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Project LAZO: CROSSROADS

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

CROSSROADS - March 19th through March 30th
Exhibition curated by Silvia Benedetti in collaboration with project LAZO
Isabella Cruz-Chong / Jose Joaquín Figueroa / Catalina Schliebener / Pedro Wainer

Media Used for Justice, Equity, Respect

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

MEDIA USED FOR EQUITY JUSTICE & RESPECT
A PROGRAM FOR LES YOUTH AGES 16 to 24
$250 stipends upon completion of course.
Every Monday & Wednesday from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
March 25th through May 15th, 2019
Pre-Registration Required
Limited Spaces

Agroecology & Food Sustainability

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Simultaneous events at Loisaida Center and Pública will explore the tension between the traditional and the 21st century 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, where and how Puerto Rican food can be found and prepared locally – both on LES and in Santurce/on the island.

LATINOAMERICANIDAD

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Fabián Villegas is a writer, journalist, spoken word artist, scholar and researcher in Global South epistemologies, decolonial thoughts and racial studies. Since 2007 to date, Villegas has been invited to give multiple conferences, seminars, lectures and workshops in various universities and academic centers, renowned art biennials and community cultural centers across the globe. He is also the co-founder of Contranarrativas, a collaborative project that seeks to create horizontal knowledge production spaces to stimulate the visibility, dissemination and production of epistemologies, decolonial narratives and peripheral aesthetics of the Global South. Born in Mexico City, Villegas currently resides in the Dominican Republic.

Pasado y Presente: Art After the Young Lords

Nathan Cummings Foundation 475 10th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

The Loisaida Center, in partnership with the Nathan Cummings Foundation, are pleased to announce the opening of Pasado y Presente: Art After the Young Lords, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords Organization in New York that will be on view at the Nathan Cummings Foundation offices through October 25, 2019.

LOISAIDA SMORGASBORD CABARET & RESTORATION PROJECTS

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

L.A.B. & Loisaida Inc. Center present:

THE LOISIADA SMORGASBORD CABARET: A night of visual art and performance not to be missed!

Friday, May 10, 2019
6:30 pm Doors Open - Performances begin at 8:00 pm
at the Loisaida Center, 710 E 9th St

Plus:
Opening reception of: Rolando's Winter Flowers & Bimbo Rivas' post-mortem prints: part of the Loisaida Restoration Projects & The Production of Nabe program

Fiestas de Cruz at Loisaida

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Loisaida Inc. Center presents: Fiestas de Cruz at Loisaida Saturday, May 11 - 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm A Loisaida Tradition! Loisaida Inc. and its project The Plenatorium are pleased to host a performance and ritual stemming straight from the faith based history of Puerto Ricans in the Lower East Side. The "Feast of the [...]

2019 Loisaida Basketball Tournament

Dry Dock playground Avenue D and 10th Street, Manhattan, NY, United States

Organized by Loisaida Inc. with the support of Tom Brasuell and, with the help of many of you, the first Loisaida Basketball Tournament is open to boys and girls ages 12 to 16. Register today!

The 32nd Annual Loisaida Festival

Avenue C Corridor 12th - 6th Streets on Avenue C, New York, NY, United States

Strong Roots, Healthy Branches: Harvesting Connections

Trans & Gender Equity in the YLP

The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

Advocating for the total liberation of women, The Young Lords Women Union produced its own groundbreaking newspaper, La Luchadora, that addressed the specific socio-racial oppressions confronting Afro/Latinx women. Join Young Lords members Iris Morales and Gloria Rodriguez to discuss the platform and activism of the Young Lords Party Women’s Union and the Latinx feminist philosphy: Mujerismo.  Moderated by Johanna Fernandez, PhD.