Poe’s poems stuffed with “murder, lust and madness” set to Afro-Cuban music styles at the Bronx Documentary Center this Saturday night.
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Rapping with Poe
Posted on 06 September 2012.
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“Little Albania” in the Bronx
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Businesses along Lydig Avenue provide staples for the sizable ethnic Albanian and eastern European communities in New York City.
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Williamsbridge musician hopes for success with local reggae studio
Posted on 13 December 2011.
A less confident artist would have considered it a horror scene. The room was packed with more than 100 people watching him. He looked ready to roll with his Mohawk and shades. But the night of Nov. 10 did not play out well for K’Coneil Barron, 27, as he performed covers of R&B hits from […]
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Africans immigrants add their own flavor to the South Bronx
Posted on 13 December 2011.
African immigrants overcome a history of discrimination to establish a lively presence in the Bronx.
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A new digital divide? Tech volunteers say support, not access, is the problem
Posted on 10 December 2011.
The traditional internet-access digital divide is narrowing because of falling prices of small laptops and smartphones.
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Restoring grace to a river dedicated to an American hero
Posted on 04 December 2011.
Volunteers inspired by the past help clean up the Hutchinson River
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Albanians celebrate together in the Bronx
Posted on 28 November 2011.
Albanian-Americans celebrated their heritage at an annual gala dinner
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Lorelei Fountain survived wars and vandals
Posted on 24 November 2011.
The Lorelei Fountain has had a dramatic history, having faced an ocean and more than a century, wars both abroad and at home, and vandalism and urban renewal.
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