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Plenas en Cadenas: Generations

BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United States

Roundtable Discussion and Demo featuring Juan Gutiérrez, Julia Gutiérrez, Juan Cartagena, Matthew Gonzalez, and Cesár Colón-Montijo, moderated by Bobby Sanabria

Bomba: Dancing the Drum

Bomba: Dancing The Drum is a one hour film about the legendary Cepeda family, known as the patriarch family of bomba, Puerto Rico's richest musical expression of its African heritage. For nearly a century, the Cepeda family has been in the forefront of the struggle to keep the bomba tradition alive in Puerto Rico. Don […]

BMHC honors Valerie Capers, Jazz Pianist & Composer

The event takes place at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. Dr. Valerie Capers was born in the Bronx and received her early schooling at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School of Music, the first blind person to do […]

Antonia Pantoja ¡Presente!

Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002), visionary Puerto Rican educator, activist, and early proponent of bilingual education, inspired multiple generations of young people and fought for many of the rights that people take for granted today. Unbowed by obstacles she encountered as a black, Puerto Rican woman, she founded ASPIRA to empower Puerto Rican youth, and created other […]

BMHC honors Andy Gonzalez, Latin Jazz Bassist

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, United States

BMHC honors Andy Gonzalez for his influential contribution to Latin Jazz and commitment to enriching Bronx Music. With performance by Willie Rodriguez Group & Manny Oquendo’s Libre. The event took place at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. Andy Gonzalez is one of the most respected & well known bassists in Jazz & Latin […]

Gun Hill Road

With Q&A by director Rashaad Ernesto Green