21
Jul 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
Join us for an evening of panels, performances, and demonstrations from the women who take center-stage in the world of hip hop as B-girls, DJs, MCs, and graffiti writers! Featuring Deena Clemente ...
28
Jun 2018
Thursday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
PALABREANDO! Our free monthly open mic series co-hosted by Bocafloja and Carmen Bardeguez-Brown. Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music.* With special guest Jesus-Papol...
23
Jun 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
Join us as we celebrate and learn about the Andean Summer Solstice (Inti Raymi/Fiesta del Sol) in the Bronx. The program will open with a presentation of Inti Raymi by Fabian Muenala which will be ...
9
Jun 2018
Saturday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Join us as we celebrate the 95th birthday of Elmo Hope, the bebop pianist who made this neighborhood his home. Music by Bertha Hope and the Elmo Hope Project 3. Presented by the Jazz Foundation of ...
19
May 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
To celebrate the Black Madonna and her many manifestations, a reception for an exhibit of works inspired by Mary Magdalene will be followed by a screening of The Voyage of the Black Madonna, a docu...
29
Apr 2018
Sunday
Kid Friendly
Performances
The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Bobby Sanabria plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. $10 entrance at the door. All proceeds go to the students.
21
Apr 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
In Catalonia, Spain, April 23rd is Sant Jordi Day, observed by giving gifts of books and roses. April 23rd is also International Book Day, a worldwide commemoration of the anniversary of the deaths...
5
Apr 2018
Thursday
Community Events
Performances
Join us for an evening of spoken word! Hosted by Bocafloja, a spoken word artist, MC, and filmmaker from the Bronx via Mexico, and poet Carmen Bardeguez-Brown. Free and open to the public. To regis...
25
Mar 2018
Sunday
Kid Friendly
Performances
The Mambo Kids are back! The 23-piece New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Bobby Sanabria plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. $10 entrance at the door. All proceeds go to the students.
24
Mar 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate the traditional rhythms and sounds of the Adufeiras and Batukadeiras. The Adufe is the frame drum that is traditionally played by groups of women in ...
25
Feb 2018
Sunday
Kid Friendly
Performances
The Mambo Kids are back! The 22-piece New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Bobby Sanabria plays big band mambo, jazz and beyond. $10 entrance at the door. All proceeds go to the students.
17
Feb 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
For our February Bronx Rising! we celebrate Black History Month with Fancy Footwork in the Diaspora! The event will trace the routes of rhythmic footwork from Africa and Europe to the Western Hemis...
31
Dec 2017
Sunday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Ring in the New Year with Latin Jazz! Come join us for a fun-filled, family friendly night in the Bronx and a special concert with Bobby Sanabria & Sexteto Ibiano. $15 admission at the door include...
21
Dec 2017
Thursday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
We're hosting our 3rd annual Make Music New York Winter event in the Melrose section of the Bronx, with a procession or parranda, the Puerto Rican tradition of caroling. Based on the music of plena...
8
Dec 2017
Friday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
Each year we cap our Bronx Rising! series with a concert that features holiday traditions from two of the Bronx’s Latino communities: Puerto Rican and Garifuna. This year we look at traditional for...
3
Dec 2017
Sunday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents annual Flamenco in the Boros Tour. This series of free community performances thrills audiences with the rich holiday customs of the Spanish-speaking world fr...
19
Nov 2017
Sunday
Community Events
Performances
Native Bronxite and Garifuna percussionist Roland Guerrero leads master musicians of various genres in a fusion of jazz, African, and Garifuna music. Featuring: Steve Turre, conch shell and trombon...
12
Nov 2017
Sunday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Come out for this free concert and witness live the spectacular fusion of traditional Garifuna music with jazz of the Garifuna Jazz Ensemble. The Residency by Women’s Housing and Economic Developme...
11
Nov 2017
Saturday
Classes & Workshops
Community Events
Join us for this infomative Garifuna Jazz Ensemble lecture and demonstration that explores the technical aspects of the Ensemble's awesome fusion of traditional Garifuna music with jazz. The Reside...
11
Nov 2017
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
November is Puerto Rican Heritage Month and we're celebrating with the Bombazo Dance Co. This evening we'll enjoy a dance and drum presentation by dance scholar Milteri Tucker Concepcion showcas...
10
Nov 2017
Friday
Classes & Workshops
Community Events
This panel discussion on Garifuna Music & Spirituality is hosted by Garifuna Music Artist Rhodel 'Rhodee' Castillo. Panelists include internationally acclaimed Parandero and Garifuna Artist Aurelio...
28
Oct 2017
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
Our 3rd Annual Bronx Rising! Halloween with live music scores! Our celebration kicks off with face painting by Confetti Faces and family portraits shot by Seis Del Sur photographer Edwin Pagán. We'...
14
Oct 2017
Saturday
Community Events
Performances
Get a taste of Puerto Rico and kick-off the Coquito Masters season! Join us as coquito-makers compete for the honor of the best “coquito”: a coconut and rum based beverage similar to egg nog. Coqu...
16
Sep 2017
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Performances
Screening of 'Seeking Hope,' bassist and vocalist Mimi Jones’ documentary about jazz pianist Bertha Hope. Followed by Q&A with Mimi Jones and Bertha Hope. Live music by the Mimi Jones Band & The Bl...
19
Aug 2017
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Performances
A “Conversations with the Masters” featuring Ray Santos, a Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer who grew up in the Bronx. He is the only living musician who has played, composed, and arranged fo...
15
Jul 2017
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Performances
Tsidii Le Loka, South African Tony Award nominated star of the Lion King on Broadway, performs her show 'To the Rising Sun' featuring the music of Miriam Makeba and the words of Nelson Mandela. In ...
21
Jun 2017
Wednesday
Community Events
Performances
Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us and Make Music New York! 5pm screening of the documentary 'Thomas Chapin, Night Bird Song' (2016), followed by Q&A with the director, Stephanie J. Castillo at...
10
Jun 2017
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Performances
Join us for this Bronx Rising! as we look into the rich and complicated history of the island of Hispaniola - today shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The night begins with a screening of...
25
May 2017
Thursday
Performances
Bill Santiago returns to the BMHC with his stand-up comedy show “The Immaculate Big Bang (religion, science, laughs).” Puerto Rican Bronxite, comedian, reformed journalist, a bit of a blasphemer, a...
20
May 2017
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
Celebrating music and dance genres from West Africa and Garifuna communities in Central America, this event features performances by Bronx-based groups, including The Bambara Drum & Dance Ensemble ...
15
May 2017
Monday
Community Events
Performances
May is National Chamber Music Month! So we’re collaborating with the Bronx Arts Ensemble to throw a Chamber Music Reading Party for advanced players and chamber music lovers. Our “Jam Party” is op...
11
May 2017
Thursday
Performances
NYU professor Licia Fiol-Matta presents and reads from her new book, The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music. This book traces the careers of four iconic Puerto Rican singers...
30
Apr 2017
Sunday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Swing the night away with the New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria. This ensemble celebrates the rich legacy of jazz and Afro-Cuban ...
9
Apr 2017
Sunday
Performances
Hailing from Chicago, the LDB is a horn-driven tour de force that breaks the barrier between audience and performer with their live show. The performance features dynamic vocals, rapper Billa Camp,...
8
Apr 2017
Saturday
Performances
Conversations with the Masters, featuring Helen Merrill (Jelena Ana Milcetic), a Bronx-born jazz vocalist who began her career at 845 Club in the Bronx. Now a world renowned singer, she's performed...
26
Mar 2017
Sunday
Kid Friendly
Performances
Swing the night away with the New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by multi-Grammy Nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria. This ensemble celebrates the rich legacy of jazz and Afro-Cuban ...
18
Mar 2017
Saturday
Kid Friendly
Performances
530pm: Crafting Nowruz Family Workshop Nowruz, which means "New Day," is an ancestral holiday marking the first day of spring. In the Iranian/Persian tradition, a special table setting is made. ...
3
Mar 2017
Friday
Performances
A pop-up shop and art exhibition celebrating the developing body of work by Nelson "Chief 69" Seda, a South Bronx-based b-boy, MC, graffiti artist and youth educator. The daylong celebration will i...
26
Feb 2017
Sunday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Swing the night away with the New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria. This ensemble celebrates the rich legacy of jazz and Afro-Cuban ...
17
Feb 2017
Friday
Performances
Film Screening: Nana Dijo: Irresolute Radiography of Black Consciousness Followed by Q&A and spoken word performance by film director Bocafloja Music by Irka Mateo Folk Quartet This concert wi...
17
Dec 2016
Saturday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Each year we cap our Bronx Rising! series with a concert that features traditions from two of the Bronx’s distinct Latino communities: Puerto Rican and Garifuna. This year will celebrate traditions...
26
Nov 2016
Saturday
Kid Friendly
Performances
Celebrate the official launch of Taguiera (Homeland), the first recording by The Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble, a unique group that fuses jazz with the Garifuna tradition, incorporating instruments s...
19
Nov 2016
Saturday
Performances
Using an intercultural technique that blends discourse and performance, Romanee Kalicharran & Co. presents “Where Kathak and Bomba Meet in Me,” featuring two dance and percussion forms from differe...
22
Oct 2016
Saturday
Kid Friendly
Performances
Bring out your best costume! Celebrate Halloween early with Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry set to Latin rhythms, as performed by Bobby Sanabria & Project X, with guest vocalist Jenn Jade Ledesna. Opening...
2
Oct 2016
Sunday
Exhibit Opening
Kid Friendly
Join us for the opening reception at BMHC of a digital photography solo exhibit by Will Calhoun, a multi-Grammy award winning Bronx musician, composer and artist-photographer. A member of the legen...
15
Sep 2016
Thursday
Performances
Celebrate hip hop’s international influence! Following the Crotona Park DJ Jams sponsored by Tools of War at Crotona Park, head over to the BMHC for a full set of jammin’ hip hop. The event –which ...