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Weekend Walks in Norwood

East 204th Street and Bainbridge Avenue Merchants Association presents two free Weekend Walks, featuring family friendly activities.from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. along East 204th Street between Bainbridge and Decatur avenues. Sept. 29 events include Youth Expo “Anti Bullying & Literacy Programs” from noon to 4 p.m., and Oct. 6 events include Octoberfest “Food, Wine & Beer Festival” from 3 to 7 p.m. Streets will be closed to traffic. For more information, call (917) 640-1003.

Onstage
Lehman College for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd., W., presents Latin artist Olga Tañón, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. (tickets: $25 to $85; $100/VIP includes pre-concert reception at 6:30 p.m.); and Compañia Flamenca, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m. (tickets: $25 to $45; $10/ages 12 and under). For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

Events
The Jerome Gun Hill BID presents Community Cleanup Day, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All ages welcome; cleaning supplies provided by DSNY. Meet at Jerome Avenue and East Mosholu Parkway North at 10 a.m. For more information, call (718) 324-4946.

The New York Botanical Garden presents Spooky Pumpkin Garden, a Halloween makeover of the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, through Oct. 31. Included are huge scarecrows, pumpkins, hand-puppet show at the Pumpkin Puppet Theatre, and live snakes and lizards. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

The Bronx Zoo presents Boo at the Zoo, weekends, Sept. 29 through Oct. 28 and Columbus Day, Oct. 8. Events include magic shows, costume parades, professional pumpkin carving demos, crafts, and the extinct animal graveyard. Bootoberfest returns with music, lawn games, haunted pirate hayride, and more. Most activities are included in the price of a general admission ticket; all activities are included with the purchase of a total experience ticket. For more information, cost, and a full schedule, visit www.BronxZoo.com/boo-at-the-zoo.

The New York Botanical Garden’s Farmers Market is scheduled to be held Wednesdays through Oct. 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., just inside the Mosholu entrance and across the street from the Botanical Garden station of the Metro North commuter railroad. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Friends of Van Cortlandt Park presents Hike-toberfest, Sept 29 in VC Park. Hikes are guided and begin at 2 p.m. Options are 4- to 5-mile hike throughout the park or a 2-mile leisurely nature or history hike. Participants will receive a giveaway. Fundraiser is from 4 to 7 p.m. Attendees will receive a souvenir mug, eat German food and drink beer. For more information and tickets, call (718) 430-1890.

Lehman College’s School of Arts & Humanities, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Young Puerto Rican Filmmakers, free, Oct. 4 at 12:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre in the Speech ad Theatre Building. Events include short films, music videos and Q&A. For more information, call (718) 960-8556.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Tiny Terrariums, to create mini terrarium in a recycled glass, add sand, tiny rocks and natural materials, Sept. 29 and 30; and Raptors Take Flight, to make raptor puppet or windsock, Oct. 6 and 7, both in the WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is Falconry Presentation: Skyhunters in Flight, live bird presentation including hawks, falcons and owls, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m., on the grounds. Grounds admission is free until noon Tuesdays and Saturdays all year. For more information and a schedule of events including tours and walks, call (718) 549-3200.

Bronx photographer Walter Pofeldt and his daughter Eileen present “Kenya and Tanzania in Focus” through Dec. 16 at Metropolitan College, 60 West St., on the sixth and seventh floors, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during normal business days. For more information, email pofeldtww@gmail.com.

Exhibits
The Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Ave. (208th Street), presents Bronx Expo – The Starlight Park Story, through Sept. 30; Women’s Suffrage and New York City: A Centennial Celebration, through April 11, 2019; and His Muse: The Women of Edgar Allan Poe’s Life, Oct. 4 through April 7, 2019. Opening reception is free on Oct. 4 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

Derfner Judaica Museum at Hebrew Home at Riverdale, 5901 Palisade Ave., presents Swords Into Ploughshares, free sculpture exhibit by Jay Moss, through Oct. 7, in the Pauline and William Goldfine Pavilion Lobby Gallery. For more information and to RSVP, call (718) 581-1596 or visit art@hebrewhome.org. Photo ID required for admission.

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC), 1087 E. Tremont Ave., presents River Rising, through June 30, 2019, featuring an exposition of science, art and technology, located in Starlight Park. For more information, call (718) 589-5819.

Library Events
Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for teens/young adults: film: movie screening, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. Adults can enjoy film: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Sept. 29 at 2:30 p.m. Children can attend Arts and Crafts: (ages 5 to 12), hands-on projects, Sept. 30 at 3:30 p.m. (preregistration required). For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., offers for children: Crafty Fridays: (ages 5 to 12), crafts, Sept. 28 at 3 p.m. Adults can attend Knitting Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road, offers for adults: Computer Basics at noon: Oct. 4 and 11. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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