2016, Education, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Performance, Photography, Poetry, Politics, Style, Visual Art, Workshops

The Sustainable Artist Toolkit

Posted on December 7, 2016December 23, 2016 by Alejandro

We are excited to host FABNYC’s next Sustainable Artist Toolkit workshop,

Artists with Radical Visions: Shifting, Challenging, Thriving!

Before we all break for the holidays, let’s refocus our energies towards realizing our self-determined liberated life. Engage in a strategic dialogue around needs and resources and learn to work together to define boundaries, affirm goals, and stand in our power.

Tuesday, December 13, 7-9pm right here at Loisaida Inc. Center!

RSVP: http://fabnyc.org/archive/artists-rad-visions/

2016, Bilingual, Dance/Movement, Education, Events, Partnerships, Past, Senior

Senior Day – December 2016

Posted on November 4, 2016December 7, 2016 by Alejandro

SENIOR DAY

Lunes, 5 de DICIEMBRE, 2016

PROGRAMA

12:00 – 12:30 pm:

REGISTRO

12:30 -1:30 pm:

1ra Sesión de Talleres

SALÓN 1

SALÓN 2

ZUMBA

1:30 – 2:30 pm:

COFFEE BREAK

2:30 – 3:30 pm:

2da Sesión de Talleres

SALÓN 1

SALÓN 2

ZUMBA

3:30 – 4:30 pm:

MÚSICA EN VIVO

SALÓN 1

2016, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Dance/Movement, Events, Music, Past, Senior, Uncategorized

Noche De Filin & Bohemia

Posted on November 3, 2016November 18, 2016 by Alejandro

Noche de Filin & Bohemia

Thursday, November 17th at 8:00 pm

Suggested donation of $10

710 East 9th Street New York, NY 10009

The Loisaida Inc. Center will revive the romantic times with the oldies: Anibal Ayala and Alma Adentro will be presenting a classic repertoire from Silvia Rexach to El Topo. The evening will include a special tribute to the romantic music of our Quisqueya brothers and sisters. Presented as part of 2016 BORIMIX Festival.

Lite refreshments will be served.

2016, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Central America, Education, Events, Partners, Past, Performance, Photography, Visual Art

Bronx Latin American Art Biennial @ Loisaida Center

Posted on November 1, 2016December 23, 2016 by Alejandro

ARTISTS:
Antonio Tovar, Darío Fresco,
Ed Álvarez, Edwin Torres, Evelin Velásquez, Frank Guiller, Hillie Galarza, Ignacio Soltero, Jonás Hidalgo, Luis Carle, Ray Llanos, Rafael Carabano, Yelaine Rodríguez.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY:
Carlos Rivera

Bronx Latin American Art Biennial’s Curators: Alexis Mendoza & Luis Stephenberg

OVERVIEW
I am one of those peoples that…

The 2016 edition of the Bronx Latin American Art Biennial under the title, “I am one of those people that…” will examine artworks referring to personal aspects of the creation process, what is in the mind of the artists sometimes is not what is reflecting on the work or the personal opinion; the personal philosophy. The curators and organizers of the 5th Bronx Latin American Art Biennial will focus the selection of the artworks more in the way artists think and what are the specifics behind the creating process. We encourage the artists to be very vocal about their work. Also, our intention is to have the opportunity to explore some of today’s local, national and international social issues such as: migration, women’s rights, political conflicts, different types of discrimination, and more important issues that reflect on the autonomy of the opinion. We are not seeking for every artwork to be a portrait or self-portraits, rather to be a self-representation of the artist’s way of thinking.

Sometimes art’s autonomy is proposed not as a genuine theoretical claim but as strategic one, where the suggestion is that only by claiming that art is indemnified by its very nature against moral culture can we prevent the forms of censorship that art is regularly subject to. But this strategic appeal to autonomy may purchase art’s freedom only at the cost of denying art’s power. I believe that a society that supports the arts supports the cultivation of minds that are able to pay attention, to think and notice what’s on artists’ minds become a habitual experience. Only then are there opportunities to reinforce the national culture. That will be the ultimate autonomy. Here we have drawn unlikely under current conditions, opinion, proposing instead a problematization of the same to the extent that we would no longer or with a referential field or with the discursive strategies capable of taking charge of the experience under the dissolutive operations that ideology, while constituting each of the moments of the object, has practiced on the disciplines and techniques that seek to address it.

2016, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Education, Past, Visual Art, Youth

“De Aqui y De Allá” by Adrián Viajero Román

Posted on October 27, 2016November 19, 2016 by Alejandro

“De Aquí y De Allá“

By Adrián Viajero Román

Oct 19th – Nov 18th
Opening Reception: Oct 28 at 7:30pm

The EXODUS series explores the Puerto Rican experience of migration, past and present. Focused on towns and municipalities that are encountering a rapid decrease in population, causing separation of families, homes to be abandoned, and businesses to be closed down. Today’s crisis of the poor economy, high taxes, drugs and violence, and a decrease in agriculture that was once a thriving industry for Puerto Rico’s economy has contributed to an estimated over 300,000 people leaving the island in the past 10 years, with 144,000 of them leaving in the last 4 years, and 64,000 leaving in 2014 alone.

Adrian blocks some traffic on Broadway to show people what Puerto Rico looks like. (Wood house siding cut out in the shape of Puerto Rico, the black outlines are the shapes of the municipalities with the highest population of Puerto Ricans that have left their homes).

This is a portion of Viajero's installation on display at Loisaida Inc. Center which will become a permanent installation on display at the NYC Facebook office headquarters. 

#LOISAIDACenter #exodus #crisisisland #DefendPR

2016, Books, Education, Events, New York History, Partners, Talk / Panel, Visual Art

War in the Neighborhood: Gentrification and Graphic Art

Posted on October 27, 2016November 20, 2016 by Alejandro

War in the Neighborhood: Gentrification and Graphic Art

with Seth Tobocman

Music by Eric Blitz, Andy Laties and Joe Merolla.

Tuesday, November 15th, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Published in 1999, Seth Tobocman’s War in the Neighborhood remains one of the most relevant graphic novels exploring housing and community issues. Called a “masterpiece of gentrification” and “the comic book version of Rent,” War in the Neighborhood is a riveting first-hand account of radical neighborhood transformations in late 80’s and early 90’s New York.

With nuance and candor, Tobocman tells the tales of courageous communities built from rubble while exploring the moral complexities inherent in any movement, and the struggles against displacement that continue in varied forms today.

To coincide with the republishing of this classic novel by Ad Asta Comix, Tobocman will lead an illustrated discussion of his experiences, his art, and how the two intersect.

Seth Tobocman co- founded the magazine World War 3 Illustrated and is the author of many graphic books including his latest, Len, A Lawyer in History, about civil rights attorney Leonard Weinglass. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, the Village Voice, The Museum of Modern Art, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, posters, banners, murals, patches and tattoos by people’s movements all over the world.

This event is co-sponsored with GVSHP.

Below there is video documentation of the event for those who missed it.

2016, Book Readings, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Children Friendly, Dance/Movement, Education, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Partnerships, Past, Storytelling, Workshops

Loisaida’s Mini Fest

Posted on October 12, 2016November 1, 2016 by Alejandro

Loisaida Inc. Center will be celebrating a Family day we like to call the Mini-Fest “Storytelling Edition” as part of El Festival de la Palabra NYC.

Join us:

Saturday, October 29th from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Loisaida Inc. Center – 710 East 9th Street and Avenue C

The MiniFest will have: Creative workshops for kids, fun games and activities, storytelling and a Light Show called “Colorful Animals” with many more surprises.

Mini Fest Program & Schedule:

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Cuentacuentos – “Storytelling”

With: Tina Casanova and José Rabelo (part of: Festival de la Palabra)

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Itinerant stations with diferent activities for kids. Including drawing, painting, creating you own puppet for the older ones. Creative and fun station for toddlers too. Open air activities and games.

Story Workshop: Participants could create their own little story and their own book. Materials: Paper, pencils, crayons. With: Zuleyka Alejandro.
Drawing and Painting Character Workshop: Kids will be able to draw or paint their characters this way helping them to develop the characters. Materiales: Paper, Paint, crayons, pencils. With: Juan Bautista
Theatrical Games: Fun games for the kids to develop and act their characters. With: Zuleyka Alejandro
Open air activities: Bubble making games and a variety of fun games and activities.
Permanent Stations: Clay Sation, Printmaking Station, Games for toddlers.

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

“Light Show”

Colorful Animals is a Light Show for kids! The story is an effort to learn about accepting each other with our differences. With: Zuleyka Alejandro, Juan Bautista, Daniela Fabrizi y Kevin Pérez.

2016, Book Readings, Books, Caribbean, Education, Events, Festival, Partnerships, Past, Uncategorized

San Juan Noir

Posted on October 12, 2016November 1, 2016 by Alejandro

San Juan Noir Anthology Launches Amidst Puerto Rican Debt Crisis

San Juan Noir is an unprecedented volume of contemporary Puerto Rican fiction edited by renowned author Mayra Santos-Febres, creator of Puerto Rico’s Festival de la Palabra which its New York edition will be celebrated at Loisaida Inc. Center this same weekend.

She’ll be attending this special New York City launch, alongside anthology contributors Charlie Vázquez, Wilfredo Burgos Matos and Manuel Meléndez—as part of Festival de la Palabra. This will take place at the Loisaida Center on Friday, October 28th at 7:00p.m.

Publisher Akashic Books will be on-hand to sell both Spanish-language and English-language copies of this breakthrough volume of Puerto Rican crime fiction, which features writers from the island and the diaspora. The Loisaida Inc. Center is located at 710 E 9th Street, NY, NY 10009.

“Puerto Rico is often portrayed as sandy beaches, casinos, luxury hotels, relaxation, and never-ending pleasure,” Santos-Febres says. “But the financial downturn of 2008 hit us hard and as in many crises, art, music, and literature have also flourished. We have responded to our crisis with many stories to tell. In these times, many of those stories are noir.”

The fifteen stories compiled in San Juan Noir have been published in both Spanish and English editions and were written by Ernesto Quiñones, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, José Rabelo, Luis Negrón, Ana María Fuster Lavín, Janette Becerra, Manolo Núñez Negrón, Tere Dávila, Edmaris Carazo and Alejandro Álvarez Nieves. Come celebrate this historic moment…

Info: info@loisaida.org

Book cover:

2016, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Education, Events, Partners, Past

Folclor de Puerto Rico: memoria e identidad

Posted on October 12, 2016October 27, 2016 by Alejandro

Folclor de Puerto Rico: memoria e identidad

Idioma: Español
Fecha: Sábado, 22 de octubre de 2016
Horario: 2:00 pm a 5:00 pm
Recurso: Profesor Néstor Murray-Irizarry

Profesor universitario de Historia retirado. En 1976 fundó el Centro de Investigaciones Folclóricas de Puerto Rico, Inc. con sede en la Casa Paoli en Ponce, Puerto Rico. Investigador y estudioso de nuestra cultura durante más de 50 años. Tiene publicado más de 15 libros sobre diversos temas de nuestra cultura nacional. Fundó la Revista Miradero en papel (hoy virtual www.miradero.org). Ha editado más de 50 libros, revistas, DVD, CD. Es pionero en en el estudio del muralismo en Puerto Rico lo que le ha merecido varios premios. A sus 70 años continua trabajando en beneficio de nuestro acervo cultural.

Para más información: nmirizarry@gmail.com

Entrada gratis

2016, Bilingual, Book Readings, Books, Children Friendly, Education, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Latin America, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Poetry, Storytelling, Youth

The Word Festival at Loisaida Inc.

Posted on October 4, 2016November 1, 2016 by Alejandro

Loisaida Inc. and Acacia Network together with Salón Literario Libroamérica, Instituto Cervantes, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña presents:

Festival de la Palabra (The Word Festival)

When?

Thursday, October 27th through Saturday, October 29th from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Thursday and Friday) and 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Saturday)

Where?

Loisaida Inc. – 710 East 9th Street New York, NY 10009

OVERVIEW:

Festival de la Palabra (The Word Festival) is the top literary event in Puerto Rico, and the only literary festival in the world based on one single community -the Puerto Rican community- which is held in two very distinct cities: San Juan and New York, and for the first time celebrated at Loisaida Inc. in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Over 15,000 visitors attend this international encounter of writers and readers, featuring 100 prestigious authors from Puerto Rico and 20 other countries in America, Europe and Africa, all sharing their common passion for literature.

Thursday, October 27th – 6:00 PM

Venue: LOISAIDA INC. CENTER – 710 EAST CALLE 9 LOWER EAST SIDE – 6:00 PM

“LOS DE AQUÍ Y LOS DE ALLÁ”
PANELISTAS:
• Manolo Núñez Negrón
• Tere Dávila
• Bonafide Rojas
• Urayoán Noel

Venue: INSTITUTO CERVANTES – 211 EAST 49TH STREET – 7:30 PM

“EUROPA-AMÉRICA LATINA: VIAJES A UTOPÍA”
PANELISTAS:
• Jesús Ferrero
• Marina Perezagua
• José Manuel Fajardo
• Raúl Aguiar
• Mayra Santos-Febres

Friday, October 28th – 7:30 PM

Venue: LOISAIDA INC. CENTER – 710 EAST CALLE 9 LOWER EAST SIDE – 7:30 PM
”SAN JUAN NOIR” (RSVP here)
INAUGURACIÓN Y PRESENTACIÓN DE LIBRO CON:
• Johnny Temple
• Mayra Santos-Febres
• Charlie Vázquez
• Wilfredo Burgos Matos
• Manuel Méndez
• Tere Dávila

Saturday, October 29th – 12:00 – 10:00 PM

Venue: LOISAIDA INC. CENTER – 710 EAST CALLE 9 LOWER EAST SIDE
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM

“LOISAIDA’S MINI FEST” (RSVP here)

12:00 – 1:00 PM – CUENTACUENTOS (Storytelling)
CON:
• Tina Casanova
• José Rabelo

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – ESTACIONES ITINERANTES DE ACTIVIDADES CREATIVAS
CON:
• Zule Alejandro
• Daniela Fabrizi
• Juan Bautista

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM – ESPECTACULO DE LUCES
CON:
• i Luminate

Venue: LOISAIDA INC. CENTER – 710 EAST CALLE 9 LOWER EAST SIDE
4:00 PM – 9:00 PM

4:00 PM – “MEMORIA, LITERATURA Y COMUNIDAD”
PANELISTAS:
• Tina Casanova
• Charlie Vázquez
• José Rabelo
• Mariposa Fernández

4:30 PM – PROYECCIÓN DE DOCUMENTALES: “LUIS/LIZZA” Y “CLEMENTE SOTO VÉLEZ”
CON:
• Joelle González-Laguer
• Luis Felipe Díaz
• Alfredo Villanueva Collado

5:30 PM – “CARIBE: ARCHIPIÉLAGO DE SUEÑOS”
PANELISTAS:
• Raúl Aguiar
• Carlos Fonseca
• Manolo Núñez Negrón
• Mayra Santos-Febres

7:00 PM – PRESENTACIÓN DE LIBRO “YO SOY IRIS CHACÓN”
CON:
• Iris Chacón

8:00 PM – CIERRE POÉTICO