Some Cool, Creative Things To Check Out

Free live music, exhibits, discussion and more ...

Hey Everyone,

I’m back from vacation and back to letting you know about creative happenings all around us. I’m a little busy this summer, so the newsletter, which you’ll still receive every week, won’t be as consistently thorough as I’d like it to be. Right after Labor Day, though, I’ll be back at providing you with thorough and more detailed info.

OK, take a look at what’s going on, and I hope you can check some of it out!

• Theres a Free Summer Concert Series in parks throughout the Bronx this summer. Here’s the most detailed online list I could find.

• “BronxArts­Space hosts Bronx-based artists in res­i­dence on Gov­er­nors Island this sum­mer with sev­er­al free open stu­dios and oth­er events, where vis­i­tors can meet the artists and learn about their artis­tic practices.” How cool is that? I’m hoping to go this weekend. Here’s more info.

• Lots of great music at An Beal Bocht Cafe (also a bar and restaurant) in Riverdale this week and next.

• “Wonderland: Curious Nature,” at The New York Botanical Garden is on through Oct. 27. Back in May I was there to discover stunning layouts of colorful plants and beyond in the Garden’s 250 acres, with “sights, settings, and scents of the classic story of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.’” Check it out (and below is a pic of a big sculpture in the exhibit).

  

  Photo by Jordan Moss

• As part of their summer concert series, Riverdale Neighborhood House presents a FREE concert, “Klezmer in the Garden,” with the band Geshmakapelye next Thursday, July 25 at 6:30 PM.

• And speaking of music, you can check out Gary Axelbank’s latest interview on The Bronx Music Podcast, with native Bronx musician Amadeus right here on YouTube.

• Through Aug. 18, The Bronx Museum presents the exhibit “Making Room: Museum as Space for Self-Expression.” All the details here. The Bronx Museum is always FREE.

• The exhibit, “A Bronx Writers’ History,” at The Museum of Bronx of History in Norwood through Aug. 31. Curated by STAFF 161 (TED), the show “highlights the stories and ongoing creativity of Bronx pioneers of writing (“graffiti”) from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The exhibit also features street art by high school students from Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship and High School for Contemporary Arts.” More details here.

• All summer art exhibits at Wave Hill in Riverdale listed here.

• On Sunday, July 28 at noon, the Latin American Foto Festival at Bronx Documentary Center is celebrating the exhibit’s closing with showing the work, of course, and a block party!

• Here are two upcoming concerts/events at the brand new Bronx Music Hall. (It’s a truly gorgeous theatre.)

• On through July 31, Derfner Judaica Museum in Riverdale has an excellent photo exhibit: “Leonard Nones: Essential Workers,” which features Nones’s portraits of staff on RiverSpring Living’s Riverdale campus (also known as The Hebrew Home). “The series of 18 archival inkjet prints are tributes to the strength, resilience, and compassion of all the people who work with the Hebrew Home’s residents.” And when you leave the building, or before you head inside, make sure you check out the building’s large sculpture garden with a wonderful view of the Hudson River. You can also see all the photos here.

• I was at the opening of Alexis Marie Montoya’s wonderful collage exhibit, “leftovers,” at Casita Maria in Hunts Point back in March but it’s still on through August 16. Check it out!

• Tomorrow, July 20, EnFoco puts on “Artist Discussion: Process of Storytelling: The Thoughts that Create an Image.” More info here.

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Please let me know if you have any thoughts on the newsletter, or what you’ve experienced art-wise in the borough or beyond.

Thanks, and I hope you’re all finding some relaxation and enjoyment this summer.

—Jordan