Editor’s Pick 

Carolers in Concert

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., invites the public to join the Definitely Dickens Carolers in Concert, Dec. 20 at 2:30 p.m. The singers, dressed in Victorian-style costumes, will perform traditional and contemporary holiday classics. The performance will be followed by a screening of “A Christmas Carol.” For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Onstage 

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents The Barber of Seville, Dec. 13 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Events

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Arts Projects: Colorful Candles and Winter Berries, to mix and mold an image of nature onto a candlestick using colorful clay-like wax, and add berries and boughs to decorate its holder, Dec. 13 and 14; and Snow Globe Gift Boxes, to make a snow globe box including decorations, Dec. 20 and 21; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is Concert: Soyeon Kate Lee & Ran Dank, performing piano duet of the Nutcracker Suite ($28; $15/ages 8 to 18; $22/member; $12/member child; registration is required, online at www.wavehill.org or at the Perkins Visitor Center), Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. in the WH House. 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.

Holiday Events 

The public is invited to a Christmas tree lighting sponsored by Community Board 7 on Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. on Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue. For more information, call (718) 933-5650. 

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Parranda Navideña, featuring a variety of performers celebrating the holiday season, Jibaro style, Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $25 to $50; $10/12 and under). For more information, call (718) 960-8833. 

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Holiday Concert: Music for St. Nicholas, Dec. 13 and 14 at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Pk; at 1 and 3 p.m. Free tickets are available online at bronxartsensemble.org or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to St. Nicholas Day Festival, c/o Bronx Arts Ensemble, 80 Van Cortlandt Park South, #7D-1, Bronx, NY 10463 (specify number of tickets; limit 5 per order). For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Rd., Pelham Bay Pk., presents Holiday Candlelight Tours and Victorian Carolers, Dec. 13, 6 to 8 p.m., which includes snacks ($12/adults; $10/seniors/students/members). Reservations are required. For more information, call (718) 885-1461.

New York Botanical Garden holds its Holiday Train Show through Jan. 19. Included are over 20 large-scale model railway trains and trolleys traversing nearly a quarter-mile of track, hands-on activities for children; Concert, Dec. 21 at 4 p.m. in the Ross Hall; and Holiday A Cappella, Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. through Jan. 18. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Exhibits 

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, presents Beyond the Supersquare, featuring a variety of artwork, through Jan. 11. For more detailed information, call (718) 681-6000. 

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), Dec. 11 and 18; Toddler Play Time at noon: (ages 18 to 36 months), Dec. 11 and 18; Family Time: (ages 3 to 5; preregistration required), reading aloud and crafts; and Winter Magnet Making: (ages 7 to 12), hands-on projects, Dec. 18 at 4 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.: (ages 18 to 36 months), stories, songs, and rhymes, Dec. 11 and 18; and for ages 3 to 12, there is Reading Aloud Story Time: Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. and Sherlock Holmes: Presented by the Traveling Lantern Theatre Co., Dec. 23 at 4 p.m. (a child volunteer will help Holmes solve a mystery). Teens/young adults can attend World Beat and Percussion: To create a beat on drums, rattles, and more, Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. Adults can enjoy Knitting Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m. The entire family can view film: “Maleficent,” Dec. 13 at 1:30 p.m. 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, Dec. 12 and 19; Pajama Party: come in pj’s for arts and crafts, read aloud, and snacks, Dec. 22 at  6 p.m.; Chess Program: Learn to play, Dec. 23 at 4 p.m.; and film: Dec. 26 at 3 p.m. (all for ages 5 to 12); Toddler Time at 11 a.m.: (for ages 18 to 36 months), stories, songs, and finger plays, Dec. 17 and 24; and Fun With the Old Woman & the Pumpkin: (ages 3 to 12), jumping and shaking musical story making, for kids to sing, shake rhythm instruments, and jump to piano music, followed by audience participation storytelling, Dec. 19 at 3:30 p.m. Teens/young adults can enjoy film: Dec. 11 at 3:30 p.m. Adults can attend: Computer Basics Open Lab at noon: Dec. 11, 16, 18 and 23. For more information, call (718) 549-5200. 

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A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR CHRISTIAN READERS AND A HAPPY AND HEALTHY CHANUKAH TO ALL OUR JEWISH READERS!