Posted on 25 March 2023.
The energy was electric. Breakdancers glided and exploded through the air to the beat, shuffling their feet, twisting on their backs and spinning on their heads. The crowd nodded and awed in a breakdancing battle on the top floor of an inconspicuous Queens apartment building on a Sunday back in October. It’s a scene familiar […]
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Posted in Arts, Bronx Beats, Culture
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 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