Category Archives: Youth

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, Caribbean Heritage, Education, Events, Family Activities, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Textiles, Visual Art, Workshops, Youth

Taller de Soles (Sol Lace Workshop)

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12
Apr

Learn how to make beautiful and intricate lace pieces through a simple and meditative
technique with Puerto Rican fiber artist, Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda, who will
introduce us to the technique as it is worked in her native country of Puerto Rico.
Understanding the essence of the technique gives us a vocabulary that we can apply in
both traditional and experimental/contemporary contexts.

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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, Events, Family Activities, Festival, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Performance, Puppetry, Residencies, Storytelling, Textiles, Theater, Visual Art, Workshops, Youth

Ecological City

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12
Apr

ECOLOGICAL CITY, a climate action, ecological urban pilgrimage and performance art event – features a spectacular 6 hour procession featuring visual art, giant puppets and costumes with 20 site performances of dance, music, theater and poetry celebrating sustainability solutions throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and East River Park waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

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2018, Children Friendly, Education, Events, Family Activities, Neighborhood, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Puerto Rico, Textiles, Visual Art, Workshops, Youth

Textiles Yarn Workshop

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12
Apr

Learn how to recycle fabrics and clothing into a fun material that can be used for knitting, weaving, crocheting and many other crafts.

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2018, Children Friendly, Education, Festival, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, Partners, Partnerships, Past, Performance, Puppetry, Residencies, Storytelling, Style, Textiles, Theater, Uncategorized, Visual Art, Workshops, Youth

Ecological Arts/Puppet and Costume Workshops

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29
Jan

Sign up for Puppet Workshops below: Sign up for Costume Workshops below:

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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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2018, Book Readings, Books, Education, Lower East Side, Neighborhood, New York History, Partners, Past, Style, Youth

Book Talk: Street Gangs of the Lower East Side

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09
Jan

With “The Street Gangs of the Lower East Side,” Jose Cochise
Quiles and Clayton Patterson provide a brutally honest, self-reflective and moving account of one person’s struggle to break the cycle of violence and poverty since birth through creativity and compassion for others in the East Village / Lower East Side. Quiles pulls no punches about the experiences that took him from gang leader to an historian of gangs, artist, and author who creates with a joyous yet desperate edge, for the sake of sheer survival.

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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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