Category Archives: Politics

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, Books, Children Friendly, Education, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Film, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, New York History, Now, Partners, Partnerships, Performance, Photography, Poetry, Politics, Screenings, Storytelling, Style, Talk / Panel, Visual Art, Youth

CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH

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12
Apr

Through a collaborative project between Loisaida Inc., La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez and DIAP (Digital Intermedia MFA program at City College), artist and researcher Matthew Mottel (Syeus Mottel’s son) will build 2 geodesic domes (one at La Plaza and the other at the Loisaida Inc. Center’ courtyard) as an interactive art installation. In interviewing Carlos ‘Chino’ Garcia as part of his research, Matthew was told that the domes CHARAS built functioned as both recreational activity spaces and as experimental examples of how to build disaster relief housing in non urban areas. The same functions apply now. The dome at La Plaza Cultura, will be seen from the street, with high visibility. This will bring people to the other dome in the courtyard and exhibition happening at Loisaida Center, which will feature a more detailed documentation of the original events of 1972-73.

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2018, Education, Events, Family Activities, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, New York History, Partners, Past, Photography, Politics, Youth

Soul of a City – Ryan John Lee

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18
Dec

The soul of a city is manifested through its inhabitants: the newspaper sellers, subway riders, pavement pounders, and window shoppers. These seemingly banal routines and daily chores are what feed a city’s energy and identity.

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2017, Bilingual, Caribbean, Caribbean Heritage, Events, Music, Past, Performance, Poetry, Politics, Puerto Rico, Storytelling

Teófilo Torres es: Pateco en Loisaida

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11
Dec

Pateco en Nueva York -at the Loisaida Inc. Center, will be a year closing event and one of a kind presentation for New Yorkers and the Puerto Rican diaspora to feel closely connected to the dire situation many Caribbean islanders are facing in the wake of the 2017 storm season, and to laugh about it.

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2017, Caribbean, Events, Lower East Side, Music, Partnerships, Past, Performance, Politics, Puerto Rico, Storytelling, Style, Talk / Panel, Visual Art

Fantasy Island – Exhibition Performances

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01
Nov

For Shey Rivera Ríos and Huáscar Robles, Hurricane María is an atmospheric manifestation compounded by the fiscal crisis troubling Puerto Rico’s urban landscape.

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2017, Caribbean, Music, Partnerships, Past, Performance, Politics, Puerto Rico, Storytelling, Style, Talk / Panel, Visual Art

Fantasy Island: Panel Discussion

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03
Oct

For Shey Rivera Ríos and Huáscar Robles, Hurricane María is an atmospheric manifestation compounded by the fiscal crisis troubling Puerto Rico’s urban landscape.

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2017, Caribbean, Music, Partnerships, Past, Performance, Politics, Puerto Rico, Storytelling, Style, Talk / Panel, Visual Art

Fantasy Island – Exhibition Open

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03
Oct

For Shey Rivera Ríos and Huáscar Robles, Hurricane María is an atmospheric manifestation compounded by the fiscal crisis troubling Puerto Rico’s urban landscape.

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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, 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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