Onstage

The New York Opera Forum presents Das Rheingold by Vaughner at Fordham Evangelical Lutheran Church at 2430 Walton Ave. on April 16 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5. For more information, call (718) 367-8330.

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents Klezmer Conservatory Band on April 11 at 3 p.m. (tickets are $15 to $25; $10 for ages 12 and under); Gotta Get a Gimmick, featuring Quinn Lemley performing numbers from burlesque to Broadway, April 17 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $25 to $35). For more information, call (718) 960-8490/8833.

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W. presents the following: Chamber Music, performed by musicians on April 11, and Lehman Woodwind Quintet, featuring classical music, April 25, both at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall, 3rd floor, Music Building; Lehman Jazz Combos, April 18 at 2 p.m., and A Celebration of Poetry Month, April 15 at 12:30 p.m., both in the Studio Theatre; and Dance in the Bronx, April 22 at 12:30 p.m. in the Lovinger Theatre; all free. For more information, call (718) 960-8247/8715.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Romantic Chamber Music at Fordham University Church on April 8 at 1 p.m. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, hosts Puerto Rican, Cuban and Dominican Folkloric Music, by Cuatrísimo, April 10 at 2:30 p.m.; and Marimba Maya Quetzal in Concert, April 17 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

Events

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture at 450 Grand Concourse (149th Street) will host The Afro-Latino Experience, April 8 at 5:30 p.m. Young Latinos will discuss relieving racial conflicts in our communities. For more information, call (718) 518-6700.

The Bronx Museum, located at 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street), presents First Fridays! Cubanísimo!, short films, live bands, and DJs celebrating the arts and music of Cuba, April 9 from 6 to 10 p.m., free, in the North Building, 2nd floor. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

The Woodlawn Cemetery, located at the corner of Bainbridge and Jerome avenues, presents Discovering Woodlawn, a 1.5-mile walking tour including stories of the lives of those buried there ($10; $5/seniors/students, free/children under 6), April 18 at 2 p.m. Meet at the Jerome Avenue entrance. For more information, call The Friends of Woodlawn at (718) 920-1470.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, offers two family art projects: My Green Heaven, to paint and create a collage, April 10 and 11; and Forms in Clay, to sketch and shape blossoms in clay and pot them up, April 17 and 18, both in the Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.

Exhibits

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, located at 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street, North Building entrance), presents two civil rights exhibitions through the works of young African-American artists: “Road to Freedom” featuring 150 vintage photographs showing acts of discrimination and moments of unity among its citizens between 1956 and 1968; and “After 1968” showing the civil rights legacy. The exhibition runs through Aug. 11. The public is invited to workshops and guided tours including hands-on activities, free, April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m., in the North Building, 2nd floor. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

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. 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. The museum will also host Parkchester: City Within a City, April 16 through Oct. 3. The public is invited to an opening reception on April 16 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. For more information and to RSVP, call the Bronx County Historical Society at (718) 881-8900.

Lehman College at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E. hosts traveling exhibit, “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” in the Leonard Lief Library, through April 30. Complementing this exhibit are several free programs. For more information, call (718) 960-8577/8715.

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