Bronx-born photojournalist Randy Goodman brings her photos of Iranian women taken over a three-decade span to Bronx Museum of Arts, challenging perceptions of Muslim women at home and abroad.
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Bronx Museum of The Arts Offers Rare Glimpse into Lives of Iranian Women
Posted on 20 September 2018.
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The Art Of Change: Graffiti Show In The South Bronx Amidst Development Concerns
Posted on 24 October 2016.
British artist Nick Walker of “gentleman vandal” fame displaying his stencil graffiti works in the Bronx and of the Bronx at Wallworks Art Gallery in Port Morris. The exhibit, “The Last Ride,” opened Sept. 17.
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Back to School with Councilman King
Posted on 24 September 2016.
Around 1,500 middle school children receive books and a boost from the chancellor and City Councilmember Andrew King
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Jerome Avenue Autoworkers Featured in Photoville Exhibit
Posted on 24 September 2016.
The Jerome Avenue Workers Project, a photography exhibit by the Bronx Photo League, is showing at the annual Photoville festival in Brooklyn this week.
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Young Bronxites Head to the Cemetery for Creative Job Training
Posted on 16 September 2016.
A unique vocational program puts youngsters from the Bronx and Brooklyn on the fast track to labor union membership and a longterm career. First stop, the graveyard.
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Bronx Street Art Speaks Many Languages
Posted on 15 September 2016.
International artists have been painting street murals in the Bronx, tapping into the borough’s history of creative expression.
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When the Bronx was Burning, the Pornos were Booming
Posted on 02 September 2016.
Flashback to the 1970’s and the glory days of independent movie theatres in the Bronx. Film projectionist Bob Endres takes us back to the Globe Theatre in Pelham Parkway and remembers the theatre’s lurid lost legacy.
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‘Violence Interrupters’ Answer SOS in South Bronx
Posted on 20 October 2014.
Save Our Streets Mott Haven is working to meditate violent conflicts in the South Bronx. The program uses a new method first implemented in Chicago to quell clashes.
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