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Holiday Tree Lighting 

Bronx Community Board 7 presents its annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. on the Mosholu Parkway Lawn at the intersection of Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue. Featured will be caroling, hot apple cider, holiday cookies, goodie bags giveaway and local elected officials. For more information, call (718) 933-5650.

Onstage
Lehman College for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd., W., presents José Feliciano in Feliz Navided, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. (tickets: $50 to $65; $100/VIP which includes pre-concert reception at 6:30 p.m.; $10/to age 12); and Soweto Gospel Choir, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m., to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Nelson Mandela (tickets: $25 to $45; $10/to age 12). For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

The Riverdale Coral Society presents Music of Bach & Faure, at the Christ Church Riverdale, 5030 Henry Hudson Pkwy. (West 252nd Street), with organ and orchestral accompaniment, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. ($25). For more information, call (718) 543-2219.

Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Bronx Holiday With Manhattan Brass, brass quintet performing jazzed up seasonal and other favorites, free with museum admission, at the Bartow Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Rd., Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. For more information, call (718) 885-1461. 

Events
NYC Councilmember Andy King and the Mosholu Preservation Corporation present its Holiday Street Lighting Celebration, Dec. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Williamsbridge Square, 3500 White Plains Rd. (at Gun Hill Road). Events include singing, dancing and free gift giving. For more information, email mpc@mpcbronx.org.

The New York Botanical Garden presents its annual Holiday Train Show, through Jan. 21, 2019, featuring miniature replicas of many NYC building replicas made from natural materials including bark, twigs, fruit and pine cones. For more detailed information, show schedule, and rates, call (718) 817-8700. 

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Natural Weavings for Harvest Time, to weave together leaves, cones, pods and seed heads to create a wall hanging, Nov. 24 and 25; and The Wonder of the Wardian Case, to make these cases, Dec. 1 and 2; both in the WH House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is Concert: Dandy Wellington and His Band, performing jazz music, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. in the WH House (tickets: $28/includes grounds admission; 10% discount/WH members; $12/ages 8 to 18; info: ext. 251). Grounds admission is free until noon Tuesdays and Saturdays all year. For more information and a schedule of events including tours and walks, call (718) 549-3200.

Bronx photographer Walter Pofeldt and his daughter Eileen present “Kenya and Tanzania in Focus” through Dec. 16 at Metropolitan College, 60 West St., on the sixth and seventh floors, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during normal business days. For more information, email pofeldtww@gmail.com.

Exhibits
The Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Ave. (208th Street), presents Women’s Suffrage and New York City: A Centennial Celebration, through April 11, 2019; and His Muse: The Women of Edgar Allan Poe’s Life, through April 7, 2019. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse (167th Street), presents Image of an Image, featuring the work of Bronx-born native Rochelle Feinstein, through March 3, 2019. For more information, call (718) 681-6000. 

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC), 1087 E. Tremont Ave., presents River Rising, through June 30, 2019, featuring an exposition of science, art and technology, located in Starlight Park. For more information, call (718) 589-5819.

Library Events
Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for children: Arts & Crafts: (ages 5 to 12), hands-on projects (preregistration required), Nov. 25 at 3:30 p.m. Adults can enjoy film: “Into the Woods,” Nov. 24 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., offers for children: Crafty Fridays at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), crafts, Nov. 23 and 30; STEM: Kids’ Science at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), “math,” Nov. 27; and Toddler Storytime: (ages 18 months to 3 years), interactive stories, action songs, fingerplays, and crafts, Nov. 29 at 11 a.m. Adults can attend Knitting Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road, offers for children ages 5 to 12: Thanksgiving PJ Party: Come wearing pajamas for fun, craft, snacks and a movie, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. (in person advance registration required). Adults can enjoy Computer Basics: Nov. 29 at noon. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

A HAPPY AND HEALTHY CHANUKAH TO ALL OUR JEWISH READERS!

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