Editor’s Pick 

Silent Disco at Woodlawn 

The Woodlawn Conservancy presents Lincoln Center’s Silent Disco, Aug. 30 from 4 to 8 p.m. on Woodlawn Cemetery’s Fairview Lawn. Events include DJs to play disco, salsa and swing music directly to individual headphones, and a salsa instructor will offer dance lessons at the start of the event. IDs are required for free headphone rental. Refreshments are available from food vendors on site. Enter at the Jerome Avenue gate. On site parking is available. For more information, call (718) 408-5625 or visit woodlawnconservancy.org.

Onstage 

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Ivo Tirado’s Latin Jazz Element Sextet, concert featuring music from Latin America, Africa and the U.S., Aug. 29 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Events

The Fordham Road Business Improvement District presents Movie Nights at 7:30 p.m.: Ghostbusters: Pt 1 on Aug. 21, and Pt. 2 on Aug. 22, at Bryan Park, East Fordham and East Kingsbridge roads. Bring a chair or blanket. For more information, call (718) 562-2104.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse (165th Street), presents Summer Senior Luncheon, free, Aug. 26 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests 55 and older are invited to attend this event which includes free tours of the museum’s exhibitions, and live entertainment. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 ext. 173. Reservations are required.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Delicate Dragonfly Wings, to study these insects, then create some from free materials, Aug. 22 and 23 (followed by nature walk at 1 p.m.; meet at Perkins Visitor Center); and Fishy Fun, to visit goldfish in the Aquatic Garden, then make 3-D fish out of colorful paper bags, Aug. 29 and 30; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 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.

Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for children: Hands-On Project: (ages 7 to 12), Hero Fan Making, Aug. 20 at 2 p.m.; film: Aug. 25 at 2 p.m.; and The Sword in the Stone: (ages 3 to 12), presented by the Traveling Lantern Theatre Co., Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. For adults, there is film: “Pride and Prejudice,” Aug. 22 at 2:30 p.m.; Internet for Beginners: Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. (in-person advanced registration required); and Library HotSpot Patron Lending Event and Community Education and Resource Fair: Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., to provide low income New Yorkers with free Internet access (call for details), free computer classes at 1 p.m., and a variety of services. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., offers Three Ancient Myths and My Annoying Sister: (ages 5 to 14), presented by Urban Stages, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. Teens/young adults can enjoy film: “Seventh Son,” Aug. 22 at 1:30 p.m. Adults can attend Free Computer Classes: to learn email and basic computer information, Wednesdays, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road), offers for kids: Be a City Hero: (ages 5 to 12), free hands-on science workshop, Aug. 20 at 2 p.m.; Afternoon Arts: (ages 5 to 12), to learn about art, then create a piece, Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. and Sept. 2 at 4 p.m.; Kids Get Active Fridays: (ages 5 to 12), dance and zumba, Aug. 28 at 2 p.m.; and Sensory Friendly Music and Movement Concert: (ages 18 months to 12 years), summer reading celebration, turtle dance music; kids play instruments, Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. Teens/young adults can enjoy Art Club: to draw and paint with materials provided, Aug. 25 at 4:45 p.m. Adults can attend Computer Basics at noon: for beginners, Aug. 27 and Sept. 3. For more information, call (718) 549-5200. 

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