Community Events and Resources

La Cocina de Loisaida is a monthly in-person cooking class series presented by The Loisaida Center and Essex Market, where longtime Lower East Sider and home chef Maria Bido shares authentic Puerto Rican recipes and cooking techniques. Each month we’ll explore a new batch of family favorites, all based in Puerto Rican flavors and using ingredients from Essex Market.

La Cocina de Loisaida is a monthly in-person cooking class series presented by The Loisaida Center and Essex Market, where longtime Lower East Sider and home chef Maria Bido shares authentic Puerto Rican recipes and cooking techniques. Each month we’ll explore a new batch of family favorites, all based in Puerto Rican flavors and using ingredients from Essex Market.

Gratuito y abierto al público.
Aprenderemos de los ritmos de Joropo y el baile. Para EFA y Nesting, Mafer nos traerá un taller de Joropo. Los joropos son parte de la rica cultura musical de los llanos venezolanos. Esta música es el corazón del folklore llanero venezolano y colombiano.

Free and open to the public.
Come learn the rhythms of Joropo and dance. For EFA and Nesting, Mafer will bring us a Joropo workshop. Joropos are part of the rich musical culture in the Venezuelan plains. This music is the heart of Venezuelan and Colombian Llanera folklore.

Noches de Joropo en New York. Pipiris Nights featuring Mafer Bandola and the Pipiris Band at Barbés on February 26th, 6pm.

Joropo nights in New York. Pipiris Nights featuring Mafer Bandola and the Pipiris Band at Barbés on February 26th, 6pm.

La Cocina de Loisaida is a monthly in-person cooking class series presented by The Loisaida Center and Essex Market, where longtime Lower East Sider and home chef Maria Bido shares authentic Puerto Rican recipes and cooking techniques. Each month we’ll explore a new batch of family favorites, all based in Puerto Rican flavors and using ingredients from Essex Market.