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Parade captivates Hunts Point for ninth year

Parade captivates Hunts Point for ninth year

Clad in insect wings and paper mache masks, over 400 revelers paraded through Hunts Point to Barretto Point Park in the neighborhood’s annual Fish Parade on Saturday, June 16, to celebrate on the peninsula’s waterfront for the ninth straight year. Artist collective TATS CRU served as grand marshals for this [...]

Art

New exhibition celebrates the Bronx

DAZE'S 'Further' features warm colors and a hair dryer with a framed picture of the Virgin. Photo by Marisol Diaz/Courtesy of The Riverdale Press

Once known as the “home for poor millionaires,” an elegant mansion on the Grand Concourse has burst to glittering life as the home of a new art exhibit featuring 32 artists whose work meditates on the Bronx’s past and future.

Education

Reading takes center-stage in Hunts Point

By Kimberly Devi Milner The Point CDC kicked off its second year in the national literacy initiative, The Big Read, on March 2nd, with Julia Alvarez discussing her acclaimed 2004 novel, “In the Time of the Butterflies,” via Skype.  

News

Hip hop show combines profane and profound

Hip hop show combines profane and  profound

“The Art of Lyrics” is back in the house. Although some would say it never really left.

Art / Parks

Outdoor show honors slain artist

Outdoor show honors slain artist

In Hunts Point where hunger is a serious concern, the late Glenn Wright’s choice of a mantra, “Don’t live life to the fullest—stay hungry” may sound odd at first. But if you knew Glenn, says his older brother Peter Wright, Jr., it makes sense.