Posts Tagged ‘Rican Weekend’
For Rican Weekend : Help a PR Political Prisoner
2:38 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Puerto Rico · Comments Off
13 Jun 2010
One of the things that has always bothered me a little about the Puerto Rican Day parade and associated festivities has been the commercialism of history and culture without any real context. It’s one of the reasons I rarely go to the parade. The times I have gone as an adult, I’ve been working, collecting signatures, handing out political fliers, or registering people to vote.
Instead of parading today ( I actually had to work), I’m asking Ricans and lovers of Ricans to help Puerto Rican political prisoner, Oscar Lopez Rivera. Oscar’s hermana is very ill and his supporters are trying get a furlough so that Oscar can travel to P.R. to see his sister. I signed. Will You?
It’s Viernes! A Mover el Culito Rican Weekend Edition
10:25 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Culture|dance|Events|Music|New York City|Puerto Rico · 1 Comment
12 Jun 2009I’m really exhausted of being spoken to as if I were an idiot, and of debates as to who is more down, more Rican, more this more that. So, in honor of Rican Weekend, which is the Festival de la 116 tomorrow and the Puerto Rican Day Parade Sunday, here’s some Pleneros de la 21, who have a whole series of events this weekend that you can read about after the jump.
It’s Rican Weekend
9:03 am By Maegan La Mala · Events|New York City|Puerto Rico · 6 Comments
9 Jun 2006
For millions of Puerto Ricans in NYC this weekend is Rican Weekend, a weekend full of events about celebrating Puerto Rican culture and pride. While there have actually been events happening since June 5th and Ricans throughout the city have been decorating their cars with the single star red, white, and blue Puerto Rican flag, the fieston begins tommorow with not one but two musical street fairs. One is the classic festival de la 116 in el barrio aka Spanish Harlem. The other musical festival will take place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Sunday is the offical 11th annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade and leading the parade down Fifth Avenue as its National Grand Marshall will be Nuyorican singer Marc Anthony. Reggaeton and hip hop will be strongly represented at the parade with Bronx rapper Fat Joe representing as the New York Godfather and reggaetonero Don Omar as the Puerto Rican Godfather.
Hola!
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