As part of ¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York - LES, on Wednesday, August 5th at 6:30pm, the The Loisaida, Inc. Center hosts a Gallery talk with Maximo Colon - featured photographer.
Followed at 7:30pm by Presente in Absentia: Diasporic Responses to Puerto Rico’s Crisis: teach-in/panel discussion to clarify the reasons for the crisis and engage in dialog about what is to be done.
Puerto Rico is facing a crisis over its $72 billion debt that threatens life on the island while also causing a mass migration to the US. What can the Puerto [...]
Loisaida Inc and Plenatorium Project present a double feature: 12:30 Sonidos Primarios: a hands-on discussion and presentation by artists who produce kid-friendly cultural content featuring an album of traditional Puerto [...]
Details Loisaida Inc. Center presents: November 12th, 2015 – 6:30pm The six photojournalists from the Seis del Sur photo collective will participate in a special Town Hall gathering to discuss [...]
La SoPA NYC presents
How To Self Publish Your First Book
A workshop talking about the process of publishing, editing and promoting your first book using low cost digital tools.
Speakers: Elisabet Velasquez & George Torres
3/30 - 6pm -8pm
A documentary about the political, economic and social situation of Puerto Rico. It exposes part of the contemporary history of the island and explores several solutions that can force a change in the moral and intellectual psyche of Puerto Ricans.
Architect CBJ Snyder was a prolific designer of New York public school buildings, completing more than 350 schools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A graduate of Cooper [...]
Festival de la Palabra (The Word Festival) is the top literary event in Puerto Rico, and the only literary festival in the world based on one single community -the Puerto Rican community- which is held in two very distinct cities: San Juan and New York, and for the first time celebrated at Loisaida Inc. in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
San Juan Noir is an unprecedented volume of contemporary Puerto Rican fiction edited by renowned author Mayra Santos-Febres, creator of Puerto Rico’s Festival de la Palabra which its New York edition will be celebrated at Loisaida Inc. Center this same weekend.
As diversity initiatives gain in popularity, how can we ensure that equity is at the root of their focus? Together, let’s explore the landscape and ask what is needed for tangible, real success around race, gender, disability status, and artistic aesthetic in the arts and beyond.