Grammy-Award winning artist Eddie Palmieri and his Salsa Orchestra launched the Lehman Center’s 2022-23 season on Saturday evening. Palmieri is a long-time performer at The Lehman Center and his popular presence is in-line with efforts to focus concert programming on reflecting the community’s diversity. Those efforts have been heralded by The Lehman Center’s Executive Director, […]
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Grammy-Award Winner Eddie Palmieri Launches the Lehman Center’s 2022-23 Season
Posted on 19 September 2022.
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Bronx Community College Hosts Kids Comic Con Sci-Fest
Posted on 19 September 2022.
Dozens of families attended the annual Kids Comic Con event held at Bronx Community College Saturday—the first one held in-person since 2019. This year’s convention, named Sci-Fest, was focused on the relationship between comics, science and technology. The event was co-founded and organized by comic book writer Alex Simmons and Bronx Community College Director of […]
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Stone Soup of the South Bronx
Posted on 29 September 2019.
The sixth annual Big Bronx Sancochazo mixes salsa, spices and collective Caribbean pride Brook Park
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Bronx Puerto Rican Parade Embraces Diversity
Posted on 19 September 2019.
This year’s Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade is expected to be a strong showing of the Bronx’s growing ethnic diversity.
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Looking for answers from a psychic in The Bronx
Posted on 15 September 2019.
A simple Google search won’t do to find Ave Castellanos, a 47 year-old Bronx-based psychic. She doesn’t have a Yelp profile, or an Instagram or Facebook account, and yet it’s common to see a line of people waiting for her advice. The only requirement for an accurate reading is to have faith in her.
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Putting Little Yemen on The Map
Posted on 15 September 2019.
A concentration of Yemeni residents live in Morris Park and Van Nest, an area now dubbed Little Yemen, even on Google Maps.
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A Boxing Gym Owner Fights to Keep His Culture Alive
Posted on 14 September 2019.
El Maestro is no ordinary boxing gym, but now this vibrant cultural center is under threat.
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Hidden hospital courtrooms, where the mentally ill fight forced treatment
Posted on 18 October 2018.
Every Wednesday a judge comes to Bronx Psychiatric Center and oversees hearings in which the hospital wants to force a patient to stay hospitalized or take treatment. How do these small makeshift courtrooms straddle the balance between respecting civil rights and ensure that patients get the treatment they need even if they don’t want it?
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