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Hoy en NYC : Homenaje a Ricardo León Peña-Villa “El Poe”
7:26 am By Maegan La Mala · Colombia|New York City|Poetry · Comments Off
8 Apr 2011
It’s National Poetry Month : step outside of what you know and head into Queens where talented poets and artists from Latin America will gather to remember one of their own, recently passed friend Ricardo León Peña-Villa. Ricardo was not only a poet but an activist who played a key role in the struggle for housing in the Lower East Side.
Cuando : Friday, April 8 · 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Donde: Teatro Natives
82-22 NORTHERN BLVD, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372
Tren #7 hasta la parada 82nd Street
El Colectivo Poetas en Nueva York invita a la comunidad neoyorkina a rendir homenaje y celebrar la vida de Ricardo León Peña-Villa “El Poe”, quien falleciera recientemente en la ciudad. En esta ocasión miembros del Colectivo Poetas en Nueva York se han integrado a la organización del evento para unir esfuerzos en la realización de un homenaje de despedida a una de las figuras más destacadas de la diáspora latina en New York durante los últimos años.
El evento de homenaje tendrá como epicentro el teatro NATIVES ubicado en el 82-22 NORTHERN BLVD, JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372, en donde se harán presentes diferentes agrupaciones musicales de calidad internacional, entre los que se destacan Edy Martínez, Pablo Mayor y Folklore Urbano, Samuel Torres, Gregorio Uribe, Mario Barreiro, Daniel Reyes Llinas, Café Dorado y muchos más, quienes interpretarán composiciones propias y letras de Peña-Villa. Además se contará con la participación de poetas residentes en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Durante el evento que se realizará el 8 de abril de 2011, desde las 6pm, se celebrará la vida, la poesía, la música, el legado, la lucha pacífica y de revolución cultural, de este hombre que falleciera el pasado 11 de Marzo.
Así mismo el Colectivo Poetas en Nueva York, está organizando como apertura del evento una Masa Alegre (manifestación alternativa poética de toma de calles) que se realizará el mismo 8 de abril a las 5pm, y que emulará un carnaval de despedida, que partirá de la calle 83 st y Roosevelt Ave, hasta las instalaciones del teatro Natives. En esta Masa Alegre se cantarán coros de memoria a “El Poe” y se leerá su poesía durante el recorrido.
De antemano agradecemos su colaboración y participación activa en este evento en respaldo de quienes construyen la cultura. Los eventos serán totalmente gratis y abiertos a quienes quieran participar y acompañar a “El Poe” en esta celebración de despedida.
La palabra nunca muere / The Word Never Dies : Rest in Peace Ricardo Leon Peña Villa
1:51 pm By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Poetry · 1 Comment
11 Mar 2011
I was going to urge Queens, NYC area people who were not planning on attending the UPR Solidarity Event in el Barrio tonight to head to Terraza 7 Train Cafe for a fundraiser for the poet Ricardo Leon Peña Villa, who had struggling with his health and was in the hospital.
It was with great sadness that I received the news that “El Poe”, as he was affectionately called (and with a certain amount of reverence, I may add), passed on today at 11:55 am in Manhattan.
I was blessed enough to have shared poetic space with Ricardo. I have been to his home numerous times to party, converse, drink, and share dance (and other cositas ricas). It was in his apartment in the Lower East side where I met my most recent baby daddy, and she has been blessed by the muses ever since.
I urge all who can to come out to Terraza tonite to celebrate Ricardo’s life and the words that he gave the earth to remember him by. Also help support his familia as they make sad decisions that come with the inevitable reality of humanity.
Terraza 7 Train Cafe
40-19 Gleane Street NY 11373
Elmhurst, NY
7-10 pm
7 train to 82nd Street
Latino Book Month, Jueves May 15 Pick : Sinasco
9:17 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Books|literature · Comments Off
15 May 2008
SINASCO stands for Sindicato de Astronautas Colombianos or the the Syndicate of Colombian Astronauts. Three Colombian poets in New York City gave themselves this name to describe their daring approach to Spanish language poetry but I also suspect that it has to do with a sense of “spacelessness” as immigrant voices on a crazy planet. This independently published book with poems from Nicolas Linares, Ricardo Leon Pena-Villa, and Diego “Liriko” Vargas, is a bilingual look through the eyes of word artists who feel that poetry is a way of life and a means of change.
What makes this collection unique is that while the three poets are linked, their voices are all so different.
Full disclosure : I am friends with the authors of the book and the book was dedicated to my younger daughter, but as a poet, I know good poetry when I see it and this new wave of poetry should be read, embraced, and allowed to fly as astronauts do.
If you would like to purchase the book contact Diego Vargas at llgante77@yahoo.com.
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