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Bronx Blues
7:00 pm: Film Screening of Harlem Street Singer (2013), followed by Q&A with director Trevor Laurence and producer Woody Man 8:30 pm: Performance of Rev. Gary Davis' music by Gospel […]
Bronx Griot: The Jali Tradition in NYC
A screening of Finah Misa Kule with a Q&A by Kewulay Kamara and Steve Zeitlin. Performances by Kankaba Kanuteh and Badenya featuring Kewulay Kamara, Sa- lieu Suso, Abdoulaye Diabate, Mangue […]
Swingin’ Jazz
A screening of The Girls in the Band (2013) about the Sweethearts of Rhythm followed by a Q&A. Music performed by The Stomp Station Swing Band. Come early for the […]
Bangla Bronx: The Bangladeshi Community in the Boogie Down
Featuring musicians Ifti & the Royal Bengal Tea House, a fusion of Spanish and Bengali folk songs with the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore and Pablo Neruda recited by Ifti Chowdhury […]
100th Anniversary of the Harlem Hellfighters
A presentation about the Harlem Hellfighters followed by the music of the Monroe Mustangs (of Monroe College) and Zlatne Uste Balkan brass band In 1910 James Reese Europe started the […]
4th of July Weekend
Performance by the 319th U.S. Army band based out of Fort Totten in Queens
Anchors Aweigh!
Today’s program will celebrate the Bronx’s most famous maritime connection—the writer Herman Melville, who is the author or seafaring stories, most notably, Moby Dick—is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery. The program […]
Women In Salsa: Bronx SalsaFest
Poetry in the key of salsa by La madrina of Nuyorican Poetry Sandra Maria Esteves followed by a performance of Los Más Valientes Latin music, particularly the Afro-Cuban genre that […]
Street Co-Naming Ceremony for Elmo Hope
We're making history! Join us at the corner of Lyman Place and Freeman Street during a street co-naming ceremony in honor of Elmo Hope, followed by a reception at the […]