Arts & Artists

This April: Thursday Night Jazz at JCAL

This April: Thursday Night Jazz at JCAL

This April: Thursday Night Jazz on April 13, 8pm, 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Queens NY. Featuring the Ed Cherry Trio. For tickets, call 718-658-7400.

Jamaica Arts This April: EtM Choreographer + Composer

Jamaica Arts This April: EtM Choreographer + Composer

Free Jamaica Arts program, EtM Choreographer + Composer, April 5, 6 pm, JCAL Studio A, 161-04 Jamaica Avenue in Queens. Call 718-658-7400 to RSVP. 

Bulletin Board: En Foco Photographers of Color Town Hall, Feb 2nd

Bulletin Board: En Foco Photographers of Color Town Hall, Feb 2nd

En Foco hosts its Photographers of Color Town Hall and Networking Meeting on Thursday, February 2, 6-8 pm at the Longwood Arts Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse (149th Street) in the Bronx NY 10455. To RSVP, email […]

Celebrates Valentine’s Day with AMOR en SALSA at Lehman Center, Feb. 11

Celebrates Valentine’s Day with AMOR en SALSA at Lehman Center, Feb. 11

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts celebrates Valentine’s Day with AMOR en SALSA, a special concert of the best romantic Salsa interpreters featuring TITO ROJAS (“Sensual”), MAELO RUIZ (El cantante del amor), NINO SEGARRA (“Enamorado”) and GIRO LOPEZ (Amor Lunático) on Saturday, February 11th, 2017 at 8pm. This concert is produced by Lehman Center and José Raposo. […]

Lincoln Center Partners with the Rockefeller Foundation to Inspire Arts Participation in the Bronx

Lincoln Center Partners with the Rockefeller Foundation to Inspire Arts Participation in the Bronx

Writer Julio Pabón hosts Book Release Party Celebrates 21st Anniversary Of Fidel Castro's Visit To The South Bronx on October 23, 1995.

Book Release Party On The 21st Anniversary Of Fidel Castro’s Visit To The South Bronx

Book Release On The 21st Anniversary Of Fidel Castro’s Visit To The South Bronx, October 23rd, 1995   Few Bronxites are aware that President Fidel Castro of Cuba visited the South Bronx to attend a dinner organized by the National Puerto Rican […]

From Poe’s Porch: Poetry Macabre
with local poets Skye Cabrera, Carlos Manuel Rivera and Jani Rose

From Poe’s Porch: Poetry Macabre, October 29

  The Bronx Council on the Arts and Bronx County Historical Society are excited to present Poetry Macabre a new poetry reading and workshop series at Poe Park. Featured poets will read from Poe’s porch on Saturday, October 29 from 12-1 […]

Top: Laura Alvarez, Mary Prezioso, Lt. Jose Torres,
Bottom: Lucila Alvarez, Rosa Rivera, MaryAnn Lyman, Silvana Pagliaro and Bharati S. Kemraj

Cancer Awareness – NYPD hosts Paint day

“Fight with a Flare” On Friday, October 7th the NYPD Community Affairs Bureau hosted a ‘Paint Day’ for seniors and community members at the Mt. Carmel Neighborhood Senior Center where illustrator and educator, Laura Alverez, lead the class with all […]

Sign Up for Words vs Pictures by Artsmith

Sign Up for Words vs Pictures by Artsmith

Words vs. Pictures: Free Art Program for 6-14 Year Olds Words vs. Pictures is a visual and literary arts program. Students learn different writing skills and visual art techniques while participating in workshops where the projects are designed to help […]

3rd Annual Music on the Boulevard – Saturday, September 24th

3rd Annual Music on the Boulevard – Saturday, September 24th

How To Apply For All Bronx Council on the Arts Grants

How To Apply For All Bronx Council on the Arts Grants

How To Apply | All BCA Grants Monday | October 3rd | 5pm – 8pm Longwood Art Gallery 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451 Please join us for a “How To Apply” session for the Community Arts Grant (NYSCA), Artist […]

‘Geyser Girl of Yellowstone Park’ Book Signing, September 6

Writer Myrtle Brooks will be doing another book signing at Barnes & Noble Co-op City (Bronx), September 6th, 1 PM.

Nos Quedamos Honors Local Artists

Nos Quedamos Honors Local Artists

On Saturday, August 27  Nos Quedamos/We Stay Inc. and The American Dream Service Center, Inc. will honor four local artists and retiring Congressman Charlie Rangel at their “2016 The Bronx Is Thriving” reception. The artist honorees include Alicia Grullón, Edwin […]

Writers, Learn How to “Zoom in” for Powerful Fiction

Writers, Learn How to “Zoom in” for Powerful Fiction

Writers, Get Ready for Your Close-up! How to “Zoom in” for More Powerful Fiction – with BRIO Winner Maryrose Wood Saturday, August 24, 2-4PM One writing craft issue that sets professional writers apart from beginners is the confident use of […]

The Hero’s Journey: A Model for Great Storytelling with Maryrose Wood

The Hero’s Journey: A Model for Great Storytelling with Maryrose Wood

The Hero’s Journey: A Model for Great Storytelling with Maryrose Wood — September 17 From the poets of ancient Greece to The Hobbit and Harry Potter, great storytellers have used the hero’s journey to create compelling narratives. This introduction to the […]