The Real NYC #18 - Movie night at Joyce Kilmer Park
China Pons and Grupo Irek One of the great things about living in NYC (or just visiting) is being able to take advantage of the plethora of free cultural events that take place all of the time. One recent Friday evening The Amazing Ms. D and I joined friends for a screening of the documentary Cuban Roots/Bronx Stories by Pam Sporn. The event was organized by the African Film Festival of NY , the Bronx Council on the Arts , the Bronx Museum of Art, This event was held at Joyce Kilmer Park, which sits across from the the Bronx Court House and is up the hill from Yankee Stadium. The park is named after poet Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) who is probably best known for the poem Trees . Kilmer died on the front in France during WW I. The most visible aspect of the park is the Heinrich Heine Fountain. Dedicated in 1899, the fountain sits over 161st Street and is the first thing that many people see when the arrive at the park. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki...