Culture

Cultured Kids Cuisine Seeks Interns to Foster Cultural Awareness through Food

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Cultured Kids Cuisine is a New York City-based, international, non-profit organization striving to foster cultural awareness through food. The group is currently recruiting high school and college students from the Bronx and other parts of the city for a fully funded internship opportunity. The group offers a variety of free services to children, such as virtual cooking workshops, food anthropology courses, educational podcasts, food blogs, eCookbooks, and more.   While no previous experience is necessary, the organization asks that applicants be passionate about building a future of love and tolerance through food. During the internship students will be paired with


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Out & About: Bronx Opera, Pop Culture 90s Edition, Antique Garden Furniture Fair Preview

Editor’s Pick  Join the staff of the Van Cortlandt Library for a fun, virtual game of trivia. Each month, the library staff play a trivia game based on a different category/theme and provide book recommendations based on the categories. The theme for May will be “Pop Culture: 90s Edition,” and the game will take place on May 6, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Boost your knowledge, meet others, and get to know them! The event will take place over Google Meet. To sign up for the event, visit https://www.nypl.org/events.   Events Are you interested in antique furniture? Join The


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Bronx Lacrosse: A Break from the Norm

By JASON GONZALEZ
While basketball and baseball remain king in the South Bronx, a small but growing number of young athletes of color are trying their hand at “laxin,” a sport typically associated with fancy prep schools.   “Laxin” is slang for playing lacrosse, a sport relatively ignored in the “Boogie-Down” until a nonprofit group, Bronx Lacrosse, started luring young players with dedicated coaching, tutoring and opportunities to shine as athletes.   Youth from Mott Haven, Melrose, Longwood, Hunts Point and Port Morris are now congregating in the neighborhood of Highbridge at least four times a week to play a sport that was


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What Does Art Do For You? A Youth-Centered Conversation About Art And Possibility

By SÍLE MOLONEY
“What does art do for you? A youth-centered conversation about art and possibility,” is a virtual art event taking place on Thursday, April 29, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.   The event brings together the Bronx Museum Teen Council and Recess: Assembly Peer Leaders to discuss how an arts practice helps us think and move, with and through hope, struggle, and despair. Moderated by artist and assembly co-founder, Shaun Leonardo, the panelists, representing youth of different ages, will share their lived experiences and explore the possibilities of Art.   The conversation will be centered with the prompt: If you


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SBA Simplifies Process for Arts Organizations & Venues to Apply for Economic Relief

The U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) has enhanced the process of applying for economic relief for operators of live venues, live performing arts organizations, museums and movie theaters, as well as live venue promoters, theatrical producers and talent representatives. The agency is relaunching its Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application portal (SVOG) on Saturday, April 24, at 12.30 p.m. following the resolution of some technical issues encountered during its initial launch on April 8.   Barb Carson is deputy associate administrator of SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance and said the agency recognizes the urgency and need to get the program up


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Out & About: History of Latin Jazz, World Literature Festival, “Whine” Fitness & More

Editor’s Pick  The Bronx Memoir Project (BMP) is a community-based writing project that encourages a cross-generational, multi-ethnic collective of Bronx residents to tell their stories first-hand. Participants engage in free workshops, led by a professional writers, culminating in the opportunity to submit their work for publication in the Bronx Memoir Project Anthology. For more information, go to: https://www.bronxarts.org/programs/connector/bronx-memoir-project.   Events Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: New York and the Birth of Hip-Hop on Thursday, April 29, 2021, 5 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. will discuss hip-hop’s roots and why hip-hop continues to be one of New York City’s great contributions to global culture.


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Update: Op-Ed, Arts Flourishing at PS/MS 95, Sheila Mencher School

By Staff at PS/MS 95
Under the direction of principal, Serge Marshall Davis, the visual arts are flourishing at MS/MS 95, the Sheila Mencher School in Van Cortlandt Village. Art teacher, Stephanie Fiorino, shepherds ongoing learning and projects, and opens students’ eyes to the world of line, shape, dimension, color, texture, and form. Even during the pandemic, through blended and remote learning, Ms. Fiorino provides clear pathways to student success.   The arts program challenges the students intellectually in the classroom and puts systems in place to anticipate smooth transitions to remote learning, whenever that may occur. Its success is due, in no small part,


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Fordham Manor: Man Sought in Connection with Stabbing Incident inside Deli

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached video and photos in the context of an assault that occurred in the 52nd precinct.   It was reported to police that on Monday, April 12, 2021 at approximately 11.30 p.m., inside a deli located at 2650 Briggs Avenue, located in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx, the victim and the unidentified suspect engaged in a verbal dispute that escalated into a physical confrontation. The suspect stabbed the victim once in the back with a knife before fleeing the scene in


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Update: Bronx Has Lowest Citywide Vaccination Rate; Survey Aims to Ascertain Attitudes to Vaccine

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Editor’s Note: The Montefiore survey which aims to better understand vaccine hesitancy is still open for Bronxites to participate in, and a link to the survey is provided further below. On the other hand, please note that the vaccination statistics and some other COVID-19 related information about vaccine services reported in the story may now be outdated. Check our most recent stories for the latest updates in this regard.     As the Bronx ranks lowest, at 35 percent, in terms of COVID-19 vaccination rates out of all five boroughs, Bronxites are being invited to take part in a research study


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