Onstage

• JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center hosts several programs in May including Israel Independence Day on May 7 at 5:30 p.m., featuring Israeli folksinger and guitarist Tamar Rosenfeld, preceded by a Middle Eastern meal at 4:30 p.m. Also join a Mother’s Day Celebration at the Center on May 16 from 1 to 2 p.m. preceded by lunch at noon. The suggested contribution for each meal is $3. Also scheduled is a trip to Caramoor Center for Music and Arts on May 14 to see “Carmen” and “La Traviata” followed by a picnic on the grounds and a house tour. The fee of $27 includes the bus, lunch, performance and tour. Reserve by May 7. The center is located at 3880 Sedgwick Ave. For more information, call (718) 549-4700.

 

• The Bronx Library Center presents Sonido Costeno Quartet in Concert, May 3 at 2:30 p.m.; Grupo Caribe in Concert, May 10 at 2:30 p.m.; and Mexican Folklore Dance, performed by the Calpulli Mexican Dancers, May 10 at 6 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.

 

• Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W., is host to Natalie Cole on May 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55 to $85. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

 

• The Lehman College and Community Chorus, accompanied by the Lehman Symphony Orchestra, presents its annual Free Spring Concert of classical music, May 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the Lehman Concert Hall. Free tickets will be available at the box office starting at 1 p.m. on performance day. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. For more information and reservations, call 718-960-8247.

 

• The Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra presents a musical, slapstick version of “Sleeping Beauty,” to be held at the New York Botanical Garden’s Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall on May 11 at 1 and 3 p.m., performed by the Children’s Theatre Company at Lehman. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

 

• The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!), located at 841 Barretto St., brings us the Boogie Down Dance Festival beginning May 9, with Made in the Bronx, May 9 at 8 p.m., featuring dancers Bradon McDonald, Nelida Tirado and Jessica Danser. Tickets are $12. For more information, call (718) 842-5223.

 

• The Bronx Opera presents Mozart’s comic operetta, The Impresario, and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, about a clown who discovers his wife’s infidelity, both in English at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W., May 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. For more information, call 718-960-8833.

 

• Wave Hill, located at 675 W. 252nd St., hosts “A Little Romance,” a cabaret performance with Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, on May 4 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Armor Hall. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (718) 549-3200 ext. 385.

Events

• Wave Hill has been designated the Culture Spot for May. Visitors can enjoy two-for-one admissions from Wednesdays to Fridays when they present a special coupon at the front gate. Coupons are available throughout May online at nycvisit.com/culturespot. Wave Hill is located at 675 W. 252nd St. For more information and events, call (718) 549-3200.

 

• A Community Awareness Day Block Party, hosted by PS/MS 20 PTA and 52nd Precinct NYPD Explorers, rocks Mosholu Parkway North between Webster and Decatur avenues, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event features cheerleaders and salsa dancers, raffles, vendors and music. Everyone is welcome.

 

• The Bronx County Historical Society is holding a Book Talk and Signing, May 3 at 1 p.m. at the Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Ave. at 208th Street. Prof. Lloyd Ultan will discuss “Legacy of the Revolution.” Also coming up is a lecture by Dr. Gary Hermalyn at the Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., May 10 at 2:30 p.m., on Edgar Allan Poe at Fordham, about the poet’s life and time in the Bronx. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

Exhibits

• Take a peek into the story of Freedomland – New York City’s Disneyland, through Oct. 19, at the Valentine-Varian House or Museum of Bronx History. The exhibition tells the story of the American History-themed amusement park opened in 1960 on the 205-acre site now home to Bay Plaza and Co-op City. The museum is located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. at East 208th Street. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

 

• Sound the Alarm, an exhibition of photographs, paintings and video of 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.

 

• Inspired by the Feminist Movement, the Bronx Museum of the Arts explores women artists working collectively in new ways 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. His book signing takes place May 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The museum is located at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street and is open Thursday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m. and Friday to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

 

• The New York Botanical Garden’s Everett Children’s Adventure Garden will host Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure, a new interactive children’s exhibit and hands-on program through June 15. Activities include potting a vegetable plant and exploring various bogs. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

• Classical techniques of painting and sculpture twist and turn in a new exhibition at the Bronx River Art Center, featuring the works of New York artists Benjamin Entner and Omar Chacón, curated by José Ruiz. It opens May 2 with a free reception from 6 to 9 p.m. where the artists will be present. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 3 to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.bronxriverart.org.

Learning

• The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

For babies and toddlers, there is Baby and Me Lapsit, May 10 at 11 a.m. For children, there are films on May 7 and 14 at 4 p.m. Also, for school-aged children, there is Songs from the Old School, May 3 at 2 p.m.; Dive to the Deep, May 5 at 4 p.m.; Mother’s Day Card Making, May 8 at 4 p.m.; Big Daddy Z and the Greeks, May 10 at 2 p.m.; Gustafer Yellowgold, May 11 at 2 p.m.; and Multicultural Stories from Around the World, May 12 at 4 p.m.
Young adults can Play Chess! in a workshop with Ramon A. Hernandez on May 5 and 12 at 4 p.m.; attend Music Discovery: Get an Earful!, May 2 at 4 p.m.; and participate in Beautiful Words, Beautiful Writing, to learn calligraphy on May 7 at 4 p.m.
For adults, there is Citizenship Preparation, free class Part 1 on May 10 at 10 a.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 YTWL: You Talk! We Listen, for young adults, May 7 and 14 at 4 p.m. Babies and toddlers can attend Toddler Time, May 1 at 10:30 a.m. School-aged children can enjoy Space Oddities: The Moon, May 6 and 13 at 4 p.m. The library is located at 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

 

• The Jerome Park Library at 118 Eames Place, hosts Mighty Action Racket Theatre Workshop, for school-aged children, May 6 at 4:30 p.m. For more information and to confirm, call (718) 549-5200.

A HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL OUR MOM READERS!

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