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Lo Que Hay This Weekend Boston, NYC: Musica, Hip Hop Theater Festival, Cemetery Tours y Mas

7:25 am By Maegan La Mala · boston|Lo Que Hay|Music|New York City · Comments Off

28 Oct 2011

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Boston

Considerado como uno de los mejores bajistas de Jazz del mundo, el puertorriqueño Eddie Gómez nos brinda una noche con lo mejor de su repertorio. Gracias a una colaboración entre Villa Victoria Center for the Arts y Berklee College of Music, esta especial presentación en Boston nos brinda la oportunidad de presenciar el talento de este gigante del Jazz.

Regarded as one of the best Jazz bass players in the world, Eddie Gómez will offer us an evening with the very best of his repertoire. Thanks to a collaboration between Villa Victoria Center for the Arts and Berklee College of Music, this one-night-only presentation is a unique opportunity to witness the talent of a true Jazz giant.

8 pm
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
85 W Newton Street
Boston, Massachusetts
$10 hasta el 24 de octubre / $15 en la puerta

Purchase Tickets Here

New York City

Hip Hop Theater Festival
8pm: Workshop Performance of Re: Definition and Single Reflex
LaMama Experimental Theatre
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003
Free to RSVP with $10 suggested donation at the door
Visit HHTF.ORG for more info/tickets

Saturday, October 29th 2011

Hip Hop Theater Festival
4:30pm-6pm: Book Launch for Say Word! and The Prophet Returns
LaMama Experimental Theatre
74 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003
Free to RSVP with $10 suggested donation at the door
Visit HHTF.ORG for more info/tickets

Sunday, October 30

Bronx, NYC

Panel Discusssion: Who is Albizu?
3 – 6 pm
El Maestro, Inc., 1300 Southern Boulevard

Presenter: Camilo Matos

Panelists:
-Ponce Laspina: Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, Junta de Nueva York
-Olga I. Sanabria: Puerto Rico Committee in the U.N.
-Iris Zavala-Martinez: Lecturer, Hunter College
-Carlitos Rovira: Former Young Lord
Music:
DJ Mellow G
Tato Torres
Fernandito Ferrer
Luis Cruz
Angelito Villot
Pichichi

Poets
Mariposa
Prisionera Jamas
Armando Pacheco Matos

Ongoing

Bronx, NYC

After Dark at Woodlawn – Annual Halloween History Tour

OCTOBER 29, 30 and 31, 2011

Creep Through One of the Nation’s Oldest Cemeteries and the Final Resting Place of Notorious New Yorkers

This year, the spookiest annual Halloween event is getting a dramatic makeover. On October 29, 30 and 31, an early evening walk through Woodlawn comes ALIVE with real-life interpretations of NYC legends and lore, surreal tales of unsolved mysteries and murders, and more. Folklorist Elena Martinez leads the tours, accompanied by bagpipers and other mysterious characters. Flashlights required.

Two tours—6PM and 7PM nightly

COST: $20 admission fee.

Reservations are required for the Halloween tours.

Call 718-920-1469

Meet at the Jerome Avenue Entrance
The Jerome Avenue Entrance is located near the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue.

#4 train to Woodlawn Station

Lo Que Hay This Weekend NYC : Blaktinas and Cuban Children’s Theater in the Bronx y Mas

3:26 pm By Maegan La Mala · Arts|Lo Que Hay|New York City · Comments Off

21 Oct 2011

This page will be updated throughout the weekend so keep visiting!

Domingo, October 23nd

In a rare US appearance, La Colmenita, an internationally acclaimed Cuban children’s theater group and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, will perform in New York City.
The US tour will introduce some of Cuba’s most talented children to an American audience that has, in spite of the decades-long U.S. embargo, enthusiastically embraced Cuban culture. It is their hope that their productions will build greater understanding between two countries whose people have been divided by politics for too long.

PS 154 – The Harriet Tubman Learning Center
Play: “Abracadabra”
Time: 3pm, Harlem, New York Admission Free

Ongoing

October 14 – 28th
BAAD! – Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
2011 Blaktina Performance Series

The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance kicked off its annual BlakTina Performance Series, a festival celebrating works by Black, Latina/o and Blatina/o artists, last week and continues with film, music and dance! This year we are using BlakTina in the festival’s title to flip the Spanish language norm that uses the masculine to describe the universal.

For the complete schedule of events and to buy tickets visit the official website.

Lo Que Hay This Weekend en NYC : Blaktina in the Bronx y Mas

10:41 am By Maegan La Mala · Culture|Events|Lo Que Hay · Comments Off

14 Oct 2011

Please Keep Checking this Page as it will be updated throughout the weekend.

-Mala

Ongoing

October 14-28th

The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance presents its annual BlakTina Performance Series

A festival celebrating works by Black, Latina/o and Blatina/o artists. This year we are using BlakTina in the festival’s title to flip the Spanish language norm that uses the masculine to describe the universal.

Check out all the events at BAAD!’s website here

Attn NYC! Latino Rebels and The Phoenix present: Words and Music For Miguel Algarín

2:29 pm By Maegan La Mala · Arts|Lo Que Hay|New York|Poetry · 1 Comment

15 Jul 2011

Note: I am honored and excited to be participating in this benefit for Miguel. The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe was the first place I ever read poetry at the ripe old age of 18. I remember Miguel sitting by the door. I remember how nervous I was and how special it felt to be reading there, a place of such history. Grateful to add mi granito de arena among so much talent and community love.

The iconic Miguel Algarín is a man deserving of various accolades, among his most noteworthy being founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café in the Lower East Side in the early 1970s—a place where marginalized voices founded a movement and created a home that Allen Ginsberg once described as “the most integrated place on the planet.” Out of the Nuyorican Poets Café were born books and legends—too many to report here.

So what’s the point?

The man responsible for carving a space for literary and counter-cultural expression in the urban war-zone of the 1970s Lower East Side/Loisaida is in need of our help. Miguel is being forced to vacate his Lower East Side apartment this summer. As a 70-year-old disabled man this is proving to be quite a challenge. So to help offset the cost of his legal fees and other expenses we are throwing a party to raise money for him.

Así mismo.

As a living icon who has given a platform to thousands of marginalized voices in his lifetime, we feel that this is the least we can do for Miguel and hope that you can join us in our celebration in honor of him. Yes, the goal is to raise money, but the way in which we’ll do that is by having fun. Come join us as we revel in the Lower East Side/East Village poetry and performance legacy he helped create…

(Note: All money raised will go to Miguel Algarín. Neither The Phoenix, Latino Rebels, nor the performers will receive any funds raised—we are all volunteering our time.)

When: Sunday, July 24 · 4:00pm – 10:30pm

Where: The Phoenix
449 E 13th St/Avenue A – East Village – 21+
New York, NY

What : A benefit/fundraiser hosted by Charlie Vázquez

Featuring Penny Arcade, Machete Movement and San Juan Hill

With Carlos Manuel Rivera, Bonafide Rojas, J Skye Cabrera, Rob Vassilarakis, Papo Swiggity Santiago, Pietro Scorsone, Gabrielle Rivera, Jani Rosado, Karen Jaime, Maegan “La Mala” Ortiz, Odilia Rivera Santos, Tod Crouch, Deborah Magdalena and Jeny Nilenie and surprise guests!

All are welcome…$5 suggested donation but no one will be turned away…

If you are not in the NYC area or cannot attend but would like to help support, you can make an online donation aqui.

Tonight in NYC, Tomorrow in Amherst : The Revolution Starts at Home

14 May 2011

A book that should probably be used as a reference and jump off for critical conversations and growth, The Revolution Starts at Home : Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities, edited by Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is out and on tour.

The anthology took 7 years to pull together and even 7 years ago was long overdue as there are so many struggles within so-called activist spaces about how we treat each other.

“Was/is your abusive partner a high-profile activist? Does your abusive girlfriend’s best friend staff the domestic violence hotline? Have you successfully kicked an abuser out of your group? Did your anti-police brutality group fear retaliation if you went to the cops about another organizer’s assault? Have you found solutions where accountability didn’t mean isolation for either of you? Was the ‘healing circle’ a bunch of bullshit? Is the local trans community so small that you don’t want you or your partner to lose it?

“We wanted to hear about what worked and what didn’t, what survivors and their supporters learned, what they wish folks had done, what they never want to have happen again. We wanted to hear about folks’ experiences confronting abusers, both with cops and courts and with methods outside the criminal justice system.”

— The Revolution Starts at Home collective

Long demanded and urgently needed, The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities finally breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the secret of intimate violence within social justice circles. This watershed collection of stories and strategies tackles the multiple forms of violence encountered right where we live, love, and work for social change — and delves into the nitty-gritty on how we might create safety from abuse without relying on the state. Drawing on over a decade of community accountability work, along with its many hard lessons and unanswered questions, The Revolution Starts at Home offers potentially life-saving alternatives for creating survivor safety while building a movement where no one is left behind.

For more information:
http://southendpress.org/2010/items/87941
http://revolutionathome.tumblr.com/
revathome@gmail.com

For all of you Northeast Coasters, there are opportunities to meet some of the editors, hear from the book, and engage in conversation about why this book and where from here. Mala will be at the NYC release tonight so please stay tuned to our twitter account for live-tweets (as permitted). Read more…

A Few Quick Updates and Announcements

11 Mar 2011

Started this morning with the frightening images of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Our prayers go out to all impacted.

Posting has been light this week, as mami’hood has been heavy as has been work on projects for events to come. I am ever appreciative of the support from VivirLatino readers.

In case you are interested, here is what Mala has been cooking up in her head, heart and soul :
I am thrilled and excited as can be to be participating in el Museo del Barrio’s Super Sabado FREE day, March 19th, on Art & Activism. I am the official storyteller for the day, leading two interactive storytelling segments, one at noon and another at 2, called COLORIN COLORADO in el Museo’s cafe. I promise this will be more than fairy tales and yes bring your children! This activity will be trilingual : English, Spanish, Spanglish.
Read more…

Thursday in NYC : UPR No Se Vende! University of Puerto Rico Student Activists Panel

8:12 am By Maegan La Mala · Education|Linking Latinos|Lo Que Hay|New York City|Puerto Rico · Comments Off

7 Mar 2011

STUDENTS SEEKING CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO AND GOVERMENT, WILL DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT HAVE CAUSED MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS SEEKING SOCIAL JUSTICE THAT HAVE CLOSED THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO. THE REPRESSIVE STRATEGIES BY THE UNIVERSITY AND GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO BE ADDRESSED.

DATE: Thursday, March 10, 2011

TIME: 7:00PM – 9:00PM

WHERE: New York University

Silver Building, Room 703, 33 Washington Place, NYC

NOTE: PHOTO I.D. REQUIRED – ADMISSION FREE TO THE PUBLIC

LIMITED SPACE CALL TO RESERVE SEATING

(CCCADI) 212-307-7420 EXT 3000
email : Tisch.arpo@nyu.edu RSVP by March 7

Student Leaders Include:

ARTURO OTLAHU RIOS, GIOVANNI ROBERTO CAEZ, LOURDES SANTIAGO NEGRON & PEDRO MANUEL LUGO.

AN EVENT OF THE CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE IN COLLABORATION WITH NYU TISCH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF ART AND PUBLIC POLICY AND MICA (MARYLAND INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE OF FINE ART)

A University Without Walls Project

HISPANIC PANIC!: PUNK – an evening of Latin words and strange music

2 Mar 2011

Wednesday, March 30^th,
7:30PM – 9:30PM

At Nowhere – 322 E 14^th St (1^st/2^nd)21+, FREE

New York’s most avant-garde Latino reading series peeks over the edge this month with a reading dedicated to PUNK and the various meanings it has come to embrace. As a popular music movement in the Mexican “desmadre” scene and as a very top-secret phenomenon in Cuba, punk music has seduced Latinos all around the globe.

Grab a beer, kick back, and listen to the peculiar perspectives of Dan Lopez, J Skye Cabrera, Sam J Miller, Charlie Vázquez, Roberto Plena Irizarry and the inimitable East Village performance art originator Ms. Penny Arcade herself for an unforgettable evening of words and music. Try to beat that!

Facebook event page: http://tinyurl.com/6fspjup

Information: http://www.firekingpress.com

Image Credit: Antony Zito

NJ 2010 Hispanic Heritage Celebration: LatinaVoices and Visions Latinas Out Loud: Epistles

9 Oct 2010

While we here at VivirLatino and in our respective communities and circles may debate the merits of Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month, we must support our artists and cultural activists who represent and reflect our realities through words, theater, performance and art.

I wanted to draw your attention to an event happening next weekend at the Newark Public Library in New Jersey. Check it out and if you are in the area support if you can. Note that it features friend to VivirLatino, Adele Nieves.

2010 Hispanic Heritage Celebration: LatinaVoices and Visions
Latinas Out Loud: Epistles
Saturday, October 16, 2010, 2:00 pm
Main Library, Centennial Hall, Second Floor
SPECIAL FEATURED GUEST: Sandra Maria Estevez

THIS IS A KID FRIENDLY EVENT!

Latino Flavored Productions brings to New Jersey a dynamic and compelling new show that features Latina performers—as well as regular, everyday, non-performers—exploring personal, social, or political issues through the art of letter writing. This ensemble production presents twenty Latinas reading their own short, funny, dramatic, evocative, and/or often poetic letters to their addressee of choice.

Directions and more info after the jump

Mangos With Chili Presents Beloved: A Requiem for Our Dead in the Bay Area Tonite & Nov. 15th

7 Nov 2009

MWC_Front_Vert2 Porque we remember our loved ones from our familias and community everyday and porque the mujeres that are involved in the creation of this project are beautiful and kick culo.

Mangos With Chili: the floating cabaret of QTPOC bliss, dreams, sweat, sweets & nightmares
proudly presents the premiere of:

BELOVED: A Requiem for Our Dead
because we refuse to forget you

Featuring:
Nalo Hopkinson
Charleston Chu
E. Rose Sims
SoliRose
Nico Dacumos
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Ms. Cherry Galette
and more

With video by Storm Florez, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Kortney Ryan Ziegler, and more

November 6th and 7th, 8PM
The Lab
2948 16th St
San Francisco, CA 94103
$12-16, no one turned away for lack of funds

November 15th, 8PM
Hechos en Califas Festival
La Pena
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA
$12-16, no one turned away for lack of funds

In this highly anticipated premiere of the newest Mangos With Chili production, we invite you to join us at the crossroads for a night of conjuring, memory, mourning and celebration. Through elegies of story, song, dance, drag and more, the Bay Area’s noted and notorious queer and trans people of color performance crew will honor our erased, fallen and slain queer and trans people of color family lost to hate crimes, war, colonization, and genocide. We will celebrate our queer legacies and the ways we’ve found to survive through the beautiful resistance of memory, and whisper stories about grief, loss, healing, sweet darkness, and walking between worlds towards rebirth.

Beloved: A Requiem for Our Dead will feature the brilliance and blaze of renowned Caribbean speculative fiction storycrafter Nalo Hopkinson; multimedia invocation performance art heart wrench by playwright and poet Nico Dacumos; In Memoriam, a new collaborative dance theater work by Charlston Chu and Cherry Galette; ancestral prayer/spoken love letter by writer and theater artist Rose E. Sims; a mixed media jazz dance cabaret extravaganza by Charleston Chu, an autobiographical musical journey traversing the Middle East and African Diaspora by virtuoso trio SoliRose; the powerful truth renderings of queer Sri Lankan writer and performer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha; and the premiere of Moorish Salt a burlesque-dance theater/ritual performance art piece by fusion dance artist and theater-maker Cherry Galette.

Mangos With Chili is a Bay Area based arts organization committed to showcasing high quality performance of life saving importance by queer and trans artists of color to audiences in the Bay Area and beyond. Founded in 2006 by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ms Cherry Galette, Mangos With Chili has performed to sold out houses across North America, wowing audiences in world class theaters, underground performance spaces, bars, and campus halls, with their high intensity, breathtaking performance, politics, and storytelling craft, reflecting the lives and stories of queer and trans people of color, while making art that speaks out in resistance to the daily struggles around silence, isolation, homophobia, and violence that QTPOC face. Mangos With Chili is a fiscally sponsored project of the San Francisco based arts organization CounterPULSE, which provides space and resources for emerging artists and cultural innovators: www.counterpulse.org. Mangos With Chili is supported by the Horizons Foundation, the Astraea Foundation, and the generous support of our community of donors.

Both venues are wheelchair accessible. The show contains material of adult nature. Parental discretion advised. Please refrain from wearing scented products to ensure that audience members and performers with multiple chemical sensitivity can attend.

For more information:
mangos.with.chili@gmail.com
mangoswithchili.wordpress.com

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Archive for the ‘Lo Que Hay’ Category

Lo Que Hay This Weekend Boston, NYC: Musica, Hip Hop Theater Festival, Cemetery Tours y Mas

Lo Que Hay This Weekend NYC : Blaktinas and Cuban Children’s Theater in the Bronx y Mas

Lo Que Hay This Weekend en NYC : Blaktina in the Bronx y Mas

Attn NYC! Latino Rebels and The Phoenix present: Words and Music For Miguel Algarín

Tonight in NYC, Tomorrow in Amherst : The Revolution Starts at Home

A Few Quick Updates and Announcements

Thursday in NYC : UPR No Se Vende! University of Puerto Rico Student Activists Panel

HISPANIC PANIC!: PUNK – an evening of Latin words and strange music

NJ 2010 Hispanic Heritage Celebration: LatinaVoices and Visions Latinas Out Loud: Epistles

Mangos With Chili Presents Beloved: A Requiem for Our Dead in the Bay Area Tonite & Nov. 15th

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