THE LOISAIDA CENTER IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: LIVE PLENA & PLENA WORKSHOPS AND SCREENING OF PLENAZOS CALLEJEROS! 1:00pm - 3:00pm Taller de Plena with Tito Matos Master percussionist Tito Matos teaches a basic plena workshop suitable for all levels. The Puerto Rico native has traveled the world playing plena, an Afro Rican musical genre. Founder and leading [...]
Simultaneously but unknown to each other, Lisa Kahane and Marlis Momber documented the life of people and places caught in cycles of urban disinvestment in the 70s and 80s in shattered, depopulated neighborhoods in the South Bronx and in Loisaida, a self-defined neighborhood of the Lower East Side in Manhattan. Both women remain involved in each community to this day. However, both areas are rendered unrecognizable today, due to successful rebuilding led by community groups and churches, homesteaders, and federal, state, and city assistance; shifting immigration patterns; and a new influx of capital. Through the twin lenses of photography and social practice, this discussion and exhibit will explore the conditions that catalyzed their unique views and engagement with these two symbiotic neighborhoods.
Day long activities for the entire family!
Beginning Saturday October 18th 2014 from 12 to 5 pm
12:00pm - 1:35pm Open Yoga for the Family & Creative Movement for the Family with Jeca Rodríguez and Sandralis Ginés
1:00pm - 3:00pm Screening of Pura Belpré Storyteller documentary.
Creative Stations will open:
1. Paper Puppet Creations with Rojo Coquí Robles (El Kibutz del deseo) (2hrs)
2. Upcycling Arts with Visiones Culturales
3. Bilingual Storytelling with Maestra Coral Nogueras Ortiz
2:00pm - 3:00pm Interactive Bomba Performance: María Eugenia Rodriguez & TheLegendary Mic
3:00pm - 4:00pm Headliner Concert by: ¡Acopladitos!
Come join us!
This workshop will be about dance interpretation using the language and drum of Puerto Rico’s Bomba. We will be discussing what is needed in preparing for your quest into primo drum playing and will be going over basic variations and language used during improvisation. We will also be diving in hands on with examples of different forms of looking at interpreting dance. Finalizing with ways of adding your own individuality and energy to the equation. Join the Bomba community through movement and song!!!
THE LOISAIDA CENTER IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: Part of The Loisaida Center's XChange Express program. SITE-SPECIFIC THEATER: Create stories based upon a specific site or location!!! with Caborca Theatre Join Javier Antonio González, Playwright and Artistic Director of Caborca Theatre Company, in this unique workshop where the magical and inspiring setting of La Plaza Cultural [...]
Early Childhood Educational Workshop For Spanish speaking Caretakers
Certificados de Capacitación serán otorgados a todos los participantes.
Certificates of Completion will be provided to all participants
(5 hours for one day and 10 hours for both days).
Saturday and Sunday Nov. 8th and 9th from 10:00AM - 4:00PM
+ FREE FLU SHOTS AND BLOOD PRESSURE TESTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED
10AM-1PM SATURDAY ONLY +
THE LOISAIDA CENTER IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: ISLA NO ISLA A Sunday Reading with: Uráyoan Noel (Puerto Rico), Omar Pérez (Cuba), Edwin Torres (New York City) BIOS: Urayoán Noel teaches at NYU and is the author, most recently, ofEnUncIAdOr (Editora Educación Emergente, 2014) and the critical study In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam(University [...]
Muchas Julias / Many Julias The first multimedia production by the new Loisaida Center! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The new Loisaida Inc Center, in association with the Society of the Educational Arts, inc. (SEA), proudly presents: Muchas Julias / Many Julias as part of the Borimix: Puerto Rico Fest. In this multi-disciplinary event, art enlivens a space long known to harvest projects and [...]
Piedras, his M.A. from Stanford, and his Ph.D. from NYU. He lives in the Bronx.
In My Body, My World with actress and dancer Veraalba Santa: We will explore how our bodies move and react to our immediate and imaginary surroundings using fun and energetic movement exercises and music. Ages 8-12 Saturday, November 22nd at 2:30pm About: Veraalba Santa is currently an artist in residence at the Loisaida Center and [...]