Bronx Events: Holiday Train Show at the Botanical Garden

(Photo courtesy of NYBG)

Thanksgiving is over, and the holiday season has officially begun. You can get in the spirit this weekend by checking out the New York Botanical Garden's annual holiday train show, a local favorite since it first launched in 1992. Model trains wind across a half-mile of track and around replicas of famous New York City buildings and landmarks (NY1 has video of the exhibit here.) For tickets and more information, visit the NYBG wesbite at www.nybg.org.

This and other Bronx events are listed in our community calendar, below.

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Holiday Train Show

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you and your families.

People have been bringing their loved ones to the holiday train show at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx for 18 years. A quarter mile of train track with models of famous landmark buildings and structures, all made from natural materials, held together with a bit of modern chemistry. I hope these photographs tempt you into experiencing the train show with your families first hand. The holiday train show will be open till Jan 10. I enjoyed myself thoroughly making these photographs, as they say boys never grow up. The third photograph in the slide show was made by Seema Kohli Talwar.

Bronx Events Through Nov. 30

NYC Landmarks stand small at the Botanical Gardens this season

Looking for a fresh place to get some side-dishes for Thanksgiving? Try picking up some produce from one of the Bronx's several green carts.

The JASA Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, located at 3880 Sedgwick Ave., will be hosting a Mexican Thanksgiving Celebration, Tuesday (Nov.24). Lunch will be served at 12:15pm followed by a performance by the Acapulco-90 marching band at 1:00pm. For more information or to RSVP, call 718-549-4700.

The Holiday Train show will be at the Botanical Gardens until Jan. 10. Miniature trains will chug past replicas of NYC landmarks, all made out of plants. For more information, call 718-817-8700 or visit nybg.org.

Children can take part in a hands-on activity at the Botanical Gardens tomorrow and Wednesday at 1:30pm children will learn about the different plants used to make gingerbread. For more information, call 718-817-8700 or visit nybg.org.

Head over to Van Cortlandt park on Saturday(Nov. 28) for a post-turkey day super hike. The hike will be led by park rangers and will begin at 11:00am.

Lehman Professors Mary Carol and Diedre O'Boy present "From Synge to McDonagh: A Century of Violence" on Tuesday at 12:30pm. The presentation will focus on the intersection of violence, love, and language. For more information, visit events.cuny.edu or call 718-960-6722.

Biologist Steven M. Ackerman will deliver the 30th annual Arthur Sweeny Memorial Lecture at Lehman college on December 4th at 5pm. Ackerman, professor of Biology at UMASS Boston and a 1973 Lehman graduate, will deliver the address on his experiences as a student of Sweeny's and how those experiences have influenced his career. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information click here.