16
Feb 2019
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
The 1960’s musical genre of Latin bugalu was a fusion of Cuban rhythms and African-American R&B. In honor of Black History Month, tonight’s program will explore the African-American influence on th...
31
Jan 2019
Thursday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
PALABREANDO! Join us for a multi-lingual night of spoken word, poetry, and music* during our free open mic series hosted by multi-disciplinary artist Bocafloja. This month, Bocafloja is joined by c...
21
Dec 2018
Friday
Community Events
Kid Friendly
Join us for our annual Melrose Parranda: Our Puerto Rican Christmas caroling procession through the Melrose section of the Bronx! Based on the music of plena and other holiday songs from the island...
15
Dec 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Kid Friendly
The Parranda con Paranda is our annual Puerto Rican & Garifuna Holiday Celebration. This year we look at European, specifically French-influenced genres, in the Caribbean, such as "la danza" from P...
16
Nov 2018
Friday
Performances
Perú meets the Bx during this showcase of two up-and-coming hip hop talents -Liberato Kani, one of the key figures of the Quechua Hip Hop movement in Peru, and King Capo, a Brooklyn MC who is part ...
10
Nov 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Performances
Explore 'poesía negroide' through poetry and music that reflects on and celebrates the African heritage of the Caribbean. Our event will open with a screening of the film, 'AmeRican Poet: Tato Lave...
27
Oct 2018
Saturday
Bronx Rising
Community Events
Doing up Halloween right with a celebration of Mary Shelley's novel, 'Frankenstein.' 200 years young! With a screening of the 1931 classic film starring Boris Karloff. Bobby Sanabria & Project X wi...
25
Oct 2018
Thursday
Exhibit Opening
Performances
Join us for the opening reception of #papielmaestro, a visual storytelling exhibit from documentary photographer Rhynna M. Santos. Through this exhibit, Ms. Santos explores the life of her father -...
13
Oct 2018
Saturday
Community Events
Performances
Know how to make a great coquito? Sign up for the Bronx Coquito Masters Qualifier! Contestants prepare one gallon of this delicious Puerto Rican drink to compete in a blind taste test. The winner i...
27
Sep 2018
Thursday
Community Events
Néstor Murray-Irizarry, historian and founder of Casa Paoli, a research and cultural center in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and J. Emanuel Dufrasne Gonzalez of the bomba and plena group Paracumbé will prese...