Editor’s Pick
Adults are invited to sign up for a free Adult Summer Reading 2015 at the Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd. and submit reviews at www.summerreading.org or in the library by 5 p.m. on Aug. 28. Prizes will be awarded to the four individuals who read the most books and post/submit reviews. Winners will be announced on Aug. 29 at 2:30 p.m. This program is open only to those who select the Bronx Library Center as their local library. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Onstage
The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Romantic Music for 7 and 8, featuring classical music, on July 12, and The Beatles and More ‘60s Favorites on July 19; both at 2 p.m. in Van Cortlandt Park’s Rockwood Drive Circle (rain location is VC Park’s Vladeck Hall, 74 VC Park So. at Hillman Avenue), and at 4 p.m. at Fordham University. Also presented is Latin and Afro-Cuban Hits, July 10 at 6 p.m. in Pelham Bay Park, Middletown Road and Stadium Avenue (rain location is International Caterers, 3243 Ampere Ave.). For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

The Bardekova Ensemble will perform music of Mozart, George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, Scott Joplin and others, free, at Woodlawn Cemetery Chapel on July 12 at 3 p.m. (enter at the Jerome Avenue gate); and at Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse (between East 192nd Street and East Kingsbridge Road) on July 15 at 2 p.m. For more information, call (917) 584-6626.

City Parks Foundation presents SummerStage Kids free performing arts events, all at 10:30 a.m.: July 9 – Marika Hughes & Bottom Heavy; and July 16 – B-Love’s Hip-Hop Jazzy Groove, both at Van Cortlandt Park’s Classic Playground, VC Park South and Orloff Avenue; July 23 – City/Parks PuppetMobile, at Van Cortlandt Park’s Sachkerah Playground, Jerome Avenue and Gun Hill Road; and July 24 – Lucky Bob, at Poe Park, Grand Concourse at 193rd Street. For more information, call (212) 360-8281 or (212) 353-9585.

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the New York Opera Forum performing Maria Stuarda by Gaetano Donizetti, July 11; and A Musical Tribute to the Music of Motown, July 18; both at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Events
The New York Botanical Garden presents Viva la Frida!, July 11 and 12, to celebrate the life, style and spirit of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Events include her original artworks, live mariachi performances, a Frida look-alike contest, Frida impersonators, and a craft workshop to make a flower crown. Visitors can also savor Mexican food and refreshments. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Friendly Vegetables and Microbes, to view inner structures of vegetables through a microscope, then create a collage, July 11 and 12; and Floating Flowers, to create a collage with foam materials to see if it floats, July 18 and 19; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is Outdoor Music Wednesdays: July 15 – Metropolitan Four, featuring music for flutes; and July 22 – Alan Hampton, singer/musician and others; both on the grounds from 7 to 8 p.m. (bring chair, no blankets; free with admission to grounds). 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
Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse (between East 192nd Street and East Kingsbridge Road) presents High Bridge: Rebirth of the Harlem River, featuring photographs celebrating the High Bridge, through July 25, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The photographers will be present at a meet and greet reception on July 18. For more information, call (917) 584-6626 or (718) 365-5516.

The Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street presents Wild Noise, featuring visual arts exchange between Cuba and the United States, through Aug. 16. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for children: Hands-On Projects at 2 p.m.: (ages 7 to 12): Super Book Making, July 9, and Hero Door Hanger Making, July 16; Reading Aloud at 11 a.m.: (ages 3 to 8), to enjoy picture books, July 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22 and 23; films at 2 p.m.: July 14 and 21; and Harvest Moon: (ages 4 to 10), The Colorado Sisters share some of their favorite stories from Native American Indian tales, presented by Urban Stages, July 18 at 2 p.m. For teens/young adults, there is: Girls Circle at 2 p.m.: July 9, 21 and 23; and film: July 16 at 5 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), songs and rhymes, July 9, 16 and 23; Be a City Hero at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), free hands-on science workshop, July 9, 16 and 23 (advance in-person registration required); and Literature at Play: (preK to 5th grade), workshops in acting, songwriting, creative movement and playmaking resulting in presentation of an original play or musical, Fridays at 2:30 p.m., July 10, 17, 24 and 31. Teens/young adults can attend film: “Chappie,” July 11 at 1:30 p.m.; and Spa Time: workshop to make bath salts, lip balms, shower scrubs and more (all materials provided), July 16 at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road), offers for kids: Get Active Fridays at 2 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), dance and zumba, July 10 and 17; Kids Pajama Party (ages 18 mos. to 12 years), July 13 at 6 p.m.; film: (ages 5 to 18), July 15 at noon; and Be a City Hero: (ages 5 to 12), free hands-on science workshop, July 23 at 2 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

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