Posts Tagged ‘Poetry’
Vivirlatino’s la Mala at Hispanic Panic NYC Tomorrow Nite!
3:05 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Culture| Events| Linking Latinos| New York City| literature · Comments Off
29 Sep 2009
I am so excited to be a part of Hispanic Panic tomorrow nite and I hope that some of you in the NYC area can join this fabulous collection of Latino poets and writers that Charlie Vazquez, the host, has brought together.
HISPANIC PANIC! w/ Brandon Lacy Campos, Maegan ‘La Mamita Mala’ Ortiz, Erasmo Guerra, Robert Vázquez-Pacheco, Cristy Road, and Claudia Narvaez-Meza.
Wednesday, September 30th @ Nowhere, 322 E 14th St, NYC, 8PM, 21+
6to ENCUENTRO DE POESÍA POETAS EN NUEVA YORK
12:07 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Books| Culture| Events| Linking Latinos| Lo Que Hay| New York City| literature · Comments Off
27 Sep 2009
6to ENCUENTRO DE POESÍA
POETAS EN NUEVA YORK
27 de Septiembre – 4 de Octubre 2009
PROGRAMACIÓN
27 de Septiembre, Domingo
Revolution Books –Manhattan-
4:00 p.m.
Presentador: Nicolás Linares
Micrófono abierto.
Juan Nicolás Tineo (República Dominicana)
29 de Septiembre, Martes
Rose Café –Williamsburg, Brooklyn-
6:00 p.m.
Presentador:
Ricardo León Peña-Villa (Colombia)
Gema Santamaría (Nicaragua)
Iván Cruz Osorio (México)
Guido Cabrerizo (Bolivia)
30 de Septiembre, Miércoles
Cafesito Bogotá –Greenpoint, Brooklyn-
7:00 p.m.
Benjamín Morales Moreno (México)
Nicolás Linares (Colombia)
Iván Cruz Osorio (México)
1 de Octubre, Jueves
Terraza 7 Train Café –Jackson Heights, Queens-
7:30 p.m.
Presentadora: Claudia Barragán
Jimmy Valdés (República Dominicana)
José Jesús Osorio (Colombia)
Benjamin Morales Moreno (México)
2 de Octubre, Viernes
Centro Julia de Burgos –Harlem-
6:30 p.m.
Presentadora: Natalia Aristizábal
Carlos Aguasaco (Colombia)
Diego Vargas (Colombia)
Myrna Nieves (Puerto Rico)
Alfredo Villanueva (Puerto Rico)
3 de Octubre, Sábado
(2 presentaciones)
NY Book Expo –Flushing, Queens-
Queens Museum for the Arts
3:00 p.m.
Presentación Colectiva ‘Poetas en Nueva York’
Sucre Café
520 Deklab Ave (Brooklyn)
7:00 p.m.
Presentador: Ricardo León Peña-Villa
Luis Henao (Colombia)
Natalia Aristizábal (Colombia)
Yrene Santos (República Dominicana)
Lena Retamoso (Perú)
Sweet D Cadencia Tonite in Queens, NYC
10:57 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events| Music| New York City| Puerto Rico| literature · Comments Off
27 May 2009
You should go to Hispanic Panic tonite to see la Mala and friends, pero some of my other friends will be in Queens, tonite that you should check out.
April is Poetry Month : Louis Reyes Rivera
7:29 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · literature · Comments Off
22 Apr 2009I missed yesterday’s poetry post so today there will be two. The first one of the day is from Louis Reyes Rivera.
VivirLatino’s Maegan la Mala at Queens Museum Mañana
9:21 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events| New York City| literature · Comments Off
18 Apr 2009
Yours truly will be at the Queens Museum of Art tomorrow from 1 to 6 pm, as part of the Poetas en NY contingent celebrating Latino authors and NYC Immigrants Week.
One of the things I love about the Queens Museum ( I was just there yesterday), is that they always host events and exhibits that are really representative of the diversity of Queens and feature poc/woc artists. Oh and it’s in my hood meaning I can walk there from casa mala!
Now I’m off to find something sort of family friendly to read cuz I’m not usually family friendly.
April is National Poetry Month : Gabriela N. Lemmons
10:46 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Books| Women| literature · Comments Off
17 Apr 2009
Today’s poema by Gabriela N. Lemmons comes from the libro Primera Pagina : Poetry from the Latino Heartland published by the Latino Writers Collective.
Sin Calzon
I want to roam
the streets at night
pantiless
loose
when only the sidewalk
watches
stay up all night
read your diary
broadcast your secrets
on the 10 o’ clock newsmemoir
of a serial bore
you kill me with your consonants
the way those r’s
roll off your tongue
like leather
in those shoes at the foot of your bed…
There’s more to the poem pero you really should buy the book.
April is National Poetry Month : Noemi Martinez
8:34 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Women| literature · Comments Off
16 Apr 2009Today’s poema comes from an incredible media maker, activist, mami, blogger, poeta, Noemi Martinez of Hermana, Resist.
Here it is recounted
Noemisynthesis
we get these folks
you know the type,
they have the feminist fist
tattooed on their ankles
want to visit my community
with their “poorest in the nation” shit
their novelty right now
is mexicans in the colonias.
My valley, my people
and they want to see
the real deal
the real colonias,
you know,
with the really really
poor conditions,
“where it floods & they don’t have electricity”
my valley, my people
and they come w/
notepad, pencil in hand
sic-sicing at our
mexican men & their
macho macho ways
you know, my people
& want to see
“real” victims
and look at that kid
no shoes, shit
let’s get some tequila on the other side
& “authentic” food but how can you eat this?
my people, my valley
you & your fucking rainbow
stickers& yr
world eat fish mentality
and fuck i’m not
even religious or catolica
but leave them w/ their virgen, my Tonantzin
appeared to my juan diego, my people
and lets go for a site
visit, let’s see
the colonias
you know-giving me
facts I know by memory,
numbers I don’t need to hear
because it’s my valley, my people*yes, yes taken out of context.
Yes yes, you will bring funds, $, awareness.
Yes yes I work well with the enemy.
April is National Poetry Month : El Reverendo Pedro Pietri
6:23 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Bilingualism| Puerto Rico| literature · 1 Comment
15 Apr 2009No words can describe Pedro Pietri’s work and his influence on many a poet, myself included. El padre of the Nuyorican poetry movement, political, funny and as Rican as they come.
April is National Poetry Month : Delmira Agustini
12:00 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Uruguay| Women| literature · Comments Off
14 Apr 2009
Today’s poem comes from Uruguyan poet Delmira Agustini (October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914).
Explosión
Si la vida es amor, bendita sea!
Quiero más vida para amar! Hoy siento
Que no valen mil años de la idea
Lo que un minuto azul del sentimiento.Mi corazon moria triste y lento…
Hoy abre en luz como una flor febea;
La vida brota como un mar violento
Donde la mano del amor golpea!Hoy partio hacia la noche, triste, fría
Rotas las alas mi melancolía;
Como una vieja mancha de dolor
En la sombra lejana se deslíe…
Mi vida toda canta, besa, ríe!
Mi vida toda es una boca en flor!
For English keep reading
Poetry y Cultura for Your Soul at Capicu’s 2nd Anniversary Showcase in NYC
11:14 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Arts| Culture| Events| Lo Que Hay| New York City · Comments Off
25 Mar 2009
We do lots of politics here at VivirLatino pero the cultural is the political and each feed into each other. Which is why if you are in the NYC area this Friday, you should come through to Brooklyn to celebrate Capicu’s Poetry & Cultural Showcase and not just I’m gonna be there.
What do you get when you mix a trendy lounge, mojitos, a dynamic host, visual artists and some of the hottest poets & comedians in NYC with a crowd that is ready to feed their souls and then party the night away…
CAPICU POETRY & CULTURAL SHOWCASE @ NOTICE LOUNGE IN BROOKLYN!
Friday, March 27
7 pm
Notice Lounge & Cafe
198 Union Ave (across from 90th Precinct)
Brooklyn, NYJoin Capicu Poetry & Cultural Showcase as we celebrate their second anniversary at Brooklyn’s own Notice Lounge.
Here’s just part of our Special Line-Up! (Confirmed):
Flaco Navaja- multitalented performer that has graced the stages as a feature of Nuyorican Poets Cafe, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and is also the lead vocalist for Boricua Roots music group YERBABUENA
Americo Casiano- Award-winning and Founding Poetc/o PRSUN Radio:
Americo Casiano Jr. is one of the original Nuyorican poets and a key founding activist for the Nuyorican arts movement. He has promoted, produced and coordinated numerous readings and performance series for key arts and cultural organizations in New York City. Among them: El Taller/galleria Boricua (The Puerto Rican Workshop, Inc.), El Museo Del Barrio, Inc., New Rican Village, Inc. the Bronx Council on the Arts and the NuyoRican School Original Poetry Jazz Ensemble, Inc.Maegan “La Mamita Mala” Ortiz- Managing Editor of VivirLatino.com
A Queens born and bred Nuyorican mami, Espanglish poeta, freelance writer, blogger, and all around rabble rouser. Her words and opinions have been featured in the Washington Post, Latina Magazine, The New York Daily News, and National Public Radio.
George Diaz- Comedian- Creator- Producer- Director
As founder of Latino Laughter, Llegamos Live and Llegamos Radio, George has worked with many of today Latin luminaries in the entertainment industry. Through the years, he has collaborated with Daddy Yankee, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Frankie Negron, Brenda K. Starr, Ulysses, Terrero, Paul Rodriguez, and Dave Chappelle. As producer of Llegamos Live, George has launched the careers of many of his former and current Llegamos Players, but he is humble enough to only remind them of this fact daily, George Diaz is firmly committed to making the world a better place- for Latinos. Oh, and non-Latinos as well.
More info very soon!
You helped us build Capicu…it is only right you come celebrate with us.
More Special Invited Guests will be announced soon…
As always we will have special giveaways and lots of surprises…get there early…afterparty included with your $10 admission.
This is double VivirLatino event as one of the organizers/hosts has been a guest blogger here, Sofrito For Your Soul founder, George “Urban Jibaro” Torres. George and I also shared a mentor, so I think a night like Friday was meant to be.
Hope to see you there.
Hola!
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