The Bronx Ink

A man in the Bronx uses recycled materials to harvest the sun’s energy.

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When parade goers and bar hoppers, many in shamrock sunglasses and leprechaun hats, line the streets of Manhattan trying to get a glimpse of the parade, or win St. Patrick’s day T-shirts, a little pocket of down-home revelry takes place in the Northeast Bronx.

About a block away from Yonkers on Katonah Avenue, kids paint their faces green, the Irish musicians of Jameson’s Revenge play the violin and Irish flute, and neighbors and friends celebrate the country they left behind.

“Oh! And I wish I were with the gentle folk, Around a hearthened fire where the fairies dance unseen,” recited Martin Miller outside the Rambling House pub a few days before the St Patrick’s Day celebration. Taking not even a full moment to recall the verse by the Irish nationalist Bobby Sands, Miller, 32, began reciting the poem while successfully lighting his cigarette in the cool wind. The sound of his own words had such a nostalgic quality, they almost brought him to tears. He stopped short, but not from lack of memory.

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Artist Ruth Marshall is featured in the latest exhibit of fiber art at Lehman College

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[VIDEO] The borough now houses some of the highest prices in the nation.

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[Video] Every Friday, seniors get together in the Bronx Library Center to bowl with the Wii

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Meet blogger Nicole Perrino, the brain behind BronxMama.com

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Doctor Meredith Hawkins talks about the Global Diabetes Initiative at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Watch the video Q&A.

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A stage equipment company in the Bronx builds rigging systems for theaters around the world.

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