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The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road presents Echoing Voices: Silver Roots, concert, Sept. 25 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Eddie Palmieri and Michel Camilo, two masters of Latin jazz, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $35 to $50). For more information or tickets, call (718) 960-8833.

Events

The public is invited to an Open House and Free Carnival, Oct. 2, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, located at 3450 DeKalb Ave. Events include fun activities, sample classes, air castle, face painting, free child fingerprinting and ID card, and more. Attend free karate and boxing workshops and register for fall classes and programs. For more information and class details, call (718) 882-4000.

The Bronx Concert Singers invites singers, music lovers and community members to its open rehearsals on Sept. 28. Singers will be able to audition for the chorus. Meetings are held at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1891 McGraw Ave., in Parkchester, Tuesdays at 7:40 p.m. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call (917) 743-4641 or visit www.bronxconcertsingers.org.

JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center, located at 3880 Sedgwick Ave., will host a Sukkah Celebration, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. with Rose and Meir. For more information, call (718) 549-4700.

The Bronx River Alliance offers International Coastal Cleanup, to join volunteers in removing trash and debris to clean up the Bronx River, Sept. 25; and Bronx River Ramble, to walk along the Bronx River and learn about its history and ecology, Oct. 2. Call (718) 430-4665 or visit www.bronxriver.org for details, fees, and times.

Celebrate the Harlem River at the Harlem River Festival, Sept. 25, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with refreshments at noon. Activities include arts and crafts, live music, educational workshops, water demonstrations, boat tours, tennis lessons, and more. For more information, call (646) 719-0034.

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) presents a weekly sale of student art, Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Sept. 29 at the Phipps West Farms Farmers Market at Drew Gardens on East Tremont Avenue between Boston Road and 177th Street, across from BRAC’s building. The art sale, which will include ceramics, drawings, paintings and prints, is part of a month of “Harvest Move” activities to raise funds for BRAC’s upcoming relocation to temporary quarters while its building is being fully renovated for two years. For more information, call (718) 589-5819.

Woodlawn Cemetery will host two tours at 2 p.m.: Sept. 26: led by noted architect, scholar and author, Samuel White, of some of Woodlawn’s most magnificent and notable mausoleums designed by McKim Mead & White; and Oct. 3: to visit final resting places of celebrated lawmen and infamous criminals. Meet at the Jerome Avenue entrance. For more information and fees, call (718) 920-1463 ext. 252.

The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture’s Meeting House, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd., will host “How Do I Know I Have an Ethical Problem?,” Sept. 26 at 11 a.m., presented by Dr. Howard Radest. For more information, call (718) 548-4445.

The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park presents Fall Volunteer Kickoff Event, Sept. 25 at 10 a.m., which includes tree plantings and invasive plant removal. There will be giveaways for volunteers. Meet at the VC riding stables (last stop of #4 train) or at Woodlawn Playground (last stop of #1 train). For more information or to RSVP, call (718) 601-1553 or visit www.vancortlandt.org.

The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park presents the Fall 2010 Junior Naturalists. Middle school students interested in getting involved with a free hands-on after school outdoor nature activity, can join this program to explore, improve and learn about the park. The 2010/2011 season will focus on water which will include water cycle games, charting water use, pollution, animals, and aquatic ecosystems. Learn about the lake and wetlands and participate in the service component of the program, earning community service credit, restoring a section of the wetlands. Applications are due Sept. 21. Meet at the VC House at 246th Street and Broadway, and other locations in the park, Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30 to 6 p.m. excluding holidays, Sept. 22 through Nov. 18. For more information, call (718) 601-1553.

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., will host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz who will read from his works and sign books, Oct. 4 at 12:30 p.m., free, in the Lovinger Theatre. For more information, call (718) 960-8556.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, offers free family art projects: Sailing the Sky, to find soaring hawks, followed by making a sailing hawk glider or feathery windsock, Sept. 25 and 26; and Harvest Time Hangings, to gather leaves, cones, pods and seed heads to  weave into a decorative wall hanging, Oct. 2 and 3; both in the Ecology Building from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Raptor Day, on the grounds, Sept. 26, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,  to see live raptor shows, bird walks, talks, discovery tables, birding equipment demonstrations and more. Advance registration is recommended, via phone or online, for Raptors Live!, show featuring hawks, owls and falcons, on the grounds, 11 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2 p.m., free with grounds admission. Guests may reserve a boxed lunch, which replaces regular Sunday brunch, by 4 p.m., Sept. 24 via email to wavehillcafe@greatperformances.com ($10/adults; $7/children), in the Wave Hill House 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grounds admission is free until noon on Tuesdays and Saturdays. For more information or for tickets, call (718) 549-3200 ext. 305 or visit www.wavehill.org.

The public is invited to ride the Oct. 6 free Bronx Culture Trolley, a replica of a 20th-century trolley, which transports visitors on the first Wednesday of every month (except January and September) to Bronx hot spots, all featuring a variety of entertainment options and ends at the Bruckner Bar & Grill for music, food and drink. Trolley night starts with a 5 p.m. reception at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th St.). From there, the trolley departs at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. New attractions are added monthly; admission to most venues is 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. For more information and a detailed schedule, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or log on to www.bronxarts.org.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, located at 1040 Grand Concourse (between 165th and 166th streets), will present Family Program, Sept. 25, 1 to 4 p.m. For more details, call (718) 681-6000 or (212) 946-7111.

Exhibits

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, located at 1040 Grand Concourse (between 165th and 166th streets), will host the Aperture Foundation’s exhibit, Paul Strand: The Mexican Portfolio, through Jan. 2, to commemorate the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence and the centennial of its revolution. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 or (212) 946-7111.

The Bronx Council on the Arts and the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture present Las Casas Revisited, which will have its gala opening, Oct. 6, 5 to 9 p.m. at the Hostos Community College’s Longwood Art Gallery, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street. Festivities include Bomba Dance Workshop and the Bronx Culture Trolley. Rain location for the workshop will be in the Hostos Dance Studio. The closing reception will be held via the Bronx Culture Trolley on Dec. 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. This exhibit will run from Oct. 6 through Dec. 11, Mondays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33.

Lehman College’s Art Gallery at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., hosts two free exhibitions, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Art Department Faculty, through Sept. 30; and Photographing Woodlawn, in collaboration with Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery, through Dec. 15 (reception is Oct. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.). For more information, call (718) 960-8731.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. invites the public to attend the free photo exhibit, “The Bronx: Mi Barrio, Mi Orgullo,” through September, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (718) 590-2509.

The Museum of Bronx History, located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. (at 208th Street), presents Parkchester: City Within a City, through Oct. 3. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

The New York Botanical Garden hosts the Fiesta de Flores y Comida (Festival of Flowers and Food), to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with music, dance lessons, cooking demonstrations, and food and wine tastings, Sept. 25 and 26. For more information, call (718) 817-8700/8747.
n The Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) presents About Me, a group exhibition, through Oct. 9 (at its temporary location at the Bronx Art Space, 305 E. 140th St., #1A, while the center undergoes a two-year renovation.  For more information, call (718) 589-5819 visit www.bronxriverart.org.

Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents the following programs for adults: Movie Matinee: Piñero (2001), Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.; and Meet the Authors: Virginia Sanchez Korrol and Pedro Juan Hernandez, Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, at 285 E. 205th St., hosts Knitting Circle, Sept. 23 and 30 at 3 p.m. for adults; and Learn to Knit, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m., for teens/young adults. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

Jerome Park Library, at 118 Eames Place, presents Cooking, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m.; and Spa-aaah Time, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m.; both for teens/young adults. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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