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First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos The quaint atmosphere of the Artisans Boutique features a talented group of Bronx artisans whose imaginative creations are yours for the browsing and for the buying. Hostos Center for Arts & Culture Hostos Center for Arts and Culture presents artists of national and international renown and offers a wide variety of dance, theatrical, and musical performances.
First Stop: The Bronx Museum of the Arts with a docent tour of the museum and its current exhibits. Next Stop: Pregones Theater, offering performances, staged readings, Latin jazz, comedy, dance, and musical performances. Next Stop: Alexander Avenue Antiques District which includes visits to Thrift World Antique at 122 Alexander Avenue, Custom Design Studio, 49 Bruckner Blvd., Alexander’s Café at 129 Alexander Avenue, and Books, Notes & News at 137 Alexander Avenue, and LR Studio upstairs at 137 Alexander Avenue. Next Stop: Bronx Museum of the Arts Project Space Next Stop: Bruckner Gallery at the Bruckner Bar & Grill Next Stop: Haven Arts Gallery, a dynamic art space that promotes and represents visual art, dance and performance, poetry and other forms of expression in a vibrant format. Next Stop: The Bronx Blue Bedroom Project, an artist-run project by artist and 2007 BRIO winner Blanka Amezkua who has turned her bedroom into an intimate art space where contemporary artists can exhibit their work for one month in a setting that differs radically from the already established art venues. Next Stop: Artist Studio Tours, a semi-regular trolley attraction, in which Mott Haven visual and performing artists come together at a different setting each month for an evening of exhibitions and/or performances. Last Stop: Sweetwaters Bar & Grill for some smooth jazz featuring Ginettea's Vendetta Quartet. Ginetta has played trumpet with numerous bands across the country and abroad. The Vendetta was created so she could sing, play her originals, and lead a band combining her many musical styles. She’s received three Billboard Song competition awards and is a yearly recipient of AscaPlus’ songwriting award. TROLLEY VENUES
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FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact Phil Cardone at 718-931-9500 x33, Bronx Culture Trolley. Click here for a printable Click here for detailed Culture Trolley Saturdays returns on June 6th with ¡Viva Cultura! – a celebration of Puerto Rican heritage in the Bronx. It’s an afternoon of family events that includes live music and a visit to Rincon Criollo, one of the oldest community center gardens and casitas in the South Bronx serving close to 300 members and the community at large. “The Bronx Culture Trolley is widely considered the most successful of the city’s trolley routes” according to an August 2007 report by the Center for an Urban Future. They researched all of the cultural trolleys in the city’s boroughs and our First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley received very impressive and favorable reviews. Click here to view the Bronx Culture Trolley excerpt from full report. Click here to view the full 22-page report. Bronx Culture Trolley 09/11/07 Daily News: 090607 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Trolley Lauded" 09/06/07Bronx Press Review: 08-2007 CityLimits.org:
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