E-News Update - December 2005

Puppeteer Nilda Garces will perform with her puppets in the Hostos Community College Atrium.
KUSH will provide Holiday Face Painting for children of all ages at their Artisans Marketplace craft table.
Craft Demonstartions will take place at the Artisans Marketplace.
Film: a 20-minute screening of A Walk Through the Bronx at Hostos.
Poetry at the Downtown Bronx Bar & Cafe.

See Trolley Section below for information on
all of the trolley treats in store for you on December 7th.

Browse & Shop!
The Artisans Marketplace!
THE HOLIDAY CRAFT SALE
at
Hostos Community College in December

The Artisans Marketplace offers you an evening of great browsing and great opportunity to begin your holiday shopping early. Enjoy affordable, collectible handmade crafts by Bronx artisans, including jewelry, beadwork, candles, ceramics, pottery, clothing, hats, rosaries, dolls, and more. Support our local artists by buying art directly from those who created them.

The Artisans Marketplace is a program of BCA's Bronx Cultural Card and Bronx Culture Trolley.

At December 7th's Artisan's Marketplace
KUSH will provide Holiday Face Painting for children of all ages at their craft table.

BCA Executive Director Bill Aguado to be interviewed on Channel 13 on Dec 5th

Bill Aguado will be among the on-air interviewees on Thirteen / WNET's December 5th on-air membership campaign during the network's One premiere broadcast of A Walk Through the Bronx with David Hartman & Historian Barry Lewis. The show will air from 8:00pm through 10:30pm, with live fundraising intermissions during the broadcast. Bill's live interview will air during one of those broadcast intermissions.

2006 BRIO Applications are available at the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) office at 1738 Hone Avenue. In addition, the application and guidelines will be distributed through direct mail to all Bronx artists listed with the Council, as well as Bronx public libraries, BCA's Writer's Center and The BCA's Longwood Arts Project. Visit the BRIO section of BCA's website for guidelines and application. An application can also be received in the mail by calling the Bronx Council on the Arts at 718-931-9500 x35 and leaving your name, address, and telephone number.

BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) is a demonstration of the Bronx Council on the Arts' outreach and support to artists creating work in the literary, media, performing, and visual arts. Click here for 2006 BRIO Guidelines and information about the BRIO program.

Application assistance is available at BCA's office, by appointment and at our BRIO Application Workshop on Thursday, December 15, 2005, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Hostos Community College, Room C-467, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street. Space is limited, so please RSVP by December 13th. Call 718-931-9500 x35 or e-mail edf@bronxarts.org.

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BRIO Panelists Sought by BCA

BCA needs qualified individuals who can commit either one full day or one-half day to a panel process which will determine funding to Bronx artists (BRIO).

Cash honorarium & lunch will be provided.

Please visit BCA's website at www.bronxarts.org for BRIO Panel Nomination Form. If interested, send a current resume to edf@bronxarts.org.

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Bronx Writers' Center Announces
2005/2006 Literary Fellowship and Residency Program Winners

The Bronx Writers' Center is pleased to announce that poet Cecily Parks and fiction writer Jesse W. Donaldson are this year's recipients winners of its annual Literary Fellowship and Residency Program. See Section 4 of this issue of E-News.

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The Bronx Council on the Arts took great pleasure in announcing the recipients of its 2005 New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)/BCA Arts-In-Education Local Capacity Building Grant at a check presentation/reception at Hostos Community College on November 2nd. See Section 2 of this issue of E-News for details.

Bronx artist Juanita Lanzó-Guilbe comes to Longwood Arts Project / Bronx Council on the Arts with a strong studio and art history background and extensive and diverse experience in cultural, academic and community-based environments. Lanzó-Guilbe received a BFA (1996) in drawing and printmaking from the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico and an MFA (2005) in printmaking and painting from The City College of New York / CUNY. Her works have been included in exhibitions in New York, Puerto Rico, and Spain, including recent group exhibitions at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, Galería Guatibiri in Rio Piedras, Museo de Arte de Caguas, and Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. From 1995 to 1998, she was a Library Assistant for the Fine Art Collection of the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan. From 2002 to 2003, she was Printmaking Workshop Monitor and Teaching Assistant for Michi Itami at City College. From 1999 to 2005, she held the position of Visitor Services Manager at The Bronx Museum of the Arts where she administered the Museum's admissions, bookstore, and rentals program. She is fluent in English and Spanish with some knowledge of Italian.

For information about the Bronx Writers' Center, visit www.bronxarts.org and click on the BWC link.

Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
Closing Reception for Quijotextos - Antonio Martorell - Organized by Hostos Community College, this solo exhibition of paintings, drawings, and installation was made in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes's classic literary work Don Quixote.

Puppet Show: Garces Puppeteria featuring Nilda Garces and her puppets.

Film Screening: A Walk Through the Bronx - This is not just a tour through a place; it is also a tour through time. A Q&A session with the show's producer will follow the 20-minute film screening.

The Artisans Marketplace
The Artisans Marketplace offers you an evening of great browsing and great opportunity to begin your holiday shopping early. Enjoy affordable, collectible handmade crafts by Bronx artisans, including jewelry, beadwork, candles, ceramics, pottery, clothing, hats, rosaries, dolls, and more. Support our local artists by buying art directly from those who created them.

Craft Demonstrations will take place throughout the evening.

KUSH provides Holiday Face Painting for children of all ages at their craft table.

Bronx Museum of the Arts
Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video -- This group exhibition brings together 24 videos-by artists from North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia-that are structured around a particular situation, event, or performance. Most take a straightforward documentary approach to their subject, ranging from humorous to critical, and the majority of them are shot in public spaces.

Haven Arts Gallery
Exhibit: WHO'S NYCE (NYC's Elite), a group show of 31 aerosol artists curated by NIC (William Green) ONE. This show will include work by Stem, Hops, Zimad, Nero, Fume, Meres, Part, 2Fly, Ree, Snatch, Lou, and Ema.

Poetry at The Downtown Bronx Bar & Cafe
Readings by Elana Bell and Jai Chakrabarti -- Elana Bell was selected as the winner of the 2004 Stephen Dunn Poetry Award. A resident artist with the louderARTS Project, Elana has been a featured poet at the NuYorican Poets Cafe, Hunter College, The Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Café, among others. She is co-founder of synonymUS, a multi-disciplinary poetry based performance series. She serves as the writer-in-residence for the Bronx Academy of Letters, a New Visions High School. Jai Chakrabarti is a writer of poetry, fiction, and mathematical algorithms. A native of Calcutta, India, his writing interrogates the experience of South Asian Diasporas, settles occasionally on the beauty of mathematics, drifts in magical realism, and always aims to escape classification. He can be seen performing his work at various NYC venues. An open mic session will follow the featured poets' readings.

The Bronx Culture Trolley is a free event of the Bronx Council on the Arts.
For trolley reservations and information, call 718-931-9500 x33 or e-mail trolley@bronxarts.org .

Visit BCA's website at www.bronxarts.org in early January for
updated information on February 1st's featured trolley attractions.

BCA's Bronx Writers' Center (BWC) presents readings by established poets and writers each month at the Downtown Bronx Bar & Cafe as a segment of our First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley program.

On December 7th, BWC's featured readers are Elana Bell and Jai Chakrabarti.

Elana Bell was selected as the winner of the 2004 Stephen Dunn Poetry Award. A resident artist with the louderARTS Project, Elana has been a featured poet at the NuYorican Poets Cafe, Hunter College, The Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Café, among others. She is co-founder of synonymUS, a multi-disciplinary poetry based performance series. She serves as the writer-in-residence for the Bronx Academy of Letters, a New Visions High School. Jai Chakrabarti is a writer of poetry, fiction, and mathematical algorithms. A native of Calcutta, India, his writing interrogates the experience of South Asian Diasporas, settles occasionally on the beauty of mathematics, drifts in magical realism, and always aims to escape classification. He can be seen performing his work at various NYC venues.

February 1st will be the next date for Poetry at the Downtown Bronx Bar & Cafe. Visit BCA's website at www.bronxarts.org in early January for information on February 1st's featured poets.

VLA Legal and Business Boot Camp for Arts Professionals is a new program that will be in venues around the United States that started in October of 2005. Led by veteran arts and entertainment attorneys, this program covers all the essential legal and business issues you need to know, plus, behind the scenes information as only these industry insiders can provide. Artists may attend at the discounted VLA member rate (as low as $50) for two days of intensive programming including lunch, networking opportunities and a wine and cheese reception. Sessions will include: (1) Ask the Lawyer Panels; The Essentials of Intellectual Property; (2) Contract Basics; (3) Business Structures for Creative Endeavors; (4) Special Considerations for Musicians; (5) Special Considerations for Visual Artists; (6) Special Considerations in Film/Video. This course is for arts students, individual artists, and individuals in arts or cultural institution. The program will present information important for people at all stages of their professional development from those just starting out to those who have been working in the arts for many years. Space is limited, please register ASAP. This original program was developed by VLA with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts. For additional information about the program and to register, please visit www.vlany.org/bootcamp.

Internships for College and Graduate Students, 2006-2007
Applications must be received by January 20, 2006

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces its 2006-2007 internship opportunities for college and graduate students interested in careers in art museums. Based upon their academic training and interests, as well as the availability of projects, interns work in one of the Metropolitan's departments - curatorial, education, conservation, administration, or library. Most projects require a strong knowledge of art history. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Internships are full time (five days, thirty-five hours per week) from June 5-August 11, 2006. Honorarium: $3,000 for college students and recent graduates; $3,250 for graduate students. For more detailed information, please go to http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_internship.asp#sum. Applications must be received by January 20, 2006.

BRIO Artist Sightings in December 2005
What are our BRIO artists doing this month? Check it out.

Judith Baumel (BRIO winner for poetry) is the Director of Creative Writing at Adelphi University on Long Island where she is starting an MFA in creative writing program that will allow students to study Poetry, Fiction and Playwrighting. The program is scheduled to launch in January 2006 and is currently accepting applications for admission. See this issue's Opportunities Section under Creative Writing Program for more information.

Linda Cunningham (BRIO winner for printmaking) currently has ten pieces included in a group show at the Krasdale Foods Art Gallery with a number of other past BRIO recipients (on view through Jan 2006). Krasdale Art Gallery is located at 400 Food Center Drive in the Bronx.

Meg Duguid (BRIO winner for performance art) is a featured performer in Holiday Pageant, an evening of performance, video, music and dancing, on Dec 10th at 10:00pm at galapagos artspace, 70 North 6th Street in Brooklyn. Admission is $10. Call 718-782-5188 for information.

Daniel Hauben (BRIO winner for painting) currently has work on view in a group show "True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit" Meridian Foundation (through Dec 2005) that originated in Washington, DC, and is traveling worldwide. Daniel is also among the featured BRIO artists included in the group show, "Best of the Bronx " on view at the Krasdale Foods Gallery through Jan 2006. Additionally, Mr. Hauben has been awarded a commission from the Metropolitan Transit Authority's (MTA) Arts For Transit program. As a result of this commission, the Freeman Street train station in the Bronx (which is currently being renovated) will be permanently graced with faceted glass panels depicting Bronx street scenes by Daniel Hauben.

Peter Kalivas (BRIO winner for choreography), following a two week residency appearing as a guest artist at The Thrasher Horne Center for the Performing Arts in Orange Park, Florida performing my newest solo work "Nothing" and premiering a new work "Thanksgiving" for eleven dancers of The Florida School of the Arts on Dec 2nd. From Dec 6th - 8th, Peter will be dancing in the latest of four-time Emmy Award-winning choreographer John Malashock's dance films entitled "Carryin' a Friend" using the music of Bruce Springsteen as its backdrop. On Dec 10th, he will be teaching a Contemporary Dance Workshop on Dec 10th at Culture Shock Dance Center in San Diego, California. And finally, from Dec 12th - 22nd, Peter will be rehearsing as a guest artist with The Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre in Cleveland as part of the Men's Project which premieres in Cleveland in March featuring the works of David Rousseve, Kevin Iega Jeff and Shapiro & Smith.

Elizabeth Marrero (BRIO winner for acting) has recently ended a run of her one-woman show, The Macha Monologues at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.

Alma Micic (BRIO winner for vocal performance) is making her debut performance at the Jazz Standard --one of the most prominent jazz venues in the world - on Dec 5th with sets at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Tickets are $15. Jazz Standard is located on 116 East 27th Street at Lexington Avenue in NYC. She is preparing several new arrangements of old traditionals from the Balkans, few new originals and presenting selections from her album.

Mary Pearson (BRIO winner for vocal music performance) is a featured vocalist in a Dec 18th jazz concert at Co-op City 's Dreiser Community Center. See Dec 18 calendar listing for details.

If you are one of our past BRIO Awardees and you have an upcoming event or activity, please e-mail it to phil@bronxarts.org and we will list it in this section of E-News and on BCA's web site at www.bronxarts.org.

DECEMBER 2005 CALENDAR LISTINGS
Holiday calendar events are listed in green & red
BCA events have red titles

Dec 15, 6:00-8:00pm
BRIO Application Workshop / Hostos Community Community / Room C-467

Visit the BRIO section of BCA's website for guidelines and application.

Remaining two segments of a
THREE-PART NON-PROFIT LEGAL SEMINAR SERIES
will be offered on December 8th and January 11th

This three-part, non-profit legal seminar series Building and Maintaining a Healthy Community-Based Organization (CBO), is brought to you by the Institute for Community Organizing at Hostos Community College/ CUNY in partnership with the CAUSE-NY/JCRC-NY in cooperation with Lawyers Alliance for New York.

December 8th: The Role of the Board in Corporate Governance
January 11th: Tax Compliance

Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC)
is Holding Four Artist Workshops in December

MMCC Artist Workshops were created to help identify specific goals and create a plan of action to make things happen the north Bronx community! All musicians, actors, dancers, writers, visual artists who live in the North Bronx, as well as their allies, are invited to attend and work together to make change.

Two workshops will be held on Dec 5 and two workshops will be held on Dec 12.
See calendar listing for details.

Dec 2005 Digital Exhibition / Longwood Cyber Residency Program
Digital Matrix Commissions and Longwood Cyber Residency Program present new web-based projects by Manuel Acevedo, Monika Bravo, Gaye Chan, William Crow, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Kenta Furusho, Shih-Chieh Huang, David Graham, Prema Murthy, Wanda Raimundi-Ortíz. This program has a scheduled December 2005 online launch. Visit the Longwood Arts Project website for updated information on this program.

Dec 1, 8:00pm Comedy / Open Mic at Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Open Mic Comedy Night - If you are interested in participating, please call or e-mail elliott@starvingartistonline.com. And if you want to be part of the audience, call or e-mail as well! For information, please call 718-885-3779. For additional information, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 1, 6:00pm Storytime / Barnes & Noble at Bay Plaza
Children's Craft & Storytime - Barnes & Noble is located in Bay Plaza at 290 Baychester Ave. in the Bronx. Store Hours: Sun 10:00am-8:00pm; Mon-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm. All events are free and open to the public. Events sometimes change and new ones are sometimes added. Please call 718-862-3945 to confirm. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Dec 2 thru Jan 8 Holiday Lights / Bronx Zoo / Wildlife Conservation Society*
Holiday Lights - With the first chill in the air, there's an inviting glow over the Bronx Zoo as Hess Presents Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights sponsored by Con Edison, Delta and Pepsi. Over a half million mini-lights and more than 150 animal and scenic lighted sculptures guide Zoo-goers along meandering pathways that have surprises at every turn. Some of our exciting animal exhibits that are part of the experience are: reindeer seen outdoors on Astor Court, camels on view inside Zoo Center, domestic animals in the Children's Zoo, and warm up inside the Monkey House, World of Reptiles, and MouseHouse. Meanwhile, the new Butterfly Garden during Holiday Lights will be transformed into an enchanted garden. New this year -- the Butterfly Garden has been transformed into "The Land of Narnia"- an enchanted tribute to Walt Disney Pictures' and Walden Media's "The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Take a spin on the Bug Carousel ($2 per person.) Choose from ladybugs to beetles to praying mantis for a fabulous ride on these hand-carved and hand-painted bugs - it's the only carousel of its kind in the world! Entertainment abounds with local choral groups performing inside the Dancing Crane Café and ice carving demonstrations by renowned artist Paul Magnaldi. Charming costumed characters like Sammy Snowman, Tina Tiger, and Tommy Turtle, plus amazing stilt walkers from the Alice Farley Dance Company engage little ones and pose for photos. Every weekend throughout Holiday Lights, there's another reason to visit. Be sure to visit online at www.bronxzoo.com for additional details as they become available. Hess Presents the Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights is open thru December 18th Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, and nightly from December 19th to January 1st and again Jan 6, 7, and 8. Note: The zoo will be closed Dec 24 & 25. General admission is $10 for adults, $7 for children (2-12) and seniors (65+); children under 2 years are free. Group rates are available in advance for 10 or more; to reserve call 718-220-5198. To purchase tickets online, and for information about upcoming special weekend activities, as well as promotional offerings, call 718-367-1010 / 718-220-5100 or visit http://bronxzoo.com/bz-whatshappening/bz-events.

Dec 2 thru Jan 10 Art Exhibition / Midtown Antiques Gallery*
Paintings by Veronica Mahoney - Midtown Antiques invites you to its inaugural exhibition of paintings by Veronica Mahoney, a New York artist who carries forth the tradition of 19th-Century plein-aire landscape paintings. A percentage of all sales from this show will benefit Lighthouse International, a well-known charity aiding the blind and visually impaired. The opening coincides with the Bronx Seaside Trolley, which transports passengers in a replica turn of the century trolley from the Pelham Bay Train station to City Island on the first Friday evening of each month. Midtown Antiques located at 310 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx. For more information please contact Violet Ellis 718-885-2820 or midtownantiquesinc@yahoo.com.

Dec 2, 5:30pm Bronx Seaside Trolley / Pelham Bay Park Station
The Bronx Seaside Trolley, running on the first Friday of each month, offers an evening of dining, shopping and entertainment in City Island. Galleries, shops, restaurants and other City Island establishments will feature art openings, entertainment and refreshments. City Island stops include: Focal Point Gallery* (art exhibition and wine& cheese reception), Starving Artists Café & Gallery* (entertainment, art exhibit, and wine reception), Exotiqa International Arts* (wine reception), Midtown Antiques and Gallery* (dessert reception), Quality Antique Furniture (40% off paintings, coins, bronzes, jewelry, and antiques), Main Street Antiques (trolley night sales), La Refuge In at the Samuel Pell House (musical entertainment), Hispanola Cigars Inc. (trolley night discounts offered), Dunkin Doughnuts/Baskin Ribbons (free doughnut with any coffee). Enjoy the many restaurants along the trolley route. Meet at the #6 train, Pelham Bay Park Station, at 5:30pm for the first run of the evening -- there will be 4 to 5 circuit runs. Each run is approximately 45 minutes long. The last pick-up to leave Pelham Bay Station is at 9:30pm. The last pick-up to leave City Island is at 10:05pm dropping you back at the Pelham Bay Station around 10:15pm. Admission to the trolley is free. For more information on the Seaside Trolley, visit www.cityislandchamber.org or call 718-885-9100.

Dec 2, 7:00pm Concert / Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre
Celia Cruz Bronx High Scholl of Music Winter Concert Series presents a concert by its Freshman Band, Technical Orchestra, Chorale, Pianists and Gospel Choir at Lehman College 's Lovinger Theatre at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For more information, please call 718-733-3781. Click here for directions to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 2, 7:30-10:00pm Opening Reception / Focal Point Gallery*
Focal Point's Eighteenth Annual City Island Art Exhibition. On view through Dec 31st. Focal Point is located at 321 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx. For more information, call 718-885-1403. www.focalpointgallery.com.

Dec 2, 7:30-10:00pm Opening Reception / Midtown Antiques Gallery*
Opening Reception for the gallery's inaugural exhibition: Paintings by Veronica Mahoney. See ongoing section of this calendar for details.

Dec 2, 8:00pm Holiday Theater / Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)*
Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo -- BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance proudly presents Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo, written by Charles Rice-González and directed by George Zavala. The play interweaves two holiday classics, The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol, and creates a queer, Latino play about a gay couple who go on a psychedelic trip through their lives one Christmas Eve. The show features Indio Melendez, Gabriel Morales, Izzy Ruiz, Carlos Valencia and Rob Vassalirakis (Simply Rob ). Tickets: $15. You can make reservations on line by clicking http://www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org/tickets_reserv.htm. BAAD! is located on Barretto St. in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx and can be reached by the #6 train to Hunts Point Ave. For a full schedule of events, directions, tickets, reservations and information, call 718-842-5223 or visit www.BronxAcademyOfArtsAndDance.org.

Dec 2, 8:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Bombshell - Enjoy the sound of this alternative rock folk trio (and undisputed princesses of harmony). For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 3 Holiday Lights / Bronx Zoo / Wildlife Conservation Society*
Holiday Lights - See Dec 2 listing for details.

Dec 3, 10:00am-12:00pm Holiday Workshop / Lehman College Art Gallery*
Holiday Card Workshop for parents and children - Enjoy the workshop and enjoy a gallery tour. Join us for a demonstration of the Collagraph printmaking method and create your own holiday prints. Space is limited, so participants will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call Sember Weinman at 718-960-8732. The Lehman College Art Gallery is located in Lehman's Fine Arts Building at 250 Bedford Park Blvd West & Goulden Avenue in the Bronx. For more information, call 718-960-8731 or e-mail susan.hoeltzel@lehman.cuny.edu. http://ca80.lehman.cuny.edu/gallery.

Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - For the first time ever, enjoy a guided tour during regular public hours. Docents are eager to greet visitors and escort you on a one-hour tour of this richly crafted Greek Revival Mansion. The tour will focus on the life and times of the Bartow family and those who lived and worked on the family estate. It also will include a tour of the mansion's 19th-Century Carriage House. Last tour will begin at 3:15pm. Tours will take place on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and will also be an activity of the Bronx Seaside Trolley which rides from Pelham Bay Park Subway Station on the first Friday of each month beginning at 5:30pm. See Dec 2 & Jan 6 listings for details. 895 Shore Road, Bronx, NY. For more information, visit www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org or call 718-885-1461.

Dec 3, 1:00pm Holiday Program / Bronx Arts Ensemble* / Van Cortlandt House Museum
Annual St. Nicholas Day Celebration -- The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents a festive holiday program by the BAE Singers and Double Reed Band (oboe, oboe d'amore, English horn and bassoon) which tells the story of the Dutch Sinterklass in song and narrative - a colonial holiday in Nieuw Amsterdam. A family favorite - suitable for children age 6 and up. Admission is free, but due to limited seating at each historic house, your free tickets need to be ordered in advance by calling 718-601-7399. Van Cortlandt House Museum at Van Cortlandt Park, near Broadway & 246th St. For information, call 718-601-7399 or www.bronxartsensemble.org.

Dec 3, 1:00pm NYC History / Bronx County Historical Society
The NYC Subway System - The Bronx County Historical Society continues its NYC History series with this segment featuring Bronx archivist Dr. Peter Derrick. Location: Huntington Free Library at 9 Westchester Square in the Bronx. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 718-829-7770 fro directions.

Dec 3, 1:00-3:00pm Holiday Workshop / Lehman College Art Gallery*
Holiday Card Workshop - See 10:00am listing for details.

Dec 3, 1:00-3:30pm Arts & Crafts / Pelham Bay Park
Improve your Fall and Winter Tree IQ -- Gather leaves and seeds from various native tree species. Then craft fun objects out of acorns, pine cones, and spiky sweet gum balls. This event is free, but registration is required. To register, contact Maria Karpfinger at 718-430-4683. All events take place at the Pelham Bay Nature Center . The park entrance is located at Middletown Road off Bruckner Boulevard . Take Exit 7C off I-95 and head north 3 blocks to Middletown Road. The Nature Center can also be reached via the #6 train (Pelham Bay Park station).

Dec 3, 1:00-4:00pm Family Art Project / Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill*
It's a Wrap / Es un regal -- Make one-of-a-kind wrapping paper by printing repeated patterns inspired by Wave Hill's stately evergreens and other natural elements of the season. Admission to this event is free with admission to the Wave Hill grounds. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For general information, call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 3, 2:00pm Garden Workshop / Wave Hill House at Wave Hill*
Natural Wreaths and Swags -- Use a variety of fresh greens, dried cones and other natural materials to create a lush seasonal wreath and swag. Garden Interpretation Manager Laurel Rimmer explains materials and techniques and guides you to make your own Wave Hill-inspired wreath. $25/$20 Member. Pre-registration required; call 718-549-3200 x305. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For general information, call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 3, 3:00pm Holiday Program / Bronx Arts Ensemble* / Van Cortlandt House Museum
Annual St. Nicholas Day Celebration - See Dec 3, 1:00pm listing for details.

Dec 3, 8:00pm Holiday Theater / Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)*
Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo - See Dec 3 listing for details.

Dec 3, 8:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Port O' Monkeys takes the stage, performing Spanish, Middle Eastern & original music, and featuring a special duet performance by Chris Wertenbaker and Eve Moon. For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 3, 8:00pm Music / Lehman Center for the Performing Arts*
Caribbean Music Legend - Maxi Priest has unleashed a one-world music that has won him critical acclaim for his skills in balancing hard-core reggae vibes with more mainstream pop sensibilities. He's performed all over the world and has recorded over 10 albums and duets with Beres Hammond and the hit Set the Night to Music with Roberta Flack, among others. Tickets: $25, $15. Lehman Center is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For tickets and more information, call 718-960-8833 or visit their website www.lehmancenter.org.

Dec 4 Holiday Lights / Bronx Zoo / Wildlife Conservation Society*
Holiday Lights - See Dec 2 listing for details.

Dec 4, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - See Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm listing for details.

Dec 4, 1:00pm Holiday Program / Bronx Arts Ensemble* / Van Cortlandt House Museum
Annual St. Nicholas Day Celebration - See Dec 3, 1:00pm listing for details.

Dec 4, 1:00-4:00pm Family Art Project / Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill*
It's a Wrap / Es un regal - See Dec 3 listing for details.

Dec 4, 2:00pm Concert / Armor Hall at Wave Hill*
Ollabelle - Earning praise on National Public Radio, this ensemble unities six accomplished musicians in the celebration of American rural roots music. Performing songs that blend bluegrass, gospel, jazz and country traditions, this lively group has gained popularity speaking through its modern musical sensibility to the heart and soul of the rural American experience. This is the third of Wave Hill's 2005-2006 concert series which continues with a concert each month through March 2006. Concert admission for the series: $90, general; $75, members. Concert admission per concert: $18, general; $15, member. For tickets, call 718-549-3200 x251. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For admission and general information about this event, call 718-549-3200 x251 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 4, 2:00pm Concert / Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre
Lehman Jazz Band -- The Department of Music at Lehman College continues their 2005-2006 Concert Series. Take the "4-Train" to the "Improvisation Station" at Lehman for the finest jazz works for stage band from the past, present, and fusion. Bob Stewart, Director. Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For information, please contact Lehman's Music Department at 718-960-8247 or music.department@lehman.cuny.edu. Click here for directions to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 4, 3:00pm Holiday Program / Bronx Arts Ensemble* / Van Cortlandt House Museum
Annual St. Nicholas Day Celebration - See Dec 3, 1:00pm listing for details.

Dec 4, 3:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Cameron Greenlee - Enjoy an Afternoon of Jazz featuring Cameron Greenlee. For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 5 thru 31 Art Exhibition / Haven Arts Gallery
WHO'S NYCE (NYC Elite), a group show by 31 aerosol artists curated by NIC (William Green) ONE. This show will include work by Stem, Hops, Zimad, Nero, Fume, Meres, Part, 2Fly, Ree, Snatch, Lou, and Ema. For information on future Haven Arts Gallery exhibits, call 718-585-5753 or visit www.havenarts.org. Haven is located at 235 East 141st Street in the Bronx (between Rider Avenue & Canal Place).

Dec 5, 6:30-7:30pm Artist Workshop / Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC)
Communication, Business Skills & Professional Development Workgroup - This workshop is geared for people interested in marketing artists from the North Bronx, thinking about ways to get the word out about events, opportunities, etc. This workshop is a segment of North Bronx Artists Coming Together workshops created to help us identify specific goals and create a plan of action to make things happen in our community! All musicians, actors, dancers, writers, visual artists who live in the North Bronx, as well as their allies, are invited to join us as we work together to make change. All workshops will be at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center at 3450 DeKalb Avenue (on Gun Hill Road) in the Bronx. E-mail organizingbxartists@yahoo.com or call 212-729-6384 for more information. MMCC's Main number is 718-882-4000 x0. Note: Childcare & Refreshments will be provided.

Dec 5, 7:30-8:30pm Artist Workshop / Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC)
Concrete Resources Workgroup -- This workshop is geared for people interested in housing & healthcare for artists in the North Bronx. This workshop is a segment of North Bronx Artists Coming Together workshops created to help us identify specific goals and create a plan of action to make things happen in our community! All musicians, actors, dancers, writers, visual artists who live in the North Bronx, as well as their allies, are invited to join us as we work together to make change. All workshops will be at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center at 3450 DeKalb Avenue (on Gun Hill Road ) in the Bronx. E-mail organizingbxartists@yahoo.com or call 212-729-6384 for more information. MMCC's Main number is 718-882-4000 x0. Note: Childcare & Refreshments will be provided.

Dec 7, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - See Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm listing for details.

Dec 7, 12:30pm Concert / Lehman College Music Building Recital Hall
Lehman Lehman Brass Quintet - Bob Stewart directs this afternoon's concert of both classic and modern works for the traditional brass quintet ensemble. The Recital Hall is located on the 3rd floor of the music building. Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For more information, call 718-960-8247. Admission is free. Click here for direction to Lehman.

Dec 7, 3:30pm Comedy / Lehman Stages at Lehman College
Tartuffe - The Lehman College Department of Journalism, Communication and Theatre presents Tartuffe, a comedy by Moliere. Adaptation by Timothy Mooney. Directed by Brian Leahy Doyle. Admission: $10, general; $8, students & seniors. Free admission for Lehman students with valid Lehman ID. Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For additional information, call 718-960-8025 or visit www.lehmanstages.org. Click here for direction to Lehman.

Dec 7, 4:30-6:30pm Film Screening / Bronx River Art Center*
Deconstructing the Story -- As part of their new expanded media education program BRAC is proud to announce their first film screening series funded by Time Warner. BRAC will show its 2005 fall screening series, "Deconstructing the Story," every Wednesday evening from 4:30 to 6pm. Each week the Bronx community is invited, free of charge, to join BRAC's narrative filmmaking class as they explore different aspects of storytelling. Topics covered will include character construction from Training Day and cinematographic concepts from Alfred Hitchcock's Rope. The Bronx River Art Center is located at 1087 East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx . For information, call 718-589-5819 or visit www.bronxriverart.org.

Dec 7, 5:30pm Art Exhibition / Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
Closing Reception for Quijotextos - Antonio Martorell. This solo exhibition includes paintings, drawings, and installation made in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes's classic literary work Don Quixote. Cyber Residencies, Digital Matrix Launch. The Longwood Art Gallery is located at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street in the Bronx. This is a free event of BCA's First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley. For further information on Longwood and its exhibits, call 718-518-6728 or visit http://www.longwoodcyber.org/. For further information on the Bronx Culture Trolley, call 718-931-9500 x33. www.bronxarts.org.

Dec 7, 5:30-8:30pm Artisans Marketplace / Hostos Community College Atrium
The Artisans Marketplace: A Great Place to Begin your Holiday Shopping! Bronx craft artisans assemble in Hostos' Atrium with a fine selection of hand-crafted, contemporary & traditional art. Enjoy affordable, collectible handmade crafts by the artists who created them. Craft items include: Art collectables, bath salts, beadwork, candles, ceramics, clothing, crafts, crochet accessories, crochet hats, crystal jewelry, evening wraps, favors, folklore dolls, fragrances, greeting cards, jewelry, oils, personal care products, religious worship articles, rosaries, scarves, soaps, textiles, woodcarving, and woodwork. Hostos is located at 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street. This is an event of BCA's First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley. For additional information, contact Lisa Curran of the Bronx Council on the Arts at 718-931-9500 or lisa@bronxarts.org, or visit www.bronxarts.org.

Dec 7, 5:45-8:30pm Art Exhibition / Bronx Museum of the Arts*
Irreducible: Contemporary Short Form Video - This group exhibition brings together 24 videos - by artists from North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia - that are structured around a particular situation, event, or performance. Most take a straightforward documentary approach to their subject, ranging from humorous to critical, and the majority of them are shot in public spaces. The evening also includes a screening of a Mott Music Documentary. The Bronx Museum of the Arts is located at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street. This is a free event of BCA's First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley. For more information on this exhibit, see the calendar's ongoing section. For information on this exhibit, as well as other events and activities of the Bronx Museum, call 718-681-6000 or visit www.bronxmuseum.org.

Dec 7, 6:00 & 7:00pm Holiday Music / Pregones Theater*
Parranda features an evening of traditional holiday music from Puerto Rico. Parranda is a centuries old Christmas holiday tradition where musicians travel from house to house singing festive songs. For more information on Pregones and its performances, visit www.pregones.org. This is a free event of BCA's First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley. For information, call 718-585-1202. Pregones is located at 571 Walton Avenue (off 149th Street).

Dec 7, 6:00-9:00pm Art Exhibition & Reception / Haven Arts Gallery
Opening Reception for WHO'S NYCE (NYC Elite), a group show by 31 aerosol artists curated by NIC (William Green) ONE . This show includes work by Stem, Hops, Zimad, Nero, Fume, Meres, Part, 2Fly, Ree, Snatch, Lou, and Ema. This exhibit is on view thru December 31st. For information on future Haven Arts Gallery exhibits, call 718-585-5753 or visit www.havenarts.org. Haven is located at 235 East 141st Street in the Bronx (between Rider Avenue & Canal Place). This is a free event of BCA's First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley. For further information on the Bronx Culture Trolley, call 718-931-9500 x33 or visit www.bronxarts.org.

Dec 7, 6:30-8:00pm Arts & Crafts / Pelham Bay Park
Creative Craft Night -- Get the whole family crafty! Don't discard your bottles, shoe boxes, soda cans, bottle tops, milk cartons, newspapers, and cardboard. Bring them in to combine with natural materials in an artful way for handmade gifts and decorations. This event is free, but registration is required. To register, contact Maria Karpfinger at 718-430-4683. All events take place at the Pelham Bay Nature Center. The park entrance is located at Middletown Road off Bruckner Boulevard. Take Exit 7C off I-95 and head north 3 blocks to Middletown Road. The Nature Center can also be reached via the #6 train (Pelham Bay Park station).

Dec 7, 7:00pm Bronx Lecture / Barnes & Noble / Bay Plaza
Lecture - Bronx Borough historian Professor Lloyd Ultan will speak on The Beautiful Bronx: 1920 - 1950. How this first of the four book series, Life in The Bronx, came to be published and its importance as the harbinger of New York City books. Barnes & Noble is located in Bay Plaza at 290 Baychester Ave. in the Bronx. Store Hours: Sun 10:00am-8:00pm; Mon-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm. All events are free and open to the public. Events sometimes change and new ones are sometimes added. Please call 718-862-3945 to confirm. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Dec 7, 7:30pm CITG Annual Meeting / Grace Episcopal Church
All are welcome to the Annual Meeting of the City Island Theater Group. Elections will be held for Officers and Directors of the Board. The following will be running for reelection to the 12-member Board: Nicholas Sala, President, Carol McCabe, Vice President, David Cook, Secretary, Jo Heck, Treasurer, At large members, Kathleen Cullen, Con Grandahl, Dorothy Muccio, Christopher McGowan, Susan Rauh, Carole Sullivan and Julie White. Additional nominations will be entertained from the floor. All who love the theater and are interested seeing it grow are urged to join CITG for its Annual Meeting. All members are eligible to vote and membership is only $10.00. One can sign up for membership as well as activities such as Play Selection, Costuming, Set Design, Public Relations and Fund-raising, etc. Fun will be had by all. The meeting will be held at Grace Hall, Grace Episcopal Church, 104 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx. For further info: call CITG at, 718-885-3066 or check our web site www.citg.net.

Dec 7, 7:30pm Poetry / Downtown Bronx Bar & Café
Readings by Elana Bell and Jai Chakrabarti -- Elana Bell was selected as the winner of the 2004 Stephen Dunn Poetry Award. A resident artist with the louderARTS Project, Elana has been a featured poet at the NuYorican Poets Cafe, Hunter College, The Bowery Poetry Club, Cornelia Street Café, among others. She is co-founder of synonymUS, a multi-disciplinary poetry based performance series. She serves as the writer-in-residence for the Bronx Academy of Letters, a New Visions High School. Jai Chakrabarti is a writer of poetry, fiction, and mathematical algorithms. A native of Calcutta, India, his writing interrogates the experience of South Asian Diasporas, settles occasionally on the beauty of mathematics, drifts in magical realism, and always aims to escape classification. He can be seen performing his work at various NYC venues. An open mic session will follow the featured poets' readings. The Downtown Bronx Bar & Cafe is located at 141 East 149th Street on the corner at Walton Avenue (just a block and a half from Hostos Community College) in the Bronx. This is a free event of BCA's First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley. For further information on the Bronx Culture Trolley, call 718-931-9500 x33 or visit www.bronxarts.org.

Dec 8, 9:00am-12:00pm Legal Seminar / Hostos Community College
The Role of the Board in Corporate Governance -- Nonprofit organizations must pay attention to their corporate governance procedures and structure to be effective in their operations and long-term charitable pursuits. This workshop will address the role of the Board of Directors in ensuring that a not-for-profit corporation's corporate governance is not only legally adequate, but also consistent with best practices. Specific topics will include fiduciary duties and obligations of directors under federal and state laws, measures that executive managers of nonprofits and their Boards can implement to ensure adequate corporate accountability, including compliance with the Better Business Bureau standards for charitable accountability, procedural aspects of running a Board of Directors and the penalties that can be imposed by the IRS on nonprofit organizations and their managers for engaging in "excess benefit transactions." This workshop is designed for individuals who serve as directors of not-for-profit corporations and nonprofit executive managers. This is the second in the three-part non-profit legal seminar series Building and Maintaining a Healthy Community-Based Organization (CBO) brought to you by the Institute for Community Organizing at Hostos Community College/CUNY in partnership with the CAUSE-NY/JCRC-NY in cooperation with Lawyers Alliance for New York. The series concludes on Jan 11th. All sessions are taught by staff from the Lawyers Alliance for New York at Hostos Community College, Savoy Building- 2nd Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 120 East 149th Street (Walton Avenue, one block west of Grand Concourse) in the Bronx. Workshop Fee: $50. Check can be made out to JCRC. Register online at www.communityuplink.net/Hostos/reg.asp then mail payment by registration date to JCRC, 70 west 36th Street, New York, NY 10018, Attn: Lisa Fields. For more information or to reserve your space, please contact Lisa Fields at 212-983-4800 x190 or fieldsl@jcrcny.org. Registration Deadline: Nov 21, 2005.

Dec 8, 11:00am Jazz / Lehman College Lovinger Theatre
The Lehman Jazz Band, with Professor Bob Stewart directing, perform at the Hearth Room (Room 330 of Lehman College's Music Building). Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For information, please contact Lehman's Music Department at 718-960-8247 or music.department@lehman.cuny.edu. Click here for direction to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 8, 4:00-8:00pm Artisans Marketplace / Hostos Community College Atrium
The Artisans Marketplace: A Great Place to Begin your Holiday Shopping! Bronx craft artisans assemble in Hostos' Atrium with a fine selection of hand-crafted, contemporary & traditional art. Enjoy affordable, collectible handmade crafts by the artists who created them. Craft items include: Art collectables, bath salts, beadwork, candles, ceramics, clothing, crafts, crochet accessories, crochet hats, crystal jewelry, evening wraps, favors, folklore dolls, fragrances, greeting cards, jewelry, oils, personal care products, religious worship articles, rosaries, scarves, soaps, textiles, woodcarving, and woodwork. Hostos is located at 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street . For additional information, contact Lisa Curran of the Bronx Council on the Arts at 718-931-9500 or lisa@bronxarts.org, or visit www.bronxarts.org.

Dec 8, 6:00pm Storytime / Barnes & Noble at Bay Plaza
Children's Craft & Storytime - Barnes & Noble is located in Bay Plaza at 290 Baychester Ave. in the Bronx. Store Hours: Sun 10:00am-8:00pm; Mon-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm. All events are free and open to the public. Events sometimes change and new ones are sometimes added. Please call 718-862-3945 to confirm. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Dec 8, 7:00pm Workshop / Barnes & Noble / Bay Plaza
Bronx Writers Workshop - Barnes & Noble is located in Bay Plaza at 290 Baychester Ave. in the Bronx . Store Hours: Sun: 10:00am-8:00pm; Mon-Sat: 9:00am-10:00pm. All events are free and open to the public. Events sometimes change and new ones are sometimes added. Please call 718-862-3945 to confirm. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Dec 8, 8:00pm Comedy / Lehman Stages at Lehman College
Tartuffe - See Dec 7, 3:00pm listing for details.

Dec 9, 7:00pm Workshop / Barnes & Noble / Bay Plaza
Writers Workshop - Barnes & Noble is located in Bay Plaza at 290 Baychester Ave. in the Bronx. Store Hours: Sun 10:00am-8:00pm; Mon-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm. All events are free and open to the public. Events sometimes change and new ones are sometimes added. Please call 718-862-3945 to confirm. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Dec 9, 7:00pm Concert / Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre
Celia Cruz Bronx High Scholl of Music Winter Concert Series presents a concert by its Concert Band, Concert Choir, String Ensemble, and Pianists at Lehman College 's Lovinger Theatre at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For more information, please call 718-733-3781. Click here for direction to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 9, 8:00pm Holiday Theater / Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)*
Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo - See Dec 3 listing for details.

Dec 9, 8:00pm Comedy / Lehman Stages at Lehman College
Tartuffe - See Dec 7, 3:00pm listing for details.

Dec 9, 8:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Purple Rose - Enjoy an evening of music as the singers/song-writers of this original rock-folk band perform. For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 10 Lunch with Santa at the Bronx YMCA
Lunch with Santa -- You and your family will enjoy, music, games and prizes and a light lunch. This is a great opportunity to enjoy the holiday season and take a photo with Santa. Register in advance. Tickets ($5.00 for children $10.00 for adults) can be purchased at the front desk of the Bronx YMCA located at 2 Castle Hill Avenue . Water damage from the recent rain may cause this event to be cancelled. Please call 718-792-9736 to confirm the date. The Bronx YMCA is located at 2 Castle Hill Avenue.

Dec 10, 12:00-2:30pm Arts & Crafts / Pelham Bay Park
Homemade Holiday Fare -- Homemade is from the Heart. Make gifts, decorations, and cards using natural and recycled materials for this holiday season. This event is free, but registration is required. To register, contact Maria Karpfinger at 718-430-4683. All events take place at the Pelham Bay Nature Center. The park entrance is located at Middletown Road off Bruckner Boulevard. Take Exit 7C off I-95 and head north 3 blocks to Middletown Road. The Nature Center can also be reached via the #6 train ( Pelham Bay Park station).

Dec 10, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - See Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm listing for details.

Dec 10, 1:00pm Holiday Program / Bronx Arts Ensemble* / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Music for St. Nicholas -- The Bronx Arts Ensemble performs music inspired by popular holiday folklore. Admission is free, but d ue to limited seating at each historic house, your free tickets need to be ordered in advance by calling 718-601-7399 . Bartow-Pell Mansion is located in Pelham Bay Park. For information, call 718-601-7399 or www.bronxartsensemble.org.

Dec 10, 1:00-4:00pm Family Art Project / Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill*
Greetings Painted with Pulp / Tarjetas hechas a mano -- Make fabulous holiday cards from scratch with guest artist and papermaker Randy Brozen . Begin by making a sheet of unique handmade paper then turn it into a seasonal card using colorful pulp "paint" and collage papers. Admission to this event is free with admission to the Wave Hill grounds. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For general information, call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 10, 2:00pm Garden Demonstration / Wave Hill House at Wave Hill*
Heirloom Apples and Homemade Cider -- Celebrate harvest season with a cup of homemade apple cider. Apple expert Charlie Day and cider maker Steve Schultz discuss cider equipment, techniques, and the best apples for making homemade cider. Sample freshly made hard and sweet (non-alcoholic) cider. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For general information, call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 10, 3:00pm Holiday Program / Bronx Arts Ensemble* / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Music for St. Nicholas - See Dec 10, 1:00pm listing for details.

Dec 10, 3:00-6:00pm Art Exhibition & Opening Reception / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Opening Reception for the Gallery's Holiday Group Art Show. For information, please call 718-885-3779 or visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 10, 8:00pm Holiday Theater / Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)*
Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo - See Dec 3 listing for details.

Dec 10, 8:00pm Comedy / Lehman Stages at Lehman College
Tartuffe - See Dec 7, 3:00pm listing for details.

Dec 10, 8:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Sam Leopold - Enjoy an evening performance by rock folk singer, songwriter and recording artist Sam Leopold. For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 11, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - See Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm listing for details.

Dec 11, 1:00-4:00pm Family Art Project / Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill*
Greetings Painted with Pulp / Tarjetas hechas a mano - See Dec 10 listing for details.

Dec 11, 2:00pm Adult Art Workshop / Wave Hill House at Wave Hill*
Candlemaking -- Using cloves and other natural materials fashion and adorn pillar-, taper- and bee skep-styles of beeswax candles with visiting artist Cathy Deutsch. These handmade creations make the perfect seasonal gift to brighten winter nights. Materials fee $15/$10 Member. Pre-registration required; call 718-549-3200 x305. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For general information, call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 11, 2:30pm Concert / Lehman College Concert Hall
Winter Concert -- Lehman College and Community Chorus, Lehman Chamber Orchestra, and Lehman Brass Ensemble perform with Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, Director. The program includes: Mozart - Regina Coeli K. 276, Ave Verum Corpus, Solemn Vespers K 339; shorter works by Mendelssohn, Thompson, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Strauss, and others. Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For more information, call 718-960-8247. Click here for directions to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 11, 3:00pm Comedy / Lehman Stages at Lehman College
Tartuffe - See Dec 7, 3:00pm listing for details.

Dec 11, 3:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Musica Flammarum - Renaissance music for a Sunday afternoon. For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 11, 7:00pm Music / The Uptown Coffeehouse*
An Evening with Louise Taylor -- Ten years on the road has brought Louise Taylor to intimate coffeehouses, large concert halls and festival stages across the United States and throughout Europe. Known as a writer's writer Taylor has penned five critically acclaimed CDs for Signature Sounds. Ralph Digennaro of Paste Magazine says " Taylor brings a new sophistication and eclecticism to her music, which reaches beyond simple folk constructions and references such diverse musical idioms as African rhythms, world music, blues and percussive jazz. Taylor's guitar work is front and center on this collection of songs which represents a unique talent coming of age in contemporary music." Learn more about Louise Taylor by visiting her website at www.louisetaylor.com. The Uptown Coffeehouse, located at 4450 Fieldston Road at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, presents the best in traditional and contemporary folk music with intimate live performances. Doors open at 6:30pm. Show starts at 7:00pm. Admission: $15, $3 for children. 10% discount to Bronx Cultural Card holders & WFUV menbers, seniors & students. Free Parking. For information, call 718-885-2955. www.uptowncoffeehouse.org.

Dec 12, 6:30-7:30pm Artist Workshop / Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC)
Visual and/or Performing Arts Space Workgroup -- For people interested in studio space, performance space, flea markets, festivals, talent showcases, etc. This workshop is a segment of North Bronx Artists Coming Together workshops created to help us identify specific goals and create a plan of action to make things happen in our community! All musicians, actors, dancers, writers, visual artists who live in the North Bronx, as well as their allies, are invited to join us as we work together to make change. All workshops will be at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center at 3450 DeKalb Avenue (on Gun Hill Road ) in the Bronx. E-mail organizingbxartists@yahoo.com or call 212-729-6384 for more information. MMCC's Main number is 718-882-4000 x0. Note: Childcare & Refreshments will be provided.

Dec 12, 7:30-8:30pm Artist Workshop / Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC)
Arts Education Workgroup -- For people interested in adult and youth arts classes, and advocating for more opportunities for arts education in the community. This workshop is a segment of North Bronx Artists Coming Together workshops created to help us identify specific goals and create a plan of action to make things happen in our community! All musicians, actors, dancers, writers, visual artists who live in the North Bronx, as well as their allies, are invited to join us as we work together to make change. All workshops will be at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center at 3450 DeKalb Avenue (on Gun Hill Road) in the Bronx . E-mail organizingbxartists@yahoo.com or call 212-729-6384 for more information. MMCC's Main number is 718-882-4000 x0. Note: Childcare & Refreshments will be provided.

Dec 13, 6:30pm Poetry / Barnes & Noble at Bay Plaza
Poetry Night - Barnes & Noble is located in Bay Plaza at 290 Baychester Ave. in the Bronx. Store Hours: Sun 10:00am-8:00pm; Mon-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm. All events are free and open to the public. Events sometimes change and new ones are sometimes added. Please call 718-862-3945 to confirm. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Dec 14, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - See Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm listing for details.

Dec 14, 10:00am Holiday Show / Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture*
Black Nutcracker -- Enjoy this annual holiday treat as performed by the Uptown Dance Academy . Tickets are $5. Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture is located at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street) at a busy Bronx intersection just steps from the subway station and bus stop. By subway, take the #2, 4 or 5 IRT trains to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse; By bus, take the BX1 or BX19 to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse. For tickets and information, please call 212-987-5030 or e-mail events@uptowndanceacademy.com.

Dec 14, 12:00pm Holiday Show / Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture*
Black Nutcracker -- See Dec 14, 10:00am listing for details.

Dec 15, 10:00am Holiday Show / Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture*
Black Nutcracker -- See Dec 14, 10:00am listing for details.

Dec 15, 12:00pm Holiday Show / Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture*
Black Nutcracker -- See Dec 14, 10:00am listing for details.

Dec 15, 6:00pm Storytime / Barnes & Noble at Bay Plaza
Children's Craft & Storytime - Barnes & Noble is located in Bay Plaza at 290 Baychester Ave. in the Bronx. Store Hours: Sun 10:00am-8:00pm; Mon-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm. All events are free and open to the public. Events sometimes change and new ones are sometimes added. Please call 718-862-3945 to confirm. www.barnesandnoble.com.

Dec 15, 6:00-8:00pm BRIO Application Workshop / Hostos Community Community / Room C-467
BRIO Individual Artist Award Pre-Application Workshop - BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) provides support to artists creating work in the literary, media, performing and visual arts. 20 awards of $2,500 each will be granted to this year to Bronx artists. Get application assistance and tips on how to professionally present your work. Applications and guidelines will be available. Hostos Community is located at 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street in the Bronx. For additional information or to RSVP, contact Ed Friedman at 718-931-9500 x22 or edf@bronxarts.org. Admission is free. Hostos Community College is located at 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street in the Bronx. NOTE: This year's BRIO Deadline is Jan 20, 2006. Visit the BRIO section of BCA's website for guidelines and application.

Dec 16, 10:00am Holiday Show / Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture*
Black Nutcracker -- See Dec 14, 10:00am listing for details.

Dec 16, 12:00pm Holiday Show / Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture*
Black Nutcracker -- See Dec 14, 10:00am listing for details.

Dec 16, 4:00-7:00pm Holiday Party Kick-off / Bronx River Art Center* (BRAC)
Holiday Party Kick-off for the Center's 2005 Holiday Art Exhibition which features work by BRAC students and staff and a variety of fun-filled activities. Today's party is in celebration of the accomplishments of these students. The art will be available for viewing and purchasing through Jan 7. All proceeds will go to support BRAC's after-school programming for youth ages 9-21. The Bronx River Art Center is located at 1087 East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx. For information, call 718-589-5819 or visit www.bronxriverart.org.

Dec 16, 7:00pm Concert / Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre
Celia Cruz Bronx High Scholl of Music Winter Concert Series presents a concert by its Symphonic Band, Select Choir, Major Orchestra, Pianists, and Jazz Band at Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For more information, please call 718-733-3781. Click here for directions to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 16, 8:00pm Holiday Show / Church of the Mediator
A Bronx Christmas Carol -- True North Ensemble and Church of the Mediator present a new take on an old classic! This lively adaptation captures the essence and rhythms of the Bronx by using rap and verse to tell the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Employing three street performers as narrators, the story moves quickly with song, dance, and spoken word, giving the audience an experience full of holiday warmth and Christmas spirit! The show is based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; adapted and directed by Rob Bronstein. Admission: $10 for adults; $6 for seniors and children under 12. Tickets can be purchased at the door. For reservations and information, call 917-627-5701, e-mail rachel@truenorthensemble.com, or visit www.truenorthensemble.com. Church of the Mediator is located at 260 West 231st Street in the Riverdale section of the Bronx and can be reached by public transportation (#1 train to 231st Street).

Dec 16, 8:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
CitiZen One - Enjoy an evening performance by singer, songwriter CitiZen One. For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 17, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - See Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm listing for details.

Dec 17, 1:00pm Bronx Opera Company / Lehman College 's Lovinger Theatre
Holiday Concert - Lehman College's Lovinger Theatre and the Bronx Opera Company present a special holiday program for the whole family. Singers will perform the season's more inspirational arias. Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx. For more information, please call 718-960-8025 or visit www.lehmanstages.org. Click here for directions to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 17, 1:00-4:00pm Family Art Project / Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill*
Festive Foil Mobiles -- Hang shining shapes of the sun, moon and stars; trees and animals along with real evergreen sprigs, seedpods, cones and leaves to create a balanced holiday hanging. Admission to this event is free with admission to the Wave Hill grounds. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For general information, call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 17, 3:00pm Holiday Show / Church of the Mediator
A Bronx Christmas Carol - See Dec 16, 8:00pm listing for details.

Dec 17, 4:00-7:00pm Candlelight Tours / Van Cortlandt House Museum
Van Cortlandt by Candlelight - Learn how holidays such as Christmas, St. Nicholas Day, New Year's Day, and Twelfth Night were celebrated 300 years ago. Tours begin every half hour. Van Cortlandt House Museum at Van Cortlandt Park, near Broadway & 246th St. in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. For directions or further information about the park and its activities, call 718-430-1890 or visit www.nyc.gov/parks.

Dec 17, 10:00am Holiday Show / Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture*
Black Nutcracker -- Enjoy this annual holiday treat as performed by the Uptown Dance Academy. This is a special performance honoring Councilman Phil Reed. Tickets: $25 for orchestra; $15 for balcony and mezzanine. Groups of more than 15 are $10 each - balcony and mezzanine seats only. Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture is located at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street ) at a busy Bronx intersection just steps from the subway station and bus stop. By subway, take the #2, 4 or 5 IRT trains to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse; By bus, take the BX1 or BX19 to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse. For tickets and information, please call 212-987-5030 or e-mail events@uptowndanceacademy.com.

Dec 17, 8:00pm Concert / Riverdale Choral Society* at Christ Church
Bravo Brahms! An all-Brahms concert by the Riverdale Choral Society spanning different periods and genres of music by Johannes Brahms with Music Director Mimi S. Daitz. Tickets: $15, general admission; $12 with the Bronx Cultural Card. Christ Church is located at 252nd Street & Henry Hudson Pkwy in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. For more information, call Al Adlaon at 718-796-0164 or visit www.riverdalechoral.org.

Dec 17, 8:00pm Holiday Show / Church of the Mediator
A Bronx Christmas Carol - See Dec 16, 8:00pm listing for details.

Dec 17, 8:00pm Holiday Theater / Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)*
Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo - See Dec 3 listing for details.

Dec 17, 8:00pm Music / Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery*
Matt Turk - Enjoy the evening as singer/songwriter Matt Turk takes the Starving Artist stage. For information or to make reservations for this musical performance (suggested), please call 718-885-3779. For additional information on the gallery and its performers, visit www.starvingartistonline.com. Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery is located at 249 City Island Avenue in the City Island section of the Bronx.

Dec 18, 12:00-4:00pm Tour / Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum*
Guided Tours of Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum - See Dec 3, 12:00-4:00pm listing for details.

Dec 18, 1:00-4:00pm Adult Art Workshop / Wave Hill House at Wave Hill*
Illuminated Cards -- Using gold leaf and natural handmade paints illuminate a seasonal card. Check out Ardisia crispa 'Hilo Holly' and Camellia japonica, blooming outside and in Wave Hill's Marco Polo Stufano Conservatory as botanical inspiration. Led by artist Patricia Miranda, a contributor to the "Holidays at Wave Hill House" festive decor. Materials fee $15/$10 Member. Pre-registration required; call 718.549.3200 x305. Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd Street in the Bronx. For general information, call 718-549-3200 or visit www.wavehill.org. Note: Admission to Wave Hill is free from December through February.

Dec 18, 1:00-4:00pm Family Art Project / Kerlin Learning Center at Wave Hill*
Festive Foil Mobiles - See Dec 17 listing for details.

Dec 18, 2:00pm Holiday Concert / Lehman College Lovinger Theatre
A Holiday Horrah -- The Lehman Comunity Band, with Alan Hollander directing, perform at music of the season by Anderson, Vaughan, Williams, Galante, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Tchaikovsky, and others. Lehman College 's Lovinger Theatre. Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx . For information, please contact Lehman's Music Department at 718-960-8247 or music.department@lehman.cuny.edu. Click here for directions to Lehman. Admission is free.

Dec 18, 2:00-4:00pm Jazz Concert / Co-op City 's Dreiser Community Center
Jazz Concert featuring jazz vocalist and past BRIO winner Mary Pearson and Co-op City vocalist and past NEA recipient Frank Senior. Mary and Frank will be backed by Bronx-based bassist Adrian D'Aguilar and his trio. The concert is free, open to the public, and wheel chair accessible. The concert will take place at Dreiser Community Center 's 2nd Floor Auditorium at 177 Dreiser Loop in the Co-op City section of the Bronx. For further information, call 718-320-1922.

Dec 18, 3:00pm Holiday Show / Church of the Mediator
A Bronx Christmas Carol - See Dec 16, 8:00pm listing for details.

Dec 18, 3:00pm Bronx Messiah / Lehman College Concert Hall
Bronx Messiah -- Features members of The Bronx Opera Chorus and The Orchestra of the Bronx (conducted by Michael Spearman) along with the Bronx political community and business leaders. Tickets: $15. The Lehman College Concert Hall is located at Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West in the Bronx . For Box Office information, call 718-960-8833 or visit www.lehmancenter.org. Click here for directions to Lehman.