Bronx Gospel Fest, Part I

Kool Jai Infiniti, Pastoral Garifuna, Maya Forbes, Tae Edwards, and Gabriel Sarmiento. The event will take place at BMHC Lab and Louis Niné Boulevard

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 Lab & Louis Niné Boulevard Rebel Diaz, Grandmaster Caz, Bocafloja, Circa ’95, YC the Cynic, Grand Wizzard Theodore, and Sadat X. Clive Campbell emigrated to […]

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, screening of film clip from Oya: Something Happened on the Way to West Africa with Bronx filmmaker Seyi Adebanjo. Screening of the film, Sweet Dreams, […]

Seis del Sur: Sin Límites

Six South Bronx photographers of Puerto Rican descent: Joe Conzo, Jr., Ricky Flores, Ángel Franco, David Gonzalez, Edwin Pagán and Francisco Molina Reyes II. The exhibition will remain open until September 26, 2014

Bronx Gospel Fest, Part II

Darius Dixson, Stanley Johnson, Maya Forbes, and Luke Benjamin. The event will take place at Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene @ 227th Street

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 starring her and Marc Anthony). The film will be followed by a Q&A with Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón and José Mangual, who were members of Hector […]

Digging Through the Crates with Joe Conzo Sr.

Part of Seis del Sur photography exhibition Joe Conzo Sr. will present photographs of Tito Puente and other salsa and mambo musicians, while telling stories of Tito’s life and taking questions from the audience

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, screenings of When We Were Kings with director Leon Gast and The Champion’s Trek: The Untold Story of Sugar Ramos with filmmaker Elio Bernardo-Ruíz Even […]