BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Loisaida Inc. - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Loisaida Inc. X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://loisaida.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Loisaida Inc. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20130101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150421T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150421T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150415T184643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150415T184643Z UID:10000090-1429639200-1429646400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:NuyoCuba: Poetics & Diaspora DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 21\, 2015\, 6:00pm – 8:00pm.\n2 hrs · \n(a panel plus performance) \nfeaturing Alberto Abreu Arcia\, Aja Monet\, and Rich Villar\, moderated by Urayoán Noel. \nBorn in 1961 in Cardenas\, Matanzas province\, a heartland of African culture in Cuba\, Alberto Abreu is a novelist\, essayist\, and social critic on such topics as race and identity and LGBT issues. He is a member of ARAAC\, the Cuban civil rights organization. He was coordinator of Virgilio Piñera Narrative Workshop\, held in the city of Matanzas. In 1988\, he published a volume of short stories The big world. His essay Virgilio Piñera: a man\, an island received in 2000 the Enrique José Varona UNEAC Prize. His La Gaceta de Cuba (2003) received mention in the X Prize . He organized the selection and preparation of Zero hour\, an anthology of Matanzas stories which was released in 2005. That same year his book The Writing Games received the Dador Award from the Cuban Book Institute . He also received the Casa de las Américas Prize in 2007. (from http://www.afrocubaweb.com/abreu.htm)\n—— \nAja-Monet is a Cuban-Jamaican poet originally from East NY\, Brooklyn. At 19 years old\, she was the youngest to ever win the Grand Slam Champion title of the Lower East side’s legendary Nuyorican Poet’s Café in 2007. Her work is classically surrealist\, engaging altogether Hip Hop\, Soul\, and literary audiences. \nShe dedicates her time and energy working with inner-city adolescence\, providing performance poetry workshops and opportunities. Aja Monet received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \nAja Monet’s first book of poems\, The Black Unicorn Sings\, was independently published with Penmanship books (2010). She recently collaborated with poet/musician Saul Williams to edit a book of poetry due out on MTV Books/Simon & Schuster Publishing in Fall 2012 called\, Chorus. She is currently working on a book of science-fiction and new music. (from https://www.facebook.com/poetajamonet/info?tab=page_info)\n—– \nRich Villar is a writer\, performer\, editor\, activist\, and educator originally from Paterson\, New Jersey. His first collection of poems\, Comprehending Forever\, won the Editor’s Choice from the Willow Books Literature Awards in 2013\, and it was published by Willow the following year. He is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee for both his prose and his poetry\, and his work has been published in several journals\, including Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, Rattapallax\, and Black Renaissance Noire. \nHe served as a founding director\, host\, and co-curator for Acentos\, a grassroots project fostering the Latino/a voice in American letters. From 2003-2012\, through its workshops\, panels\, reading series\, and public programming\, Acentos allowed Latino/a poets at all skill levels to connect with multicultural audiences as well as their peers\, in the one of the most historic Latino enclaves in the nation\, the South Bronx. He has been quoted on Latino/a literature and culture by HBO\, The New York Times\, and the Daily News. On the radio\, he has been heard on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York\, and on the long-running NPR newsmagazine “Latino USA.” \nSince 2008\, he has served as a curator for La Casita at Lincoln Center Out Of Doors\, appearing twice as the show’s emcee. He has been a frequent performer\, host\, and curator at the iconic Nuyorican Poets’ Cafe\, and he has contributed poems and performances to various theater spaces\, including Actors Stock NYC\, and Luna Stage in West Orange\, NJ. (from https://literatiboricua.wordpress.com/about/) URL:https://loisaida.org/event/nuyocuba-poetics-diaspora/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/nuyocuba-poetics-01.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150418T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150418T163000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150407T024231Z LAST-MODIFIED:20150417T024828Z UID:10000081-1429367400-1429374600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Taller de Plena Mayagüezana - 2nd Round DESCRIPTION:PLENA MAYAGÜEZANA WORKSHOP – 2nd Round –\nCOME JOIN US TO LEARN THIS UNIQUE VERY OLD STYLE OF PLENA!\nAPRIL 4TH – MAY 16TH\n12:00 – 2:30 PM\nAGES YEARS 18 + \nThis second series of workshops will consist of six sessions.These sessions will work on basic aspects of the plena mayaguezana\, such as: \n– Tuning of the hand drums (panderos) and proper care-taking of the leather head-drum. Afinacion de panderos y explicacion sobre el curao de los cueros \n– Basic rhythm patterns of the main base hand-drum (pandereta hermana) \n– Basic rhythm patterns of the second hand-drum (pandereta prima) \n– Relationship between the prima and hermana drums. \n– Specific hand techniques: ahogo\, llorao\, chachareo\, tono\, esplayao\, caballo\, golpe brocha/guiro\, camapeneo \n– Relationship and similitude to bomba rhythms. \n– Palitos/clave \n– Maraca \n– Structure of some plena riffs and verses. \nFor more info and tickets \n HERE URL:https://loisaida.org/event/taller-de-plena-mayaguezana-2nd-round-2/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/plenatorium-promo-web-01.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150410T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150410T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150410T231229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T231400Z UID:10000026-1428696000-1428703200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:SALVAGE *WORLD PREMIERE* DESCRIPTION:Details \n\n\n\nFlux Theatre Ensemble presents: SALVAGE\nby August Schulenburg\ndirected by Heather Cohn \nWORLD PREMIERE\nOPENING NIGHT FRIDAY\, APRIL 10 – 8:00pm \nPREVIEWS APRIL 8 & 9 – 8:00pm* \n*NO PERFORMANCES APRIL 15 OR APRIL 24 \nSalvage is a drama about Noma and Akiko\, two government officials searching for precious objects through what’s left of a post-catastrophe New York City. When their manager Dennis hires Mandy\, a veteran from America’s many wars\, the searchers discover things that make them question their mission\, and whether it’s time to let their city go. \nSalvage will be presented by Flux Theatre Ensemble at The Loisaida Center (710 East 9th St on Ave C) April 8 – 25\, Monday through Saturday at 8pm.\n______\nBeginning with Salvage\, no financial transaction is required to attend a Flux performance. Instead\, Flux will use a “Living Ticket.” In their commitment to financial transparency\, Flux will share their operating budget and leave it to each audience member to donate as they see fit. \nGet Tickets Now! URL:https://loisaida.org/event/salvage-world-premiere/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2015,Artists in Residence ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150323T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150323T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150323T230212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T230906Z UID:10000024-1427137200-1427144400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Community Screen Printing Workshop DESCRIPTION:                                                       \n\nHester Street Collaborative                 &                          The Loisaida Center \npresent: \n\nWater-Base Screen Printing Workshop \n\nNew One-Print Classes! \nOnly 2 sessions – 2 time-slots are open: Monday classes and Saturday classes; \nMonday\, 6:30pm – 8:30pm  \nSaturday\, 2:00pm – 4:00pm \nFREE! \nAges 18+ \n  \n  \nStudents will learn: \n• The methodology\, techniques and procedures of water base screen-printing for printing. \nt-shirts\, posters and others on similar types of material; \n  \n• How to utilize all equipment\, tools\, and supplies to produce a quality screen-printed product. \n  \n• How to translate their ideas into images – specifically\, students will be encouraged to \nexplore issues of immigrant identity\, community\, and difference. \n\n  \nProgram Objectives \n• To engage students in the process of exploring their individual artistic vision by \ndeveloping personal imagery; \n• To create an art project generated by using iconography\, social and cultural community \nissues; \n• To appreciate the enrichment that art brings to his/her own life experience and the \npossibilities for career development; \n• To create a basic artist portfolio with the work performed during the work shop; \n• To develop self-motivation\, self-direction and a strong work ethic; \n• To think critically\, work creatively and collectively across difference. \n\n  \nThe Program \nOur medium will be water-base screen printing with an emphasis on photo emulsion processes.Students will be exposed to various techniques for making silkscreen prints\, will gain basic mastery of these processes\, and by the end of the program\, will develop a series of their own single\, and multiple color edition prints. Students will be encouraged to investigate their own interests and concepts in terms of content and image making in the process of printing. Themes of cultural history and preservation\, art and activism\, and immigrant identity will all be explored. \nWorkshop Timeline:\nUnit 1: Introduction to Screen Printing\nUnit 2: Image Preparation\nUnit 3: Screen Preparation\nUnit 4: Reclaiming the Screen\nUnit 5: Screen Printing Operation\nUnit 6: Substrates and Inks\nUnit 7: Presenting and communicating to the broader community\n \n\n\n\n  \nHSC & The Loisaida Center would like to give \nSpecial Thanks to: \nCouncil Member\, Margaret Chin \nCouncil Member\, Rosie Méndez URL:https://loisaida.org/event/community-screen-printing-workshop/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2015,Free Workshop / Class ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150312T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150312T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150312T230924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T231137Z UID:10000021-1426190400-1426194000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:The Salvage Project DESCRIPTION:Details \n\n\n\nFlux Theatre Ensemble’s The Salvage Project is a series of events where communities come together to share stories about the precious objects of their lives. Through sharing these stories\, we’ll learn what matters most to the people with whom we share this city\, and why. \nThe Salvage Project will unfold in three phases: \nThursday\, March 12\, beginning at 7pm.\nStory circles: In collaboration with The Loisaida Center\, Flux will host a series of story circles where community members will share the stories of a precious object. Our first story circle will be. Contact us to RSVP. \nContinuing with:\nThe Salvage Project online: This Tumblr allows for anyone in New York City and beyond to share the story of a precious object\, as well as read all of the stories we’ve compiled in story circles. Submit your salvage story online today. \nCulminating with:\nSalvage the production: The Salvage Project culminates in the full-length production of the world premiere play Salvage\, which imagines a band of searchers looking for precious objects left behind in a post-catastrophe NYC. Salvage will run from April 10-25 at The Loisaida Center. \nInterested participants in The Salvage Project will have the option of sharing their object as part of the scenic design of the full production\, as well as opportunities to have their stories transformed by professional playwrights into short monologues. \nContact us to learn more and participate in The Salvage Project! URL:https://loisaida.org/event/the-salvage-project/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2015,Artists in Residence ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150302T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150302T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150302T225757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T230113Z UID:10000020-1425326400-1425330000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:La Máquina Insular DESCRIPTION:Details \n\n\n\nLa Máquina Insular @ The Loisaida Center \n$5 Admission (on-line)\nhttps://eventbrite.com/event/15883153941/ \n$7 Admission at the Door \n____________ \nLa Máquina Insular runs with a powerful force. An army of four pleneros playing traditional and original plenas with the traditional instrumentation; panderetas (handheld frame drums)\, güiro (scrape gourd)\, and even forgotten instruments such as the tumbandero (wash tub bass) and the marímbola (plucked box bass part of the lamellophone family). Directed by Tito Matos\, master plenero and virtuoso of the requinto\, high pitched pandereta which improvises/solos over the rhythmic base of the plena\, La Máquina Insular dominates the Afro-Boricua (Afro-Puerto Rican) musicalgenres masterfully and effortlessly. Their presentation guarantees a festive atmosphere which will transport the audience to the street corners of the emblematic barrios of the plena. \nThe Concert will be followed by a Q&A discussion. \n____________ \nLa Máquina Insular corre con fuerza poderosa. Un ejército de cuatro pleneros tocan plenas tradicionales y originales con la instrumentación tradicional; panderetas\, güiro\, y hasta instrumentos olvidados como el tumbandero (bajo de palangana) & la marímbola. Dirigidos por Tito Matos\, maestro plenero y virtuoso del requinto\, pandereta de afinación aguda que improvisa sobre la base rítmica de la plena\, La Máquina Insular domina los géneros musicales Afro-Boricuas con maestría y sin esfuerzo aparente. Su presentación garantiza una atmosfera de fiesta que llevará a la audiencia a las esquinas de los barrios emblemáticos de la plena. \nAl culminar el concierto habrá un conservatorio sobre la plena. \n____________ \nPart of the Loisaida Center’s #PLENATORIUM series. \nThe PLENATORIOUM is a project initiative of the Loisaida Center focused on the nurture and documentation of the practice of Puerto Rican plena. \nThe first part of the title PLENATORIUM clearly comes from the aforementioned plena\, and the second is the Latin suffix\, -orium\, which means “a place for” (a place or instrument for performing the action of the main element; a place used for something; a place for a particular function). In this way the title denotes and indicates “a place for plena” and refers to the use of the space and facilities at the Loisaida Center for plena-centric activity. The PLENATORIOUM therefore stems from and describes the basic idea of dedicating available time and space at the Loisaida Center to the hosting\, presentation and documentation of such activities as plena forums\, workshops\, performances\, and any other forms of sociocultural participation. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/la-maquina-insular/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2015 ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150213T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150213T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150213T225603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T225735Z UID:10000019-1423857600-1423857600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:A Reading of (M)others' DESCRIPTION:Doors will be open from 6:00 pm for the viewing of the exhibition\, refreshments will be served. \nThe reading will start sharp at: 7:00 pm \nFriday\, February 13th\, 2015 \nAbout the reading of (M)others’:\nThe dancer and performance artist will guide us through the development of her latest maternal character\, showcased in the photo-exhibit.\nWritten and directed by: Jeca Rodríguez-Colón.\nWith the participation of: Sunilda Caraballo\, Yarani del Valle and Maria Schirmer \nAbout the exhibition: (M)others’ Politics Performances\,\nis a documentation of Jeca Rodríguez-Colón’s maternal characters as captured by photographers; Ricardo Alcaraz\, Ben Lundberg\, Marlène Ramirez-Cancio\, Linda Duvall and Deborah Dudley URL:https://loisaida.org/event/a-reading-of-mothers/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2015,Artists in Residence,Panel / Town Hall ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20150207T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20150207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20150207T224919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T225433Z UID:10000009-1423317600-1423328400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Taller de Plena Mayagüezana Pt. 1 DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n\nTALLER DE PLENA MAYAGÜEZANA \n\nWITH RICK SANTIAGO \nCOME JOIN US TO LEARN THIS UNIQUE VERY OLD STYLE OF PLENA! \nThe first series of workshops will consist of eight sessions.These sessions will work on basic aspects of the plena mayaguezana\, such as:  \n– Tuning of the hand drums (panderos) and proper care-taking of the leather head-drum.  Afinacion de panderos y explicacion sobre el curao de los cueros \n– Basic rhythm patterns of the main base hand-drum (pandereta hermana) \n– Basic rhythm patterns of the second hand-drum (pandereta prima) \n– Relationship between the prima and hermana drums. \n– Specific hand techniques: ahogo\, llorao\, chachareo\, tono\, esplayao\, caballo\, golpe brocha/guiro\, camapeneo \n– Relationship and similitude to bomba rhythms. \n– Palitos/clave \n– Maraca \n– Structure of some plena riffs and verses. \n  \n\n8 CLASS WORKSHOP \nEVERY SATURDAY FROM FEBRUARY 7TH – MARCH 28TH AT 12:00 PM \nAGES YEARS 18 + \nCOST OF ENTIRE WORKSHOP (8 CLASSES) – $200 ($25 PER CLASS) \n  \n*FULL REGISTRATION DUE AT FIRST CLASS \n\nABOUT RICK: \nRicky Santiago has been a student and investigator of the plena from Mayaguez for almost 10 years. Working under the tutelage of Pedro ‘Unico’ Noguet Vásquez\, a re-known maestro of the field\, Ricky has studied some of the most ancient and unique rhythm patterns and techniques of this style of plena. In 2008 he joined the musical group Kapa Prieto\, a group of musicians dedicated to the preservation and study of this unique kind of plena music. Kapa Prieto has\, with time\, evolved into a full-blown investigative and educational project working with interviews\, research\, video and audio recordings\, workshops and public presentations. Their goal\, and Ricky’s goal\, is to preserve a cultural asset that is unique to Afro-Caribbean Puerto Rican music and to Puerto Rican culture at large. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/taller-de-plena-mayaguezana-pt-1/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2015,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Plena-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141215T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141215T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141215T224420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T224645Z UID:10000036-1418673600-1418677200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Ferguson/Ayotzinapa: CantoMundo Poets Read and Respond DESCRIPTION:The Loisaida Center\npresents: \nFerguson/Ayotzinapa: CantoMundo Poets Read and Respond \nfeaturing: \nYesenia Montilla Peggy Robles-Alvarado Rio Cortez Darrel Alejandro Holnes \nRosebud Ben-Oni and Urayoán Noel \n\nThis event brings together New York-based current and former fellows of the national Latina/o poets workshop CantoMundo (cantomundo.org/) to read from their work in solidarity with ongoing protests and mobilizations in and around Ferguson\, Missouri\, and the College of Ayotzinapa in Iguala\, Mexico.Many of the poets reading are also participating in #CantoMundoLongestNight\, a social-media offering of poems in honor of the countless black and brown bodies slain by state-sanctioned violence. \nDarrel Alejandro Holnes is from Panama City and the former Canal Zone of Panamá. His poetry has been published in Poetry Magazine\, The Best American Experimental Writing\, Callaloo\, The Caribbean Writer\, The Potomac\, MEADE\, Lambda Literary\, Assaracus\, Weave Magazine\, The Feminist Wire\, The Paris American\, Kweli\, featured on The Best American Poetry blog\, and elsewhere in print and online. He is the co-author of PRIME: Poetry & Conversations (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2014). He is a proud CantoMundo and Cave Canem fellow. darrelholnes.com \nYesenia Montilla is a New York City poet with Afro-Caribbean roots & CantoMundo Fellow. Her poetry has appeared in the literary journals: 5 AM\, Adanna\, Wideshore and others. She received her MFA from Drew University in Poetry and Poetry in Translation. Her first collection of poetry The Pink Box is forthcoming from Willow Books in Fall 2015. \nBorn to a Mexican mother and Jewish father\, Rosebud Ben-Oni is a CantoMundo Fellow and the author of SOLECISM (Virtual Artists Collective\, 2013). Her work is forthcoming or appears in POETRY\, The American Poetry Review\, Arts & Letters\, Bayou\, Puerto del Sol\, among others. Rosebud is an Editorial Advisor for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts (vidaweb.org). Find out more at 7TrainLove.org \nCantoMundo fellow Urayoán Noel is the author of the critical study In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam (University of Iowa\, 2014) and several books of poetry in English and Spanish\, including EnUncIAdOr (Editora Emergente\, 2014) and the forthcoming Buzzing Hemisphere/Rumor Hemisférico (University of Arizona). Born in San Juan\, Puerto Rico\, he lives in the Bronx and teaches at NYU. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/fergusonayotzinapa-cantomundo-poets-read-and-respond/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/handsup_frontF-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141213T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141213T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141213T224211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T224401Z UID:10000035-1418500800-1418508000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:La TRIFECTA: Benefit Party of Loisaida Center's first trimester of new programming! DESCRIPTION:La T R I F E C T A\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, December 13th from 6:00pm – 11:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nat The Loisaida Center -710 E 9th Street and Avenue C\n\n6:00pm\n(M)others’ Politics Performances: A documentation of Jeca Rodríguez-Colón’s maternal characters captured by Ricardo Alcaraz\, Ben Lundberg\, Marlène Ramirez- Cancio\, Linda Duvall\, Mariángel Gonzales and Deborah Dudley. Curated by Alejandro Epifanio.\n\n8:00pm\nZOETROPE: Excerpts of Part 1 and 2 by: Caborca Theatre Co. A glimpse of Caborca’s most recent work -developed here at Loisaida Center during our Theater Company. residency program.\n\n9:00pm\nBuscabulla (Spanish slang for troublemaker) is the music project of Puerto Rican designer and Brooklyn resident\, Raquel Berrios and Luis Alfredo Del Valle.Heavily influenced by vintage Latin music like salsa gorda\, Cuban psych and ’80s Argentinian rock\, the project combines both electronic and live instrumentation.\n\nDJ sets by: Gabo Lugo!\n \n\n\n\n  \n*Exhibition will open at 5:30pm. Entrance is FREE before 7:30pm. Admission is $12 after 8:00pm and includes one gift before9:00pm. Keep your receipt for the after-party… URL:https://loisaida.org/event/la-trifecta-benefit-party-of-loisaida-centers-first-trimester-of-new-programming/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141211T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141211T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141211T224700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T224834Z UID:10000028-1418324400-1418331600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:City & Media in the work\, life and afterlives of Julia de Burgos DESCRIPTION:Medios & Ciudad en el trabajo\, vida y post-vidas de Julia de Burgos \nWith the participation of : Lena Burgos Lafuente\, Monxo López\, Oscar Montero\, Urayoán Noel and Vanessa Perez Rosario\nProud to present an all-star panel of specialists on De Burgos and diasporic poetry\, part of the public programming for La Casita de Julia – a commissioned multimedia installation by Dey Hernandez Vazquez now on view. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/city-media-in-the-work-life-and-afterlives-of-julia-de-burgos/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141124T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141124T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141124T164511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T164920Z UID:10000011-1416816000-1416862800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:2014 Artist in Residence - Jeca Rodríguez-Colón DESCRIPTION:The Loisaida Center is proud to announce our current\n2014 Dance-Theater Residency Recipient:\nJeca Rodríguez Colón\nRodriguez is currently in the development stages of a piece with the working title: \n(M)others.\n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nAbout the piece:\n \nThe piece has four female characters\, all women\, 2 of which are ghosts or memories from the family of the main character\, one character who is the mother of the main character and the main character. Through their movements and their occasional dialog the audience will be able to witness how the invasion of the United States of America influenced and affected each of this mothers. Some were affected directly by the lack of education\, others by the alcoholism and abuse of her veteran husband and the others by the unspoken past of their mothers. \n \nAbout Jeca: \nJessica “Jeca” Rodríguez-Colón  is a Puerto Rican performer with over 12 years of experience as a dancer and choreographer. She began her contemporary dance training with Petra Bravo and Viveca Vázquez. She holds a B.A. from Hunter College with a double major in Dance and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. She was the recipient of Hunter College’s 2005 Choreography Departmental Award. Jeca is an MFA candidate at Transart Institute with Plymouth University. After participating in the EMERGENYC 2013 program at the Hemispheric Institute she began to explore performance arts and public interventions. Her work is connected to different aspects of the maternal kinesthetic language in space and the politics that surrounds it. She is currently part of inaugural cohort of The EmergeLab@BAX\, a laboratory initiative with the support of the Hemispheric Institute and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Her latest work includes a street intervention in collaboration with Mette Loulou von Kohl “Manifest Collective Movement”\, a future installation “Sneak into My Maternal Chaos” and future performance “Desde Adentro” to be presented August 2014 in Berlin\, Germany. \n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/2014-artist-in-residence-jeca-rodriguez-colon/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Artists in Residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/JRDRGZ_M_7-copy.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141122T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141122T223904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T224133Z UID:10000040-1416668400-1416675600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Making Music with Everyday Objects DESCRIPTION:Making Music with Everyday Objects \nJoin the amazing and dynamic musical duo Acopladitos for an interactive musical experience as you create your own musical instruments using recycled materials during an exiting music/art making session. This 90-minute workshop will be structured in the format of Loisaida Center’s one-time specialized workshop or talk program the X-Change Express. \nAcopladitos will demonstrate how to make a variety of musical instruments using everyday objects\, especially those found at home. They will share with the audience their playful approach to the idea of “sound explorations.” More than making your own instruments\, Acopladitos will share some musical ideas to guide the audience through a creative composition process that the entire family can practice at home. The last portion of the talk consists of a “hands on” approach to music making where the audience will have the opportunity of playing the instruments. \nAcopladitos is dedicated to teaching Spanish language through music and movement to young learners. \nThis events is open to a general audience\, but will specifically benefit early childhood teachers and parents. \nWe hope you can join us and help us spread the word! \n\nAbout Acopladitos: \nAcopladitos is a Spanish immersion music program for young children. The word “acopladitos” in Spanish can be translated to mean “being together in complete harmony” and refers to much more than just music. The program is designed to cultivate the child’s first musical encounters through singing\, creative movement\, music-making\, games and dramatic play. A presentation by Acopladitos incorporates charming original songs with a repertoire of popular Latin American children’s songs. Designed and led by composer Angelica Negrón and ethno-musicologist Noraliz Ruiz\, the program was created to fill a void in early childhood Spanish-language music education in NYC. This team of Brooklyn-based experienced educators and creative artists will engage the children in a collaborative and exciting musical experience that will nurture their artistic\, intellectual\, physical and social-emotional development. We are interested in collaborating with Loisaida Center in order to bring fun and interactive programming to the children of Loisaida and reach out to the community at large. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/making-music-with-everyday-objects/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/acopladitos-makie-music.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141122T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141122T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141122T223156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T223839Z UID:10000039-1416661200-1416672000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:My Body\, My World - Veraalba Santa DESCRIPTION:In My Body\, My World with actress and dancer Veraalba Santa:\nWe will explore how our bodies move and react to our immediate and imaginary surroundings using fun and energetic movement exercises and music.\nAges 8-12\nSaturday\, November 22nd at 2:30pm \nAbout:\nVeraalba Santa is currently an artist in residence at the Loisaida Center and part of Caborca Theatre Company. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/my-body-my-world-veraalba-santa/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Artists in Residence,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mybody-myworld.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141117T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141117T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141117T165110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T165357Z UID:10000038-1416254400-1416258000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:InVisible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam DESCRIPTION:InVisible Movement:\nNuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam\n\n  \n ¡Gracias to all who joined us for the book release!\nSeptember 17th\, 2014 @ 7 PM\nPoet and scholar Urayoán “Ura” Noel\, an Assistant Professor of English and Spanish at NYU\, presented his new book InVisible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam (University of Iowa Press\, 2014)\, the first book-length critical study of Nuyorican poetry. \nDiscounted copies of the book are still available for sale.\n \n\n\n\n \n \n“A crucial contribution to our literary history\, In Visible Movement charts the evolution of an increasingly visible movement in the literary arts\, shedding light on many related poetries of the past six decades in the process. Noel proposes ‘an understanding of poetry performance as revisionism: operating across and along page and stage\,’ an understanding that proceeds from the poets themselves.” \n—Aldon Lynn Nielsen\, author\, Integral Music: Languages of African American Innovation\n\n\n\n \nAbout the author: \nUrayoán Noel is a poet\, performer\, scholar\, and translator who is currently an Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Albany and Visiting Assistant Professor of English at NYU. His books include the poetry collections Kool Logic/La lógica kool (Bilingual Press\, 2005)\, Boringkén (Ediciones Callejón/La Tertulia\, Puerto Rico\, 2008)\, Hi-Density Politics (BlazeVOX\, 2010)\, and Los días porosos (Catafixia Editorial\, Guatemala\, 2012)\, and the critical study In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam(University of Iowa Press\, forthcoming). His other works include the performance DVD Kool Logic Sessions(Bilingual Press\, 2005\, with Monxo López)\, the multimedia project The Edgemere Letters (2011\, with Martha Clippinger)\, and\, as translator\, the chapbooks ILUSOS by Edwin Torres (Atarraya Cartonera\, Puerto Rico\, 2010) and Belleza y Felicidad (Belladonna\, 2005). He has been a fellow of CantoMundo\, the Bronx Council on the Arts\, and the Ford Foundation\, and his creative and critical writings have appeared in Latino Studies\, Contemporary Literature\, Small Axe\, Bomb\, Fence\, and in numerous national and international anthologies. Originally from San Juan\, Puerto Rico\, Urayoán Noel earned his B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico\, Río Piedras\, his M.A. from Stanford\, and his Ph.D. from NYU. He lives in the Bronx. \n  \n\n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/invisible-movement-nuyorican-poetry-from-the-sixties-to-slam/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/WP_20140917_003.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141115T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141115T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141115T175450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T223118Z UID:10000013-1416081600-1416088800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Muchas Julias / Many Julias DESCRIPTION:Muchas Julias / Many Julias\n The first multimedia production by the new Loisaida Center! \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nThe new Loisaida Inc Center\, in association with the Society of the Educational Arts\, inc. (SEA)\, proudly presents: \nMuchas Julias / Many Julias as part of the Borimix: Puerto Rico Fest.  \n\nIn this multi-disciplinary event\, art enlivens a space long known to harvest projects and services of great importance for the Latino community\, the original Loisaida\, Inc. building at 710 9th Street & Ave C\, in the Lower East Side. \nThis time is the poetry of the great Julia de Burgos\, whose centenary we celebrate this year\, presented in five (5) distinct pieces representing different disciplinary approaches; in Muchas Julias / Many Julias visitors will stroll through the extensive premises of the new Loisaida Center to stop only at determined points and intimately experience the aesthetic pieces (from dance to theater\, from film to installation)\, all inspired by the work of Julia de Burgos\, one of Latin America’s greatest poets \nConceived by Yaraní del Valle\, Muchas Julias / Many Julias is a site-specific montage that features the participation of artists and scholars such as: Oscar Montero\, Deymirie Hernández\, Gabo Lugo\, Caborca Theater\,Right Minded Creations\, JecaRodríguez\, Veraalba Santa and Tres Tristes collective. \n Venue: 710 E 9th Street and Avenue C\nDate: Saturday November 15\, 2014\nTime: 7:30 pm \n(Presentations will begin at 8:00pm) \nPrice: $10 suggested donation (Help Us Grow)  \n\nClick  to RSVP for this event. \n\nSponsored in part by: URL:https://loisaida.org/event/muchas-julias-many-julias/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/muchas-julias-full-page-copy-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141109T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141109T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141109T175057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T175434Z UID:10000046-1415548800-1415566800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Isla No Isla DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n\n  \nISLA NO ISLA \n  \n\nA Sunday Reading with: \nUráyoan Noel (Puerto Rico)\, Omar Pérez (Cuba)\, Edwin Torres (New York City) \n\n\nBIOS:\n\n\n\nUrayoán 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 of Iowa Press\, 2014). A former CantoMundo and Ford Foundation fellow\, he has two books forthcoming: Buzzing Hemisphere / Rumor Hemisférico (University of Arizona Press) and a bilingual edition of the poetry of Pablo de Rokha (Shearsman Books). He lives in the Bronx and is the poetry editor of NACLA Report on the Americas.\n\nOmar Pérez has consistently translated from the English\, Italian\, French and Dutch languages. He has published\, among others\, a (Cuban) Spanish version of Shakespeare ́s As You Like It: Como les Guste; a translation of Dylan Thomas ́s Collected Poems; an anthology of XX Century Italian poetry (L ́Antimelancólico)\, a collection of Anglophone African poetry (Mágicos Intervalos) as well as (Lo que es) an anthology of Dutch verse. Numerous translations of poems\, short stories and novels from the above mentioned languages\, have been publishedin Cuba and abroad.\n\n\nOmar Pérez has collaborated in the theatre\, both as an actor and musician. He has thus participated in festivals such as Villa e Castelle\, Regione Marche\, Italy\, 1996\, or Bienal de Danza del Caribe\, Havana\, 2008 and 2010.\nHe has interacted with several actors\, musicians and dancers in plays\, performances\, happenings in Cuba and Europe.\nAs a poet\, Pérez has participated in festivals such as Poetry International\, Rotterdam\, 2002\, and Festival de Poesía de Medellín\, in 2006.\n\n\nEdwin Torres is the author of many poetry collections\, including most recently “Ameriscopia” (University of Arizona Press). He’s the founder of The Noricua Movement and has been a leaky fixture in the New York City poetry community for over two decades. Eleni Sikelianos writes\, “Edwin Torres shatters the definition of Latino into a million little pieces.” He has an ebook forthcoming in 2015 from (Tuiteratura Ediciones\, Spain) entitled “ePOWM!”\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFREE!!!\nStarts at 4:00PM URL:https://loisaida.org/event/isla-no-isla/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Isla-No-Isla-copy-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141108T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141108T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141108T172711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T175037Z UID:10000044-1415433600-1415466000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Taller de Educación Infantil DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n\n  \nTALLER DE EDUCACIÓN INFANTIL \nWITH CLINICAL/EDUCATIONAL PSYCOLOGIST; CARMEN VÁZQUEZ \n\nEarly Childhood Educational Workshop For Spanish speaking Caretakers \n\nCertificados de Capacitación serán otorgados a todos los participantes.\nCertificates of Completion will be provided to all participants\n(5 hours for one day and 10 hours for both days).\nSaturday and Sunday Nov. 8th and 9th from 10:00AM – 4:00PM\n+ FREE FLU SHOTS AND BLOOD PRESSURE TESTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED\n10AM-1PM SATURDAY  ONLY +\n\n\nBIO:\n \nCARMEN VÁZQUEZ is a Clinical /Educational Psychologist: with above 30 years of experience in learning processes\, child challenging behaviour modification\, learning disabilities and clinical psychology within the Educational Department of Puerto Rico\,  consultant\, university professor and private workshop facilitator.\n\n\n\n\n$12 each day.*\n*Zip-discounts available for residents of 10009-10002 \n\n\nTemas a Cubrirse:\n\n*  Desarrollo Socio-emocional  0-6 años \n*  Modelo Piramidal para Fomentar la Competencia Socio-Emocional   \n*  Transiciones efectivas entre actividades \n*   Alfabetización Emocional \n*  Identificación y Expresión de Sentimientos \n*  Solución de Problemas \n*  Habilidades de amistad \n*  Estrategias Visuales \n*  Apoyo Positivo de la Conducta (PBS) \n*  Historias Sociales URL:https://loisaida.org/event/taller-de-educacion-infantil/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/taller-de-educacion-infantil-copy-e1457761136552.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141025T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141025T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141025T172112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T172411Z UID:10000014-1414267200-1414267200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Site-Specific Theater (Workshop) DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n\nPart of The Loisaida Center’s XChange Express program. \n\nSITE-SPECIFIC THEATER: \nCreate stories based upon a specific site or location!!! \nwith Caborca Theatre \n\nJoin 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 Community Garden serves as point of departure for creation. \nCaborca Theatre- One of the four theater companies chosen to represent the Latino avant garde theater of NYC at the event; Encuentro 2014\, the largest national festival of Latino theater in more than two decades. \nWebsite : http://www.caborcatheatre.org/\nSite-Specific Theater Workshop\nTime: Saturday October\, 25th. at 1:00pm\nDuration: 90 minutes\nInstructor: Javier Antonio González\, Playwright and Artistic Director of Caborca Theatre Company \nAbout Caborca:\nLed by playwright/director Javier Antonio González\, CABORCA is an experimental theatre company making plays that move seamlessly between the irreverent and poetic\, the personal and political\, and the highly entertaining and intellectually challenging – inspired by Brecht’s view that to be challenged is also to be entertained. Based in New York City and working in both English and Spanish\, our work includes new plays\, classical adaptations and devised creations. We began working together in 2002 at the University of Puerto Rico\, continued collecting at Columbia’s MFA Theatre Program\, and officially became a company in 2009. CABORCA steals its name from the novel The Savage Detectives\, by Roberto Bolaño\, in which a magazine of the same name is the official organ of visceral realism. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/site-specific-theater-workshop/ LOCATION:La Plaza Cultural\, 700 E 9th Street\, New York\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Artists in Residence,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sitespecific-promo-full-page-1-copy-e1457760244426.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141025T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141025T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141025T172436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T172649Z UID:10000041-1414224000-1414256400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Introduction to Primo Drum (Workshop) DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n\nIn partnership with Afro-Inspira and Proyecto Unión \n\nINTRO TO PRIMO DRUM: \nWith Master Bomba drum percussionist Rafael Maya \nIntroduction to Primo drum workshop. \n(Dance interpretation and Improvisational language) \nWorkshop description:\nThis 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!!! \nBring your own drum/conga/djembe \nRequirements: Basic knowledge of Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba rhythms a plus! No one will be turn away for lack of skills. \nSaturday October 25th\, 2014\n3:30pm to 5pm\nCost: $15\nResidents of the Lower East Side $10\nDjembes for rent $ 5.00 (first come first serve) \nBio:\nRafael Maya Alvarez was born in Santurce\, Puerto Rico. He is the founder and director of Desde Cero and founder and director of Proyecto Union. Rafael also has participated in Bomba groups such as Majestad Negra(Member and Coreographer)\, Compania Folklorica De Loiza\, Restauracion Cultural(VP\, Co-Director)\, Tambuye\, Tendencias(Co-Director)\, Carabali\, Sabor a Bomba\, Fiesta Bombera\, Son de Plena\, y Bomba Tour. Rafael is currently teaching with the project Gigantes de la Bomba who offers classes twice a week in the Plaza de Recreo of Carolina and to schools in the Municipality of Carolina. Rafael has participated as an instructor in programs such as “Vida Plena”\, “Head Start\,” “Upward Bound”\, “Taller Fotoperiodismo”\, “Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena”\, “Program of continued education”\, “Early Start” and “Bomba de Oro”. Rafael also gives bilingual Bomba workshops for the Univeristy of Puerto Rico’s(Rio Piedras campus) exchange student program and is currently giving class in The U.N.E. University(Carolina). He was invited and gave his latest Master Class in Berkeley College of Music in Valencia\, Spain. For several years he was one of the dance and percussion instructors for the Corporacion Pinones se Integra in Loiza an also for Arthur Murray Dance Studio is Santurce. Rafael has travelled to numerous countries providing lectures and performing\, because for Rafael\, the most important element in his work is cultural education. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/introduction-to-primo-drum-workshop/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Free Workshop / Class ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/rafa-maya-wrkshp-promo-e1457760434175.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141018T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141018T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141018T171757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T172046Z UID:10000054-1413619200-1413651600@loisaida.org SUMMARY:El Mini Fest DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n\nEL MINI FEST! \n\n\n\n\n\nWITH ACOPLADITOS\n\n\nDay long activities for the entire family!\nBeginning Saturday October 18th 2014 from 12 to 5 pm\n12:00pm – 1:35pm Open Yoga for the Family & Creative Movement for the Family with Jeca Rodríguez and Sandralis Ginés \n\n1:00pm – 3:00pm Screening of Pura Belpré Storyteller documentary.\nCreative Stations will open:\n1. Paper Puppet Creations with Rojo Coquí Robles (El Kibutz del deseo) (2hrs)\n2. Upcycling Arts with Visiones Culturales\n3. Bilingual Storytelling with Maestra Coral Nogueras Ortiz\n\n2:00pm – 3:00pm Interactive Bomba Performance: María Eugenia Rodriguez & TheLegendary Mic \n3:00pm – 4:00pm Headliner Concert by: ¡Acopladitos! \nCome join us! \n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/el-mini-fest/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/minifest-flyer-sched-copy-2-e1457759983993.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141015T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141015T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141015T171342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T171612Z UID:10000052-1413403200-1413406800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Sense of the Lense: the Photography of Marlis Momber & Lisa Kahane DESCRIPTION:  \nTHE LOISAIDA CENTER \n  \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n\nSENSE OF THE LENSE: \nREGARDING URBAN RESURGENCE AND SURVIVAL IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF: \nMARLIS MOMBER & LISA KAHANE \n\nSimultaneously 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. \n  \nMs. Momber and Ms. Kahane both document the history and conditions of each place at the same time. John Grierson\, the Scottish filmmaker who first coined the term documentary\, wrote in 1946 that “It is a basic tenet of documentary theory that the primary search is not for beauty\, but for the fact of the matter\, and that in the fact of the matter is the only path to beauty that will not soon wear down.” On the other hand\, the meaning of photographs is mutable. Sontag wrote in 1977 that “the particular qualities and intentions of photographs tend to be swallowed up in the generalized pathos of time past.” How do these photographs read today\, especially in light of the social changes and physical evolution of each place depicted? \nThis discussion will also consider the circumstances that originally opened each place to work in. How did and does each photographer engage with people and groups\, including local Puerto Rican activist communities\, and what alliances did each photographer forge with other artists and peers? How does the personal\, including gender\, affect approach\, alliances\, method and regard? And is there a specific connection between what we now call social practice and photography? \nMarlis Momber and Lisa Kahane will be introduced by Amy Westpfahl and Laura Napier\, artists and photographers who live and work on the Lower East Side and in the South Bronx today. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/sense-of-the-lense-the-photography-of-marlis-momber-lisa-kahane/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Panel / Town Hall ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/KAHANE-MOMBER-full-page-copy-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141011T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141011T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141011T170944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T171305Z UID:10000050-1413043200-1413061200@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Plena Workshop with Tito Matos and Screening of Plenazos Callejeros Documentary DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \nLIVE PLENA & PLENA WORKSHOPS \nAND  \nSCREENING OF PLENAZOS CALLEJEROS! \n\n1:00pm – 3:00pm \n Taller de Plena \nwith Tito Matos \n \nMaster 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. \nFounder and leading plenero of \nViento de Agua; 2014 Latin Grammy Awards Nominee \nStudents will learn basic rithmic patterns from the traditional to the contemporary style of playing the hand held drum known as pandereta. \nBring your own drum. \nAll ages Welcomed! \n  \n\n  \n3:00pm – 5:00pm\n  \nPlenazos Callejeros\nthe Documentary \n \n Screening of documentary Plenazos Callejeros\, followed by Q&A with producers and musicians. \n  \nPlenazos Callejeros is a documentary about a movement that revolutionized Afro Puerto Rican musical genre: plena. Every month a bunch of pleneros would gather at a street corner to play and talk about music. The video takes viewers on a journey through the last 30 years of the plena tradition. \nDirector: Mariana Reyes Angleró \nProducers: Mariana Reyes and Tito Matos for Viento de Agua Inc. \nEditor: Juan C. Álvarez Lara \n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/plena-workshop-with-tito-matos-and-screening-of-plenazos-callejeros-documentary/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Free Workshop / Class ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141010T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141010T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141010T170506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T170837Z UID:10000015-1412971200-1412974800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Zoetrope: Part 1 by CABORCA Theatre Co. (Bilingual Version) DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE: \n  \n\nZOETROPE: PART 1 \n\nWITH CABORCA THEATRE CO. \nCaborca has been selected to present the new bilingual version of their play as part of Encuentro 2014\, the largest national festival of Latino theatre in more than two decades in Los Angeles\, CA.  Caborca Theatre developed their bilingual version of ZOETROPE as part of the Art Residency Program @ Loisaida Center. \nThey will present both the bilingual and English version of  Zoetrope: Part 1 completely FREE!  \nJoin us for a delightful evening of drama and theater. \n\n11:30am-\nBilingual version\n1:30pm-\nEnglish version\n\n Saturday\, October 11th\n\n LaGuardia Community College\n\n31-10 Thomson Ave\nLong Island City\, NY 11101 URL:https://loisaida.org/event/zoetrope-part-1-by-caborca-theatre-co-bilingual-version/ CATEGORIES:2014,Artists in Residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Excerpts-Zoetrope-fb-banner-copy-e1457760063251.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20141004T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20141004T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20141004T165429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T170016Z UID:10000065-1412452800-1412456400@loisaida.org SUMMARY:Pictorial Writing Workshop - CABORCA Theatre Co. DESCRIPTION:THE LOISAIDA CENTER \nIS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE \nCABORCA’S FIRST COMMUNITY WORKSHOP: \n  \n\nPICTORIAL WRITING WORKSHOP \n\nTeaching Artist: Tania Molina \nDo you want to explore writing\, poetry\, short fiction and storytelling? This is your opportunity !!!!! \nThis workshop will give the attendees a chance to write without restrictions of style or experience\, using photographs as a starting point. \nMaterials: Notebook\, Laptop\, iPad\, etc…Any form of writing devise (there will be writing utensils and paper available at the workshop too) \n\nAGES 17+ \nFREE!! \nSTARTING: SATURDAY\, OCTOBER 4TH \n  \n\nABOUT CABORCA: \nCABORCA IS A NEW YORK BASED EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE COMPANY WORKING IN TWO LANGUAGES AND MULTIPLE BOROUGHS. CURRENT 2014 THEATER CO. RESIDENCY RECIPIENTS OF THE LOISAIDA INC. CENTER. CABORCA INCLUDES (IN OCCASIONALLY OVERLAPPING COMBINATIONS) A PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR\, DESIGNER\, A HANDFUL OF ACTORS\, AND TWO STAGE MANAGERS. OVER 15 YEARS\, THEY HAVE AMASSED MEMBERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO\, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY\, AND BEYOND\, THOUGH WERE OFFICIALLY FOUNDED AS A COMPANY IN 2009. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/pictorial-writing-workshop-caborca-theatre-co/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Artists in Residence,Free Workshop / Class ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20140921T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20140921T170000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20140921T170253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T170433Z UID:10000063-1411286400-1411318800@loisaida.org SUMMARY:3rd Annual Harvest Arts Festival - LUNGS DESCRIPTION:Third Annual \nLUNGS Harvest Festival\n  \nThe Third Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival is taking place in more than 30 community gardens on the Lower East Side on Saturday\, September 20 & Sunday\, September 21. \nThe gardens will host performances and workshops in music\, dance\, theater\, spoken word\, the arts\, and more. One of the highlights of this year’s Festival is a performance by Bread And Puppet Theater of their new piece\, “Anti Tar Sands Manifesto Pageant” \nHelp is needed to publicize the Festival\, design and distribute posters and flyers\, copy editing for the Festival program\, coordinating events and scheduling. \nThis year the Festival coincides with the People’s Climate March\, In support of the People’s Climate March\, many gardens will host workshops and teach-ins on a wide range of environmental issues. \nOn Sunday\, the Festival gets on its feet as gardeners and friends join the People’s Climate March en masse. To prepare for the march we need artists to design costumes and banners and visuals that can be carried that will represent our love of Mother Earth and all things natural. \nThis is going to be a historic event we need to step up as New Yorkers\, if you can help in any way\, contact us. \n\n  \nProgramming Schedule & Info\n  \nEvents in each Lower East Side Garden URL:https://loisaida.org/event/3rd-annual-harvest-arts-festival-lungs/ LOCATION:La Plaza Cultural\, 700 E 9th Street\, New York\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014 ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20140824T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20140824T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20140824T164016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T164442Z UID:10000060-1408910400-1408914000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:2014 Artist in Residence - Dey Hernández-Vázquez DESCRIPTION:The Loisaida Center is proud to announce our current\n2014 Visual Arts-Performance Residency Recipient:\nDey Hernández-Vázquez\nHernández will present the installation/performance piece: \nCasita: for Julia de Burgos\nAbout the piece:\n \nIn the danger of having the memory of Julia reduced to “the stereotype of the bohemian poet who lived a tragically short life…”The artist will use Julia’s poetic images to create a space that lifts off from the page allowing the spectator/participant to drift into the actual space where the artistic experience is taking place\, la “Casita”. The architectural installation will mark out personal territory in the public realm. \n  \n \nAbout Dey:\n \nDeymirie “Dey” Hernández-Vázquez is an Architect\, Teaching Artist\, and Puppeteer who works in a variety of media. She is a passionate advocate for the arts as an active educational tool. Issues of race\, identity\, language\, and community are fundamental to her work as a cultural educator and artist. For the past 6+ years\, she has designed and facilitated art workshops with AgitArte\, a non-profit organization dedicated to initiate and support artistic and popular education projects in disadvantaged and marginalized communities to further the struggle for social justice. Dey is also an artist and puppeteer of the radical workers’ heater collective\, Papel Machete. Their performances in community\, theaters\, streets and protests employ puppets\, masks\, objects and music to denounce exploitation\, build solidarity\, and agitate to action in the struggles of the working class. All of their cultural work is generated collectively through facilitated creative processes and construction workshops using papier mâché as their medium and exploring a wide range of forms and styles that include toy theater\, cantastoria\, shadow theater\, table-top puppetry\, humanettes\, cut-outs\, masks\, and giants. Dey’s arts and architectural background are key to the design and construction of giant puppets\, puppetry booths\, shadow shows and toy theaters. Dey Hernández-Vázquez received a MA from the School of Architecture\, University of Puerto Rico in San Juan\, Puerto Rico in 2010. She currently lives and works in Boston. \n  URL:https://loisaida.org/event/2014-artist-in-residence-dey-hernandez-vazquez/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States CATEGORIES:2014,Artists in Residence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://loisaida.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/10501671_771067912968010_4078882420195406882_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20140819T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20140819T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T225747 CREATED:20140819T163035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T163437Z UID:10000059-1408478400-1408482000@loisaida.org SUMMARY:2014 Artists in Residence - CABORCA Theatre Co. DESCRIPTION:The Loisaida Center is proud to announce:\n2014 Theater Co. Residency Recipients:\n \nLed by playwright/director Javier González\, CABORCA is an experimental theatre company making plays that move seamlessly between the irreverent and poetic\, the personal and political\, and the highly entertaining and intellectually challenging – inspired by Brecht’s view that to be challenged is also to be entertained. Based in New York City and working in both English and Spanish\, our work includes new plays\, classical adaptations and devised creations. \n CABORCA started working together in 2002 at the University of Puerto Rico\, continued collecting at Columbia’s MFA Theatre Program\, and officially became a company in 2009. \n CABORCA steals its name from the novel The Savage Detectives\, by Roberto Bolaño\, in which a magazine of the same name is the official organ of visceral realism. \nRead more about CABORCA’S residency program. URL:https://loisaida.org/event/2014-artists-in-residence-caborca-theatre-co/ LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR