Events

n this two-part poetry workshop, participants will read and discuss diverse poetry selections, then write their own poems to present to the group. Free and open to all. SIGN UP: info@krvcdc.org

Foreign/Familiar explores displacement and belonging through the work of seven Bronx visual and media artists. Their works are influenced, inspired, respond to, or revolve around issues of voluntary and involuntary exile, immigration, diaspora, and statelessness. Curated collectively by the Bronx Council…

The Riverdale Choral Society invites singers at all levels to join us for the Spring 2019 season. Open rehearsals will be held on two Wednesdays, January 9 and January 16, at 7:30 p.m. Singers who join the Choral Society will be preparing for a concert on Sunday, May 5, at which we will perform Annelies…

Ballet Hispánico brings its bold and eclectic brand of contemporary dance with an all-Latina choreographer program. This program draws upon the innovation and versatility of one of the world’s premier dance companies to capture contemporary Latino culture through movement. From its grassroots origins…

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Lehman College and honoring GOYA FOODS for their long-term community leadership, presents BALLET HISPÁNICO’s much anticipated return to Lehman Center on Saturday, January 19th, 2019 at 8pm. America’s leading Latino dance…

Roberto Roena is one of the most renowned salsa creator in Puerto Rico and around the world. He is famous for his participation in the Combo of Cortijo, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Fania, Puerto Rico All Stars and Legendary Apollo Sound. He returns to the Lehman Center to celebrate more than 55 years…

Born of the old "Café Cantantes" where spectators enjoyed drinks and a great show, this performance features a collection of NYC's best Flamenco dancers, singers, and instrumentalists. It’s a journey to Spain in celebration of the dynamic rhythmic elements of the traditional flamenco artform: baile…

Leader-arranger-bassist Mary Ann McSweeney joins Bronx Art’s curated jazz band in a tribute to the legendary Charles Mingus. Special appearance by Cuban-Bronx piano genius, Elio Villafranca. Free & Open to the Public

Come to the Afromystic Experimental Performance & writing workshop at BAAD! and discuss mythology exploring Queer aspects of the Òrìṣà’s using these stories to create our own with gestures/movements, culminating in a showing of our work together. - For People of Color who are QTGNC, Two Spirit…

  Home with América is an interactive room-scale VR documentary created by Family Reunions Project founder, Alvaro M Morales. Home with América is an initiative producing personalized VR experiences to virtually transport undocumented immigrant families to the homes they cannot return to. A…

Come take a ride on the New Woodlawn Conservancy Trolley as we celebrate Black History Month. Hop on the brand new, state of the art, heated Woodlawn Conservancy Trolley and take a ride back in time as we celebrate the lives of many notables who helped shape our culture. Visit the gravesites of Madam…

Celebrate Black History Month and Valentine's Day At Adinkra Bar & Restaurant, 1141 Washington Ave. Thursday, February 14th from 7:30-11:30pm. Live music by the award-winning Morrisania Band Project. Come vibe out in the boogie down with food, drinks, and a blend of funk, soul, and hip-hop music. No…

Memoir tends to be about the person writing, in some way, ourselves. And while this may seem obvious, it doesn’t always account for who we mean when discussing ourselves. Do we mean oneself as we exist here and now? How we remember ourselves ten years ago? Or maybe just as importantly, how we appear…

In celebration of Black History Month, we explore the African-American influence on the Latin bugalú genre with a screening of We Like it Like That: The Story of Latin Boogaloo, Q&A with producer Elena Martínez, musician Bobby Sanabria, and others, and a performance by the Antoinette Montague Experience.

These meetings will provide an opportunity for Bronx residents to hear about BCA’s new cultural assets mapping initiative, as well as an opportunity for BCA to learn from community members about your needs and priorities around arts and culture. We look to you – our Bronx community members – to…

Teaching Artist Natalie Caro will review various CV formats used in the arts market and establish areas of focus alongside participants, as well as facilitate peer review/editing sessions. Participants will learn how to to extract key information from their CVs to build their artist statements and bios.…

An open mic showcase, featuring up-and-coming musicians from all genres, followed by performances by Bronx bands The Drew Torres Trio and Durieux. Hosted by Marco Soccoli, music industry legend and former drummer of NYC glamrock band Roxx. In partnership with The Underground FLC and The Fox and King,…

Noted writer and 2013 BRIO winner Natalie Caro will instruct workshop participants on the various components of project proposal submission. She will offer helpful tips and shed insight into writing persuasively to convince potential stakeholders that your project is worthy of their time and money. This…

These meetings will provide an opportunity for Bronx residents to hear about BCA’s new cultural assets mapping initiative, as well as an opportunity for BCA to learn from community members about your needs and priorities around arts and culture. We look to you – our Bronx community members – to…

Exhibition at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos

Opening Reception Wednesday, February 27, 6-9pm Performance by JP-Anne Judy Giera a ritual for trans affirmation, ​7pm Curated by Deborah Yasinsky #ListenBAS 305 E 140th Street Bronx NY 10454 

Foreign/Familiar explores displacement and belonging through the work of seven Bronx visual and media artists. Their works are influenced, inspired, respond to, or revolve around issues of voluntary and involuntary exile, immigration, diaspora, and statelessness. Curated collectively by the Bronx Council…

Latin Standards, directed by David Schweizer, is Marga Gomez’s new solo piece about fathers, entertainment, gentrification, drag, and cafe Cubano. Marga revisits the triumphs and demons of her father Willy Chevalier: comedian, producer, songwriter, Cafe El Pico spokesperson, and prominent figure in…

From Baca to Rodriguez, from Satrapi to Mártir, physical place serves as a kind of jumping off point for the writers of memoir and the readers that journey with them. In this workshop, we will explore the places that move stories forward and the histories we as writers carry from them. We will read…

Latin Standards, directed by David Schweizer, is Marga Gomez’s new solo piece about fathers, entertainment, gentrification, drag, and cafe Cubano. Marga revisits the triumphs and demons of her father Willy Chevalier: comedian, producer, songwriter, Cafe El Pico spokesperson, and prominent figure in…

Set yourself up with the knowledge to make good financial decisions in 2019! Designed and led by Creative Capital Awardee Amy Smith, a working artist with expertise in bookkeeping, budgeting, tax preparation, and financial management, this workshop is designed to better your financial management skills…

These meetings will provide an opportunity for Bronx residents to hear about BCA’s new cultural assets mapping initiative, as well as an opportunity for BCA to learn from community members about your needs and priorities around arts and culture. We look to you – our Bronx community members – to…

Join co-hosts Amy Joy Robateau and Tim W. Brown at the biweekly Art in the Basin open mic. Poetry, fiction, storytelling, all genres invited.

Writing our lives often means writing about our families. Family is our first mirror and how we first define ourselves, and that’s why writing about them is one of the trickiest aspects of memoir writing. We can’t get away from these people and how they’ve shaped us, but how fair is it to put them…

Participants will first learn to tell a fun and important first-person story about a tradition in the Bronx they want to continue, or a tradition they want to understand better. Then participants will learn to integrate live or recorded music, or dance, or video to their performance to create a multimedia…

From noted artists Pope. L to CTRL+SHFT to the Royal Academy of Arts, artists, collectives, and institutions crowdfund to galvanize their community and get their next project funded. Led by Kickstarter's Arts Outreach Specialist Daniel Sharp, discuss the tips, tricks, and lessons learned when framing…

Join us for the multidisciplinary theater project, We Have Iré, combines spoken word and theater from Flores, with live jazz music from artists Yosvany Terry, modern dance from Ramon Ramos Alayo and hip-hop beats from DJ Leydis. Directed by Rosalba Rolón.

Set yourself up with the knowledge to make good financial decisions in 2019! Designed and led by Creative Capital Awardee Amy Smith, a working artist with expertise in bookkeeping, budgeting, tax preparation, and financial management, this workshop is designed to better your financial management skills…

These meetings will provide an opportunity for Bronx residents to hear about BCA’s new cultural assets mapping initiative, as well as an opportunity for BCA to learn from community members about your needs and priorities around arts and culture. We look to you – our Bronx community members – to…

To celebrate Women’s History Month, this edition of our Spirit of Aña series will feature women who play the drum set, the only instrument invented in the United States. With Sylvia Cuenca, Sherrie Maricle, Lucianna Padmore, Elena Conn and Misia Vessio.

A Musical and Spoken Word Celebration of Bronx Women by storyteller Paula Ralph Birkett Some view the Bronx as the neglected borough. Yet it has produced a Supreme Court Justice, award winning entertainers, and recently a young politician changing Congress. What made these women succeed? Storyteller…

Some view the Bronx as the neglected borough. Yet it has produced a Supreme Court Justice, award winning entertainers, and recently a young politician changing Congress. What made these women succeed? Storyteller Paula Ralph Birkett explores their journey and more through original music, theatrical…

Language is always shifting, mutating, and expanding, and the way we all talk depends on influences from languages other than English--this is especially true for those of us who are bilingual or multilingual. Incorporating bilingual elements is more than just a flourish. In this workshop, we will explore…

Celebrating Women’s History Month, our Bronx Rising focuses on the woman of mystery through the petenera - a song style featured in different genres from Spain to Mexico. We will showcase flamenco, Mexican son huasteco, son guerrense and son jarocho forms of the song, with performances by Alfonso Cid,…

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and Goya Foods in association with SAL ABBATIELLO of Fever Records presents for the thirteenth year in a row the Latin-flavored Dance Music Sensation, with FOREVER FREESTYLE 13 on Saturday, March 16th, 2019 at 8pm. To Latino teenagers in the late ‘80s and early…

A look at Frank O'Connor's short story "The American Wife" quick read followed by discussion and light refreshments

Join co-hosts Amy Joy Robateau and Tim W. Brown at the biweekly Art in the Basin open mic. Poetry, fiction, storytelling, all genres invited.

History and expression are experienced through movement, textiles, clothing, and other modes of representation that intersect with day-to-day experience. Feelings of Home explores this idea, centering local dancers, textile artists, and game-makers, among others, who work to preserve collective memory…

History and expression are experienced through movement, textiles, clothing, and other modes of representation that intersect with day-to-day experience. Feelings of Home explores this idea, centering local dancers, textile artists, and game-makers, among others, who work to preserve collective memory…

Join us at the College & Career Expo! Register Today! - If You Are The First In Your Family To Attend College: The Expo was designed to provide guidance and financial assistance to minority students from underserved and underrepresented communities. - If You Want Practical Advice About College Applications,…

One of the best ways to bring a reader into the world of your writing is to create an immersive setting. In this workshop, we will look at different techniques for establishing a sense of place, both by capturing concrete details of an environment and by focusing on the ways that place influences voice,…

Join us at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture as we honor artist and activist Luz Soliz, best known for her well-established dance troupes - such as the Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theatre - and for serving as a champion of Garifuna culture through music, dance and language. Admission: $10 at the door

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and Goya Foods present the return of GRUPO NICHE for a dazzling concert on Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 at 8pm. One of the world’s most popular Salsa groups, Grupo Niche is known for both uptempo and vigorous dance music as well as slower-paced salsa romántica numbers.…

Join us as we celebrate the greatness of the Young Artists of Casita Maria with DJ music and food.

Club KRVC and Brush The Bronx! Invites you to attend an evening in Riverdale with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa as she reads from the 10th Anniversary edition of Daughters of the Stone. Bring your book and get it signed! (Copies will be available for sale.) Seating is limited. Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, is former…

Join us at BAAD! for the preview of Davalois Fearon's newest piece For C.J. For C.J. is dedicated to Artistic Director Davalois Fearon’s nephew C.J., who was the victim of a fatal asthma attack in 2017. It uses nature to explore themes of loss and remembrance. For C.J. celebrates C.J.’s life by telling…

Our eyes whisper truths, our lungs scream sorrows and our feet straddle and strut between the past and the present. Our bodies are vessels for storytelling. This generative writing workshop led by Peggy Robles-Alvarado, open to all genres and all writing levels, pulls at memories we carry within our…

Join us at BAAD! for the preview of Davalois Fearon's newest piece For C.J. For C.J. is dedicated to Artistic Director Davalois Fearon’s nephew C.J., who was the victim of a fatal asthma attack in 2017. It uses nature to explore themes of loss and remembrance. For C.J. celebrates C.J.’s life by telling…

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and Goya Foods is proud to present American Idol winner and Grammy- nominated singer Ruben Studdard as he passionately performs RUBIN SINGS LUTHER - Always & Forever, a beautiful tribute concert to his hero Luther Vandross on Saturday, March 30 th , 2019 at 8pm.