Arts & Artists

EC Salsero Performed At Lehman College For the First Time

EC Salsero Performed At Lehman College For the First Time

On Sunday, October 25th, the latin sensation, EC Salsero performed in his first Bronx concert at Lehman College’s 500-seat Lovinger Theatre. EC Salsero performed along with his 14+ piece orchestra.   Born Eddie Claudio, Jr. to Puerto Rican parents, EC Salsero, 25, was […]

by · November 13, 2015 · Arts & Artists
Gallery Opening: Seis del Sur: BARRIOS

Gallery Opening: Seis del Sur: BARRIOS

Seis del Sur: BARRIOS is a photographic group exhibition featuring both the vintage and contemporary photojournalistic and social documentary work of the six members of the Seis del Sur photo collective: Joe Conzo, Ricky Flores, Ángel Franco, David González, Edwin Pagán, and Francisco Molina […]

by · October 22, 2015 · Arts & Artists, Arts and Culture
Michael Douglas To Receive AARP Movies For Grownups Career Achievement Award

Michael Douglas To Receive AARP Movies For Grownups Career Achievement Award

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — AARP announced today that actor, producer and Academy Award winner Michael Douglas will receive the 2015 Movies For Grownups® Career Achievement Award. The Movies For Grownups® multimedia franchise honors standout filmmakers, actors, actresses and movies that resonate […]

BronxTalk: Daniel Lanzilotta Recycled Art

BronxTalk: Daniel Lanzilotta Recycled Art

Here’s a link from last Monday night’s BronxTalk that featured a Bronx artist who uses discarded plastic to make some remarkable pieces of art. Daniel Lanzilotta, a self-proclaimed ‘plastician’, demonstrated his unique brand of creativity and how it relates to […]

by · October 14, 2015 · Arts & Artists, Television
BronxTalk Tonight — Making Art From Garbage

BronxTalk Tonight — Making Art From Garbage

MAKING ART FROM GARBAGE! Tonight’s BronxTalk features a Bronx artist who uses discarded plastic to make some remarkable pieces of art. Daniel Lanzilotta, a self-proclaimed ‘plastician’, will demonstrate his unique brand of creativity and explain to host Gary Axelbank how […]

Letter To The Editor: Reclaiming The Bronx’s Cultural Legacy

Letter To The Editor: Reclaiming The Bronx’s Cultural Legacy

Don’t Let Gentrification Be The Main Consequence of the Reclamation of the Bronx’s Cultural Legacy It is great to see the cultural landmarks of the Bronx, such as the street jazz great Maxine Sullivan lived on, be officially recognized by […]

Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Grows Mural Unveiling – Today at 1p.m.

Kingsbridge Heights Community Center Grows Mural Unveiling – Today at 1p.m.

KINGSBRIDGE TERRACE STEP-STREET MURAL BY ARTIST LAURA ALVAREZ TO BE INTRODUCED SEPT. 14 Sept. 8, 2015 – On Monday, Sept. 14 at 1:00, Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC), Bon Secours Healthy Communities Initiative, and the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) […]

by · September 14, 2015 · Arts & Artists, Bulletin Board
FAMED BRITISH BALLADEER ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK PLAYS SETON PARK

FAMED BRITISH BALLADEER ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK PLAYS SETON PARK

Acclaimed artist Engelbert Humperdinck serenades concertgoers at Senator Klein’s Summertime Symphonies Series   State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) hosted Engelbert Humperdinck at Seton Park on Tuesday. The British balladeer serenaded a crowd of more than 500 concertgoers as part of […]

Bronx:Africa Exhibit Planned By Bronx Council On The Arts

Bronx:Africa Exhibit Planned By Bronx Council On The Arts

ATTENTION ALL ARTISTS The Bronx Council on the Arts’ Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos College invites artists across all disciplines to submit work samples or proposals for its upcoming BRONX:AFRICA exhibition opening February 2016. The BRONX:AFRICA exhibit will feature contemporary […]

by · August 18, 2015 · Arts & Artists, Bulletin Board
Former Bronxite Pens ‘Vampire Rising’ Novella

Former Bronxite Pens ‘Vampire Rising’ Novella

Larry Benjamin was born in the Bronx, graduated from Adlai Stevenson High School and earned a degree in art history at the University of Pennsylvania, before becoming an award-winning author and blogger behind This Writer’s Life. His allegorical novella, Vampire Rising, […]

Women in Comics Exhibition II – Opening Reception August 1st

Women in Comics Exhibition II – Opening Reception August 1st

The Women in Comics NYC International Collective is hosting their 2nd Gallery Exhibition at the Poe Park Visitors Center in the Bronx from August 1st through August 31st. The event will showcase artwork from women working in the comic book […]

Perfect Harmony of Harlem and the Bronx with BxArts Factory and El Barrio Pinta!

Perfect Harmony of Harlem and the Bronx with BxArts Factory and El Barrio Pinta!

Back in February, The Bronx Chronicle reported about the launch reception for BxArts Factory. Even though it was still in its infancy, their vision and innovation was strong. About five months later, it is obvious that this is still true. […]

Vice Chair Crowley Announces Winners of 2015 Art Competition for 14th Congressional District

Vice Chair Crowley Announces Winners of 2015 Art Competition for 14th Congressional District

Bronx student takes top honors with artwork to be displayed in U.S. Capitol for a full year   (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, announced the winners of the 2015 […]

by · June 26, 2015 · Arts & Artists, Bulletin Board
El Barrio Pinta se va pa’ El Bronx Sponsored by BxArts Factory – June 25

El Barrio Pinta se va pa’ El Bronx Sponsored by BxArts Factory – June 25

Freddy Rodriguez My Geometries at the Longwood Arts Gallery

UPCOMING EXHIBITION Freddy Rodríguez: My Geometries 1970- 2002 Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Curator Opening Reception | Wed, June 3rd | 5:00-9:00pm Longwood Arts Gallery @Hostos CC —————————————————————- Freddy Rodríguez: My Geometries 1970-2002 is the first exhibition to chart the artist-s expansive and unique approach to geometric abstraction […]