If These Knishes Could Talk
With Q&A with , Heather Quinlan (producer), Ben Lee (film participant, featured interviewee)
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¡Despierta!: Revolutionary Poets
With poets Sery Colón, Chilo Cajigas and Veronica Verdad, screening of the film, Isabel Rosado: Nationalist with director Melissa Montero
Caridad De La Luz “La Bruja”
Bronx Living Legend, Caridad De La LuzLa Bruja, spoken word artist & activist, was honored by the Bronx Music Heritage Center in a special Halloween-themed tribute concert at Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Angel R. Rodríguez, Sr., Bronx Arts Activist & Latin Percussionist
Percussionist Angel Rodríguez is the founder of the original Living Legend tribute series held at The Point CDC. He has performed with bands such as Latin Jazz Coalition, La Timba de Ayer and Abrazos Orchestra. The event will take place at Bronx Museum of the Arts. Rodríguez has worked with various community organizations as an […]
Música de Ayer
Featuring Julio Melendez (third voice and lead guitar), Julio Cuevas (second voice and rhythm guitar), Gloria Mirabal (vocals). Trío Los Platinos was started in 1962. its first members were Pepito Lacomba Jr., Teddy Torres, and Julio Cuevas, who was the trío’s director. Today its members are Ray Vasqúes (first voice), Julio Melendez (first guitar and […]
The Borinqueeners
Q&A with executive producer Noemi Figueroa Soulet and 65th Regiment veteran Eugenio Quevado. The Borinqueneers chronicles the never-before-told story of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, the only all-Hispanic unit in U.S. Army history, The 65th Infantry Regiment was nicknamed “The Borinqueneers” after “Borinquen,” the name given to the island by its indigenous inhabitants, the […]
Chulito: The Novel with author Charles Rice-Gonzalez
Palabras/Words: Reading of Chulito: The Novel with author Charles Rice Gonzalez Charles Rice-González, born in Puerto Rico and reared in the Bronx, is a writer, long-time community and LGBT activist and Executive Director of BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. He received a B.A. in Communications from Adelphi University and an M.F.A. in […]
Parranda con Paranda
A Puerto Rican and Garifuna Holiday concert. Featuring Hector “Pucho” Alamo (cuatro), Carlos Espada (lead vocals and percussion), Matthew Gonzalez (percussion), Jorge “Georgie” Vazquez (percussion), James Lovell (guitar and vocals), Delmo Nuñez (percussion and vocals), Julio Nuñez (percussion and vocals), Chester Nuñez (percussion and vocals), Lucy Blanco (vocals and maracas), Gianina “Scarlet” Nolberto (dance). The […]
Latinos Beyond Reel
Film: Latinos Beyond Reel” Challenging Media Stereotypes and a Q&A with director Miguel Picker and producer Edwin Pagán.
The Fires: How a Computer Formula, Big Ideas, and the Best of Intentions Burned Down New York City
With the author Joe Flood. The one thing people continue to remember about the Bronx is its devastation through the fires in the 1970s and 1980s . The area was documented on celluloid— the opening shot of Paul Newman’s movie, Fort Apache, the Bronx, was shot right outside the Bronx Music Heritage Center’s door. In […]