Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum will present folk rock band Hawthorne for its First Friday! event on September 2 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The Brooklyn-based band plays entirely original music, spanning various acoustic styles and genres, including indie-folk and Americana, with a touch of country, Irish folk, and even gypsy jazz. A native New Yorker...
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum will host urban ecologist Dr. Robert DeCandido for a Summer Owl Walk and Talk on Wednesday, August 10 at 8:00 p.m. Better known as “Birding Bob” to the legions of New Yorkers who follow him on wildlife walks through city parks, Dr. DeCandido will focus on the Great Horned Owl that...
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum will present Cracked Walnuts, a banjo and washboard duo specializing in old-time American music, for its First Friday! event on July 1. Dressed in period clothing, Cracked Walnuts’ husband and wife team, Jeff and Jan Ausfahl, will sing and play the music of American composers Stephen Foster, George M. Cohan, and Irving Berlin...
With summer right around the corner, now is the perfect time to register your child for BPMM Adventures, a week-long, full-day drop-off program for children entering grades 1 through 4. Participants explore the mansion, wigwam, gardens and grounds; engage in period activities like decoupage; play 19th-entury games such as hoops; investigate our natural surroundings;...
BPMM and NYC Parks join forces to celebrate the 420th anniversary of Anne Hutchinson’s birth. The festival is just one of a year-long calendar of Bronx events to honor her. Hutchinson (1591-1643), who eventually settled in what is now the Bronx, was an outspoken advocate for freedom of religion and women’s equality in religious...
Saturday, May 21 10:30-12:30 p.m. In celebration of May, Bike, Bronx Week’s Environmental Day, and Bike Month, BPMM’s annual Bike Tour will focus on gardens, visiting private gardens on City Island and public gardens in Pelham Bay Park. Park horticulturist Scott Farrington rides along as our expert. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on...
*BronxMama Pick: Show you care! Not with a boring, store-bought card, but with a handmade, full-of-charm, sure-to-woo valentine. Learn about the history of valentines and the use of printed “scraps” to create them in the 19th century while you make your own. A fun workshop for the family – it’s not just girl stuff!...
