Newsbriefs for Aug. 27, 2015

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Clothing drive underway

Teaming up with POTS (Part of the Solution), The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, located at 4450 Fieldston Road, is hosting a clothing drive. 

Clothing, shoes, belts and bedding are welcome. The drive will end in October. For more information, call the Society at 718-548-4445 or go to www.potsbronx.org. 

Bronx Council art grants available

The Bronx Council on the Arts invites Bronx-based individual artists and non-profit organizations to apply for 2016 project funding through the Artists for Community Grant, Arts Fund and Community Arts Grant. Each grant program supports projects and activities between January 1 and December 31, 2016 that enable Bronx communities to experience and engage with the arts. Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000.

There are four Artist for Community Grants for individual artists worth $2,500 each.

The Arts Fund will award $1,000 to $5,000 grants to individual artists and non-profit organizations with less than a $100,000 operating budget.

There are also Community Arts Grant worth $1,000 to $5,000 for organizations and individual artists applying through a fiscal sponsor or partnering organization.

Visit www.bronxarts.org/grants.asp now for “How to Apply” workshop dates.

Community choir begins 14th year

The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Community Choir is beginning its 14th season this fall. All current, former and prospective new members are invited to attend the first rehearsal, on Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. downstairs in the HIR social hall at 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway.

Although the ability to read music is an asset, it is not a requirement. Everyone will receive a CD of their voice part. The choir sings in Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino and English.  All songs are transliterated.

For further information, contact music director Jonathan Dzik at JFDzik326@aol.com or at 718-549-8520.

New Lehman lab

Lehman College’s new Information Technology Innovation Lab aims to create an IT hub in the Bronx by supporting programs for computer engineers. 

The lab, which opened last week, offers intense programming and web development training.

Over the summer, 24 students participated in the lab’s pilot program, called Traincube, in which they learned to build web applications for existing businesses. Together with the Bronx Business Bridge Incubator, Traincube selected four businesses with IT needs.

They included a global wholesaler of recycled and refurbished computers, a jewelry maker, a tax and accounting service, and an education advocacy group.

For more information about the IT Innovation Lab and Bronx Business Bridge, e-mail Claudia.hadley@lehman.cuny.edu. The application deadline for the next series of workshops is Wednesday, September 30.

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