Events

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.

Join co-hosts Amy Joy Robateau and Tim W. Brown at the biweekly Art in the Basin open mic. Help us celebrate the series' second anniversary as we feature special guest readers throughout the month of April. Poetry, fiction, storytelling, all genres invited.

Memoir can be the ultimate storytelling tool for speaking truth to power and using our voice. So how do we intentionally use our voices to feel heard and have an effective impact both for our own healing and the world at large?In this writing workshop, we will use memoir and other storytelling and writing…

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts and Goya Foods is thrilled to present NOCHE CALIENTE a special Night to Remember with three of Salsa’s superstar pioneers – three time GRAMMY Award-winning artist ROBERTO BLADES, and the GRAMMY-nominated artists FRANKIE NEGRÓN and BRENDA K STARR on Saturday,…

Metropolitan Opera trombonist Weston Sprott has a distinguished orchestral, chamber, and solo career. A dedicated teacher, Sprott currently heads the brass department at Mannes College and holds faculty positions at numerous other schools, in addition to collaborating with organizations like Play On…

Learn how to maneuver through the proposal process, make choices for the subject and pre-execution of the work, learn how to procure materials, obtain work permits, and handle contract negotiations. Learn more about the levels of interaction with public administrators, community organizations, and municipal…

Biographies are composed chronologically, but memoir is a poetic and jazzy literary genre that welcomes a creative approach to structure. In this workshop, we’ll learn how a memoir can be structured around patterns, juxtapositions, and connections. We’ll look at some inspiring models and then create…

When revising a manuscript, writers often feel overwhelmed when confronting the false starts, messy scraps, and weak sentences that seep into an early draft. In this workshop, we’ll discuss a variety of appealing, effective, and creative approaches to revision that can be customized for your project.…

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, we explore the Haitian influences on the birth of jazz in New Orleans, with a discussion led by ethnomusicologist Lois Wilcken, Professor of Francophone Studies Wilson Décembre, and musicians Bobby Sanabria and Miguel Andres Tejada. Featuring performances by…

Calling all visual artists from the Tri-State area! For more information, guidelines, eligibility, selection criteria and application, please visit www.sugarhillmuseum.org/air-2019. INFO SESSIONS: Tuesday, March 12 and Monday, April 1 6:00 - 7:30pm RSVP at sugarhillmuseum.org/air-2019 Application deadline…

Join co-hosts Amy Joy Robateau and Tim W. Brown at the biweekly Art in the Basin open mic. Help us celebrate the series' second anniversary as we feature special guest readers throughout the month of April. Poetry, fiction, storytelling, all genres invited.

Learn how to tell a story in the traditional Indian way during this free workshop on the art of Abhinayaopen to all ages. In Indian classical dance, Abhinaya is the subtle use of hand gestures, facial expressions and body language. Abhinaya, movements can be used as a device to metaphorically narrate…

Poetic Affair LEHMAN STAGES Join us at our monthly poetry showcase! Come sign up for the slam, inspire and be inspired! Sign up begins at 7pm, slam begins at 7:30pm Hosted by R.Q.Tek See you soon!! $5 suggested donation The SET @ Lehman College In the Speech and Theatre Building 250 Bedford Park…

Hosted by the hilarious Bill Santiago, known for his Comedy Central and CNN specials, our Bronx comedy showcase will feature local comedians Gastor Almonte, Pedro Gonzalez, and Atheer Yacoub. Parental advisory: Content may include adult language and themes. Free and open to the public.

COMIC CULTURE: DYNAMIC BRONX Free Cartoon classes for kids age 9 - 14 We focus on comics, manga, writing and even basic Photoshop using the multicultural legends of Bronx to tell our thrilling tales. Guest speakers will include industry pros. Art supplies provided. The first class is Saturday, April…

Inspired by April’s Poetry Month, this week’s workshop will be led by BostonPoet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola: Often times, a poem is built around the information the writer has provided. More times than not, transcendent poems leave a reader with a sense of wonder and mystery, by sometimes, not providing…

Craft your own poetry journal with us! Using words and images, patrons will create a poetry journal for them to keep. No registration required. Materials will be provided.

Get inspired to write poetry! In this workshop, we will read three poems and analyze their form, content, and structure. We will then use these poems as inspiration, and participants will create their own original works. No Registration Required.

Share your passion for poetry at Parkchester's Poetry Read-In. Participants are encouraged to read out works by their favorite poet or bring in original works. No experience reading poetry required. No Registration Required.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado is a poet and translator who was born and raised in Puerto Rico. His poems and translations have appeared in Boston Review, DIAGRAM, Guernica, and Sidebrow, and his translation work on Colaterales/collateral by Dinapiera Di Donato can be found in the New York Public Library.…

Lynn Melnick is the author of several poetry collections Landscape with Sex and Violence (2017) and If I Should Say I Have Hope (2012) and has edited and contributed to number of other collections. She was a former fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers and…

Learn how to create an effective portfolio or enhance your current one to gain entrance into the gallery or museum of your dreams. It is important that your portfolio catches the eye of curators before your work is installed. This session will offer the necessary tools to a successful portfolio. Open…

Most of us New Yorkers are transplants from other cities or immigrants from other countries. We're united by both MTA problems and the crushing feeling of loss. We love this city of dreams deeply, yet miss the lives we once had. For native New Yorkers, loss of home could include gentrification. Nostalgia…

Art in the Air is back with Artist Ruth Marshall featuring Poet Orlando Ferrand. Let’s decorate the courtyard with balloons using colorful words, letters and the language of poetry by YOU for our library community.

Seniors from PSS Highbridge are showing their paintings made during Su Casa Program painting workshop with Aida Miró.

Join co-hosts Amy Joy Robateau and Tim W. Brown at the biweekly Art in the Basin open mic. Help us celebrate the series' second anniversary as we feature special guest readers throughout the month of April. Poetry, fiction, storytelling, all genres invited.

Poetry reading and film screening in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. Featuring guest poet and actor Géza Röhrig, star of Son of Saul (2015) and To Dust (2018), and nine additional poets reading Holocaust poetry. Special preview screening of the short film Write Me, directed by filmmaker Pearl…

Art is frequently used to amplify social justice causes and bring traditionally marginalized voices to the forefront. Especially in a changing metropolis like New York, the visual arts play a crucial role in raising awareness and advocating for community change. By examining global protest art through…

On Saturday, May 4th the South Bronx Independent Artist Coalition (SBIAC) will host the 2019 South Bronx Open Studio Tour. Come out and explore the vibrant art scene in the South Bronx. Galleries and artist’s studios will be open to the public. Free transportation will be provided to shuttle visitors…

Our body is a memoir and museum of those who have loved us. In our private rooms, in our work place or even when we walk on the streets, we carry other people, invisibly, with us. I carry my mother with me on my face. I carry my father’s laughter. Who are the people you carry with you? A person’s…

A book/CD release party for Alessandra Belloni’s 'The Healing Journey of the Black Madonna.' Alessandra will perform with Joe Deninzon and Steve Gorn, followed by a preview of the play 'Dark is My Mother' by members of The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards. Artwork from the Dark Magdalena…

The Riverdale Choral Society will perform Annelies, a choral work based on the Diary of Anne Frank. The work was composed by James Whitbourn with a libretto by Melanie Challenger. The piece will be performed using the chamber version arranged for a small group of instruments, choir, and soprano solo.

Classic and Current Disney musical favorites selected by Bronx County Chorus

Live Music by The B.O.O.M. fka Boom Bits featuring Atiyya, Raquel Jean & Rio Azul! DJ Set by Uptown Vinyl Supreme! $10 Admission Happy Hour 9pm-11pm $5 Beer, Wine & Sangria

Mexico’s greatest female artist, if not most well-known, Frida Kahlo painted brutally honest self- portraits that reveal her psychological and emotional response to adversity and trauma. She was alone often, and, in turn, worked obsessively with self-portraiture. Her reflection fueled an unflinching…

Proud, provocative, and uncompromising poet and activist Essex Hemphill gave voice to the experiences of black gay men during the 1980s and 90s. Timothy DuWhite, Michelle Parkerson and N i’ja Whitson convene for an evening to pay tribute to Hemphill’s work and influence, hosted by Darnell L. Moore.

For writers, pairing with a literary agent can be a daunting task. Your best bet at finding a literary agent begins way before you actually set out to find an agent. There are many factors to consider before seeking professional representation of your work. In this session, there will be tips and advice…

Afro-Descendants can be found all over the world, concretely the Caribbean and all throughout the Americas. To persist in their resistance of ancestral trauma, they have rebelled in subtler ways by keeping their folklore alive, as well as their individuality wherever they go. This year, Fem Flava is…

The Bronx Council on the Arts’ is excited to announce the return of our FREE Summer Concert Series! Join us on May 11th for at Poe Park for the Latin Jazz musical stylings of Grammy Award-winning artist John Benitez. About John Benitez Bronxite John Benitez is a 2012 BRIO winner who also won a Grammy…

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. Storyteller Paula Ralph Birkett explores their journey and more through original music, theatrical pieces and spoken word to find how…

Growing up in rural Nicaragua, queer performance artist Elyla Sinverguenza (Fredman Barahona) endured the country’s toxic and ongoing legacy of colonialism. In their visceral new performance piece Saint Peter Goose/Duck Pulling, Sinverguenza transforms a violent and hyper-masculine ritual from the…

A MUSICAL OFFERING 2019 MAY 13, 2019 | 7:30 PM Christ Church Riverdale 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx NY 10471 Goldberg Sonata for 2 violins and continuo in C Concerto for harpsichord and strings in f minor, BWV 105 Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten, Bach BWV 78 Stabat Mater: Giovanni…

Get an introduction on the basics of website building, online banding, marketing presence, and logo creation. Maximize social media platforms to inform the world about you and your work. Also, explore digital networking strategies to enhance your marketing and selling skills to appeal to new audiences…

In celebration of Chamber Music Appreciation Month, the Bronx Arts Ensemble and Lehman College's Children's Theatre Company will present an original musical play, Jasmine's Song, to engender music appreciation in young people. With a pre-concert discussion to introduce children to the instruments used…

Have the opportunity to paddle 5 miles of the Bronx River on May 18th! Join us and celebrate the kick off to our paddling season! Space is limited for paddlers. Sign up your Flotilla team today! The Amazing Bronx Flotilla is a one-of-a-kind adventure and fun celebration of our efforts to reclaim the…

KHCC is holding the Seventh Annual Neighborhood Festival on Saturday, May 18, 2019!

One of the biggest differences between a first and final draft of a memoir or fictional piece is the center of gravity. The center of gravity is the point around which your memoir revolves, the glue that holds it together, the thing without which there would be no memoir or fiction. The problem with…

The Bronx Music Heritage Center's Bronx Living Legends series will honor Puerto Rican plenero Benny Ayala for his career as a pioneering plenero in the Bronx and cultivating the next generation of plena and bomba musicians. The program will be emceed by ethnomusicologist Cesar Colóm Montijo. Performances…

This is a public gathering which explores the possibilities of drawing as a group. Exercises will be worked on that trick the normal brain to hand relationship and open up the mind. Visualization exercises are done where participants will create symbols of personal meaning and identification to define…

It's Sunday and The Bronx Beer Hall knows you need Brunch! Catch us every Sunday from 11 AM - 4 PM. Choose from 8 delicious brunch dishes & an unlimited drink special that includes your choice of Mimosa, Beermosa, Black Velvet, Breakfast Shandy, White Sangria, or Red Sangria.

This exhibition tells the fascinating story of how Grosvenor Gallery in London promoted artists from the Eastern Bloc, when art from “behind the Iron Curtain” was largely unseen by Western audiences, and played a central role in shaping the Hebrew Home Art Collection. Included are works by 35 artists…

Join The Bronx Concert Singers (BCS), Music Director Robert René Galván, guest professional vocalists and musicians, for SINGS MY SOUL, an afternoon of Gospel, Spirituals and Sacred Jazz, headlined by Robert Ray's GOSPEL MASS. Tickets: General $20/ 2 @ $35; Seniors & Students $15; Child $5. At…

A program of beloved gospel arrangements and spirituals. Concert will world-premiere the arrangement of RIDE ON KING JESUS by Tamara Cashour, composer/arranger. Ms. Cashour won the BCS BRIO AWARD IN MUSICAL COMPOSITION in 2015.

20TH ANNUAL DANCE OF THE WHITE DRESS -FEATURING FANIA ALL-STAR EDDIE MONTALVO Y SU ORCHESTRA & DJ BROADWAY, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2019, 5:00PM - 10:00PM, Bronx YMCA, White is the required attire for the event. ADMISSION: $40 in advance/$45 at the door | Purchase Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/20th-annual-baile-del-traje-blanco-dance-of-the-white-dress-ticket.…

On Monday, May 20th, the Bronx Council on the Arts is pleased to host CreateNYC: Office Hours with the Commissioner “Voices (Un)Heard,” a part of an ongoing series by CreateNYC inviting the public to join open-ended conversations on topics relevant to arts and culture. CreateNYC and BCA invite LGBTQ-identifying…

Join The Bronx Beer Hall every Tuesday night for the best FREE karaoke in The Bronx. Our Karaoke set up combines music, open mics and great craft beer for some outrageous and (sometimes) great performances. DRINK SPECIALS FROM 9 PM - 11 PM. Come sing with us in a completely judgment free zone - just…

Bronx Council on the Arts and The Actors Fund are pleased to present this affordable housing seminar that aims to help participants navigate the process, and get organized so they can be prepared to apply. The application process is explained in simple steps and helps applicants avoid common mistakes.…

Come join The Bronx Beer Hall in celebrating delicious craft beers from the one and only Sloop Brewing Company. Nerd out about beer with brewery reps while sipping on Sloop's famous Juicebomb IPA, Supersoft IPA, or their decadent Coco Baked Stout.

Author, publisher, visual artist, and BRIO winner Orlando Ferrand will share the process for transforming a completed manuscript into a book that can be enjoyed by readers as both a repository of content and a work of art. He’ll discuss the steps that writers should consider and research before embarking…

It's Sunday and The Bronx Beer Hall knows you need Brunch! Catch us every Sunday from 11 AM - 4 PM. Choose from 8 delicious brunch dishes & an unlimited drink special that includes your choice of Mimosa, Beermosa, Black Velvet, Breakfast Shandy, White Sangria, or Red Sangria.

This Free workshop will provide students with an introductory experience at creating sustainable sculptures with recycled materials, focusing on left over wood from construction sites. Participants will learn how to respect and properly use basic wood working tools to create both artistic and functional…

You are cordially invited to a FREE concert - a gesture of gratitude for receiving the 2018 BRIO Award for artistic excellence in music composition from the Bronx Council On The Arts. Works included are by Beethoven, Finzi, and Jim Lahti with Timothy Maureen Cole, soprano; Jeff Adler, clarinet; and Matt…

Join The Bronx Beer Hall every Tuesday night for the best FREE karaoke in The Bronx. Our Karaoke set up combines music, open mics and great craft beer for some outrageous and (sometimes) great performances. DRINK SPECIALS FROM 9 PM - 11 PM. Come sing with us in a completely judgment free zone - just…

2019 Arts Fund Grant recipient Michele Brody will be hosting a special hat making workshop and CommuniTea at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. CommuniTea is an interactive performance series featuring a shared tea service during which, participants share a tea along with their stories, memories and reflections…

Come to The Bronx Beer Hall to try three delicious craft beer's by our northern friends from Maine Beer Company. Nerd out about craft beer with brewery representatives while sipping on your choice of Maine Beer Co.'s Lunch IPA, Spring IPA, or Zoë Amber Ale. Hope to see you there!