Art & Theater Programs

New Installation in Virginia Park Features Canoes & Oversized Board Games

  If you’re in the area, be sure to pass by Virginia Park in Parkchester to see Bronx artist Lovie Pignata’s new installation that was just revealed on Monday. The installation- entitled Daylighting, features retired canoes and a painted blacktop to resemble the Bronx River and highlights the importance of our unique waterway. Visitors can also enjoy oversized board games, which will be out at certain points throughout the installation’s

The Bronx Finally Has a Paint Your Own Plastercrafts Place

Photo: Artisticsocial Facebook   Finally, a place to drop in and paint some fun plastercrafts in the Bronx. Artisticsocial, located in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx, offers open paint times where visitors can drop in and paint to their heart’s content. Photo: Artisticsocial Facebook   The studio opened late last year, and offers a variety of painting and crafting experiences for all ages. In addition to their plastercraft

Kids' Night on Broadway 2017- Participating Shows Announced

  The Broadway League just announced the list of participating Broadway shows for the upcoming Kids’ Night on Broadway, which takes place on Tuesday February 28th 2017. Tickets for the 21st Kids’ Night on Broadway  will go on sale to the public on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 10:30am. Kids’ Night on Broadway® is an annual event where kids 18 and under can attend participating Broadway shows for free when accompanied

Paid Internship for Teens at the Bronx Museum of the Arts

The Bronx Museum is seeking teens (ages 14-19) for an eight-month paid internship. Increase your knowledge of the arts, learn video production skills, and improve your resume. The Bronx Museum of the Art’s Teen Council offers dynamic experiences with contemporary art and culture to urban youth through an intensive after-school program for teens. Structured around video production, artist interviews, and exhibition curation, this year-long paid internship provides teens with an

Summer Dance Programs in the Bronx

Image: JD/dansfolk Summer Intensive FB page By Dalilah Smith-Santos Has your kid ever begged to participate in a swim class or dance class? Did you then rush to sign kid up for swim class or dance class for the year? Only to have kid a.) participate in one lesson only to decide they HATE it? b.) sit in a corner crying and refusing to participate and you’re now either out

Tuck Everlasting The Musical!

By Dalilah Smith-Santos Have your kids been bitten by the “Broadway Bug”?  My daughter sure has been (Lord help my bank account), so you can imagine our excitement when BronxMama was invited to join The Moms for a special preview of Tuck Everlasting The Musical last week.   Like me, many of you probably remember reading the award winning novel by Natalie Babbit as kids, maybe you remember imagining Winnie Foster running away

Riverdale Children's Theatre Presents Disney's The Little Mermaid

    Riverdale Children’s Theatre Presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid at the beautiful Hayes Auditorium on the campus of Mount Saint Vincent! Based on the hit 1989 animated film the award winning Broadway Musical Little Mermaid is a classic fairytale story that follows Ariel, a young mermaid who longs to escape her ocean home and live among the humans that inhabit the world above her. Little Mermaid contains all of

Lookin' Up in the Boogie Down

  Let’s raise the roof and celebrate Bronx jazz and fusion artists! Enjoy live performances this Spring in the South Bronx. THE SOUTH BRONX CULTURE TRAIL Fusion Fest 2016: Lookin’ Up in the Boogie Down launches this Saturday and it’s going to be epic!  It opens with a rooftop performance by BOBBY SANABRIA MULTIVERSE BIG BAND and an improvisational intervention by Bronx dance company ARTHUR AVILÉS TYPICAL THEATRE on the streets of Morrisiana.

PuppetMobile Schedule

  CityParks PuppetMobile April 12 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Poe Park 2640 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY 10458 United States The CityParks PuppetMobile presents a special performance of scenes from the classic tales Puss in Boots and Pippi.  This project is funded by the New York City Council’s Parks Equity Initiative, Council Member Ritchie Torres. Find out more » Free CityParks PuppetMobile Puppet-Making Workshop April 14 @ 11:00 am –

The Latest at the Bronx Museum of the Arts

Click here to view this on the web.    EXHIBITIONS  •  PROGRAMS  •  VISIT  •  EDUCATION  •  SUPPORT  Wedensday, April 6, 4:00pm to 7:00pm CommuniTea TimeBronx-based artist Michele Brody presents CommuniTea, a performance series featuring a shared tea service during which participants share loose-leaf tea with the artist and relate their stories, memories, thoughts, poems, and reflections, to be transcribed onto repurposed tea stained paper filters.CommuniTea is part of Brody’s

Free: Romeo & Juliet at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center

FREE Performances for the Whole Family   DETAILS:  NYC Parks invites families across the city, as a part of its Arts, Culture & Fun program, to a free performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, presented by The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit. In some of the most romantic language ever written for the stage, young Romeo and Juliet become fortune’s fools when the ancient grudge between their families forces them to sacrifice all