Loisaida Inc.

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

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

TIERRA SIE II - INDIGENOUS FESTIVAL (Open Mic)
2025-05-31 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
TIERRA SIE IIINDIGENOUS FESTIVALMusic, Dance and Media Arts
“FIRE CIRCLE”Open Mic for the Protection of Territory
Featuring rapper Def-i Christopher Bidethá (Diné/Navajo Nation) — our MC for the night!
Saturday, May 31 • 5:30 PMLoisaida Center • 710 E 9th St, NY, NY 10009Free + open to the people$250 prize for contest winner!

Wheeling & Healing 2
2025-06-26 06:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Wheeling & Healing 2:

Holding the Mic in the Middle of the Storm

Wheeling and Healing 2 is here! OPEN DOORS Reality Poets are back Wheeling and Healing through words of empowerment, wisdom, and perseverance. Wheeling & Healing II is a poetry anthology edited by the Reality Poets. We invited long-term care residents, neighbors on Roosevelt Island, mentors, and friends to contribute their voices towards a message of empowerment.
Thank you to all who submitted writing and joined us at Loisaida Center on June 26th, 2025.

Raíces Vivas
2025-07-06 13:30 - 18:00 UTC | La Plaza Cultural, 700 E 9th Street, New York, 10009, United States
Raíces Vivas
A free, one-day event dedicated to celebrating Taino traditions and amplifying Indigenous voices.
Featuring two dynamic workshops, a communal meal break, and an engaging panel discussion, the event invites participants to explore Caribbean indigeneity through a contemporary lens. By blending percussion, dance, and ancestral knowledge, Raíces Vivas creates a space for learning, connection, and cultural celebration—welcoming everyone from members of the Latin American diaspora to anyone curious to know more about Taino culture.

Snapshots of Theatre Fundamentals
2025-08-23 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States

2025 NEW VILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
2025-08-30 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Tompkins Square Park, Ave A b/w 9th & 10th St, New York, NY, 10009, United States
JOIN US THIS SATURDAY FOR
NVMF 2025!
@nvmusicfest
A free outdoor multi-genre music concert for the entire family! Promoting unity via arts activism!
Special thanks to our sponsors: @loisaidainc.center @henrystreetsettlement @ LowerEastsideCommunityMusicWorkshop @kazuzalounge @twobootspizza @ Charas, Inc. @rojoentertainment
Host: Giraldo Luis Alvarez @sp.alwaysforward
Media Correspondent: @mskittyrose1
Music Artists:
@yotocomusic
@gilvelez23
@kikiandthefellas
@niccodiaz.nyc
@iztherealest
@zoeh.g
@aleathiab
@bebebambu88
@diana_nugu_

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

Back to School: Build Your Own Backpack!
2025-09-08 15:00 - 2025-09-12 18:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Back to School: Build Your Own Backpack! Supplies Giveaway
Presented by Loisaida Center and Trinity Church Wall Street
Location:Loisaida Center710 E 9th St.New York, NY 10009
Dates & Time:September 8th – September 12th3:00pm – 7:00pm
Event Details:Come pick up a backpack and fill it up with the supplies you need!
Sign Up Here: [QR Code link]
For More Info:Loisaida CenterPhone: (646) 726-4715Email: info@loisaida.org
Supported by:

Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, District 74

CEC1

Vision Urbana

Regreso a la Escuela: ¡Llena Tu Propia Mochila! Entrega de Artículos
Presentado por Loisaida Center y Trinity Church Wall Street
Ubicación:Loisaida Center710 E 9th St.New York, NY 10009
Fechas y Horario:Del 8 al 12 de septiembre3:00pm – 7:00pm
Detalles del Evento:Ven a recoger una mochila y llénala con los artículos que necesites.
¡Inscríbete Aquí!: [QR Code link]
Para Más Información:Centro LoisaidaTeléfono: (646) 726-4715Correo: info@loisaida.org
Patrocinado por:

Assembly Member Harvey Epstein, District 74

CEC1

Vision Urbana

PSA-4 COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING
2025-09-16 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | PSA-4, 130 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY, 10009, United States
PSA4 COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Psa4 130 Avenue C, NY, NY 10009 6:00PM
Meeting Dates

January 2025 (Winter Recess)

February 2025 (Winter Recess)

March 18, 2025

April 15, 2025

May 20, 2025

June 17, 2025

July 2025 (Summer Recess)

August 2025 (Summer Recess)

September 16, 2025

October 21, 2025

November 18, 2025 (Thanksgiving Dinner)

December 16, 2025

– Meet and engage with PSA4 Community Board members and Commanding Officer– Engage with PSA4 Community Affairs Officers– Meet PSA4 Patrol and NCO Officers– Learn how to better serve your community– Learn who are your Elected Officials– Meet, develop and maintain relationships with other community Residents– Gain current information about what is happening in your community
If you have any questions or concerns please email: psa4communitycouncil.nypd@gmail.com
Meeting locations are subject to change

District 1: Back-to-School Resource Fair
2025-09-18 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Dear NYCPS – District 1 Families,
Welcome to a brand-new school year! We’re thrilled to have your children back in our classrooms, ready to learn, grow, and thrive. The energy across our schools is inspiring, and we can’t wait to see all the amazing things our students will accomplish this year.
Attendance matters—especially now.
Every school day is a chance for your child to build friendships, explore new ideas, and develop lifelong skills. Showing up every day helps them feel connected and confident. Let’s work together to build strong routines from the start!
Back-to-School Resource Fair
Supporting Immigrant & Legal Rights, Education Resources, and Community Networks
Come explore resources for your family, meet local organizations, and build support systems that last.Date & Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 9:00 AM -12:00 PM
Location: 50 East 7th Street NY NY 10003

El Calentón - Coffee Hour with La Maraña
2025-09-23 09:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States

La Bomba Crece en Loisaida
2025-09-23 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-28 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
2025-10-07 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
RSVP Community Conversations

Join us to gather feedback from our communities on a draft of Community Equity Priorities. We want to understand what New Yorkers like you want NYC government to prioritize to make our city more equitable.

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 from 1pm to 2:30pm @ The Loisaida Center, 710 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009

RSVP here

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

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

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

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

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

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

Performance: 7:00 PM (Register here)

HABITAR LAS FÁBULAS (PERFORMANCE)
2025-10-10 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States

SENIOR DAY at Loisaida Center
2025-12-05 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-02-06 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-03-06 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-04-03 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-05-01 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-07-03 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-08-07 10:00 - 14:00, 2026-09-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
SENIOR DAY at the LOISAIDA CENTER
Activities include art workshops, educational panels, live music, snacks, coffee, and more!
Senior Day always takes place on the first Friday of the month (except for the month of June), from 10AM to 1PM.
Location: Loisaida, Inc. Center
710 E 9th Street, New York, NY 10009
Questions? Contact Loisaida, Inc. at
(646) 726-4715
or
info@loisaida.org

American Boricua Artist Talk with Omar Eaton-Martinez
2026-02-16 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
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.
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.
Omar 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.
This 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.
Monday, February 16, 2026 (Presidents Day Weekend)
Loisaida Center Theater (limited seating)
5:00 PM Doors & exhibition viewing
6:00 PM Conversation begins
Topics include:
• Puerto Rican identity beyond stereotype
• Afro-Latinidad and internal anti-Blackness
• Building a positive cultural future for the next 50–200 years
Introduced by: Pepe Flores, Loisaida community elder, co-founder of @lasaladepepe
Recorded live (YouTube + podcast format) #LoisaidaTV
Extended Q&A with artists, cultural workers, and the public. Space is limited (45–50 seats)
Registration required | Link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/8qusv5r
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryIsPuertoRicanHistory #AfroBoricua #AfroLatinidad #PuertoRicanHistory #DiasporaStories #AmericanBoricua #CuratingTheEveryday #DisruptTheNarrative #CounterNarratives #LivingArchives #PublicHistory #Loisaida #LowerEastSide #NYCCulture #CommunityVoices #CulturalWorkers #LatinxArts #CulturalEquity #RepresentationMatters #DecolonizeHistory #FutureAncestral

American Boricua Artist Talk with Maximo Colon (Exhibition Closing)
2026-03-30 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Loisaida Center welcomes you to a special Artist Talk with Wanda Benvenutti, photojournalist of the current photography exhibition, American Boricua, and Máximo Colón.
Born 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.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Loisaida Center Studio (limited seating)
5:00 PM Doors & exhibition viewing
6:00 PM Conversation begins
Introduced by: Pepe Flores, Loisaida community elder, co-founder of @lasaladepepe
Recorded live (YouTube + podcast format) #LoisaidaTV
Extended Q&A with artists, cultural workers, and the public. Space is limited (45–50 seats)
Registration required.

Lectura y firma de libros con Choco Orta en Loisaida Center
2026-04-02 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Lectura y firma de libros con Choco Orta en Loisaida Centera at 7:00 pm
Loisaida 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.
En 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.
Esta 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.
Les invitamos a acompañarnos en esta velada literaria y cultural en comunidad.
📍 Loisaida Center📅 Jueves, 2 de abril🕕 6:00 PM
Join 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).
In 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.
We 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.
📍 Loisaida Center📅 Thursday, April 2🕕 6:00 PM
#ChocoOrta #SiMeComprendieras #LoisaidaCenter #Loisaida #PuertoRicanCulture #PuertoRicanLiterature #AfroLatinidad #Salsa #BookReading #BookSigning #LatinxAuthors #Nuyorican #LESArts #BoricuaCulture

The 39th Annual Loisaida Festival
2026-05-24 | Avenue C / Loisaida Ave, New York, NY, 10009, United States
For nearly four decades, the Loisaida Festival has stood as one of the Lower East Side’s most cherished public traditions, bringing together residents, artists, families, merchants, community organizations, and visitors in a joyful celebration of the neighborhood’s enduring cultural life. In a community shaped by Nuyorican and immigrant histories, and one that continues to confront the pressures of displacement and cultural erasure, the Loisaida Festival remains a powerful affirmation of presence, memory, and collective pride.
This year’s theme, “Our AmeRícan Thing,” reflects our commitment to celebrating Loisaida not only as a geographic place, but as a language, a rhythm, and a way of belonging carried through music, poetry, theater, food, and shared community experience. Inspired by the spirit of Jesús “Tato” Laviera, the theme seeks to honor the neighborhood not through nostalgia alone, but through renewed energy, hope, imagination, and the living future we continue to shape together.
The 39th Annual Loisaida Festival, historically celebrated on the Sunday before Memorial Day, will take place on Sunday, May 24, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, spanning Avenue C / Loisaida Avenue from East 12th Street to East 5th Street. As the Lower East Side’s largest Puerto Rican-heritage and Latinx neighborhood block party, the Festival will once again feature a rich, multidisciplinary program across several activations throughout its footprint.
This year’s Main Stage, co-hosted by Giraldo Alvare and Caridad “La Bruja” de la Luz, will feature artists, including local alternative rock ensemble Daso y el Grupo Cemí feat. urbano artists; Daydrian and Bebé Bambú, salsa and merengue with Grupo K’ndela, afro-caribbean heritage music by Legacy Women, cumbia-rock from Philadelphia-based powerhouse Las Mariposas Galácticas, and Latin-jazz and flamenco by Grammy-award winning bassist, John Benítez & Revolution Latin Jazz. Featured street-level activations will also include Ecolibrium and BioBus Mobile Laboratory for children to explore community science and technology as well as cultural programs by BombaYo, the Nuyorican Poets Café, and an opening parade led by afro-brazilian samba reggae group Batalá NY; performances at Francisco Pancho Ramos Community Garden of Puerto Rican jíbaro music from YoToco and Grupo Fascinantes; and a dynamic TheaterLab at La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden featuring artists such as Fernandito Ferrer, and visiting us from Puerto Rico, urbano artists Guada and producer/deejay El S, alongside community partners like Dorill Initiative, El Bohío, Inc., and Third Street Music School. We are also especially excited that this year’s Festival will include the 40th Anniversary celebration of Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of the Arts (PRIDA) along Avenue C between East 5th and 6th Streets, as well as Somos Arte’s La Borinqueña Superhéroe Workshop and a Vejigante mask-making pop-up at Piragüa Art Space on 10th Street. Other street-level partners include: LES Yearbook, Fourth Arts Block, El Bohío, Lower Eastside Girls Club, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, and many more. The 39th annual commemorative poster art is by Mateo Nazario. Born in Guatemala and growing up both there and in Puerto Rico, Nazario is currently a resident artist at the Loisaida Center.
As part of this year’s celebration, Loisaida, Inc. will also honor a distinguished group of community leaders, cultural workers, and neighborhood champions through the Viva Loisaida! Awards, presented at the Essex Market. This year’s honorees are Council Member Chris Marte, recognized for his public service and steadfast advocacy for Lower Manhattan; Naomi Peña, for her leadership in education justice, family advocacy, and community empowerment; David Sanders, for his longstanding grassroots commitment to community building and neighborhood care; Chanel Elliott, for her trusted and tireless service to Lower East Side residents through constituent advocacy; and Destiny Mata, for her important photographic and archival work documenting the lived memory, culture, and resilience of the Lower East Side. Together, these awardees embody the spirit of Loisaida through service, creativity, advocacy, and deep commitment to community building.
The day’s offerings will include live music, poetry, theater, street performance, artisan vendors, and community-based programming reflective of the Puerto Rican, Nuyorican, Caribbean, and immigrant traditions that define Loisaida. Rooted in history and alive with contemporary energy, the Loisaida Festival continues to serve as a vital public platform where culture, memory, and community are not only celebrated but actively carried forward.
This year’s celebration is made possible thanks to the support of the Acacia Network, Popular Bank, Grand Street Settlement, Lower Manhattan Presbyterian Hospital, and Trinity Church Wall Street. Additional support is provided by Green Mountain Energy Company, Wellcare Medicare, and MetroPlus Health. Additional support for the Loisaida Festival and Loisaida Inc. cultural programs is provided by he New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, in partnership with the New York City Council, former Councilmember Carlina Rivera, and the current Council Member Harvey Epstein of Manhattan District 2, Community Board 3, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
As the Lower East Side’s largest Puerto Rican-heritage and Latinx neighborhood block party, the Festival will once again feature a rich, multidisciplinary program across several activations throughout its footprint.
Loisaida, Inc. continues to celebrate our Puerto Rican roots, Lower East Side immigrant contributions, Latiné and Caribbean heritage, through food, music, theater, art, and culture. The 39th annual commemorative poster art is by Mateo Nazario. Born in Guatemala and raised between their native Country and Puerto Rico. Nazario is currently a resident artist at the Loisaida Artist in Residence (L.A.I.R.) program.
Join us in this one-of-a-kind community celebration in the Lower East Side’s Loisaida neighborhood.
-Alejandro Epifanio Torres, Executive & Artistic Director, Loisaida, Inc.
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