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SUMMARY:American Boricua Artist Talk with Omar Eaton-Martinez
DESCRIPTION:Loisaida Center welcomes you to a special Artist Talk with Wanda Benvenutti\, photojournalist of the current photography exhibition\, American Boricua\, and Omar Eaton-Martinez. In celebration of Black History Month\, this conversation centers on Afro-Puerto Rican voices\, lived experience\, and the power of curating the everyday to challenge erasure and rewrite the narrative. \n Black History is Puerto Rican History. From confronting anti-Blackness within our own communities to imagining a just cultural future\, this dialogue honors the past while shaping what comes next. \nOmar Eaton-Martinez is the Senior Vice President for Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and will join Wanda to discuss culture and the importance of accuracy and nuance in the experience of shared physical spaces. As American Boricua celebrates the Puerto Rican Diaspora throughout North America through a photojournalistic lens\, Eaton-Martinez leads the preservation\, interpretation\, and overall stewardship of 28 historical sites across the country to tell the full American story. \nThis is an invitation to listen deeply\, ask hard questions\, and collectively build a more truthful and expansive understanding of who we are. Wanda Benvenutti ✕ Omar Eaton-Martinez in conversation at the Loisaida Center. This intimate gallery talk takes the form of a mutual interview\, where Wanda and Omar speak with—and challenge—each other around the idea of “curating the everyday” as a way to disrupt the master narrative of Puerto Rican identity. \n Monday\, February 16\, 2026 (Presidents Day Weekend) \n Loisaida Center Theater (limited seating) \n 5:00 PM Doors & exhibition viewing \n 6:00 PM Conversation begins \n Topics include: \n• Puerto Rican identity beyond stereotype \n• Afro-Latinidad and internal anti-Blackness \n• Building a positive cultural future for the next 50–200 years \n Introduced by: Pepe Flores\, Loisaida community elder\, co-founder of @lasaladepepe \n Recorded live (YouTube + podcast format) #LoisaidaTV \n Extended Q&A with artists\, cultural workers\, and the public. Space is limited (45–50 seats) \n Registration required | Link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/8qusv5r \n #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryIsPuertoRicanHistory #AfroBoricua #AfroLatinidad #PuertoRicanHistory #DiasporaStories #AmericanBoricua #CuratingTheEveryday #DisruptTheNarrative #CounterNarratives #LivingArchives #PublicHistory #Loisaida #LowerEastSide #NYCCulture #CommunityVoices #CulturalWorkers #LatinxArts #CulturalEquity #RepresentationMatters #DecolonizeHistory #FutureAncestral
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/american-boricua-artist-talk-with-omar-eaton-martinez/
LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026,Community Events and Resources,Event/Presentation,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center
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SUMMARY:American Boricua Artist Talk with Maximo Colon (Exhibition Closing)
DESCRIPTION:Loisaida Center welcomes you to a special Artist Talk with Wanda Benvenutti\, photojournalist of the current photography exhibition\, American Boricua\, and Máximo Colón. \nBorn in Arecibo\, Puerto Rico\, Máximo Rafael Colón is a New York-based photographer who studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Colón’s photography speaks to his concerns of social justice\, activism\, and cultural expression\, which encapsulate a wide range of interests in music\, the human condition\, and making visible the people of our society who are often marginalized through discrimination and inequality. His primary medium is analogue photography; Colón also creates assemblages in the found object tradition. His works have been exhibited in several venues throughout New York City and Puerto Rico\, and a number of his photographs form part of the Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños archives at CUNY Hunter College and of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington\, D.C. \n Monday\, March 30\, 2026 \n Loisaida Center Studio (limited seating) \n 5:00 PM Doors & exhibition viewing \n 6:00 PM Conversation begins \n Introduced by: Pepe Flores\, Loisaida community elder\, co-founder of @lasaladepepe \n Recorded live (YouTube + podcast format) #LoisaidaTV \n Extended Q&A with artists\, cultural workers\, and the public. Space is limited (45–50 seats) \n Registration required. \n 
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/american-boricua-artist-talk-with-maximo-colon-exhibition-closing/
LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026,Community Events and Resources,Event/Presentation,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center
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SUMMARY:Lectura y firma de libros con Choco Orta en Loisaida Center
DESCRIPTION:Lectura y firma de libros con Choco Orta en Loisaida Centera at 7:00 pm \nLoisaida Center se honra en presentar una lectura y firma de libros con la destacada cantautora\, actriz y salsera puertorriqueña Choco Orta\, este próximo jueves\, 2 de abril a las 6:00 PM\, con motivo de la presentación de su novela autobiográfica Si me comprendieras. \nEn este libro\, Choco Orta comparte un recorrido profundamente personal por su vida\, desde su niñez en la calle Carmen de Santurce hasta su consolidación como una figura imprescindible de la música puertorriqueña. A través de sus páginas\, la autora ofrece una mirada honesta y valiente sobre las experiencias que moldearon su carácter y su visión del mundo: la familia\, la negritud\, el machismo\, la rebeldía\, la identidad y la música como refugio\, afirmación y destino. \nEsta presentación será una oportunidad especial para escuchar a la autora en primera persona\, celebrar su trayectoria y dialogar en torno a una vida marcada por la perseverancia\, la conciencia y el compromiso con su verdad. \nLes invitamos a acompañarnos en esta velada literaria y cultural en comunidad. \n📍 Loisaida Center📅 Jueves\, 2 de abril🕕 6:00 PM \nJoin us this Thursday\, April 2 at 6:00 PM at Loisaida Center for a special book reading and signing with acclaimed Puerto Rican singer-songwriter\, actress\, and salsera Choco Orta\, celebrating her autobiographical novel\, If You Understood Me (Si me comprendieras). \nIn this intimate and powerful work\, Choco Orta reflects on her life journey\, from her childhood in Santurce to her path as an artist\, sharing stories shaped by family\, race\, gender\, courage\, and music as a force of transformation. Her voice and testimony offer a deeply moving portrait of a Puerto Rican\, Black\, and unapologetically authentic life in the arts. \nWe invite you to join us for this special evening of literature\, memory\, conversation\, and community as we celebrate the life and legacy of one of Puerto Rico’s remarkable cultural voices. \n📍 Loisaida Center📅 Thursday\, April 2🕕 6:00 PM \n#ChocoOrta #SiMeComprendieras #LoisaidaCenter #Loisaida #PuertoRicanCulture #PuertoRicanLiterature #AfroLatinidad #Salsa #BookReading #BookSigning #LatinxAuthors #Nuyorican #LESArts #BoricuaCulture
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/lectura-y-firma-de-libros-con-choco-orta-en-loisaida-center/
LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10009\, United States
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