Bronx, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. Since hip-hop’s inception in the 1970s, graffiti has become a global phenomenon. Much like hip-hop music and break dancing, people observe and create graffiti worldwide. Graffiti artists paint pieces in Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom, to mark a few countries…

Bronx, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. When now Hip-Hop legend Kool Herc and his cohorts launched the jazz-influenced sounds off Hip-Hop, it was a way to escape their tumultuous lives and penurious living conditions, to bring color through dance, music, and art to their insipid landscape. In the 70s…

Bronx, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. Art enlivens the heart and awakens the soul. The Bronx, New York, allows for cultural enrichment at remarkable institutions like The New York Botanical Garden, Lehman College, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, The Museum of Bronx History and so much more. There is even…

New York, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. The new millennia has brought with it a variety of previously non-existent (or at least less intrusive) distractions and challenges. We live and work in an internet made up of platforms that expose our privacy and bombard us with conflicting and unverified…

Babylon, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. Self-discovery can feel like an insurmountable journey with continuous trials and obstacles. The most inhibiting aspect of it is often the pressure we feel to first find others who will accept us as we are. Forming genuine relationships at any age is daunting…

Syracuse, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. In Anderson, South Carolina, Dr. Joan Rucker Hillsman’s ardency for music and music education flourishes in churches where her father was pastor and where she herself developed her love for the piano and singing. …

New York, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. Dust mites, dead skin, animal fur, and bacteria work together to weaken indoor air quality. For the length of the pandemic, these invisible threats have been working double time. Although these particles move around us regularly, they accumulate when there is a…

Bronx, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. There are goats in the park! Yes-those gregarious, bug-eyed, grass-munching, ungulates. Protecting the Northern Bronx’s Van Cortlandt Park’s luscious and variable land and fighting invasive vegetation is not easy, but this cloven hoof team is up to the task. Goats are nature’s lawnmowers…

New York, NY. Written by Bolivar T. Caceres. New York City is as notorious for its’ sordid trains as it is for its’ sullen residents. But this overlooks a great deal of beauty, too. Cyclist Ariel Cordova-Roja and her refugee pal are one of these sights. Unhappy at what she…