Earth Fest reaches out with music and games
The Bronx throws a party for Earth Day’s 40th birthday Legendary emcee Grandmaster Caz has been packing parties in the South Bronx since 1974, but none quite like the one…
Mott Haven art tour attracts the curious
Tourists brave cold to find cutting edge work Barry Kostrinsky paused near the place where the bond trader Sherman McCoy took a wrong turn to the Bronx and disaster in…
Show uses Mott Haven streets to tell story of the Bronx
Performance on a bus explores a changing borough, but critics say it misses the point.
Blast from Mott Haven’s past recalls an artistic keystone
For a brief time Fashion Moda is reborn, uniting generations Hundreds of people pass by Third Avenue and 147th Street each day without a second glance at the storefronts that…
Artists fret as tourists beat a path to their studios
Will notice force Mott Haven rents up and them out? By Azriel James Relph [email protected] “Ask about my art, not my rent” reads the sign posted at the door to…
Trees talk on the Grand Concourse
By Jeanmarie Evelly [email protected] The Grand Concourse, the iconic boulevard that stretches along four miles of the Bronx, has 100 years of stories to tell. This summer and fall, Bronx…
A Mott Haven treasure hunt
Finding a new art world can be a challenge The Mott Haven art world can be difficult to find. It is tucked away in a dark jazz café on the…