Onstage

n The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance presents its annual BlakTino Performance Series, a festival celebrating works by Black, Latino and Blaktino artists. The festival, first presented in 2002, runs from Saturday, Oct. 6 through Saturday, Oct. 27, at BAAD!, 841 Barretto St. in the Hunts Point section of the south Bronx. For more information and tickets, call (718) 842-5223 or visit www.BronxAcademyofArtsandDance.org.

n The Latin American Journey is the Tainos’ five-year journey through Central and South America and the Caribbean and features songs and stories in this free bilingual program which will be
held at the Mosholu Beacon Youth Center at PS 8, 3010 Briggs Ave., on Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. Please arrive at 12:45 p.m. for seating. For more information, call (718) 329-0595.

n Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts hosts Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez, featuring traditional music and dance, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. and Tango Buenos Aires, featuring dance from Argentina, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. Tickets for each are from $20 to $35 ($10 for ages 12 and under for the Ballet show). Lehman is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard W. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

n Mass Transit Street Theatre & Video presents Ain’t Easy, a play with live
rap and film. This play, which tells the true story of a Bronx youth incarcerated in maximum security for killing a classmate in self defense, with the stories
of four Bronx teens, will take place at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture,
450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street
on Oct. 16 and 23 and Nov. 6 and 13
at 10 a.m. and noon, and Oct. 30 and
Nov. 20 at noon and 4:30 p.m. Ten free tickets are available for groups of 100. For $6 tickets, call (718) 882-2454 or baylalyn@earthlink.net.

n Bronx Hispanic Festival presents Hispanic Youth Day on Oct. 11 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., and Lagrimas Negras on Oct. 18 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., both in the Cesar Galarce Auditorium of Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, 234 E. 149th St. For more information and to confirm,
call (917) 699-7598.

Events

n Café on the Rock, a coffee house for 16 to 26 year olds, featuring an open mike, will take place on Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Rd. Participants can read poetry, play music, do a comedy routine or show some other talent. Admission of $5 ($3 for members of the Youth Group or those with a college ID), includes free coffee, tea, soda and snacks. For more information, call (718) 548-4445.

n Bring your pet to Blessing of the Animals, Oct. 7, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Canine Court at Van Cortlandt Park (enter at Broadway). Clergy of all faiths give blessings to pets and their owners. For more information, call (718) 796-4541.

n The Bronx River Alliance hosts Pedal and Paddle the Bronx River Greenway, a bike ride followed by a paddling trip down the lower Bronx River, Oct. 13; and Second Sunday Cycling, a 5-mile bike tour at a gentle pace along the Bronx River Greenway, Oct. 14. For more information and to register, call (718) 430-4636 or visit ww.bronxriver.org.

n The Farmers Market continues at the New York Botanical Garden’s Tulip Tree Allée Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Oct. 31. Admission only to Garden grounds is free all day Wednesdays. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Exhibits

n Lehman College’s Art Gallery hosts Beatrice Coron: The Secret Life of Cities, through Dec. 15 in the Edith Altschul Lehman Wing, with a reception on Oct. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. 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.

n At Wave Hill, artists install works based on the writings of two authors who lived briefly in the Bronx – Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain. Artists Simon Leung, Allison Smith and Amy Yoes,
create special projects, including sculpture, video and architecture, each in
a separate room of Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery, through Dec. 2. Also, there
are three solo exhibitions by New York-area emerging artists in the sunrooms: Jeff Feddersen and Margie Neuhaus, through Oct. 14 (meet the artists on
Oct. 14 at 2 p.m.), and Joianne Bittle Knight from Oct. 19 through Dec. 2
(meet the artist on Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.). Wave Hill is at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200
or visit www.wavehill.org.

n 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 sculptures, installations, drawings, photographs, videos, and light and sound works examining the sensory qualities of urban life, including a daily visual dispatch from Santo Domingo, where the artist 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 free
on Fridays for members and for children under 12. For more information, call
(718) 681-6000 or visit www.bronx
museum.org.

Learning

n Wave Hill presents two family art projects: Buildings on the Land, Oct. 6 and 7, to make your own model building using clay, cardboard, natural and recycled materials; and Natural Color Concoctions on Oct. 13 and 14, to collect flower petals, berries, and other plant materials to rub, mush, crush and cook, creating paint and dye. Both are 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.

n The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:
For children ages 3 to 12, there’s a film on Oct. 10 and 17 at 4 p.m.; Preschool Story Time, featuring picture book stories and songs for ages 2 to 5 on Oct. 4, 11 and 18 at 11 a.m.; The Hobbit, a special program on Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.; Bat Book Making, a crafts workshop for ages 7 to 12, on Oct. 11 at 4 p.m.; and Baby and Me Lapsit, featuring songs, rhymes, movement and picture books for ages 8 to 15 months with parent or caregiver (pre-registration is required), on Oct. 13 at 11 a.m.
Young adults can write their own stories at Horror Writing Workshop, Oct. 5, 12 and 19
at 4 p.m.
Adults can attend The Road to New York State Certification, a workshop for bilingual teacher recruitment, on Oct. 6 at 10 a.m.; Discovering Our Hispanic Ancestors, a fair presented by the Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York, on Oct. 13 at 10 a.m.; Spicing Up Your Meals with Latin Chiles, a special program with Chef John DeSimone, on Oct. 13 at 2:30 p.m.; and Breast Health, a lecture to learn about the risk factors for breast cancer, on Oct. 15 at 6 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.

n The Mosholu Library hosts Toddler Time for children ages 18 to 36 months with a parent or caregiver, featuring picture book stories and songs on Oct. 4 at 10:30 a.m. Also, for young adults, there will be Magic!, a workshop led by Bob Friedhoffer to learn feats of magic and the science behind them, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

n Spooky Tales to Tingle Your Spine is a special program for ages 4 and up at the Jerome Park Library on Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. The library is located
at 118 Eames Pl. For more information, call
(718) 549-5200.
Public Service Announcement

n The New York Public Library announces an expansion of service effective Sept. 4: Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Mosholu and Jerome Park libraries. The Bronx Library Center’s schedule is Monday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more details, visit www.nypl.org.

NOTE: Items for consideration should be received in our office by Oct. 8 for the next publication date of Oct. 18.