Culture

The Head of the “Addams Family” Aims to Scare this Halloween……..

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The “Addams Family” is in town but who is scarier? New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Friday, Oct. 20, “Halloween at Gracie Mansion 2023,” a two-day celebration that organizers say will transform the outdoor grounds of the mayor’s historic residence into a “haunted” Halloween-themed experience for a group of young New Yorkers. Bronx families are giving the mayor a run for his money however, as evidenced by some of these photos taken in the lead-up to the year’s scariest night…

Hip Hop Comes Home!

By SÍLE MOLONEY
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.

Fifth Annual 48-Hour Film Challenge “Wraps” in the Oval  

By SÍLE MOLONEY
That’s a wrap! Bronx Film 48 hosted its 5th Annual 48-Hour Film Challenge last month with the winning films announced during a special outdoor screening and presentation held in the Williamsbridge Oval in Norwood on Friday, Aug. 11.  

Documentary Film “1.5 Million” Deals with Illiteracy in The Bronx

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
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.