NYC Department of Health has started their BeFitNYC initiative. Essentially, BeFitNYC aims to connect New Yorkers and encourage a healthy, active lifestyle using our fair city as one big gym. To kick things off, the Department of Health has put together an infographic depicting stats about the average New Yorker’s health, activity level and...
BPMM and NYC Parks join forces to celebrate the 420th anniversary of Anne Hutchinson’s birth. The festival is just one of a year-long calendar of Bronx events to honor her. Hutchinson (1591-1643), who eventually settled in what is now the Bronx, was an outspoken advocate for freedom of religion and women’s equality in religious...
New York Celebrates America Fireworks Festival Hosted by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. & NYS Senator Jeff Klein New York City’s Independence Day celebration starts early—and it starts in the Bronx. Head over to Orchard Beach for an evening of live music by Alive N Kickin’ followed by a spectacular fireworks show the...
On Sunday, head over to Van Cortlandt Nature Center for some Fishing Fun. Try your luck fishing, bamboo poles will be provided. 11 AM, Van Cortlandt Nature Center On Monday, from 12-2pm, hit up the Hunts Point Recreation Center for a volleyball clinic for all ages. Learn the essentials and techniques such as shuffling, the basic stance, passing,...
Saturday, May 21 10:30-12:30 p.m. In celebration of May, Bike, Bronx Week’s Environmental Day, and Bike Month, BPMM’s annual Bike Tour will focus on gardens, visiting private gardens on City Island and public gardens in Pelham Bay Park. Park horticulturist Scott Farrington rides along as our expert. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on...
Excellent Skills Playschool has a grand opening coming up for parents to check out-located in the Pelham Bay area of the Bronx. For those who attend the grand opening, there will be some cool prizes raffled off! AND BronxMama readers can get a week of childcare FREE, continue reading for more information! Digg this...
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Free! Rain or shine! Take the 6 train to Westchester Square. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
Wednesday, May 4 / 5:00-8:00pm Hostos Repertory Theater BCA’s Bronx WritersCorps presents its 15th annual youth poetry slam, “My Words, My Way”, in which young poets perform original poetry raising their voices to reveal the truth of their lives and their dreams for the future. This evening’s slam is hosted by writer/performer Earl Majette and...
Saturday April 16th, at all of the YMCA locations around NYC, they will be celebrating Healthy Kids Day. The free event will be held from 10AM to 3PM-hosting Healthy Kids Day activities from 10AM to 4PM. La Mega will be hosting at the Bronx location. This event is FREE. Bronx YMCA – 2 Castle Hill...
Lewis Carroll’s immortal classic, Alice in Wonderland, is a tale about a young girl whose boredom takes her on a journey of the imagination, creating a wonderland of characters. Through Alice’s imagination, ordinary everyday things become extraordinary. The words on the page come alive as Alice recites the Jabberwocky and learns how to overcome...
There are so many events going on in your local parks, it’s hard to name all of them- but this one is just too cool to not mention! Seal Shore Safari Sunday, March 13, 2011 12:00 p.m. Seals hang out by the beach between December and March and you’ll get to see them during...
The Bronx Museum of the Arts is launching Bronx Talks: Bronx Stories, a public program highlighting the diversity of experiences that exist in the borough, as expressed through personal narratives. Storytelling, a powerful way for people to connect with one another and with art, will be the main feature. Bronx Stories will showcase performances...
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Plan some sweet time at Wave Hill on Valentine’s Day weekend. Saturday brings a heartening Family Art Project and an unusually sweet cooking demonstration. Both days you can sign up to join Winter Workspace artist Ruth Marshall for an extraordinary knitting workshop keyed to endangered species. Early Sunday, take all your valentines, big and small, on a...
As 2011 begins, so does the annual ritual of cleaning out the old and beginning anew. Familiar resolutions of being more organized and having a smaller environmental footprint raise the same question: what to do with all this “stuff?” GrowNYC, a local environmental non-profit, offers one solution with Stop ‘N’ Swap events which will...
*BronxMama Nicole Perrino is one of the panelist! The Bronx is celebrating Social Media Week NY with a panel discussion with local bloggers and journalists. This event is from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the PeaceLove Cafe, 617 Melrose Ave. Free admission. For more info, visit here. Digg this post Recommend on Facebook...
Jacobi Medical Center Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 7 PM Free Event The Latin words con andspirare translate as “to breathe together,” an attitude reflected in Conspirare’s Grammy-nominated vocal artistry and innovative programming. Audiences are invited to explore this inspiring mix of folk, spiritual, and classical choral repertoire. Free health screenings provided by Jacobi Medical Center...
P-Star Rising follows Priscilla Star Diaz, an adorable and precocious little girl, who at age 9 tells her single-father, Jesse, “I am going to become a rapper and fulfill your dreams of succeeding in the music business.” When Jesse discovers that his youngest daughter, Priscilla, can rap and perform, he sees redemption for his...
