Editor’s Pick

Summer in the City 

The public is invited to attend Summerstage, a variety of free performances, all at 10:30 a.m., presented by City Parks Foundation, in city parks (schedule is subject to change):

Van Cortlandt Park’s Classic Playground, VC Park South and Orloff Avenue – Todd Rolle: Kids Day Out on July 7; and Chinese Acrobat Li Liu on July 14.

Van Cortlandt Park’s Sachkerah Woods Playground at Jerome Avenue and Gun Hill Road – PuppetMobile’s Puss in Boots on July 21; Marc Cary: The Harlem Sessions on July 28.

Poe Park, next to the bandstand, Grand Concourse at East 193rd Street – Janice Marie Robinson’s Melodic Magic on July 22; LaRocque Bey Dance & Drum on July 29; and PuppetMobile’s Puss in Boots on Aug. 5.

For more information, visit www.cityparksfoundation.org/arts/summerstage-kids/. 

Onstage
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and Bronx Council on the Arts host free concerts at 7 p.m.: Gene DiNapoli Variety All-Star Show at the Riverdale YM-YWHA, 5625 Arlington Ave., Riverdale, on July 19; and John Benitez and his Latin Jazz Band at the Amalgamated Train Park on July 21. For more information, call (718) 796-5345.

The Bardekova Ensemble will perform “The Music of 400 Years,” a free music concert at the Poe Park Visitor’s Center, 2640 Grand Concourse, on July 7 at 2 p.m. (Call (917) 584-6626.) The quintet will also perform at the Woodlawn Cemetery Chapel, 501 E. 233rd St., on July 10 at 3 p.m. (Call (718) 408-5625.) 

Events
Fordham Road BID presents Fordham Film Festival, at Bryan Park, East Fordham and East Kingsbridge roads. Events begin at 5 p.m. and include music, games and activities, and films begin at 8:30 p.m. July 22: “Roger Rabbit.” For more information, visit fordhamroad.nyc. 

The Family Learning Place at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore holds a Family Picnic, July 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at MMC’s East Garden, 111 E. 210th St. For more information, call (718) 741-2357 or visit flp@montefiore.org.

Montefiore Health System will hold a free workshop at 3400 Bainbridge Ave. in the Medical Arts Pavilion on the 2nd floor: Treatment Options for Kidney Failure, about hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home dialysis, and supportive care, July 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. For more information, call (800) MD-MONTE.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Nature’s Canvas Bag, to create a leafy impression on an everyday canvas bag to take anywhere, July 9 and 10; and Pop-In Landscape, to make landscape collages out of cracker wrappers, July 16 and 17; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is The Four Bags, performing chamber music, July 13, and Hilliard Greene & the Jazz Expressions, quintet performing jazz, rock, blues and R&B; both from 7 to 8 p.m. on the Great Lawn. Bring chair or blanket. 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
Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse, presents The Faces of Cuba, a photo exhibition by Walter Pofeldt, through July 31, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 365-5516.

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following events for children: films at 2 p.m.: July 12 and 19; Hands-On Projects at 2 p.m.: (ages 7 to 12; pre-registration required), Sports Book Making, July 14, and Game Door Hanger, July 21; and Puppet Show: (ages 3 to 12), Tortoise and the Hare, July 16 at 2 p.m. Adults can attend film: “Purple Rain,” featuring Prince, July 9 at 2:30 p.m.; Chess at 3 p.m.: July 15 and 29 (chess set provided); and Microsoft Word 2010 for Beginners: (online registration required), July 18 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: Greenhouse Exploration: (ages 5 to 12), weather permitting, kids can hang out in the backyard to play and help maintain the branch garden. Plant seeds, do some composting, water plants or do crafts, July 12 and 19 at 2 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 children: Kids Get Active Fridays at 2 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12), dance and zumba, July 8 and 15; Afternoon Arts: (ages 5 to 12), enjoy art related projects, July 11 at 4 p.m.; and Toddler Storytime and Craft at 11:15 a.m.: (ages 3 to 5), stories, songs and craft, July 14 and 21. For more information, call (718) 549-5200. 

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