Astorian Weekend Edition - October 14
by Joey In Astoria

What says fall like a package of daffodil bulbs? Okay, they look like old balls of garlic, but they're so pretty when they come up! Help plant some at ARROW Community Garden (35th St between 35th and 36th Aves), Saturday around 11. Bulbs and dirt provided!

Now that you've planted, you're ready for a nice fall harvest. Hooray for Socrates! From 11 to 3 they're having Halloween Harvest Festival. Hello—you can make your own costume, listen to music (unfortunately it's klezmer), and "make a fun project." There will be tasty foods from Sage American Kitchen, and a Canine Costume Contest. Are you kidding me? They should do this every weekend.

So. On Sunday, you get up, make coffee, read the paper and...well...you sort of stop right there. Given that there have been a zillion natural (and political) disasters every day for the past two months, the news is sucking the wind out of your sails. Get that wind back! Astorians for Hurricane Relief hosts a free show at none other than the bohemian Freeze Peach Cafe (22-00 29th St), featuring (Astorian) National Poetry Series winner Stephen Cramer and more local artists. Uh, and what does that do? FP will donate all proceeds earned during the show (from 6 to 8 p.m.) to our cause— America's Second Harvest Hurricane Relief Fund.

That's how you take back fall from the hurricanes!