[Slask, a song and dance ensemble from Poland plays the Bronx’s Lehman Center on Saturday night.]

Our Out & About calendar is a listing of arts, entertainment and recreational events happening in the Bronx over the next two weeks. Enjoy!

Editor’s Pick

Free Music at NYPL

 The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents Nylon Wound, classical guitar duo performing original compositions, March 23 at 2:30 p.m.; and A Latin Jazz Concert, featuring the Papo Pepin Quartet, March 30 at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

Onstage

The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd., W., presents Slask Song and Dance Ensemble of Poland, March 23 at 2 and 7 p.m. (tickets are $25 to $45); Lehman Jazz Combos With Special Guests, April 7 at 2 p.m. in the Music Building Hearth Room (free); and Dance Brazil, April 7 at 6 p.m. (tickets are $25 to $40; $10/12 and under). For more information, call (718) 960-8833.

Pregones Theatre, 571-575 Walton Ave., presents Grados Inefables, featuring pianist performing contemporary classical music, March 23 at 8 p.m.; and The Harlem Hellfighters on a Latin Beat, concert featuring jazz, ragtime, and danza, March 30 at 8 p.m. For more information, call (718) 585-1202.

Casita Maria, 928 Simpson St., presents a hip-hop poetry performance, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. (free). For more information, call (718) 589-2230 ext. 6193.

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD), 841 Barretto St., 2nd floor, presents Sole Sisters, featuring contemporary dance followed by an opening night party, March 23 at 8 p.m. ($20). For more information, call (718) 842-5223.

Events

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD), 841 Barretto St., 2nd floor, presents Love and Sex at All Stages of Life, a celebration of Freda Rosen, March 28, with a dinner at 6 p.m. followed by a panel and film (free); Lucky, documentary of a young Bronx lesbian, March 29 at 8 p.m. (free); and Stud Life, film of friendship between black lesbian and white gay man, April 4 ($5/suggested donation). Also offered is Fight Like a Woman, to learn self defense (wear loose comfortable clothes, RSVP required), March 24 and 31 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (free); and Capoeira Dance, to learn folk dance based on martial arts, African dance and acrobatics, March 23 and 30 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. ($7/class). For more information, call (718) 842-5223.

The New York Botanical Garden presents The Orchid Show, in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, featuring a viewing, music and complimentary cocktail with admission, Saturdays, March 23, April 6, 13 and 20 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. (tickets are $20/members; $30/non members). For more information, and to reserve, visit www.nybg.org.

The Woodlawn Conservancy (formerly Friends of the Woodlawn Cemetery) offers “Eighty Days,” book talk and signing, March 24 at 1 p.m. For more information, call (718) 920-1463 ext. 225.

Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Arts Projects: Up Pops Spring, to make collages and mobiles, March 23 and 24; and Eco Fair, to make crafts from recycled materials, March 30 and 31; both from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Ecology Building. Grounds admission is free Saturdays until noon and free Tuesdays all day. Glyndor Gallery tours take place Tuesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m.; garden walks are held Tuesdays and Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., from the Perkins Visitor Center. For more information and a schedule of events, call (718) 549-3200.

Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, presents Family Affair: Spring Has Sprung, with art- and food-making activities for children 12 and under, March 30 from 1 to 4 p.m.; Readings & Conversations, author discusses his poetry, April 3 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the north wing lobby; and First Fridays, featuring the 6th annual collaboration with the Havana Film Festival, April 5, from 6 to 10 p.m.. For more information, call (718) 681-6000 or visit bronxmuseum.org.

Exhibits

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, presents Joan Semmel – A Lucid Eye, self portraits of a female aging through her 80s, through June 9. Also featured are Honey, I Rearranged the Collection (artwork from the museum’s permanent collection) and Bronx Lab: Style Wars (featuring graffiti and its relation to style), both through June 2. For more information, call (718) 681-6000.

The Bronx County Historical Society’s Museum of Bronx History at the Valentine-Varian House, 3266 Bainbridge Ave., presents Hail to the Chief and Hooray for Our Side, through April 14. For more information, call (718) 881-8900.

The Bronx Council on the Arts presents free, In the Realm of Dreams & Fears at Hostos Community College’s Longwood Art Gallery, main gallery, through May 1. For more information and a detailed schedule, call (718) 518-6728.

Lehman College Art Gallery, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd., W., presents Contemporary Cartographies, expressing an array of ideas in various styles, through May 11, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 960-8731.

Library Events

The Bronx Library Center, at 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., presents programs for adults including Computer Classes at 2 p.m. (in-person registration required): Intro to Computers, March 21; Single Stop/Government Benefits at 9 a.m.: March 21, 26 and 28; Featured Database: Lawhelp.org: (online registration required), offering a variety of legal help, March 25 at 2 p.m.; and Mango Language Program: (online registration required), to learn one of more than 40 languages, March 26 at 10 a.m. Children can enjoy Global Partners Junior at 4 p.m.: (ages 5 to 12: phone or in-person registration required), March 27 and April 3; Preschool Story Time at 11 a.m.: March 28 and April 4; Films: March 26 and April 2 at 4 p.m.; The Frog Prince: (ages 3 to 12): show with puppets and music, March 30 at 2 p.m.; Bunny Basket Making: March 21 at 4 p.m.; and Flower Making, April 4 at 4 p.m. Foreigners can attend free English Classes, March 25 at noon and 6 p.m. For more information, call (718) 579-4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org.

The Mosholu Library, at 285 E. 205th St., offers for seniors and adults: Knitting Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m.; and Wii Program: Tuesdays at 3 p.m. Children can enjoy Film: (ages 5 to 12): “Wreck-It Ralph,” March 25 at 4:30 p.m.; Popsqueaks: (ages 18 months to 5 years), featuring puppets, music, magic and more, March 26 at 11 a.m.; Read Aloud at 4 p.m.: (ages 3 to 12), April 1; Toddler Story Time at 10:30 a.m.: (ages 18 to 36 months), March 21 and April 4; Baby Story Time: (ages to 18 months), April 2 at 11 a.m.; and Arts and Crafts: (ages 8+), March 26 at 3 p.m. Teens/young adults can join NakhaChitra: Create Art With Your Fingernails: (all materials provided), March 21 at 4 p.m.; and Test Strategies: with Kaplan representative, April 4 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 882-8239.

The Jerome Park Library, at 118 Eames Place, offers Crafternoons: (all materials provided), April 3 at 4 p.m.; and Cooking at 4 p.m.: March 21, 28 and April 4; both for teens/young adults. Also offered is Pajama Party: (ages 5 to 12), March 25 at 4 p.m.; and The Frog Prince: (ages 3 to 12), show with puppets and music, March 26 at 4 p.m. For more information, call (718) 549-5200.

A HAPPY AND HEALTHY PASSOVER TO ALL OUR JEWISH READERS AND A HAPPY AND HEALTHY EASTER TO ALL OUR CHRISTIAN READERS.

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