Editor’s Pick 

Holiday Concert
The public is invited to a free Memorial Day Concert, May 27 at 2 p.m., featuring music from Broadway shows by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, presented by the Bronx Arts Ensemble, in Van Cortlandt Park at West 242nd Street and Broadway. Rain site: Vladeck Hall, 74 Van Cortlandt Pk. So. For more information, call (718) 601-7399.

Onstage
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents La Sonora Ponceña featuring pianist Papo Lucca, June 2 at 8 p.m., performing salsa. Tickets are $50 to $65; $100 VIP (includes pre-concert wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres at 6:30 p.m.). For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

Riverdale Choral Society presents Summer Sing featuring two Requiems, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. ($15), at Christ Church Riverdale, 5030 Henry Hudson Pkwy. (252nd Street). Singers can bring their own scores if they have them or scores will be provided. For more information, call (718) 543-2219.

The Bronx Zoo presents Boogie Down, featuring a variety of performers and artists; hip-hop, doo wop and salsa music; art, dance, food, and more, weekends through June 3 including Memorial Day. For more information, tickets, or a full schedule of performances, call (718) 367-1010.

Events
Williamsbridge Oval offers free events during June. For more information and a detailed schedule, call (718) 543-8672.

Unity in the Community street fair will take place June 15 from noon to 6 p.m. on Reservoir Avenue between West Kingsbridge Road and 195th Street. Events include giveaways, activities, and food. The public is invited to join the fun.

Bronx River Alliance presents Bronx River Flotilla, to paddle along the river, May 26 (rescheduled from May 19 due to rain). Paddlers are welcome for this fundraiser. For more information and to RSVP, call (718) 430-4665.

Bronx County Historical Society presents Memorial Day Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Ave. to commemorate our nation’s fallen soldiers, May 28 from 11 a.m. to noon. Also scheduled is Bronx Brewery Legacy Trolley Tour, June 9 from noon to 5 p.m., leaving from Woodlawn Cemetery’s Jerome Avenue entrance ($40). For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

Van Cortlandt Library, 3874 Sedgwick Ave., presents films: “Atlantis: The Lost Empire,” May 23, and “Peter Rabbit,” May 30; each at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 543-5150.

A Community Organizations Fair will be held at DeWitt Clinton High School, 100 W. Mosholu Pkwy. So., June 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Social service organizations are scheduled to be present to provide key health and wellness resources and information with the goal of improving healthy food access particularly focusing on kids’ meals. Various service tables will be present including one for blood pressure and BMI screenings.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: At Home in the Sky, to paint birds for sky-painting project, May 26 and 27; and A Turtle’s Pace, to design and decorate a stuffed wearable turtle-shell backpack followed by a parade, June 2 and 3; both in the WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is Turtle & Shell Show and Tell, to see a live turtle; and Nature Presentation: Turtle Talk, to learn about turtles; both in the WH House, June 3 from 1 to 2 p.m. 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.

Exhibits
Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, presents Oded Halahmy-Exile is Home and Moses Ros: Landing/Aterrizaje, through July 1. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

The Museum of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Ave. (208th Street), presents Bronx Expo – The Starlight Park Story, through Sept. 30; and Women’s Suffrage and New York City: A Centennial Celebration, through April 11, 2019. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

Rafaela (Ella) Santos, 315 E. 201st St., presents her solo art exhibit W/O [man] Hood, through May 27 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Bronx River Art Center (BRAC),1087 E. Tremont Ave. presents River Rising through June 17, exposition in Starlight Park. For more information, call (718) 589-5819. 

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for teens/young adults: film: “Harry Potter,” May 25 at 3:30 p.m.; and Wildlife: to see various animals, June 6 at 4:30 a.m.  Adults can enjoy Computer Basics: June 2 at 11 a.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: Crafty Fridays at 3 p.m.: crafts, May 25, June 1 and 8; and STEM: Kids Science at 3 p.m.: May 29 (air/gravity), and June 5 (music); all for ages 5 to 12; and Toddler Storytime: (for ages 18 to 36 months), stories, action songs, fingerplays, and crafts, May 31 at 11 a.m. Adults can attend: Knitting Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

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