Onstage

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents Ivo Tirado and the Latin Jazz Element Sextet, Jan. 16 at 2:30 p.m.; and Doo Wop, with the New York Exceptions, Jan. 23 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents the following performances: Ultimate Doo Wop featuring classic hits, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $30 to $45); and Salsa Lebron y La Trompeta de Perico featuring Latin music, Jan 23 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $35 to $50). For more information, call (718) 960-8490/8833.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents chamber music performed by pianist Stewart Goodyear and saxophonist Christopher Sacco, Jan. 24 at 5000 Goodridge Ave. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

Events

The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd., presents the following programs: Music on Film featuring classical music performed by violinist David Oistrakh ($5), Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.; and a book reading (“The Gerbil Farmer’s Daughter”) by author Holly Robinson, Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. For more information, call (718) 548-4445.

The Harlem River Ecology Center, located at the southern end of Roberto Clemente State Park, presents Nature in the Urban Wild, Saturdays from 2 to 3 p.m., featuring live encounters and demonstrations with volunteer environmental educators of the Harlem River, followed by a movie matinee on the river from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The Ectoderms of NY State’s Estuary & Urban Watershed will be featured on Jan. 16, about reptiles that live in and along the Harlem River. For more information, call (347) 224-5687/5828.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, offers two family art projects: Bits of Cloth and Lots of Freedom, to create a colorful fabric vision quilt of your personal dream of freedom, in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jan. 16 and 17; and Collage the Colors of Winter, to create a collage of winter plant materials, Jan. 23 and 24; both in the Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.

The Bronx River Art Center, together with the NYC Department of Transportation, present an abstract wooden art sculpture, Aurora, 14 feet tall, 11 feet wide and 11 feet deep, to be on view for 11 months at the center of West Farms Square Plaza located at the base of the West Farms Square/East Tremont Avenue subway station on the corner of East Tremont Avenue and Boston Road, one block away from BRAC which is located at 1087 E. Tremont Ave. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/urbanart.

Exhibits

The Museum of Bronx History, located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. (at 208th Street), presents The Bronx: Then and Now, a comparison of the Bronx of today with that of the 19th century, via prints and photographs; and Edgar Allan Poe – A Bicentennial Celebration,.to learn about Poe, his life and his time spent in the Bronx; both through April 15. For more information, call the Bronx County Historical Society at (718) 881-8900.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., in partnership with The Bronx Tourism Council, presents Robert Seyffert’s Water Paintings, through the end of March 2010, free, at the BP’s Art Gallery, Bronx County Building, 851 Grand Concourse. For more information, call (718) 590-3989.

Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents the following programs for preschoolers and school-aged children: Preschool Story Time, Jan. 14, 21 and 28 at 11 a.m.; Abracadabra, a magic show, Jan. 16 at 2 p.m.; films, Jan. 20 and 27 at 4 p.m.; and Penguin Book Making, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. Adults can attend Barack Obama: People’s President – The Campaign That Changed History, a special film screening, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, at 285 E. 205th St., hosts Preschool Story Time, Jan. 14 at 10:30 a.m.; and Polar Opposites, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m.; both for preschool and school-aged children. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, at 118 Eames Place, presents Toddler Story Time, Jan. 15 at 11 a.m.; Art, with Jeannette Ornstein, Jan. 19 at 4 p.m.; and Yoga for Parents and Preschoolers, Jan. 22 at 11 a.m.; all for children. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.
                                                                                                  
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