Onstage

• The Albert Einstein Symphony Orchestra presents a Season Opening Concert on Nov. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Robbins Auditorium, Forchheimer Building of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, at 1300 Morris Park Ave. Contributions are welcome. For more information, visit Einsteinorch.Tripod.com.

• Berto Reyes and his band perform Merengue Típico, traditional Dominican merengue, and Merenhouse, a blend of merengue, American hip-hop and rap, Nov. 3 at 2:30 p.m. at the Francis Martin Library, located at 2150 University Ave. (at 181st Street). For more information, call (718) 295-5287.

• Enjoy Chamber Music with the Bronx Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 3 at 2:30 p.m. and Mexican Folklore Dance by the Calpulli Mexican Dance Group on Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m., both at the Bronx Library Center, located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

• The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance presents BlakTino Performance Series, a festival celebrating works by black and Latino artists. The festival runs through Nov. 3, at 841 Barretto St. in the Hunts Point section of the south Bronx. For more information and tickets, call (718) 842-5223 or visit www.BronxAcademyofArtsandDance.org.

• Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts hosts the Georgian State Dance Company from the Republic of Georgia, Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. (tickets are from $20 to $35; $10 for ages 12 and under); and The President’s Own United States Marine Band, Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. (free). Lehman is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard W. For more information, call (718) 960-8833

• Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Houtzeel and pianist Ken Noda will perform a program inspired by Edgar Allan Poe on Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. in the Wave Hill House. Exhibiting artists Allison Smith and Amy Yoes orchestrate an imagined conversation between Poe and Mark Twain on Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. in Glyndor Gallery, in conjunction with their exhibitions. Also at the Wave Hill House is Berlin in Lights featuring a concert of chamber music by the Berliner Philharmoniker Wind Quartet (free with admission to the grounds; reservations are required and limited to two per person). Wave Hill is located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 ext. 385 or visit www.wavehill.org.

Events

• Six classes of Holiday Crafts will take place at the New York Botanical Garden, Nov. 3 starting at 10 a.m., using paper and dried and fresh botanicals. Participants may select as many as three classes. The fee for each session is $31 for non-members and $28 for members (includes a $20 materials fee). Attend three sessions for a 10 percent discount. For more information or to register, call (718) 817-8747.

• Tour Yankee Stadium, led by baseball curator and Yankee Stadium expert Tony Morante. The tour will be given on Nov.17 at 3 p.m. at the Press Gate near the “Big Bat” across the street from the players’ parking lot, where parking is free that day and will take place rain or shine. Admission is $25 per person. For more information or to reserve a spot, call the Bronx County Historical Society (718) 881-8900.

• The Bronx Culture Trolley, a replica of a 20th-century trolley, transports visitors on the first Wednesday of every month to Bronx hot spots. Nov. 7, starting at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos, visitors can meet and greet Heather Hitchens who was recently appointed executive director of the NYS Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and hear a Latin Jazz performance by Ray Vega and Sharon Spinetti. Hop on trolleys departing at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. and, at the Pregones Theatre, meet and greet photographer Enid Alvarez discussing her Puerto Rico Series on display in the lobby until Dec. 9 (refreshments will be served). The final stop is at J. Maxson’s Bar & Grill for food, drink and jazz. For more information call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or log on to www.bronxarts.org to confirm.

Exhibits

• Kiku: The Art of Japanese Chrysanthemum is at the New York Botanical Garden, at Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, through Nov. 18. For more information, call (718) 817-8700. (See photos on page 12).

• Norwoodian Barbara Korman presents sculpture in a show called Beyond the Cactus at the WPA Gallery, through Nov. 23. The Ward Pound Ridge Reservation is located at Route 121 and South Route 35 in Cross River, New York. For more information, call (914) 864-7317 or visit or bkormanstudio.com.

• Lehman College’s Art Gallery hosts Beatrice Coron: The Secret Life of Cities, through Dec. 15 in the Edith Altschul Lehman Wing. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. For more information, call (718) 960-8731.

• At Wave Hill, artists install works based on the writings of two authors who lived briefly in the Bronx – Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain. Artists Simon Leung, Allison Smith and Amy Yoes, create special projects, including sculpture, video and architecture, each in a separate room of Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery, through Dec. 2. Poets and writers will read selected works by Poe and Twain in a program offered in collaboration with Poets House, Nov. 1. Also, there is a solo exhibition by a New York-area emerging artist in the sunrooms: Joianne Bittle Knight through Dec. 2. Wave Hill is at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.

• The Bronx Museum of the Arts hosts Quisqueya Henríquez: Outside Traditional Art in the artist’s first major appearance in the United States through Jan. 27, 2008. The exhibition is a selection her work examining the sensory qualities of urban life, including a daily visual dispatch from Santo Domingo, where she currently lives. The museum, located at 1040 Grand Concourse at West 165th Street, is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m., except for Friday, when it is open until 8 p.m. Suggested admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors and free on Fridays for members and for children under 12. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 or visit www.bronxmuseum.org.

Learning

• Wave Hill presents two family art projects: Cornhusk Creations on Nov. 3 and 4 at 1 and 2:30 p.m., to make a cornhusk figure or family, and Colors of Autumn on Nov. 10 and 11 from 1 to 4 p.m., to make collage prints from fall foliage. Both are in Wave Hill’s Kerlin Learning Center. 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:
For children ages 5 to 12, there’s a video on Nov. 7 and 14 at 4 p.m.; Preschool Story Time, for ages 2 to 4 with parent or caregiver, on Nov. 1, 8 and 15 at 11 a.m.; Drum Book Making, a crafts program for ages 7 to 12 on Nov. 8 at 4 p.m. (pre-registration is required); and Baby & Me Lapsit, featuring songs, rhymes, movement and picture books for ages 15 to 18 months with parent or caregiver, on Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. (pre-registration required).
Young adults can Play Chess! in a workshop with Ramon A. Hernandez, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m.; Meet the Author, Paul Volponi, Nov. 14 at 10:30 a.m.; and Learn To Break!, a break dancing workshop with Rokafella, Kwikstep and Full Circle Productions, on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m.
Adults can attend a lecture, “Is Living in the Bronx Bad for Your Health?” on Nov. 5 at 6 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.

• The Mosholu Library Toddler Time for children ages 18 to 36 months with parent or caregiver, Nov. 1 at 10:30 a.m. (pre-registration is required). The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

• Stories and Tales from Around the World will be presented by Getchie Argetsinger for ages 4 and older, on Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. at the Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Pl. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.
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Public Service Announcement
Daylight Savings Time has been changed to the first Sunday morning in November. Turn clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4.