Editor’s Pick 

Lengthen the Holiday Season 

Keep the holiday going with the following events:

The New York Botanical Garden presents All Aboard With Thomas and Friends, through Jan. 24, featuring sing-alongs, mini performance adventure, and crayons and coloring for the kids. Kids can be photographed with Driver Sam and Thomas the Tank Engine which can be printed out and purchased onsite. They also receive a certificate and temporary tattoo. For more information, call (718) 817-8700. Also offered is the Holiday Train Show, presented by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, daily through Jan. 18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, featuring model trains that zip through a display of 150 NYC landmarks, each recreated with bark, leaves and other natural materials. Advance reservations are recommended. For more information and tickets prices, call (718) 817-8716.

The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation presents free: Seasonal Crafts, each Friday through Jan. 29 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Poe Park’s Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse (at Kingsbridge Road). For more information, call (718) 365-5516.

PS 5, 564 E. Jackson Ave. (corner of 149th Street) invites the public to its free Three Kings in the Bronx event, Jan. 9 at noon. There will be free toys for the first 500 children between the ages of 1 and 9 who must be present. For more information, call Leila Martinez at (718) 991-3161.

Onstage
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts at Lehman College, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents The Band of the Royal Marines and the Pipes, Drums, and Highland Dancers of the Scots Guards, in the Concert Hall, Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. (tickets are $25 to $40; $10/age 12 and under); and Viva Cuba”! featuring Septeto Nacional de Cuba Ignacio Piñero and Orquesta Broadway, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. (tickets are $45 to $60). Programs are subject to change. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Sonido Costeño Trio in Concert, performing Latin music, Jan. 9; and Broadway Ladies, featuring singer and musicians, Jan. 16; both at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57.

Events
The Bronx International Film Festival will screen independent films at Lehman College’s Studio Theatre,

250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., Jan. 22 to 31. This includes 70 short and feature narrative and documentary films; audience may chat with filmmakers in attendance. $30/all screenings; $7/daily pass. For more information and film details, trailers and schedules, visit bronxfilmfestival.com.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Sunrise, Sunset, to create an inspirational scene using paint and tissue-paper dyes with a background of trees, skyline, river or bridge, Jan. 9 and 10; and Freedom Poem Tapestries, to learn about the poems and stories of Maya Angelou, and make a quilt, Jan. 16 and 17; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also in the WH House is free Community

Restorative Yoga, with equipment provided, followed by herbal tea, Jan. 9 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; and Concert, featuring French ensemble, Hermes String Quartet, performing classical music, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. (tickets are $28; $22/WH member; $15/kids 8 to 18; $12/WH member). 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 the following events for children: Hands-on Projects at 4 p.m.: (ages 7 to 12; in-person preregistration required), Winter Frame Making, Jan. 7; Penguin Making, Jan. 14; and Cotton Ball Polar Bear, Jan. 21. Adults can attend Microsoft Word for Beginners: Jan. 11 at 2 p.m.; and Internet for Beginners: Jan. 12 at 2 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: Fizzy Science: (ages 18 months to 5 years), to do science experiments with common cooking ingredients, Jan. 15 at 10:30 a.m. Teens/young adults can enjoy Magic Tricks and the History of Deception: to watch magic show, then learn how it’s done, Jan. 8 at 3 p.m.; and film: “Ant-Man,” Jan. 16 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: Kids Get Active Fridays at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), to enjoy dance and zumba, Jan. 8 and 22; and Super Cool Science: (ages 5 to 12), to join hands-on experiments, Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. Teens/young adults can attend Fuji Instax Portrait Workshop: learn to use Fuji Instax cameras and make instant photos (each student keeps two images), Jan. 20 at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200. 

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