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Free Events at Lehman

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents the following free events: Oct. 7 – Jazz saxophonist Marvin Sewell performs in the Recital Hall, room 306, Music Building, 12:30 to 2 p.m. (718) 960-8680; Oct. 12 – Ethiopian and Israeli dance event, in the Lovinger Theatre, 2 p.m. (718) 960-8025; Oct. 13 – Lecture: Fertility and Women’s Later Life Health, in Carman Hall, room 221, 2 p.m. (718) 960-7802; Oct. 14 – The art and life of opera tenor Leon Browne, Recital Hall, room 306, Music Building, 12:30 to 2 p.m. (718) 960-8680; and Oct. 21 – Traditional Irish and original folk music, Carman Hall, room B04, 12:30 to 2 p.m. (718) 960-8680.

Onstage

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents Chinese Opera Performance, Oct. 9 at 2:30 p.m.; and Ivo Tirado, Jr. and the Bronx Charanga, Oct. 16 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, located at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Salsa Palooza, featuring Tito Rojas, Jerry Rivera and Eddie Santiago, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $40 to $55). For more information or tickets, call (718) 960-8833.

Events

Bronx Underground 10th Birthday Bash, featuring bands performing everything from indie rock, to ska, to powerpop and hardcore will be held Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church of Throggs Neck, 3075 Baisley Ave. ($9 admission for all ages). Also included will be a birthday cake, giveaways, everyone’s birthday gift exchange, jewelry and clothing vendors, and more. Bring a wrapped gift to exchange and meet new friends. For more information, call (917) 804-3541 or visit bronxunderground.com or bronxunderground@gmail.com.

The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance (BAAD), located at 841 Barretto St., presents The BlackTina Performance Series featuring a variety of events, including: Activists Caught on Camera, documentary, Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. (free); Queer People of Color Cabaret, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. ($15); “The Aggressives,” documentary on ranges of lesbianism, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. (free); Free Buffet Lunch, celebrating the Bronx Dance Magazine featuring Abdel Salaam, Oct. 10, 1 to 3 p.m.; Afro-Latinas in the House, featuring book discussion, art, and dance performance, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. (free); Portrait of a Lady, documentary on transgender Barbara Herr, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. (free); Haitian Dance, Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. ($15); Illegal Steps, featuring a variety of dances, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. ($20); Evening of Performance and Music, Oct. 17 at 6 p.m. ($12); and Art, Dance, Video and Performance, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. ($15). Also offered are Capoeira Dance Classes, Oct. 9, 16 and 23 at 9:30 a.m. at $7/class. For more information, call (718) 842-5223.

JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center, located at 3880 Sedgwick Ave., will feature Caruso, Oct. 10; and Carol Freeman, Yiddish/Greek folksinger and accompanist, Oct. 15; both after 12:30 p.m. lunch. For more information, call (718) 549-4700.

The Bronx River Alliance offers Bronx River Community Paddle, Oct. 16. Call (718) 430-4665 or visit www.bronxriver.org for details, fees, and times.

Woodlawn Cemetery will host the following: Open House New York, to tour private mausoleums of architects and artists, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Oct. 10 at 11 a.m.; Nueva York at Woodlawn Cemetery, to tour final resting places of Latin luminaries, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m.; Italian Heritage at Woodlawn, to tour grave sites of famous Italians, Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. (all meet at Jerome Avenue entrance). For more information and fees, call (718) 920-1463 ext. 252.

Pelham Chamber of Commerce presents Free Pelham’s Old Fashioned Fall Fest featuring pumpkin and book sale, craft vendors, pie contest and lots of family fun including face painting and musical acts, Oct. 16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, located at the Pelham Street Fair on Fifth Avenue between 2nd Street and Lincoln Avenue. Prospective vendors and pie entrants may call Christine Farahat at Christine@gracious-living.com for information on participating. For more information, call (914) 740-7855.

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, offers two free family art projects: Buildings on the Land, to make your own model building using clay, cardboard, natural and recycled materials, Oct. 9 and 10; and Forest Impressions, to gather twigs and branches and make a model clay tree, Oct. 16 and 17; both in the Ecology Building from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grounds admission is free until noon on Tuesdays and Saturdays. For more information or for tickets, call (718) 549-3200 ext. 305 or visit www.wavehill.org.

The public is invited to ride the Oct. 6 free Bronx Culture Trolley, which transports visitors to Bronx hot spots. 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. For more information and a detailed schedule, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33 or log on to www.bronxarts.org.

Exhibits

The Bronx Council on the Arts and the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture present Las Casas Revisited, which will have its gala opening, Oct. 6, 5 to 9 p.m. at the Hostos Community College’s Longwood Art Gallery, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street.. This exhibit will run from Oct. 6 through Dec. 11, Mondays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call (718) 931-9500 ext. 33.

Lehman College’s Art Gallery at 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., hosts Photographing Woodlawn, a free exhibition in collaboration with Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Dec. 15 (reception is Oct. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.). For more information, call (718) 960-8731.

The New York Botanical Garden hosts the following events: Resplendent Roses, on display in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden through the fall; The Edible Garden, a festival about growing and preparing good food, through Oct. 17, featuring numerous activities for the entire family; Greenmarket, which offers fresh local produce, to take place Wednesdays through Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the base of Library Allée; Family Harvest Weekend, Oct. 9, 10 and 11, to learn about cooking ideas and enjoy music, fall crafts, and more; and Fall Finale, Oct. 16 and 17, to learn about preserving your summer treats during the winter, and enjoy cooking demonstrations. Celebrate Harvest Week, Oct. 9 to 17 by making applesauce and pressing apple prints. For more information, call (718) 817-8700/8747.

The Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) presents About Me, a group exhibition, through Oct. 9 (at its temporary location at the Bronx Art Space, 305 E. 140th St., #1A. For more information, call (718) 589-5819 or visit www.bronxriverart.org.

Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. off Fordham Road, presents the following programs: Movie Matinee: Piñero (2001), Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.; film days, Oct. 6, 13 and 20 at 4 p.m.; Meet the Authors: Virginia Sanchez Korrol and Pedro Juan Hernandez, Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m.; Unique Challenges in Caring for Premature Infants, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m.; and Hispanic Family History Fair, workshops to research Latino ancestors, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m.; all for adults; and Preschool Story Time, Oct. 7, 14 and 21 at 11 a.m.; and The Dan & Conrad Show, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m.; both for school aged children. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, at 285 E. 205th St., hosts Learn to Knit, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m., for teens and young adults; and Toddler Story Time, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m.; Preschool Films, Oct. 14 at 10:30 a.m.; and Spooky Stories to Tingle Your Spine, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m.; all for preschoolers and school aged children. Adults and seniors can enjoy Wii, Tuesdays at 3 p.m.; and everyone can register in advance for Introduction to Microsoft Word, using laptops to create documents using this word processing program, Oct. 13, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Also offered is Free English Conversation Program, for speakers of other languages (intermediate level), for ages 16 and over; first come, first served (info: (212) 340-0918); groups meet Tuesdays from Oct. 5 through Nov. 23, 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

Jerome Park Library, at 118 Eames Place, presents Spa-aaah Time, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m.; for teens/young adults; and Learn to Dance Salsa, Oct. 16 at 2 p.m, for adults. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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