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Celebrating Black History Month at Bronx Library Center

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following programs in celebration of Black History Month. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org. 

Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. – Panel discussion of African-American Women Entrepreneurs & Innovators Making a Difference in the Bronx, presented by the Bronx Women’s Business Resource Center. Among the panelists will be Marcia Cameron, deputy director of the Mosholu Preservation Corporation, which publishes the Norwood News.

Feb. 28 – Harlem Remembered: Plays, poems and songs from the Harlem Renaissance by Xoregos Performing Company, at 2:30 p.m.; and Bronx Literary Festival, at 5:30 p.m.

Onstage

• Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Tango Buenos Aires, Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. (tickets are $25 to $35). For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

Events

• The Williamsbridge Oval offers free activities including Tiny Prints (ages 5 and younger) featuring play, yoga and art; Shape Up Family Fitness, featuring aerobics; and Family Fun Night, featuring use of game room and arts and crafts. For more information and a detailed schedule, call (718) 543-8672.

• Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Arts Projects: A Desert Under Glass, to visit the Cactus and Succulent House in the Marco Polo Stufano Conservatory, sketch and paint the desert dwellers, then make a desert mirage, Feb. 22; and Give the Winter Bird a Home and a Feeder, to learn how birds survive the winter, and make a home or feeder with recycled materials, Feb. 28 and March 1; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also featured are two concerts at 2 p.m. in the WH House: Zodiac Trio, featuring contemporary and traditional music, Feb. 22; and Composer/Pianist Michael Brown, performing classical music, March 1 (tickets for each are $28; $15/ages 8 to 18; $22/member; $12/member child; registration is required at www.wavehill.org or at the Perkins Visitor Center). Grounds admission is free until noon Saturdays and Tuesdays all year. For more information and a schedule of events including tours and walks, call (718) 549-3200.
• The public is invited to ride the free Bronx Culture Trolley, which transports visitors on the first Wednesday of every month (except January and September), to free Bronx hot spots. 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. Next ride is on March 4. 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.

Library Events

• The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for children: Preschool Story Time at 11 a.m.: (ages 3 to 5 years); and Toddler Play Time at noon: (ages 18 to 36 months); both on Feb. 26 and March 5; Hands-On Projects: (ages 7 to 12); Ship Book Making: Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.; and Pot of Gold Making: March 5 at 4 p.m.; and film: Feb. 22 at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

• The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205^th St., offers for children: Toddler Story Time at 10:30 a.m.: (ages 18 to 36 months), stories, songs, and rhymes, Feb. 26; and Winter With Bilingual Birdies: Spanish: (ages from birth to 12 years), live music, dance parties, and theatre-based games (instruments are provided), March 3 at 11 a.m. For teens/young adults, there is film: “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Feb. 28 at 1:30 p.m. Adults can enjoy Jewelry Club at 11 a.m.: bring your own materials to create original jewelry, Feb. 19 and 26; and Knitting Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882- 8239.

• The Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road), offers for kids: Toddler Time: (ages 18 to 36 months), stories, songs and nursery rhymes, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. (call to confirm); Kids Get Active: (ages 5 to 12), dance and zumba, Feb. 27 at 4 p.m.; and Kids’ Pajama Party: (ages 18 months to 12 years), crafts and read-alouds, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. For teens/young adults, there is Beautiful

Words, Beautiful Writing: Learn and use calligraphy (material provided), Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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