Editor’s Pick 

Heart Healthy Month 

Mind Builders and Montefiore Medical Center offer free adult classes at Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, 3415 Olinville Ave. (info: (718) 652-6256) as follows:

Feb. 17 and 24 – Salsa from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 17 and 24 – Stretch from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 15 – African/Modern from 7 to 8:15 p.m.
Feb. 21 – Zumba from 7 to 8 p.m.
Feb. 24 – Zumba from 9 to 10 a.m.
Feb. 20 – Yoga & Stress Reduction from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Onstage
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Sonido Costeño Trio in Concert, featuring Latin music, Feb. 17 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org. 

Lehman College, 250 Bedford Pk., Blvd. W. presents free concert featuring the Lehman Chamber Players performing classical music, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. in the Music Building, Recital Hall, 3rd floor. Donations are welcome. For more information, call (718) 960-8833. 

Lehman College, 250 Bedford Pk., Blvd. W. presents Student Play Festival, Feb. 22 to 24 in the Speech and Theatre Building’s Studio Theatre at 7 p.m. Events include six dramatic works. For more information, call (718) 960-8710. 

Lehman College, 250 Bedford Pk., Blvd. W. presents concert which celebrates John Corigliano’s 80th birthday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Music Building, Hearth Room. Tickets are by donation to support the John Corigliano Scholarship Fund. For more information, visit lehman.edu/music or email music.department@lehman.cuny.edu. 

Events
Holy Nativity Church, 3061 Bainbridge Ave. (204th Street), hosts the 40th anniversary of Poetry and Dining, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Events include dinner, drinks, poetry and surprises. Guests may bring poetry to read. Donations are $25. For more information, call (718) 652-5853.

Lehman College, 250 Bedford Pk., Blvd. W. presents Biennial Symposium, Feb. 23 and 24, in the Music Building room 330, featuring Irish language literature and the folklore of Ireland. Tickets are $20; free for students. For more information and program details, contact irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu.

Williamsbridge Oval presents the following free events: Winter Olympics, Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for ages 6 to 13, which include arts and crafts, hockey, mini bobsled, ice skating, and curling (bring your own lunch); and Tiny Prints: Baby and Toddler Program, Mondays 11:15 a.m.to 12:15 p.m. and Fridays 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. For more information, call (718) 543-8672.

BronxWorks presents Dip Against Homelessness, Feb. 17 at 11 a.m. at Orchard Beach. Donations are welcome for this fundraiser. Non-dippers may donate new gloves, socks, hats or scarves at the event or to BronxWorks through Feb. 16. For more information and locations, call (646) 393-4002.

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) presents art workshops at Bronx Community Board 6, 1932 Arthur Ave. (East Tremont Avenue), 4th floor, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (for ages 6 to 12) and 2 to 4 p.m. (for teens and adults), as follows: Cartooning on Feb. 17; and Masks on Feb. 24 ($8/youth; $10/adults; $15/parent/child. Also offered is Cartooning Classes, through March 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. for ages 12 to 18. $65/eight sessions (sign up at Eventbrite.com). For more information, call (718) 589-5819.

Mosholu Montefiore Senior Center, 3450 DeKalb Ave. offers seniors dance workshop, Latin Rhythms, Music and Dances From Around the World, at 10 a.m., Mondays through March: Feb. 26, March 5, 12 and 19. Register in advance or just show up. The course culminates in a revue. For more information, call (718) 798-6601.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Josephine Baker Dances Out the Winter Blues, to make handmade musical instruments and hear storyteller, Feb. 17 and 18; and Exotic Desert Dwellers, to sketch and paint, then make a mirage, Feb. 24 and 25; both from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is concert, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. ($28; $24/members; $12/ages 8 to 18), featuring classical music (info: ext. 251). All events are in the WH House. 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.

Black History Events
The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., presents 50th Anniversary of 1968, featuring the documentary, “MLK: Death in Memphis,” followed by a brief discussion, Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

Bronx County Historical Society presents free lecture, Slave Stories, Our Stories, Feb. 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Ave. (208th Street). Events include discussion and conversation with one of the house slaves who worked in the Valentine-Varian House. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

Senator Jamaal T Bailey and the Tracey Towers Tenant organization present The Power of Voting, Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Tracey Towers’ Community Room A, 40 W. Mosholu Pkwy., So. Events include a discussion on Black Votes Matter and a series of performances celebrating black culture. Breakfast and refreshments will be served. For more information and to RSVP, call (718) 547-8854 or email ngaray@nysenate.gov, by Feb. 23. 

Lehman College, 250 Bedford Pk., Blvd. W. presents free Resistance Beyond Walls and Borders, Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Lovinger Theatre. Events include subjects of mass incarceration, political prisoners and repression, film and panel discussion. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

Bronx Community College, 2155 University Ave. presents free Marvin Horne Jazz Quartet, Feb. 15 from noon to 3 p.m. in the Roscoe C. Brow Playhouse. For more information, call (718) 289-5100.

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Black History Month Celebration, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. Discuss Black history and how to help shape the future. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for adults: Exposing Politics, a play of political acts, Feb. 24 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 children: Crafty Fridays at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), crafts, Feb. 16 and 23; STEM: Kids Science at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), Feb. 20 and 27; and Bilingual Birdies Spanish Series at 11 a.m.: native Spanish speakers play guitar, percussion, and use puppets, Feb. 21. Teens/young adults can enjoy: Craft-eens! at 3:30 p.m.: Crafts on Wednesdays, (all materials are provided), Feb. 21; and film: “The Shack,” Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. Adults can attend: 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 children: film: Feb. 24 at 2 p.m.; and Afternoon Arts: to make a creation to take home, Feb. 26 at 4 p.m.; both for ages 5 to 12. Teens/young adults can attend: We Are the World: Understanding Salsa: presents instruments, music and lyrics, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200. 

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