BxFW Digital: November

Film / Media, Online, Partnerships, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on November 4, 2020 – Bronx Film Wednesdays presents a stunning collection of short films from Puerto Rico in partnership with CineFiesta–Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Puerto Rico and Pregones/PRTT’s own 21 Islands International Short Film Festival. Featuring Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s BIOPSIA, Joel Pérez Irizarry’s EL REGALO, Lynnie Feliciano Vélez’s BOLERO, Federico Torres Fernández’s EL EXTRAORDINARIO SR. JÚPITER, and David Norris’ LA FOTO DE PAPÁ. Hosted by BronxNet’s Sonyi Lopez. – SAVE THE DATE!

Stage Garden Rumba Digital

Multidiscipline, Partnerships, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – Mondays 7:30pm on November 23, November 30, and December 7, 2020 – South Bronx favorite outdoors series STAGE GARDEN RUMBA goes digital to kick off the holidays in Boogie Down style! Live interventions by more than 30 theater, music, dance, literary, and social change champs edited into 3 must-see 30-minute programs to be broadcast on Pregones/PRTT social platforms and public access cable network of BronxNet Community Television. Our three hosts in order of appearance: Christin Eve Cato, Rob Vassilarakis, and Caridad de La Luz. — SAVE THE DATES!

BxFW Digital: December

Film / Media, Online, Partnerships, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on December 2, 2020 – Bronx Film Wednesdays presents TU REAL NATURALEZA (Your True Nature), the story and life journey of Colombian author, raw food chef, holistic wellness advocate, and plane crash survivor Gissela Torrella. “To achieve optimal health in a natural way, it is necessary for your body to wake up to the powerful capacity of self-healing that it possesses.” The film is constructed in four parts: Cuerpo/Body, Mente/Mind, Emociones/Emotions and Espíritu/Spirit. Hosted by BronxNet’s Sonyi Lopez and featuring interview with filmmaker Miguel Miller. – SAVE THE DATE!

LP21 32nd Annual Fiesta Navideña

Music, Online, Partnerships, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – Watch Now – Los Pleneros de La 21 (LP21) teams up with Pregones/PRTT to breathe new life into its 32nd Annual GRAN FIESTA NAVIDEÑA, brought online as a hybrid event featuring LP21’s beloved repertoire of música navideña followed by an interactive charla and celebration with members of LP21, our Emcee Sandra García Rivera, and YOU — our live “digital” audience. Tune in on social media platforms and public access cable tv channels of BronxNet Community Television. Ready your coquito! — WATCH NOW!

Dancing La Botánica: La Tierra Vive!

Dance, Multidiscipline, Online, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – 6:30pm on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 – Pepatián’s Dancing La Botánica is a platform for Latino/a/x choreographers, dance makers, and movement artists. Initiated by Jane Gabriels and co-led with dancer/choreographers Beatrice Capote and Alicia Díaz, this event also features multidisciplinary artists Leenda Bonilla, Melanie Gonzalez, and Beverly Lopez. A refreshingly candid audiovisual conversation about creativity, solidarity, and the bounty of life! — RSVP NOW!

FLIGHT by Anonymous Ensemble

Online, Presenting, Residency, Theater

FREE ONLINE – 5:00pm on Friday, January 22, 2021 – ANONYMOUS ENSEMBLE creates a new form of theatrical space that is live, interactive, and global in scope. FLIGHT brings together performers and audiences in real space to investigate expansive global issues and tiny revelatory moments in real time. We visit people around the world, in their own environments, with their own worldviews and their own words. Carefully blending reality and fiction, FLIGHT creates an experience both engaging and transformative! FREE on VIMEO. — RSVP NOW!

Etude Nº 2 — La V (Puerto Rico)

Online, Presenting, Theater

GET TICKETS – 8:00pm el 29 y 30 de enero de 2021 – El colectivo teatral La V (La Uve) de Puerto Rico presenta dos obras de microteatro en vivo expresamente reinventadas para el formato digital: SINFONÍA Nº 1 y BAJO CONTROL son piezas armadas de invención, sentimiento y sentido del humor. Ambas son de la autoría de Alejandra Ramos Riera y van dirigidas por Michael Vélez. La V busca crear experiencias vivas, interactivas y sensoriales manteniendo así el carácter efímero tan importante en el teatro. Must see! — ¡NOMBRA TU PRECIO!

BxFW Digital: February

Film / Media, Online, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on February 3, 2021 – Bronx Film Wednesdays presents WATER WEARS ROCK (Agua desgasta roca), the extraordinary story of Alberto, a climber who suffers from multiple sclerosis since he was 17 years old. Against his own limitations, his goal is to climb a mountain rising at over 8,000 feet: the formidable Naranjo de Bulnes in Asturias, Spain. Also showing winning shorts from 21 Islands International Short Film Fest. Hosted by BronxNet’s Sonyi Lopez and featuring interview with filmmaker Álvaro Crespo. – SAVE THE DATE!

March Is Music – 15th Anniversary

Music, Online, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – March 1-29, 2021 – For the 15th Anniversary of our popular March Is Music concert series, we bring you 15 must-see events: Great concerts by Latinx and international talent plus music-themed episodes of Spotlight and Bronx Film Wednesdays. Featuring Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon performances by artists like VICTORY PLAYERS CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE playing living Puerto Rican composers, drummer Alex García’s AFROMANTRA, pianist SARA DAVIS BUECHNER, Dominican fusion stars YASSER TEJEDA + PALOTRÉ, and much more! A festive “MIM15” HAPPY HOUR for all friends of March Is Music is scheduled for March 27, RSVP for invitation. — SAVE THE DATES!

BxFW Digital: April

Film / Media, Online, Presenting

FREE ONLINE – 9:30pm on April 7, 2021 – In anticipation of the 5th Anniversary of the 21 Islands International Short Film Festival, coming on April 14, Bronx Film Wednesdays celebrates five brilliant years of film programming from around the globe with eight award winning shorts! Hosted by BronxNet’s Sonyi Lopez and featuring interviews with festival curator Melisa Ramos and Pregones/PRTT’s Artistic Director, Rosalba Rolón. – SAVE THE DATE!