T.J. English reading from The Savage City: Race, Murder and Generation on the Edge. The programming wrapped up with an enlightening discussion about race and police tactics with best selling author TJ English and No Frisk activist Jazz Hayden.
Sonia Manzano signed copies of her latest novel "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano" after her book reading tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory. Sonia, who lived on Southern Boulevard as a child and grew up playing in Crotona Park, read excerpts from her book, recounted the history of the Young Lords en El Barrio, and […]
Listening to the stories of a young Irish musician's experience navigating the Bronx with nothing but a Yamaha guitar, a shot of Bushmills, and a bit of courage. Author and Black 47 frontman Larry Kirwan was truly "Rocking the Bronx" at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory!
Featuring a book reading by Joe Conzo, Sr. from “Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente.” A demo by Bobby Sanabria explaining the history of the timbales and Puente’s innovations playing it.
With the author Joe Flood. The one thing people continue to remember about the Bronx is its devastation through the fires in the 1970s and 1980s . The area was documented on celluloid— the opening shot of Paul Newman’s movie, Fort Apache, the Bronx, was shot right outside the Bronx Music Heritage Center’s door. In […]