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Benjy Melendez of the Ghetto Brothers

Honoring Melendez for this transformative work using music to inspire and bring people together in the Bronx, at a time when policymakers and lawmakers could not. Through his activism, commitment to peace, knowledge and cultural understanding, this Son of Da' Bronx has demonstrated what his heroes, the Beatles, championed, "All you need is love."

Castanet Connections with Innov Gnawa

A Moroccan band that originally settled in the Bronx, Innov Gnawa, will pro- vide trance-like music played with a variety of instruments including metal cas- tanets. Their performance will follow a set of flamenco castanet-accompanied songs featuring renowned Bronx dancer, Nelida Tirado.

Night of the Living Dead

Celebrate Halloween with a screening of Night of the Living Dead, by horror legend and Bronx native, George Romero. Featuring a live soundtrack directed by Bobby Sanabria

3rd Annual Parranda con Paranda: Puerto Rican and Garifuna Holiday Celebration

For our 3rd annual Parranda con Paranda: A Puerto Rican & Garifuna Holiday Celebration, we evoke the Puerto Rican traditions of “parrandas”—Christmas caroling processions and the Garifuna “paranda” song style to bring together these two communities. If you listen closely to the big barrel-type drums both groups use, you can hear echoes of familiar rhythms […]

Bronx Blues

7:00 pm: Film Screening of Harlem Street Singer (2013), followed by Q&A with director Trevor Laurence and producer Woody Man 8:30 pm: Performance of Rev. Gary Davis' music by Gospel singing sensation Monica Hope and guitarist Solomon Hicks Through high school and college as I followed the Grateful Dead on tour and followed Hot Tuna […]

Bronx Griot: The Jali Tradition in NYC

A screening of Finah Misa Kule with a Q&A by Kewulay Kamara and Steve Zeitlin. Performances by Kankaba Kanuteh and Badenya featuring Kewulay Kamara, Sa- lieu Suso, Abdoulaye Diabate, Mangue Syllla and Kalie Kamara, representing the jail tradition of Sierra Leone, the Gambia and Mali. Last month at the BMHC we paid tribute to the […]