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Recycle Holiday Trees

The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation presents Treecycle at Annual Mulchfest 2016. Recycle your holiday tree into woodchips that will nourish trees and gardens throughout the city. Free mulch collection bags will be provided and patrons may bring home a bag of free mulch for their own garden at the chipping site at Van Cortlandt Park’s golf course at Bailey Avenue and VC Pk. So., Jan. 9 and 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donors may bring trees from Jan. 2 to 10 to local drop-off sites for future recycling: Williamsbridge Oval Park, Kossuth Playground at Mosholu Parkway No. and Kossuth Avenue, St. James Park at West 192nd Street and Jerome Avenue, or Poe Park at the Grand Concourse between East Kingsbridge Road and East 192nd Street. Remember to remove all lights, ornaments, and netting. For more information and additional sites, visit www.nyc.gov/dsny or www.nyc.gov/greenyc.

 

Events
Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Art Projects: Winter Birdy Marionettes,

workshop, Dec. 26 and 27; and Create Your Year – Hello 2016, to create an animal, based on Chinese and Native American, and take home calendar, Jan. 2 and 3; both in WH House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 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.

Holiday Events
The New York Botanical Garden’s Enid A. Haupt Conservatory offers the Holiday Train Show, presented by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, daily through Jan. 18, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., featuring model trains that zip through a display of 150 NYC landmarks, each recreated with bark, leaves and other natural materials. Advance reservations are recommended. For more information and tickets prices, call (718) 817-8716. 

St. Helena’s Church, 1315 Olmstead Ave. (off Westchester Avenue, between Parkchester and Castle Hill avenues), hosts Parkchester’s annual Kwanzaa Program, Creating Unity in the Community, Dec. 26 from 3 to 8 p.m., featuring free admission and food. The Kwanzaa program begins at 4 p.m. sharp. Events include African attire and African market, cultural performances, raffles, and speakers. Donations are accepted. Bring handcrafted or educational children’s gifts, and games, books or toys. For more information, call (718) 409-5253 or (347)) 525-4943.

Library Events
The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents the following events for children: Design and Test a Parachute: (ages 7 to 11, preregistration required), workshop, Jan. 5 at 4 p.m.; Preschool Story Time: (ages 3 to 5), enjoy picture books, Jan. 7 at 11 a.m.; and Hands-on Projects at 4 p.m.: (ages 7 to 12; in-person preregistration required), Winter Frame Making, Jan. 7. Teens/young adults can join Financial Literacy: workshop to learn about money, finding a job, making and saving money and keeping a budget, Jan. 7 at 4 p.m.; and films at noon: “Elf,” Dec. 24; and “Jurassic World,” Dec. 30. Adults can attend film: “A Christmas Carol,” Dec. 26 at 2:30 p.m.; and exhibit: Movements of the Heart, featuring pictures of dance, Dec. 31 at 6 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: Toddler Time at 10:30 a.m.: (ages 18 to 36 months), music, movement and stories, Dec. 24 and 31; Preschool Story Time: (ages 3 to 5), stories, songs, and activities, Dec. 28 at 4 p.m.; and Dorothy in the Land of Oz: (ages 3 to 12), play presented by the Traveling Lantern Theatre, Dec. 30 at 2:30 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.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR READERS! 

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