Onstage

• Wave Hill presents A Nat King Cole Songbook, performed by cabaret star Lumiri Tubo and Trio, Jan. 13; and A Century On the Piano: 1908-2008, performed by Steven Beck, Jan. 20; both from 2 to 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 for members, and for others, which includes admission to the grounds, are $24 for seniors 65 and over and $21 for students with ID. Wave Hill is located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 ext. 385 or visit wavehill.org.

 

• The Bronx Library Center hosts A Musical Tribute to Sam Cooke, performed by NYC jazz/pop vocalist Cody Childs, Jan. 12; and Salsa Concert, performed by the Ibrahim Gonzalez Orchestra, Jan. 19; both 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. Also scheduled at the Center is It’s All About Doo Wop, performed by leading singers and musical groups, Jan. 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are from $25 to $45. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park BoulevardW. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

 

• The Bronx Opera Company presents Jacques Offenbach’s operetta, Orpheus in the Underworld, presented in English, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. For more information and for tickets, call (718) 960-8833.

 

• The Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Macbeth will be broadcast live via satellite in Lehman College’s Studio Theatre, Jan. 12 at 1:30 p.m. Lehman is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. Tickets are free and can be reserved by calling the Lehman Stages Box Office at (718) 960-8025.

 

• Albert Einstein Symphony Orchestra performs a concert of classical music, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. in the Robbins Auditorium of the Forchheimer Building at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave. Contributions are suggested. For more information, visit einsteinorch.tripod.com.

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 Boulevard 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 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. 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.

Events

• Thomas the Tank Engine visits the New York Botanical Garden, Jan. 5 through 13 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., featuring Thomas and Friends story time with driver Daniel. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

• The New York Botanical Garden presents its 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, through Jan. 13. 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.

Learning

• The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

For children, there’s a video on Jan. 16 and 23 at 4 p.m. For infants and toddlers, there’s Baby and Me Lapsit, Jan. 12 at 11 a.m. Also, for school-aged children, there’s Katcha and the Devil and Other Czechoslovak Tales, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m.; Why Read, Jan. 14 at 4 p.m.; Lion and Lamb Making, Jan. 17 at 4 p.m.; and Perfectly Penguin, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m.
Young adults can Play Chess! in a workshop with Ramon A. Hernandez on Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. and enjoy MOMA at the Library: Art Studio, Jan. 23 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 presents two Gadgets and Gizmos events for children: Propeller, Jan. 15 and Tops and Spinning, Jan. 22, both at 4 p.m. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

 

• The Jerome Park Library presents Tales for a Cold Winter Day, Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. for school-aged children. The library is located at 118 Eames Place. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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