The brainchild of a collective of community activists, the Bronx Salon series is a platform for public discussion of urban issues in the private environment of a regular house. From sports to philosophy, from urban planning to poetry, each Bronx Salon event imagines city living as an experience where the private space propels public discussion and where everyone can engage and be engaged, listen and speak, question and be questioned, be charmed and mingle.

A presentation on relevant social, cultural, and political questions followed by discussion, music, dancing, and performance art, each event will be an exercise in urbane democracy and homely criticism--literally. Set in the South Bronx, the invitation uptown is full of meaning. On the verge of gentrification and capital development, we wish to lure people to one of the few working class neighborhoods remaining in the city. The neighborhood craves for development on its own terms; it craves for change, for community involvement and action. The Bronx Salon is a step in that direction.

Bronx community residents as well as allies from all over are welcome to attend. When you visit a friend's house you don't trash it up, but you don't fix it up either. That's the way neighborhoods should be understood and lived. That's the Bronx Salon way. Bringing homes out to the city, bringing the city home.

See photos of past events here!