Pelham Bay Library

Out & About: Norwood Farmstand, Black History Month Lecture Series & More

By RACHEL DALLOO & SÍLE MOLONEY
Editor’s Pick  Black History Month Lecture Series  Presented by the Lehman College Art Gallery, the program covers two of the most important authors to contribute to the North American slave narrative genre: Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass.    Collective Black Fugitive Practices in Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl will take place onThursday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. Eve Eure, an assistant English professor at Lehman College, will discuss Harriet Jacobs’s slave narrative—the first book-length fugitive slave narrative published by a Black woman in the United States. Focusing on the means by which Jacobs navigates the legal and social enclosures of slavery,


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Out & About: The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center Annual Gala & More

In Fight to Debunk Census Myths, MMCC Secures Grant (Picture)
By Dawn Clancy
Editor’s Pick  The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center will hold its annual gala on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. Hosted by former NFL Denver Bronco, Reggie Rivers, the event will honor Melissa Bindra, a real estate executive and affordable housing developer in the Bronx, and Stephen Ritz, the founder of Green Bronx Machine. MMCC will also bestow special honors on its COVID Superheroes. The event is virtual, and tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information and for ticket pricing, visit https://www.mmcc.org/.   Events  Are you itching to travel, and want to have fun while testing your U.S. geography knowledge?


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