Community Calendar

Bronx Week kicks off June 16 and runs until June 24.

Among the activities is:

Arts & Culture Day on June 21
BronxNet TV's Music & Film Screening Gala
Live Latin music, festivities, and the screening of a powerful documentary on the history and culture of Puerto Ricans in the Bronx.

LOCATION: Centro Cultural Rincon Criollo, 157th Street & Brook Avenue
TIME: 12pm - 7pm
ADMISSION: FREE
INFO: 718-960-1181, www.bronxnet.org

For more events, go to www.bronxweekevents.com.

Que Viva Puerto Rico

Here's an e-zine article written (with photos) by Eliud Martinez (also known as DeLares) about the "Puerto Rican Day Parade, Remixed" exhibit reception in Manhattan:
http://www.nowpublic.com/american_ethnic_parades_as_forms_of_cultural_performance
For photos depicting the parade, go to:
"Puerto Rican Day Parade, Remixed" FLICKR group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/393849@N23/

Film

¡Pálante, Siempre Pálante!
The Young Lords
Friday, June 8, 6:30 pm
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street
Free with Museum Admission

By Iris Morales (1996). Followed by a panel discussion with the director. The story of the Young Lords, the Puerto Rican civil-rights organization formed in the early 1970s, which occupies a unique place in New York's history.

RSVP AT (718) 681-6000,Ext. 102 or education@bronxmuseum.org