Editor’s Pick 

BMCA Flea Market
The Bedford Mosholu Community Association will host their annual flea market on March 5, at St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, 360 Bedford Pk. Blvd. (at Decatur Avenue) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kitchen items, books, and other knickknacks will be sold at deep discounted prices. Proceeds go to the organization’s yearly operating budget. For more information, call (718) 584-1900.

Onstage
The Albert Einstein Symphony Orchestra presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, March 13 at 2 p.m. at Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Robbins Auditorium in the Forchheimer Building, 1300 Morris Pk. Ave. Contributions are suggested. For more information, visit www.einsteinorch.site50.net.

Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents Forever Freestyle 10, featuring 1980s music, March 5 at 8 p.m. (tickets: $55 to $100), and The Moscow Festival Ballet, performing “Sleeping Beauty,” March 13 at 4 p.m. (tickets: $25 to $45; $10/12 and under); both in the Concert Hall; and Faculty Recital – Guitar & Bass, featuring classical, jazz and pop, March 10 at 12:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall, 3rd floor, Music Building (free). Programs are subject to change. For more information and program details, call (718) 960-8833.

The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents classical music, featuring pianos and violin, March 6 at 3 p.m. in the home of Ben and Michele Cohen, 620 W. 252nd St. ($25); and Three Billy Goats Gruff, March 13 at 1 and 2:30 p.m. at International Caterers, 3243 Ampere Ave. ($8). Programs are subject to change. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Concert, performed by Celia Cruz High School Orchestra, March 5; and Dance and Percussion of Africa, March 12; both at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture presents Vol. 9 Universal Love, March 5 from 2:30 to 5 p.m., in the Main Theatre, featuring music, dance, spoken word, hip-hop, and arts showcase, and a community access fair and vendors, at noon in the C-Atrium (free HIV testing), at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (149th Street). Admission is free (tickets are required and must be picked up at box office). For more information, call (718) 518-4455 or visit www.hostoscenter.org. 

Events
The NYC Department of Parks offers a Martial Arts – Self Defense Program for all ages at the St. James Recreation Center, 2530 Jerome Ave., for beginners on Mondays, and for advanced and beginners on Wednesdays, both from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Uniform and registration fee required. For more information or to register, call (347) 867-0995.

St. James Recreation Center, 2530 Jerome Ave., offers a Golden Age Senior Program, Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Center membership is required. Activities include games, sports and fitness, health, computer classes, and more. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/parks.

Lloyd Ultan, the official Bronx Borough Historian, prolific author and respected lecturer, who is widely regarded as the leading authority on Bronx history, will conduct a course, History of The Bronx, at the Riverdale Community Center, 660 W. 237th Street (inside the Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy, MS/HS 141), every Tuesday in March from 7 to 8 p.m. The course is open to the general public. For more information or to register, call (718) 796-4724 or visit www.riverdalecommunitycenter.org.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Give a Winter Bird a Home or a Feeder, to make a birdhouse using a milk carton, natural materials, a perch and seeds, March 5 and 6; and A Living Wall With Green Golly, beginning with classical music, comedy, and story theatre for children in the Sarah and Geoffery Gund Theatre at noon, followed by making green collages, then participating in a group installation project – a green wall, March 12 and 13; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also offered: Concert, featuring Sweet Plantain, string quartet performing jazz, Latin rhythms, and hip-hop, March 6 at 2 p.m. in Armor Hall (tickets: $28; $22/members; $15/ages 8 to 18; $12/members). 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 ext. 251.

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following event for adults: Microsoft Word 2010 for Beginners: March 3 at 2 p.m. (in person advance registration required). For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., offers for teens/young adults: film: “The Voice of the Voiceless,” March 12 at 1 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: Kids Get Active Fridays: (ages 5 to 12), to enjoy dance and zumba, March 4 at 3 p.m. Adults can attend Computer Basics at noon: March 3, 10 and 17. For more information, call (718) 549-5200. 

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