Onstage

• Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts hosts A Night of International Salsa! featuring Grupo Niche, Ismael Miranda and Jose Alberto “El Canario,” July 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $40 to $55. The Center is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

• The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation is back again this year with Barefoot Dancing 2008, free dance instruction and live music at the Van Cortlandt Park House Museum’s Lawn, Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Ramon Ponce’s Mariachi Real de Mexico performs accompanied by Mexican food from Santa Fe Grill on July 23 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Bring your own chair or blanket to Broadway at West 246th Street. For more information, call (718) 430-1890.

• The Bronx Library Center hosts Afro-Puerto Rican Music and Dance featuring BombaBoricua, July 12 at 2:30 p.m. and Ivo Tirado, Jr. and the Latin Jazz Element Sextet featuring rhythms from Latin America, Africa, and American classical jazz, July 19 at 2:30 p.m. The Center is located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

• As part of its free first Friday events, the Bronx Museum of the Arts at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street presents Harlem on My Mind: A Celebration of Jazz, Swing, and Tap Jams. On July 11, from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Museum’s South Wing Lower Gallery, enjoy the 17-piece Ray Abrams Big Swing Band and tap and swing dancers of Hoofers House. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 ext. 120.

• Wave Hill, located at 675 W. 252nd St., hosts Midday Music, a free lunchtime series. Krista Bennion Feeney performs Bach’s D minor Partita for solo violin on July 16, and pianist Assaf Weisman performs works of Brahms and Debussy on July 23. Both are at 12:30 p.m. in the Wave Hill House. For more information, call (718) 549-3200.

 

Events

• Saint Ann’s Church at 3519 Bainbridge Ave. holds flea markets, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during July and August, starting July 11. For more information, call (718) 547-9350.

• Wave Hill offers up two family art projects, Rainbow Feathers of Clay, to sketch and model a clay relief of birds on July 12 and 13; and Fishy Fun, to enjoy the Aquatic Garden goldfish and make 3-D fish on July 19 and 20. Both are in the Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. Families can also attend Story, Movement and Song, to hear nature stories and participate in children’s activities for ages 4 to 10 on July 15 and 22 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Perkins Visitor Center. Wave Hill is located at 675 W. 252nd St. For more information, call (718) 549-3200.

• The Bronx River Art Center offers free art classes, 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m., July 7 to Aug. 15, for ages 5 to 21. Fee-based classes for adults, school groups and community-based organizations are also available from 6 to 8 p.m. The Center is located at 1087 E. Tremont Ave. For more information, call (718) 589-5819 ext. 15.

• The New York Botanical Garden’s Tulip Tree Allee hosts its Farmers Market, Wednesdays through Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It offers seasonal produce, home-baked goods and natural products from New York State farmers and merchants. There will be free demonstrations and educational and fun programs from noon to 2 p.m. on the first and last Wednesday of each month. The Garden is located at Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

Exhibits

• Take a peek into the story of Freedomland – New York City’s Disneyland, through Oct. 19, at the Valentine-Varian House or Museum of Bronx History. The exhibition tells the story of the American History-themed amusement park opened in 1960 on the 205-acre site now home to Bay Plaza and Co-op City. The museum is located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. at East 208th Street. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

• Inspired by the Feminist Movement, the Bronx Museum of the Arts explores women artists working collectively in new ways in Making It Together: Women’s Collaborative Art and Community through Aug. 4. Also on view at the museum is Teen Council Presents: Jamel Shabazz through July 27 in the North Wing. The museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street and is open Thursday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m. and Friday to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

• The Bronx Museum of the Arts features How Soon Is Now? with artwork by participants in Artist in the Marketplace through Aug. 18. (Closing reception on Aug. 15 runs from 6 to 8 p.m.) Accompanying the exhibition is AIM28 Talk, with Claire Barliant on the ways in which artists have successfully used the art market to promote awareness of issues and critique society, on July 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the North Wing, 2nd floor, free with museum admission. The museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street and is open Thursday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m. and Friday to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

• The New York Botanical Garden presents “Moore in America,” featuring approximately 20 pieces of installation pieces by Henry Moore, through Nov. 2. Children can create works of art, including a collage and clay sculptures, in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, Tuesdays through Fridays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Learning

The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

• For children and preschoolers, there is Family Time, July 12 at 11 a.m.; Minibeast Costume Party, July 12 at 3 p.m.; Summer Reading Club Meetings, July 14 and 21 at noon; films, July 16 and 23 at 2 p.m.; and Once Upon a Storytime, July 22 at 3 p.m.

• Also, for school-aged children, there is Bookmark Buddies, July 10 at 3 p.m.; On Top of Spaghetti, July 14 at 3 p.m.; Don’t Bug Me: I’m Reading, July 16 and 23 at 4 p.m.; Bug Scientists, July 15 at 3 p.m.; Breeze Catcher Craft, July 17 at 3 p.m.; Bee-utiful or Bugly: Make an Insect, July 24 at 3 p.m.; Favorites From the Treasure Chest: Storytelling and Puppets, July 19 at 2 p.m.; and Diary of a …, July 21 at 3 p.m.

• Young adults can attend Game On: Madden ’08 Tournament, July 14 and 21 at 3 p.m.; and Fierce & Fabulous: Fashion Design, July 10, 17 and 24 at 4 p.m.

• For adults, there is Adult Book Discussion: Their Eyes Were Watching G-d, July 16 at 3 p.m.; and Chapter One Reading Series, presented by the Bronx Writers Center, July 19 and 26 at noon.

The Center is located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org. This branch will be closed Tuesday, July 29.

• The Mosholu Library presents Summer Fun Days, July 16 and 23 at 2:30 p.m.; Toddler Time, July 10 and 24 at 10:30 a.m.; and Scorpions, July 22 at 3 p.m. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

• The Jerome Park Library at 118 Eames Place, hosts Katcha and the Devil and Other Czechoslovak Tales, July 15 at 3 p.m.; and Little Red Riding Hood, July 22 at 4 p.m., both for children; and Summer Reading: Metamorphosis, July 10, 17 and 24 at 4 p.m. for young adults. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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