Onstage

• JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center hosts filmmaker and cellist Biana Kovic’s independent film Virtuoso, March 27 at 11:15 a.m., about 89-year-old Matty Kahn who learns to play the cello for the first time. Also, Broadway and Night Club Sounds of New York, with singer and pianist Tom Smith is scheduled for April 10 at 1 p.m., preceded by lunch at noon for a $3 donation. The center is located at 3880 Sedgwick Ave. For more information, call (718) 549-4700.

 

• The Bronx Library Center presents Orlando Marin Quintet in Concert, March 22 at 2:30 p.m., and Praise: A Gospel Inspired Ballet, performed by the Contemporary Ballet Theatre, March 29 at 2:30 p.m. The Center is located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Road off Fordham Road. For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

 

• The Mosholu Library, located at 285 E. 205th St., presents Silk and Sword by the Red Silk Dancers, April 5 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

 

• Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre, located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W., hosts A Morning with FDR, performed by actor Jonah Triebwasser, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, reenacting famous episodes of his presidency. It’s free and on March 26 at 11 a.m. For more information, call (718) 960-8975.

 

• Mozart’s Requiem and Poulenc’s Gloria, will be presented, free, by the Fordham University Choir and the Bronx Arts Ensemble, April 6 at 3 p.m., in the Fordham University Church. For more information, call 718-817-4504.

• Bronx Arts Ensemble is sponsoring Babar the Elephant – and his journey from baby to king of the jungle – at New York Botanical Garden’s Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall, March 23 at 1 and 3 p.m. For more information and tickets, call (718) 601-7399.

Events

• Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre, located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W., hosts Inviting Popular Culture into Literacy Instruction, a free lecture on the widening gap between traditional in-school literary practices, like reading and writing, and growing extracurricular literacy practices, like e-mail and instant messaging, March 26 at 4:30 p.m. Reservations are required. For more information, call (718) 960-8307.

 

• Lehman College’s Music Department will host its Seventh Annual Jerome G. Sala Wind Competition, March 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. and March 29 from noon to 4 p.m. It will be held in room 306 of Lehman’s Music Building. High school seniors who can play a wind band or mallet percussion instrument may bring along an accompanist, and will be judged on technical skill and artistic presentation. First prize is a $500 scholarship. Lehman is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. For more information, call (718) 960-8247 or contact music.department@lehman.cuny.edu.

 

• The New York Botanical Garden presents Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures for children in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden through April 6, weekdays 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Kids learn about the origins of vanilla; examine vanilla beans with hand lenses and microscopes; observe live vanilla orchids; and grind, examine and taste chocolate seeds, culminating in vanilla and hot chocolate tasting. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

• The Museum of Bronx History, located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. at East 208th Street, holds a Book Talk and Signing on March 29 at 1 p.m. on “The Study and Writing of History” by Dr. Gary Hermalyn. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

 

• The Bronx Culture Trolley, a replica of a 20th-century trolley, transports visitors to Bronx hot spots on the first Wednesday of every month (except January and September). The next trip is on April 2. A reception is held at the Hostos Art Gallery, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street) at 5 p.m., followed by three trolley departures at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. The ride and all events are free. 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, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or visit to www.bronxarts.org to confirm.

Exhibits

• The New York Botanical Garden hosts The Orchid Show through April 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and in the Orchid Rotunda on the first floor of the Library building. Docent-led tours are available. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

• Sound the Alarm, an exhibition of photographs, paintings and video that reveal landscapes in distress, runs through June 1 at Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. Admission is free to members and children under 6, and free all day Tuesdays and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.

 

• See the Bronx from the perspective of Hunts Point photographers ages 9 to 19, with 35 black and white photos on view as part of I Love the Bronx, until May – just one of many rotating exhibitions at The Point, located at 940 Garrison Ave. at Manida Street. For more information, call (718) 542-4149.

 

• The Bronx River Art Center, located at 1087 E. Tremont Ave., presents Trappings: Stories of Women, Power and Clothing, through April 12. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (718) 589-5819.

 

• Inspired by the Feminist Movement, the new exhibit at the Bronx Museum of the Arts explores women artists working collectively in new ways to engage communities and address social issues in Making It Together: Women’s Collaborative Art and Community through Aug. 4. Also on view at the museum is Teen Council Presents: Jamel Shabazz through July 27 in the North Wing. The museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse and is open Thursday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m.; Friday to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

Learning

• The Bronx Library Center located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd.has events for all ages:

Babies, toddlers and children can enjoy Preschool Stories, April 3 at 11 a.m. For children, there are video screenings on March 26 and April 2 at 4 p.m. Also, for school-aged children, there is Picture Frame Making, March 27 at 4 p.m.; Little Red Riding Hood, March 29 at 2 p.m.; and Reading Aloud, April 1 at 4 p.m.
Young adults can Play Chess! in a workshop with Ramon A. Hernandez on March 24 and 31 at 4 p.m.; attend Bring That Beat Back! with Urban Word NYC, March 26 at 4 p.m.; and participate in Game On: B-Balling NBA 2K8 Tournament, March 24 and 31 at 4 p.m., and Game On, March 25 and April 1 at 4 p.m.
For a detailed schedule, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

• The Mosholu Library presents YTWL: You Talk! We Listen, for young adults, March 26 and April 2 at 4 p.m. Also for young adults is Action Racket Theatre Lab, April 2 at 4 p.m. Younger children can enjoy Toddler Time April 3 at 10:30 a.m. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OUR CHRISTIAN READERS!

NOTE: Items for consideration should be received in our office by March 24 for the next publication date of April 3.