BUILDING COMMUNITIES, SUSTAINING ARTISTS
SOUTH BRONX CULTURE TRAIL FESTIVAL: CINEMUSICA CITY! / OCTOBER 17 & 18, 2014
The South Bronx Culture Trail Festival CINEMUSICA CITY! was a two-night celebration of the cultural legacy of historic South Bronx concert halls and movie theaters that offered a look into the future generation of talented Bronx youth.
Along with reanimating long-forgotten South Bronx cinemas and concert halls with larger-than-life projections of vintage footage from music greats such as Tito Puente, La Lupe, Grandmaster Flash and GrandWizzard Theodore, CINEMUSICA CITY! culminated in a night at the movies with Latin Music and Hip Hop films and live performances by BB Bronx and NeNe Ali!
All South Bronx Culture Trail events are FREE and open to the public.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2014 / MOTT HAVEN
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6:30-7:00 pm / Teatro Puerto Rico
Pare de Sufrir/Universal Church, 490 East 138th Street, at the corner of Brown Place, Bronx, NY
Projection: Latin Music Pioneers
Live Performance: St. Mary's Youth Salsa Dancers -
7:15-7:45 pm / People's Park
Brook Avenue, corner of 141st Street, Bronx, NY
Projection: Hip Hop Pioneers
Live Performance: Circa '95's Rhyma Factory Class -
8:00-10:30 pm / In House Films and Performance
Betances Community Center, 547 East 146th Street, Bronx, NY
Presentation: The Make Mott Haven team: Choice Neighborhoods Final Plan updates and special remarks
Trailer: "We The People: The Citizens of NYCHA in Photos + Words"
Special "Sneak Preview": Who Is NeNe Ali?
Performance and Q&A: NeNe Ali
Film: "From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale"
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2014 / HUNTS POINT
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11:00 am / Municipal Art Society Tour: Latin Music of the South Bronx
Explore the South Bronx with City Lore's Folklorist Elena Martinez
Tickets: 20*
*Location provided after ticket purchase
Tickets available at www.mas.org/tours or by calling (212) 935-2075 -
11:00 am-6:00 pm / On Your Mark, Get Set, VOTE! The South Bronx Culture Trail Historic Marker Award Opening
October 18, 2014 to January 7, 2015: Vote on designs for the South Bronx Culture Trail Historic Markers to be placed on sites of cultural and historic significance throughout the South Bronx.
Participants: Acconci Studio; John Ahearn; Beyer Blinder Belle; Cooper, Robertson and Partners; Linda Cunningham; Keith Goddard / Studio Works; PhenomenArts, Inc; Duke Riley and Chat Travieso -
6:30-7:00 pm / Spooner Theater
Children's Place, 961 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY
Projection: Latin Music Pioneers
Live Performance: The Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats -
7:15-7:45 pm / The Hunts Point Palace
Duance Reade, 963 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY
Projection: Hip Hop Pioneers
Live Performance: P.R.O.D.I.G.Y. New York Betances Community Center Youth Hip Hop Dancers -
8:00-10:30 pm / In House Films and Performance
Casita Maria Theater, 928 Simpson Street, Bronx, NY
Performance and Q&A: BB Bronx
Film: "La Clave"
Vintage images projected on the Teatro Puerto Rico
Photo: Ellen Gesmer
Aviva Davidson, Benny Bonilla, Bobby Sanabria and Elena Martinez at CINEMUSICA CITY!
Photo: Ellen Gesmer
Dancing in the streets at CINEMUSICA CITY!
Photo: Elaine Delgado
Vintage images projected on the Hunts Point Palace
Photo: Aviva Davidson
The South Bronx Culture Trail: CINEMUSICA CITY! was presented by Dancing in the Streets, Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education, City Lore, LISC, NYCHA and Banana Kelly.
The South Bronx Culture Trail is supported by Con Edison, The Ford Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The New York Community Trust and public funding from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Initial start-up support provided by The Rockefeller Foundation.
South Bronx Culture Trail Festival Media Partners: Bronx Net, Bronx Tourism Council, La Voz Hispana, The Hunts Point Express, and WHEDco.
