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JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center at 3880 Sedgwick Ave. will host Fiesta Latina: Dinner and Performance by El Duo, on Feb. 11. Dinner, which includes Spanish-style chicken stew, begins at 5:15 p.m., and will be followed by entertainment featuring a variety of Latin music on guitar and bass at 6:15 p.m. Suggested contribution is $4. For more information, call (718) 549-4700.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Baroque Chamber Music, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m., at Fordham University Church, McGinley Center on the school’s campus. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents Orlando Marin Quintet, Feb. 13; and Tony Terrell Caribbean Jazz Quartet, Feb. 20; both 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: Disco Valentine, featuring a variety of performers, Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $35 to $50); Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, featuring Russian classical music, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. (tickets are $15 to $25; $10/ages 12 and under); and Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez, featuring traditional music and dance from Mexico, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. (tickets are $25 to $35; $10/ages 12 and under). For more information, call (718) 960-8490/8833.

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents classical music, performed by the Lehman Chamber Players, Feb. 17 at 12:30 p.m., free, in the Recital Hall, Music Building, 3rd floor. For more information, call (718) 960-8247.

Events

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents Women’s Studies Spring Lecture Series, “To Be Human: Nothing More, Nothing Less,” in Carman Hall, room 221. For more information, call (718) 960-1160.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, offers two family art projects: Hearts and Flowers, to make lacy flower-full Valentine cards, Feb. 13 and 14; and A Desert Under Glass, to paint and sketch the exotic desert dwellers that live in Wave Hill’s Cactus House, Feb. 20 and 21; 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 Friends of Van Cortlandt Park invites the public to: Great Backyard Bird Count in Van Cortlandt Park on Feb. 13. Bring binoculars and field guides if you have them and meet at 10 a.m. at the VC Golf House; enter the park at Bailey Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South. For more information, call (718) 601-1460; and Winter EcoCrafts Workshop on Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Amalgamated Housing Building 9 community room on Gale Place. This free program includes hot chocolate and cookies and creating crafts using natural and recycled materials. For more information, call (718) 601-1553.

The New York Botanical Garden presents Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures, an educational children’s program which complements the upcoming Orchid Show scheduled to begin on Feb. 27. The kiddy program runs from Feb. 6 through April 11 in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden where children learn the plant origins of these two sweet treats, as well as participating in hands-on activities and tastings. For more information and schedules, call (718) 817-8700 or visit www.nybg.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 until June 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.

The Lehman College Art Gallery, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents State of the Dao: Chinese Contemporary Art through May 4. Dao is an ancient Chinese concept meaning ‘way,” “path,” or “natural working of the universe.” A reception will be held on March 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 960-8731.

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, Feb. 11, 18 and 25 at 11 a.m.; Heart Animal Making, Feb. 11 at 4 p.m.; Family Time, Feb. 13 at 11 a.m.; Year of the Tiger, hand puppet show on Feb. 13 at 2 p.m.; films, Feb. 17 and 24 at 4 p.m.; Tacky the Penguin and Other Frosty Tales, Feb. 20 at 2 p.m.; The Peanut Prince: George Washington Carver, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.; and Mystery Masks Making, Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. Teens and young adults can enjoy Night Creatures, Feb. 19 at 6 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 Films, Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m.; and Valentine Crafts, Feb. 12 at 3:30 p.m.; both for children. Adults can attend Arts and Crafts: Knitting, Feb 11, 18 and 25 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, at 118 Eames Place, presents Making Music, Feb. 12 at 11 a.m.; Toddler Story Time, Feb. 19 at 11 a.m.; and Tales With Nzinga, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m.; all for children. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.
                                                                                                  
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