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NYBG Holiday Train Show

See twenty miniature trains zigzag and snake along replicas of familiar New York City landmarks at the 23rd annual New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show from November 15 until January 19, 2015. Seasonal programming includes a visit from a former poet laureate and The Winter Harmonies Concert Series. Tickets are $20 for adults and $8 for children ages 2-12. Prices vary depending on certain days. For more information call (718) 817-8700.

Onstage 

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Rinaldo by Handel, performed by the NY Opera Forum, Nov. 15; and Migguel Anggelo in Concert, singer/storyteller, Nov. 22; both at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Papo Lucca and La Sonora Ponceña, Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $75 to $100). For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

Events

Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, 3880 Sedgwick Ave., holds its free annual Bazaar and Carnival, Nov 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a variety of activities including games, door prizes, free balloons, gifts, vendors, a clown, and John the Magician performing two free magic shows at noon and 1:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 884-6105.

Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street, hosts the 5th annual South Bronx Folk Festival Finale Danza Fiesta & Ilu Aye, at 4 p.m. in its main theatre, to celebrate Puerto Rican culture, featuring bomba, plena, and seis (tickets are $10; $5/students/seniors). Also offered is Comité noviembre’s Puerto Rican Authors Book Expo and Artisans Fair and Exhibit, featuring handmade crafts and cultural workshops for the entire family, from noon to 7 p.m. (free); all on Nov. 22. For more information, call (718) 518-4455.

A job fair will be held at the Bronx Christian Fellowship Church, 1015 E. Gun Hill Rd., Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (doors open at 9 a.m.). Featured will be on-the-spot interviews, resume writing assistance, and empowerment workshops. For more information or to RSVP, call (718) 231-1033.

Mosholu Montefiore Senior Center, 3450 DeKalb Ave., presents Pre-Thanksgiving Luncheon, Nov. 20 at 11:30 a.m. For more information, call (718) 798-6601.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Arts Projects: Dances With Leaves, to make a leaf print and a crown from leaves, walk through leaf piles, and make artful arrangements of leaves on the lawn, Nov. 15 and 16; and Cornhusk Dolls, to listen to tales and hear about the power of a talking stick, then make a cornhusk doll family (storytelling at noon), Nov. 22 and 23; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also offered is Perfect Pie Workshop, to make a pumpkin filling with spices to be baked at WH, then take home ($25/$15 WH member), Nov. 22 at 1 p.m. (for more information, call ext. 251); Concert: Canal Street String Band, ($28; $15/ages 8 to 18; $22/WH member; $12/WH child member), Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.; both in the WH House; both require registration; and free yoga class, to relieve stress, Nov. 28 from 11 a.m. to noon in the WH House (grounds admission free until noon; registration online only). Grounds admission is free until noon Saturdays and Tuesdays all year. For more information and a schedule of events including tours and walks, call (718) 549-3200.

Exhibits 

Manhattan College, 4513 Manhattan College Pkwy., hosts a sculpture exhibit by WWII vet Jay Moss who has sculpted since childhood, and is the father of a former Norwood News editor, Jordan Moss. The exhibit will be held in the O’Malley Library (first floor, room 100) in the Alumni Room, to Dec. 16. For more information, call (718) 710-3382.

 Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for children: Preschool Story Time at 11 a.m.: (ages 3 to 5 years), Nov. 13 and 20; Toddler Play Time at noon: (ages 18 to 36 months), Nov. 13 and 20; and Picture Frame Making: (ages 7 to 12), Nov. 20 at 4 p.m. Teens/young adults can enjoy film: Nov. 28 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., offers for children: Toddler Story Time at 10:30 a.m.: (18 to 36 months), Nov. 13 and 20. Teens/young adults can enjoy Urban Art Workshop: Learn about the history of hip-hop and practice graffiti art, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m.; and film: “Pacific Rim,” Nov. 22 at 1:30 p.m. Adults can attend Knitting Circle at 3 p.m.: Nov. 13 and 29. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road), offers for kids: Active Health at 4 p.m.: Yoga and zumba, Nov. 14 and 21; Pajama Party: Arts and crafts, read aloud, and snacks, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m.; Loud and Rowdy Tales: Hear world stories that dance, stomp and shake, Nov 20 at 4 p.m.; and Chess Program: Learn to play, Nov. 25 at 4 p.m. (all for ages 5 to 12); and Toddler Time at 11 a.m.: Nov. 19 and 26 (for ages 18 to 36 months). Teens/young adults can enjoy film: Nov. 20 at 3:30 p.m. Adults can attend: Computer Basics Open Lab at noon: Nov. 13, 18, 20 and 25. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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