CUNY in the Bronx will guide the uninitiated between Bronx Community College, Lehman College, and Hostos Community College to illustrate Bronx’s rich intellectual legacy. Come and gain a deeper understanding of this overlooked yet vital area of New York City as well as learn more about CUNY’s role in enriching the lives of Bronx residents.
The series consists of public lectures and events in October 2015, including archives workshops at Hostos, a book reading/signing at Lehman of The Bronx : The Ultimate Guide to New York City's Beautiful Borough, an architecture tour of BCC for Open House NY and a lecture on the Hall of Fame, and a collaborative digital exhibit entitled, Bronx 100, http://bronx100.omeka.net/, which highlights archival material from the archives at Hostos, BCC and Lehman documenting CUNY’s impact on higher education here in the Bronx.
Monday, Oct. 5, 3:30-5PM: Teaching with Visual and Primary Sources workshop
Hostos Community College Library, 475 Grand Concourse at 149th Street. Building “A” Room 214.
Teaching with Visual and Primary Sources workshop sponsored by Hostos Archives and Special Collections and the Center for Teaching and Learning. This workshop focuses on engaging students with primary sources and visual databases. Primary sources from the Hostos Archives will be presented. Seating limited, please RSVP by October 2nd to William Casari, wcasari@hostos.cuny.edu. Bring picture ID for entrance to building. Before or after this event feel free to view small exhibits located in the library “Life and Times of Congressman Jose E. Serrano” and “Hostos Arts and Culture Program Presents.”
Thursday, Oct.15, 5-6pm: The Bronx: The Ultimate Guide to New York City’s Beautiful Borough
An Illustrated Talk, Reading, and Discussion
Lehman College, Leonard Lief Library - Atrium, 2nd Floor
Bronx Borough historian Lloyd Ultan and educator Shelley Olson have teamed up to create a guidebook that provides readers with informative chapters on more than twelve of the borough’s extraordinary destinations, as well as self-guided walking tours of some of the most ethnically, architecturally, and historically diverse neighborhoods. *Light Refreshments will be served* RSVP by October 12th: http://LloydUltan.eventbrite.com
Sunday, Oct, 18, 12-4pm: Bronx Community College Open House NY architecture tour
Bronx Community College
BCC will be featured as an Open House New York special site – during this weekend of architectural open house tours throughout the five boroughs. Prominent experts will be on hand, stationed in this college’s remarkable array of architectural landmarks, to provide visitors architectural and historical context. Free and open to all. Registration required. To register: http://www.ohny.org/weekend/reservations
Directions to BCC campus: http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/directions/#degTop
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 6-8pm: Hall of Fame Collection Showcase with lecture & tour by Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan.
Bronx Community College, Gould Memorial Library Rotunda
Lloyd Ultan, Bronx Borough Historian, will give a lively talk about the history of the Hall of Fame and the BCC Archives will present a preliminary showcase of rare archival items from its collection currently being processed documenting the Hall of Fame, the first memorial of its kind in the country that was built to honor prominent Americans who made a significant impact on this nation's history. Seating limited, please RSVP by October 13th: http://goo.gl/forms/UGc0bWBvX7
Directions to BCC campus: http://www.bcc.cuny.edu/directions/#degTop
Upcoming in November
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 5-7PM, Las Casitas Archives Opening Reception
Las Casitas Archives Opening Reception and exhibit in conjunction with Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos opening and Bronx Culture Trolley. The centerpiece of Las Casitas Archives will be the documents, photographs and wall texts exhibited at the seminal Casitas Exhibition curated and produced in 1991 by Betty Sue Hertz and Bill Aguado of the Bronx Council on the Arts. The exhibit opened at the Smithsonian Institution and went on to be exhibited at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and later, an updated version was exhibited at the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture and Syracuse University. New York’s casitas, reproductions of Puerto Rican working class homes, have been a vital expression of Afro-Puerto Rican culture in the diaspora, places where migrants from the island have re-created a piece of the island culture through music, dance and vernacular architecture. Atrium at Hostos Community College, 475 Grand Concourse at 149th Street., “A” Building. Before or after this event feel free to view small exhibits located in the library “Life and Times of Congressman Jose E. Serrano” and “Hostos Arts and Culture Program Presents.”