Breaking Ground/Abriendo Caminos

With anthology editor Myrna Nieves and poets Elizabeth Cruz, Etnairis Rivera, and Diana Gitesha Hernández, open mic hosted by Peggy Robles-Alvarado

Caraballo, Masks and Carnival

(The Ponce Carnival Masks, According to Miguel A. Caraballo García) with a Q&A by producer Nestor Murray-Irizarry and mask maker Felipe Rangel

BRONX MEMOIRS, BRONX MEMORIES

Book reading and signings by Michele Carlo, author of A Fish Out of Agua: My Life on Neither Side of the (Subway) Tracks, and Annie Lanzillotto, author of L is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir

Ray Martínez & Cuerda y Tambo

With Jorge Maldonado (maracas & vocals), Ray Martinez (bass), Pete Nater (trumpet), Arturo Ortiz (piano), Cristian Rivera (congas), Ricky Salas (percussion & timables), “Pro” and “DJ Charlie Hustle” from the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective (sound production)

Our Latin Thing

Screening of the documentary “Our Latin Thing” and a Q&A with director Leon Gast and poet, journalist, & activist Felipe Luciano

Mambo Diablo

Featuring a book reading by Joe Conzo, Sr. from “Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente.” A demo by Bobby Sanabria explaining the history of the timbales and Puente’s innovations playing it.

Jacqueline Flowers & her Quartet

Jackie Flowers had everybody up and riding the Love Train tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory!