Onstage

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, hosts the Sonido Costeno Band, March 13 at 2:30 p.m.; and Indian Diva Falu, presented by the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series, March 20 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W, presents the following free programs: The Lehman Chamber Players will perform classical music in the Recital Hall, Music Building, 3rd floor, March 14 at 2 p.m.; The Lehman Percussion Ensemble and the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin will perform in the Studio Theatre on March 18 at noon; and musicians will perform chamber music, March 21 at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Music Building, 3rd floor. For more information, call (718) 960-8247.

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD), located at 841 Baretto St., presents its annual festival featuring women artists: Antonia Pantoja: Presente!, a screening, on March 11 at 8 p.m. (free); Sharon Bridgforth, reading from her poetry, March 12 at 8 p.m. ($10); Documentary featuring dance history of Trinidad and Tobago, March 13 at 8 p.m. (free); Freda Rosen Live, brunch celebrating this Bronx activist who was pivotal in the creation and development of BAAD, March 14 at 1 p.m. ($7 suggested donation); Some Very Good Years, a dance program, March 19 at 8 p.m. and March 21 at 5 p.m. ($15); and Uplifted!: BAADass Woman 2010 Dance Concert, featuring various artists, March 20 at 8 p.m. ($20). BAAD also offers classes in yoga, drumming, and dance. For more information, to reserve, or for a class schedule, call (718) 842-5223.

Events

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd W., presents the following free lectures: “Reading Feminist, Reading Black: The Black Female Detective,” March 17 at 12:30 p.m. in Carman Hall, room 221 (for more information, call (718) 960-1160); and “Religious Freedom,” March 25 at 11 a.m. in the Lovinger Theatre (for more information, call (718) 960-8766).

The New York Botanical Garden is currently hosting Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures, an educational children’s program which takes place 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. This program complements the Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower. The flower show features plants of Old Havana and the Cuban countryside, and on weekends during the exhibition, there will be home gardening demonstrations and Q&A with experts. Both programs run through April 11. 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.

Save the date:?The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park presents its Hike-a-Thon on Saturday, May 1, to raise funds for restoration of the park’s hiking trails. Registration deadline is April 7. For more information, call (718)?601-1460 or visit www.vancortlandt.org.

Exhibits

Bronx Community College, located at 2155 University Ave. (West 181st Street), presents Women: At the Table, Off the Wall, Every Day, through April 21 at the Hall of Fame Gallery in Bliss Hall. An artist reception will be held March 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call (718) 289-5208.

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 two free exhibits: State of the Dao: Chinese Contemporary Art – Dao is an ancient Chinese concept meaning ‘way,” “path,” or “natural working of the universe”; and Nature, Once Removed: Flora and Fauna in Contemporary Drawing, featuring work of 20 artists of animals, plants, and landscapes. Both exhibits run through May 4, and a reception will be held on March 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information and a schedule, call (718) 960-8731.

The Bronx Council on the Arts, located at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), hosts three exhibitions through May 7: In the City: Memory, Places and Spaces, which includes works on migration and urban planning; Transmit-Transit: Hatuey Ramos-Fermin @ The Project Room, featuring traveling in the city and ethnic diversity; and Impractical Hats: Indie Crafts Reinvent Everyday Gear, featuring construction of hats in unorthodox ways. For more information, call (718) 931-9500.
Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents the following programs for preschoolers and school-aged children: Toddler Story Time, March 17 and 24 at 11 a.m.; Preschool Story Time, March 11, 18 and 25 at 11 a.m.; Family Time, March 13 at 11 a.m.; Be Tobacco Free, March 13 at 2 p.m.; films, March 17 and 24 at 4 p.m.; and Straight Caterpillar Making, March 25 at 4 p.m. For teens and young adults, there is Crafternoons, March 12 at 3:30 p.m.; and conVERSEing, March 15 and 22 at 3:30 p.m. All ages can enjoy the movie, “Capturing the Friedmans,” March 17 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 Films, March 11 at 10:30 a.m. for children. Adults can attend Knitting Circle, March 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, March 12 at 11 a.m.; and Toddler Story Time, March 19 at 11 a.m.; both for children. For teens and young adults, there is Crafternoons, March 11 and 18 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 14 at 2 a.m. Turn clocks ahead one hour.
                                            
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