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From The Bronx to Sydney, Breakdancer Will Sanchez Beats the Streets!

You can take the B-Boy outta the Bronx but you can’t take the Bronx outta the B-Boy! An adage that befits the enormously talented, skilled, rhythmic wonder that is William ‘Ill Will’ Sanchez, founder of the first ever breakdancing, tap dancing and comedy crew “Beat the Streets”! The crew, founded in the Sydney by the Bronx New York native is an original concept that combines the art of hip hop breakdance with the staccato injections of tap dance and topped off with an infectious comedic flow that has the audience enthralled from start to finish!

Keep Calm and Carry Bags

The following is a response by Bronx resident Killian Jordan to John Rozankowski, PhD’s piece against the proposed bag tax.

I’ve got a big dog, and I always clean up after him. If I forget to bring a bag with me when I walk him, it’s not a problem: a dozen small black plastic bags will blow by us in the course of a ten-minute walk, and I can always grab one of those. And several million of them will end up in the ocean EVERY DAY.

That’s one reason why I approve the proposed tax (or ten-cent charge) on single-use plastic bags. Let’s face it: nobody has to pay that tax, when bags are so little, and so easily crumpled into something tiny and unobtrusive.

Community Rallies Behind Bronx Resident To Rezone Old Storefront in Pelham Parkway

We had a chat with Lovie Pignata, resident of the Pelham Parkway area who is trying to get a storefront at Brady Court rezoned back to commercial so that she can open up Morris Perk, a cafe that offers so much more than your simple cup of joe.

The storefront in question was once a diner owned by Robert Abrams’ parents, former Bronx Borough President from 1970-1979 and from 1979 until 1993 served as the New York State Attorney General. Since the space has been empty for so long, it has gone back to its original residential zoning so now Pignata has to convince City Planning and Zoning as well as Community Board 11 members to change the zoning to allow for the cafe.

Another Coyote Spotted In The Bronx This Morning!

No sooner than we posted the story about the fisher roaming The Bronx, we were alerted by Lovie Pignata of Morris Perk that a coyote was spotted in The Bronx during the wee hours of the morning today.

42 year old Bronx born and raised Joseph Martinez, known as Jupiter Joe, was outside around 3:10AM this morning on Bronx Park East when he and a neighbor spotted the lone coyote walking around Ben Abrams Playground. In a phone interview with Joseph, he told us he was out taking pictures for a photography book he’s putting together of constellations as seen from The Bronx.

Yet Another Wild Animal, Once Gone From The City, Is Spotted In The Bronx

Wild animals are making a comeback in The Bronx — and not at the Bronx Zoo.

Back in April, NYPD officer Derek Lenart spotted an unfamiliar animal which turned out to be a fisher which is related to the weasel family. This was the first reported sighting of a fisher within city limits in modern history.

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Donate School Supplies to Bronx Youth!

Donate supplies to Bronx youth!

This summer The Gift to Empower is collecting supplies from June 1st to August 1st to be distributed directly to children during Boogie on the Boulevard (a summer festival that will close the main road on the Grand Concourse to vehicular traffic from 165th-167th Streets) on August 17th from 10am to 2pm. Support local Bronx students by giving them the tools to succeed in the 2014-15 school year.

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DJ Kool Herc Block Party Saturday, June 21st 4pm – 8PM

Join the Bronx Music Heritage Center in celebrating living legend, DJ Kool Herc at a block party at 1303 Louis Nine Boulevard.

The event is being hosted by Grandmaster Caz and curated by Rebel Diaz with a really dope line-up of Hip-Hop artists from the Bronx.

Hope to see you there!

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‘Taste of The Bronx’ Leaves Residents Out In The Cold And Annoyed With The BP

Last night The Bronx held its first ‘Taste of The Bronx’ in several years but rather than choosing a Bronx location, Borough Hall decided to take it to Manhattan — and make it “by invitation only”.

Huh?

That’s pretty much the sentiment of many Bronx residents when they learned that they were being excluded from one of our very own events that celebrate our culinary offerings.

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Exclusive: First Ever Bronx Fashion Week Coming This September 5th – 7th

Although The Bronx has inspired fashion around the globe, particularly in urban design, gave the world some of the most recognized labels such Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, it is often overlooked as place to hold a major fashion event.

All that is changing this year as the first ever Bronx Fashion Week will be held at the Andrew Freedman Home from Sept 5th to the 7th featuring a wide range of designers focusing on high end fashion.

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Brook House Charity Furniture Auction on Thursday, June 26th

As Brook House Furniture’s 55 years in business in Melrose draws to a close, New York’s largest furniture store will auction off the remaining inventory next Thursday, June 26th. 10% of the proceeds will go to BOOM!Health who will be taking over the building in a 25 year lease as FIRST reported by Welcome2TheBronx.

Everything must go so that BOOM!Health can begin transforming the building into their new headquarters

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