Simone Rocks

Hopefully you all know of and visit often The Bronx Rocks, the photography website run by our unsung BoogieDowner contributor, Simone Davis. Well if you don't, you should. In particular, you should check out her most recent post about the art she found at LDR Studios while on the Bronx Culture Trolley. The images are pretty sick (more after the jump).

Thanks Simone!
Check it out HERE

*photo courtesy of Simone Davis, www.thebronxrocks.com*
~ErLu

If You Like Your Art Fresh, Raw and Totally UN-Homogenized....

....then hop aboard the Bronx Culture Trolley Tour, people! I've been on a couple of these in the last few months and have always had a great time and been pleasantly surprised at the talent on display in the various studios and galleries, whether it be in an artist's home like Blanka Amezcua and her Bronx Blue Bedroom Project, in a more traditional venue like Haven Arts (think down-and-dirty Soho gallery pre-"gentrification") or in a top notch facility like the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos College.

Most of these places had snacks / hors d'oeurves, beer and wine (nice touch!) and you can come and go as you please (no rigid tour here). Just hop on, hop off, follow the crowd or break off on your own. And except for dinner and drinks afterwards if you decide to stay and visit any one of the fab eateries in the Mott Haven area - the entire evening is FREE!!!

First Wednesdays of every month! Be there!

Simone Davis
www.TheBronxRocks.com

Bronx Culture Trolley Rolls Again Tomorrow

After taking the month of January off, the Bronx Culture Trolley will be rolling along again tomorrow, 2/4/09. The trolley tour is jam packed with great cultural stops throughout the South Bronx, including stops at five art galleries, live Latin jazz at Sweetwaters, and karaoke at Bruckner Bar and Grill.

The trolley ride, as well as admittance to all cultural events, is FREE. The trolley will begin at Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College (450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street) with meet and greet and viewing of 'Graffiti: Spirit of an Age @ 40 x 10.

Yournabe.com has all the nitty-gritty details of what participants will be seeing at each stop on the trolley. Click here to check it out.

~ErLu

Judy Garland - Eat Your Heart Out!

We've got our own cool trolley to sing about....

Many of you have heard about the Bronx Trolley that was shuttling thankful tourists and Manhattanites up from the City at Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street in Midtown and over to several well-worn spots on the Bronx tourist trail - the zoo, the Bronx Botanical Gardens, Little Italy, etc. (That was how several of my friends made their first foray into our borough - they said the trolley was packed to the gills and everyone had a great time). Sadly it appears that the tanking economy may have put a kabosh on this weekly Saturday event. (Fingers crossed that this is only a temporary situation).

However - good news! The Bronx Culture Trolley seems to have been spared a similar fate. It appears that it again will start to clang, clang, clang down the streets of Bronx every first Wednesday of the month. So, save the date for this week. The tours leave at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. from Hostos Community College (reception at 5:00) and this week will stop at several cultural hot spots of the South Bronx. (Advance reservations suggested). Have fun! I might even see you there! Here's some serious praise from the Daily News proclaiming the Bronx Culture Trolley the best of any borough's.
By Golly, Our Trolley is the Best!

There is also a great Bronx Trolley tour for the those who want a more seaside adventure. Trolleys to tour City Island and the Pell-Bartow House run every first Friday and start at the Pelham Bay Park 6-train stop (end of the line). Click HERE for more information

Judy Garland "Meet Me In St. Louis" photo courtesy of www.moma.org

~Simone Davis
http://www.thebronxrocks.com/