Please join us for the 9th Annual BRONX RIVER Sights & SOUNDS Festival with a great series of performing artists during the month of June, 2012.

This performing arts lineup highlights renowned and emerging artists whose work transverses languages, style, and geography. The series features three unique performances in satellite locations across the Bronx as a continuation of our BRAC on the Block programming while our main facility undergoes a capital renovation. 

We kick things off with an outdoor concert of Haitian music by the charming singer-songwriter-guitarist Monvelyno Alexis Quartet. The rhythm keeps going with an eclectic performance of Latin Jazz and Salsa by Chico Alvarez & RumbaySón and then goes out with a boom(box) through Death in the Afternoon by performance artists Irvin Morazan and Shaun El C. Leonardo.  

Saturday, June 2 at 3pm
Monvelyno Alexis Quartet
(Haitian/Guitar)
Co-presented with the Bronx River Alliance as part of the
Bronx River Festival

Where: BRAC on the Block @ Bronx River Forest
Subway: D Train to 205th St/Bainbridge Ave at Norwood or 2,5 Train to Burke Ave at White Plains Rd.
Admission: FREE

Saturday, June 9 at 8pm
Chico Alvarez + RumbaySón  
(Latin Jazz & Salsa)
Co-presented with St. Thomas Aquinas Church Parish

Where: St. Thomas Aquinas Schoolyard, 1909 Daly Ave, Bronx, NY 10460
Subway: 2,5 Train to West Farms Square/East Tremont Avenue
Admission: FREE

Saturday, June 16 at 4pm
Irvin Morazan + Shaun El C. Leonardo
(Performance Art)

Where: Drew Gardens, across the street from 1087 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY 10460
Subway: 2,5 Train to West Farms Square/East Tremont Avenue
Admission: suggested donation of $6 advance, $8 at the door

Images from the Sights and SOUNDS Festival

Monvelyno Alexis Quartet perform at the Bronx River Forest

Monvelyno Alexis Quartet perform at the Bronx River Forest

Chico Alvarez + RumbaySón perform at St. Thomas Aquinas Church Parish

Chico Alvarez + RumbaySón perform at St. Thomas Aquinas Church Parish

Irvin Morazan + Shaun El C. Leonardo perform Death in the Afternoon at Drew Gardens

Irvin Morazan + Shaun El C. Leonardo perform Death in the Afternoon at Drew Gardens

This program is made possible with generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional support is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Majority Leader Joel Rivera, the Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council, and Bronx River Alliance.