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Trolley Showcases BRIO Talent

On June 6, the South Bronx Cultural Corridor celebrates its own. A festival, called BX1: The Second Bronx Artist Biennial, pays tribute to the talented Bronxites who were chosen to receive BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Individual Artist Fellowships this year. And what better vehicle to charter this celebration than the Bronx Culture Trolley, which normally runs the first Wednesday of every month from Hostos Art Gallery, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street, to a variety of events. For the June 6 trolley, Longwood will host the Biennial Festival from 5 to 8:30 p.m. as the BRIO awards are presented, with the visual media winners’ works displayed in the gallery. From there, the trolley leaves at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. for performances by BRIO winners past and present, such as a swing and Dixieland jazz show by Neal Haiduck at Yankee Tavern Venues and hip-hop by PattyDukes at Pregones Theater. For more information, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or go to www.bronxarts.org.

Onstage

Latinlogues, a collection of comedic and poignant monologues about the Latino experience in America, will be presented at Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts, on June 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $35. Also at the Center, Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound and Chino Nuñez & Friends Orchestra perform salsa on June 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 to $50. The college is located at Goulden Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard. Call the box office at (718) 960-8833.

A music program, Maraca & Guiro: Two Taino Instruments in the 21st Century, will take place at the Bronx Library Center at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, on June 4 at 6 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

A Concert of Scandinavian Songs, performed by Elly Erickson, will represent the Bronx Council on the Arts’ First Wednesday of the Month Program at the Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, on June 6 at 12:15 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Bronx Academy of Art and Dance, in conjunction with the Bronx Dance Coalition, will present its annual spring dance festival, Boogie Down Dance Series, featuring works by Bronx choreographers through June 9 at 841 Barretto St. Tickets are $10 to $15 with discounts for Bronx Cultural Card holders. For more information, call (718) 842-5223.

The Children’s Theatre Company at Lehman presents the Three Little Pigs: Krazy Kung Fu Kaper on Wednesday, June 13 at the Lovinger Theatre. All tickets are $5. The college is located at Goulden Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard. Call the box office at (718) 960-8833.

Events

The Bronx River Alliance invites you outdoors with Paddling: From the Border to the Mouth, a full Bronx River canoe trip, on June 2 and Second Sunday Cycling, a 5-mile bike tour along the Bronx River Greenway on June 10. For more information and to register, call (718) 430-4636 or visit www.bronxriver.org.

The New York Botanical Garden presents Caribbean Storytelling, featuring Taino Indian and Caribbean folktales, on June 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Conservatory courtyards. Also, June is Rose Month at the Garden, featuring a variety of programs, tours and displays. Garden admission is free from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. After noon on Saturdays and all day Sundays, admission is $6 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for students with ID and $1 for children ages 2 to 12. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Talk to Her, the 2002 film by Pedro Almodóvar, with adult themes and frontal nudity, is showing on June 2 and The Story of the Weeping Camel, set in the Mongolia Gobi Desert, is showing on June 16. Both are at 7 p.m. at the Meeting House of the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture at 4450 Fieldston Rd. Donations are accepted. For more information, call (718) 548-4445.

The Bronx Seaside Trolley, which leaves from the Pelham Bay Park 6 train station the first Friday of every month, is off to the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum and City Island on June 1. The public rides free, with the trolley leaving the station four times between 5:25 and 9:25 p.m. Enjoy musician Phil Price, taste wine, eat hors d’oeuvres and take guided house tours. Fees are $8 per adult and $5 per child under age 12. For more information and to register, call (718) 885-1461/9100.

Exhibits

Thoreau Reconsidered, an exhibition exploring 19th century American writing about nature through the lens of contemporary art, features works by artists inspired by Henry David Thoreau, including his observations about light and life at Walden Pond. The exhibit runs from June 7 through Aug. 26 in the Glyndor Gallery and grounds. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

Caribbean Gardens: Journey to Paradise, celebrating Caribbean flowers and culture, began April 27 at the New York Botanical Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The new buds are accompanied by the Paradise in Print exhibition in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which runs through Aug. 19. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Learning

Decorate a seed package to take home at Garden Mystery Treasures, one of Wave Hill’s family art projects, June 2 and 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. Also, see a performance of “What If You Could Take the Sun and Plant It in Your Hand?” presented by the Touchstone Center Theatre Ensemble, based on a poem by Richard Lewis, followed by the chance to create a mixed-media banner at Plant the Sun in Your Hands at 1 and 2:30 p.m. on June 9 and 10. Both are in Wave Hill’s Kerlin Learning Center, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. Free with admission to grounds. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

The Bronx Library Center at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, has events for all ages:

Children can attend Baby and Me Lapsit, featuring songs, rhymes, movement, and picture books, for ages 8 to 15 months with parent or caregiver, on June 9 at 11 a.m. There are also two craft programs at 4 p.m. for kids ages 7 to 12: Snake Book Making on May 31, and Bug Magnet Making on June 14. All require pre-registration.

Young adults can attend Play Chess! to improve their skills, on June 4, 11 and 18 at 4 p.m.

Adults can attend two events on June 9: a Books and Poetry Reading featuring winners of the 2007 Chapter One Competition and Reading Series, at 1 p.m. and Bronx Street Game, a lecture by Ray Capo, longtime Bronxite and former president of the Bronx Historical Society, at 2:30 p.m. Also take in People with Arthritis Can Exercise! a lecture reviewing types of exercise for people with arthritis on June 11 at 6 p.m.

For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

Children can solve a mystery at the Sherlock Holmes Takes the Case event, at the Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., on June 12 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

Young actors are guided on a theatrical path in the Mighty Action Racket Theatre Workshop, June 12 at 4 p.m., at the Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place, near Kingsbridge Road. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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