There will be an arts and crafts festival on City Island next weekend. Ron Terner, owner of Focal Point Gallery will be hosting an open hose and art exhibition, along with a wine and cheese reception on Friday June 6. http://www.bronxnet.org/tv/viewvideo/3858/open--featured-interviews/you…
The City Island Chamber of Commerce will hold an Arts and Crafts Fair on June 7 and 8th.
The Bronx Festival of the Arts is bringing together all the arts at one
gala event. All the visual arts plus music, dance and poetry will be
represented. We are proud to be showcasing Bronx artists from all
backgrounds in order to demonstrate the remarkable rich talent and
diversity our great borough has to offer.
The welcome visitors from throughout the New York area and beyond to experience the culture that is ever growing and thriving just north of Manhattan.
The Festival takes place May 31st - June 2nd 2013 and is to be held at
Poetry, Books, Writing and Fire: April at The Bronx Writers Center
This action-packed series of eventsis part of the Bronx Council on the Arts' 50th year and of The Big Read in the Bronx. Come to one, come to all.
Friday | April 19, 2013 | 6:00 – 8:00pm
Women in Creative Rebellion: A Free Spoken Word Event
FREE Bronx Seaside Trolley on Friday September 7th from 5:30pm to 9:30pm, leaving hourly on the half hour, from Pelham Bay Station and going to The Bartow Pell Mansion Museum then on to City Island for an evening of Art, Music and Fine Dining. Take advantage of special offers when you show your Trolley Card at participating establishments.
Only available from the driver on the Trolley.
Events & Promotions
Bartow Pell Mansion Museum
895 Shore Rd. 718-885-1461
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Singer/songwriters Hannah & Maggie.
Meet the Director: Screening of a New Movie LIBERAL ARTS, Followed by a Conversation with Josh Radnor
WHEN: Wednesday, September 5, 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30)
WHERE: SVA Theater, 333 West 23rd Street (b'twn. 8th and 9th Aves.)
RSVP: visit www.cencom.org or e-mail info@cencom.org
The last fair of the year. The 2012 City Island Fall Arts and Crafts Fair
City island Ave and Hawkins St.Bronx, NY , Bronx, NY, 10464 - (718) 885-9100 -
City Island's annual Fall Arts & Crafts Fair, featuring 45+ artists and craftspeople selling Paintings, Photography, Jewelry, Woodwork, Stained glass, Clothing, Textiles, soaps, candles and more. Music by the Lickety Split Band.
Hours: Sept. 8, 9 - 11am to 7pm
Accessible to persons with disabilities.
http://www.cityislandchamber.org
The Bronx Arts Festival of 2012 is bringing together all the arts at one gala event!
All the visual arts plus music, dance and poetry will be represented. We are proud
to be showcasing BRONX artists from all backgrounds in order to demonstrate
the remarkable rich talent and diversity our great borough has to offer.
Come join us and share all the fun and entertainment in one full festive day.
Opening festival parties will take place at the following locations:
LDR Studio
El Fogon
College of New Rochelle at the Gordon Parks Gallery
Focal Point
Kaleidoscope Gallery
Casita Maria
Fridays July, 13, 27 & Aug 24 at 6 pm
PELHAM BAY PARK
FRIDAY, July 13 at 6 pm
LATIN FAVORITES
Willie Rodriguez and Friends
FRIDAY, JULY 27 at 6 pm
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
The BAE's Electronic Mosholu Crash
Music of the 1960s
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 at 6 pm
CLASSIC JAZZ GEMS
Valerie Capers Quartet
Music of Cole Porter, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington
Enter park at Middletown Road & Stadium Ave
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Sundays July 15, 22, 29 & August 5, 12
Rockwood Drive, VAN CORTLANDT PARK at 2 pm &
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY at 4 pm
JULY 15
Join the Bronx Council of the Arts (BCA) for their kick-off celebration of The Big Read in the Bronx 2012 on Wednesday, April 25, from 6:00-7:00pm, at BCA’s future Westchester Square headquarters at 2700 East Tremont Avenue on the corner of St. Raymond’s Avenue. It is easily accessible by the #6 train and the BX 8, 31, 40, and 42 buses. Click here for directions.
SUNDAY, APRIL 22 at 1 & 3 pm
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
The Whitehall | 3333 Henry Hudson Parkway
$6 | Buy Tickets
A new production by Dante Albertie and Lehman Children's Theatre Company, with music arranged by Bill Scribner. A hilarious musical version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about two weavers who promise a vain Emperor an elegant new suit of clothes, invisible to anyone in the kingdom who is stupid or incompetent...then the fun begins!