The new playground in Van Cortlandt Park has its roots in the volunteer activities of Norwood resident Ora Holloway (pictured here building the Saturn Playground in 1996) and her neighbors.

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After several false starts, the historic Loew’s Paradise Theater has a new name and a new life under the administration of Utopia Studios, a company headed by developer Joe Gentile and his wife, the actress Cathy Moriarty-Gentile.

St. Brendan’s Flea MarketA flea market will be held in the yard at St. Brendan’s at Gun Hill Road and Bainbridge Avenue, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through mid-August. Computer Training at BCCBronx Community College’s displaced homemaker program is offering a basic/intermediate level Microsoft Word and Internet training at BCC, West 181st Street and University Avenue. Classes are free and scheduled to run from July 16 to Aug. 9 and Aug. 20 to Sept. 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 2 to 5 p.m. Students must be fluent in English, read at a fifth

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Following a string of missteps, including five contractor defaults since 2003, the St. James Park House, including all the surrounding paths and garden beds, is finally completed and ready for inspection, Parks Department officials said.

The money was imaginary, but the lessons were real for the students at St. Brendan School who participated in the Stock Market Game this spring. The Norwood school had 65 teams of three competing with over 750 other teams in the region and boasted several teams who were at the top of their divisions.

On the last day of school at St. Philip Neri, art teacher Eveline Suarez happily paraded around the heavily-decorated hallways of her building and pointed out all the beautiful artwork her students had produced over the course of the year.

In its final days of this summer’s annual outdoor performances, the New York Philharmonic comes to the Bronx’ Van Cortlandt Park on Monday, July 16 at 8 p.m. The concert includes “Le Corsaire Overture” by Berlioz, Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto” and Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 6, Pathetique,” followed by a fireworks display. Enter the park on Broadway near 251st Street. For more information, call (212) 875-5709 or visit http://nyphil.org.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble highlights the Latin flavor of the Bronx in the next two free performances of their summer concert series.

The incumbent at the top of the ticket won, but it was an evening of change nonetheless at Community Board 7. The veteran district manager, Rita Kessler, announced her resignation and Greg Faulkner, who became chairman two years ago after former chair Nora Feury resigned from the position just weeks before the election, defeated longtime board member Don Bluestone by an unofficial vote of 25-9 (official counts are not publicized).