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Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance presents Annual Women’s Festival
THE BRONX CHAMBER of COMMERCE
invites you to attend
“Visionary Women — Champions of Peace and Nonviolence”
Honoring
DARLENE RODRIGUEZ
Anchor, Today In New York/WNBC
and
DR. ESTHER D. HENRY
Senior Pastor, The House of the Lord Ministries, Inc.
Keynote Speaker
BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY DARCEL CLARK
Mistress of Ceremonies
MARY CALVI,WCBS-TV
Book Signing of Mary Calvi’s debut novel:
“Dear George, Dear Mary”
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019
VILLA BARONE MANOR 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
737 THROGGS NECK EXPWY, BRONX, NY
Chamber Members: $70 | Non-Members: $80 | Table of Ten: $650
Sponsorships Available
For more information call (718) 828-3900 or email us at events@bronxchamber.org
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Davalois Fearon Dance - For CJ at Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance. Photo by Argenis Appolinario
The Catholic Widow and Widowers
of the Bronx is having its Anniversary
Spring Dance at Scavello’s on City
Island on Sunday, April 28, from 6 to 10
p.m. The dance will include a cocktail
hour, sit-down dinner, open bar for one
hour, and unlimited wine for the rest of
the evening, There will be a DJ for your
dancing pleasure, prizes and a 50/50
drawing.
The price is $70 per person, and all
are welcome.
For details call Connie Andersen,
president, at (718) 829-8142
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The Bronx Academy of Arts &
Dance forges forward with the 19th Annual
BAAD!ASS Women Festival, celebrating
the empowerment of women
through art, culture and performance.
As BAAD! celebrates “20 years of Being
BAAD!,” the festival kicked off on Friday,
March 1 with the return to BAAD! of the
powerful and celebrated comedic theatre/
performance artist, Marga Gomez,
who fi rst performed for the space in
2002. The festival continues through
Saturday, March 30 with seven evenings,
mostly driven by the organization’s
anchor art form, dance, and also
includes theatre, performance and fi lm
featuring strong and poignant women.
The festival takes place at BAAD!,
2474 Westchester Avenue. Ticket prices
vary from free to $25. Participants can
take advantage of the Five for $5 special
(you and four ‘girlfriends’ make a
group of fi ve and pay only $5 each with
a prior reservation.) BAAD! offers discounts
to BAAD! members, BCA cardholders
and NALAC members, and free
admission to residents of 10474 and
10461 zip codes. Ticket offers cannot
be combined. Visit www.BAADBronx.
org for more details.
The schedule for the shows and
events is as follows:
Friday, March 8, 8 p.m., free: Transvisible:
Bamby Salcedo’s Story: An inspirational
documentary about Bamby
Salcedo, a Trans Latina woman, now
a renowned international leader and
Trans community advocate. Bamby’s
story honors the human spirit and celebrates
the victories of winning in the face
of adversity, with a special message to
Trans immigrant women that face multiple
challenges and oppressions. Directed
by Dante Alencastre, screening
hosted by Barbra Herr.
Friday, March 15, 8 p.m., $20 general
admission, $15 student/senior: Theatrical
Tremors: This shared evening of
theatre and performance features three
young women pushing boundaries and
shaking up stereotypes with Amelia
Bande, Julissa Contreras and Qurell-
Amani Wright.
Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m. $20 general
admission, $15 student/senior: Flamenco
Tablao Curated By Nélida Tirado:
Bronx-based Flamenco dancer
and performer, Nelida Tirado, curates
a journey to Spain in celebration of the
dynamic rhythmic elements of the traditional
fl amenco art form: baile (dance),
cante (singing), toque (guitar) and jaleo
(vocals). Born of the old “Café Cantantes”
where spectators enjoyed drinks
and a great show, Tirado curates a performance
that features a collection of
NYC’s best Flamenco dancers, singers,
and instrumentalists.
Friday, March 22, 8 p.m., $20 general
admission, $15 student/senior:
Alicia Bauman-Morales Presents Huracán:
Storm Medicine: Alicia Bauman-
Morales’ huracán: storm medicine is a
personal dance story, living altar and
town hall about destruction, translation,
and the transformative power of storms.
Told from the body and voice of a queer,
light-skinned Oakland boricua, storm
medicine is queer spanglish dance ritual
in homage to the unseen powers
that trip us up, shake us awake and call
us home.
Saturday, March 23, 8 p.m., $20
general admission, $15 student/senior
: Sole Sisters: The BAAD!ASS Women
dance concert is no-holds-barred, daring
event with eight choreographers
from the Bronx and beyond including
Amber Funk Barton, Beatrice Capote,
Deborah Conton, Mai Lê Hô and Tamara
Williams.
Friday and Saturday, March 29 and
30, 8 p.m., $20 general admission, $15
student/senior: Davalois Fearon Dance
Presents For C.J.: For C.J. is dedicated
to Artistic Director Davalois Fearon’s
nephew C.J., who was the victim of a fatal
asthma attack in 2017. It uses nature
to explore themes of loss and remembrance.
The dance work celebrates
C.J.’s life by telling his story through
Fearon’s fl uid yet assertive movement
vocabulary, with original music by multireedist
Mike McGinnis, wearable sculpture,
costume, makeup designed by
interdisciplinary artist Jasmine Murrell
and set design by performer and visual
artist Myssi Robinson.
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Stop by the PSS City Island Center,
located at 116 City Island Avenue,
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Experience their exercise classes
from gentle yoga stretch, balance class,
arthritis workshop and tai chi as well as
the fi t for life and cardio fi t. They also offer
acrylic painting, calligraphy, canasta,
health presentations, singing group,
and parties. Lunch is served from noon
to 1 p.m., suggested donation $2. The
center participants go on shopping trips
every day; i.e. Shop Rite, Dollar Tree,
Target, Kmart ,as well as theatre excursions,
boat trips, special luncheons and
more. It’s free to become a member
but you must be 60 years or above. For
more information contact Patty at (718)
885-0727 or email pattis@pssusa.org
for their monthly calendar.
Upcoming Special Events: Monday,
March 11, Scrabble Tournament,
1 p.m.; Friday, March 15, Pooled Asset
Trust Talk, 12:30 p.m.; Monday, March
18, St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. Call to
reserve a lunch by Wednesday, March
13—corned beef, cabbage, potatoes
and Irish soda bread.
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