Dancer breathes new life into traditional art form
Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by By Melissa Noel .
A physical injury may cause some workers to question a career choice, but it gave Milteri Tucker the drive to pursue two. Tucker, a professional dancer, was left unable to practice after a not so graceful landing from a grand jete (split -in -the -air) during a practice for her first solo performance more than [...]
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The dead won’t sleep in the Bronx
Posted on 01. Nov, 2011 by By Sarah Pizon .
Visiting the dead is a common ritual for Mexicans during El Dia De Los Muertos. But South Bronx Mexicans won’t be spending time at tombstones next week – for the simple fact that most of them don’t bury their loved ones in the United States. Instead, they send the deceased back to rest in their [...]
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Budget cuts mean homelessness for some
Posted on 01. Nov, 2011 by By Kamana Shrestha.
Homeless advocacy organizations are scrambling to find alternative housing options for the thousands who will be displaced because of the termination of a city and state funded housing program due to budget cuts. The urgency comes at a crucial time because of an anticipated resolution of a lawsuit in the city’s favor, discontinuing the [...]
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Stories from Africa move across borders
Posted on 01. Nov, 2011 by By Patricia Rey Mallén.
In the African-born community of the South Bronx, names like George Clooney, Woody Allen or “Seinfeld” might pass completely unnoticed. A visit from actor Funke Akindele or a screening of “Living in Bondage”, on the other hand, might cause a small revolution. Those are two of the biggest names in Nollywood, the successful $200 million [...]
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Kids rally for afterschool programs
Posted on 30. Oct, 2011 by cunyjschool.
Over 300 elementary school students rallied in Mott Haven on Oct. 20 to draw attention to the importance of the East Side House Settlement afterschool programs they participate in. The local rally was part of “Lights on Afterschool,” a nationwide event at which over a million children and adults marched to display their support for [...]
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Local residents join Wall Street protest
Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 by By Alex Robinson.
A large crowd of people gathered at Fordham Plaza on Saturday to participate in the second weekly meeting of the Bronx’s own contingent of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Bronxites came together to join the global conversation that was started by a few hundred protesters in Zuccotti Park, a block-square plaza in Manhattan’s financial district, a month ago.
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From the editor: Occupy the Bronx
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
“The Bronx is in the house,” thundered 60 or 70 people last Saturday afternoon as they marched into a public square in lower Manhattan. The chant announced their presence to more than a thousand demonstrators already assembled in Zuccotti Park to protest against corporate greed and a government that serves business and the wealthy at [...]
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Something’s bubbling at Mott Haven school
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by By Elizabeth Chen .
Focus is on food in Haven Academy wellness program Sayda Arriola was stunned when her son Adam, a Mott Haven 3rd grader, told her that a visitor named “Chef James” baked rhubarb pie for his class. “I remembered thinking, ‘Rhubarb pie? What in the name of Jesus is that?’” she said. Arriola wanted to know [...]
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Melrose’s ‘village’ of elders hangs on
Posted on 16. Oct, 2011 by By Giovanny Fausto Pinto.
On a late summer evening a crowd of fifty-and-sixty-something Latinos and Latinas gathered to unwind over drinks, cards, and dominoes. Nearby, under a tree made to resemble a palm tree, a DJ spun classic salsa with a few reggaeton songs mixed in. A vendor prepared alcapurrias, a Puerto Rican delicacy made from fried smashed yucca [...]
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Hunts Point artists share ‘outsider’ theme
Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by Paul DeBenedetto.
An exhibition at Mott Haven’s BronxArtSpace gallery in August showed off the work of four local artists who have used different art forms to transcend stereotypes about people with disabilities. Jose Rivera grew up an orphan on the streets of San Juan. At the age of 14 he enrolled at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, [...]
