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Exciting Events Around The Bronx: March 2024

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EXCITING EVENTS AROUND THE BRONX: MARCH 2024

By Great Performances

Explore exciting community events around the Bronx this month.

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Image Credit: vanessa german, MOTHER, MOTHER, 2020, Unique, 92 x 60 x 17.5 inches, Mixed-media assemblage, Courtesy of artist and Kasmin Gallery, New York

2024 AUCTION ON ARTSY & AT GALA

March 4th through 18th

 

The Bronx Museum’s 2024 Benefit Auction—featuring exclusive works by some of the most significant contemporary artists practicing today—goes live on Artsy Monday, March 4! Create your account on Artsy now so you are ready to start bidding right away.

 

All proceeds from the sale of works by artists including Angel Otero and Hank Willis Thomas will support the Museum’s mission to make art accessible to everyone.

 

Bidding on artworks will also take place in person at our Gala on March 18!

 

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2024 GALA & ART AUCTION

Monday, March 18th from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

 

At Ziegfeld Ballroom

 

GALA DETAILS
6:00 PM Cocktails
7:00 PM Dinner & Live Auction* conducted by Jennifer Wright, Christie’s
9:00 PM Dessert and Dancing

 

*(Auction opens March 4 online via Artsy)

 

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WINTER WORK DAY AT THE FOODWAY

Saturday, March 9th from 10:00am to 12:00pm

 

Location: Concrete Plant Park


Come lend a hand at the Bronx River Foodway Saturday March 9th from 10a-12p!

Learn how to prune plants and help us lay mulch.

 

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Urban Park Ranger Volunteer Litter Clean-Up

Saturday, March 16th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm

 

Location: Crotona Nature Center

 

There’s no better way to contribute to a cleaner and healthier community than by volunteering. Join the Urban Park Rangers and fellow community members to clean and beautify Crotona Park.

 

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Nature's Workshop:
Insect Inspired Art

Sunday, March 31st from 2:00pm to 3:30pm

 

Location: Crotona Nature Center

 

Learn about the famed naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sybilla Merian. Join the Rangers and try your hand at nature art and illustration. Materials provided, beginners welcome.

 

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ONE BOOK ONE BRONX
Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir by Brian Broome

Saturdays: Mar 16, 23, Apr 6, 13, & 20
The Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse

 

Tuesdays: Mar 19, 26, Apr 2, & 9
on Zoom

 

A poetic and raw coming-of-age memoir in essays about blackness, masculinity, and addiction, Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy harboring crushes on other boys propel forward this gorgeous, aching, and unforgettable debut.

 

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THE ORCHID SHOW:
FLORALS IN FASHION

through April 21st

 

Strike a pose! The Orchid Show brings the catwalk to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory in a fashion-inspired celebration of all things orchids—and we want YOU at the center of the sartorial experience. Catch the bold new designs of New York’s rising stars of the stitch with work by Collina Strada by Hillary Taymour, Dauphinette by Olivia Cheng, and FLWR PSTL by Kristen Alpaugh, fashionistas sure to create dramatic, picture-perfect floral displays at the Garden that always capture the orchid’s good side. This is your chance to “walk the runway” and show off your own personal flare, your love for orchids, and your fashion-forward connections to the natural world. Because florals are always en vogue at NYBG.

 

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CRAZY FOR COMPOSTING 2024:
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF COMMUNITY COMPOSTING IN NYC

Saturday, March 16th from 10:00am to 4:00pm

 

Get Crazy for Composting with NYBG’s Bronx Green-Up and friends! Join us for this mini-compost conference to celebrate community composting in New York City. Enjoy presentations, a panel discussion, compost workshops, and network with other compost enthusiasts. Connect with environmental organizations offering educational, technical, and grant resources. Learn from and elevate the voices of community composters in NYC who are diverting organic waste from landfills, revitalizing our soils to grow food, building resilient communities, and promoting environmental justice.

 

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THE SOUNDVIEW GARDENER'S CLUB

every Tuesday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm

 

Location: Soundview Field House – 1550 Lafayette Avenue, Bronx

 

The Soundview Gardener’s Club is a space where After-School students from local schools and community volunteers come together to clear invasive plants, plant trees/native plants, and spread mulch as part of our forest restoration efforts in Soundview Park in The Bronx.

 

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NYRR OPEN RUN: SOUNDVIEW PARK

every Saturday from 9:00am to 12:00pm

 

Location: Entrance – Lafayette Avenue and Morrison Avenue

 

NYRR Open Run brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area. The program is free and open to runners and walkers of all ages, abilities, and experience levels.

Called the “Gateway to the Bronx River,” 205-acre Soundview Park is located where the Bronx River opens into the East River. This urban green space is filled with grassy baseball and soccer fields, a cricket pitch, basketball courts, a running track, walking/biking paths, picnic fields, and more! With its extensive views of the water, Soundview Park celebrates the beauty of both the Bronx and East Rivers. The back part of our Open Run course has beautiful views of the Bronx River waterfront for participants to enjoy!

 

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Women's History Month:
Cass Gallagher

Sunday, March 3rd from 11:00am to 12:30pm

 

Location: Broadway and Mosholu Avenue in Van Cortlandt Park

 

Celebrate Women’s History Month with the Urban Park Rangers. Learn how to see through the eyes of a naturalist, as you take a lenghty hike with the Urban Park Rangers along the nature trail named in honor of longtime Bronx resident and naturalist, Cass Gallagher. Learn more about her impact to the local neighborhood and the natural world.

 

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BOTANY AND BOTANICAL ART

Sunday, March 17th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm

 

Location: Van Cortlandt Nature Center in Van Cortlandt Park

 

Learn about Ireland’s first female botanist Ellen Hutchins and live her legacy with a botanical walk followed by a botanical art workshop!

 

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Celebration of Women - The Art of Adventure

March 7th, 12th, and 19th from 11:00am to 1:00pm

 

Location: Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center

 

Celebration of Women are workshops in March that welcome everyone to join us for creativity, beauty and strength.

The Art Of Adventure workshops’ goal is not to create better artists but to inspire the person within, offer new perspectives and improve well-being.

Jane Bishow-Semevolos LCAT, ATR-BC, is a creative arts therapist and adventure based counselor. She is the owner and facilitator for The Art of Adventure: Team Building and Wellness Workshops. She provides customized art making and group experiences that encourage participants to expand their comfort zone, improve self-awareness, connect with others and have fun.

 

March 7 11am – The Adventure of Art – art and team building
March 12 11am – Ready Set Pose – photography
March 19 11am – Self Defense

 

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Did you know that Great Performances is headquartered in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx? We love being a part of the Bronx community, supporting other Bronx-based companies, and giving back to our community.

 

Read more about it here.