at 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.

More: kupferbergcenter.org or (718) 793-8080.

Queens Theatre, located indoors in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, offers, as part of its 30th anniversary season, the New York premiere of “Leaving Brooklyn,” a play by Jeff Mandels. Described as funny, gritty and poignant, it recalls the days when the Dodgers and Yankees battled it out on the field, while a blue-collar family living in the title borough fights for its own survival (Oct. 5-21).

The LA Theatre Works production of “Steel Magnolias,”

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At the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Education Coordinator Sejin Park said that next month’s Open Studio program is geared toward families with kids ages 2 to 11 on its Community Day, Sept. 2. The theme for that day is stamps.

It’s a drop-in program that does not require prior registration. The goal of the event is to have families explore the museum’s galleries and create their own artwork in response to their experiences. Open Studio is offered on the first Sunday of every month, with next month’s being the final one for the summer.

Other Noguchi Museum family programs such as hands-on art-making are offered and taught by museum educators. A select number of programs are offered in Japanese.

New York City public school students will begin classes Sept. 5, around the same time some other prominent organizations will be hosting events.

The Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing offers four seasons of programming for the public. Beginning on Aug. 25, the Garden will host its “Activity Table” every Saturday and Children attending programs at the Alley Pond Environmental Center always get to interact with Sunday. The event offers family-friendly arts some of the animals the facility houses, in an age-appropriate manner.

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Take a 15-minute drive from the garden to member at the store. “There will be trivia and and the chance to feed animals, is $8 per person.

“It’s a lot of fun,” said Cassidy Kirch, the 111th Street in Corona and the New York Hall of potion-making. There are some activities Science offers the chance for students to explore Scholastic has asked us to make available, and farm’s education coordinator. “They get to take a hayride and they get to feed the anithe world and, right now, the world of animation. we are going to have snacks.” mals. It’s rare for kids to see a farm animal; The event will take place at 5:30.

Until Sept. 9, visitors can watch their favorBeach also said that while babies and tod- even for adults it can be.” ite animated characters come to life while creThe farm’s other summer program, “Comating their own animated shorts and learning dlers account for the majority of visitors during story time events, more kids of all ages post Explorers,” is a hands-on workshop intendabout storytelling. ed for second- through 12th-grade students to From Aug. 29 through 31, NYSCI will host will start coming as school starts again.

The bookstore also understand the benefits and science of compost Prototype Wednesday, works closely with Mini- through instructions from farm educators.

Tool Thursday and Make Those in attendance will learn how comSchool of Astoria, which It Fridays, at which chilrom major institutions provides preschoolers post is made and used at the farm. The fee for dren can sample new activities, discover ways like the Hall of Science with a nurturing space to this event, also lasting until the end of the learn and have fun. Book month, is $9 per person with one free admisto use tools and make to smaller ones like the donations to students of sion for every 25 people. crafts with their families.

“We are a farm, so we deal with education On the 25th and 26th, Astoria Bookshop, kids’ the Mini-School, coordinated through the Asto- in regard to food systems and how those work,” the Hall of Science will activities abound. ria Bookshop, are also Kirch said. “We are an organic farm. We talk offer a range of hands-on about our organic practices and how they beneavailable. projects, allowing kids On Aug. 26, the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Ref- fit our farm, the world and the environment at and other museum visitors to build structures uge invites children and their families to join a large.” with Legos, PVC pipes and other connectors.

Kirch also said that participants will learn Each of the listed activities is free with national park ranger to learn about the life cycles and migration of monarch butterflies, the difference between composting at home NYSCI admission.

“We have different workshops throughout while the Alley Pond Environmental Center in and the city’s organics collection, as well as the year,” said Mary Record, the director of Douglaston welcomes babies and caregivers to soil and animal health. Kids will be able to communications at NYSCI. “They sing songs and engage in hands-on activities take home a resource kit that will enable them to continue the initiative at home or at school. that spark curiosity and discovery. vary month by month.”

“Our main goal is to foster a love of the Several other locations in the borough will The Astoria Bookshop, located at environment,” she said. “It can be hard to ask 31-29 31 St., offers several opportuni- offer programs for families.

Until the end of August, the Queens County someone to care for the environment when ties for families to get involved in its line of programs. In addition to host- Farm Museum will have two events taking they don’t have much experience.”

The fall brings different events to the farm. ing weekly children’s story time every place.

Programs and activities for kids and famiThe first is entitled “Summer Farmyard Thursday, the shop will incorporate one of the most renowned books of Adventure,” described as a comprehensive lies take place around Queens all year. Many walking tour that will dive into details of the are free and open for children of all ages and recent memory into its programming.

“We have a Harry Potter-themed farm. Students who attend the session will their families. Whether a child eagerly awaits event on Aug. 28 that we are calling learn about farmers and the crops they grow or dreads the commencement of a new school Back to Hogwarts that is definitely and harvest, as well as how food scraps are year, there are plenty of entertaining activities that also incorporate education both before Mini golf at Rocket Park outside the Hall of Science family-friendly and for children of recycled and livestock integrated.

Q The program, which also includes a hayride and after classes resume. all ages,” said Lexi Beach, a staff includes lessons in physics as well as fun.

ith summer’s heat set to soon transition to the crisp dew of students in Queens will prepare their minds to do the same as classes for the 2018-19 academic year begin.

But both before and after the season ends, area organizations are hosting programs for children and families that the young ones can learn from outside the school setting.

Museums, recreation centers, theaters and more are offering children and family activities throughout late August, into September and beyond, ranging from educational workshops to afterschool sports. The following is just some of what’s offered; checking these and other organizations’ websites will reveal much more.

The Samuel Field Young Men and Young Women Hebrew Association in Little Neck is offering a basketball camp through Aug. 31 for children in grades three through eight. Also during that time period is the program’s mini camp.

According to Dale Stark, the Y’s assistant vice president of health and wellness, the participants in the mini camp will take trips and join in-house activities. Outside activities include trips to the New York Hall of Science, mini golf and the Long Island Sports Hub. “We are still registering for all of our fall programs,” Stark said. “That includes swimming, basketball, dance, gymnastics and general sports classes.”

Stark also said that parents interested in enrolling their children in upcoming activities can contact her at dstark@cqy.org or (718) 2685011 ext. 501. The affiliated Central Queens Y in Forest Hills also offers many activities.

In accordance with its summer and teaching camps, the Lewis Latimer House Museum in Flushing will host a weekend poetry workshop on Sunday, Aug. 26 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. The event is free of charge and those who are interested can sign up on the museum’s Eventbrite page.

Latimer, who lived in the house from 1903 until his death in 1928, was an inventor and the son of fugitive slaves. His family owned the house when it was on Holly Avenue, until 1963, when it was moved to 137th Street, where it stands today.

The museum will also host an art installation event in its garden in September, which children and families are invited to attend.

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Back to the ’70s, and the future TV season sees new blood, reboots and shoots in Queens

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n an ever-changing world, the fall has always been the time when school begins, the weather cools off and the various TV networks debut most of their new programming. Here’s a look at what the industry has in store for us.

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CBS CBS executives faced a barrage of tough questions and criticism over the perceived lack of diversity in their shows at last year’s Television Critics Association Summer Tour in Beverly Hills. That must now seem like the good old days in light of the sexual harassment allegations leveled against CBS CEO Leslie Moonves last month. No one is sure of what Moonves’ future will be but the Tiffany Network has certainly improved in the area of reflecting today’s population in its prime time schedule.

Brandon Micheal Hall, who I predicted would be the breakout star of 2017 when he starred in ABC’s “The Mayor,” will get a second shot as he stars as an agnostic cynic who is bitter about losing his mom to cancer in “God Friended Me.” The show touches on the same themes as “Touched by an Angel” and the 2000 Kevin Spacey film, “Pay It Forward.” A mysterious force sends him to interact and save the lives of random strangers who become part of his circle of, you guessed it, friends.

Cedric The Entertainer stars in “The Neighborhood,” which looks at the gentrification of a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood. Like a lot of baby boomers, Cedric grew up idolizing those great ’70s Norman Lear sitcoms and freely admits that his character here draws from such iconic Lear creations as Archie Bunker and George Jefferson.

“The Kids Are Alright,” a new ABC show set in the 1970s, features a cast including Sawyer Barth, left, Santino Barnard, ABC / TONY RIVETTI Christopher Richards, Caleb Foote, Mary McCormack and Jack Gore.

There have been countless shows about doctors and lawyers but very few where the lead character is an accountant. In “Happy Together,” Damon Wayans Jr. plays an entertainment industry CPA whose rock star client, a Harry Styles lookalike (Felix Mallard), moves in with him and his wife because he needs to be around normal people.

Both “The Neighborhood” and “Happy Together” have engaging casts but it’s questionable as to whether there is enough substance to keep an audience once the initial premises have been exhausted.

CBS’s safest bet for fall hits lies in reboots.

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role that made Tom Selleck an ’80s cultural icon in the relaunch of “Magnum PI.” CBS programmers and actress Candice Bergen both noticed the huge success NBC had last year bringing back “Will & Grace.” The election of Donald Trump helped spur that cast to reunite, and that is also the case with “Murphy Brown,” a fictitious network news show that was attacked by then-Vice President Dan Quayle for allegedly thumbing its nose at family values. One change is that the new “Murphy Brown” will be taping at Kaufman Astoria Studios, whereas the original was shot on a CBS soundstage in LA. It wouldn’t be a new TV season without CBS introducing a procedural, and this year’s is “FBI” (not to be confused with the old Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ABC series). “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf serves as executive producer and Missy Peregrym and Jeremy Sisto star. The show also will make its home at Kaufman Astoria. Expect a lot of filming to be done on Queens streets.

unleashed a vulgar tweet directed at former Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett.

ABC’s biggest bet is on a onehour dramedy, “A Million Little Things,” from executive producer DJ Nash, which deals with how a group of friends react to the suicide of the person they considered the leader of their coterie, who is played by Ron Livingston. Think “This Is Us” meets “The Big Chill.”

Another drama, “The Rookie,” stars perennial ABC series star Nathan Fillion (he must be Disney CEO Bob Iger’s favorite actor) as a 40-year-old male whose wife is divorcing him and who decides to join the LAPD in what seems to be a

way of dealing with a midlife crisis.

On the comedy front, ABC has two intriguing series, “Single Parents” and “The Kids Are Alright.”

In “Single Parents,” former longtime “Saturday Night Live” cast member Taran Killam stars as an overly exuberant single dad in a suburban California elementary school PTA. Trying hard to counterbalance his cloying enthusiasm is the rest of the cast, led by the always-welcome Brad Garrett and newcomer Jake Choi, who grew up in Jackson Heights and graduated from Newtown High School.

“The Kids Are Alright” derives its title from a Who song and is set in the 1970s. Michael Cudlitz and Mary McCormack play Mike and Peggy Cleary, who are parents to eight boys. The show is based on the childhood remembrances of its creator, Tim Doyle, and it will surely remind many of “The Wonder Years.” Based on the pilot episode, it promises to have the same k ind of g reat soundtrack that helped popularize its predecessor. It may be coincidental, but Mary McCormack is the spitting image of Alley Mills, who played the mom on “The Wonder Years” some 30 years ago.

NBC The biggest news from NBC is that it picked up the Andy SambergAndre Braugher comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” after Fox decided to cancel it. Although it has never been a ratings juggernaut, “Brooklyn NineNine” has won critical acclaim and numerous awards over the years.

NBC is hoping that the show hasn’t run its course.

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Cedric the Entertainer, left, stars in “The Neighborhood,” a show about the genPHOTO BY BILL INOSHITA / CBS trification of South Central Los Angeles.

The alphabet network, to use Variety Magazine lingo, will try to recover from the “Roseanne” brouhaha last spring. The show was a ratings smash but ABC Entertainment CEO Channing Dungey had to cancel it after title star Roseanne Barr

“I Feel Bad” on NBC is a comedy that stars Sarayu Blue and Paul Adelstein, NBC TV joined here by castmate Aisling Bea.

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continued from previous page are of South Asian descent. While Piryanka Chopra did star in the recently canceled ABC FBI series, “Quantico,” Indian Americans have been underrepresented on television. I feel bad that “I Feel Bad” isn’t funnier or more memorable based on what I have seen of it. Amy Poehler is the executive producer of the show and that appears to be the reason it found its way onto the NBC prime time schedule. How long it will stay there is another question.

It’s not a TV season without a new hospital drama and NBC’s entry this season is “New Amsterdam.” Ryan Eggold stars as Dr. Max Goodwin, who takes over as CEO of an aging New York medical facility and only cares about providing the best care to all patients regardless of the economics. This is farfetched even for a TV series, where a large degree of disbelief often has to be suspended.

Fox NBC isn’t the only network to pick up a comedy series off of another network’s scrap heap. Fox is reviving “Last Man Standing,” starring Tim Allen, a full year after ABC cancelled the long-running series.

Fox never fails to surprise. Though a network that takes pride in attracting a younger demographic than ABC, NBC and certainly CBS, it’s putting on a show about retirees in an assisted living facility, which stars Martin Mull, David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan and Vicki Lawrence and is ironically titled “The

Cool Kids.” Comedic actor Charlie Day is executive producer and he makes no bones about this being a homage to “The Golden Girls.” The clips that I saw certainly hit the funny bone.

Comedian Milton “Lil Rel” Howery’s career reminds me in many ways of that of Kevin Hart. After building buzz as a standup comic, Howery landed a role on NBC’s summer “Carmichael Show,” which led to Jordan Peele hiring him for the hit movie “Get Out.” This summer he starred in the surprisingly good film “Uncle Drew.” Fox officials are hoping that his success will carry over to his new Sunday night sitcom, “Rel.” Fox’s biggest fall programming change is that it will be the home of the NFL’s Thursday Night Football package.

Looking ahead to mid-season, Fox will be airing an hour-long sci-fi drama about a pandemic called “The Passage,” which will star Mark-Paul Gosselaar of “Saved By The Bell” fame and Maspeth native and Archbishop Molloy High School alum Vincent Piazza.

CW The CW revived “Dynasty” last year, and this year it’s resuscitating the old ABC comedy about witches “Charmed,” with an ethnically diverse cast of newcomers. Unlike “Dynasty,” this show is more of a seamless fit with the CW’s young-skewing audience.

“Riverdale” has been a successful albeit somewhat dark TV adaptation of Archie

Comics for the network. This fall the CW is investing heavily promoting the parents of Archie, Reggie, Jughead, Veronica, Betty and the rest of the gang with a cast that includes Luke Perry, Skeet Ulrich, Mark Consuelos and Robin Givens. While “Riverdale: Meet The Parents” is not yet a spinoff, expect it to become one if it scores in the Nielsens.

“All American” tells the real life story of former NFL linebacker Spencer Paysinger who grew up in Crenshaw but was recruited to play high school football in Beverly Hills.

British actor Daniel Ezra plays Paysinger’s character in this show, which is a hybridization of “Friday Night Lights” and good old “90210.”

Cable and streaming FX has long been basic cable’s answer to premium cable’s HBO and Showtime and to streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu when it comes to quality and industry awards.

The network’s not resting on its laurels as in September it will launch the latest installment in the “American Horror Story” franchise, “Apocalypse”; and a prequel to “Sons of Anarchy” called “Mayans MC,” which concentrates on a Latino motorcycle club and stars JD Pardo and Edward James Olmos; and finally, “Mr. Inbetween” which looks at the life of a criminal for hire who is actually a good guy at heart.

TBS will be reviving “TV Nation” as gadfly Michael Moore and a team of young journalists will be doing offbeat news stories. An example that I remember from his ’90s NBC show was a correspondent asking the gover-

nor of North Dakota why his state is the least visited in the USA. Sasha Baron Cohen was heavily influenced by Moore.

In December CNBC will be bringing back an old NBC favorite game show, “Deal or No Deal.” Howie Mandel once again hosts this high-low game in which a contestant can win anywhere from a penny to a million dollars.

Jim Carrey will be starring in his first TV series in nearly 25 years as he’ll play an overly earnest children’s TV show host in “Kidding” on Showtime. Ben Stiller is directing an eight-episode miniseries for Showtime, “Escape at Dannemora.” The drama examines how an unhappy female prison employee helped two convicted murderers to exit from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York in 2015 and stars Benicio del Toro, Paul Dano and Patricia Arquette.

CBS All Access has quietly become a player in the streaming industry with original programming such as “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Strange Angel” and “The Good Fight.” This fall producer Kevin Williamson of “Scream” film franchise fame will be creating “Tell Me a Story.” The premise is that well-known Mother Goose stories and other fairy tales will be brought to life as dark psychological thrillers set in — you guessed it — New York City.

Among Netf lix’s upcoming shows is “Maniac,” starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone as two strangers caught up in a pharmaceutical experiment gone awry.

And on Hulu, Sean Penn will lead a cast of astronauts trying to become the first humans on Mars in “The First.”

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Can’t beat a day at the museum American Museum of Natural History almost literally has it all

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day trip to the American Museu m of Natural History allows one to step off the streets of Manhattan and into another world — or several, for that matter.

But whether one’s interest settles somewhere between oceans’ depths and deep space, dinosaur fossils or the latest research on human senses, be warned — you may f ind a single day is not enough to see and take it all in.

If you haven’t been to the museum in 20 years, the classic favorites are still there.

A small herd of big elephants greets you from the middle of the room as you enter the Akeley Hall of African Mammals on the second f loor, the darkly lit gallery featuring bright, colorful panoramas depicting animals in small representations of their environs.

The Tyrannosaurus rex can be found located in the Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs on 4. He no longer stands upright, with museum scientists deciding some years ago that “it was more accurate to show the Ty ra n nosau r us rex mounted in a stalking position, with its head low, tail extended, and one foot slightly raised,” according to the AMNH’s website.

But small children seeing it for the first time in 2018 have the same reactions as their grandparents 50 years ago:

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“Cool!”

And, of course, the 94-foot replica of a female blue whale, a museum favorite since first going on display in 1969, welcomes admirers in the two-level Milstein Hall of Ocean Life, with even a 2-year-old looking back over her father’s shoulder on a recent visit, never breaking eye contact with her new friend as her parents left the hall in search of another exhibit.

The newer exhibits and tempor a r y ex h ibit ions a re no less impressive.

The Cullman Hall of the Universe, located just inside the West 81st Street entrance, gives one the feeling of being on a spaceship. It features the Willamette Meteorite, a 15.5-ton hunk of iron that the museum obtained from Oregon in 1906.

Want to discover how much you would weigh standing on a given meteor, comet or the planet Jupiter? Just f ind the appropriate celestial body suspended from the ceiling in a giant mobile and step on the accompanying digital scale.

The northern entrance to the reptile exhibit on the third floor has a giant but friendly looking Galápagos tortoise beckoning you to come in — but close about half he distance to the stately creature and you will suddenly notice a 14-foot alligator in a case on your left, with a 12-foot crocodile on the other, both with their jaws agape, but luckily, permanently enclosed in glass.

On the prehistoric prowl — a tyrannosaur in its hunting posture as it PHOTO COURTESY AMNH / C. CHESEK searched for prey 66 million years ago.

The blue whale has been welcoming visitors to her domain at the Museum of Natural History in Manhattan since PHOTO C0URTESY AMNH / D. FINNIN 1969.

The Hall of Biodiversity on the first floor is a marvel with exhibits on hundreds of species from the land, sea and air; how their ecosystems function; and how others are interdependent on each other.

And while the 120-plus-foot-long Titanosaur in the Wallach Orientation Center conveys the majesty of the great dinosaurs, the far smaller skeleton of a humble dodo bird — driven to extinction in less than 70 years after being introduced to man in 1598 — sits in the Hall of Biodiversity as a sad but powerful reminder of the importance of being good stewards of the planet.

Temporar y special ex hibits include “Unseen Oceans,” which brings visitors to the depths of the seas through ever-improving technology. It will run through Jan. 6.

The work of 19th-century naturalist Hen r y Walter Bates is depicted in “Amazon Adventure,” which runs through Sept. 13.

“Our Senses: An Immersive Experience” is described as a highly experiential exhibition, with 11 funhouse-like spaces that dare you to trust your senses — then show you how what we perceive is not simply a window into the world around us but a product of our brains. It runs through Jan. 6.

Then there is “Dark Universe,” a documentary featuring astronomer Neil de Grasse Tyson discussing fascinating new things we know — and don’t know — about our universe.

You don’t even have to tell your kids that they are learning.

And don’t be surprised if you come away at the end of your visit believing that the 2006 Ben Stiller

film “Night at the Museum” is as much a documentary as it is comedy and fantasy.

The museum is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas.

General admission for nonmembers is $23 for adults, $13 for children ages 2 to 12 and $18 for students and seniors. It does not include admission to special exhibitions, giant-screen films or the space show.

Those are available with General Admission + One ($28, $16.50 and $22.50) and General Admission + All ($33, $20, and $27) tickets.

All buildings, theaters, exhibits and dining facilities are wheelchair accessible.

Public transit lines serving the museum include the B (weekdays only), C and No. 1 subway lines.

The nearest accessible subway stop is at the 72nd Street station for the 1, 2 and 3 subway lines, with a northbound connection on the M7 bus up Amsterdam Avenue. The M10, M11, M79, M86 and M104 lines all stop at or near the museum.

Parking at the museum’s garage runs between $24 and $49.

The museum has four dining facilities, with offerings ranging from snacks to sitdown meals.

There also are food carts galore on the sidewalks outside.

More information is available Q online at AMNH.org.

To stroll through these doors is to walk into worlds that often go beyond PHOTO COURTESY AMNH / R. MICKINS imagination.

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