Holiday Happenings

•   The New York Botanical Garden is full of holiday cheer through Jan. 13, with the yearly Holiday Train Show in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory with city and suburban scenes all made of plant parts and large-gauge model railway trains and trolleys. Holiday Nights at the Garden, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 26-31, includes lights, caroling performances, cider, hot chocolate and gingerbread. In addition, children can have Gingerbread Adventures in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden where they can smell, touch, and taste the ingredients of a gingerbread recipe and decorate their own gingersnap cookies, followed by Winter Wonderland of Gingerbread Houses, a display of elaborate gingerbread creations by renowned bakers. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

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•   “The Little Engine That Could,” in puppets, joins the host of holiday activities at the New York Botanical Garden in the Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall daily Dec. 26-31 at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.  For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

•   The One-Man Parade features Rick Adam, who will juggle, do hat tricks, hand shadows, and generally be a one-man band, at the Mosholu Beacon Youth Center at PS 8, 3010 Briggs Ave., on Dec. 27 at 1 p.m. Please arrive by 12:45 p.m. for seating. For more information, call (718) 329-0595.

 

•   The Bronx Library Center presents An Afternoon of Dance from Hawaii and Other Polynesian Islands, Dec. 29 at 2:30 p.m.; and Tony Terell Caribbean Jazz Quintet, Jan. 5 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.

 

•   Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway musical hit, “Evita,” about the rise and fall of Eva Peron, wife of former Argentinean dictator Juan Peron, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. Tickets are from $20 to $45. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

                   
Exhibits

•   Lehman College’s Art Gallery hosts Beatrice Coron: The Secret Life of Cities, through Jan. 11 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.

 

•   Ornamental Instincts, a show of seasonal, nature-inspired installations that bring into focus the ornamental genius of nature’s varied habitats, will be on exhibit through Feb. 10, 2008 at the Wave Hill House located 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 of 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 is free on Fridays for members and for children under 12. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 or visit www.bronxmuseum.org.

 

•   The Longwood Arts Project, the contemporary art center of the Bronx Council on the Arts, presents Material Culture at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street, through Feb. 7. The artists in this exhibit present works in a selection of wood, clay, metal, glass, fiber works and mixed media art, rather than simply paint and canvas. For more information, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 21 or (718) 518-6728.

Learning

•   Wave Hill presents a family art project: Calendar Creations, Dec.29 and 30, to paint your favorite view onto a calendar, 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:

For children, there’s a video on Jan. 2 and 9 at 4 p.m. Also for school-aged children, there’s Stick Pals Making, Jan. 3 at 4 p.m.; and Tales from the Northlands, Jan. 7 at 4 p.m.
Young adults can Play Chess! in a workshop with Ramon A. Hernandez, Jan. 7 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.

•   The Mosholu Library will present Toddler Time, for babies, toddlers and children, Jan. 3 at 10:30 a.m.; and Make Your Own Belt Buckle with Susan Hale, Jan. 8 at 4 p.m. Please call in advance to confirm dates. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

A HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS!

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