Uptown Holiday Events
Having to entertain out of town guests for the holidays? Why not take them off the beaten path and show them some of the wonderful uptown treasures tucked away in the Bronx.
Bartow Pell Mansion in the Bronx
PARRANDA: ‘A PUERTO RICAN CHRISTMAS,’ Hostos Center for Arts and Culture, 450 Grand Concourse, at 149th Street, Mott Haven, the Bronx. Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m., traditional Puerto Rican Christmas songs performed by the group Zon del Barrio. Ticket information, Community Works: (212) 459-1854; www.hostos.cuny.edu/culturearts. $7 in advance; $10 at the door.
SHOREWALKERS Saturday at 10 a.m., a Bronx walk from the Grand Concourse along the Harlem River to Hunts Point, meeting on the northwest corner of the Grand Concourse and 149th Street. (212) 330-7686. Donation, $3; free for members.
BARTOW-PELL MANSION, 895 Shore Road North, Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx. The museum, on a nine-acre site, exhibits fine and decorative arts from the 19th century. Saturday at noon and 2 p.m., and Sunday at noon (the 2 p.m. show is full), the story of Dutch Sinterklaas, a Colonial holiday, told with music and narrative by the Bronx Arts Ensemble; free, but reservations are required: (718) 601-7399. Saturday at 5, 6 and 7 p.m., a candlelight tour of the house and six Christmas trees decorated in the theme of “The Nutcracker”; $12; $8 for students and 65+; free for children under 6; $10 and $5 for members. Tour hours: Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.; grounds open daily, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (718) 885-1461. $5; $3 for students and 65+; free for 6 and younger.
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