BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Loisaida Inc. - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://loisaida.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Loisaida Inc. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180509T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180511T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220148 CREATED:20180416T200431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T223539Z UID:10000354-1525888800-1526072400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH DESCRIPTION:CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH \n\nA project by: Matthew Mottel in collaboration with Loisaida Inc.\, La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez and DIAP (Digital Intermedia MFA program at City College \n\nOverview: \nThe history of dome building on the LES goes back to when CHARAS built domes in collaboration with Buckminster Fuller in 1972/73. Syeus Mottel documented this effort in his photo-journalism book CHARAS THE IMPROBABLE DOME BUILDERS \, first published in 1974 and now re published in 2017 by Song Cave Press & Pioneer Works. \nThrough 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. \nThis work highlights the achievements of CHARAS and hopefully expands the pressure on the NYC mayoral office to follow through on their promise to re-acquire El Bohio for the Loisaida community. \nThe week of the exhibition opening\, many public performances\, talks and workshops will transpire in both the Loisaida Center dome\, and at La Plaza Cultural. These events will be influenced by the type of programming that happened during the 20+ years of events and exhibitions of El Bohio before being pushed out of its iconic and historic location on 9th Street\, formerly known as P.S. 64. \n\nResources: \nCHARAS The Improbable Dome Builders (((THE FUTURE IN ACTION))) \nThrough the lens of avant-garde architectural theory\, the CHARAS Lower East side community group and Buckminster Fuller’s assistant\, Michael Ben Eli construct a geodesic dome on an unused plot of land in the shadow of the Manhattan bridge in 1972-1973. The CHARAS members built the geodesic dome to control their own destiny.\nCHARAS: The Improbable Dome Builders resonates in 2018. Ever present are the needs of affordable housing\, the occupation of public/unused space for civic use\, and the participation of communities to take self determined action when governmental institutions forgo their public duty. \nCHARAS THE IMPROBABLE DOME BUILDERS: (((THE FUTURE IN ACTION) produced by Matthew Mottel includes archival interviews and photography from 1972/73 by Syeus Mottel with CHARAS members Chino Garcia and Karen Becker. In October 2017\, Sal Becker and Chino Garcia\, return to the dome construction site on the Lower East Side to reflect on their achievements and speak about the purpose of their dome building activity. \nMatthew Mottel’s essay on the book. \nThe video that will be screened during the exhibition opening; CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH –  Wednesday\, May 9 at 6:00 pm \n \n\nSchedule\, Programming & Activities: \n\nSaturday\, May 5 at 6:00 pm – Archive exhibition of the 1972/73 CHARAS Geodesic Dome opens during Fiestas de Cruz at Loisaida Center.\nSunday\, May 6 at 2:00 pm – Dome Building Workshop where participants will assist in the building of a 12′ geodesic dome. There will also be a special screening of archival footage from Bucky Fuller. \nWednesday\, May 9 at 6:00 pm – Geodesic Domes unveiled with exhibition at Loisaida Center and La Plaza Cultural with performance by poet Edwin Torres.\nThursday\, May 10 at 12:00 pm – Exhibition hours at Loisaida Center.\nFriday\, May 11 at 6:00 pm – Exhibition hours at Loisaida Center + Oral history project of the Lower East Side  featuring interview with Chino Garcia by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation\, with documentary screening of Matthew Mottel’s video CHARAS IS ALIVE ON SPACESHIP EARTH at 6:00 pm.\nSaturday\, May 12 at 12:00 pm – Exhibition hours at Loisaida Center + performances in the afternoon thru evening at La plaza Cultural and Loisaida Center Courtyard. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/charas-is-alive-on-space-ship-earth/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class,Loisaida Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dome-Capture-01.gif ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180511T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180511T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20180420T153155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180420T184750Z UID:10000356-1526061600-1526072400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Chino Garcia Oral History and Screening of CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth  DESCRIPTION:Chino Garcia Oral History and Screening of CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth \nFriday\, May 11\, 6:00pm\nLoisaida Inc. Center\, 710 E 9th Street \n\npresented as part of Lower East Side History Month \n\n\nGVSHP‘s Oral History Project helps to preserve memories of the Village and East Village. Our newest release features Carlos “Chino” Garcia\, co-founder of the East Village’s CHARAS El Bohio Cultural and Community Center. \nChino will join us in conversation with Bonnie Sue Stein\, Executive and Artistic Director of GOH Productions. They will discuss Chino’s life and activism\, from youth and migrant communities in the 1950s to the education-focused Real Great Society\, the founding of CHARAS in the 1970s\, and more. \nCHARAS first built domes in collaboration with Buckminster Fuller in 1972. Artist and scholar Matthew Mottel will present his short documentary about CHARAS based on archival footage ofSeyus Mottel (his father)\, working on the Improbable Dome Builders. \nThis event is fully accessible. \nFree. Reservations Required. \n\nRegister here. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/chino-garcia-oral-history-and-screening-of-charas-is-alive-on-spaceship-earth/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Loisaida Festival,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/may11Chino_Matthew_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180525T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180525T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20180517T223626Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180517T223819Z UID:10000359-1527271200-1527282000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Last One Standing - Premier *SOLD OUT* DESCRIPTION:DESCRIPTION\n\n\n\nLoisaida Inc.\, producers of the annual Loisaida Festival\, are pleased to host the significant event in honor of one of the most iconic pillars of the Puerto Rican\, Nuyorican\, and Latinx community\, Adela Fargas\, founder of the restaurant Casa Adela. \nFilmakers Gary Cruz and William Rosario from Yagrumo Productions documented Adela’s life for the last four years culminating in their latest documentary “Last One Standing”. They have immortalized the trajectory of this beloved Loisaida Icon. \nThe reception will feature a special performance from local musician and organizer\, David Soto as Daso Y El Grupo Cemi and an acoustic set by Juan Pagan. \nDoors open at 6:30pm and the screening begins promptly at 7:45pm. \n\nDATE AND TIME\n\nFri\, May 25\, 2018 \n6:30 PM – 10:00 PM EDT \nAdd to Calendar \n\nLOCATION\n\n710 E 9th St \n710 East 9th Street \nNew York\, NY 10009 URL:https://loisaida.org/event/last-one-standing-premier/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/adela-background.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180627T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180627T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20180618T165409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180627T204734Z UID:10000363-1530122400-1530133200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Exhibition Closing: CHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the closing reception of the exhibition: \nCHARAS is Alive on Spaceship Earth \nwith special performances from Art Jones\, Krisia Ayala and Yuko Otomo. \n\nArt Jones will create live audio/video mix featuring the animated sights and sounds of NYC’s utopian future-past\, projected onto artist Krisia Ayala’s installation. Both artists will use the dome as a sculpture to be activated through their own creative interventions. \nYuko Otomo: a visual artist & a bilingual poet (poetry & haiku). She also writes art criticism\, essays & does translation. In visual art\, she has been concentrating herself on the study of “pure abstraction” & has created a body of work covering over 3 decades. Her work has been shown in various gallery spaces; such as Tribes Gallery\, Anthology Film Archives Courthouse Gallery\, ABC No Rio\, Brecht Forum\, Gallery 128\, Knitting Factory & Vision Festival. As a poet/writer\, she has read her work in venues such as St. Marks’s Poetry Project\, Bowery Poetry Club\, Issue Project Room\, Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, Nuyorican Poet’s Café etc. She also has read in Germany\, France & Japan. She has been published in many magazines & literary publications such as Recluse\, 6×6\, Long Shot\, Appearances\, The Unbearables Assemblage Magazine\, Downtown Anthology\, Senritsu & others. Her books include “ Garden: Selected Haiku” (Beehive Press)\, “Small Poems”\, “The Hand of the Poet” (by Ugly Duckling Presse). She also has a huge volume of critical writing on art such as “On Artist & Studio”\, “On Artuad: Writing & Drawing”. \nKrisia Ayala: Puerto Rican born and New York City based teaching artist\, interested in digital mixed media art\, print design and sound installations. Her works on paper range from artist books to large format prints. Ayala has focused her artistic research into developing visuals inspired by migratory issues. Her biggest motivation is to explore and illustrate the similarities between avian and human migration\, intending to blur the lines that differentiate the human and avian migratory experience. Instagram: Krisia.ayalart URL:https://loisaida.org/event/charas-is-alive-on-spaceship-earth-closing/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dome-Capture-hearth.gif ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180722T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180722T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20180618T161235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180703T205425Z UID:10000362-1532286000-1532293200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Lying Lydia - Open Reading DESCRIPTION:Loisaida Inc. and Caborca Theatre present: \nLying Lydia\nOpen Reading \n\nNew work by the Loisaida Inc. Center’s 2014 artists in residence –CABORCA. \nWritten and directed by Javier Antonio González and featuring Laura Butler Rivera\, Yaremis Félix\, and Tania Molina\, Lying Lydia is a piercing look at our civilization’s targeting of women\, colonies\, and the truth. In the mold of Churchill and Fornes\, Lying Lydia is a mysterious and darkly funny chamber work featuring masterful performances from some of Caborca’s veteran actors\, as well as an original soundscape by Keenan Hurley. \n\nTruth may have died in the disaster. Two women are confined and forced to paint the landscape that may have once been. One of them is Margaret. The other is Lying Lydia\, so called because everything she says is a lie. How do you know? Listen\, you can hear her thinking. Like they said you would.\nLOISAIDA INC. CENTER\n710 E 9th Street\, Manhattan\nFree Admission\n7pm \n\nAbout Caborca: \nHailing from Puerto Rico\, US America and beyond\, Caborca makes sprawling\, adventurous works in theatre and film. Combining epic auteurship with a tuned ensemble of actors and a flux of collaborators\, we bridge language\, background and media\, inviting our audience\, guest artists and members alike\, to delve into the pleasure of seeing anew. \nCaborca steals its name from the novel The Savage Detectives\, by Roberto Bolaño\, in which a magazine of the same name is the official organ of visceral realism. \n\nOpinions like those expressed while in a panel\, event or presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in his personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc. its affiliates or staff. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/lying-lydia-open-reading/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/lyinglydia1.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180914T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20180807T190356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180824T045634Z UID:10000367-1536948000-1540746000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Documents of Resistance: Our Time DESCRIPTION:Antonio Serna: Documents of Resistance: Our Time \nSeptember 14th – October 28th \nOpening Reception: Friday\, September 14\, 2018\, 6-9PM \nLoisaida Center Inc. is pleased to present Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, a participatory exhibition and residency of new work by Antonio Serna. \nHow do we give contours to an art history that remains unwritten\, scattered across archives\, and siloed in scholarship? How can we begin to reconnect the struggle for civil rights across all artists of color and their fight for inclusion in our cultural institutions? How can we being to reflect on the complexity of artists of color and their unique experience\, political actions\, and art production as part of the art history in American? In the exhibition\, Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, Mexican-American artist\, Antonio Serna is hoping to take us down a visual path to consider these and many other questions in regards to the important but often overlook contributions of artist of color. \nCentral to the exhibition will be a series timeline collages of art and activism from each decade\, from 1960s up to our current decade. In combining the histories of artists of color\, visitors will be able to visually locate overlapping shared concerns and experiences of artists of color: from the Chicano Movement to the Black Power Movement\, and from the Labor Movement to the Feminist\, Third World Movement\, and beyond. Leading up to and during the exhibition\, Antonio Serna is asking the public to send in their memories of this resistance: people\, places\, or events relevant in order to continue to expand this histories. Serna’s interest is not just a reflection of the past hopes to inspire and empower a new generation of people of color to join the struggle in becoming the next generation of artists\, activists\, curators\, historians\, archivist\, and museum workers\, to help end discrimination in our cultural institutions. \nOriginally from San Antonio Texas\, Antonio Serna is a Mexican-American artist based in New York. Antonio maintains both a studio and collective social practice. These two practices often balance and ground the sum of his production. Antonio Serna holds a Masters in Fine Arts from Brooklyn College\, and a BFA from Parsons School of Art. He has exhibited in New York\, Texas\, Las Vegas\, Spain\, Mexico\, Berlin\, and Romania. His speaking engagements include ArtCenter\, Flux Factory\, CUE Foundation\, Brooklyn Museum\, Pratt\, Common Field Convening\, Eyebeam\, Smack Mellon\, Queens Museum\, and Museo Tamayo. Recently he has participated in residencies at Triangle Arts Association\, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts\, and The Luminary and has taught at Brooklyn College and Parsons School of Design. \n  \nDocument of Resistance:Our Time is made possible in part by funds from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Creative Engagement Grant URL:https://loisaida.org/event/documents-of-resistance-our-time/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SERNA_DoR_OurOpressionsAreConnectedDSC7530-new.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180920T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181019T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20180924T191537Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180926T205321Z UID:10000372-1537466400-1539979200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:ACCIONES DESCRIPTION:ACCIONES QUE LEVANTAN A PUERTO RICO (ACCIONES)\, IS THE ONLY STUDENT ART EXHIBIT OF ITS KIND\, FEATURING 80 ORIGINAL PAINTINGS\nFROM PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MARIA’S DEVASTATING PATH THROUGH THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO. \n\n\nThe CHICAS by Alejandra Foundation (CHICAS Foundation)\, a leading social movement and non-profit organization against bullying and social injustice in Puerto Rico\, announced that student art exhibit\, Acciones que levantan a Puerto Rico (Actions that lift Puerto Rico)\, ACCIONES\, will open in New York\, September 20\, 2018\, to mark the first year anniversary of the devastating path of Hurricane Maria through the Caribbean island. ACCIONES is the only hurricane-themed student art exhibit of its kind. \nFeaturing original works by Puerto Rican students\, from public and private schools\, the two-part New York presentation of ACCIONES will be available at The Loisaida Center\, September 20 through October 19; followed by the second part of the collection\, which will be presented at the Queens College Arts Center\, starting on October 4. \n“The collection communicates a profound sense of hope for the future\, as well as\, its serves as a poignant reminder of the long road ahead to help Puerto Rico fully recover from the storm’s devastation. Acciones also reveals the values that best represent the people of Puerto Rico; such as service\, family\, empathy\, solidarity\, hospitality\, culture\, love of nature and resiliency\,” expressed Frances I. Ryan\, executive director of the CHICAS Foundation. \n“Unveiling the exhibit in New York as we mark the first-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria\, is a fitting gesture of appreciation to all New Yorkers\, especially to the Puerto Rican community\, which immediately galvanized to provide humanitarian support to victims in the aftermath of\nthe hurricane\,” the CHICAS executive continued saying. \nAs one of the leading Puerto Rican community and cultural organizations in New York\, The Loisaida Center\, which in partnership with its umbrella organization\, Acacia Network\, has been at the center of New York’s humanitarian efforts to help Puerto Rico victims in the wake of Hurricane Maria. “Having ACCIONES at The Loisaida Center\, is also our way saying thank you\,” Ryan said\, adding that the presentation at Queens College provides a different\, yet very important academic setting\, consistent with the student art exhibit. \nImmediately after the passing of Hurricane Maria\, the CHICAS Foundation participated in 200 humanitarian missions around the island. Also\, in coordination with the Visual Arts Program of the Puerto Rico Department of Education\, CHICAS hosted\, Acciones\, an island wide contest for\nstudents\, grades K-12\, from public and private schools. \n\nDespite dire conditions\, nearly 100{d189f1124ffa6975f5923217354196c41f30852329af055ade71c436dc0b2403} of the island still in the dark\, without water\, telecommunications or access to roads\, an astounding 630 original works were submitted to participate in the Acciones art contest.\n\n A panel of artists\, art teachers and community leaders selected 80 paintings that became the exhibit’s official selection The CHICAS Foundation envisioned the hurricane-themed art initiative as an important communication forum for Puerto Rican students\, allowing them to express their life changing experiences and begin to heal through art. Many teachers participated in the art contest to facilitate communication with students as they returned to school after the hurricane. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/acciones/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Acciones-Student-Art-Exhibit-2018-revised-e1537816994802.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181025T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181025T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20181002T213654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181010T235257Z UID:10000374-1540492200-1540497600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Decolonial & Third World Studies: Discussion & tour with Antonio Serna DESCRIPTION:Decolonial & Third World Studies: Discussion & tour with Antonio Serna\nThursday\, October 25\, 2018 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion: 7:00–8:30 PM*\n*Pre-Event: 6:15 PM Exhibition Walk-thru with artist Antonio Serna \n\nPanelists: Macarena Gomez-Baris\, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui\, Conor Tomás Reed. \nModerated by Patrick Jaojoco. \n\nSince the 1960s\, students of color have fought to decolonize campuses across the Americas. One of their goals was to introduce studies related to their own experiences and include their history outside of the dominant Eurocentric lens. We will discuss some of the original demands and achievements\, and compare them to the current wave of decolonizing academia.Secondly\, one of main concerns in the project Our Time is to highlight the racism in the arts as affecting all people of color across America. \nWe ask\, what can we gain from a comparative ethnographic analysis of this history? What are the limits and pitfalls of such study? How does it affect the visual arts and visual cultural studies in general (framework of research\, production\, participation\, and consumption)?As a third discussion point\, we will consider spaces of resistance\, noting Esteban Izquierdo Mejia’s intro to Spaces of Cultural Resistance that is similarly echoed in Macarena Gomez-Barris’ intro to The Extractive Zone. Can we consider examples of the importance of spaces of resistance (decolonial or otherwise) that\, as Mejia notes\, “operate to create imagined geographies of belonging that challenge the effects of cultural oppression at the local and regional level?” \nThis panel is held in conjunction with “Documents of Resistance: Our Time” Antonio Serna’s exhibition and residency at The Loisaida\, Inc. Center\, September 14–October 28\, 2018. Support for “Documents of Resistance: Our Time” is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement\, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs‘ Development Fund. \n*Pre-Event: Exhibition walk-through with artist Antonio Serna starts at 6:15 pm\nModerated by Patrick Jaojoco \nBios \nPatrick JaojocoisaBrooklyn-based arts professional\, curator\, researcher\, and writer focusing on political ecology and historiography\, in particular how creative practices and landscape interpretation can aid in public understanding of long-term ecological\, economic\, and political histories. He has organized numerous exhibitions and public programs throughout New York; recently\, he worked withthecuratorial collective Frontview onaproject around American pre-colonial\, colonial\, and cartographic histories and practices. He currently works at Storefront for Art and Architecture\, where Patrick supportstheorganization’s exhibitions and projects as Development and Communications Associate. Patrick wasa2015-2017 Curatorial Fellow at SVA’s MA Curatorial Practice program\, and received his BA in English Literature and Environmental Studies from New York University. \nMacarena Gomez-Barrisis Professor and Chairperson of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn\, New York. She is also Director oftheGlobal South Center (GSC)\,aresearch center that works attheintersection of social ecologies\, art/politics\, and decolonial methodologies. Her instructional focus is on Latinx and Latin American Studies\, memory andtheafterlives of violence\, decolonial theory\,theart of social protest\, and queer femme epistemes. \nJ. Kēhaulani Kauanuiis Professor of American Studies and affiliate faculty in Anthropology at Wesleyan University\, where she teaches courses related to Indigenous studies\, critical race studies\, settler colonial studies\, and anarchist studies. She isthecurrent Chair of American Studies andthecurrent Director oftheCenter fortheAmericas. Her first book isHawaiian Blood: Colonialism andthePolitics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity(Duke University Press 2008) and her second book isParadoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty: Land\, Sex\, andtheColonial Politics of State Nationalism(Duke University Press\, 2018). She also hasanew edited book\,Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists\, Scholars\, and Tribal Leaders. Kauanui currently serves asaco-producer for an anarchist politics show called “Anarchy on Air\,”amajority POC show co-produced withagroup of Wesleyan students\, which builds on her earlier work on another collaborative anarchist program called “Horizontal Power Hour.” \n\nConor Tomás Reedis an archivist\, doctoral student\, educator\, and organizer attheCity University of New York\,acollective member of Lost & Found:TheCUNY Poetics Document Initiative\, andaco-founding participant intheFree University of New York City. Conor researches twentieth and twenty first-century literatures of social movements and urban freedom schools\, and isa2016-2017 Scholar-in-Residence attheSchomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Conor is currently working on his dissertation:CUNY Will Be Free!: Black\, Puerto Rican\, and Women’s Compositions\, Literatures\, and Studies attheCity College of New York and New York City\, 1960-1980. \n\n\n\nAbout the Exhibition: \nDocuments of Resistance: Our Time\nSeptember 14th – October 28th \nLoisaida Center Inc. is pleased to present Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, a participatory exhibition and residency of new work by Antonio Serna. \nHow do we give contours to an art history that remains unwritten\, scattered across archives\, and siloed in scholarship? How can we begin to reconnect the struggle for civil rights across all artists of color and their fight for inclusion in our cultural institutions? How can we being to reflect on the complexity of artists of color and their unique experience\, political actions\, and art production as part of the art history in American? In the exhibition\, Documents of Resistance: Our Time\, Mexican-American artist\, Antonio Serna is hoping to take us down a visual path to consider these and many other questions in regards to the important but often overlook contributions of artist of color. \nCentral to the exhibition will be a series timeline collages of art and activism from each decade\, from 1960s up to our current decade. In combining the histories of artists of color\, visitors will be able to visually locate overlapping shared concerns and experiences of artists of color: from the Chicano Movement to the Black Power Movement\, and from the Labor Movement to the Feminist\, Third World Movement\, and beyond. Leading up to and during the exhibition\, Antonio Serna is asking the public to send in their memories of this resistance: people\, places\, or events relevant in order to continue to expand this histories. Serna’s interest is not just a reflection of the past hopes to inspire and empower a new generation of people of color to join the struggle in becoming the next generation of artists\, activists\, curators\, historians\, archivist\, and museum workers\, to help end discrimination in our cultural institutions. \nOriginally from San Antonio Texas\, Antonio Serna is a Mexican-American artist based in New York. Antonio maintains both a studio and collective social practice. These two practices often balance and ground the sum of his production. Antonio Serna holds a Masters in Fine Arts from Brooklyn College\, and a BFA from Parsons School of Art. He has exhibited in New York\, Texas\, Las Vegas\, Spain\, Mexico\, Berlin\, and Romania. His speaking engagements include ArtCenter\, Flux Factory\, CUE Foundation\, Brooklyn Museum\, Pratt\, Common Field Convening\, Eyebeam\, Smack Mellon\, Queens Museum\, and Museo Tamayo. Recently he has participated in residencies at Triangle Arts Association\, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts\, and The Luminary and has taught at Brooklyn College and Parsons School of Design. \nDocument of Resistance:Our Time is made possible in part by funds from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Creative Engagement Grant URL:https://loisaida.org/event/decolonial-third-world-studies-discussion-tour-with-antonio-serna/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SERNA_DoR_OurOpressionsAreConnectedDSC7530-new.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181128T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181128T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20181107T183031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181116T164805Z UID:10000378-1543429800-1543435200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Book Talk: Counter Institution by Nandini Bagchee DESCRIPTION:Book Talk: Counter Institution by Nandini Bagchee\nWednesday\, November 28\, 6:30pm\nLoisaida Center\, 710 E 9th St \nCounterinstitution: Activist Estates of the Lower East Side\, examines the open-ended histories of activism in the Lower East Side by looking at the spaces used by activists- storefronts\, gardens and offices to bring forth the hidden dimensions of these organizational spaces through a collaging together of architectural drawings techniques with archival research\, photography and writing. This book examines three re-purposed buildings on the Lower East Side that have been used by activists to launch actions over the past forty years. The Peace Pentagon was the headquarters of the anti-war movement\, El Bohio was a metaphoric “hut” that envisioned the Puerto Rican Community as a steward of the environment\, and ABC No Rio\, a name appropriated from a storefront sign with missing letters\, was a catchy punk name that appealed to the anarchistic sensibility of the artists that ran a storefront gallery in a run-down tenement. The “activist estates” explored in this book represents both a conceptual and a literal struggle to create a space for civic action in a city that is built upon real estate speculation. \nA book talk by author Nandini Bagchee will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Gregory Sholette. Nandini Bagchee is an Associate Professor of Architecture and History at City College New York and a Principal at Bagchee Architects. Greg Sholette is an artist\, activist and author of Delirium and Resistance: Art\, Activism & the Crisis of Capitalism (Pluto Press 2017) and Dark Matter: Art and Politics in an Age of Enterprise Culture (Pluto Press\, 2011). At this event we will also launch a call for participation for an exhibition planned at the Loisaida Center titled\, “Activist Estates: An Alternate History of Real Estate in Loisaida”. \nThis exhibition designed and curated by Nandini Bagchee in collaboration with Loisaida Center will be mounted in May 2019 to celebrate the history of space-based activism in the Lower East Side. Through timelines\, photographs\, artifacts\, film and architectural models- the exhibit will invite visitors to share their own stories and images to fill in the blanks or simply re-interpret the material within the show. Community workshops and envisioning sessions will open new discussions of the future of community-\ncontrolled space. \nCo-Sponsored by the Loisaida Center and GVSHP \nThis event is fully accessible. \n\n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nandini-bagchee-counter-institution/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2018,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/COUNTERINSTITUTION_COVER-01_960.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190129T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190109T181249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190116T215221Z UID:10000382-1548784800-1548792000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Project LAZO: Supported at its Ends—Hanging by its Weight DESCRIPTION:*Image by: Luciana Pinchiero | El Cuello con Manchas de El Eco (El Eco’s Spotty Neck)\, 2017 \nLAZO at Loisaida present: \nSupported at its Ends—Hanging by its Weight\nOpening Reception: January 29th\, 2019 | 6-8 PM\nJanuary 29th – February 8th\, 2019 \nParticipating Artists: \nRonny Quevedo \nAmy Westpfahl \nDolores Furtado \nGaby Collins-Fernandez \nMauricio Cortes Ortega \nPedro Wainer \nDaniel Greenfield-Campoverde \nLuciana Pinchiero \nEsperanza Mayobre \nBernadette Despujols \nOmar Barquet \nKristin Reger \nMaximilliano Siñani \nConstanza Alarcon Tennen \n  \nRead more about the residency here. \n\nAbout the artists:\nLAZO is a collaborative project founded by Alva Mooses and Claudia Cortínez. We are artists of Latin American descent focusing on intersections of photography\, sculpture and printmaking and began working together while doing our graduate studies together at Yale University. We have organized exhibitions\, publications\, and talks that support artists while furthering cross-cultural dialogue. Both born in the U.S. (Alva to parents from Mexico & the U.S. and Claudia to parents from Argentina & Chile) our practices have relied largely on being based in NYC while working internationally creating ties to distinct communities. \nAlva Mooses is an artist based in New York. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA from Yale University. She has exhibited her work at the 10th Havana Biennial\, Instituto Cervantes in NY\, Shirley Fiterman Art Center\, Logan Center for the Arts\, Eduardo Sívori Museum\, among others. She has completed residencies such as the APL Program at The University of Chicago\, Tou Trykk in Stavanger\, Norway\, the Davidoff Art Initiative in the Dominican Republic\, and Casa Wabi in Oaxaca\, Mexico. She has presented her work through artist talks at the Swiss Institute in NYC\, Rogaland Kunstsenter in Norway\, University of Chicago\, among others. She is the recipient of a Yale University Schoelkopf Fellowship\, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant\, and UChicago Arts Grant\, among others. Since 2004\, she has organized community art initiatives and collaborations in Mexico\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Haiti\, El Salvador\, and Argentina. Alva currently teaches Sculpture at The Cooper Union School of Art. \nClaudia Cortínez is a visual artist currently living and working between Buenos Aires and NYC. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA at Yale University. She is the recipient of the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship from Yale University (2012)\, the Blair Dickinson Memorial Grant from Yale University (2013)\, the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant in NYC (2013)\, among others. She has exhibited her work extensively in solo and group shows in the US\, Latin America\, and Europe\, and has curated exhibitions at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in NYC (2016) and the Eduardo Sívori Museum in Buenos Aires (2018)\, bringing together artists from both cities. She has participated in various residencies such as LMCC Swing Space (2014)\, La Ira de Dios (BsAs\, 2016)\, Mass MoCA (2017)\, Real Time and Space (CA\, 2018)\, and Tou Trykk (Norway\, 2018)\, among others. She is currently an artist in residence at the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn\, NY. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/supported-at-its-ends-hanging-by-its-weight/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Loisaida-exhibition-event-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190302T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190312T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190224T145158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190224T155349Z UID:10000385-1551549600-1552424400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Project LAZO: ANALEMMA DESCRIPTION:*Image by: Alva Mooses | \,2019 \nLAZO at Loisaida present: \nANALEMMA\nOpening Reception: Saturday\, March 2nd\, 2019 | 6-8 PM\nOnly through Tuesday\, March 12th \nCurated by: Javier Bosques in collaboration with LAZO \nParticipating Artists: \nJavier Bosques \nAlva Mooses \nMauricio Cortes Ortega \nSofía Reeser del Río \nAna Vaz \nPedro Wainer\n \nRead more about the LAZO residency here. \n\nAbout the artists:\nLAZO is a collaborative project founded by Alva Mooses and Claudia Cortínez. We are artists of Latin American descent focusing on intersections of photography\, sculpture and printmaking and began working together while doing our graduate studies together at Yale University. We have organized exhibitions\, publications\, and talks that support artists while furthering cross-cultural dialogue. Both born in the U.S. (Alva to parents from Mexico & the U.S. and Claudia to parents from Argentina & Chile) our practices have relied largely on being based in NYC while working internationally creating ties to distinct communities. \nAlva Mooses is an artist based in New York. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA from Yale University. She has exhibited her work at the 10th Havana Biennial\, Instituto Cervantes in NY\, Shirley Fiterman Art Center\, Logan Center for the Arts\, Eduardo Sívori Museum\, among others. She has completed residencies such as the APL Program at The University of Chicago\, Tou Trykk in Stavanger\, Norway\, the Davidoff Art Initiative in the Dominican Republic\, and Casa Wabi in Oaxaca\, Mexico. She has presented her work through artist talks at the Swiss Institute in NYC\, Rogaland Kunstsenter in Norway\, University of Chicago\, among others. She is the recipient of a Yale University Schoelkopf Fellowship\, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant\, and UChicago Arts Grant\, among others. Since 2004\, she has organized community art initiatives and collaborations in Mexico\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Haiti\, El Salvador\, and Argentina. Alva currently teaches Sculpture at The Cooper Union School of Art. \nClaudia Cortínez is a visual artist currently living and working between Buenos Aires and NYC. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA at Yale University. She is the recipient of the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship from Yale University (2012)\, the Blair Dickinson Memorial Grant from Yale University (2013)\, the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant in NYC (2013)\, among others. She has exhibited her work extensively in solo and group shows in the US\, Latin America\, and Europe\, and has curated exhibitions at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in NYC (2016) and the Eduardo Sívori Museum in Buenos Aires (2018)\, bringing together artists from both cities. She has participated in various residencies such as LMCC Swing Space (2014)\, La Ira de Dios (BsAs\, 2016)\, Mass MoCA (2017)\, Real Time and Space (CA\, 2018)\, and Tou Trykk (Norway\, 2018)\, among others. She is currently an artist in residence at the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn\, NY. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/project-lazo-analemma/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/LAZO_ANALEMMA.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190319T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190330T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190314T151356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190317T221449Z UID:10000386-1553018400-1553979600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Project LAZO: CROSSROADS DESCRIPTION:*Image by: Pedro Wainer | ‘Cruces’ \, 2019. \nLAZO at Loisaida present: \nCROSSROADS\nOpening Reception: Tuesday\, March 19th\, 2019 | 6-8 PM\nOnly through Saturday\, March 30th \nCurated by: Silvia Benedetti in collaboration with LAZO \nParticipating Artists: \nIsabella Cruz-Chong \nJose Joaquín Figueroa \nCatalina Schliebener \nPedro Wainer \n\nOverview: \nStanding in a crossroads makes us realize that the greatest block we can create for ourselves is the idea that there is a single right choice. This exhibition gathers a series of artworks –in a variety of mediums– in which the literal and figurative meaning of a crossroads is present. Daily life\, childhood\, gender\, class\, landscape\, and identity are a few of the themes brought to bear by the works in the exhibition. These references\, intersected through a range of material and narrative gestures\, reveal how various perspectives can exist in a given moment. \nThis exhibition brings together four Latin American artists from different backgrounds for which New York functions as a point of intersection. The works on display build narratives along different lines: Isabella Cruz-Chong’s works reference the US-Mexico border fence\, filmed on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Mexico where she grew up. She presents a performance/video of an invisible wall highlighting the struggle and irony that goes with it. Cruz-Chong also has on view instructions made for Mexican children who are learning how to behave when crossing the border. \nJosé Joaquín Figueroa presents a record of everyday environments illustrating his ongoing pilgrimage. In his drawings he reflects on the fragility of fleeting moments\, the complications of inter-layered identities\, and the impossibility of a single perspective. \nCatalina Schliebener presents a series of collages made with children’s books; material that carries implicit narratives around gender\, sexuality\, and class. She researches childhood\, considering it an important period in which the limits between reality and fiction are not yet defined. \nLastly\, Pedro Wainer explores analogue film and photographic techniques by reconfiguring technologies in disuse. He presents composite footage and moving projections made from still images of the East River from both sides in Manhattan and Brooklyn–highlighting the river and its bridges as both a geographic and man-made border meant to be crossed. \nThis exhibition was organized in collaboration with Silvia Benedetti\, a Venezuelan New York-based independent\ncurator and art writer\, and is part of a series of events organized by LAZO at The Loisaida Center in NYC. \nRead more about the LAZO project and residency here. \nDownload press release here. \n\nAbout the artists:\nLAZO is a collaborative project founded by Alva Mooses and Claudia Cortínez. We are artists of Latin American descent focusing on intersections of photography\, sculpture and printmaking and began working together while doing our graduate studies together at Yale University. We have organized exhibitions\, publications\, and talks that support artists while furthering cross-cultural dialogue. Both born in the U.S. (Alva to parents from Mexico & the U.S. and Claudia to parents from Argentina & Chile) our practices have relied largely on being based in NYC while working internationally creating ties to distinct communities. \nAlva Mooses is an artist based in New York. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA from Yale University. She has exhibited her work at the 10th Havana Biennial\, Instituto Cervantes in NY\, Shirley Fiterman Art Center\, Logan Center for the Arts\, Eduardo Sívori Museum\, among others. She has completed residencies such as the APL Program at The University of Chicago\, Tou Trykk in Stavanger\, Norway\, the Davidoff Art Initiative in the Dominican Republic\, and Casa Wabi in Oaxaca\, Mexico. She has presented her work through artist talks at the Swiss Institute in NYC\, Rogaland Kunstsenter in Norway\, University of Chicago\, among others. She is the recipient of a Yale University Schoelkopf Fellowship\, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Artist Community Engagement Grant\, and UChicago Arts Grant\, among others. Since 2004\, she has organized community art initiatives and collaborations in Mexico\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Haiti\, El Salvador\, and Argentina. Alva currently teaches Sculpture at The Cooper Union School of Art. \nClaudia Cortínez is a visual artist currently living and working between Buenos Aires and NYC. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA at Yale University. She is the recipient of the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship from Yale University (2012)\, the Blair Dickinson Memorial Grant from Yale University (2013)\, the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant in NYC (2013)\, among others. She has exhibited her work extensively in solo and group shows in the US\, Latin America\, and Europe\, and has curated exhibitions at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center in NYC (2016) and the Eduardo Sívori Museum in Buenos Aires (2018)\, bringing together artists from both cities. She has participated in various residencies such as LMCC Swing Space (2014)\, La Ira de Dios (BsAs\, 2016)\, Mass MoCA (2017)\, Real Time and Space (CA\, 2018)\, and Tou Trykk (Norway\, 2018)\, among others. She is currently an artist in residence at the NARS Foundation in Brooklyn\, NY. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/project-lazo-crossroads/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Project-LAZO-exhibit-3-flier-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190330T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190330T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190319T125246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190319T133814Z UID:10000388-1553970600-1553976000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Agroecology & Food Sustainability DESCRIPTION:Simultaneous events at Loisaida Inc. Center and :Pública\, a cultural space in Santurce\, Puerto Rico; will explore the perceived tension between the traditional and the 21st century methods of harvesting and preparation as it relates to all things FOOD. Themes and topics will include: growing ingredients\, recipes\, colonization and agriculture\, farming and imported food\, where traditional cuisine comes from and what it means\, and where and how Puerto Rican food can be found and prepared locally – both in the Lower East Side and in Santurce\, Puerto Rico. \nSpace is limited\, please RSVP here. \nPresented as part of the Loisaida Inc. Center AIR Program. Lead by resident artist\, Jocelyn Bonadio de Freitas. \n\n@ Loisaida Inc. Center \nSpeakers: Tara Rodriguez-Besosa\, Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas\nFood by: Tara Rodriguez-Besosa (Asopao – Puerto Rican Stew))\nMusic/Sound Collage by: Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas \n@ Pública \nSpeaker: Ian Pagan\, Natalia Vallejo\nFood by: Natalia Vallejo (Asopao – Puerto Rican Stew) \nProgram: \n\nDoors Open at 6:00 pm\nEvent starts at 6:30 pm and ends at 8:00 pm EST \nRundown \n6:30-6:45: Introduction and explanation of event by Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas\n6:45-7:30: Talk/Sharing from Tara\, Ian\, Natalia including explanation of “asopao” (Puerto Rican Stew)\n7:30-7:45: Audience eats\, Q&A\, Jocelyn set up\n7:45-8:05: Jocelyn Live Sound performance* URL:https://loisaida.org/event/agroecology-food-sustainability/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/FINALMarch30thLoisaidaPublica-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190510T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190510T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190430T152323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190430T152323Z UID:10000391-1557513000-1557525600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:LOISAIDA SMORGASBORD CABARET & RESTORATION PROJECTS DESCRIPTION:L.A.B. & Loisaida Inc. Center present: A night of visual art and performance not to be missed! \nFriday\, May 10\, 2019\nat the Loisaida Center\, 710 E 9th St\n6:30 pm – Doors Open to mingle and jingle\n8:00 pm – Performances begin!\nEvent ends promptly at 10:00 pm \nPlus:\nOpening reception of: Rolando’s Winter Flowers & Bimbo Rivas’ post-mortem prints: part of the Loisaida Restoration Projects at El Semillero. Special Edition prints will be on sale! \nAnd\, a special world premiere screening of the new Garbagia Projects short by: Audaz Productions! Woohoo! \nLoisaida Inc. presents an evening of esoteric clowns\, iconoclastic puppetshows\, and strange & wonderful performance in the 4th dimension! \nTickets: $10-15 \nThis event will serve as a fundraiser for the upcoming free community workshops and events in the LES community gardens\, hosted by LAB\, More Gardens\, and the Loisaida Center. Throughout the month of May\, visiting artists from around the world will be collaborating with local artists\, community volunteers and gardeners to create giant puppets\, masks\, costumes and installations. Final performances will be held in different gardens of the Lower East Side on Friday\, May 24\, and Saturday May 25\, and of course on Sunday May 26 at the Loisaida Festival\, with the parade and the theater lab\, culminating in the community pageant. All performances will highlight the struggles\, and celebrate the rich stories of the gardeners\, the everyday heroes that bring back the green Oasis to the island of Manhattan. \nFeatured performers for the May 10 show include: Bryan Fernandez\, Alexandra Tatarsky\, Alex Millan\, Merry Carver\, Marta Maria\, Paola Michelle’s yoni dance\, Kalan Sherrard bringing you some ecclectic performance Watch Out! Returning to Loisaida for the fourth year; Adam Ende’s Jawbone Puppet Theater\, Pablillo Varona Borges of Casa Mucaro\, national treasure Daniel Polnau\, and more! \nThis will seriously be a weird and wonderful show that you don’t want to miss out on! \nCheck out the Loisaida’s Restorations Project: http://loisaida.org/the-seedbed/restoration-projects/ \nAnd check the work of last year’s Loisaida Artists in Residence: More Gardens http://www.moregardens.org/ URL:https://loisaida.org/event/loisaida-smorgasbord-cabaret-restoration-projects/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/may-10-2019-fundraising-event-flyer.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190525T083000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190525T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190509T144752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190515T130056Z UID:10000393-1558773000-1558807200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:2019 Loisaida Basketball Tournament DESCRIPTION:Last year a young man by the name of Jesse Brennan\, born and raised in our Loisaida community\, approached our organization to voice his concerns on what was perceived as a lack of sporting activities along Avenue D as compared to the time when he was growing up. There was a specific concern regarding the slow phasing out of the basketball tournaments that he and his peers used to enjoy growing up in the LES as a teenager. After a year of coordinating\, we are proud to announce that Loisaida Inc. has brought back the Loisaida Basketball Tournament to Dry Dock playground on 10th Street and Avenue D. \nOrganized by Loisaida Inc. with the support of community advocate and leader Tom Brasuell and\, with the help of many of you\, the first Loisaida Basketball Tournament is now open to boys and girls ages 12 to 16. \nThe tournament will take place Saturday\, May 25\, 2019 at Dry Dock playground in the Lower East Side. And\, the champions will be recognized on the main stage during the historic Loisaida Festival\, celebrated on Sunday\, May 26\, 2019. A Memorial Day weekend full of activities in downtown Manhattan! \nThis basketball tournament will become another staple of Loisaida Inc. and the annual Loisaida Festival for years to come. The 2019 Loisaida Basketball Tournament will provide an opportunity for LES youth to gather and compete in a community environment through the game of basketball with an emphasis upon mental and physical development\, health\, wellness and growth through teamwork. \n\nWe are confirmed for the Skills Challenge at Basketball City!  \nLet’s get our girls and boys registered and the teams filled. Click here!\nSave the Date – Saturday\, May 18 – 10:00 am to  2:00 pm  \nBasketball City – Pier 36 – 299 South Street\, New York\, NY 10002 URL:https://loisaida.org/event/2019-loisaida-basketball-tournament/ LOCATION:Dry Dock playground\, Avenue D and 10th Street\, Manhattan\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Event/Opening,Loisaida Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Loisaida-BT-Logo-FINAL.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190628T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190628T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190604T053400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190618T153845Z UID:10000395-1561746600-1561753800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Puerto Rico\, Debt & Education led by artist-in-residence Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas DESCRIPTION:How is the Puerto Rican debt crisis unfolding\, and how is it affecting education systems on the island? How can we think about and understand the debt\, and what\, if anything\, can be done about it? Audiences in diaspora on the Lower East Side and in Santurce gather to dialogue with organizers and journalists working on the island. Tembleque will be served. A new piece of music will be debuted by Artist-in-Residence Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas\, who produced and curated this event along with Tara Rodriguez-Besosa of El Departamento de la Comida\, in collaboration with :Pública.\n\nDETAILS:\nFriday\, June 28th\, 6:30pm\n\nSpeakers:\n\nEva Lourdes Ayala Reyes\, Educamos\nLuís J. Valentín Ortiz\, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo\nMembers of Colectiva Feminista\nDr. Frances Negrón-Muntaner\, Columbia University \n\nFood by:\n\nChef Gabriela Álvarez of Liberation Cuisine\nVero Vero of El Departamento de la Comida\n\nMusic by:\n\nJocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas\, Artist-in-Residence\nPresented as part of the Loisaida Inc. Center AIR Program. Lead by resident artist\, Jocelyn Bonadio de Freitas. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/debt-and-education/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jocelyn-event-2-junio-28-flyer.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191002T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191002T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190906T182700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191004T203146Z UID:10000402-1570039200-1570046400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Activist Estates: A Radical History of Property in Loisaida DESCRIPTION:Activist Estates: A Radical History of Property in Loisaida\nOpening Reception \n710 E 9th Street | NY\, NY 10451 \nWednesday\, October 2nd\, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT) \nRead More \n\nOverview: \nActivist Estates: A Radical History of Property in Loisaida is an exploration of buildings and properties in the Lower East Side that are celebrated sites of resistance. This exhibition curated and designed by the Architect Nandini Bagchee in partnership with Loisaida Center visualizes the narratives of a historic space-based activism via drawings\, maps\, models\, photographs\, manuals and posters. \nAn examination of participatory practices in New York City reveals the critical relationship between real estate\, architecture and activism. In cities across the country\, in the 1970’s\, the devaluation of property created a vacuum of ownership. Vacant lots\, storefronts\, schoolhouses\, factories and abandoned tenements in New York City became havens for experimental\, communal practices. Amid current debates about urban justice and access to the city\, Activist Estates critically re-evaluates the place of counter-institutional practices that shape the landscape of New York City. \n\nThe exhibit features the drawings of Nandini Bagchee and the photography of David McReynolds\, Ed Hedemann\, Marlis Momber and Jade Doskow. It also highlights the work of collectives such as CHARAS\, PAD/D\, REPOhistory\, Paper Tiger TV\, ABC NO Rio and the dedicated artists/ organizers that have created posters\, banners\, buttons\, newsletters and films that advocate for social justice\, housing\, community and the environment within the Lower East Side. \nThis project is supported by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and is part of Archtober. The materials for the exhibition are courtesy of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies\, Urban Democracy Lab\, War Resisters League\, Clemente Soto Velez and Cooper Square MHA. \nAbout: \nNandini Bagchee is an Associate Professor at the Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY (CUNY) and principal of Bagchee Architects. Her research focuses on activism in architecture and the ways in which ground-up collaborative building practices provide an alternative medium for the creation of public space. Nandini is the author of a recently published book on the history of activist-run spaces in New York City entitled\, Counter Institution: Activist Estates of the Lower East Side (Fordham University Press\, 2018). Her built-work and writing has been published in the New York Times\, Interiors Now\, Urban Omnibus and the Journal of Architectural Education. She is the recipient of grants from the Graham Foundation\, New York State Council of the Arts and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Her research-based design work involves an ongoing engagement with politically active organizations such as the South Bronx Unite\, Sites of Conscience\, Interference Archive\, Cooperation Jackson and the Loisaida Center. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/activist-estates-a-radical-history-of-property-in-loisaida/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Activist-Estates_Postcard_22-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191012T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191012T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190926T143735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191010T141734Z UID:10000404-1570888800-1570899600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Open Arts LES DESCRIPTION:Open Arts LES\nSaturday\, October 12th\, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm \nat: Loisaida Inc. – 710 East Ninth Street and Avenue C \nFourth Arts Block (FAB) launches Open Arts LES to introduce the public to the broad range of Lower East Side arts & culture experiences and opportunities. The event is designed to engage NYC residents in exploring arts and culture opportunities in the LES. Participation in Open Arts LES is open to nonprofit and community based organizations\, as well as individual artists who wish to offer open studio hours. \n\nLoisaida Center presents:\nActivist Estates: Gallery Talk & Exhibition Tour 3:00 to 5:00 pm.\nJoin Architect Nandini Bagchee in conversation with Sociologist Miranda Martinez at the Loisaida Center. \n \nActivist Estates: A Radical History of Property in Loisaida is an exhibition curated and installed by the Architect/ Historian Nandini Bagchee in partnership with Loisaida Center Inc. The exhibit visualizes the narratives of a historic space-based activism via maps\, models\, photographs\, pamphlets and posters. The Loisaida Center has been instrumental in bringing visibility to the many histories of the Latinx resistance in New York. This new exhibition illuminates yet another facet of this history by juxtaposing the parallel trajectories of different social movements. The issue-based timelines construct a network of solidarity between individuals and institutions in the Lower East Side. \nNandini Bagchee is the designer and curator of the exhibit and author of Counter Institution: Activist Estates of the Lower East Side (Fordham University Press\, 2018). \nMiranda Martinez is the author of Power at the Roots: Community Gardens\, Gentrification\, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side (Lexington Books\, 2010). \n\nArtist in Residence Open Studio: 2:00 to 5:00 pm.\nDuring his 3-month residency at Loisaida Center\, Kevin Pérez has utilized the studio space provided to make sculptures\, paintings\, audio and video recordings and produced a series of work including performances\, video screenings and a final exhibition. \nKevin Perez uses multi-disciplinary approach (performance\, painting\, sound) in the merged tendencies of Art Informel and Neuve Invention style\, whose work means to be an exploration of the subconscious\, its shadows and enlightenments.The visual performative language he evokes can sometimes be violent and dissonant\, however within the apparent chaos\, angst\, and irrationality therein lies also a reflection of innocence and at times pure beauty in an effort to come to terms with a sense of dis-location that reimagines a new way forward for the discarded. \nThe choice of materials demonstrate resourcefulness\, as Kevin uses whatever found objects and materials he gets his hands on to create an out of the blue formulation. The objective is to demonstrate that wastes\, obsolete components from our trash cans\, can enter a creative process as a material and become something else. The desire is not to highlight the object but to use it as a unique component. \nAn initial member of Loisaida’s Garbagia Project collective\, an aspect of Kevin’s practice has involved collaborative\, often participatory process involving people as the medium or material of the work. During his 3-month residency at Loisaida Center\, Pérez has utilized the studio space to explore his solo practice to make sculptures\, paintings\, audio and video recordings\, and give in to the evolving pursuit of a cohesive cosmology to share as outcome exhibit. \n“Papo Cucaracha Vertedero El 3ro in The Realm of Forms (or the story of how the Underworld blinded me by the light)” is an attempt to interpret complex emotions that can live unnoticed in the psyche of a person. Utilizing painting\, sculpture\, video and sound Papo Cucaracha travels to the underworld in search of the realm of forms to find the true nature of the self. He returns blind but transformed form within with faint interpretations of the creatures (emotions) that inhabit this realm. \nRead more here. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/open-arts-les-2019/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/open-arts-les-header-2-20.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191018T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20190926T151133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191010T150631Z UID:10000405-1571421600-1571428800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:"Papo Cucaracha Vertedero El 3ro in the Realm Of Forms\, or the story of how in the Underworld\, I was blinded by the light" DESCRIPTION:The Loisaida Center is proud to announce\n2019 Artistic Residency Recipient:\nKEVIN EMILIO PÉREZ\n\nLoisaida Center Inc. is pleased to present an “open Studio” style exhibition and resident visual artist Kevin Pérez. Opening on Friday\, October 18th\, 2019 \n“Papo Cucaracha Vertedero El 3ro in the Realm Of Forms or the story of how in the Underworld\, I was blinded by the light”\nExhibition Opening: Friday\, October 18th\, 2019 – 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm \n\n \nOverview: \nKevin Perez uses multi-disciplinary approach (performance\, visual\, sound) in the merged tendencies of Art Informel and Neuve Invention style\, whose work means to be an exploration of the subconscious\, its shadows and enlightenments. \nThe visual performative language he evokes can sometimes be violent and dissonant\, however within the apparent chaos\, angst\, and irrationality therein lies also a reflection of innocence and at times pure beauty in an effort to come to terms with a sense of dis-location that reimagines a new way forward for the discarded. \nThe choice of materials demonstrate resourcefulness\, as Kevin uses whatever found objects and materials he gets his hands on to create an out of the blue formulation. The objective is to demonstrate that wastes\, obsolete components from our trash cans\, can enter a creative process as a material and become something else. The desire is not to highlight the object but to use it as a unique component. \nAn initial member of Loisaida’s Garbagia Project collective\, an aspect of Kevin’s practice has involved collaborative\, often participatory process involving people as the medium or material of the work. During his 3-month residency at Loisaida Center\, Pérez has utilized the studio space to explore his solo practice to make sculptures\, paintings\, audio and video recordings\, and give in to the evolving pursuit of a cohesive cosmology to share as outcome exhibit. \n“Papo Cucaracha Vertedero El 3ro in The Realm of Forms (or the story of how the Underworld blinded me by the light)” is an attempt to interpret complex emotions that can live unnoticed in the psyche of a person. Utilizing painting\, sculpture\, video and sound Papo Cucaracha travels to the underworld in search of the realm of forms to find the true nature of the self. He returns blind but transformed form within with faint interpretations of the creatures (emotions) that inhabit this realm. \nDuring his 3-month residency at Loisaida Center\, Pérez has utilized the studio space provided to make sculptures\, paintings\, audio and video recordings and produced a series of work including performances\, video screenings and a final exhibition. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/papo-cucaracha-vertedero-el-3ro/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/flyer-kevin-perez-copyf.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191105T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191105T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20191031T170805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T184623Z UID:10000409-1572978600-1572985800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:A TransCaribbean Graff Encuentro Pt.1 DESCRIPTION:A Trans-Caribbean Graff Encuentro Pt.1\nTuesday\, November 5th\, 2019. \n6:30 – 8:30 pm \nHosted by: Marie Jiménez & Carlos Jesús Martínez-Domínguez. \nLoisaida Inc. Center – 710 E 9th Street | NY\, NY 10009 \n\nJoin us for Marie Jiménez and Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez‘s first public component of their artistic residency project: Ephimero: a Dominican Graff Perspective\, an interactive archive and exhibit that functions as a platform for cultural research and community experience. We are pleased to host the EPHIMERO project in our our new Computer Learning Lab\, part of the new Loisaida Tech and Media component; El Semillero or the “Seedbed.” \n\n\nOPEN CALL for graffiti writers from the LES interested in being part of the EPHIMERO archiving project! RSVP today!\n\nTag artist/writer “blacbooks”\nShare your stories\nMake stickers\n\nThe project’s focus is on Dominican street art and graffiti gestures made in public and private spaces by artists working both in the Dominican Republic and others working abroad. It proposes the organization of a large-scale graffiti related art exhibition to take place simultaneously at Santo Domingo\, New York City and San Juan. \nRead more about the residency here. \nAll welcome! \n\nMarie Jiménez \nMarie Jiménez is a multidisciplinary artist with an AAS in Fine Arts from Chavon\, Dom. Rep; a BFA from Parsons\, NYC; a Masters in documentary filmmaking from ECIB\, barcelona; and\, workshops from Chavon\, DGCINE\, and EICTV in Cuba. Marie is now teaching videart while developing a documentary on Ephimero; she has also just finished her first feature film which is now on stages of film festivals distribution. \nFrom a personal experience and usually through an intimate approach to what conforms her immediate context; Marie develop the depictions seen in her work; with special interest in how the camera can become a tool to question and analyze the idea of ‘the marginal’. \nCarlos Jesús Martínez Domínguez / FEEGZ\, FIGARO & FIRO173 \nCarlos Jesús Martínez Domínguez is an artist who draws inspiration from the cultures and related histories of Hip Hop\, NYC\, and the Caribbean. He started tagging in 1987. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. Notable venues include the Studio Museum in Harlem\, El Museo del Barrio\, Art Museum of the Americas\, Washington DC\, Centro Leon Museum\, Santiago\, DR\, El Museo Latino\, Omaha\, NE and Bronx Museum of Art in the Boogie Down.Carlos currently lives and works in Washington Heights\, NY and is an educator at El Museo del Barrio\, MAD Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem. \n\nRelevant programming and upcoming events: \n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nEPHIMERO: The Archive (Broadcast Release Date TBD) Early 2020\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n\n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” \n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/a-transcaribbean-graff-encuentro/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/flyer_Encuentro_1F-e1582663126288.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191219T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191219T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20191213T021520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191213T021644Z UID:10000410-1576778400-1576787400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:De Aquí y de Allá DESCRIPTION:Overview:\nEvent producer and musician Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas\, has organized a series of three events premiering at Loisaida Inc. Center from March through September. The events will take place simultaneously at Loisaida Inc. on the Lower East Side and at the new :Pública art space in Santurce\, Puerto Rico. \nDescription:\nThe third event organized by the artist for her residency will center around the theme of protest. Through an interactive “open studio” style conversation with guests at partnering nonprofit Cultural organization :Pública in Puerto Rico\, attendees and participants will explore and think critically about recent Puerto Rican protests\, that lead to the resignation of their governor. Our guests will also break bread\, and enjoy a live music performance and debut song by Jocelyn. Through complex\, relevant topics like food (in)justice\, renewable energy\, colonialism\, protest\, education\, and privatization\, the events seek to explore the ways in which Culture is informing and reshaping protest in the 21st century. Quotidian life now incorporates meaningful protest for the Puerto Rican diaspora\, with a constant exchange of information\, strategy and resources reinforced by their roots on the island. Each event will feature educational\, engaging speakers\, and live performances. \n\nPresented as part of the Loisaida Inc. Center AIR Program. Discussion lead by resident artist; Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas. \n\n“Opinions like those expressed while in a panel\, presentation\, performance or through artwork are expressed by the author in their personal capacity and are the author’s own. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Loisaida Inc.\, its affiliates or staff.” URL:https://loisaida.org/event/de-aqui-y-de-alla/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2019,Artists in Residence,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jocelyn-third-event-at-loisaida.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240215T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240315T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240215T065513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T065535Z UID:10000574-1707984000-1710522000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Las Caras Lindas DESCRIPTION:Las Caras Lindas\nA Journey through Nuyorican and Puerto Rican Salsa Album Art of the Last Century \nCo-curated by: Pablo Yglesias & José “Pepe” Flores \nDate: February 23 through March 15\, 2024 \nLocation: Centro de Estudiantes\, University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus (Puerto Rico) \nLas Caras Lindas explores the visual and social impact of Latin music album covers during the period when the vinyl LP was a dominant format of entertainment\, paying critical attention to issues of identity\, sense of place\, African roots\, faith\, rhythm\, dance\, and the body\, as well as graphic aesthetics\, through representations of Hispanic people and cultures as they are presented to the consumer\, with an emphasis on Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora in New York. \nThemes of oppression and resistance\, suffering and pleasure\, erasure and pride\, and utilizing creativity to fight against colonization\, marginalization\, and poverty are opposites held in tension and constant flux in these humble squares. The sequence of covers is meant to trace a process of constant ebb and flow of evolution over five decades during the second half of the twentieth century. \nThe title of the show comes from a song of the same name\, composed by Catalino “Tite” Curet Alonso\, and recorded by Ismael Rivera Y Sus Cachimbos for the album “Esto Es Lo Mío” (This Is Mine). Inspired by exhibition co-curator Pablo Yglesias’s book Cocinando: 50 Years of Latin Album Cover Art\, this installation weaves a narrative through the display of album art\, proposing that the record cover is not just an invitation to dance\, sing\, dine\, and love\, but is also an art piece worthy of serious cultural consideration. The premise is that album art is not just mass-produced ephemera that should be relegated to the dustbin of a bygone era but rather a unique 12 x 12-inch window into the soul of a culture. \nThis collaboration is made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation\, Tiznando el País\, and the Instituto Interdisciplinario y Multicultural (INIM) at the University of Puerto Rico\, URL:https://loisaida.org/event/las-caras-lindas/ LOCATION:UPR Recinto de Rio Piedras\, Centro de Estudiantes\, 54 Av. Universidad\, San Juan\, 00925\, Puerto Rico\, San Juan\, Rio Piedras\, 00925\, Puerto Rico CATEGORIES:2024,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/0F_las_caras_lindas_flier_square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240228T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240211T233511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T234015Z UID:10000567-1709143200-1709152200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme DESCRIPTION:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme\n$16.50 – $16.50 including fees\n\n\nJoin the Nuyorican Poets Café for our off-site edition of the OPEN MIC hosted by Solpreme during our 3-year #Nuyoricanstruction of our building – at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”) in Manhattan\, New York City! \n\nIn-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center\, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D)\, Manhattan\, NY 10009. Buy ticket(s) in advance or at the door – signup sheet to perform in the openmic is at the stage after you enter.\n\nWinter & Spring 2024 Wednesday dates:\n* 1/31\n* 2/28\n* 3/13 & 3/27\n* 4/10 & 4/24\n* and: 5/8 & 5/22/2024\n\n** Doors open at 6 P.M. **\n** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **\n\nAll art forms are welcome: poetry\, short stories\, comedy\, monologues\, songs (Note: ORIGINAL songs only). 4 minutes max. per performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance\, please email the .mp3 or .wav file or the link to your online audio URL to info nuyorican.org in advance.\n \nNote: all performers will be live-taped and an edited version will be shared on the Nuyorican Poets Café’s social media pages. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed.\n\nTickets:\n* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances\, same price)\n* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center\, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only\, no cash)\n\n##### URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-at-loisaida-center-presents-open-mic-hosted-by-solpreme-3/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Paid Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240211T234307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T235400Z UID:10000569-1709748000-1709757000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: W.O.W. hosted by La Bruja DESCRIPTION:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: W.O.W. hosted by La Bruja\n$16.50 – $16.50 including fees\n\n\nJoin the Nuyorican Poets Café (NPC) for the off-site edition of our monthly WOMXN ORATORS WEDNESDAY open mic during our 3-year #Nuyoricanstruction of our building – at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”) in Manhattan\, New York City! \n\nHosted by our executive directory La Bruja – 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 YouTube live-stream channel and recorded for NPC’s social media platforms to be uploaded at a later time.\n\n** Next: on Wednesday\, March 6th\, 2024 **\n** Doors open at 6 P.M. **\n** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **\n\nTickets:\n$15 (plus online fee) for performers or audience/viewing (same price).\n$15 (at the door\, via credit card or Zelle only\, no cash)\n\n##### URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-at-loisaida-center-presents-w-o-w-hosted-by-la-bruja-2/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240211T234450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T235541Z UID:10000570-1710352800-1710361800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme DESCRIPTION:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme\n$16.50 – $16.50 including fees\n\n\nJoin the Nuyorican Poets Café for our off-site edition of the OPEN MIC hosted by Solpreme during our 3-year #Nuyoricanstruction of our building – at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”) in Manhattan\, New York City! \n\nIn-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center\, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D)\, Manhattan\, NY 10009. Buy ticket(s) in advance or at the door – signup sheet to perform in the openmic is at the stage after you enter.\n\nWinter & Spring 2024 Wednesday dates:\n* 1/31\n* 2/28\n* 3/13 & 3/27\n* 4/10 & 4/24\n* and: 5/8 & 5/22/2024\n\n** Doors open at 6 P.M. **\n** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **\n\nAll art forms are welcome: poetry\, short stories\, comedy\, monologues\, songs (Note: ORIGINAL songs only). 4 minutes max. per performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance\, please email the .mp3 or .wav file or the link to your online audio URL to info nuyorican.org in advance.\n \nNote: all performers will be live-taped and an edited version will be shared on the Nuyorican Poets Café’s social media pages. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed.\n\nTickets:\n* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances\, same price)\n* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center\, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only\, no cash)\n\n##### URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-at-loisaida-center-presents-open-mic-hosted-by-solpreme/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240211T234635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T235726Z UID:10000571-1711562400-1711571400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme DESCRIPTION:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme\n$16.50 – $16.50 including fees\n\n\nJoin the Nuyorican Poets Café for our off-site edition of the OPEN MIC hosted by Solpreme during our 3-year #Nuyoricanstruction of our building – at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”) in Manhattan\, New York City! \n\nIn-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center\, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D)\, Manhattan\, NY 10009. Buy ticket(s) in advance or at the door – signup sheet to perform in the openmic is at the stage after you enter.\n\nWinter & Spring 2024 Wednesday dates:\n* 1/31\n* 2/28\n* 3/13 & 3/27\n* 4/10 & 4/24\n* and: 5/8 & 5/22/2024\n\n** Doors open at 6 P.M. **\n** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **\n\nAll art forms are welcome: poetry\, short stories\, comedy\, monologues\, songs (Note: ORIGINAL songs only). 4 minutes max. per performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance\, please email the .mp3 or .wav file or the link to your online audio URL to info nuyorican.org in advance.\n \nNote: all performers will be live-taped and an edited version will be shared on the Nuyorican Poets Café’s social media pages. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed.\n\nTickets:\n* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances\, same price)\n* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center\, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only\, no cash)\n\n##### URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-at-loisaida-center-presents-open-mic-hosted-by-solpreme-4/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240211T235033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240211T235148Z UID:10000573-1712772000-1712781000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme DESCRIPTION:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme\n$16.50 – $16.50 including fees\n\n\nJoin the Nuyorican Poets Café for our off-site edition of the OPEN MIC hosted by Solpreme during our 3-year #Nuyoricanstruction of our building – at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”) in Manhattan\, New York City! \n\nIn-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center\, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D)\, Manhattan\, NY 10009. Buy ticket(s) in advance or at the door – signup sheet to perform in the openmic is at the stage after you enter.\n\nWinter & Spring 2024 Wednesday dates:\n* 1/31\n* 2/28\n* 3/13 & 3/27\n* 4/10 & 4/24\n* and: 5/8 & 5/22/2024\n\n** Doors open at 6 P.M. **\n** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **\n\nAll art forms are welcome: poetry\, short stories\, comedy\, monologues\, songs (Note: ORIGINAL songs only). 4 minutes max. per performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance\, please email the .mp3 or .wav file or the link to your online audio URL to info nuyorican.org in advance.\n \nNote: all performers will be live-taped and an edited version will be shared on the Nuyorican Poets Café’s social media pages. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed.\n\nTickets:\n* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances\, same price)\n* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center\, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only\, no cash)\n\n##### URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-at-loisaida-center-presents-open-mic-hosted-by-solpreme-6/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T133000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240131T185021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T185225Z UID:10000557-1712917800-1712928600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Senior Day at Loisaida Center DESCRIPTION:2024 Senior Day at the Loisaida Center\nLocation: 710 E 9th St\, New York\, NY 10009\nWhen: First Friay of the Month from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM\nActivities: Art Workshops\, Zumba/Aerobics\, Educational Panels\, Live Music\, Snacks\, Coffee and more!\n  \nQuestions? Contact Angel Santini (917-634-6963) or Loisaida Inc. (646-726-4715 / info@loisaida.org)\n  \n2024 Calendar:\nFriday April 12\, 2024 (2nd Friday) \nFriday\, May 3\, 2024 \n(No Events in June) \nFriday\, July 12\, 2024 \nFriday\, August 9\, 2024 \nFriday\, September 6\, 2024 \nFriday\, October 4\, 2024 \nFriday\, November 1\, 2024 \nFriay\, December 6\, 2024 (Holiday Celebration) URL:https://loisaida.org/event/senior-day-at-loisaida-center-3/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Event/Opening,Free Events,Free Workshop / Class END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240211T234857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T000037Z UID:10000572-1713981600-1713990600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme DESCRIPTION:Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme\n$16.50 – $16.50 including fees\n\n\nJoin the Nuyorican Poets Café for our off-site edition of the OPEN MIC hosted by Solpreme during our 3-year #Nuyoricanstruction of our building – at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”) in Manhattan\, New York City! \n\nIn-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center\, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D)\, Manhattan\, NY 10009. Buy ticket(s) in advance or at the door – signup sheet to perform in the openmic is at the stage after you enter.\n\nWinter & Spring 2024 Wednesday dates:\n* 1/31\n* 2/28\n* 3/13 & 3/27\n* 4/10 & 4/24\n* and: 5/8 & 5/22/2024\n\n** Doors open at 6 P.M. **\n** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **\n\nAll art forms are welcome: poetry\, short stories\, comedy\, monologues\, songs (Note: ORIGINAL songs only). 4 minutes max. per performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance\, please email the .mp3 or .wav file or the link to your online audio URL to info nuyorican.org in advance.\n \nNote: all performers will be live-taped and an edited version will be shared on the Nuyorican Poets Café’s social media pages. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed.\n\nTickets:\n* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances\, same price)\n* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center\, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only\, no cash)\n\n##### URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nuyorican-poets-cafe-at-loisaida-center-presents-open-mic-hosted-by-solpreme-5/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T220149 CREATED:20240501T142335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T142356Z UID:10000582-1714586400-1714595400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:W.O.W. Open Mic - a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center DESCRIPTION:W.O.W. Open Mic – a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center\n$16.50 – $16.50 including fees\n\n\nJoin the Nuyorican Poets Café (NPC) for the off-site edition of our monthly WOMXN ORATORS WEDNESDAY Open Mic during our 3-year #Nuyoricanstruction of our building – at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”) in Manhattan\, New York City! \n\nHosted 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 YouTube live-stream channel and recorded for NPC’s social media platforms to be uploaded at a later time.\n\n** On the first Wednesday of each month. **\n** Doors open at 6 P.M. **\n** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **\n\nTickets:\n$15 (plus online fee) for performers or audience/viewing (same price).\n$15 (at the door\, via credit card or Zelle or Apple Pay\, no cash)\n\n#####\n\n\n<> URL:https://loisaida.org/event/w-o-w-open-mic-a-nuyorican-poets-cafe-offsite-event-at-loisaida-center/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening,Event/Presentation,Paid Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR