Bronx Events: BAAD! Self-Defense Workshops

The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, or BAAD, is hosting a series of free self-defense classes aimed for LGBT adults, women and transpeople. The classes start tonight and will run through March as part of the BAAD!ASS Women Festival 2011, which celebrates the empowerment of women through art, culture, and performance.A full schedule of festival events and performances can be found at here.

Bronx News Roundup, Feb. 22

Breaking news alert: It’s cold! Don’t put away your long johns, Bronxites, it’s still very much winter here in the northern borough. Cheer up, though, tomorrow it could get up to a balmy 38 degrees. Story of the Day:Sidney Flores, the self-appointed guardian and watchdog of his Mt. Eden neighborhood, could be the closest thing the Bronx has to a super hero.