Onstage

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents Golden Gospel, a concert featuring singer/minister Donnie McClurkin and Bronx gospel group Livré on Saturday, March 27 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $55 to $75); and Klezmer Conservatory Band on April 11 at 3 p.m. (tickets are $15 to $25; $10 for ages 12 and under). For more information, call (718) 960-8490/8833.

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W. presents Classical Music, A Promise of Spring, performed by the Lehman College Community Band in the Lovinger Theatre, March 28 at 2 p.m.; and Chamber Music, performed by musicians on April 11 at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Music Building, 3rd floor; both free. For more information, call (718) 960-8247.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Babar the Little Elephant in the New York Botanical Garden’s Ross Lecture Hall on April 4 at 1 and 3 p.m.; and Romantic Chamber Music at Fordham University Church on April 8 at 1 p.m. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, hosts Papo Pepin y Su Orchestra, March 27 at 2:30 p.m.; and David Glukh Klesmer Quartet in Concert, April 3 at 2:30 p.m.; both free. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD), located at 841 Baretto St., presents its annual festival featuring women artists, all at 8 p.m.: An Evening With Cherrie Moraga, reading from her essays, plays and new works, March 26 ($20); Drama and Comedy featuring Carmelita Tropicana and Carolyn Ritteray, April 1 ($15); MIX NYC Presents HOME, featuring short films and videos curated by Experimental Queer Festival, April 2 ($5 suggested donation); and United Voices of Song, featuring four singers and musical acts, April 3 ($20). For more information, to reserve, or for a class schedule, call (718) 842-5223.

Events

The RiverdaleYonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd., presents Beethoven the Cello Sonatas, music on film, March 27 at 7 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call (718) 548-4445.

The Bronx Museum, located at 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street), presents First Fridays! Cubanísimo!, short films, live bands, and DJs celebrating the arts and music of Cuba, April 9 from 6 to 10 p.m., free, in the North Building, 2nd floor. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park invites the public to its Hike-a-Thon, May 1 starting at 10 a.m., to help raise funds for the restoration of the park’s hiking trails by seeking out supporters to sponsor their hike. Participants who raise $25 or more will receive gifts. Registration deadline is April 7. For more information, call (718) 601-1460 or visit www.vancortlandt.org.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, offers a family art project: Prints With Plants, to make designs from leaves and flowers using ink and rollers, April 3 and 4; in the Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.

The New York Botanical Garden is currently hosting Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures, an educational children’s program which takes place in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden where children learn the plant origins of these two sweet treats, as well as participating in hands-on activities and tastings. This program complements the Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower. The flower show features plants of Old Havana and the Cuban countryside, and on weekends during the exhibition, there will be home gardening demonstrations and Q&A with experts. Both programs run through April 11. For more information and schedules, call (718) 817-8700 or visit www.nybg.org.

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., hosts a lecture, “Beyond Tolerance,” on March 25 at 11 a.m. in the Lovinger Theatre, given by Ambassador John L. Loeb. Jr., a former US ambassador to Denmark. For more information, call (718) 960-8294.

Exhibits

The Bronx Museum, at 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street, North Building entrance), invites the public to its free Open House, March 28 from noon to 6 p.m. to celebrate the launch of two civil rights exhibitions through the works of young African-American artists: “Road to Freedom” featuring 150 vintage photographs showing acts of discrimination and moments of unity among its citizens between 1956 and 1968; and “After 1968” showing the civil rights legacy. Through Aug. 11. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

The Lehman College Art Gallery, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents two free exhibits: State of the Dao: Chinese Contemporary Art – Dao is an ancient Chinese concept meaning ‘way,” “path,” or “natural working of the universe”; and Nature, Once Removed: Flora and Fauna in Contemporary Drawing, featuring work of 20 artists of animals, plants, and landscapes. Both exhibits run through May 4. For more information and a schedule, call (718) 960-8731.

Lehman College hosts traveling exhibit, “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” in the Leonard Lief Library, through April 30. Included is a recital/lecture, “Music in the Time of War,” and “Music in Gotham: The New York Musical Scene in the Age of Lincoln,” April 8 at 12:30 p.m. in the Music Building, Recital Hall 3rd floor; room 306; all free. For more information, call (718) 960-8577/8715.

The Bronx Council on the Arts, located at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), hosts three exhibitions through May 7: In the City: Memory, Places and Spaces, which includes works on migration and urban planning; Transmit-Transit: Hatuey Ramos-Fermin @ The Project Room, featuring traveling in the city and ethnic diversity; and Impractical Hats: Indie Crafts Reinvent Everyday Gear, featuring construction of hats in unorthodox ways. For more information, call (718) 931-9500.

Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents the following programs for preschoolers and school-aged children: Toddler Story Time, March 27 at 11 a.m.; Preschool Story Time, March 25, April 1 and 8 at 11 a.m.; Straight Caterpillar Making, March 25 at 4 p.m.; films, March 31 and April 7 at 4 p.m.; Funny Bunny Making, April 1 at 4 p.m.; and Cool Rainforest Connections, April 3 at 2 p.m. For teens and young adults, there is Crafternoons, March 26, April 2 and 9 at 3:30 p.m. Adults can attend Russian Avant-Garde, a lecture/slideshow, March 29 at 6 p.m., on modern art in Russia from 1909 to 1933. Adult immigrants are invited to Helping Haitians Living in the US, to understand temporary protected status, March 26 at 2 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, at 285 E. 205th St., hosts Marvels of Motion, April 9 at 3 p.m. for children. For teens and young adults, there is Teen Tech Time, for extra computer time, March 31 and April 7 at 4 p.m. Adults can attend Knitting Circle, March 25, April 1 and 8 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, at 118 Eames Place, presents Making Music, April 9 at 11 a.m., for children. For teens and young adults, there is Crafternoons, April 1 and 8 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

A HAPPY AND HEALTHY PASSOVER TO ALL OUR JEWISH READERS AND A JOYOUS EASTER TO ALL OUR CHRISTIAN READERS!
                                           
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