Loisaida Inc.

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

Open Mic Wednesdays at Loisaida Center hosted by: Brian Acosta Arya
2025-09-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-01 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-08 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-29 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 UTC and 7 more dates | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Join Loisaida Inc. and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for our WEDNESDAYS OPEN MIC hosted by Brian Acosta Arya – at the Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street, NY, NY 10009. Ticket(s) available at the door or in advance by following this link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35133 – the signup sheet to perform in the open mic is at the tickets/welcome table (near the stage) after you enter.
More details:
** Held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. **
** (Note: except during the summer months in July & August 2025) ***
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. **

All art forms are welcome:
Spoken Word/Poetry, Short Stories/Scripts, Stand-Up Comedy, Short Monologues/Excerpts, 3-4 Minute Original Songs or Performances (Note: ORIGINAL songs only).
Four minutes max. for each performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance, the digital signup sheet at the stage will provide an online form to upload your audio files. ** Note: all performances will be recorded and live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channel. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed. If you missed attending and/or would like to re-watch your own performance, find the recorded videos on our YouTube channel. **
** NOTICE: By attending and/or participating in events by the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, you acknowledge that your voice and/or likeness may be recorded and/or photographed. **
Ticket info here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35133
* $10 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances, same price)
* $10 (at the door at the Loisaida Center, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only, no cash)

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W.O.W. Open Mic & Open House @ The Loisaida Center
2025-10-01 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Join Loisaida, Inc. and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for the off-site edition of our monthly WOMXN ORATOR WEDNESDAY (“W.O.W.”) Open Mic, hosted by Sumbodies Mama – at the Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street, NY, NY 10009. Ticket(s) available at the door or in advance by following this link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35133 – the signup sheet to perform in the open mic is at the tickets/welcome table (near the stage) after you enter.

More details:
** Held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. **
** (Note: except during the summer months in July & August 2025) ***
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

All art forms are welcome:
Spoken Word/Poetry, Short Stories/Scripts, Stand-Up Comedy, Short Monologues/Excerpts, 3-4 Minute Original Songs or Performances (Note: ORIGINAL songs only).
Four minutes max. for each performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance, the digital signup sheet at the stage will provide an online form to upload your audio files. ** Note: all performances will be recorded and live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channel. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed. If you missed attending and/or would like to re-watch your own performance, find the recorded videos on our YouTube channel. **
** NOTICE: By attending and/or participating in events by the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, you acknowledge that your voice and/or likeness may be recorded and/or photographed. **
Ticket info here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35133
* $10 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances, same price)
* $10 (at the door at the Loisaida Center, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only, no cash)

Our events are made possible in part through the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, the New York City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Mid-Atlantic Folk and Traditional Arts.

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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

W.O.W. Open Mic @ The Loisaida Center
2025-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Join Loisaida, Inc. and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for the off-site edition of our monthly WOMXN ORATOR WEDNESDAY (“W.O.W.”) Open Mic, hosted by Sumbodies Mama – at the Loisaida Center, 710 East 9th Street, NY, NY 10009. Ticket(s) available at the door or in advance by following this link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35133 – the signup sheet to perform in the open mic is at the tickets/welcome table (near the stage) after you enter.

More details:
** Held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month. **
** (Note: except during the summer months in July & August 2025) ***
** Doors open at 6 P.M. **
** Open Mic is from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. **

All art forms are welcome:
Spoken Word/Poetry, Short Stories/Scripts, Stand-Up Comedy, Short Monologues/Excerpts, 3-4 Minute Original Songs or Performances (Note: ORIGINAL songs only).
Four minutes max. for each performer. If you’d like to add an original audio track to your performance, the digital signup sheet at the stage will provide an online form to upload your audio files. ** Note: all performances will be recorded and live-streamed on Loisaida’s and our Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s YouTube channel. Participation in this event is with this understanding and giving consent to be filmed. If you missed attending and/or would like to re-watch your own performance, find the recorded videos on our YouTube channel. **
** NOTICE: By attending and/or participating in events by the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, you acknowledge that your voice and/or likeness may be recorded and/or photographed. **
Ticket info here.
* $10 (plus online fee) in advance here on this ticket page (for either audience/viewing or performances, same price)
* $10 (at the door at the Loisaida Center, via credit card or Zelle or ApplePay only, no cash)

Our events are made possible in part through the support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, the New York City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Mid-Atlantic Folk and Traditional Arts.

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SENIOR DAY at Loisaida Center
2025-12-05 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 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

Artisferio Multimedia Showcase - The Colors of Identity
2025-12-06 18:30 - 20:30, 2025-12-07 18:30 - 21:30 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
The Colors of Identity Multimedia Showcase is happening this December 6 and 7 at the Loisaida Center. ☀️
This event brings together a powerful group of Latin artists working across performance, visual work, sound, and storytelling. It’s a space to share what we’ve been creating, to celebrate the richness of our identities, and to connect through art that feels bold and alive.
Event begins at 6:30 PM! RSVP through the link in our bio via Eventbrite
Come experience it with us! Atrévete a brillar

3rd Annual Loisaida Parranda!
2025-12-14 17:00 - 19:00 UTC | Piragua Art Space, 367 E 10th St, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Meeting point @piraguaartspace
Únanse a nuestro tercer año de parranda en la comunidad de Loisaida, una tarde to be in community and sing the songs of las navidades junto a todos ustedes!
Bring your panderos, palitos, maracas, trumpets para llenar de amor y música las calles del barrio.
Please take note of the following parranda route and times:
Stops will be:
5:00 PM – meet at Piragua Art Space @piraguaartspace
6:00 PM – Titis Empanadas @titisnyc
6:30 PM – CCTV @cllctv.nyc
7:00 PM – Adela’s @casaadelarestaurant
7:30 PM -Last Stop: Loisaida Center
*There will be food and drinks served at The Loisaida Center.*

American Boricua Photography Exhibition Opening Reception
2025-12-16 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Loisaida Center welcomes you to the opening reception of the current photography exhibition, American Boricua.
American Boricua celebrates the Puerto Rican Diaspora throughout North America through the lens of photographer, Wanda Benvenutti.
Wanda Benvenutti is a freelance photojournalist, cultural worker, writer, model and proud Boricua with roots in Salinas, Puerto Rico. She is currently working on the compilation of her first book, American Boricua, the first visual history of the Puerto Rican diaspora in all 50 of the United States.

Join us on Tuesday, December 16th as we celebrate the opening. There will be light refreshments and a discussion on the importance of heritage and cultural preservation with:
Ranald Woodaman- Assistant Director of Exhibition Development at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino.

Gifts Of the Magi - Community Toy and Pantry Giveaway
2026-01-06 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
“Gifts of the Magi” Play, is a family friendly play currently produced and directed by David “DASO” Soto. DASO is a community leader with years of experience working in community development and is continuing his mother, Angie Hernandez’ tradition of producing this annual production to neighborhood children exposing them to the story of Jesus’ birth through Puerto Rican influenced artistry and in the end, offering gifts to the children and food to the families.

The production will be at Loisaida Center and due to our limited capacity in our theater, it will be shown to two groups of children from the local afterschool, Campos Plaza Community Center.

After the two showings the the Gifts of the Magi Play, we will be holding a community Toy and Food Drive at Loisaida Center, where all community members are welcomed to stop by and receive toys and bags of pantry food while supplies last.

Time:6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Loisaida Center
