Checkmate will transform sTudio 6 gallery into a symmetrical world of fantasy and fun. Just like the game of chess where each game piece has its own method of moving across the board, each artist participating in this showcase expresses their own technique and uniqueness through painting or photography. In sTudio 7 gallery, patrons will enter into a season of delight. Spring into Flowers will bring the outdoor garden indoors. Budding blossoms, electrifying colors; experience the spectacular view of a variety of flowers that we like to call “flower art”.

Come hear a few stories with a simple craft to go with it. 12:00.

Opening reception May 13. Artists: Natalie Jeremijenko and xClinic, Mary Miss, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and George Trakas. Co-organized with The Noguchi Museum and curated by Amy Smith-Stewart.

Three students, Brooklyn students, who were awarded top honors in the 26th Annual Extra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition will be on exhibit from May 2 to 31 at the Brooklyn Public Library.

Cartoons come to life at the New York Hall of Science during Animation, a 6,000-square-foot exhibition featuring characters from the Cartoon Network. The exhibition explores animation from concept to finished product — from storyboarding, character design, and drawing techniques to movement, timing, filming and sound. Larger-than-life graphics of popular Cartoon Network characters provide a colorful backdrop to the exhibition, which also explores the history of animation and features a screening room and a cartoon museum.

Featuring the work of Puerto Rican artist Edwin Cadiz. Reception April 21 at 2 p.m.

Opening Reception: April 22, 5-7 pm. Bollinger made significant waves in the late 1960s, challenging the limits of sculpture and expanding thought regarding concept, materiality, and commodity. His works were made from primarily pre-fabricated industrial supplies, such as sawhorses, oil drums, rubber tubing and cyclone fence. Focusing on the gesture of construction and the physical limits of material, Bollinger’s work addressed ideas of gravity, balance and material nature. According to him his interests lay not ‘in the aesthetics of form but in the fact of form’. He frequently used water for as a material, transforming it into something sculptural with mass and form as it fills a plastic hose or a steel barrel. Bollinger summed up his attitude to the making of his work: ‘It is all very easy to execute, does not exist until it has been executed, ceases to exist when it has been taken down.’

Yegam Art Space is pleased to present Eco Friendly Art Project : Terra-fic Garden, new and recent workst of three artists, Jongil Ma, Youngmi Kim and Sisun Song.The show focuses on the social functions of art and how art should take a role in a social and cultural way for the public. The opening reception will take place on April 28th Saturday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The installation Industry/Cinema is a split-screen work that juxtaposes images from industrial films and popular films made between 1896 and 1991. With specialized dual-channel headphones, visitors are able to toggle between the soundtracks, creating an ever-changing interplay between sound and image as they take an illuminating journey through film history.

American director Wes Anderson has built colorful, beautifully realized worlds in his seven feature films, from his stunning debut Bottle Rocket to his latest Cannes Film Festival opening feature, Moonrise Kingdom. Museum of the Moving Image will present a Wes Anderson retrospective including all of his features and the short Hotel Chevalier, as well as a special screening of Orson Welles’s The Magnificent Ambersons—a film that inspired Anderson. Each screening in the series will open with a personal video introduction by Wes Anderson.

Animation. a 6,000 square exhibit features characters from the Cartoon Network, including larger than life graphics, animation from concept to finished product, storyboarding, character design and drawing. 9:30 am–5 pm.

New and used goods, reasonable prices. Rain date, 5/24. 10 am–3 pm.

Based on the nursery rhyme, "Little Miss Muffet", this version tells the story of Molly Muffet, the descendent of the original Miss Muffet. Run time is approximately 50 minutes and is suitable for children 3-9. 10:30 am and noon.

Free computer classes offered by the State University of New York Center for Academic and Workforce Development. Beginner and advanced Microsoft Office certification: Introduction to Excel, March 19 to April 24, each Monday and Tuesday, 10:30 am-12:30 pm; Introduction to Computers, March 19 to April 24, each Monday and Tuesday, 1:30-3pm; Computer Skills for the Workplace, May 7 to June 12, each Monday and Tuesday, 1:30-3pm; Excel Certification, March 21 to June 13, each Wednesday and Thursday, 6-8pm. 10:30am.

Come hear a few stories with a simple craft to go with it. Noon.

Adults learn basic skills. No experience necessary. 1 pm.

Children of all ages enjoy playing electronic games. 3:30 pm.

Kids and teens ages 5-18 will draw, write poetry, contribute to a newsletter, and have their work displayed at the library. 4 pm.

The Children’s Museum of Manhattan will teach kids ages 4-10 the creative process employed by the popular author. Preregistration is required and space is limited to 25 participants. 4 pm.

Children 13 and up read books, play games and listen to music. 4 pm.

Assistance offered in housing court cases in Kings County for Spanish speaking individuals. By appointment. 4–6:30 pm.

Animated film from the creators of Wallace and Grommit. 4 pm.

Children in Sixth Grade and older participate in board games and electronic games. 4:30–6 pm.

Queens Community House hosts group for caregivers in Queens. Counseling, respite, financial and educational services for caregivers also available. 6 pm.

Solo exhibition of works by Mark Tribe, video and print artist and performer, featuring photographs of lush landscapes found in contemporary video games and a video of a militia training ground in Upstate New York. 6 pm – 9 pm opening reception. 12 pm – 6 pm.

Uniform Land Use review for 74 Wallabout Street rezoning and 59 Walton Street rezoning. 6 pm.

Greg Brooks, exec. director of NYC Field house and Kate Collignon, principal with HRA Advisors Inc., will present plans for a field house. 6 pm.

Monthly meeting. 6:30 pm.

Bring your luck. 6:45 pm.

Raffles, prizes and gifts for the brides to be. Sponsored by Unforgettables Affairs Production Company. 7 pm.