Editor’s choice: College offers trick-or-treating

FRIDAY, OCT. 25, Manhattan College, located at 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, will host an evening full of Halloween activities, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Kappa Delta Pi, the national education honor society, invites children in the area to the campus for trick-or-treating and other themed activities. 

For more information, e-mail Anthony Lawlis at alawlis.student@manhattan.edu or Erin Kelly at ekelly03.student@manhattan.edu. 

 

Textiles serve as

exhibit inspiration

 

BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23, The Bronx County Historical Society, located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave., will showcase its fall exhibit, “History Woven into Cloth,” which includes artifacts from the society’s textile collection. Wednesday’s opening reception will begin at 4:30 p.m. 

For more information, call 718-881-8900 or go to www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org. 

 

Biggest pumpkin

on display in Bx

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, The New York Botanical Garden, located at 2900 Southern Blvd., will display world-record size pumpkins, including the largest pumpkin in the world, which weighs 2,032 pounds. Other thousand-pound pumpkins will also be on display. 

For more information, go to call 718-817-8700 or go to www.nybg.org.

 

Art

 

Art center hosts

Mexican festival

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, The Pelham Art Center, located at 155 Fifth Ave. in Pelham, will celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead as part of its Folk Arts Series, at 1:30 p.m. 

Artists Zafiro Romero-Acevedo and her mother Aurelia Fernández Marure will be at the event to talk about the history of the holiday and lead a contemporary art-making workshop. For more information, call 914-738-2525 or go to info@pelhamartcenter.org. 

 

Elisa’s picked to represent borough

 

BEGINNING TUESDAY, OCT. 29, Elisa’s Contemporary Art, located at 5622 Mosholu Ave., will represent the borough in the third annual Curate NYC Competition by showcasing 25 artists’ work. Elisa’s has scheduled an opening reception for Oct. 29, from 6 to 8 p.m. 

 For more information, call 212-729-4974 or e-mail lisa@elisaart.com. 

 

Japanese buds

blossom in Bronx

 

THROUGH SUNDAY, OCT. 27, The New York Botanical Garden, located at 2900 Southern Blvd., will display its new exhibit, “Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Garden.”

For a full schedule, go to www.nybg.org.

 

Gallery 18 at Y

exhibits photos

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, Gallery 18 of The Riverdale Y, located at 5625 Arlington Ave., will display Dianne Sposito’s photography. 

For more information, call 718-548-8200.

 

Ethical Society

shows oil paintings

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, Orhan Alpaslan will exhibit his paintings at The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd. 

His work includes oil paintings of cultural life, seascapes and more. For more information, call 718-548-4445. 

 

Riverdale artists

displayed at library

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, The Bronxville Public Library, located at 201 Pondfield Rd. in Bronxville, will display paintings, photos and mixed media from 17 Riverdale artists. 

For more information, call 914-337-7680.

 

Lehman shows

modern prints

 

THROUGH WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, The Lehman College Art Gallery, located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W., will display a contemporary printmaking exhibit titled “Morphology and Form of Print.”

For more information, call 718-960-8731.

 

Bronx Museum

focuses on Feher

 

THROUGH SUNDAY, FEB. 16, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, located at 1040 Grand Concourse, will show a retrospective of Tony Feher, which will include 60 of the artist’s sculptures.

For more information, call 718-681-6000 or go to www.bronxmuseum.org.

 

A bit of Scotland

comes to the Bx

 

THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 16, The New York Botanical Garden, located at 2900 Southern Blvd., will present, “Close: A Journey in Scotland,” which includes landscape photography by Allan Pollock-Morris. 

For more information, call 718-817-8700 or go to www.nybg.org. 

 

Classes & programs

 

Y has classes

for everyone 

 

ONGOING, the Riverdale YM-YWHA, located at 5625 Arlington Ave., will host a variety of events:

 

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23,The Senior Center will host a lecture on the constitution by retired law professor, Irving Ladimer, and Harvey Bien, at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will follow at noon. 

The senior center requests a $2.25 donation from attendees. For more information, call 718-548-8200 ext. 224.

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, the Senior Center has organized an open house, with doors opening at 9:30 a.m. The center will screen Fill the Void at 10:15 a.m., serve a hot lunch and then open up the floor for dancing, at 1:15 p.m. 

The Y requests attendees donate $2.25. 

For more information, call Vicki at 718-548-8200 ext. 224.

 

MONDAY, OCT. 28, the Y will be administering flu shots, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Registration is required by calling Vicki at 718-548-8200 ext. 224. 

 

FRIDAYS, the Senior Center will host Fabulous Free Friday Activities, at 10:30 a.m. On Oct. 25, the center will show the 1940 film, His Girl Friday, at 10 a.m. A lunch will follow at noon. The Senior Center requests attendees donate $2.25.

 

SUNDAYS, the Riverdale Y’s Sunday Market operates at the David A. Stein Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, MS/HS 141, located at West 237th Street and Independence Avenue, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

On Nov. 3, staff will offer a cooking class for kids, at noon. To R.S.V.P. for the $5 event, e-mail mmichael@riverdaley.org. 

For more information, call 718-548-8200 or go to www.riverdaley.org.

 

Library hosts

book talk 

 

The Spuyten Duyvil Library, located at 650 W. 235th St., invites you to enjoy its activities: 

 

MONDAY, OCT. 28, adults may share their thoughts on a book they have recently read during a Reading Club meeting, at 11 a.m.

 

FRIDAY, NOV. 1, staff will offer a chair-based yoga class, at 11 a.m.

 

MONDAY, NOV. 4, a knitting and crocheting circle will convene, at 11 a.m. 

 

For more information, call 718-796-1202. 

 

Vannie offers

activities for all

 

Van Cortlandt Park will host several events:

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 26, there will be a bird walk, at 8 a.m. Participants should meet at the Nature Center. 

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 26, the Urban Park Rangers will give an astronomy lesson, at 7 p.m. Attendees should meet at the Nature Center. 

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 2, staff will offer an intro to hiking course, at 10 a.m. Participants should meet at the corner of Mosholu Avenue and Broadway. 

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 2, volunteers will gather near Mosholu Avenue and Broadway to help restore the park grounds, at 10 a.m.

 

SUNDAY, NOV. 3, parks employees will host an American Indian-inspired craft session at the Nature Center, at 1 p.m.

 

For more information, call 718-601-1460 or go to www.nycgovparks.org.  

 

Wave Hill hosts

fairies and gnomes 

 

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, has a busy calendar:

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 26 and SUNDAY, OCT. 27, the estate has organized Enchanted Wave Hill Weekend, which includes fairy tale story telling, explorations into enchanted woods and music.

Family art projects, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, will invite artists to create fairy wands and tiny houses for the magical creatures.

A fairy harp circle is scheduled to perform Saturday and Sunday, at noon.

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, staff will host Hatha yoga, at 10 a.m. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The event costs $15 for members and $23 for non-members. 

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, at 11 a.m., and TUESDAY, OCT. 29, at 11 a.m., Wave Hill will give a walk highlighting the gardens. Participants should meet at The Perkins Visitor Center.

 

For more information, call 718-549-3200 or go to www.wavehill.org.

 

Bowling offered at the library

 

The Kingsbridge Library, located at 291 W. 231st St., has the following events planned:

 

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23, the library has organized a computer buying informational session, at 5 p.m. Registration is required. 

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 26, organizing consultant Daphne Kohavy will give a talk titled, Time to Spare, at 2 p.m. Her lecture will focus on helping people identify problems, such as cluttered offices or tight budgets, and find solutions for them.

 

MONDAYS, a knitting and crocheting circle will meet, at 3 p.m. 

 

MONDAYS, clear your mind with Sahaja meditation, at 6 p.m.

 

WEDNESDAYS, the library will host Wii bowling, at 1:30 p.m.

 

FRIDAYS, Staywell exercise class kicks off, at 10 a.m.

 

SATURDAYS, an intermediate Sahaja meditation class convenes, at 10:30 a.m.

 

For computer classes, participants must register one week before the course. Stop by the library or call to reserve a spot. 

For more information, call 718-548-5656.

 

Synagogue plans

a busy October 

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, The Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, located at 475 W. 250th St., will host a variety of events: 

 

THURSDAYS, OCT. 31 and NOV. 7, the synagogue will host a series on the history of ethical wills and tips for writing one, at 7:45 p.m. 

For more information, call 718-543-8400 or go to www.csair.org.

 

Class teaches

MS Excel 

 

BEGINNING TUESDAY, NOV. 5, The Riverdale Community Center, located at 660 W. 237th St., will begin its five-week Microsoft Excel course, which will be held from 8:30 to 10 p.m. 

The $110 course will cover creation, formatting and more. There is a $15 registration fee.

To register or for more information, call 718-796-4724 or go to www.riverdalecommunitycenter.org. 

 

Films 

 

Library screens

cop movie ‘Mud’

 

SATURDAY, Oct. 26, The Spuyten Duyvil Library, located at 650 W. 235th St., will screen Mud.  For more information, call 718-796-1202. 

 

Hitchcock film 

to play at library

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 2, The Kingsbridge Library, located at 291 W. 231st St., will screen Rope, at 1 p.m. 

For more information, call 718-548-5656.

 

Groups & Meetings 

 

EX-POWs 

set to meet 

 

The American Ex-Prisoners of War Association, Greater New York Chapter, meets the first and third Friday of each month, at 10 a.m., at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd., room 4B-50 on the fourth floor. All ex-POWs are invited. 

For more information, call 718-584-9000 ext. 5143.

 

Toastmasters seek 

new members 

 

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, the Bronx Toastmasters Club of Riverdale will hold a free meeting at Riverdale Neighborhood House, located at 5521 Mosholu Ave., at 7:30 p.m.

New members are welcome to see how the club enables people to communicate effectively. 

The Toastmasters meet every second and fourth Wednesday of the month.

For more information, call 917-583-2679 or go to www.bronxtoastmastersclub.org.

 

Health & Fitness

 

Vannie hosts

senior exercise

 

MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS, seniors will meet for yoga at the Woodlawn Tennis Courts, located near Jerome Avenue and East 233rd Street, at 9 a.m.

 

TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS, a senior walk will depart from the Woodlawn Tennis Courts, at Jerome Avenue and East 233rd Street, at 9 a.m.

 

For more information, call 718-760-6999 or go to www.cityparksfoundation.org/sports/seniors-fitness.com. 

 

Running group

meets at Vannie

 

SATURDAYS, people meet for a run in Van Cortlandt Park, at 8 a.m.

Participants should meet at the Van Cortlandt Stadium.

Visit The Van Cortlandt Track Club’s website to join. The club offers five levels of membership: junior and senior for $10, single for $20, family for $30 and lifetime for $500.

For more information, go to www.vctc.org.

 

Kids & Teens

 

Halloween projects offered by the river

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 26, The Hudson River Museum, located at 510 Warburton Ave. in Yonkers, invites kids to a spooky science program, from 1 to 4 p.m. Attendees will learn about glowing ooze, ghost shadows and more. 

For more information, call 914-963-4550 or go to www.hrm.org.

 

Deedle Deedle Dees come to town 

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 26, the kids’ band Deedle Deedle Dees will perform at Ridge Hill HarvestFest in Ridge Hill Center, located at 1 Ridge Hill Rd. in Yonkers, at 4 p.m.

For more information, go to westchestersridgehill.com. 

 

Museum hosts

haunted activities

 

THURSDAY, OCT. 31, The Hudson River Museum, located at 511 Warburton Ave. in Yonkers, will offer haunted house tours and organize a costume parade for children, at 4:30 p.m.  

For more information, call 914-963-4550 or go to www.hrm.org. 

 

Boo at the Zoo returns this fall

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, The Bronx Zoo, located at 2300 Southern Blvd., will host Halloween-related activities during its Boo at the Zoo: Dragons and Dinosaurs weekend programs. 

Activities include 3-D pumpkin carving, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., dinosaur safaris, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and access to a hay maze, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information and a full schedule, go to www.bronxzoo.com. 

 

Misc.

 

Lehman thanks supporters

 

THURSDAY, OCT. 24, Lehman College will host Dinner with the Stars, an affair that will honor Ira Cohen, Vincent HoSang and Daniel Kane Jr. for supporting Lehman students and contributing to their community, at The New York Botanical Garden, located at 2900 Southern Blvd., at 7 p.m. 

For more information, go to http://www.lehman.edu/gala.

 

College plans

an open house

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, Manhattan College, located at 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, will host an undergraduate open house, beginning at 9:30 a.m. with morning mass. The Alumni Society is sponsoring a brunch at 10:30 a.m. and tours and exhibits will begin at noon.

If you are interested in attending the brunch, register by e-mailing alumni@manhattan.edu.

To register for other open house events, go to www.manhattan.edu/openhouse. 

 

Ethical Society 

hosts memorial

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd., will host a memorial service for Zachary Rosenfeld, at 1 p.m. R.S.V.P. is required. 

For more information, call 718-548-4445 or go to ww.rysec.org.

 

Batali supports

botanical garden

 

MONDAY, OCT. 28, Mario Batali’s Otto Enoteca Pizzeria will hold a fundraiser to benefit The New York Botanical Garden at its 1 Fifth Ave. restaurant in Manhattan.

The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. and include food, an auction and more. All proceeds will go toward the Botanical Garden’s new Edible Academy. Tickets cost $350 for adults and $200 for children.

For tickets or more information, call 718-817-8773 or e-mail cbalkonis@nybg.org.

 

Poet performs at

Bronx Museum

 

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, located at 1040 Grand Concourse, will host a concert by La Bruja, a Bronxite, spoken word poet, actress and musician, at 7 p.m.

The museum asks attendees to donate a $5.

For more information, call 718-839-1196. 

 

Music

 

Ethical Culture

to host show

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd., will host pianist Jonathan Dzik and singer Sigal Chen for an evening of arias, Broadway tunes and Yiddish songs, at 7 p.m.

The event costs $15 and $10 for seniors and students. 

For more information, call 718-548-4445 or go to www.rysec.org.

 

Seniors

 

Senior Services

plans busy month

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, The Riverdale Senior Services, located at 2600 Netherland Ave., will host a variety of events. 

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, the annual bazaar and bake sale is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. There will be jewelry, books, accessories and more. Donations of new and gently used items – but no clothes – will be accepted through Thursday, Oct. 24. 

 

TUESDAY, OCT. 29, Peter Solomon will host a Halloween costume party, at 1 p.m. Registration is required for this event. 

The center is registering members for a trip to Empire Casino on Monday, Oct. 28. Registration is required. 

For more information, call 718-884-5900. 

 

St. Margaret’s

club socializes

 

FRIDAY, NOV. 8, The St. Margaret’s Leisure Club will meet at 452 W. 260th St., at 12:30 p.m. The group plans events, hosts guest speakers and much more. The group convenes the first and third Friday of each month, but will not be meeting on Friday, Nov. 1. 

For more information, call Ronnie at 718-548-6245.

 

Talks  

 

Ethical Culture

gets green

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Rd., will join with Congregation Tehillah Cheshvan to host a day of local environmental learning and activism, at 11 a.m.

For more information, call 718-548-4445 or go to www.rysec.org.  

 

 

Visual artist 

comes to college 

 

MONDAY, OCT. 28, Manhattan College, located at 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, will host a talk with visual and performance artist Shuan “El C.” Leonardo, at 5 p.m. in Miguel Hall, room 311. 

For more information, e-mail evelyn.scaramella@manhattan.edu. 

 

Holocaust Center

hosts filmmaker

 

TUESDAY, OCT 29, Manhattan College’s Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center, located at 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, will host director Thomas Hallen, who will presents his film Living in the Deafening Silence, in Hayden Hall, room 100, at 4 p.m.

For more information, call Mehnaz Afridi at 718-862-7284 or e-mail him at mehnaz.afridi@manhattan.edu.

 

Lecture discusses 

amusement parks 

 

TUESDAY, OCT. 29, The Bronx County Historical Society will host a lecture, Lost Amusement Parks of New York City, with authors Wesley and Barbra Gottlock in the Archives Building, located at 3313 Bainbridge Ave., at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call 718-881-8900 or go to www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org. 

 

Local publisher promotes erotica

 

FRIDAY, NOV. 1, Riverdale Avenue Books will take its erotic reading series, Between the Covers, to the Museum of Sex, located at 233 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan, from 7 to 10 p.m. 

Editors of Jezebel, a website dedicated to discussing women’s issues, are among many scheduled to read at the event. 

To purchase tickets, go to www.mosexstore.com.

For more information, go to www.betweenthecoversnyc.wordpress.com.

Theater 

 

Children’s Theatre

offers audition prep

 

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, The Riverdale Children’s Theatre will host free audition prep at the David A. Stein Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, located at 660 West 237th St., from 5 to 7 p.m. 

The free service is designed to help eighth and ninth grade students applying to LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, Professional Performing Arts High School, Talented Unlimited High School, Special Music High School and Frank Sinatra School for Performing Arts.

Attendance is required on both Sundays.

For more information, e-mail Becky Woods at becky@riverdaletheatre.org or go to www.riverdalechildrenstheatre.org.

 

Theater company offers new shows

 

THROUGH OCTOBER, The Red Monkey Theater Group, the theater company-in-residence at The College of Mount Saint Vincent, will kick off its new season in Cahill Theater, located at 6301 Riverdale Ave. 

 

FRIDAY, OCT. 25, SATURDAY, OCT.  26, and SUNDAY, OCT. 27, at 8 p.m., The Red Monkey Theater Group will perform Anton Chekov’s Three Sisters.

 

EX-POW ASSOCIATION: The American Ex-Prisoners of War Association, Greater New York Chapter, meets the first and third Friday of each month at 10 a.m., at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 130 W. Kingsbridge Road, room 4B-50 on the fourth floor. All ex-POWs are invited. For more information, call 718-584-9000 ext. 5143.