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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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Moment NYC-Rumba Workshop
2024-05-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Rumba Dance & Drum Workshop with Members of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Come experience and participate in a special dance and drum workshop by visiting rumba masters
from Matanzas, Cuba – the legendary Ramos rumba family, featuring Yuniskleyvis, Barbaro, and Jaime Ramos as your instructors. The Ramos family marks two generations of the world-renowned rumba group Los Muñequtios de Matanzas and are keepers of the flame of Afro-Cuban traditions unique to Matanzas Cuba. All ages and levels are welcome.
Thursday, May 30th
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Loisaida Center – 710 East 9th Street, NY, NY 10009
FREE

Teens Take the MET!
2024-05-31 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Teens Take The Met! – Fri, May 31, 2024
Grab your friends and take over The Met for the night. Drop in for teen-only activities across the Museum.
About this Event
Grab your friends and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Teens Take The Met! Drop in for teen-only activities across the Museum, including art making, performances, music, and more. Discover what you can also do at over 50 NYC cultural and community organizations.
Doors open at 4 pm. Teens Take The Met! is free and open to all teens 13+ with a middle or high school ID. Just show up or RSVP now to get a free ticket to beat the line. If you’re a chaperone who’d like to come with a group of 10 or more teens, please email teenprograms@metmuseum.org for instructions.
A schedule of events will be available in English and Spanish.
This event will be photographed, filmed, and/or recorded. By your presence at the event, you consent to the photography, filming, and use of your image and/or voice.
Teens Take The Met! is a Teen Night co-organized with over 50 community partners.
Masks are strongly recommended. See our visitor guidelines.
Teens Take The Met! is made possible by Gray Foundation.

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Cultured Coffee
2024-05-31 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Cultured Coffee is a multidisciplinary art showcase during the summer months.
This is a recurring event during the months of May – September taking place on the last Friday of every month, at the Loisaida Inc. Center!
When: May 31st, 6 – 10 PM
Where: at the Loisaida, Inc. Center (710 E 9th St NY, NY 10009)

BioBus LES Program Showcase
2024-06-03 16:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | NY
The BioBus LES Program Showcase will be on June 3rd from 4:30 – 7:00pm at the Community Lab in School for Global Leaders!

Student representatives, including BioBus High School Junior Scientists, from several schools in the LES neighborhood will be sharing the science they have done for the past year with BioBus! From 4:30 – 5:00 pm there will be hands-on science activities led by High School Junior Scientists for young people and science enthusiasts of all ages! The rest of the night will be dedicated to hearing from young scientists on the LES and celebrating their accomplishments!

RSVP here

This event is open to LES community members and anyone excited to celebrate young scientists! We recommend bringing children to the 4:30 – 5:00 pm hands-on activity time in particular.

For More Information:
LES Showcase Flyer 2024

W.O.W. Open Mic - a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center
2024-06-05 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Join the Nuyorican Poets Café (NPC) for the off-site edition of our monthly WOMXN ORATORS 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 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
2024-06-12 18:30 - 20:30, 2024-06-26 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
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 – 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 in May, held on the 5th Wednesday: 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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Street Life (Opening Reception)
2024-06-14 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Street Life
Queer Activism, Performance, and Joy
The Photography of Luis Carle
In this exhibition, the noted New York Puerto Rican photographer Luis Carle honors the street—the work of protest, resistance, remembrance, critical gender performance, and celebration with which queer subjects have infused public spaces, transforming them. Inspired by the Nuyorican street activist Sylvia Rivera, who advocated for radical, gender non-conforming, intersectional queer communities; Cristina Hayworth, founder of Puerto Rico’s LGBTQ Pride March; the gender performance artist Oswaldo Gómez, Ms. Colombia, who converted city streets into his backstage dressing-room for “cosmically” reimagining everyday life; and Dirty Martini, whose witty performances critique commercialization and gentrification at a time of imperiled queer civil rights; Carle invites the viewers to join the crowd, march, walk, ride, dance and put their bodies on the line. Moving from images of the legendary marches on Washington for LGBTQ civil rights, the AIDS Memorial Quilt, ACT-UP activism, and the NYC Drag March to everyday street performances, performance art, and celebrations, Carle’s photographs ask us to reflect on how protest, performance, memorialization, and joy have historically built on each other in queer popular cultures.
Luis Carle (b. 1962) is a New York-based Puerto Rican photographer living in New York City since the 1980s. He studied photography at Parsons School of Design. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), El Museo del Barrio, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in San Juan, and the Paul Robeson Gallery at Rutgers University in Newark. Carle was the founding director of O.P.Art, the Organization of Puerto Rican Artists, from 1992 to 2013. His work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, and The Museum of the City of New York.

Wellness Thursday 2024 (postponed until further notice)
2024-06-20 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | NY
2024 Loisaida Center Holistic Wellness for older-adults

Loisaida, Inc. Center is proud to partner with the Loisaida Wellness Collective to expand our offerings for older-adults in 2024.
The wellness program will take place every 3rd Thursday of the month at the Loisaida Center (710 E 9th Street, New York, NY 10009), from 10AM to 1 PM (3 hours).
Contact information: (646) 726-4715
Loisaida Wellness Collective is a women-led grassroots group of acupuncturists, doctors, nutritionists, entrepreneurs, and healers who heeded the call for help in the LES during the COVID crisis of 2019. They now bring their services to Loisaida Center in order to foster health and healing in the LES and especially for our underserved older adult neighbors.
Some of the services provided include:

Acupressure for stress relief and cravings
Herbalism classes (identifying herbs, discussing folklore, discussing scientific research, and connecting intuitively with plants, making tinctures and other concoctions)
Nutrition classes (looking at labels at the grocery store, food sensitivities, chemicals in our food, questions about supplements)
Mind/body classes (meditation and other techniques)
Health Consultations
Much more!

Schedule:
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Thursday October 17, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Movies in Tomkins 2024: Encanto (Rated PG)
2024-06-26 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Tompkins Square Park, Ave A b/w 9th & 10th St, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Assemblyman Harvey Epstein & Loisaida Inc. present

MOVIES IN TOMPKINS ’24
June through Sept, 8:00 pm
Avenue A & E. 10th St. – Tompkins Square Park Skate/Playground

FREE
FEATURES:
June 26, 2024 | 8 pm
ENCANTO (Rated PG)
July 24, 2024 | 8 pm
LITTLE FUGITIVE (Rated G)
August 29, 2024 | 8 pm
SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (Rated R)
September 25, 2024 | 8 pm
EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Rated R)

SHORTS:
June 26:

Love Letters for the Subway & Drumtalk (2022 Lower East Side Film Festival)
July 24:
Practice Space (will be paired with a film created by Grand Street Settlement)
August 29:
Tamara Jenkins will be in attendance and will curate the selection.
September 25:
Local filmmaker Eden Martinez will present a short of their creation and will feature a short created by Loisaida Center Media Used for Justice, Equity and Respect.

Family and Youth Peer Support (FYPS) Family Day: Stop Gun Violence
2024-07-01 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Family and Youth Peer Advocacy Program is hosting a family day in support of ending gun violence.

Date: Monday, July 1st, 2024
Time: Setup is at 11am and the event runs until 4pm
Location: P.S. 142 school yard (100 Attorney St.)

W.O.W. Open Mic - a Nuyorican Poets Café offsite event at Loisaida Center
2024-07-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Join the Nuyorican Poets Café for another off-site edition of the hugely successful WOMXN ORATORS WEDNESDAY (“W.O.W.”) Open Mic at the Loisaida Center (710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009). Open to all genres including poetry, music, comedy, and story-telling.
In-person live recorded event. Buy ticket(s) in advance or at the door – the signup sheet for performing on stage is available after you enter.

Hosted by Felicia Cade aka ‘Rise Felicia‘. 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
2024-07-10 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | NY
Join the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for our off-site edition of the OPEN MIC hosted by Solpreme at the Loisaida Center (710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009).

Buy ticket(s) in advance or at the door – 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 in May, held on the 5th Wednesday: 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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Senior Day at Loisaida Center
2024-07-12 10:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | NY
2024 Senior Day at the Loisaida Center
Location: 710 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009
When: First Friday of the Month from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Activities: Art Workshops, Zumba/Aerobics, Educational Panels, Live Music, Snacks, Coffee and more!

Questions? Contact Angel Santini (917-634-6963) or Loisaida Inc. (646-726-4715 / info@loisaida.org)

2024 Calendar:
Friday, July 12, 2024
Friday, August 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
Friay, December 6, 2024 (Holiday Celebration)

Wellness Thursday 2024 (postponed until further notice)
2024-07-18 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | NY
2024 Loisaida Center Holistic Wellness for older-adults

Loisaida, Inc. Center is proud to partner with the Loisaida Wellness Collective to expand our offerings for older-adults in 2024.
The wellness program will take place every 3rd Thursday of the month at the Loisaida Center (710 E 9th Street, New York, NY 10009), from 10AM to 1 PM (3 hours).
Contact information: (646) 726-4715
Loisaida Wellness Collective is a women-led grassroots group of acupuncturists, doctors, nutritionists, entrepreneurs, and healers who heeded the call for help in the LES during the COVID crisis of 2019. They now bring their services to Loisaida Center in order to foster health and healing in the LES and especially for our underserved older adult neighbors.
Some of the services provided include:

Acupressure for stress relief and cravings
Herbalism classes (identifying herbs, discussing folklore, discussing scientific research, and connecting intuitively with plants, making tinctures and other concoctions)
Nutrition classes (looking at labels at the grocery store, food sensitivities, chemicals in our food, questions about supplements)
Mind/body classes (meditation and other techniques)
Health Consultations
Much more!

Schedule:
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Thursday October 17, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Older Adults' Tablet Classes by Elizabeth Bermudez
2024-07-22 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2024-07-29 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2024-08-05 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2024-08-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York), 2024-08-19 08:00 - 17:00 UTC, 2024-08-26 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | NY
OLDER ADULTS’ TABLET CLASSES
AT THE LOISAIDA CENTER
710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009
To register, please call the Loisaida Center at (646) 726-4715.
9 Sessions
Each Monday from 10 am to 12 pm
July 1 – August 26, 2024
Free Tablet! ( *Limited to first 5 registrants)
This program prepares older adults to use the Alcatel 3T 8 tablet as a tool to facilitate day-to-day tasks and connections.
Learning objectives include: using tablet applications to assist with everyday tasks, connecting with family & friends, audio & visual skill development, and more! Participants must commit to al 9 classes ot keep their complimentary tablet at the end of the program.
Led by bilingual (English/Spanish) instructor, Elizabeth Bermudez.

Clases de Tabletas para Adultos Mayores
En Loisaida Center
710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009
Para registrarse, por favor llame at Loisaida Center al (646) 726-4715.

9 SESIONES
CADA LUNES DE 10 A.M. A 12 P.M.
1 de julio – 26 de agosto de 2024

*Tableta gratis!
*Limitado a los primeros 5 participantes

Este programa prepara a adultos mayores para utilizar la tableta Alcatel 3T 8 como herramienta para facilitar las tareas y conexiones del dia a dia.
Los objetivos de aprendizaje incluyen: usar aplicaciones de tableta para ayudar con las tareas diarias, conectarse con familiares y amigos, desarrollar habilidades auditivas y visuales, iy mas! Los participantes deben comprometerse con las 9 clases para quedarse con su tableta de cortesia al final del programa. Diigida por la instructora biliingue (ingles / espanol), Elizabeth Bermudez.

Movies in Tompkins 2024: Little Fugitive (Rated G)
2024-07-24 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Tompkins Square Park, Ave A b/w 9th & 10th St, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Assemblyman Harvey Epstein & Loisaida Inc. present

MOVIES IN TOMPKINS ’24
June through Sept, 8:00 pm
Avenue A & E. 10th St. – Tompkins Square Park Skate/Playground

FREE
FEATURES:
August 5, 2024 | 8 pm
LITTLE FUGITIVE (Rated G)
August 29, 2024 | 8 pm
SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (Rated R)
September 25, 2024 | 8 pm
EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Rated R)

SHORTS:

July 24:
Practice Space (will be paired with a film created by Grand Street Settlement)
August 29:
Tamara Jenkins will be in attendance and will curate the selection.
September 25:
Local filmmaker Eden Martinez will present a short of their creation and will feature a short created by Loisaida Center Media Used for Justice, Equity and Respect.

Senior Day at Loisaida Center
2024-08-09 10:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | NY
2024 Senior Day at the Loisaida Center
Location: 710 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009
When: First Friay of the Month from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Activities: Art Workshops, Zumba/Aerobics, Educational Panels, Live Music, Snacks, Coffee and more!

Questions? Contact Angel Santini (917-634-6963) or Loisaida Inc. (646-726-4715 / info@loisaida.org)

2024 Calendar:
Friday, August 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
Friay, December 6, 2024 (Holiday Celebration)

Sembrando Resistencia: Place is Power
2024-08-13 16:00 - 19:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
PLACE IS POWER
Date: August 13
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Location: Loisaida Center – 710 East 9th Street, NY NY 10009

We present a workshop about social cartography. In it, we will discuss the power and importance of places that we usually frequent in our neighborhoods and understand the importance of preserving these places. Attendees will map out their neighborhood and present it to the group.

4:00-5:00 pm: Welcome attendees. Introduction/Explanation of methodology – Short Documentary
5:00-6:00 pm: Group Activity

“Sembrando Resistencia: Los Jardines de Loisaida” is a vibrant community event commemorating fortitude, resistance, and resilience in Loisaida, manifested through establishing neighborhood community gardens.

Movies in Tompkins 2024: Slums of Beverly Hills (Rated R)
2024-08-29 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Tompkins Square Park, Ave A b/w 9th & 10th St, New York, NY, 10009, United States
MOVIES IN TOMPKINS ’24
June through Sept, 8:00 pm
Avenue A & E. 10th St. – Tompkins Square Park Skate/Playground

FREE ADMISSION (No RSVP required)
August 29, 2024 | 8 pm
SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS (Rated R)

New Village Music Festival
2024-08-31 14:00 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | NY
NEW VILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
AUGUST 31st
2pm – 6pm
Location: Tompkins Square Park (7th Street & Ave A & B)
For more information, goo to the homepage (www.NYmusicFEST.com)

Senior Day at Loisaida Center
2024-09-06 10:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | NY
2024 Senior Day at the Loisaida Center
Location: 710 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009
When: First Friay of the Month from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Activities: Art Workshops, Zumba/Aerobics, Educational Panels, Live Music, Snacks, Coffee and more!

Questions? Contact Angel Santini (917-634-6963) or Loisaida Inc. (646-726-4715 / info@loisaida.org)

2024 Calendar:
Friday, September 6, 2024
Friday, October 4, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
Friay, December 6, 2024 (Holiday Celebration)

Back To School (BYOB) Build Your Own Back Pack Give Away
2024-09-09 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-09-10 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | NY
Back To School (BYOB) Build Your Own Back Pack Give Away
When: from 4pm to 6pm on weekdays from Sep 9 to 13 (Mon ~ Fri)
Where: at the Loisaida, Inc. Center (710 E 9th St, New York, NY)
