Onstage

• Lehman Stages’ SUMMERWORX Festival will present free family summer events. Next up is Shakespeare’s The Tempest from July 12 to 22 at 8 p.m. at Lehman’s outdoor amphitheatre. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard W. at Goulden Avenue. For more information, call (718) 960-8211/8109.

• Lehman Chamber Wind Ensemble will present classical works at Lehman College’s Lovinger Theatre on June 30 at 4 p.m. The college is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard W. at Goulden Avenue. For more information, call the college’s music department at (718) 960-8247.

• Join the Bronx Arts Ensemble in their Salute to George M. Cohan, a free holiday concert featuring the jazz and Dixieland favorites, on July 4 at 2 p.m. at Van Cortlandt Park’s Rockwood Drive Circle near Broadway and Mosholu Avenue. The event includes music by Cohan, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and others. The rain location is Vladeck Hall in the Amalgamated Houses, corner of Van Cortlandt Park South and Hillman Avenue. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

• Traditional Music and Dance from West Africa comes to the Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, on July 7 at 2:30 p.m. For a more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

• The Bronx River Alliance hosts Arts in the Parks, performances and activities for children at River Park on Thursdays, July 12, 19 and 26. For more information and to register, call (718) 430-4636 or visit www.bronxriver.org.

Events

• Barefoot Dancing in the Bronx includes free dance instruction and live music, with Caribbean, Mexican, Irish, West African and Northern Indian musical groups. It takes place Thursdays, June 28, July 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Van Cortlandt Park’s House Museum lawn. Enter the park at Broadway and West 246th Street. Bring chairs or a blanket. For more information, call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/parks.

• The Bronx River Alliance extends an invitation to enjoy the sunset and the rising full moon from a canoe, on June 29 with the South Bronx Sunset Cruise, followed by music and drinks on the riverbank. Also, on July 7, there’s Paddling: Tidal Paddle, to explore the tidal flats of the Bronx River, and on July 8, Second Sunday Cycling, a gentle-paced, 5-mile bike tour along the Bronx River Greenway. For more information and to register, call (718) 430-4636 or visit www.bronxriver.org.

• June is Rose Month at the New York Botanical Garden, featuring a variety of programs, tours and displays. Also, the Farmers Market continues at the Garden’s Tulip Tree Allée Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Oct. 31. Admission only to Garden grounds is free from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and all day Wednesdays. All other times, grounds admission is $6 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for students with ID and $1 for children ages 2 to 12. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Exhibits

• Thoreau Reconsidered, one installment of an exhibition series that explores 19th century American writing about nature through the lens of contemporary art, features works by artists inspired by Henry David Thoreau, including his observations about light and life at Walden Pond. The exhibit runs through Aug. 26 in Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery and grounds. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

• Caribbean Gardens: Journey to Paradise, celebrating Caribbean flowers and culture, will run through Sept. 16 at the New York Botanical Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. The new buds are accompanied by the Paradise in Print exhibition in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library through Aug. 19. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Learning

• Wave Hill has a little something for everyone: Visit a room-sized camera obscura, then make a take-home version at Projection Magic, one of Wave Hill’s family art projects, on June 30 and July 1. Also, use recycled materials to build a miniature landscape with plastic puppets at A World of Bottles, on July 7 and 8. Both are in Wave Hill’s Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. For adults, there is Summer Songbooks, a series of concerts in July and August. July 8 is a “Dickinson Songbook,” made up of Sunsan Narucki and Michael Boriskin’s performance of Copland’s interpretations of Dickinson’s poems, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Wave Hill House. Tickets are $24 and $15 for members at ext. 385. Also, a workshop called Urban Beekeeping – Summer Hive Inspection invites visitors to don a hat, veil and gloves for a hands-on look inside active honeybee hives on July 14 at 10 a.m. at the Perkins Visitor Center. Registration is required at ext. 305. Cost is $25 and $20 for members.

Wave Hill is at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue in Riverdale. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit wavehill.org.

• The Bronx Library Center has events for all ages:

Children, ages 3 to 12, can see a film on July 11 at 2 p.m., while ages 7 to 12 can attend Fan Making, a crafts workshop (pre-registration is required), on July 12 at 3 p.m. For adults, there’s Crochet Club, a free workshop, on July 6 at 3 p.m. (bring your own materials) and Around the World in 20 Artworks, a slide and lecture by the Museum of Modern Art, on June 30 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.

• Children ages 18 to 36 months have Toddler Time, featuring picture book stories and songs, with a parent or caregiver on July 5 and 19 at 10:30 a.m. Then, children ages 5 to 12 discover the world of Owls and make owl eyeglasses on July 17 at 3 p.m. (pre-registration is required), at the Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

NOTE: Items for consideration should be received in our office by July 2 for the next publication date of July 12.