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The great tennis players are trickling out of the borough. Luckily, great dancers, botanists, poets, musicians, runners, crafters, chefs, and filmmakers remain. Please read on. Sept. 12, Suzik   by FORCE, 3 pm. The Citizen Arts International Festival presents a Chinese pole performance that reimagines the vertical as a space of connection, trust, and collective movement. Three performers navigate the precarious heights of the pole, entering a world where balance depends on the presence, strength, and care of others. Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Ave. Sept. 12, Suicide Prevention Block Party, 10 am. Resource vendor tabling, wellness activities, and performances until about 2:30 pm. NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, 80-02 41st Ave. Sept. 12, Beach Session Dance Series, 6 pm. This 12th annual show premieres Amusement, a new site-responsive work by Alexa West with dancers Tim Bendernagel, Isabelle Dayton, Cayleen Del Rosario, Benin Gardner, Amelia Heintzelman, Jordan Lloyd, Owen Prum, and Molly Ross. On the sand at Beach 110th St., Rockaway. Sept. 12, Woodside Queens Fall Festival, 10 am. Six hours of live music and performances, local food and drink vendors, art and merchandise, and community resources. On Woodside Avenue between 60th and 63rd streets. Sept. 12, Garden Tour with Horticulture Director, 11 am. Andi Pettis leads a summer tour of diverse landscapes and late summer plants in bloom. Walk-ins welcome. Registration recommended. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Sept. 12, Poetry on Wheels Inter Borough Poetry Tour, 5 pm. An evening of multilingual poetry, iconic Queens rhythms and rhymes, and community flavors. Lineup includes DJ Tahleim, local songwriter/rapper Iz Medina, Sabina Sharmin (Bangladeshi Institute of the Performing Arts), Nicolas Linares, Rajan Maharjan, Libreria Barco de Papel, and former Queens Poet Laureate Paolo Javier. Diversity Plaza, 73-19 37th Rd., Jackson Heights. Sept. 13, Memorial Concert, 3 pm. The American Symphony Orchestra presents a 9/11 memorial concert. While serving as an occasion for remembrance, the program also celebrates the strength of human spirit with Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” Gustav Mahler’s “Adagio” from the composer’s tenth symphony, George Walker’s “Lyric for Strings,” and additional scores. Queens College’s LeFrak Concert Hall, 153-49 Reeves Ave., Flushing. Sept. 13, Dance Performances, 5 pm. Free shows by Robert Mark Dance and Queens Ballet Collective. Athens Square Park, 30th Street and 30th Avenue, Astoria. Sept. 13, The Endless Summer 5K/10K/HM, 9 am. Presented by Bruce Brown Films, the race has different categories and age divisions, including a kiddie dash. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Never Stop Running Foundation. Meet near Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Sept. 13, Second Sunday Castle Tours, 1 pm. The Bayside Historical Society offers guided tours of The Castle and its exhibitions on the second Sunday of each month from 1 pm to 3 pm. Each tour lasts approximately 45 minutes. The Castle, 208 Fort Totten Ave., Fort Totten. Sept. 13, Indigo Dyeing Workshop, 1 pm. Artist Dani Song shares techniques for working with indigo, a natural dye. Best known as the dye behind classic blue denim, plant-derived indigo has been used for thousands of years to create a rich, vibrant blue. Voelker Orth Museum, 149-19 38th Ave., Flushing. Sept. 14, Oratorio Society of Queens Auditions, Sept. 28. The public is invited to try out for the Oratorio Society of Queens, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary season. The group performs at least twice over the year. Auditions at 7:30 pm on both days. Temple Beth Sholom, 172nd Street and Northern Boulevard, Flushing. Sept. 15, Shielding Seniors, 9 am. This workshop is on preventing scams and identity theft. Participants learn how to recognize scams targeting older adults; ways to protect information; warning signs of identity theft; what to do if targeted; and resources available to report fraud and receive assistance. Parker Jewish Institute, 271-11 76th Ave., New Hyde Park. Sept. 16, Mapping Queens, 6 pm. This conversation series is presented through the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative. Moderated by Project Manager Natalie Bedon, this chat features community garden leaders Clarissa James, Garden of Resilience, Springfield Gardens; Jackie Rogers, The Garden by the Bay, Rockaway; Jaclyn Soto, South Jamaica Infinity Garden; and Nicolás Linares, Mazorca Colectiva. Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St., Flushing. Sept. 17, Wild Eating, 5:30 pm. Foraging instructor Tess Fleming leads a delicious, hands-on introduction to the edible weeds and wild plants that thrive on the farm in late summer. Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. Floral Park. Sept. 18, International Human Rights Art Festival, Sept. 20. Twenty-five performances in five blocks, curated by Holly Hepp-Galvan (faculty of Hunter College and Fordham University) and Mare Nostrum Elements (Emerging Choreographer Series). Court Square Theater, 44-02 23rd St., Long Island City.