Bronx Music Hall opens in Melrose
The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation has opened its new Bronx Music Hall. It aims to revitalize the neighborhood’s historically iconic music scene. “Get over here. And dress to…
Bronx Music Heritage Center celebrates eighth Melrose Parranda
A gradually expanding crowd of Bronx residents danced and sang throughout the streets of Melrose Wednesday evening to celebrate Christmas, Puerto Rican style. The sounds of saxophones, trumpets, maracas, tambourines,…
Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off with lively concert at Bronx Music Hall Plaza
Passersby quickly became an audience to a lively Latin Jazz concert at the Bronx Music Hall Plaza Saturday. The concert was the first in a month of events planned to…
Bronx Music Heritage Center teases new home through online performances
Operators at the still-in-construction Bronx Music Hall are producing a series of online performances to document the development of the project and keep the arts alive amid the coronavirus pandemic. …
Community groups seek answers, as public funding shrinks
As the impact from the pandemic’s first punch gradually diminishes and New York City wrestles with reopening, South Bronx cultural organizations see an uncertain future in the communities they serve.…
Melrose throws a party
This year marks the seventh annual Make Music Winter Festival, a city-wide celebration of Puerto Rican culture.
Arts collective sets sights on Melrose
Last January, a collective consisting of seven artists bought the 6,400-square-foot lot at 368 East 152 Street for $1.15 million, with help from ArtCondo, a real estate enterprise that helps…
African fashion on display at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Africa: In Fashion and Fabric will run until June 4 The fashion designer Valentino showed long, tunic-inspired dresses, embroidered and beaded fabrics and tribal-inspired jewelry and sandals. Junya Watanabe showed…