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Out All Week

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance celebrates gay pride in the Bronx with Out Like That!, a weeklong – Thursday, June 14 through Saturday, June 23 – festival of dance, theater, film and drag performances focusing on women, people of color, and the LGBT community. Performance artists Susana Cook, Michael Burke and Michael Lynch fill the bill, plus an evening of all female dancers. Queer films, including Jay Corcoran’s “Rock Bottom” and Bronx-based filmmaker Jose Vicenty’s “Behind Walls”, are free.

Finally, an extravagant evening of Bronx queens, comedy and personal stories of drag life in the Bronx closes the festival Saturday, June 23. All performances are at 8 p.m. at 841 Barretto St. Tickets are $12 to $15. For a full schedule of performances, call (718) 842-5223 or visit www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org.

Onstage

• Everyone is invited to It’s Broadway!, a medley of Broadway tunes by baritone Gunther Stern, on June 16 at 2:30 p.m., and Chasing Rainbows: The Songs of Judy Garland, performed by Broadway veteran Karen Luschar, on June 23 at 2:30 p.m. Both are at the Bronx Library Center at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

Events

• The Bronx River Alliance invites you outdoors with Paddling: A Father’s Day Float, a special day with dad on the Bronx River on June 17. Also, on June 23, there’s Family Day By the Bronx River, featuring games, boat rides, live entertainment, and food; and Paddling: Upper River Run, to canoe through the Bronx River Forest, the NY Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo. And on June 29, enjoy the sunset and the rising full moon from a canoe on the South Bronx Sunset Cruise, followed by music and drinks on the riverbank. For more information and to register, call (718) 430-4636 or visit www.bronxriver.org.

• The New York Botanical Garden presents Caribbean Storytelling, featuring Taino Indian and Caribbean folktales, on June 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Conservatory courtyards. Also, June is Rose Month at the Garden, featuring a variety of programs, tours and displays. The Farmers Market returns to the Garden’s Tulip Tree Allée on June 27 and will run on 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.

• The Story of the Weeping Camel, set in the Mongolia Gobi Desert, is showing June 16 at 7 p.m. at the Meeting House of the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture at 4450 Fieldston Rd. Donations are accepted. For more information, call (718) 548-4445.

Exhibits

• Thoreau Reconsidered, one of an exhibition series exploring 19th century American writing about nature through the lens of contemporary art, features works by artists inspired by Henry David Thoreau, including his observations about light and life at Walden Pond. The exhibit runs through Aug. 26 in Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery and grounds. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

• 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. The new buds are accompanied by the Paradise in Print exhibition in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library through Aug. 19. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Learning

• All ages can attend Camera Obscura, to construct a cardboard camera obscura and walk through the woodlands, on June 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Wave Hill House. It’s $25, or $20 for members, and registration is required at ext. 305.

Wave Hill is located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

• Budding Botanists, children ages 2 to 5, study their ABC’s through nature at the New York Botanical Garden this summer. On Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15, the little learners will tackle L is for Ladybugs and Lovely Lavender. No registration is required. Free with grounds admission. 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.

• The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages: Children can attend the Mighty Action Racket Theatre Workshop to learn acting, on June 16 at 2 p.m., Dinosaurs, to learn about these beasts on June 18 at 11 a.m. and Bug Magnet Making, a craft program, on June 14 at 4 p.m. for ages 7 to 12. Pre-registration is required. Young adults can attend Play Chess! to improve their skills, on June 18 and 25 at 4 p.m.

Adults can attend Crochet Club, a free workshop, on June 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. (bring your own materials) and Books and Poetry Reading, featuring winners of the 2007 Chapter One Competition and Reading Series, on June 23 at 1 p.m. The Center is at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.