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THURSDAY 4

SALSA: Frankie Vázquez and the Bronx Horns at Latin Tinge Thursdays, Brooklyn Crossroads Supper Club, 402 Third Ave. at Sixth St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, 6 p.m.; $10; women free until 8 p.m.

MIX: Brooklyn band Chicha Libre plays to Charlie Chaplin’s “Pay Day” and “The Idle Class” and guitarist Gyan Riley to shorts from Harry Smith’s “Early Abstractions,” 8 p.m. at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th St., $40-$45. Part of the New York Guitar Festival.

SATURDAY 6

SALSA: Dominican singers José Alberto (El Canario) and Raúl Rosendo and Puerto Ricans Nino Segarra and Paquito Guzmán at “Back to the the ’80s” concert, Lehman Center, 8 p.m., $35-$50.

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                                     An artist’s rendering of the proposed Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment

 The stormy issue of the Kingsbridge Armory development moves to the Bronx borough president’s office Monday night with a public hearing.

Residents will weigh in on the controversial plan by The Related Cos. to develop the nine-story, red brick former National Guard armory into a shopping mall.

The hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the Lovinger Theater on the campus of Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West.

Those interested in speaking should call (718) 590-3541, though advance notice is not required. Written testimony will also be accepted.

The plan has come under fire, primarily because of the developer’s plan for a supermarket in the armory.

Local Community Board 7 approved the plan - with conditions - July 14.

Last Friday, all eight members of the City Council’s Bronx delegation asked Mayor Bloomberg in a letter to reject the developer’s supermarket proposal.

Under the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Process, the proposal next requires advisory approval or disapproval from Borough President Ruben Diaz and the city Planning Commission, as well as a final binding vote by the City Council.

With 45 markets already within a 2-mile radius of the armory, the council delegation argued the proposed 60,000-square-foot market would drive at least some of them out of business.

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Bronx Science had no reason to pitch to Riverdale/Kingsbridge junior shortstop Nelyssa Rosario. Not in the fourth inning. Not with two runners on. Not ahead by four runs.

“She’s just an unbelievable hitter,” Wolverines coach Tom Morris said.

So, Morris called for pitcher Kelly Chewens to intentionally walk Rosario. The sophomore hurler had the right idea on the first pitch, but the second one she threw directly over the plate and Rosario belted a three-run home run.

RKA got within one run on the homer, then took the lead in the fifth, but Bronx Science tied the game up in the sixth and went ahead in the seventh in what was a wild, 14-11 road win against Riverdale/Kingsbridge on Tuesday in PSAL Bronx A softball.

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Bronx boosters are raring to turn this four-mile stretch into a pathway to a more sparkling future

The intersection of the Grand Concourse and 161st Street, as seen from the top of 888 Grand Concourse. Joyce Kilmer Park is in the center, with the Bronx County courthouse on the left, and Yankee Stadium in the background

The intersection of the Grand Concourse and 161st Street, as seen from the top of 888 Grand Concourse. Joyce Kilmer Park is in the center, with the Bronx County courthouse on the left, and Yankee Stadium in the background.

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Dave Valentin

Emmy-winning Latin jazz flutist Dave Valentin will appear at the Bronx Arts Ensemble’s annual jazz concert, Sat., Feb. 28 at 8 pm at the Russian Mission to the UN Residency, Mosholu Avenue at W. 255 Street, in an exciting evening of pop, R&B, Brazilian music and Latin jazz. Appearing with Valentin will be members of his quintet - Bill O’Connell, piano, Lincoln Goines, bass, Robby Ameen, drums and Richie Flores, congas.

Performing a variety of ethnic and classical flutes, Dave Valentin’s playing combines a popular and accessible form of Brazilian, salsa, merengue, funk and jazz. A native of the south Bronx, Valentin began with bongos and congas, later focusing on the flute at the urging of his teacher, Hubert Laws. He has recorded 25 albums and has performed with such legendary performers as Tito Puente (as his music director), Machito, Herbie Mann, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Barreto, Eddie Palmieri and Johnny Pacheco. Voted “Best Jazz Flutist” in Jazzis Magazine for the past eight years, his most recent CDs, for Highnote Records, are World on a String (2005) and Come Fly With Me (2006). Mr. Valentin is a proud Bronx resident and active member of his community. Read more..

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