Loisaida Inc.

Nuyorican Poets Cafe W.O.W. Open Mic at Loisaida Center
2025-03-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Nuyorican Poets Cafe W.O.W (Womxn Orator Wednesday) Open Mic will be hosted on March 5th, Wednesday, 2025, from 6 to 8:30 PM!
Open to all genres including poetry, music, comedy, and story-telling.
Hosted by Felicia Cade aka ‘Rise Felicia’ in-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D), Manhattan, NY 10009. Please note: all performances are live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channels (and the recording is available to watch on our YouTube channel right thereafter).
** On the first Wednesday of each month. **
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **
Tickets:
$10 (plus online fee) for performers or audience/viewing (same price).
$10 (at the door, via credit card or Zelle or Apple Pay, no cash)
<<RSVP link>>

Nuyorican Poets Cafe Open Mic Hosted by Solpreme at Loisaida Center
2025-03-12 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Open Mic will be hosted on March 12th, Wednesday, 2025, from 6 to 8:30 PM!
Open to all genres including poetry, music, comedy, and story-telling.
Hosted by Solpreme in person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D), Manhattan, NY 10009. Please note: all performances are live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channels (and the recording is available to watch on our YouTube channel right thereafter).
** On the first Wednesday of each month. **
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **
Tickets:
$10 (plus online fee) for performers or audience/viewing (same price).
$10 (at the door, via credit card or Zelle or Apple Pay, no cash)
<<RSVP link>>

Espacio MUY de Arte - La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio
2025-04-01 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Dear friends and art lovers,
Gallery MUY, based in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, is a cultural center for contemporary art by creators of Mayan and Zoque descent. It employs all media, from painting, sculpture, and photography to performance and relational art in the indigenous communities of Chiapas.

La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio has exhibited and is working on projects with MUY represented photographer Sasaknichim (Margarita) Martinez Perez. MUY is also currently exhibiting five painters at the Kates-Ferri Project on Grand Street through March 29*

MUY’s goal is to:

Bring a larger group exhibition to the U.S. in the near future. The exhibition “Reimagining Our Territories” can be viewed here: https://www.galeriamuy.org/en/reinventing-territories-migration-according-to-maya-and-zoque-communities/
And to form cross-border partnerships with artists and arts organizations in NYC by developing collaborative works, site-specific projects, and international exchange and residency programs

How can this happen?
With your ideas, connections, and help!

Please join us this Tuesday at Loisaida Inc. for a conversation with MUY Directors: curator Maya Juracan; artist PH Joel, and John Burstein, Gallery Co-Founder.

https://www.katesferriprojects.com/exhibitions/el-encuentro-/-the-encounter-galeria-muy-kfp-group-exhibtion

https://www.galeriamuy.org/kates-ferri-projects/

https://www.galeriamuy.org/artistas/ph-joel/

https://www.galeriamuy.org/artistas/sasak-nichim/

https://www.galeriamuy.org/proyecto-1-migracion-y-transterritorialidad/

Mucho Amor,
Lyn and Pepe / La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio and Galeria MUY.

Nuyorican Poets Cafe Open Mic Wednesdays hosted by Solpreme at Loisaida Center
2025-04-09 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Open Mic Wednesdays in partnership with Nuyorican Poets Cafe is every second and fourth Wednesday of the month.
The slam will be hosted by @orgsolpreme in person and on stage at the Loisaida Center – 710 East 9th Street, NY, NY 10009, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM!
Open to all genres including poetry, music, comedy, and storytelling. All art forms are welcome: poetry, short stories, humor, monologues, songs (Note: ORIGINAL songs only). 4 minutes maximum per performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance, please email the .mp3 or .wav file or your online audio URL link to chris@loisaida.org in advance.
Note: All performances will be recorded and live-streamed via LoisaidaTV and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channels (and the recording will be available to watch on our YouTube channel immediately afterward). Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed. If you missed attending and/or would like to re-watch your performance, find the recorded videos on our YouTube.

By attending and/or participating in these Open Mic events, you acknowledge that your voice and/or likeness will be recorded and/or photographed and may be used for promotional or educational purposes by both the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Loisaida Center.

Tickets:
* $10 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances, same price)
* $10 (at the door at the Loisaida Center, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only, no cash)

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AN ARCHIVE FOR LOISAIDA by Arthur Lee
2025-05-15 13:30 - 17:00 UTC | Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, NY, NY, 10010, United States
AN ARCHIVE FOR LOISAIDATo remember and continue Loisaida’s history of activism in Cooper Union
May 15th – 30th
Located at the Cooper Union Library – Foundation Building, 7 E 7th St, New York, NY 10003
Opening EventMay 15th 1:30 PM
Open Hours are the same as the Library’s

Loisaida: A State of Mind - Featuring the works of Marlis Momber & Maximo Colón
2025-05-25 18:00 - 2025-06-07 20:00 UTC | Piragua Art Space, 367 E 10th St, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Loisaida: A State of MindHonoring Nuestra Guerrera de LoisaidaMay 25th – June 7thFeaturing the works of Marlis Momber & Maximo ColónPiragua Art Space & Curated by: David “Daso” Soto367 East 10th Street
Loisaida: A State of MindPiragua Art Space, 367 East 10th StreetMay 25 – June 7, 2025
Join us for Loisaida: A State of Mind, a vibrant exhibition honoring the spirit and resilience of Loisaida through the lens of legendary photographers Marlis Momber and Máximo Colón. This special presentation celebrates our community’s heritage, activism, and artistry — and pays tribute to Nuestra Guerrera de Loisaida.
Presented by Piragua Art Space & David “Daso” Soto, Loisaida Cultural Archives, Siempre Palante, and Bloque, the exhibition captures the essence of Latinx cultural identity and public life in the Lower East Side.
✨ Free and open to the public.

Loisaida: Un Estado de ConcienciaPiragua Art Space, 367 East 10th Street25 de mayo – 7 de junio de 2025
Te invitamos a Loisaida: Un Estado de Conciencia, una exposición vibrante que rinde homenaje al espíritu y la resiliencia de Loisaida a través del lente de las reconocidas fotógrafas y fotógrafos Marlis Momber y Máximo Colón. Esta muestra especial celebra el patrimonio, el activismo y la creatividad de nuestra comunidad, honrando a Nuestra Guerrera de Loisaida.
Presentado por Piragua Art Space y David “Daso” Soto, Loisaida Cultural Archives, Siempre Palante y Bloque, esta exposición captura la esencia de la identidad cultural Latinx y la vida pública en el Lower East Side.
✨ Entrada libre y abierta al público.

SEMBRANDO RESISTENCIA - CONECTANDO LUCHAS
2025-09-06 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
SEMBRANDO RESISTENCIA
“CONECTANDO LUCHAS”
Es nuestro segundo año de Sembrando Resistencia, y queremos brindar dos días de inmersión comunitaria reflexionando en las luchas de distintos líderes de Loisaida, Bronx, Chile, y Puerto Rico.
Únanse para compartir y conocer sobre estas experiencias y cómo las luchas se conectan.
September 6
3-5 pm Panel at @loisaidainc.center with @lasaladepepe, , @rapabonpr, @lapenadelbronx , @kailabule
5-5:30 pm Walking tour to Francisco “ Pancho” Ramos Community Garden
5:45-6:45 pm Live Music @dasomonster y el grupo Cemi @faabio.puentes @angelbajotimba @yuto_kanazawa @takafuminikaido

HABITAR LAS FÁBULAS (LAB)
2025-10-10 15:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
HABITAR LAS FÁBULAS

Description:
Habitar las Fábulas is a series of dance performances inspired by the visual art series Fábulas by Uruguayan artist Fernanda Piñeirua. Through movement, we share women’s stories—of patriarchy, migration, ancestry, community, struggle, union, self-love, and death.

This project is both dialogue and tribute: a collective recomposition of Latin American women’s experiences. From image to gesture, the performances draw symbolic foundations from the Orixas dances of Brazilian Candomblé, the rhythms of Uruguayan candombe, the steps of Argentinian chacarera, and the language of Afro-Latin contemporary dance.
Each body becomes a question, a vessel for memory and resistance, a way of telling what words alone cannot hold. These dances invite the audience into empathy, trusting that the stories of South American women will resonate and echo in their own personal narratives, weaving a sense of shared community.

About Simbólica Cia. de Danza:
Simbólica is a Sudaka Latinafrocontemporary dance company that creates from the symbolic intersections of movement and knowledge. We dance to question what we believe, feel, and think—transforming body and emotion into tools for inquiry where the mind alone cannot reach. Our practice is rooted in regenerating, strengthening, and empowering both personal and collective identity.
María Noel Costa (Uruguay) is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher with training in jazz, modern, African, and contemporary dance. A three-time recipient of the Regional Fund for Culture, her works include I Have Something to Say and Morder.
Paula Sarmiento Ansorena (Argentina/Uruguay) is a dancer, researcher, and director whose creations blend traditional and contemporary Afro-Latin American dances. She has trained in Brazil, Guinea, Mexico, and New York, and is the director of Simbólica Cia. de Danza and member of Yiribas Cia.
Guest Artist: Mobéy Lola Irizarry (Puerto Rican diaspora/Chickasaw Nation) is a genderqueer cultural worker and multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans sound, image, and performance.

Location: Loisaida, Inc.-710 E 9th St, New York, 10009

Praxis & Lab: 3:00 PM (Register here)

Performance: 7:00 PM (Register here)
