4th Annual Parranda con Paranda
Each year we cap our Bronx Rising! series with a concert that features traditions from two of the Bronx’s distinct Latino communities: Puerto Rican and Garifuna. This year will celebrate […]
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Parranda
Bomba Dance Workshop for Women by Oxil Febles*
Learn this traditional percussion-based Puerto Rican dance form through an introductory course with Oxil Febles, professional Bomba dancer, instructor and choreographer. Her graduate studies in Fine Arts and innovations in […]
The 5th Annual Parranda con Paranda: Strings Attached
This year we will look at the styles which use stringed instruments, including paranda of the Garifuna and la música jíbara of Puerto Rico. Cover charge: $7. Reduced fee: $5 […]
Parranda con Paranda
This program will explore European-influenced genres, such as “la danza” from Puerto Rico and the “quadrille,” which is practiced among Garifuna communities. The evening will include traditional drum-based music by […]
Melrose Parranda
Our annual Puerto Rican-style Christmas caroling procession will travel on foot from casita to casita, ending at Melrose’s most famous casita, Rincón Criollo, aka “La Casita de Chema”. Featured musicians […]
Melrose Parranda
Experience traditional Puerto Rican holiday caroling with a musical procession and plenty of plena music and dancing during the Bronx Music Heritage Center's annual Melrose Parranda! We will stop at […]