Fungus fans plan free festival on Randall’s Island
On a chilly October morning in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ethan Crenson discovered life on a fallen branch. “These are oyster mushrooms,” he said, pointing to a pair of white lips on…
Latinx writer puts focus on kids
As a child, Latinx author and Bronx labor organizer Karla Mayenbeer Cruz endlessly searched for books and characters she could identify with. Finally, she decided to write a children’s book…
Mott Haven Film Festival stages an encore
The Mott Haven Film Festival is back for its third year with a new round of films to amplify the voices of the Bronx. The festival starts this Friday, Oct.…
Therapeutic art pops out in the South Bronx
On a sunny afternoon in Joyce Kilmer Park, 5-year-old Jose Gabriel Mejia-Carela ran over to a small group of people painting and drawing on paper and canvases using brushes, pencils,…
Kitara’s Angels provide model for new fashion program
Kitara’s Angels are Bronx women who walked their fifth fashion show at Bronx Fashion Week earlier this month suited in bright, floral printed jackets, capes and corsets — the latest…
Mott Haven Library pilots free home Wi-Fi program
The Mott Haven Library is a central player in New York Public Library’s effort to offer high quality cellular internet service to neighborhoods across the city. Mott Haven was one…
One Mott Haven artist’s mission: Save the monarchs
When Mott Haven artist Blanka Amezkua was growing up in the Mexican state of Michoacan, every fall the sky would fill with monarch butterflies settling in for the winter after…
Bill to end solitary confinement in city jails draws competing City Hall rallies
Bronxite Kalief Browder was only 22 when he died by suicide in 2015, after spending two years in solitary confinment at Rikers Island. He is a central figure in an…