Art All Around Us — 6.27.25
Music, Photograph, Theatre and Exhibits ...
Hey Everyone,
I had less time to put this together this week, but I included as much as I could. There’s definitely some fun outings going on this weekend and beyond. Hope you can check one of them out. OK, here goes it …
THEATRE
“Baya Con Dios,” a presentation of Pregones/PRTT’s STEP UP Artist in Residence program, is at their South Bronx theatre this weekend, June 28 and 29. “On the eve of her quinceañera, Chimdi Elena, a gifted dancer and devoted daughter, is asked to make the ultimate sacrifice by her dying mother. A moving family drama intensified with dynamic choreography “Baya Con Dios invites us to dance with the dead and the living.” More info here and tickets here.
Info on Riverdale Children’s Theatre summer session for third to tenth graders is right here.
MUSIC
Through August, Riverdale Neighborhood House features “Music in the Garden,” a series of outdoor concerts (jazz, on several Thurs. eves through August. All the info here. FREE!
This Sun., June 29, from 2 to 3 PM at BronxArtSpace (700 Manida St.), the Bronx Arts Ensemble presents “New Norm,” “a program highlighting women composers, including pieces by Florence Price, inti figgis-vizueta, Caroline Shaw, Kamala Sankaram and Elizabeth Gartman.” FREE!
The Bronx River Art Center presents the Bronx River Sound Festival on Sat., June 28. All the info here.
Bronx Music Hall, a great, relatively new, theatre on East 163rd Street (right next to Boricua College) features open mics, concerts and more. All the info here.
As usual, there is a lot of great live music, as well as art and theatre, to check out at An Beal Bocht Café in Riverdale. Open mics, with Eric Sullivan are every Tues. at 9 PM. Writers/Poetry Night with Melinda Wilson & Erin Lynn is on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. Yet there’s so much more. Check it all out here.
PHOTOGRAPHY
En Foco and Kreate Hub Bronx present the photo exhibit “Shifting In Place” through Sept. 1 at Kreate Hub in the South Bronx. The exhibition features a curated selection of photographs by artists previously featured with Nueva Luz or the En Foco Archives and Study Center.
“Throwback: The Photography of Edwin Pagán,” an exhibit of the Bronx native filmmaker and photographer, is up at Pregones/PRTT Theatre in the South Bronx through Aug. 17. It’s presented in partnership with En Foco. All the info here.
ART EXHIBITS
The broad exhibit, “Van Gogh’s Flowers,” is open at New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx and the extensive exhibit is open until Oct. 21. All the info here. See photo above. (By the way, Bronx residents can get FREE access to see most of NYBG. Learn more here.)
There are exhibits of several artists at Wave Hill in Riverdale this summer.
Through November, Bronx County Historical Society presents the exhibit “Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in the Bronx,” Here’s what the show is all about: “While The Bronx is universally recognized as an epicenter for hip hop, salsa, doo-wop, jazz, reggaeton, and many other popular music genres, our borough is ignored in popular narratives about hard rock, heavy metal, and punk rock.” The show, at the Bronx History Museum in Norwood, features photos, flyerz, fanzines, clippings, memorabilia, oral history and more. All the info here. FREE!
At the Derfner Judaica Museum in Riverdale, the exhibit “Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven,” is running through June 29. FREE! All the info and photos here.
Pelham Art Center in Pelham, NY is just a bit north of the northeast Bronx, and Metro North stops right nearby. The exhibit “13th Biennial Alexander Rutsch Award Winner: ransome” is on through July 13. “The artwork of ransome centers on his African American lineage, which is traced back to sharecroppers of the American South who migrated to northern cities along the East Coast. His pictorial narratives are personal, yet the symbols he uses are universal and interplay with larger social, racial, ancestral, economic, and political histories that inform our nation to this day.” Details here.
The beautiful Riverfront Gallery at the Yonkers Public Library in downtown Yonkers features the work of artist Elizabeth de Bethune through June 30. “de Bethune transforms the ordinary moments of everyday life — whether shared with family, friends, or the Queer community in Yonkers — into vibrant, textural paintings that resonate with warmth and intimacy.” All the info here.
The exhibit at Bronx Museum on the Grand Concourse is “Working Knowledge: Shared Imaginings, New Futures.” It’s on through July 6. (All visits to Bronx Museum are FREE!) Much of the art is incredibly interactive. The artists are: Zainab Aliyu + American Artist and the School For Poetic Computation; Black Quantum Futurism; Stephanie Dinkins; Melanie Hoff; Mary Mattingly; Ari Melenciano; Azikiwe Mohammed; Kite & Alisha B Wormsley; Lynne Yun. All the info here. See photo of one of the works below.
OK, everyone. Hope you have time to enjoy at least one of the above, and please let me know if you come across events, concerts, exhibits, etc. that I have not yet mentioned. Thanks!
Have a great weekend!
Peace, Paz, Shalom, Salaam, etc.
Jordan