Events

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.

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.