Posted on 18 October 2022. Tags: Arts, Bronx, community, culture, music, North Bronx, The Bronx, Williamsbridge
Reggae music overpowers light chatter in a room where music legends cover the walls; Michael Jackson posters, Taylor Swift CDs and Lauryn Hill vinyl records flank a narrow aisle weaving between the rows of entertainment. Baskets filled with incense and hair conditioners sit near the cash register as Williamsbridge’s older residents chat on the shady […]
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Posted in Arts
Posted on 19 September 2022. Tags: Bronx, Grammy, Lehman Center, music, Salsa, The Bronx
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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Posted in Arts, Bronx Beats, Culture
Posted on 19 September 2022. Tags: Arts, Bronx, Bronx Community College, Education, The Bronx
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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Posted in Arts, Bronx Life, Culture, Education, Education, Multimedia, Northwest Bronx
Posted on 02 October 2018. Tags: Chuck D, collection, highbridge, hip-hop, museum, paradise the architect, universal hip hop museum
The Bronx’s soon-to-come Universal Hip-Hop Museum is set to open in 2022, but the effort to curate the world’s largest collection of hip-hop memorabilia is well underway.
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Posted in Arts, Culture, Featured, Southern Bronx
Posted on 20 September 2018.
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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Posted in Arts, Culture, Immigration, Photography, Politics