BlakTinX series ignites fall season at BAAD
(L-r) William Robinson and Jumatatu Poe in Let ‘im Move You This Is a Success with lighting
by Tuce Yasak performed at La Mama Moves Dance Festival. photo by Theo Cote
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, SEPTEMBER 1 BTR 3-19, 2019 53
The Bronx Academy of Arts and
Dance kicks off its fall season with the
BlakTinX Performance Series from
Wednesday, September 25 to Saturday,
November 23. This annual multidisciplinary
festival inaugurated in 2002 celebrates
art and performance by Black,
Latinx and artists of color. The festival
opens with the prolifi c choreographer
Maria Bauman-Morales (formerly of Urban
Bush Women) and features premiere
dance works by contemporary choreographers.
BAAD! is located in a neo gothic style
building at 2474 Westchester Avenue. For
tickets and information call (718-918) 2110
or visit www.BAADBronx.org.
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The descents of a small town named
Mariotto in the province of Bitonto (Bari),
Italy and devotees of La Madonna Addolorata
continue the cultural tradition of
commemorating their heritage every September.
Of course, no celebration would
be the same without having friends, family
and neighbors join in on the fun. Join
the festivities on Saturday, September
15, at 11 a.m. in honor of Maria SS. Addolorata
(Sorrowful Mary) at Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church in Belmont. The
celebration will continue at Scavello’s on
the Island on City Island, from 1 to 5 p.m.
There will be a cocktail hour, followed by
dinner and dessert while enjoying Italian
and American music. The cost is $80 per
adult, $45 per child over 4 years old. Children
4 years and under are free. Reserve
your seat by contacting mariottofeast@
gmail.com or Lorenzo Dello Russo (646)
542-4485. Seating is limited.
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On Sunday, September 15, from 2 to 6
p.m., the center lanes of the Grand Concourse,
from 162nd Street to 170th Street,
will be closed to cars and open to a world
of fun for the 6th Annual Boogie on
the Boulevard. There will be music, art,
dance, fi tness programs and healthy food
samples to enjoy.
This one-mile stretch of the Grand Concourse
will provide Bronxites with an opportunity
to connect and learn through vibrant
experiences as each block will have
its own healthy living theme led by Bronxbased
organizations and local Bronxites.
The Fresh Food Block, hosted by the Institute
for Family Health/Bronx Health
REACH will offer samples of healthy food
made by local organizations and vendors.
There will also be food oriented fun games
with prizes.
The fi tness block hosted by Bronx-
Works will offer yoga, high intensity workouts,
Tai Chi and free medical massages.
The Back to School Block also hosted
by BronxWorks will emphasize the fun
in learning while highlighting the importance
of education as part of overall wellbeing.
On the Active Transportation Block,
there will be roller skating, free bike rides,
and skateboarding on the Grand Concourse
as well as free bike parking and
bike repairs. The Boogie Down block will
feature Bronx-based music and performances,
salsa dancing, hip-hop, music
creation workshops and a bungee jumping
station! For the runners they will be
able to join the Bronx Running Division
and other Bronx based running groups
for a FREE community 5k run, 2-mile run/
walk, or a 1.5-mile walk.
Folks with toddlers can visit the Baby
Oasis Block for all their parenting needs
including breast-feeding tents, parent
resources, and child-friendly activities.
On the Arts Block, families will have the
chance to engage in the creative process
together. Community artists will engage
with community members to guide them
through various arts and crafts projects.
The #NOT62 Block will showcase efforts
to lift up the Bronx from its ranking
as the least healthy county in all of New
York State. Here people will be able to enjoy
activities that take care of the whole
self - social, emotional, psychological, and
physical. They will get the opportunity to
help improve the health of the Bronx by
signing up to join the #NOT62 campaign.
A complete list of activities and organizations
participating in Boogie on the
Boulevard and can found at: https://www.
boogieontheboulevard.org/activities/
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Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts will present its opening concert of the
2019-2020 season Celebrating 40 Years
of Excellence with a spectacular evening
featuring two piano legends: Eddie Palmieri
with his Afro Caribbean Orchestra and
also The Michel Camilo Trio on Saturday,
September 21 at 8 p.m. Eddie Palmieri
and his Afro Caribbean Orchestra featuring
vocalist Hermán Olivera will present
a special program of classic salsa. Michel
Camilo will perform with Dafnis Prieto
and Lincoln Goines for a dynamic performance
as the Michel Camilo Trio.
This concert is the fi rst presentation
of Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
2019-2020 Spectacular Season, and it is
also the fi rst performance in the newly
renovated, 2,278 spacious seat concert
hall, with a redesigned entrance, lobby,
and elevator accessible balcony.
Tickets for Eddie Palmieri & Michel
Camilo on Saturday, September 21 are
$65, $60, $50, $45, and can be purchased
by calling the Lehman Center box offi ce
at (718) 960-8833 (Monday through Friday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and beginning at 4
p.m. on the day of the concert), or through
online access at www.LehmanCenter.org.
Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is
on the campus of Lehman College/CUNY
at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West,
Bronx, NY 10468.
Low-cost on-site parking available for
$5.
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Upcoming Wave Hill elvents andprograms
include:
Saturday, September 14; Sunday,
September 15: Family Art Project: Papermaking—
Brilliance of Seeds and Weeds:
Honor the resilience of weeds and the
brilliance of seed dispersal through papermaking.
Create paper pulp from used
paper, taking a stand against deforestation.
Then write stories on your paper
based on the traits of your seed and weed
embellishments. Free, and admission to
the grounds is free until noon. Wave Hill
House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, September 15: Fall Exhibition
Openings Reception: Join in for the opening
of four solo projects, in the Sunroom
Project SPace, in Wave Hill House and the
Herbert and Hyonja Abrons Woodland.
Wave Hill revives its generated@wavehill
commissioning program with Bahar Behbahani’s
site-specifi c program, developed
with arts and education as well as other
staff for the Herbert and Hyonja Abrons
Woodland. Behbahani takes a poetic approach
to using water and garden imagery
as metaphors to engage social and environmental
issues. She engaged with our
youth programs to develop the project this
summer. Starting at 3:30 pm, musicians
will interpret the rivers by weaving and improvising
with voice, percussion and guitar:
Maciek Schejbal, composition, percussion,
from Poland; Kaïssa Doumbè,
voice, from Cameroon; Najib Bahri, percussion,
from Tunisia; and Jerome Harris,
guitar, from USA. Wave Hill House presents
works by renowned garden photographer
Ngoc Minh Ngo, whose photos are
featured in Nature into Art: The Gardens
of Wave Hill, a new publication of Timber
Press. The framed photographs that are
on view in the café and tea room will be on
sale through the shop. In the Sunroom in
Glyndor House, Emily Oliveira’s vibrant, installation
uses large-scale, textile pieces,
sculpture and video to transform the Sunroom
into a devotional space for a decolonized,
queer utopia 1,000 years into the
future. In the Sun Porch, Duy Hoàng has
created a sculptural installation inspired
by his research and material experimentation.
In his laboratory-like setting, Hoàng
creates a shelter and uses intersecting
Paracords and tree branches to juxtapose
found objects, such as fallen plants and
photographs of fauna and fl ora sourced
from Wave Hill. Also, on view is the exhibition
Figuring the Floral, which features
artists who employ fl owers to explore representations
of identity—constructing narratives
on race, ethnicity, class, gender,
sexual orientation, and aging. Free with
admission to the grounds. Glyndor Gallery,
2 p.m.
Sunday, September 15: Art Workshop:
Ephemera in Encaustic: Explore the ancient
technique of encaustic painting with
Figuring the Floral exhibiting artist Cecile
Chong. Using hot beeswax infused with
pigment, combine natural materials from
Wave Hill with your own personal curios to
create a sentimental scrapbook or artistic
time capsule. Bring a few personal items
for your mixed-media work; all other materials
will be provided. $55. Registration
required, online at wavehill.org or at the
Perkins Visitor Center. Wave Hill House,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, September 15: Garden Highlights
Walk: Join a Wave Hill Garden guide
for a public tour of seasonal garden highlights.
Free with admission to the grounds.
Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 2 p.m.
For further information call (718) 549-
3200 or visit www.wavehill.org.
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The Casita Maria Center for Arts
& Education announces the opening of
‘Respect,’ an exhibition celebrating Black
and AfroLatinx womanhood. The art gallery
exhibition and related public programs
comprise the Fall season of ‘CelebrARTE,’
Casita Maria’s arts and culture event series
celebrating the south Bronx community
and the art it has inspired.
‘Respect’ is a multimedia exhibition
that features New Yorkbased artists
Timothy Okamura, Jessica Spence, and
Nichole Washington. Like much of the
art displayed at Casita Maria, the exhibition
examines a belief about or within the
community--here, that beauty diminishes
as skin tones become darker or hair becomes
kinkier-- and turns it on its head,
with powerful depictions of Black women
respecting themselves and loving each
other.
Each artist celebrates Black womanhood
in their signature style.
Okamura combines his ‘realist’ paintings
of fi gures with details rendered in collage,
spray paint and mixed media. The
exhibition will include work he created
from photographs of four Casita Maria after
school program participants as well as
giclee prints from his Begin Transmission
and Urban Portraits series.
Jessica Spence’s acrylic paintings
examine Black womanhood and societal
beauty ideals, focusing on the beauty and
versatility of Black hair. She will also participate
in a panel discussion on the politics
of hair and teach a workshop on her
collage methods on Saturday, September
21.
Nichole Washington’s bold and imaginative
works explore feminine strength,
identity, and spirituality through both photography
and paint. Her strong use of design,
layered with symbols and expressive
brush strokes, creates a multidimensional
space that allows room for nuance. For
anyone interested in how she creates her
engaging visuals, Washington will teach a
workshop on symbol-making on Saturday,
October 5.
Fall 2019 season of the CelebrARTE
(Celebrate Yourself) series is on view at
the Casita Maria Gallery until Friday, November
15. Free and open to the public
Learn More: https://www.casitamaria.
org/gallery.
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