People Esmeralda Santiago: A Puerto Rican Journey

Esmeralda Santiago: A Puerto Rican Journey »

"Art makes it possible for us to express our lives, preoccupations, emotions, our history," says Santiago, best known for her memoirs “When I was Puerto Rican” and “Almost A Woman.”…

Apr 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
True New York Flavors

True New York Flavors »

Who is that man talking into a banana, aboard a sailboat, en route to save City Island from the evil Queen of Westchester? It's Baron Ambrosia, an outrageous culinary ambassador…

Mar 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
News

Three Alarm Fire on the Grand Concourse »

Three Alarm Fire on the Grand Concourse

Spectators stood in horror and amazement as they watched the flames of a three-alarm fire rush wildly on the fifth and sixth floors of 2070.

May 13 2012 / Read More »

“Everything died with him.” »

Christopher Robinson

Christopher Robinson, 18, was the last person anyone expected to end up murdered while awaiting his release from Rikers Island.

May 13 2012 / Read More »

Cinco de Mayo in Little Italy »

Cinco de Mayo in Belmont

Belmont celebrates its growing Mexican community with the 7th annual festival celebrating Mexico's victory at the Battle of Puebla.

May 7 2012 / Read More »

Caravan Campaign for Hipolito “Papa” Mejia »

Caravan Campaign for Papa Mejia

As the Dominican vote approaches, candidates are campaigning in the Western Bronx, where immigrants still play a big role in elections back home.

Apr 29 2012 / Read More »

Bronx Transportation Town Hall »

Bronx Transportation Town Hall

Community members gathered to discuss how to work towards an efficient, economical bus and subway system.

Apr 23 2012 / Read More »
Bronx Smomke Free Partnership Author Chris Nazareth Eva Bornstein Let's Get It Cooking Afro-Latino Forum Vamos Unidos more videos
Culture Bronx Seniors Share Secrets to a Good Life

Bronx Seniors Share Secrets to a Good Life

Residents in their 70s, 80s and 90s set remarkable examples of how to live well, age gracefully and never stop learning. …

May 3 2012 / Read More »
Joi Bangla!

Joi Bangla!

Bronx residents celebrate Bangladeshi Independence Day in Parkchester.…

Mar 29 2012 / Read More »
Trolley Night Returns

Trolley Night Returns

After a short respite, The Bronx Cultural Trolley is back to provide people with free rides to art galleries and concerts on the first Wednesday of every month. …

Mar 14 2012 / Read More »
Bronx Blog Take Back the Night

Take Back the Night

Lehman College hosted a Take Back the Night event in April, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.…

May 13 2012 / Read More »
Lehman and UNITY: Leveling the Playing Field

Lehman and UNITY: Leveling the Playing Field

More than 100 New York journalists and media professionals joined Lehman College students, alumni and faculty for a reception in anticipation of the UNITY 2012 Convention.…

Mar 30 2012 / Read More »
Amy DuBois-Barnett, Ebony Magazine editor-in-chief

Ebony Chief Visits Lehman

Ebony Magazine's editor-in-chief, Amy DuBois-Barnett, shared some of the lessons she has learned in journalism.…

Mar 14 2012 / Read More »
Sports sports

A Smorgasbord of Sports at Rambling House Bar

Woodlawn is known as a quiet, heavily Irish community. But things grow lively between April and June when many major sporting events take place.…

May 5 2012 / Read More »
Yanks' Home Opener at the Eclipse Barber Shop

Yanks’ Home Opener at the Eclipse Barber Shop

Bronx barbers offer their insights on the 2012 season, A-Rod's future and the pomposity of the Red Sox.…

Apr 23 2012 / Read More »
Baseball in The Bronx, Running Between April 13 and May 13

Baseball in the Bronx Starts April 13th

When you think of spring, you think of baseball. And when you think of baseball, you think of the Bronx. …

Mar 28 2012 / Read More »
Bronx Journal TV Urban Rebuilding Initiative

Urban Rebuilding Initiative

There are many non-profit organizations in New York City that fight the many injustices the we face every day.…

May 15 2012 / Read More »
Hip-hop group Failproof

Hip Hop Group Failproof

A group of musicians by the name of Failproof have a created the very thing many artists seek, their very own sound.…

May 15 2012 / Read More »
TeenPregnancy

Changing the Odds

Facilitators in this teen pregnancy prevention program encourage students to become thriving, successful, and engaged young adults.…

May 15 2012 / Read More »
Health Hispanics Use Bodegas as Pharmacies

Hispanics Use Alternatives to Pharmacies

Many New Yorkers prefer to buy imported antibiotics in bodegas, rather than at a local pharmacy. Reasons include no insurance, fear of doctors and price. …

May 2 2012 / Read More »
A Tropical Dance Workout

A Tropical Dance Workout

Zumba contains different choreography from salsa, merengue, hip- hop, reggae, belly dancing, and soca.…

Apr 23 2012 / Read More »
Entertainment Heavy Metal with Electronics

Heavy Metal with Electronics

“Industrial music is a perspective that examines ‘progress’ through history with a sarcastic eye, or at least a skeptical one."…

Mar 12 2012 / Read More »
Flyin' West

Flyin’ West Opens at Lehman

It is a tale of African American pioneers, women who remake their lives in the all-black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.…

Feb 29 2012 / Read More »
Opinion Supreme Setback Looms Ahead

Supreme Setback Looms Ahead

If the Supreme Court tea leaf readers are correct, if more than four justices decide to uphold Arizona's infamous SB 1070, and you are an immigrant — legal or illegal — brace yourself for unprecedented harassment.…

May 14 2012 / Read More »
Loving Fidel is Offensive

Loving Fidel is Offensive

Ozzie Guillen comes to a stadium subsidized by Cuban-American taxpayers, where Cuban-Americans are expected to fill the seats, and he dances on the grave of Castro's victims.…

Apr 23 2012 / Read More »
Multilingual Caravana de Hipólito Mejía Viaja por El Bronx

Caravana de Hipólito Mejía Viaja por El Bronx

Llevado el 21 de abril, la sucursal del Bronx del PRD organizó una caravana que cruzo por las calles de la parte oeste del Bronx.…

May 7 2012 / Read More »
Sandy Reyes (izquierda) Cantando Sus Exitos

Los Fanáticos Disfrutaron de El Dominicanazo

El Dominicanazo, un concierto presentado por el asembleísta Nelson Castro en honor a la independencia dominicana, se llevó al cabo el pasado 25 de febrero en el colegio Elizabeth Barrett Browning.…

Mar 7 2012 / Read More »

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