Onstage

There’s culture for the whole family at ¡Retumba!,  an all-women Afro-Caribbean troupe of singers, dancers and instrumentalists on Aug. 24 at 4 p.m.; and The Ray Abrams Big Swing Band, jazz music by a live 17-piece group on Aug. 25 at 2:30 p.m. Both are at the Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46.

Enjoy a Caribbean Nights concert featuring an all-female steel drum orchestra, Women in Steel, performing a variety of music, on Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. on the New York Botanical Garden’s Conservatory Lawn. The music is preceded by a salsa dance lesson at 6 p.m. Grounds 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.

For adults, there are Summer Songbooks, a series of concerts at Wave Hill. Aug. 26’s concert is Ecstasies of Hildegard von Bingen: Tapestry, a quartet of women’s voices and instruments, from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Wave Hill House. Tickets are $24 and $15 for members at ext. 385. Wave Hill is located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

People for Progress presents the 17th Annual 52 Latin Jazz Concert Series ’07, Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. through Sept. 26 at the 52 Parks Miranda Theatre on Kelly Street between Avenue Saint John and Leggett Avenue. For more information, call (718) 548-0315 or (718) 893-9135.

Events

Come see a screening of Akeelah and the Bee at Williamsbridge Oval Park on Aug. 24 at 7:45 p.m. It’s free and presented by Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket. For details, call (718) 409-0109.

The Bronx River Alliance hosts Paddling: Tidal Paddle, to explore the tidal flats of the Bronx River on Aug. 25 and Sept. 8.  For more information and to register, call (718) 430-4636 or visit www.bronxriver.org.

The Farmers Market continues at the New York Botanical Garden’s Tulip Tree Allée Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Oct. 31. Admission only to Garden grounds is free from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and all day Wednesdays. All other times, grounds 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.

Exhibits

Caribbean Gardens: Journey to Paradise, celebrating Caribbean flowers and culture, will run through Sept. 16 at the New York Botanical Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Learning

Wave Hill offers family art projects. At the World From Above on Aug. 25 and 26, make art from an aerial perspective, such as monotype prints of land and water. Or search for seeds, then collage and paint a seed’s journey at Magic of Seeds on Sept. 1 and 2. Both are in Wave Hill’s Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. Wave Hill is at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

There’s a film for children ages 3 to 12 on Sept. 5 at 4 p.m.; and Preschool Story Time, featuring picture book stories and songs for ages 2 to 5 on Sept. 6 at 11 a.m.

Ages 7 to 12 can attend Butterfly Book Making, a crafts workshop, on Aug. 23 at 3 p.m.; and also a Summer Reading Celebration for the participants in the Center’s 2007 program, on Aug. 24 at noon. Both require pre-registration.

For young adults, there is YNK: You Never Know, at the Library Summer Reading Celebration, Aug. 31 at 3 p.m. and Game On (for which games are supplied), for ages 12 to18, Sept. 4 at 4 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.

Children who participated in the Mosholu Library 2007 program can attend a Summer Reading Celebration, Aug. 31 at 1:30 p.m. (pre-registration is required); and Stories to Play With, Aug. 30 at 10:30 a.m.

Children ages 18 to 36 months with parent or caregiver, can enjoy Toddler Time, featuring picture book stories and songs, Sept. 6 at 10:30 a.m., all at the Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

YNK: You Never Know, for young adults, is a reading celebration for the participants of the 2007 Jerome Park program, Aug. 30 at 3 p.m., at the Jerome Park Library, located at 118 Eames Place. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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