Community Celebration News – Bronx Times

Photographer Oscar B. Castillo, Assembly member Amanda Septimo, State Senator Jessica González-Rojas, and members of New York Immigration Coalition pose at the launch of the third annual New York Proud art installation in Time Square.

Art installation celebrating immigrant New Yorkers comes to the Bronx

By Marina Samuel Conversation…

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Renaissance Youth Center celebrates $7 million investment and new home in the South Bronx

By Rebecca Raghunath Conversation…

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Nearly 30 years after closing, Paradise Theatre set to reopen as a Bronx arts center

By Maurice Burbridge Conversation…

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Opening of new Bronxdale Nursery playground celebrated with ribbon-cutting ceremony

By Ethan Marshall Conversation…

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Lehman College named one of America’s best colleges by TIME magazine

By Steven Goodstein Conversation…

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Castle Hill YMCA brings back Bon Appétit fundraiser after seven-year hiatus, raises more than $50K

By Steven Goodstein Conversation…

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Bronx Community Foundation gives 600 students backpacks ahead of the new school year

By Steven Goodstein Conversation…

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Jacobi Medical Center remembers 9/11 victims 25 years later

By Matthew McKay Conversation…

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Bronx School of Hip Hop gets $350K for new classroom equipment

By Matthew McKay Conversation…

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Bronx nonprofits host back-to-school bash with free haircuts, backpacks at Bronx Music Hall

By Maurice Burbridge Conversation…

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Council Member Justin Sanchez celebrates opening new office with Back to School Carnival

By Maurice Burbridge Conversation…

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Grammy-nominated Atlanta rapper Latto brings ‘Big Mama’ energy to Bronx classroom for ‘Celebrity Substitute’

By Maurice Burbridge Conversation…

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Bronx boxing coach Carlos Ramirez honored with street co-naming in Castle Hill

By Matthew McKay Conversation…

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Bronx Community College celebrates 70 years with new ‘Bronx Renaissance 2031’ vision

By Rebecca Raghunath Conversation…

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Throggs Neck BID honors local veterans during America’s 250th anniversary

By Matthew McKay Conversation…

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Nefer Bookcafe hosts first-of-its-kind book festival in Wakefield celebrating Black hair

By Keke Grant-Floyd Conversation…

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