New exhibition celebrates the Bronx
Works by 32 artists show borough’s many sides at Freedman House Once known as the “home for poor millionaires,” an elegant mansion on the Grand Concourse has burst to glittering…
Bronx museum offers free admission, school programs
The Bronx Museum of the Arts has begun offering free admission at all times, to expand access to more visitors and to help ring in the museum’s 40th anniversary.
Artist finds beauty in Bronx’s gritty streets
In grungy elevated subway tracks and aging apartment buildings Daniel Hauben has found what other landscape artists find in sunlit forests and seaside villas. Now, 22 paintings of Bronx scenes,…
Teen pregnancy rates remain high
As the city has started to introduce a new sex education program for middle and high schools, Mott Haven has emerged as the neighborhood with the highest teen pregnancy rate…
Schools struggle with language barriers
The “No Child Left Behind” Act, established by the Bush administration in 2002, stated that all students should have equal access to a high quality education. But in the Bronx,…
Artists renew effort to float giant dome
Thwarted by wind and water in their effort last fall to float a huge dome built of discarded umbrellas from Hunts Point to the Harlem River and upriver to Inwood,…
Nos Quedamos says it’s set to rise again
New director takes reins of pioneering housing organization Nos Quedamos, the advocacy organization that has served South Bronx residents for nearly two decades on issues ranging from housing to immigration,…
Church worries about pantry’s future
Since 1994, Give Them to Eat Ministries has been feeding hundreds of needy people each week. The need is growing, but the funds are shrinking.