Bronx Week Events for June 21

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Thursday, June 21: Arts and Culture Day

Tour the Bronx aboard the trolley with borough historian Lloyd Ultan as a guide from the Bronx County Building, 851 Grand Concourse at East 161st Street from either 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Info: (718) 590-3047.

A street fair where sand artists share their work with the community takes place at the Institute of Applied Human Dynamics, 3625 Bainbridge Ave. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Info: (718) 920-0813.

Live Latin music and festivities accompany the screening of a documentary on the history and culture of Bronx Puerto Ricans at the Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo, 157th Street and Brook Avenue from 12 to 7 p.m. Info: (718) 960-1181 or www.bronxnet.org.

A curator’s tour of the ceremonial objects and art from Passover to Shavuot is at the Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home in Riverdale, 5961 Palisade Ave. from 2 to 3 p.m. Info: (718) 581-1787.

The opening reception of Beyond the Uniforms: Documentation of FDNY Bronx Firehouse 1998-2002, a photography exhibit by Marisol Diaz, 2007 BRIO award-winner, is at the Borough President’s Gallery, Bronx County Building, 851 Grand Concourse, Third Floor from 6 to 8 p.m. Info: (718) 590-2502.

Kick off your shoes for Barefoot Dancing in the Park with Retumba, the Bronx’s own all-female ensemble, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Van Courtlandt Park at Broadway and West 246th Street. Info: (718) 830-1890.