Plenas en Cadenas: Generations
BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United StatesRoundtable Discussion and Demo featuring Juan Gutiérrez, Julia Gutiérrez, Juan Cartagena, Matthew Gonzalez, and Cesár Colón-Montijo, moderated by Bobby Sanabria
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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. […]
Americo Casiano, Jr. and NuyoRican School Original Poetry Jazz Ensemble
Featuring Akua Dixon, Ray Martínez and Roland Guerrero
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 […]
Bomba and Plena
Norka Hernández Nadal & Bàmbula
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 […]
Poesia negroide: The Declamador
Poetic Tradition of Puerto Rico with Sery Colón, Prisionera, and Tato Laviera
BMHC honors Andy Gonzalez, Latin Jazz Bassist
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, United StatesBMHC 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 […]
Gun Hill Road
With Q&A by director Rashaad Ernesto Green
American Comics & the Latino Image
With Miguelangel Ruiz, Christian Montalvo and Wilson Ramos Jr.