Onstage

 

• The Mosholu Library, at 285 E. 205th St., hosts A Celebration of Polynesian Dance & Music featuring The Aloha Iolani Dance Troupe, Aug. 23 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

 

• The Bronx Library Center hosts A Musical Tribute to Jazz Vocalist Johnny Hartman by Cody Childs, Aug. 23 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.

 

• The New York Botanical Garden presents an outdoor concert to complement its Henry Moore exhibition, featuring jazz musicians The David Grossman Ensemble, in the Leon Levy Visitor Center, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

Events

 

• Revolution!, the new rock ‘n roll dance party, will take place at Bruckner Bar & Gallery, 1 Bruckner Blvd. at the corner of Third Avenue under the Third Avenue Bridge, Aug. 22 starting at 10 p.m., for ages 21 and up. Cost is $7 or $5 with flyer, or rsvp on www.going.com. Events include live music, art, nightlife, and DJs. For more information, call (917) 804-3541.

 

• JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center is taking several trips next month. Sept. 9 is Empire City Casino; Sept. 11 is Cross County Mall; and Sept. 23 is the Poe Park Farmers Market. Meet at the Center at 3880 Sedgwick Ave. Call Maritiza at (718) 549-4700 to reserve, or for information on other events.

 

• Wave Hill offers up two family art projects, Shades of Summer, to create custom-made colored sunglasses, Aug. 23 to 24, and another on Aug. 30 to 31, to be announced, both in the Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. On Labor Day, there will be tours called “In Response: Summer Projects,” on the last day of their exhibition. Tours are also given every Thursday at noon and Saturday at 2:15 p.m. Wave Hill is located at 675 W. 252nd St. For more information, call (718) 549-3200.

 

• The New York Botanical Garden’s Tulip Tree Allee hosts its Farmers Market, Wednesdays through Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It offers seasonal produce, home-baked goods and natural products from New York State farmers and merchants. There will be free demonstrations and educational and fun programs from noon to 2 p.m. on the first and last Wednesday of each month. The Garden is located at Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

Exhibits

 

• The Bronx Library Center hosts an exhibit of photographs by Arlette Landestoy called Weekend Visitors to Inwood Park Hill (The Dominican People), presented by En Foco, through Oct. 31. The Center is located at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

 

• Darcy Dahl’s installation piece Insula has the gallery glowing in light and color, through Sept. 13 at the Bronx Museum’s Project Space. It takes drawings, paintings and projections and transforms the space, inspired by the insula, or part of the brain which translates objective physiological states into subjective emotional experiences. It’s at 11 Bruckner Blvd. at the corner of Lincoln Avenue, Saturdays 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment at (718) 681-6000.

 

• 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.

 

• The New York Botanical Garden presents Moore in America, featuring approximately 20 pieces of installation pieces by Henry Moore, through Nov. 2, running concurrently with “The Art of Henry Moore,” documentary film Fridays to Sundays at noon and 2 p.m. in the Arthur and Janet Ross Lecture Hall. Children can create works of art, including a collage and clay sculptures, in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, Tuesdays through Fridays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Also visit The Heirloom Tomato, a photographic exhibit of tomato varieties by Victor Schrager, through Aug. 30 in the Arthur and Janet Ross Gallery. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

 

• Live and Active, a group exhibition exploring friction between states, psychologies and ideologies, will be held at the Bronx River Art Center at 1087 E. Tremont Ave. through Aug. 23. The exhibit includes the work of artists Tom Bogaert, Hasan Elahi, Jessica Feldman and John Movius. Summer gallery hours are 2 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call (718) 589-5819 or visit www.bronxriverart.org.

 

Learning

The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

• For children and preschoolers, there are films, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m.; Big Jeff Music, Aug. 22 at noon, and Preschool Romp, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m.

• Also, for school-aged children, there is Friendly Critter Magnets, Aug. 21 at 3 p.m.; The Princess Who Escaped From Pirates, Aug. 22 at 2 p.m.; Presley and Melody, Aug. 22 at 4 p.m.; Jeremy’s Jungle Adventure, Aug. 23 at 2 p.m.; and Tissue Paper Mosaic, Aug. 28 at 3 p.m.

• Young adults can attend Fierce and Fabulous: Fashion Design, Aug. 21 and 28 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 Tales for the Teeny Tiny, Aug. 21 at 10:30 a.m., and The Art of Mime, Aug. 22 at 2 p.m., both for young children. Also, there’s Magic With Bob Friedhoffer, Aug. 23 at 3 p.m. for young adults. 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 Arts and Crafts, Aug. 25 at 3 p.m. and Sept. 5 at 3:30 p.m.; How the Elephant Got Its Trunk, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m.; and Presley and Melody, Aug. 21 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

 

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