Onstage

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. E., presents Legends of Salsa 3, featuring salsa greats and Jimmy Delgado’s Orchestra, April 24 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $40 to $55); and The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion, featuring magicians, April 25 at 4 p.m. (tickets are $15 to $25; $10 for ages 12 and under). For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Chamber Music at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Road, April 25 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, hosts Mariachi Real de Mexico, April 24 at 2:30 p.m.; and Silk and Swords, by the Chinese Red Silk Dancers, May 1 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Bronx Museum, located at 1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street), presents First Fridays! And the Beat Goes On!, featuring jazz pianist Dr. Valerie Capers, May 7 from 6 to 10 p.m., free, in the South Building, lower gallery. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

Events

The public is invited to celebrate Earth Day at Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture’s Meeting House, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd., on April 25 at 11 a.m. For more information, call (718) 548-4445.

The Mass Transit Street Theater celebrates 40 years of creating and performing original plays on Earth Day 2010. Join them in their celebration on Friday, April 23 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. at the Longwood Gallery, at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture located at 450 Grand Concourse on 149th Street. RSVP is required to nccampos@gmail.com. Suggested contributions are between $5 and $25 and will help support Mass Transit’s in progress video, “Another Bronx.”

The Woodlawn Cemetery, located at the corner of Bainbridge and Jerome avenues, presents walking tours to visit final resting places of the famous: Jazz Greats of Woodlawn, April 25 at 2 p.m.; and Irish Eyes are Smiling, May 2 at 1 p.m. (includes concert in the Woodlawn Chapel at 2:30 p.m.; 25 percent discount for those who attend both tour and concert). Meet at the Jerome Avenue entrance. Fee: $10; $5/seniors/students; free for ages under 6. For more information, call (718) 920-1470.

The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park invites the public to its Hike-a-Thon, May 1 starting at 10 a.m., to help raise funds for the restoration of the park’s hiking trails by seeking out supporters to sponsor their hike. Participants who raise $25 or more will receive gifts. For more information, call (718) 601-1460 or visit www.vancortlandt.org.
n Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, offers a family art project: Shake a Flower, Wear a Garden, to make a flowerpot hat and blossom-shaped seed shaker, April 24 and 25, in the Kerlin Learning Center from 1 to 4 p.m., for the end of the day festive musical parade. On-the-grounds music begins at 2 p.m. and the parade at 4 p.m., and last until 5 p.m., rain or shine. Admission to the grounds is free till 11 a.m. on April 25. For more information, call (718) 549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.

The public is invited to ride the May 5 free Bronx Culture Trolley, a replica of a 20th-century trolley, which transports visitors on the first Wednesday of every month (except January and September) to Bronx hot spots, all featuring a variety of entertainment options and ends at the Bruckner Bar & Grill for music, food and drink. Trolley night starts with a 5 p.m. reception at the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th St.). From there, the trolley departs at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. New attractions are added monthly; admission to most venues is free. Riders can get on and off at any scheduled stop and spend as much time as they wish at any or all of the featured venues. For more information and a detailed schedule, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or log on to www.bronxarts.org.

Bronx Council on the Arts presents its Culture Trolley Saturdays, featuring a Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour on May 1 and 2, to visit Bronx artists’ private studios, galleries, and alternative art spaces. Visitors will be shuttled from Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos, 450 Grand Concourse (149th Street) from noon to 5 p.m. and can get on and off at any point. All trolley rides and events are free. An opening party will be held on April 30 from 7 to 10 p.m. at 112 Lincoln Ave. featuring live bands and a preview show of artists’ work. For more information, call (718) 401-7866.

The Bronx River Alliance is inviting everyone to come kick off the paddling season at the Bronx River Flotilla on May 1. Experienced paddlers, 18 years of age and older are invited to join the five-mile canoe procession beginning at 9 a.m. Online registration is required. Go to www.bronxriver.org. Following it at 1 p.m. will be a picnic at the Concrete Plant Park between Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard. For more information, visit the Website or call (718) 430-4665.

Exhibits

The Museum of Bronx History, located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave. (at 208th Street), presents Parkchester: City Within a City, through Oct. 3. The opening reception is on Thursday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. For more information, 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.

The New York Botanical Garden hosts Emily Dickinson’s Garden: The Poetry of Flowers, May 1 through June 13. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

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. BRAC is also presenting Dialects IV, through May 29. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/urbanart.

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, April 22 and 29 at 11 a.m.; Book Mark Making, April 22 at 4 p.m.; Toddler Story Time, April 24 at 11 a.m.; The Secret Garden, April 25 at 2 p.m.; and films, April 28 at 4 p.m. For teens and young adults, there is What’s Your Story, April 22 at 4 p.m.; and Crafternoons, April 23 and 30 at 3:30 p.m. Adults can attend Family Resource Day, for information on family events, April 24 at 10 a.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, at 285 E. 205th St., hosts Knitting Circle, April 22 and 29 at 3 p.m. for adults. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, at 118 Eames Place, presents Crafternoons, April 22 and 29 at 4 p.m. for teens and young adults. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.
                                           
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