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P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with pride in front of the school doors on Friday morning. Brian McGuire, a kindergarten parent, was on the bagpipes while Bernard Orecchio did the Irish step.
Stepping out
P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with pride in front of the school doors on Friday morning. Brian McGuire, a kindergarten parent, was on the bagpipes while Bernard Orecchio did the Irish step. more
The 50th Precinct seeks the public’s help in identifying the three people in this photo who are alleged to have been involved in placing a metal object on a woman’s head and putting her on the ground before removing her coat and purse. Call (800) 577-TIPS with information. There is a reward of up to $3,500.
Burglar sought in Abrar Masjid hit
Police are asking the public for help identifying a man who pilfered $600 from a donation box inside the Abrar Masjid at 3016 Bailey Ave. on Tuesday afternoon, March 7. Surveillance cameras … more
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Bronx Children’s Museum has new exec director
Denise Rosario Adusei, founder of a city preschool, has replaced longtime executive director of the Bronx Children’s Museum Carla Precht, the museum board and president Arlene Lewis Bascom announced March 6. more
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Two participants in the March 11 tour of the Kingsbridge Armory make their way across the cavernous drill hall, their figures shrinking to specks on the other side. This room has an area of 180,000 square feet, large enough to contain three football fields.
Armory opens grand doors to new future
The New York City Economic Development Corp. has opened the doors of the Kingsbridge Armory to the public for a series of tours continuing through March 26. It’s a chance to glimpse inside the musty interior of the historic structure and wander through the 180,000-square-foot drill hall before the agency puts out an official call for redevelopment proposals this summer. more
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During the annual West 251st Street St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 11 John PL Kelly of Fieldston stands with a contingent of students from English Language Learners and International Support Preparatory Academy located in John F. Kennedy High School. He and his wife, Pamela, have produced the parade the past four years. They had a bag piper and a banner made from rags that 20 neighbors helped assemble. The parade, which attracted 150 people, also drew members of the New York City parks mounted police, city sanitation department and the MTA. The Riverdale Nature Preservancy also had a group of people take part.
Top of the morning
During the annual West 251st Street St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 11 John PL Kelly of Fieldston stands with a contingent of students from English Language Learners and International Support Preparatory Academy located in John F. Kennedy High School. more
Laura Levine-Pinedo, manager of Bronx Burger House and founder of the 4Bronx Project, shown with Joanna Edmonson, owner of he Female Fight Club, at the March 8 Riverdale women recognition event at the Riverdale Temple. It was held on International Women’s Day. They came up with the idea for the event that honored 33 women from greater Riverdale. The two entrepreneurs, winners of a state award for outstanding women, wanted to honor the many women in Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil and Van Cortlandt who give tremendous time and energy to making life better in our community. It was sponsored by 42 area shops and companies.
Celebrating women
Laura Levine-Pinedo, manager of Bronx Burger House and founder of the 4Bronx Project and Joanna Edmonson, owner of he Female Fight Club, at the March 8 Riverdale women recognition event at the Riverdale Temple. more
Students from the Black Student Union & Allies Club at Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy gained a little bit of hip-hophistory at the school's library when they helped create an exhibit under the guidance of Julia Loving, librarian and media specialist.
Bronx musical movement turns 50
The year hip-hop turns 50, a librarian at Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy brought back the Bronx beat to honor Black History month. more
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Riverdale resident Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez is the artistic director and conductor of Musica Viva NY. On March 12 in All Souls Church he will lead part of a concert series called “The Sorrow and the Beauty.”
Riverdale’s ‘maestro’ to lead Big Apple concert
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez was only a teenager in Mexico when he wanted to give up his career as a pianist. However, what he would believe to be his last performance changed his life. Now he will lead a chamber choir in an upcoming one-night-only concert on the Upper East Side. more
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David Glasgow Farragut and his family’s graves at Woodlawn Cemetery on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
The final resting place of all resting places
As you ride in the trolley bus along the winding roads in Woodlawn Cemetery, you can’t help but wonder how this was once was just a small, rural place to bury your loved ones. more
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Theodore Kuchar will lead the orchestra. He was appointed the artistic director and principal conductor in 1994. And together he and the orchestra have appeared in over 250 performances. In January 2017 they completed a 44-concert tour of North America. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Robert Vernon, violinist.
Ukrainian orchestra pays visit to Lehman Center
With four decades of experience in entertainment, Eva Bornstein has spent the past 17 years booking concerts at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. So bringing in acts from all over the world is something she is used to. more
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