Music Performance
DJ Kool Herc, Hip Hop Pioneer
BMHC honors Hip Hip pioneer DJ Kool Herc. The events is followed by a Jamaican Jam by the legendary DJ Kool Herc and a concert in his honor featuring BMHC […]
The Spirit of Aña
Afro-Brazilian drum group Batala NYC, screening of the documentary film Sweet Dreams and Q&A with director Rob Fruchtman, dance & shekere lesson by members of the Legacy Circle Women Drummers, […]
La Ensalada de Pulpo with Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón
The Bronx Music Heritage Center will celebrate Fania’s legacy with Salsa Fest! with a screening of El Cantante (the story of Fania legend Hector Lavoe produced by Jennifer Lopez and […]
TKOs and Timbales: The Intersection of Boxing & Music
Orlando Marín y su Orquesta; panel discussion with boxer and club owner Carlos Ortiz, Academy-Award filmmaker Leon Gast, rock critic Dave Marsh, and scholar Christina Abreu; Golden Gloves boxing demo, […]
Before Hip Hop, There was Doo Wop: A Tribute to Morris High School
Featuring poetry with Nuyorican legend Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez and doo wop music with SPANK! in honor of the Chords, who attended Morris High School
Bertha Hope, Jazz Pianist & Composer
BMHC honors the Jazz pioneer with a performance Bertha Hope Quintet at the Morris High School Campus. Bertha Hope is from Los Angeles and attended Manual Arts High School in […]
Women's History Month
Poetry and music by Hattie Gossett, Michael Wimberly, plus musical performance by Jenn Jade Named in honor of the pioneering jazz vocalist who made the Bronx her home, the program […]
2nd Annual Spirit of Aña: Women and Drums
BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United StatesMusical performance by Alessandra Belloni & the Daughters of Cybele, plus a discussion with Mary Gardner, Yvette Ghoughassian, Norka Hernandez Nadal, and Liliana Raposo