BRONX SCENE
Upcoming Wave Hill events and programs
BRONX TIMES REPORTER,50 JANUARY 10-16, 2020 BTR
‘Returning to the Source’ exhibition opening at Wave Hill on Sunday, January 9.
Photo courtesy of Wave Hill
Upcoming Wave Hill events and
programs include:
Saturday, January 18; Sunday, January
19: Family Art Project: Freedom
Quilters of Gee Bend
In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
visited the Gee’s Bend Community in
rural Alabama and the Freedom Quilting
Bee was established. The bold patterns
and bright colors of these now famous
quilts, made from fabric scraps,
would later go on to fund aspects of
the community’s freedom. Create
your own brilliant compositions out of
bountiful squares of donated fabric to
honor Dr. King’s birthday and the inspiring
women quilters of Gee’s Bend.
Free, and admission to the grounds is
free until noon. Wave Hill House, 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: Winter Workspace
Drop-In Sunday: Artists in the
Winter Workspace program share
their studio practice with visitors on
this Drop-In Sunday. Free with admission
to the grounds. Glyndor Gallery,
1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: Garden and
Conservatory Highlights Walk: Join
a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a public
tour of seasonal garden highlights.
Free with admission to the grounds.
Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 2 p.m.
Sunday, January 19: Exhibition
Opening: Returning to the Source:
Since 2010, 111 artists have had studios
at Wave Hill through the Winter Workspace
residency program. This time
of experimentation and refl ection in
the garden proved immensely infl uential
to their practices, launching new
and expanded directions. The work
they created has often been exhibited
widely, fi nding new audiences, meanings
and contexts. To celebrate the program’s
10th anniversary, a selection of
those works made during residency
returns to Wave Hill House, where
visitors can see the garden in winter
through the eyes of this stellar group
of alumni artists. Free with admission
to the grounds. Wave Hill House, 2:30
to 4 p.m.
Wave Hill is located at 675 West
252nd Street. For more information
call (718) 549-3200.
* * *
Bronx County Chorus announces
spring recruitment openings for 2020.
The theme of this spring and the May
31st concert is celebrating this 80-yearold
chorus. Yes, Bronx County Chorus
celebrates 80. This means a salute to
the 1880s, and the 1980s, as well as musical
recognition of the chorus being
80 years old.
Bronx County Chorus is the oldest
ecumenical chorus in the Bronx.
Members come from many Bronx and
lower Westchester neighborhoods.
This includes Co-op City, Parkchester
and Throggs Neck. Come to conveniently
located, First Lutheran Church
of Throggs Neck, 3075 Baisley Avenue,
on Monday evening, January 27. Chorus
begins at 7:30 p.m. If you are trying
Bronx County Chorus come early and
meet the director: Christian Aquino
and choral members. The desire to
join a chorus and having some choral
or vocal experience is primary. It’s
helpful to be able to read music but
not mandatory. Openings in all voice
parts are available. Bronx County
Chorus performs two outreach concerts
and one formal concert each semester.
The chorus sung for Amber
Court Assisted Living and Kings Harbor
Multicare Facility this past year.
Bronx County Chorus is supported by
public funds from the Bronx Council
On The Arts, through the New York
State Council On The Arts Decentralization
Program and members.
The rehearsal home, First Lutheran
Church of Throggs Neck is accessible
by train or bus. Semester dues for chorus
members are $40 for individuals,
$60 for families and couples. For more
information, visit Facebook or our website,
http://www.Bronxcountychorus.
org/, or email Bronx County Chorus at:
Bronx county Chorus@ gmail.com.
* * *
The New York Botanical Garden,
located at 2900 Southern Boulevard,
will offer the following programs:
Holiday Train Show®, through
Sunday, January 26: The New York Botanical
Garden’s Holiday Train Show®
showcases Central Park—the most
popular urban park in America—in
the 28th year of this much-loved holiday
event. Visitors are transported
to a miniature metropolis as model
trains zip through an enchanting display
of more than 175 New York landmarks,
each re-created from natural
materials such as birch bark, lotus
pods, acorns, and cinnamon sticks.
This year, the Holiday Train Show is
presented in an immersive indoor winter
wonderland adjacent to the Enid A.
Haupt Conservatory as the Conservatory’s
palm dome undergoes restoration,
part of the routine maintenance
and operations of the Botanical Garden’s
facilities. The spacious, climatecontrolled
exhibition space is located
on the Conservatory Lawn.
Bar Car Nights: January 11 and 18, 7
to 10:30 p.m.: All aboard for adults-only
nights at the Holiday Train Show®!
On these nights exclusively for adults
21 and over, the wintry landscape of
NYBG sets the scene for festive outdoor
adventures, with an afterdark
viewing of the Holiday Train Show®
as the centerpiece. Purchase a spiked
hot chocolate and grab a bite from the
Bronx Night Market Holiday Pop-up,
then set out to explore the night’s offerings.
Warm up around their handcrafted
fi re pits and feel the joy of the
season with artistic ice carving, festive
performers, dueling piano singalongs,
and DJ sets curated by Uptown
Vinyl Supreme.
All Aboard with Thomas &
Friends™, January 11, 12, 18, and 19, 9,
11 a.m., 1:30 p.., and 3:30 p.m.; January
20, 25, and 26, 11 a.m., 1:30, and 3:30 p.m.
in Ross Hall: Join Thomas and Driver
Sam for Thomas Cleans Up, a brandnew,
fun-fi lled, sing-along miniperformance
adventure! Your favorite blue
locomotive arrives at Knapford Station
with a trainload of materials to
dispose of. Help him and Driver Sam
fi gure out how to recycle everything
properly in order to protect the environment
and save Earth’s precious
natural resources. Make sure to have
a photo taken with the Really Useful
Engine to capture your special day.
Please note: Seating is fi rst-come, fi rstserved,
and begins 30 minutes prior to
show time. Admission to the performance
is included with the purchase
of Holiday Train Show with Thomas
performance tickets; specifi c timed
tickets must be reserved. © 2020 Gullane
(Thomas) Limited
From Cornice to Cupola: The Architecture
of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory,
Saturday, January 11 through
Sunday, March 8, In the LuEsther T.
Mertz Library Art Gallery: A new exhibition
in the LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Art Gallery will illustrate the
Haupt Conservatory’s exceptional design
and construction by the renowned
builders of America’s most signifi cant
20thcentury glasshouses. Plans, drawings,
and photographs from the garden’s
Lord & Burnham Co. collection
will bring to life the Conservatory’s
rich history.
Evergreen Express, Saturdays,
through January 26, open daily: 10
a.m.–6 p.m.; Guided Activities: weekdays
1:30–5:30 p.m., Satrudays & Sundays
10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., in the Everett
Children’s Adventure Garden: Get on
board for train-inspired fun in our Adventure
Garden. Pretend to ride the
rails, hike winter trails to discover evergreen
trees and shrubs, and put on
a winter woodland puppet show. Afternoons
and weekends bring even more
fun with botanical crafts and singalongs.
Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
All-Day Exploration, daily, 10
a.m.–5:30 p.m., in the Everett Children’s
Adventure Garden: Children of
all ages can explore the wonders of science
and nature in our outdoor 12-acre
garden. Climb the boulders and view
the landscape below from your high
perch, dash through Beth’s Maze, nd
check out the cattails and lily pads at
Habitat Hub, through the end of January,
10 a.m.–6 p.m.
For more information, call (718) 817-
8700 or visit nybg.org.
/www.Bronxcountychorus
/gmail.com
/nybg.org