Category Archives: Latin America

2018, Afro Puertorrican Bomba, Bilingual, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Central America, Children Friendly, Dance/Movement, Education, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Latin America, Lower East Side, Mexico, Music, Neighborhood, New York History, Now, Partners, Partnerships, Performance, Poetry, Politics, Puerto Rico, Puppetry, Residencies, Screenings, Senior, Storytelling, Style, Summer, Talk / Panel, Textiles, Theater, Visual Art, Workshops, Youth

5th Annual Loisaida Festival TheaterLab 2018

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21
May

Co-produced by MEZCOLANZA NYC & Loisaida Inc. Starting at 12:00 pm on La Plaza Cultural Community Garden [Read Press Release here!] The Loisaida Festival’s Theater Lab, a production of Loisaida […]

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2018, Bilingual, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Children Friendly, Dance/Movement, Education, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Latin America, Lower East Side, Mexico, Music, Neighborhood, New York History, Now, Partners, Partnerships, Performance, Photography, Plena, Poetry, Puerto Rico, Residencies, Screenings, Senior, Storytelling, Style, Summer, Talk / Panel, Textiles, Theater, Visual Art, Workshops, Youth

The 31st Loisaida Festival

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21
May

The 2018 Loisaida Festival Sunday, May 27th 2018 11:00am – 5:00pm Avenue C Corridor / Loisaida Avenue / Alphabet City. The Loisaida Festival is the largest ethnic community pride festival […]

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2018, Bilingual, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Central America, Education, Events, Family Activities, Latin America, Lower East Side, Mexico, Neighborhood, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Youth

ReconstruirMX@Loisaida

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09
Jan

Please join us on January 13th, 2018 for a night of music, dance, tamales and the celebration of the artistic spirit in the rebuilding efforts of communities impacted by the 2017 earthquakes in Mexico. Performances by Sandra Soto Silva, The Josh Craig and more.

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2017, Latin America, Past, Politics, Residencies, Summer, Talk / Panel, Visual Art, Workshops

Constructivist Month

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10
Jul

The Loisaida Center is proud to announce Constructivist Month   A Constructivist View: The artist in the Community, the artist in the Universe Goals and overview:  In Commemoration of Joaquín Torres García Series […]

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2017, Education, Events, Family Activities, Latin America, Neighborhood, New York History, Partners, Past, Photography, Politics, Storytelling, Style, Visual Art, Youth

La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017 (EXTENDED)

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03
Jun

A look at Artmakers’ 26 political murals created for La Plaza Cultural in 1985/86 through historical material (photographs, ephemera, and videos) and contemporary reflections (artist statements and related public programming).
Now Extended through July 31st 2017

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2017, Bilingual, Caribbean, Children Friendly, Education, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Latin America, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, Past, Puppetry, Senior, Storytelling, Style, Summer, Visual Art, Workshops, Youth

Open Community Textiles Workshop

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09
May

Loisaida inc. is proud to present Tejedoras de Magia with Daniela Fabrizi. This open community textile workshop will be complementing with costumes, banners and flags the Cabezudo and the Parade Making workshops to debut in the Opening Community Parade of the 30th edition of the Loisaida Festival. This collaborative atelier will be open to visitors and the community at large during the whole month of May, all FREE.

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2017, Education, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Latin America, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, New York History, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Summer, Visual Art, Youth

Come Paint With Us!

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30
Apr

Artistic experience not necessary. Participants are not required to attend all of the sessions, only hands and creativity needed to help complete this project!

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2017, Education, Events, Family Activities, Latin America, Neighborhood, New York History, Partners, Past, Photography, Politics, Storytelling, Style, Visual Art, Youth

La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017

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22
Mar

A look at Artmakers’ 26 political murals created for La Plaza Cultural in 1985/86 through historical material (photographs, ephemera, and videos) and contemporary reflections (artist statements and related public programming).

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2017, Education, Events, Family Activities, Latin America, Partnerships, Past, Residencies, Senior, Storytelling, Youth

Nativa Remedies // MUJER Gathering

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10
Mar

Join us Sunday, March 12th 3-5PM at Loisaida Center for our second workshop with Celeste Casillas of Nativa Remedies and other women seeking to connect with their feminine wisdom, honor their mother energy, and share sacred space.

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2017, Bilingual, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Education, Family Activities, Latin America, Past, Politics, Talk / Panel, Visual Art

CitiCien Exhibit Artist Talk

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10
Mar

Join us on Thursday March 16th for an artist talk featuring many of our participating artists.

The artists will share about themselves and their artistic practice, as well as the meaning behind the artworks they created for the CitiCien exhibit.

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