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Hip Hop Comes Home!
Though most argue it hasn’t ever left, Hip Hop officially came home to 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx with a special free block party and concert, marking its 50th anniversary at its birthplace on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. Performers included KRS One, Flavor Flav of Public Enemy, The Sugar Hill Gang, Slick Rick, Talib Kweli of Black Starr, the Cold Crush Brothers, Chuck D, C.L. Smooth, Hakim Green, Wise Intelligent, Peter Gunz, and many more.
Mayor to Embark on 4-Day Trip to Central & South America in efforts to Deal with Asylum Seeker Influx
City Hall officials announced on Monday, Oct. 2, that New York City Mayor Eric Adams will embark on a four-day trip to Central and South America to foster relationships, learn more about the path asylum seekers take to get to the United States, and meet with local and national leaders about the situations on the ground leading to the influx of asylum seekers arriving in the U.S.
UPDATE James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center Farmers’ Market Celebrates 3rd Anniversary
Documentary Film “1.5 Million” Deals with Illiteracy in The Bronx
There was outrage in The Bronx when the last general-interest bookstore, Barnes & Noble, shut down permanently in 2017. Many Bronxites saw it as evidence that the borough is not viewed in a positive light and is forgotten when it comes to its intellectual curiosity. For filmmaker Gregory Hernandez, the turmoil gave him an idea to tell a story about illiteracy in the borough. The result is the film “1.5 Million: A Bronx Documentary” which, as preadvised, screened at the Pelham Parkway-Van Nest branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL) on Aug. 28.
Op-Ed: Support Needed for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Efforts
New Yorkers for Parks Kicks off 22nd Annual Daffodil Project Distribution Honoring Lives Lost to 9/11 and COVID-19
New Yorkers for Parks announced on Wednesday, Sept. 13, the distribution points and times for this year’s Daffodil Project which, as New York’s largest annual volunteer program, gives people across New York City daffodils to plant as a living memorial to honor New Yorkers lost to 9/11 and COVID-19. Since the Daffodil Project’s inception in 2001, over 400,000 volunteers have planted more than 9 million daffodil bulbs.
UPDATE Friends of Devoe Park Launch Art Workshop Series Starting Sept. 16
Friends of Devoe Park (FoDP), a volunteer group organized in 2017 by CATALYST, a City Parks Foundation subsidiary, is kicking off an art workshop series, coinciding with the back-to-school season. The series comprises two events, the first of which takes place on Saturday, Sept. 16. According to the organizers, around ten local children will receive “a paint and arts bundle” to learn how to paint and later to take home their finished visions of Devoe Park.
The First Riverdale Art Festival is Coming to the Riverdale Sunday Market on Sept. 24
Organizers of the inaugural “Riverdale Art Fest” are asking residents to mark Sunday, Sept. 24, in their calendars as they prepare to launch their first art festival, which they describe as a thrilling component of the Riverdale Y Sunday Market, where delicious food offerings are already a weekly staple.