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
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Before Hip Hop, There was Doo Wop: A Tribute to Morris High School
Featuring poetry with Nuyorican legend Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez and doo wop music with SPANK! in honor of the Chords, who attended Morris High School
Bertha Hope, Jazz Pianist & Composer
BMHC honors the Jazz pioneer with a performance Bertha Hope Quintet at the Morris High School Campus. Bertha Hope is from Los Angeles and attended Manual Arts High School in […]
Poemas Pueblos: The Revolutionary Poems of Julia de Burgos
BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United StatesNovember's Bronx Rising! celebrated Puerto Rican Heritage Month and the poetry of Julia de Burgos. Poemas Pueblos: The Revolutionary Poems of Julia de Burgos honored the poet on the 100th anniversary of her birth with a film, poetry, music, and dance! We ran out of chairs for the packed house at the Lab!
2nd Annual Parranda con Paranda: Puerto Rican and Garifuna Holiday Celebration
Featuring Lucy Blanco, Braata Productions, Libana Maraza, James Lovell, Bobby Sanabria, Jorge Vazquez. In the Caribbean the holiday season is an occasion for many traditions, many of which have similar […]
Bronx “People’s State of the Union” Story Circle
BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United StatesFive Boro Story Project is a cultural organization dedicated to local and community storytelling in different neighborhoods across the city’s five boroughs. In 2013, BMHC partnered with Five Boro Story […]
Ghana in the Bronx
BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United StatesFilm screening of Living the Hiplife, plus music and dance performance by K5! The Ghanaian Community in the Bronx In New York City, Africans are about 4% of the City’s […]