Loisaida Inc.

Fiestas de Cruz en Loisaida
2023-05-05 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States

Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme
2024-01-31 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
$16.50 – $16.50 including fees

Join 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!

In-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.

** On the last Wednesday of each month, including on 12/27/2023 and 1/31/2024. **
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

All 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 <at> nuyorican.org in advance.

Note: 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.

Tickets:
* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances, same price)
* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center, via credit card or Zelle only, no cash)

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Las Caras Lindas
2024-02-15 08:00 - 2024-03-15 17:00 UTC | UPR Recinto de Rio Piedras, Centro de Estudiantes, 54 Av. Universidad, San Juan, 00925, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Rio Piedras, 00925, Puerto Rico
Las Caras Lindas
A Journey through Nuyorican and Puerto Rican Salsa Album Art of the Last Century
Co-curated by: Pablo Yglesias & José “Pepe” Flores
Date: February 23 through March 15, 2024
Location: Centro de Estudiantes, University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus (Puerto Rico)
Las 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.
Themes 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.
The 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.
This 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,

Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme
2024-02-28 18:00 - 20:30, 2024-03-13 18:00 - 20:30, 2024-03-27 18:00 - 20:30, 2024-04-10 18:00 - 20:30, 2024-04-24 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: Open Mic hosted by Solpreme
$16.50 – $16.50 including fees

Join 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!

In-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.

Winter & Spring 2024 Wednesday dates:
* 1/31
* 2/28
* 3/13 & 3/27
* 4/10 & 4/24
* and: 5/8 & 5/22/2024

** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

All 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 <at> nuyorican.org in advance.

Note: 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.

Tickets:
* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances, same price)
* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only, no cash)

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Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: W.O.W. hosted by La Bruja
2024-03-06 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Nuyorican Poets Café at Loisaida Center Presents: W.O.W. hosted by La Bruja
$16.50 – $16.50 including fees

Join 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!

Hosted 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.

** Next: on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 **
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

Tickets:
$15 (plus online fee) for performers or audience/viewing (same price).
$15 (at the door, via credit card or Zelle only, no cash)

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W.O.W. Open Mic - a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center
2024-05-01 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
W.O.W. Open Mic – a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center
$16.50 – $16.50 including fees

Join 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!

Hosted by Felicia Cade aka ‘Rise Felicia‘ in-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D), Manhattan, NY 10009. Please note: all performances are live-streamed on Loisaida’s YouTube live-stream channel and recorded for NPC’s social media platforms to be uploaded at a later time.

** On the first Wednesday of each month. **
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

Tickets:
$15 (plus online fee) for performers or audience/viewing (same price).
$15 (at the door, via credit card or Zelle or Apple Pay, no cash)

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Open Mic hosted by Solpreme - a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center
2024-05-29 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Open Mic hosted by Solpreme – a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center
$16.50 – $16.50 including fees

Join 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!

In-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.

Winter & Spring 2024 Wednesday dates:
* 1/31
* 2/28
* 3/13 & 3/27
* 4/10 & 4/24
* and: 5/8 & 5/29/2024

** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

All 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 <at> nuyorican.org in advance.

Note: 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.

Tickets:
* $15 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances, same price)
* $15 (at the door at the Loisaida Center, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only, no cash)

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Mime Class with Bryan Fernandez
2024-09-21 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-28 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Mime Class with Bryan Fernandez
at the Loisaida, Inc. Center
Every Sunday 2 ~ 5 PM

Ecolibrium 2024 Exhibition
2024-10-07 10:00 - 2024-10-11 18:00 (America/New_York), 2024-10-14 10:00 - 2024-10-18 18:00 (America/New_York), 2024-10-21 10:00 - 2024-10-25 18:00 (America/New_York), 2024-10-28 10:00 - 2024-11-01 18:00 (America/New_York), 2024-11-04 10:00 - 2024-11-08 18:00 (America/New_York), 2024-11-18 10:00 - 2024-11-22 18:00 UTC, 2024-11-25 10:00 - 2024-11-29 18:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Date: October 4 ~ December 4, 2024
Hours: 10 AM ~ 6 PM, Monday ~ Friday (Sat, Sun Closed)
Location: Loisaida, Inc. Center (710 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009)

MUJER Film Showcase
2024-10-19 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | NY
The Loisaida Inc, Center presents
M.U.J.E.R. (Media Used for Justice, Equity, and Respect)
Film Showcase
October 19th 4:00PM ~ 6:00PM
Come join us for an unforgettable evening of storytelling through cinema! We are excited to showcase a collection of thought-provoking, inspiring, and visually stunning films created by the 2024 MUJER Participants!

Loisaida, Inc. Cener
710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009
646-726-4715 / info@loisaida.org

Open Mic hosted by Solpreme - a Nuyorican Poets Cafe offsite event at Loisaida Center
2024-10-23 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Date:

Wednesday October 23rd, 2024
6:00 pm

$11.50 – $11.50 including fees

Join the Nuyorican Poets Cafe 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!

In-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 – the signup sheet to perform in the openmic is at the tickets/welcome table (near the stage) after you enter.

** Held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. **
** (Note: except on Wed. 12/25/2024) ***
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

All 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 <at> nuyorican.org in advance.

Note: all performances will be recorded and live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channel. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed. If you missed attending and/or would like to re-watch your own performance, find the recorded videos on our YouTube channel.

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

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Poetry Reading Featuring Lola Rosario
2024-10-25 14:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Loisaida, Inc. Center is proud to present Poetry Reading, featuring Lola Rosario (@lolaslines), who is a poet and the author of Daughter de Borikén. The event will take place from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM on Friday (October 25th). $5 donation is recommended at the door.
Loisaida, Inc. Center is located at 710 East 9th Street, between Avenue C and D, in New York City.

Book Talk Featuring Rafael Pabón
2024-10-25 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Book Talk Featuring Rafael Pabón
A conversation and book talk with author: Rafael Pabón
Friday, October 25
6 – 8 pm at the Loisaida, Inc. Center
710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009

The book, titled, “Surviving a La Bori,” by Rafael Pabón, will be presented by Alicia Anabel Santos, a Dominican-New Yorker writer, activist, performer.
Food and beverages will be provided, and there will be live music at the end of the event. Pepe Flores will also be part of the book presentation.
The author will sign the books, which will be available for purchase.

W.O.W. Open Mic - a Nuyorican Poets Cafe offsite event at Loisaida Center
2024-11-06 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
<Event Link>
Date:

Wednesday November 6th, 2024
6:00 pm

$11.50 – $11.50 including fees

Join the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for the off-site edition of our monthly WOMXN ORATOR WEDNESDAY (“W.O.W.”) 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! Open to all genres including poetry, music, comedy, and story-telling.

Hosted by Felicia Cade aka ‘Rise Felicia’ in-person & on-stage at the Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street (between Avenues C & D), Manhattan, NY 10009. Please note: all performances are live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channels (and the recording is available to watch on our YouTube channel right thereafter).

** On the first Wednesday of each month. **
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

Tickets:
$10 (plus online fee) for performers or audience/viewing (same price).
$10 (at the door, via credit card or Zelle or Apple Pay, no cash)

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Ecolibrum 2024 Exhibition
2024-11-11 10:00 - 2024-11-15 18:00 (America/New_York) | NY

Open Mic hosted by Solpreme - a Nuyorican Poets Cafe offsite event at Loisaida Center
2024-11-13 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Join the Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s off-site edition of the OPEN MIC hosted by Solpreme at the nearby Loisaida Center in the Lower East Side (“Loisaida”)!

In-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 – the signup sheet to perform in the openmic is at the tickets/welcome table (near the stage) after you enter.

** Held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. **
** (Note: except on Wed. 12/25/2024) ***
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

All 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 virtual@loisaida.org in advance.

Note: all performances will be recorded and live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channel. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed. If you missed attending and/or would like to re-watch your own performance, find the recorded videos on our YouTube channel.

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

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Fuera Yanqui Del Caribe Art Exhibit
2024-11-15 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | NY

I'm So Hood Photo Exhibit at Piragua Space
2024-11-22 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Rosa Lee Rodriguez is a Nuyorican and LES native, mother of three, and NYCHA resident. She’s a community activist, artist, and poet who captures her neighborhood on 35mm film. Her work has been showcased at FREE FILM NYC’s Art on Paper, Worthless Studios, the Lower Eastside Girls Club, and Governors Island. She’s currently active in projects like Opening The Edge, LES Yearbook, and the GOLES Environmental Justice Committee.

Mindful Mapping Workshop at MoMA
2024-11-23 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY, 10019, United States
Mindful Mapping Workshop

Sat, Nov 23, 12:00–1:30 p.m.
MoMA, Floor 2, Creativity Lab
The Paula and James Crown Creativity Lab

Free, registration or RSVP required (through the link)

Join artists Jeannette Rodríguez Píneda and Alejandro Epifanio for a creative mapping workshop in which participants take part in mindful art-making focused on their lived experiences. Learn about the concept of the “four bodies,” which embodies the physical, mental, emotional, and interconnected self through guided mapping activities using mixed-media art-making materials. This program is a part of Creativity Lab’s first module, “Mind and Body,” which inspires us to use art to discover belonging within ourselves.
This 90-minute, in-person program is free. This workshop takes place in person at MoMA. To keep the workshop intimate, capacity is limited. Preregistration is required.
Jeannette Rodríguez Píneda is a queer, Afro-indigenous visual storyteller and education designer whose practice weaves together ethnobotany and plant-based photographic processes. Rodríguez Píneda’s work explores the interplay of reconstructed narratives, memory, permanence, Taíno spirituality, and postcolonial trauma. With a life practice deeply rooted in creativity as ancestral knowledge, they believe in a somatic understanding gained through the process of creation. Their pedagogical praxis connects the spheres of art history, decolonial epistemologies, inner development, museum education, and curriculum design. They have collaborated with such organizations as the Dia Art Foundation, The Museum of Modern Art, Queens Museum, Recess Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, Storm King Arts Center, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among many others. Rodríguez Píneda is an active advisory member for the New England Teaching Artist Collective, a steering member for the Youth Organizing Culture Change Fund, and the founder of Movimiento, an initiative to strengthen BiPoc connection to land.
Alejandro Epifanio, born in 1982 in Santurce, Puerto Rico, is a multidisciplinary artist and cultural advocate. He earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and began his career balancing creative work with activism. As executive and artistic director of Loisaida Inc. since 2020, Epifanio has revitalized this historic Puerto Rican–founded organization, focusing on social change through arts and culture. Under his leadership, Loisaida has returned to its grassroots ethos, expanded its budget, and strengthened partnerships to support diverse community programming for residents, artists, and activists.
