Editor’s Pick 

The Public Is Invited… 

To a free outdoor movie, “The Lego Movie,” on Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Muller Park and Plaza, East Fordham Road and Creston Avenue. Bring a chair or blanket. For more information, call (718) 562-2104.

Onstage
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents La Gioconda, performed by the NY Opera Forum, Sept. 13; both at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., presents “Obsesión” featuring singer Danny Rivera, musical director Nelson González, pianist Emilio Morales, and a number of other Latin performers, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 to $60. For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

Events
Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Arts Projects: Frankenthaler Outdoor Painting, to paint a WH scene, Sept. 13 and 14; in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grounds admission is free Saturdays and Tuesdays until noon all year. For more information and a schedule of events including tours and walks, call (718) 549-3200.

The Jerome-Gun Hill BID presents its Fall Festival, Sept. 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. rain or shine, on Jerome Avenue between Mosholu Parkway and East Gun Hill Road. Activities include kids’ jamboree, games, rides, chess lessons, domino tournament, and a celebrity basketball game and clinic. For more information, call (718) 324-4946.

Exhibits
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, presents Beyond the Supersquare, featuring a variety of artwork, through Jan. 11. For more detailed information, call (718) 681-6000.

Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents for children: Gustafer Yelowgold: Tale for ages 3 to 12, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. For adults, there is Advance Microsoft Word 2010: Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. (in-person registration required); and Computer Basics: Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. (in-person 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 children: Body Basics: (ages 3 to 12), Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. Teens/young adults can attend Get Fresh: Learn to make air fresheners, Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, 118 Eames Place (near Kingsbridge Road), offers for kids: Active Health at 4 p.m.: (yoga and zumba, ages 5 to 12), Sept. 5, 12 and 19; and Toddler Time at 11 a.m.: (18 to 36 months), Sept. 10 and 17. For adults: Computer Basics Open Lab at noon: Sept. 4, 11, 16 and 18. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

NOTE: Items for consideration may be mailed to our office or sent to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org, and should be received by Sept. 8 for the next publication date of Sept. 18.

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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.