Press Releases & Publicity

07/22/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA presents Free Noon Concerts at the Hutch Metro Café”

07/22/10 BCA BxIndie Presents Latin Music by 8 y Más at 52 Park on Wed, Aug 4th

07/22/10 August 4th Bronx Culture Trolley

07/20/10 Daily News: "Pols Trying to Book New Westchester Square Library Branch"

07/19/10 BCA presents Thursday Lunchtime Concerts at Hutch Metro Café beginning July 29

07/01/10 BCA's 2010-2011 Community Arts Grants are Available Online

07/08/10 - 08/13/10 Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera's Summer Series of Movies & Concerts

07-2010 Metro News: "Summer Concert Series kicks off July 29"

07-2010 BroadwayWorld.com mentions BCA as a community partner of Lincoln Center

06/23/10 July 7th Bronx Culture Trolley

06/17/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Council on the Arts' BxIndie"

06/10/10 Melissa Primavera and Brandon McReynolds at Riverdale Y on June 29

06/02/10 Time Out NY Kids: “Wednesday’s Pick of the Day: Bronx Culture Trolley”

06/02/10 The Bronx Market: “Bronx Culture Trolley”

06/02/10 Bronx Art Guide: “Bronx Culture Trolley”

06/02/10 NYC Performing Art Spaces: “Tour the Bronx art Scenes by Trolley”

06-2010 Bronx Family: "Hop on the Culture Trolley"

05/28/10 BCA and Culture Trolley Saturdays presents Viva Cultura on June 5th

05/27/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Artists Receive BRIO Award"

05/27/10 Daily News: "Camille Darby at Mott Haven Library"

05/24/10 BCA presents BRIO Winner Camille Darby on June 2nd at the Mott Haven Library

05/24/10 June 2nd Bronx Culture Trolley

05/21/10 BCA Honors Jazz Legend Lou Donaldson on June 2nd at Hostos

05/21/10 BCA Honors BronxWorks' Carolyn McLaughlin on June 2nd at Hostos

05/21/01 BCA Honors Cheryl Simmons-Oliveron June 2nd at Hostos

05/20/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “Trolley Ride is the Destination”

05/20/10 BCA Honors Musician, Composer Mike Amadeo on June 2nd at Hostos

05/20/10 25 Bronx Artists will Receive BCA’s 2010 BRIO Award on June 2nd at Hostos

05/20/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA's Fair at the Square: A Huge Success"

05/14/10 Daily News: Fair at the Square mention in "Your Borough" section

05/13/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Fair at the Square"

05/07/10 FAIR @ THE SQUARE at Westchester Square on Saturday, May 15th

05/02/10 CUNY Calendar: “Celebrate Cinco de Mayo”

04/29/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “Art Handler Demo at Hostos”

04/27/10 BWC Youth Poety Slam Preliminaries on May 13th at Owen Dolen Center

04/26/10 May 5th Art Handler Demonstration at Hostos Community College

04/25/10 Crain’s New York Business: “Bronx merchants’ artsy ambitions”

04/20/10 Daily News: “Events on Tap at Woodlawn”

04/23/10 May 5th’s Bronx Culture Trolley Goes Mexican in a Salute to Cinco de Mayo

04/23/10 BCA presents “Get it Together 2010” -- An AIE Round Table Symposium

04/22/10 Lincoln Center: "Jen Shyu to perform at Lincoln Center on April 22nd"

04/19/10 BCA presents the 4th Annual Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour on May 1 & 2

04/19/10 Irish Folk Singer Mary Courtney to Perform at Woodlawn Chapel on May 2nd

04/16/10 Japion NY: "Bronx Culture Trolley"

04/15/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Little Fashion Week"

04/15/10 Riverdale Press: "Toys Turn to Treasures at Riverdale Senior Center"

04/13/10 Daily News: "Take a Ticket to Pride; Culture Trolley offers Boro's Best"

04/12/10 BxIndie Musician Jen Shyu performs at Lincoln Center on Thursday, April 22nd

04/08/10 Bronx Times Reporter: Little Fashion Week ad

04/08/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Story in a Bottle"

04/08/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “Story in a Bottle Workshop”

04/08/10 Riverdale Press: “Culture Trolley”

04/02/10 BCA presents “Story in a Bottle” workshop on April 17th

04/01/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA and Hostos Celebrate The Big Read”

04/01/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “Little Fashion Week Accepts Submissions”

04/01/10 Riverdale Press: “Wed., April 7 Culture Trolley”

03/31/10 Little Fashion Week accepting submissions

03/25/10 BCA and Hostos Center present “Prima Divas” on April 7th at the Hostos Theater

03/25/10 The Bronx Reads Sun, Stone and Shadows: BCA Celebrates the Big Read

03/23/10 BCA presents Jen Shyu at Lincoln Center on April 22nd

03/19/10 April 7th Bronx Cutlure Trolley

03/12/10 Bronx Family: "Puppet Queen of the Bronx"

03/12/10 BCA presents Bead Making Workshop on March 20th

03/11/10 4th Annual Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour on May 1 & 2

03/11/10 CONVERSIONs | one-night stands – South Bronx Art Festival – April 2010

03/05/10 March 26th is Artist Tax Day

03/04/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “Half and Half at Hostos”

02/26/10 New York Times: "Bronx Culture Trolley"

02/25/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Collage Making Workshop at Huntington"

02/25/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Impractical Hats and Sonya Chung at Longwood on March 3"

02/25/10 Bronx Press Review: "Bronx Culture Trolley Rolls Again on March 3"

02/25/10 Hostos Center and BCA presents Half and Half -- A March 11th Panel Discussion

02/19/10 Three New Exhibitions Open at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos on March 3rd

02/19/10 March 3rd’s Bronx Culture Trolley

02/19/10 Impractical Hats at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos on March 3rd

02/19/10 March 3rd Book Signing for Sonya Chung's First Novel at Longwood Art Gallery

02/18/10 Bronx Times Reporter: “ECO Art Collage Workshop at Library”

02/18/10 Riverdale Press: “BCA Provides Funds for Arts Projects”

02/12/10 BCA Awards $144,920 to 71 Grantees at Feb 3rd Award Presentation

02/09/10 Daily News: "Early Start for Bronx Week"

02/04/10 BCA presents “ECO Art” Workshop at Huntington Free Library on Feb 20

01/29/10 Norwood News: "Poetry at Riverdale Library" and "Bronx Culture Trolley"
01/29/10 New York Times: "Bronx Culture Trolley" and "Poetry at Riverdale Library"

01/29/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Programs at Westchester Square"
01/28/10 Lincoln Center: "Muhamadou Salieu Suso at Lincoln Center on Jan 28"
01/26/10 Daily News: "Hear Some Poety at Riverdale Library"
01/22/10 BCA presents BRIO Award-Winning Poets at the Riverdale Library on Feb 4th
01/22/10: BCA presents Actress Desi Moreno-Penson at the Bruckner Bar & Grill on Feb 3rd

01/21/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Owen Dolen Hosts 3 Kings Celebration"
01/20/10 BCA Announces 2009-10 Local Recipients of Municipal and State Funds
01/15/10 Bronx Writers’ Center Seminar at Barnes & Noble Bay Plaza on Jan 22
01/14/10 Bronx Times Reporter: "Kwanzaa at Owen Dolen"
01/11/10 February 3rd Bronx Culture Trolley
01/08/10 BxIndie Musician Muhamadou Suso performs at Lincoln Center on Jan 28
01/07/10 Riverdale Press Stepping Out Section: “Longwood Exhibits”

12/11/09 2010 BRIO Application Deadline Moved to Jaunary 29th

12/10/09 Bronx Writers Center Announces 2009-10 Literary Fellowship & Residency Winners

12/10/09 NYC SBS: “Cultural Affairs Commissioner Levin and Small Business Services
Commissioner Walsh Announce Art Handler Training Program”
12/10/09 Cultural Affairs Commissioner Levin and Small Business Services Commissioner Walsh announce Art Handler Training Program

11/26/09 New York Times Spare Times Section: “Bronx Culture Trolley”
11/29/09 Daily News Your Borough Section: “Bronx Culture Trolley”
11/20/09 December 2nd Bronx Culture Trolley
11/20/09 Anthem: an all-american dystopia opens at Longwood Art Gallery on Dec. 2nd
11/20/09 Film Screening of Year Zero: Media-Maker Dialogues at Longwood on Dec. 2nd
11/12/09 BxIndie Musician Maxim Pakhomov performs at Lincoln Center on Nov 19th
11/06/09 November 14th BX Indie Performance at Riverdale YM-YWHA
11/05/09 BCA Announces 2010 BRIO Deadline
11/05/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Borough Arts Group Eyes Vacated Bank Building"

10/26/09 Poetry & Jazz on November 7th at the Bronx Library Center
10/24/09 November 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
10/23/09 BCA’s 2009-2010 Arts-in-Education Grant Available for Bronx Schools
10/22/09 CrossBRONX Comes Home: A Celebration of Bronx Writers on November 4th

10-2009 Grantmakers in the Arts 2009 Recession Conference

10/11/09 Crain’s NY Business: “Owner gives Bronx artists brush-off”
10/04/09 New York Times: “Near Yankee Stadium: Where Baseball Isn’t Everything”

09/30/09 BCA to Award 10 Fellowships as part of the 2009 Latino Artist Initiative
09/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Council Offers Art Grants”
09/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Trolley Rolls October 7th”
09/18/09 October 29, 2009 is the Next UAI/NYC Grants Deadline
09/18/09 October 7th Bronx Culture Trolley
09/17/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Bronx Arts BRIO Winner Featured"
09/17/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Just Nuts at Pelham Bay Park"
09/11/09 Reading by Playwright Camille Darby on September 26 at the Bronx Library Center
09/03/09 Pelham Bay Park Concert Re-Scheduled for Thursday, September 17th

08/25/09 DCA and Department for the Aging Partners with NYC Arts Councils
08/25/09 La Excelencia Performs at 52 Park Sept. 2nd for BCA’s BX Indie Concert Series
08/21/09 Boogie Downer: “End-of-Summer Concert at Pelham Bay Park”
08/20/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “End-of-Summer Concert”
08/17/09 BCA and Councilman James Vacca present Aug 28 Concert at Pelham Bay Park
08/17/09 BCA and Assemblyman Dinowitz present Thursday Concerts in Riverdale
08/03/09 – 09/01/09: Senator Jeff Klein Summer Symphonies Concerts

07/27/09 Mott Haven Herald: “Artists fret as tourists beat a path to their studios”
07/23/09 BCA presents a Reading by Writer Joe Flood on Aug 15 at Bronx Library Center
07/23/09 La Excelencia Performs at 52 Park for BCA’s BX Indie Concert Series
07/23/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Talented Writers are invited to apply for Literary Residency”
07/23/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BX Indie Offers Free Live Salsa”
07/23/09 Norwood News: BCA Events listed in the Out & About Section
07/23/09 Riverdale Press Stepping Out Section: “Hostos Exhibits”
07/16/09 Ray Viera Performs Trombao at 52 Park as part of BCA’s BX Indie Concert Series
07/16/09 Riverdale Press: “Applying for Arts Fellowships”
07/14/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Got the Write Stuff?”
07/12/09 Daily News: “New BCA leader showcases creative side of boro”
07/10/09 American Towns: “BWC Announces 2009-10 Literary Arts Fellowship Opportunities”
07/10/09 New York Times: “Arts Leader Who Gave Bronx Culture Respect and Renaissance”
07/09/09 Bronx Writers’ Center Announces 2009-10 Literary Arts Fellowship Opportunities
07/09/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Community Arts Grants Available”
07/06/09 Funding Opportunity Offered by Bronx Council on the Arts
07/02/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BP Joins Walking Tour of Westchester Square”

06/25/09 Time Out Calendar Listing: "Bronx Culture Trolley"
06/25/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Culture Trolley to Roll through Arts Corridor on July 1”
06/19/09 Meet BCA’s New Managing Director Deirdre Scott on July 1st
06/12/09 July 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
06/12/09 Staged Reading by Playwright Camille Darby on June 20 at the Bronx Library Center
06/05/09 New York Times Around Town Section: "Saturday Culture Trolley"
06/04/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA Offers Free Culture Trolley"

05/29/09 ¡VIVA Cultura! BCA and Hostos Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage on June 6th
05/28/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BRIO Winners to Headline Free Concert; Longwood Arts presents Linger”
05/22/09 June 3rd Bronx Culture Trolley
05/22/09 Hostos Center Director Wally Edgecombe to be Honored on June 3rd
05/22/09 Lorraine Pizarro, BCA’s Business Manager, to be Honored on June 3rd
05/22/09 Linger Exhibition opens at the Longwood Art Gallery on June 3rd
05/22/09 Bangin’ Exhibition opens at Longwood Art Gallery on June 3rd
05/21/09 Twenty-Five Bronx Artists will Receive BCA’s 2009 Brio Award on June 3rd
05/21/09 BCA Celebrates Puerto Rican Heritage: ¡VIVA Cultura! on June 6th
05/20/09 Vocalist Velvet Ross Performs at Christ Church Riverdale on June 7th
05/14/09 Riverdale Press: “Free Concert”
05/14/09 Riverdale Press: “Aguado Departs Arts Council”
05/14/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Culture at Westchester Square”
05/13/09 American Towns: "Be There at the Square – Westchester Square, that is"
05/08/09 Be There at the Square on May 16th for a full day of family activities
05/08/09 Bill Aguado Steps Down as BCA’s Executive Director after 30 Years
05/07/09 BCA and the Legal Aid Society present Two Legal Workshops for Bronx Artists
05/07/09 Pianist Steven Lubin Performs May 17th Engagement at Christ Church Riverdale
05/07/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “An Afternoon of Readings at Bay Plaza Barnes & Noble”
05/01/09 New York Times Spare Times Section: "Open Artist Studio Tours"
05/01/09 New York Public Library Reader's Den: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
05/10/09 Bronx News Network: "Art at its Source"

04/30/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Council on the Arts Adds New Director”
04/30/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA Roundtable Symposium, May 6”
04/29/09 Bronx WritersCorps Announces Publication by Young Poets
04/24/09 May 6th Bronx Culture Trolley
04/24/09 Youth Poetry Slam at Pregones Theater on May 6th
04/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Mott Haven Artist Tour”
04/24/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCA to Showcase New Director”
04/17/09 NY1: “Immigrant Heritage Week begins with Bronx Art Exhibit”
04/16/09 3 Bronx Indie Artists Present Perform in Celebration of the BRIO’s 20th Anniversary
04/15/09 Bronx WritersCorps Sponsors Preliminary Youth Poetry Slam League on April 29th
04/15/09 BCA holds 3rd Annual Mott Haven Open Artist Studio Tour on May 2nd
04/11/09 2009 Chapter One Reading Series Scheduled for May 2nd and May 16th
04/10/09 BCA presents “Get it Together 2009” Arts-in-Education Round Table Symposium
04/09/09 Riverdale Press: “Art Born of Ailment”
04/09/09 Bronx Press Review: "BCA Provides Stimulus Aid to Local arts Organizations"
04/09/09 Vibrance, Sass, and A Touch of Class Art Gala
04/06/09 BCA's Bill Aguado to Receiove Skowhegan 2009 Governor's Award for Outstanding Service to Artists
04/03/09 Outsiders: Contemporary Works of Immigrant Artisans at Longwood on April 14th
04/02/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “BCC Provides Stimulus Aid to 19 Artists”

03/27/09 BCA Provides Stimulus Aid to Local Arts Organizations
03/27/09 New York Times: Big Read in the Bronx ad
03/26/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Artist Tax Day”
03/23/09 American Towns: "April 1st Bronx Culture Trolley"
03/20/09 April 1st Bronx Culture Trolley
03/19/09 April 3rd is "Artist Tax Day"
03/15/09 New York Times Ad: "The Big Read"
03/14/09 Free NYC: "Culture Trolley Saturdays"
03/13/09 New York Times Spare Times Section: "Culture Trolley Saturdays"
03/13/09 All Bronx News: "Culture Trolley Saturdays"
03/13/09 Boogiedowner: "Bronx Culture Trolley Rolling Tomorrow"
03/12/09 Riverdale Press: "Saturday Culture Trolley"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA to Launch Saturday Bronx Cultural Trolley"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "En Foco: Mexico Exposed"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "ECO Recycling Art College workshop at Hunington Library"
03/12/09 Bronx Times Reporter's Bronx scene: "Anna Tonna at Bronx Library Center"
03/12/09 Bronx News Network: "Culture Trolley to Run on Saturdays"
03/09/09 Comic Book Convention & Big Read highlight March 14 Culture Trolley Saturdays
03/06/09 BCA presents March 21st ECO Art Workshop
03/06/09 BCA presents Mezzo Soprano Anna Tonna in March 14th concert
03/05/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "Survey Captures Artists"
03/05/09 Bronx News: "Photo Exhibit Explores Mexican Heritage Here"
03-2009 Bronx Family: "BCA to Host Big Read Events in March"

02/28/09 C2: La revista de CLAVE (page 2): “Artistas: Profeta S En Tierras Lejanas”
02/27/09 BCA Celebrates March 12th Kick-off of The Big Read
02/26/09 BCA Launches Culture Trolley Saturdays on March 14th
02/22/09 Daily News: “Point, click and promote: More businesses tap social networking sites”
                                (Bronx Underground)
02020/09 March 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
02/20/09 Dream Sequence opens on March 4, 2009at BCA’s Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
02/20/09 Vidal Centeno: F119 opens on March 4th at BCA’s Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos
02/20/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Writer, producer discusses projects”
                                                 (BRIO winner James McSherry)
02/20/09 Bronx Times Reporter: "BCA's Free Business Workshops"
02/19/09 2009 Chapter One Fiction Competition and Reading Series Winners Announced
02/19/09 Riverdale Press: “Nostalgia can be good for you”
                                        (BRIO winner Rob Silverman)
02/13/09 New York Times Art Review: “Angry, Funny and Concerned About Identity”
02/06/09 BCA presents Flower-Making Crochet Workshop on February 21st
02/06/09 BCA presents Professional Development Workshops for Bronx Artists

01/30/09 Trolley listing in the New York Times "Spare Times" section
01/29/09 Riverdale Press: "Bronx Council on the Arts Distributes Annual Grants"
01/29/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Bronx Culture Trolley to Ride the S. Bronx Cultural Corridor”
01/28/09 City University Newsletter: 2008 BRIO winner Nancy Haiduck is highlighted
01/27/09 Daily News: "Puppet Masters"
01/26/09 New York Times: "Tributes to Hip-Hop Pioneers Help Cultivate New Messages"
01/23/09 February 4th Bronx Culture Trolley
01/20/08 BCA Announces 2008-09 Recipients of Municipal and State Funds
01/15/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Kwanzaa at Owen Dolen”
01/15/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Creating His Own Puppets”
01/08/09 Bronx Press Review: "Puppet-Making Workshop at Huntington LIbrary"
01/08/09 Bronx Press Review: "BCA Presents BRIO "How to Apply" Workshops"
01/01/09 Bronx Times Reporter: “Free Puppet-Making Workshop, January 10th”

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