Bronx Salsa Fest with Spanglish Fly
Live music by Spanglish Fly and film screening of Rumba Clave Blen Blen Blen
Loading view.
Castanet Connections with Innov Gnawa
A Moroccan band that originally settled in the Bronx, Innov Gnawa, will pro- vide trance-like music played with a variety of instruments including metal cas- tanets. Their performance will follow a set of flamenco castanet-accompanied songs featuring renowned Bronx dancer, Nelida Tirado.
Night of the Living Dead
Celebrate Halloween with a screening of Night of the Living Dead, by horror legend and Bronx native, George Romero. Featuring a live soundtrack directed by Bobby Sanabria
3rd Annual Parranda con Paranda: Puerto Rican and Garifuna Holiday Celebration
For our 3rd annual Parranda con Paranda: A Puerto Rican & Garifuna Holiday Celebration, we evoke the Puerto Rican traditions of “parrandas”—Christmas caroling processions and the Garifuna “paranda” song style […]
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