James Lovell & the Garifuna Drummers
James Lovell and his Garifuna Drummers got the crowd moving with their “journey” through Garifuna history tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory, from the 17th century Caribbean to […]
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Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
Machito's son Mario Grillo, band leader of the Machito Orchestra, joined Bobby Sanabria tonight for a Q&A filled with hilarious anecdotes from his long career, following a screening of “Machito: […]
Sonia Manzano reads from The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
BMHC Lab 1303 Louis Nine Blvd, Bronx, NY, United StatesSonia Manzano signed copies of her latest novel "The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano" after her book reading tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory. Sonia, who lived on Southern […]
Grace Drums
Founded in 2010, GRACE DRUMS is a music ensemble of spirited women with the singular mission of making joy contagious across all races, ethnicities, religions, gender & sexual orientation, and […]
Style Wars
With Q&A by producer Henry Chalfant In the 70s graffiti artists would gather around DeWitt Clinton High in the Bronx which was just blocks away from the Transit Authority yard […]
Born in the Bronx and Written!
With photographer Joe Conzo Jr. & Grandmaster Caz Joe Conzo Jr. In 2005, The New York Times proclaimed photographer Joe Conzo Jr. as “The Man Who Took Hip-Hop's Baby Pictures.” […]
2013 Black History Month Celebration
Celebrate Black History Month with the Bronx Music Heritage Center on Saturday, February 23rd, 4:00pm! Join Dr. Mark Naison, Founder of The Bronx African American History Project, on the Bronx […]
Let the Colors Tell the Story
Presenting works by visual artist Chrissy Peña The exhibition will remain open until March 29, 2013
Gemeinschaft Shifts the Planet
Presenting works by Hip-hop photographers Fabian “Farbeon” Saucedo & Joe Conzo, Jr. The exhibition will remain open until May 30, 2014
Ghetto Brothers
The Ghetto Brothers, a former street gang in the South Bronx, became community activists in the 1960s and played a tremendous role in reducing the gang violence in the neighborhood by participating in the historice Hoe Avenue Peace Meeting. They later turned into a musical group, influenced by the Beatles, Santana, doo wop music and Tito Puente. Their album, Power-Fuerza was released in 1972, and was recently re-released to celebrate its 40th anniversary.