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On Saturday, April 2, the Church of the Mediator will be hosting a flea market, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The church is located at 260 West 231st Street between Kingsbridge and Corlear Avenues. Refreshments will be sold. Proceeds will help benefit the church. For vendors interested in renting table space, the fee is $20 for one table and $35 for two tables. Vendors can contact Larry Molatto at 347-483-2489. Or by email at larry2264@gmail.com. The flea market also has a website http://flea-market. qapacity.com. For more information, call 718-5498660 or 347-992-4361.
Rotary Club to sponsor reading hour
Youngsters 3-12 years old are invited to participate in the Reading Program on Saturday, April 2, at the Kingsbridge Library, 280 West 231st Street, from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Readers will be grouped by skill level and encouraged to read, helped with pronunciation and word understanding, and for those without reading skills, interpret pictures. There is no charge for
participation. The Rotary Club of Riverdale is part of Rotary International and sponsors the library reading project as a local community service. Adult volunteers who are interested in participating are asked to contact Karen Pesce, Secretary: (718) 749-4469.
Jill Lepore to discuss 'The Tea Party and the Constitution'
Jill Lepore, Ph.D., David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History and chair of the history and literature program at Harvard University, will speak at Manhattan College on Monday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith Auditorium. Presented by the College's Robert J. Christen Program in Early American History and Culture, the event is free and open to the public. Lepore will discuss 'The Tea Party and the Constitution' as the speaker for the annual series. A staff writer for The New Yorker, she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for 'New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in EighteenthCentury Manhattan.' She won the Bancroft Prize for 'The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American
Identity.' A member of the executive board of the Society of American Historians, she is a distinguished lecturer of the Organization of American Historians and serves on numerous boards and committees. Next year she will be a guest curator at the Old State House Museum in Boston and a visiting scholar of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Lepore is cofounder of the magazine 'Common-place.' A prolific author, she is currently working on the three books: a biography of Jane Mecom, Benjamin Franklin's sister; a series of essays about how historians write; and a history of American ideas about life and death. For more information about the April 11 lecture, contact George Kirsch, professor of history, at 718-862-7127 or email george.kirsch@manhattan.edu.
Robert Kramer to give poetry reading
An Beal Bocht Cafe will continue its poetry reading series on Wednesday, April 13 at 8:30 p.m. with a reading by Riverdale resident Robert Kramer. Kramer is a widely published poet, playwright, literary critic, and translator
of European literature. He was formerly director of the New York Poets Cooperative and is currently a professor of art history at Manhattan College. The featured reading will be followed by an open reading. An Beal Bocht Cafe is located at 445 West 238th Street, between Waldo and Greystone Avenues.
Friday Friday! at BartowPell Mansion Museum
First Friday! returns from its winter break with a return engagement of the Silver Roots ensemble featuring flutist Shawn Wyckoff and violinist Maria Millar. Enjoy classical music, the mansion, light refreshments, and a ride on the free Bronx Seaside Trolley. The trolley makes a continuous loop from the #6 Pelham Bay Park subway station to BPMM to City Island starting at 5:30 p.m. Registration requested; call 718-8851461 or email info@bpmm.org. Cost is $8; $5 seniors and students; members free.
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The RIVERDALE REVIEW • Thursday, March 31, 2011
Church of Mediator to host flea market