BMHC honors salsa and Latin jazz pianist Pulpo Colón for his extraordinary career in salsa and as a music educator, and his unwavering commitment to Bronx music. The event will take place at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
BMHC honors classical violinist and educator Kenneth Edwards for his tireless commitment to music education, excellence in classical music performance, and for always inspiring us to create. The event will take place at The Rafael Hernandez Dual Language School PS/MS 218
BMHC honors Afro-Peruvian Percussionist Marcos Napa for this significant contribution to the community as a musician, eductaor and activist. The event will take place at After School Program PS 2/PS 63
With performance by Ray Rodriguez y Swing Sabroso. The event will take place at El Teatro Miranda at 52 Park
Presenting works by Cesar Barberena (paint, graphic art), Emilio Banuelos (photography), Josue Guarionex (sculpture), Carmen Hernandez (mixed media), Kristina Maria Coco Lopez (visual art), Linda Morales (photography), Kali Ramirez (photography), and Balam Soto (mixed media)The exhibit will remain open until December 31, 2012.
Ray Mantilla the complete percussionist was born in 1934 not far from here on Prospect Avenue in the rhythm rich, dance-crazed atmosphere of the South Bronx where Afro-Cuban roots mixed and mingled with jazz riffs in famous ballrooms. By 21, Mantilla was on the bandstands playing conga drums along with contemporaries Eddie Palmieri and Ray […]
The documentary From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale is about how creative expression helped to foster community in the Bronx, and about how people used and are using that as a resource for cultural and civic renewal. Concluding its story in the present, From Mambo to Hip Hop will explore how the […]
Palabras/Words: Women Who Run With the Wolves hosted by La Bruja, Lisa Carrasquillo, Michelle Madera, and Deborah Ramos. “Inside of every one of us is a wild one who has been tamed and if given just enough air to breathe and space to run. . . Allow yourself to imagine. . .Honor life as wild […]
Part of the JAZZ & ITS LEGACY Weekend. Grammy Award-winning Bronx drummer Will Calhoun (Living Colour) rocked out hard tonight with John Benitez and Marc Cary at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory!
Special screening of The Savoy King: Chick Webb and the Music That Changed America by Jeff Kaufman with Q&A by TBA.