Editor’s Pick 

Free Fitness for Seniors
City Parks Foundation offers free seniors fitness classes including yoga and fitness walking through Oct. 30, at Van Cortlandt Park’s Woodlawn Tennis Courts, Jerome Avenue and East 233rd Street. Walking schedule is Tuesdays and Thursdays and yoga schedule is Mondays and Wednesdays; both at 9 am. For more information, call (718) 760-6999.

 

Onstage
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Rd., Pelham Bay, presents Eugene Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble performing multicultural jazz on Oct. 2 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 885-1461. 

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Sonido Costeño Trio in Concert, performing Latin music, Oct. 10 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Events

Actor, Bronxite and celebrity Chazz Palminteri, will be making an appearance as part of the promotion for the brand new, first-of-its-kind 100 percent Sicilian vodka to hit the U.S.: BiVi Sicilian Vodka! Chazz will be there from 1-3PM Oct. 3 at Stew Leonard’s Wines, 1 Stew Leonard Drive, Yonkers, NY.

 

 

The Woodlawn Conservancy invites the public to visit Woodlawn Cemetery on its 2nd Sunday Tours, a tour each second Sunday of the month at 2 p.m., to visit landmarks of celebrated individuals. Learn about the history and step inside several notable mausoleums. For more information, call (718) 920-1469.

Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse (165th Street), presents free First Friday, Oct. 2, 6 to 10 p.m. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Magical Wands and Fairy Houses, to make a ribboned wand and a fairy dwelling, and enjoy the New Thread Quartet, Oct. 3 and 4; and Sailing the Sky, to make a sailing hawk glider, Oct. 10 and 11; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is Falconry Presentation: Skyhunters in Flight: to watch hawks, falcons and owls, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m., on the grounds. 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 Oct. 7. 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.

Exhibits
Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse (165th Street), presents Presente! The Young Lords in New York, a radical social activist group founded by Puerto Rican youth in the 1960s, on view through Oct. 15. For more information, call (718) 681-6000. 

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following events for adults: Microsoft Word 2010 for Beginners: Oct. 1 at 6 p.m.; Computer Basics: Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.; and Internet for Beginners: Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. (all require in-person advance registration); and film: “Gandhi,” Oct. 3 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., offers for adults: Knitting Circle at 3 p.m.; and Free Computer Classes: to learn email and basic computer information, Wednesdays, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road), offers for kids: Afternoon Arts: (ages 5 to 12), to learn about art, then create a piece, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m.; Kids Get Active Fridays at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), dance and zumba, Oct. 2 and 9; and Music and Movement Story Time: (ages 18 to 36 months) to learn with music, dancing, singing and stories, Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. Teens/young adults can enjoy Art Club: to draw and paint with materials provided, Oct. 6 at 4:30 p.m. Adults can attend Computer Basics at noon: Oct. 1, 8 and 15. For more information, call (718) 549-5200. 

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