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•  The Bronx Library Center hosts Latin Jazz with the Ray Mantilla Quintet, Jan. 26 at 2:30 p.m.; and Traditional Music and Dance from West Africa, Feb. 2 at 2:30 p.m. The Center is located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

•   Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts presents African Footprint, song and dance from South Africa, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. Tickets are from $20 to $35 ($10 for children 12 and under). Also at the Center is Willie Rosario y Su Orquesta, and other performers, featuring salsa, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets are from $40 to $55. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

                  
Exhibits

•  Beat the winter blues with Ornamental Instincts, installations that decorate interiors with shapes and patterns inspired by nature. It runs through Feb. 10 at the Wave Hill House, which is located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.

 

•  The Bronx Museum of the Arts hosts Quisqueya Henríquez: Outside Traditional Art in the artist’s first major appearance in the United States, through Jan. 27. The exhibition is a selection of her work examining the sensory qualities of urban life, including a daily visual dispatch from Santo Domingo, where she currently lives. The museum, located at 1040 Grand Concourse at West 165th Street, is open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m., except for Friday, when it is open until 8 p.m. Suggested admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors and is free on Fridays for members and for children under 12. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 or visit www.bronxmuseum.org.

 

•  Material Culture is at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street, through Feb. 7. The artists in this exhibition present works in a selection of wood, clay, metal, glass, fiber works and mixed media art, rather than simply paint and canvas. For more information, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 21 or (718) 518-6728.

 

•  Beauty Is in the Street, the latest exhibition at the Bronx River Art Center, runs for the rest of January. A group of historic posters of the Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara, along with specially commissioned works by contemporary artists and designers, explore the effects of design and reproduction on the socio-political messages Guevara’s image originally communicated. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 3 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 1087 E. Tremont Ave. For more information, call (718) 589-5819.

Events

•  JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center will host a tour, Gilded Lion and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel, at the American Folk Art Museum on Feb. 7. Meet at the Center, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., at 10:30 a.m. A $17 fee covers the bus, tour and lunch. For more information, call Sharon at (718) 549-4700 to reserve by Jan. 31.

•   The Bronx Culture Trolley, a replica of a 20th-century trolley, transports visitors to Bronx hot spots on the first Wednesday of every month. This month, on Feb. 6, includes stops at the Bronx Museum of the Arts for a Born in the Bronx Book Signing Party; the Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance for a presentation by Arthur Aviles and a screening of Dance Films; ICP at The Point for I Love the Bronx, a photographic exhibition by Bronx youth; ending at J. Maxson’s Bar and Grill for food, drink and jazz by the Ethereal Jazz Quartet. The trolley departs from Hostos Art Gallery, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street, at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. The ride and events are free. For more information call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or visit www.bronxarts.org.

Learning

•  The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

For children, there’s a video on Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. Also, for school-aged children, there’s Stories of Heroes, Jan. 28 at 4 p.m., and Pig Book Making, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m.
Young adults can Play Chess! in a workshop with Ramon A. Hernandez on Feb. 4 at 4 p.m.
The Center is located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

•  The Mosholu Library presents Toddler Time, for babies, toddlers, and children, Feb. 7 at 10:30 a.m. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

 

•  The Jerome Park Library presents Perfectly Penguin, for school-aged children, Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. The library is located at 118 Eames Place. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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