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Out & About: Music, Movies and More

Onstage
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Chamber Music Concert, featuring the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music’s Chamber Orchestra and more, March 11 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org. 

Lehman College’s Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents the following performances: The Habana Boys, featuring four tenors performing arias and popular songs, March 11 at 8 p.m. (tickets: $25 to $40); and The Russian National Ballet, performing “Romeo & Juliet,” and “Carmen,” March 12 at 4 p.m. (tickets: $25 to $45) ($75/all VIP tickets, and $10/under 12). VIP tickets include pre-concert wine and hors d’oeuvres reception and the best seats in the house. For more information and to RSVP, call (718) 960-8833.

Events
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a corned beef and cabbage dinner at St. Philip Neri, 3025 Grand Concourse on March 12 at 1 p.m. Monsignor O’Brien will be the guest of honor and music will be provided by Sean Moloney. For more information, call (718) 733-3200.

The Bronx Federation of Teachers, 2500 Halsey St., will host a college fair, March 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for high school students and counselors, featuring college prep workshops, information on admissions, financial aid, exams, and more. Schools are required to complete an online group registration form by March 24 at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bronx-uft-college-fair-tickets-31665059044 (password: UFT). For more information, call (866) 509-5921 or (914) 943-9345 (cell).

The Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood, 2975 Bainbridge Ave., presents National Women’s History Month, March 18 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Events include free HIV/HEP C testing, guest speakers, and a scanvan mobile for mammogram testing for women ages 40 and older who have not had a mammogram in the past year. Free hot meals will be distributed. For more information, call (718) 208-5996 or (917) 636-0346.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers 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.

Exhibits 

The NY Botanical Garden presents The Orchid Show, through April 9, at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. For more information, call (718) 817-8700.

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following for children: Shape Bird Making, March 16. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St., offers for adults: Knitting Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road), offers for children: Kids Get Active Fridays at 2:45 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), dance moves on the Wii game console, March 19; Preschool Story Time and Craft at 11:15 a.m.: (ages 3 to 5), featuring books, puppetry, dramatics, crafts and flannel boards, March 16; and Homework Desk Help at 3 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), March 13 and 15. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

Public Service Announcement 

Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 12 at 2 a.m. Turn clocks forward one hour. 

Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.

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