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Music Performance
Bronx Salsa Fest with Spanglish Fly
Live music by Spanglish Fly and film screening of Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen
Los Pleneros de la 21
Join the international Los Pleneros de la 21 as they bring a little swing, music and cultura for all to enjoy! Part of the Hostos Center for Arts and Culturue's Bomplenazo 2016 Festival, this event features an energetic performance and presentation that celeberates Puerto Rico's oldest musical traditions, in a family and school-friendly environment. Registrations […]
Crotona Park Birdsong
A concert at Crotona Park with Bobby Sanabria & Project X featuring original compositions by Jeff Lederer inspired by the park’s local birds. It will follow a screening of the documentary, Thomas Chapin, Night Bird Song (2016) at the BMHC and Q&A with the director, Stephanie Castillo
Maxine Sullivan Women In Jazz Series: Bronx azz Women: Bertha Hope & Mimi Jones
Followed by a Q&A with Mimi Jones and Bertha Hope. Music performance by the Mimi Jones Band + The Black Madonna Project
Fifth Annual Spirit of Aña: Women & Trap Drums
Our Spirit of Aña series focuses on female drummers. For Women’s History Month, our program features women who play the drum set - the only instrument invented in the United States and an amalgam of American culture as it contains components of many parts of the world. Drummers will discuss their careers and technique, and […]
La Petenera: Woman of Mystery
Another Women's History Month event, this time focusing on the folkloric mysterious power of the mujer! The petenera is a song style featured in different genres from Spain to Mexico. We will showcase flamenco, Mexican son huasteco, son guerrerense, and son jarocho forms of the song, with performances by Alfonso Cid, Daniela Morena, Martha Zarate-Alvarez […]
Bronx Living Legends Concert: Luz Soliz
Join us at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture as we honor artist and activist Luz Soliz, best known for her well-established dance troupes and for serving as a champion of the Garifuna culture through music, dance and language. Performances by Wabafu Dance Theater, Garifuna Jazz Ensemble and others. Tickets: $10 | $5 Students […]
Bronx Living Legend Concert: Benny Ayala
The BMHC Bronx Living Legends series, which honors Bronx music legends for their careers as performers and educators, will honor Puerto Rican plenero Benny Ayala, for his career as a pioneering plenero in the Bronx and cultivating the next generation of plena and bomba musicians. The program will be emceed by ethnomusicologist Cesar Colóm Montijo. […]