Onstage

 

•  On Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m.in Williamsbridge Oval Park, the Norwood News presents a Pregones Theater Production of “MIGRANTS!,” a bilingual play with music celebrating the Puerto Rican men and women who toiled to establish a thriving and diverse Latino community in New York and throughout the eastern United States. A collective creation of Pregones Theater, “MIGRANTS!” Draws from written and oral histories, lore and legend. Following the performance will be live music by the Ibrahim Gonzalez Quintet, presented by the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and the BLOOMS Initiative. The performances will take place inside the northern entrance of the park, right across from the Keeper’s House on Reservoir Oval between Putnam Place and Reservoir Place.

 

•  Barefoot Dancing is back again this year with free dance instruction and live music at the Van Cortlandt Park House Museum’s Lawn. Mamadou Dahoue and Ivory Coast Drumming perform on July 30 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., including Living Museum, an exploration of Cote D’Ivoire dance, mask, and culture at 5:30 p.m. Najib Shaheen and Friends, Arabic Music and Belly Dance, and Middle Eastern food is scheduled for Aug. 6 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Bring your own chair or blanket to Broadway at West 246th Street. For more information, call (718) 430-1890.

 

•  The Bronx Library Center hosts Burdetsky Family Circus, for the entire family, July 26 at 2:30 p.m.; and West African Music and Dance, Aug. 9 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.

 

•  As part of its free first Friday events, the Bronx Museum of the Arts presents Africanismo! including short films and live performances. Afrokinetic, a variety of Afro-rhythms featuring DJ Chris Annnibell, and Magbana Drum and Dance NYC, 14 performers of West African pieces, will be held on Aug. 1 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Andrew Freedman Home at 1125 Grand Concourse at McClellan Street, across the street from the museum, all followed by film screenings from 7:30 to 9 p.m. If it rains, the event will be held at the museum at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 ext. 120.

 

•  Wave Hill, located at 675 W. 252nd St., hosts Midday Music, a free lunchtime series. The Brasil Guitar Duo performs a South American program on July 30 at 12:30 p.m. in the Wave Hill House. For more information, call (718) 549-3200.

 

Events

 

•  Wave Hill offers up several family art projects, Spray a Watercolor Garden, to make a blooming vision, July 26 and 27; T-Shirt Wings, to sketch flying insects, then decorate a T-shirt with your designs, Aug. 2 and 3; Up at the Sky, Down to the Ground, to sketch clouds, then create colorful mixed-media collages, Aug. 9 and 10; and A Roomful of Nature, to furnish a room with natural materials and nature imagery, Aug. 16 and 17. All are in the Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. Families can also attend Story, Movement and Song, to hear nature stories and participate in children’s activities for ages 4 to 10 on July 29, Aug. 5, 12 and 19, from 11 a.m. to noon in the Perkins Visitor Center. Wave Hill is located at 675 W. 252nd St. For more information, call (718) 549-3200.

 

•  The New York Botanical Garden’s Tulip Tree Allee hosts its Farmers Market, Wednesdays through Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It offers seasonal produce, home-baked goods and natural products from New York State farmers and merchants. There will be free demonstrations and educational and fun programs from noon to 2 p.m. on the first and last Wednesday of each month. The Garden is located at Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

•  The Bronx Culture Trolley, a replica of a 20th-century trolley, transports visitors on the first Wednesday of every month (except January and September), to Bronx hot spots. A reception is held at the Hostos Art Gallery, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th St.) at 5 p.m., followed by three trolley departures at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. New attractions are added monthly. Trolley ride and all events are free. Riders can get on and off at any scheduled stop and spend as much time as they wish at any or all of the featured venues. Venues and activities vary each month. The next trip is on Aug. 6, and features Alvin Ailey American Dance Company at the Hostos Center at 7:30 p.m. (call for limited tickets to (718) 518-4455, first-come, first served). For more information call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or log on to www.bronxarts.org to confirm.

 

Exhibits

 

•  The Bronx Library Center hosts an exhibit of photographs by Arlette Landestoy called Visitors to Inwood Park, presented by En Foco, through Oct. 18. There will be a Meet the Artists Reception Wednesday, Aug. 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. The Center is located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

 

•  Darcy Dahl’s installation piece Insula has the gallery glowing in light and color, through Sept. 13 at the Bronx Museum’s Project Space. It takes drawings, paintings and projections and transforms the space, inspired by the insula, or part of the brain which translates objective physiological states into subjective emotional experiences. It’s at 11 Bruckner Blvd. at the corner of Lincoln Avenue, Saturdays 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment at (718) 681-6000.

 

•  Take a peek into the story of Freedomland – New York City’s Disneyland, through Oct. 19, at the Valentine-Varian House or Museum of Bronx History. The exhibition tells the story of the American History-themed amusement park opened in 1960 on the 205-acre site now home to Bay Plaza and Co-op City. The museum is located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. at East 208th Street. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

 

•  Inspired by the Feminist Movement, the Bronx Museum of the Arts explores women artists working collectively in new ways in Making It Together: Women’s Collaborative Art and Community through Aug. 4. Also on view at the museum is Teen Council Presents: Jamel Shabazz through July 27 in the North Wing. The museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street and is open Thursday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m. and Friday to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

 

•  The Bronx Museum of the Arts features How Soon Is Now? with artwork by participants in Artist in the Marketplace through Aug. 18. (Closing reception on Aug. 15 runs from 6 to 8 p.m.) The museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street and is open Thursday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m. and Friday to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

 

•  The New York Botanical Garden presents Moore in America, featuring approximately 20 pieces of installation pieces by Henry Moore, through Nov. 2, running concurrently with “The Art of Henry Moore,” documentary film Fridays to Sundays at noon and 2 p.m. in the Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall. Children can create works of art, including a collage and clay sculptures, in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, Tuesdays through Fridays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

•  Live and Active, a group exhibition exploring friction between states, psychologies and ideologies, will be held at the Bronx River Art Center at 1087 E. Tremont Ave. through Aug. 23. The exhibit includes the work of artists Tom Bogaert, Hasan Elahi, Jessica Feldman and John Movius. Summer gallery hours are 2 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call (718) 589-5819 or visit www.bronxriverart.org.

 

Learning

The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

• For children and preschoolers, there is Family Time, Aug. 9 at 11 a.m.; films, July 30, Aug. 6, 13 and 20 at 2 p.m.; Scavenger Hunt for Bugs, Aug.12 at noon; Insect-O-Mania, Aug. 18 at 3 p.m.; and Big Jeff Music, Aug. 22 at noon.

• Also, for school-aged children, there is Don’t Bug Me: I’m Reading, July 30, Aug. 6, 13 and 20 at 4 p.m.; Bee-utiful or Bugly: Make an Insect, July 24 at 3 p.m.; The Caterpillar Hunter, July 26 at 2 p.m.; Katcha and the Devil and Other Czechoslovak Tales, July 28 at 3 p.m.; Door Hanger Making, July 31 at 3 p.m.; Backyard Surprise: Bug Mad-Lib, Aug. 4 at 3 p.m.; Up, Up and Away!, Aug. 5 at 3 p.m.; Butterfly Mobile, Aug. 7 at 3 p.m.; Make Insect Visors, Aug. 14 at 3 p.m.; and Friendly Critter Magnets, Aug. 21 at 3 p.m.

• Young adults can attend Fierce and Fabulous: Fashion Design, July 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14 and 21 at 4 p.m.

• For adults, there are two Book Discussions: “Like Water for Chocolate,” Aug. 6 at 3 p.m. and “Love in the Time of Cholera,” Aug. 20 at 3 p.m.; and Chapter One Reading Series, presented by the Bronx Writers Center, July 26 at noon.

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. This branch will be closed Tuesday, July 29.

 

•  The Mosholu Library presents Summer Fun Days, July 30, Aug. 6, 13 and 20 at 2:30 p.m.; Toddler Time, July 24 and Aug. 7 at 10:30 a.m.; and Tales for the Teeny Tiny, Aug. 21 at 10:30 a.m., all for young children. Also there’s A Day With Clay, Aug. 6 at 3 p.m. for young adults. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

 

•  The Jerome Park Library at 118 Eames Place, hosts Arts and Crafts, July 28 and Aug. 11 at 3 p.m.; How the Elephant Got Its Trunk, Aug. 5 at 4 p.m.; Once Upon a Storytime, Aug. 12 at 4 p.m.; Code Breakers, Aug. 19 at 3 p.m.; and Presley and Melody, Aug. 21 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

NOTE: The Norwood News will be on hiatus through Aug. 20. Items for consideration should be received in our office by Aug. 11 for the next publication date of Aug. 21.