Super Adult Day at Loisaida
2023-05-05 10:30 - 13:30, 2023-07-07 10:30 - 13:30, 2023-08-04 10:30 - 13:30, 2023-09-01 10:30 - 13:30 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Loisaida Inc. is committed to our senior community by providing programs that help improve people’s mental & physical health through arts and culturally enriching programming and engaging activities that help support good mental health, physical and emotional well-being.
Super Adult Day at Loisaida is on the first Friday of each month, from 10:30am – 1:30pm at the Loisaida Center. During each event, we offer snacks and beverages, a wide variety of enrichment classes such as dance, exercise, arts, and live music to our guests!
Capacity is limited, so come early!
Dates:
February 3, 2023 / 10:30am – 1:30pm
March 3, 2023 / 10:30am – 1:30pm
*April 14, 2023 / 10:30am – 1:30pm (*first Friday of April is skipped)
May 5, 2023 / 10:30am – 1:30pm
July 7, 2023 / 10:30am – 1:30pm
August 4, 2023 / 10:00am – 1:30pm
September 1, 2023 / 10:00am – 1:30pm
October 6, 2023 / 10:00am – 1:30pm
November 3, 2023 / 10:00am – 1:30pm
**December 1, 2023 / 10:00am – 1:30pm (**Holiday Celebration)

Fiestas de Cruz en Loisaida
2023-05-05 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States

2023 Fiesta de Cruz en Loisaida
2023-05-05 19:00 - 22:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
¡Unamos nuestras voces por la Fiesta de Cruz en Loisaida, 2023!
Las Fiestas de Cruz son una celebración devocional donde la Santísima Cruz es glorificada a través de canciones tradicionales de la religión católica que datan de la Edad Media y han sido celosamente conservadas por la sencilla devoción de sus fieles devotos caribeños.
En su forma tradicional, Las Fiestas de Cruz se celebran durante nueve noches consecutivas, en la cual la Cruz se erige en un altar en forma de escalera de nueve peldaños y cada noche la Cruz sube un peldaño acompañada por las oraciones y cánticos de sus devotos; hasta llegar a la cima en la novena noche.
Este simbólico ascenso de la Cruz nos recuerda la subida al Monte Calvario por Nuestro Señor Jesús, pero en la Cruz de Mayo se enfatiza el Misterio de la Resurrección y la Vida, por la cual nosotros también resurgimos de la oscuridad de la ignorancia a la luz de la sabiduría.
¡Regístrese para asistir aquí! Para más información contacte The Loisaida Center a info@loisaida.org o (646) 726-4715.

Let us join our voices for the Fiesta de Cruz in Loisaida, 2023!
The Fiestas de Cruz are a devotional celebration where the Holy Cross is glorified through traditional songs of the Catholic religion that date from the Middle Ages and have been jealously preserved by the simple devotion of the faithful Caribbean devotees of her.
In its traditional form, Las Fiestas de Cruz is celebrated for nine consecutive nights, in which the Cross is erected on an altar in the form of a nine-step ladder and each night the Cross goes up one step accompanied by the prayers and songs of its devotees. ; until reaching the top on the ninth night.
This symbolic ascent of the Cross reminds us of the ascent to Mount Calvary by Our Lord Jesus, but in the May Cross the Mystery of the Resurrection and Life is emphasized, by which we also rise from the darkness of ignorance to the light of wisdom.
Register to attend here! For more information, contact The Loisaida Center at info@loisaida.org or (646) 726-4715.

Whitney Kids Recorridos Familiares
2023-05-06 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Sábado 25 de marzo
Sábado 15 de abril
Sábado 6 de mayo
12–1 pm
En todo el Whitney
Familias con niños y niñas de cinco años o más

Invitamos a las familias de habla hispana con niños y niñas de cinco años o más a que, junto al personal docente del Whitney, recorran las salas del museo y participen en divertidas actividades grupales de creación artística. Quédense después de la visita guiada para crear arte con nuestro programa Open Studio para familias con niños y niñas de todas las edades.
Esta visita guiada es gratuita, pero debe registrarse.
Si tiene consultas sobre las próximas visitas guiadas, envíe un mensaje a amilyprograms@whitney.org.
Obtenga más información sobre el acceso a los servicios y las instalaciones.

La Cocina de Loisaida: Cinco de Mayo with a Puerto Rican Twist
2023-05-06 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Essex Market – Essex Kitchen, 88 Essex Street (Mezzanine Level), New York, NY, 10002, United States
La Cocina de Loisaida is a monthly in-person cooking class series presented by The Loisaida Center and Essex Market, where longtime Lower East Sider and home chef Maria Bido shares authentic Puerto Rican recipes and cooking techniques. Each month we’ll explore a new batch of family favorites, all based in Puerto Rican flavors and using ingredients from Essex Market.
In this class we’re going to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a Puerto Rican Twist! Our menu consists of Pulled Garlic Chicken, Arepa de Maiz, Guacamole & Pickled Red Onions, and Churros. The dishes we will make are a phenomenal combination of traditional Caribbean Flavors! This class will be about 2 hours long and include time to savor the dishes you prepare together as a group.
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END: Earth Celebrations' Ecological City: Arts & Climate Solutions Workshops (Saturdays, Mar 4 - May 6)
2023-05-06 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Earth Celebrations – Sixth Street Community Center, 638 E 6th St, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Join Earth Celebrations’ Ecological City: Art & Climate Solutions Workshops and collaborate with our artists-in-residence creating visual art, giant puppets and costumes.
Artistic works are presented in the culminating Ecological City – Procession for Climate Solutions celebrating climate solution initiatives throughout the community gardens neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.
Wednesdays 6pm – 9pm | Costumes with artist Yohanna Roa (Bio-Arts with artist Kathy Creutzberg in March)
White Box – 9 Avenue B (btw. 2nd Street & Houston)
Saturdays 12pm – 4pm | Puppets with artist Lucrecia Novoa
@ Earth Celebrations – 638 E. 6th St. (btw. Aves B & C)

END: Earth Celebrations' Ecological City: Arts & Climate Solutions Workshops (Wednesdays, Mar 1 - May 10)
2023-05-10 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | White Box, 9 Avenue B, New York, NY, 10009, United States

Teens Take the Met!
2023-05-12 17:00 - 20:00 UTC | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10028, United States
Grab your friends and take over The Met for the night. Drop in for teen-only activities across the Museum, including art making, performances, music, and more. Discover what you can also do at over 35 NYC cultural and community organizations.
Doors open at 5pm. 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.
Make sure to check out The Loisaida Center’s activation during the event, a dance piece titled Against the Current, in the Charles Engelhard Court (Gallery 700, Floor 1) at 5:30pm!
Against the Current is a “Dance on Camera” and live performance piece performed by Loisaida’s youth, choreographed by Loisaida Inc. teaching artist Yaraní del Valle, and inspired by the exhibition Water Memories, currently on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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2023-05-13 09:00 - 17:00 UTC
Earth Celebrations

ECOLOGICAL CITY - Procession for Climate Solutions

SATURDAY MAY 13, 2023 (raindate May 14) 11am- 5pm

SPECTACULAR PROCESSION - 21 SUSTAINABILITY SITE PERFORMANCES - GARDENS TO WATERFRONT LES

ECOLOGICAL CITY is an urban ecological pilgrimage featuring a spectacular procession of visual art, giant puppets and costumes with 21 site performances of music, dance, theater and poetry celebrating local climate solution initiatives throughout the community gardens neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

More Information & Full Schedule - https://www.earthcelebrations.com

BECOME A CLIMATE SOLUTION - SIGN UP FOR A ROLE

- Wear Earth Celebrations' spectacular Climate Solution Costumes

- Operate Puppets

- Assist as a Marshal direct visuals and hand our programs

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP :- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ecological-city-procession-for-climate-solutions-tickets-517922268447

Let's Reconnect over Coffee: Hamilton Fish Park Service Plan
2023-05-17 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Hamilton Fish Park Library, 415 East Houston Street, New York, NY, 10002, United States
Wednesday, May 17th, 3-5pm
Let’s re-connect! After being closed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hamilton Fish Park Library has decided to open our doors ahead of our projected renovation in the Fall, due in no small part to demand from you, the community!
Come join us for an open conversation with our staff and other community partners, where we’ll discuss our current service model, provide information on other non-profits offering resources in the area, and talk about ways in which we’ll be staying connected with the neighborhood once we close again.
We’ll also be giving a sneak peak at what the newly imagined space will look like in two years. So, let’s reconnect and catch up!
Registration is recommended but not required. Coffee will be provided on a first come, first served basis while supplies last.
Register Here

DEADLINE: New York League of Puerto Rican Women, Inc. Scholarship
2023-05-26
New York League of Puerto Rican Women, Inc. Scholarship
Applications due by May 26th, 2023
The New York League of Puerto Rican Women are accepting applications for their 2023 Scholarships. These financial awards are granted annually to undergraduate Puerto Rican women selected for their academic excellence and service to the community. To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:

Be currently matriculated as a college student in an accredited institution of higher education, having earned a minimum of 12 accumulated credits and a GPA of 3.0 with no failing grades
Submit a resume
Submit an essay that includes the applicant’s educational and career goals, and demonstrates service to the community
Provide an official college transcript
Provide two (2) letters of recommendation from professors, college advisors, employers, or supervisors
Submit a high resolution 4″ by 6″ (minimum size) color headshot photo, jpeg format, of the applicant in appropriate business casual or professional attire, with a neutral background, for inclusion in our Commemorative Journal
Be available to attend an interview with the Scholarship Committee

Apply Here!

The 2023 Loisaida Festival
2023-05-28 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Avenue C Corridor, 12th - 6th Streets on Avenue C, New York, NY, 10003, United States
MUSIC · FOOD · ARTS · CULTURE
The Loisaida Festival
SAVE THE DATE!
SUNDAY, MAY 28 – 2023

Since 1987, the Loisaida Festival has honored its history by providing a platform to celebrate arts & culture through music, dance, arts, cuisine, and other cultural manifestations representative of the diverse ethnic groups and nationalities that make up the fabric of the neighborhood. It also serves as a vehicle to share information and spread awareness about local community and city-wide initiatives and resources as well as year-round community programming by Loisaida, Inc.

BECOME A 2023 SPONSOR, VENDOR OR EXHIBITOR

The 36th Annual Loisaida Festival
2023-05-28 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Avenue C / Loisaida Ave, New York, NY, 10009, United States

DEADLINE: Comité Noviembre Scholarship Program
2023-06-09
Comité Noviembre Scholarship Program
Applications due June 9, 2023 – For more information, email cn.scholarship@gmail.com
Established in 1987, Comité Noviembre is the only collaboration of its kind in the United States. It brings together the strength and talents of key Puerto Rican organizations which make up its member agencies. The mission of Comité Noviembre is to plan and promote events and forums that highlight the contributions Puerto Ricans have made to this country. Since its inception, Comité Noviembre has placed a special focus on volunteerism and educational excellence as the key to the future of the Puerto Rican Community. In November of 1996, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of Puerto Rican Heritage Month, the Comité Noviembre Scholarship Awards Program was established. This year, Comité Noviembre will award $1,000 in scholarships.

ERNESTO MALAVE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE ARTS: This award will recognize Puerto Ricans pursuing a higher education majoring in the Arts.
Application can be found here: https://forms.gle/pbgUmJo5cPQ2Yc628

THE RICHIE PEREZ SCHOLARSHIP: This award will recognize Puerto Rican youth for their commitment, activism, and achievements in the areas of human rights and social justice
Application can be found here: https://forms.gle/ajw89MvnvfT9HvZG7

COMITE NOVIEMBRE SCHOLARSHIP FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE: This award will recognize exceptional Puerto Rican youth who are making a difference in their community.
Application can be found here: https://forms.gle/9YYsWxAzDrZ5tY2G8

THE JOSEFINA AGUADO SCHOLARSHIP FOR SINGLE PARENTS: This award will recognize single Puerto Rican parents pursuing a college or a graduate degree.
Application can be found here: https://forms.gle/4FU51wxWJGYfP3oD6

La Cocina de Loisaida: Puerto Rican Fiesta de Tapas
2023-06-14 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-06-17 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Essex Market – Essex Kitchen, 88 Essex Street (Mezzanine Level), New York, NY, 10002, United States
La Cocina de Loisaida is a monthly in-person cooking class series presented by The Loisaida Center and Essex Market, where longtime Lower East Sider and home chef Maria Bido shares authentic Puerto Rican recipes and cooking techniques. Each month we’ll explore a new batch of family favorites, all based in Puerto Rican flavors and using ingredients from Essex Market.
This month we’re going to enjoy an amazing Puerto Rican Tapas class! Our menu consists of Pionones, Picadillo, Relleno de Papa, and Limber de Coco. The dishes we will make are a phenomenal combination of traditional Caribbean Flavors! This class will be about 2 hours long and include time to savor the dishes you prepare together as a group.
Buy your tickets now on Eventbrite!

Loisaida Center Holistic Wellness for Older Adults
2023-06-15 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-07-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-08-17 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-09-21 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
After the challenges faced and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Loisaida Center is more committed than ever to providing high-quality programming aligned with the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and to bringing together older adults from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds.
To that end, we’ve expanded our Super-Adult program to include specific Health & Wellness services every 3rd Thursday of the month in collaboration with the Loisaida Wellness Collective and VNS Health.

Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Street Festival
2023-06-18 12:00 - 16:00 UTC | Outside of Museum At Eldridge Street, Eldridge Street Between Canal and Division, New York, NY, 10002, United States
In its 22nd year, the Museum at Eldridge Street’s Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Street Festival is a celebration of the diverse traditions that give the Lower East Side and Chinatown its identity.
Embrace the spirit of this ever-changing neighborhood and its rich immigration history with the Museum’s magnificent home, the 1887 landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue, as the backdrop. The festival fills Eldridge Street with a medley of Jewish, Chinese, and Puerto Rican tastes, sights, sounds, and crafts for folks of all ages to enjoy! This festival is free to attend, and all are welcome!
Registration preferred but not necessary. A full list of participants will follow as the date approaches.

Register for free on Eventbrite.

SPRING INTO HEALTH Signature Event ~ Join us Manhattan Neighbors
2023-06-30 11:00 - 16:00 UTC | Lower Highland Playground, Jamaica Avenue & Cleveland Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11208, United States
You are cordially invited to the 2nd Annual DYCD Spring Into Health Signature Event on Friday June 30, 2023 at Lower Highland Park in Brooklyn, NY from 11am-4pm.
The signature DYCD Spring into Health Signature Event, is a gathering of local community members and organizations that provide services for the sole purpose of building bridges between residents and community organizations. The campaign is meant to raise awareness, provide access, and share resources necessary to promote health equity across the five boroughs of New York City.
The event will have a number of City, State and Private vendors tabling and the following Activities:
Tennis, Zumba, Basketball, Yoga, Music(DJ), Food, Smoothie Station, Step and more…
This event is open to all Community residents and Program Participants. Buses will be available in all five boroughs, space is limited please register ASAP!
Register Here

Amant presents "Herstories and a Collaborative Future Beyond Tragedy"
2023-07-08 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Amant, 315 Maujer Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
Saturday, July 8, 2023, 4-6pm

As part of Natalia Lassalle Morillo’s En Parábola/Conversations on Tragedy, a film and theater commission that reimagines the tragedy of Antigone with a cast of non-professional performers residing in Puerto Rico and within its diaspora in the United States, activist Iris Morales joins us for a conversation with Natalia and the project’s cast. Iris will talk about her life-long activism with Puerto Rican diasporic communities in New York, and about the crucial role Puerto Rican and Latinx feminists have played in the advancement of the social justice rights and liberation movements for the Puerto Rican communities in New York City.
This intergenerational dialogue bridges political activism and artistic creation, where the speakers will share their respective creative processes and discuss the importance of foregrounding affect and care, along with creative experimentation and imagination, in activism, community organizing, and collaborative creation processes.
Image: Women of the Young Lords Marching. Photo by Michael Abramson.

Amant presents "Rituals of Speaking"
2023-07-09 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Amant, 315 Maujer Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11206, United States
Sunday, July 9, 2023, 2-5pm

In this experimental choral and voice learnshop developed by singer and music-maker Xenia Rubinos, participants are invited to explore their voice through rituals of collective speaking.

During the first part of the learnshop, Xenia will guide the group through vocal techniques intended to open the individual and collective voice and provide tools to embody sound and connect to their bodies’ vocal resonators. The guided practices will enable participants to connect their voices with the sounds present in their bodies, especially bringing about the release of latent sounds and language that hold memories yet to be vocalized. This learnshop is a space for experimentation without judgment in order to nurture an individual and collective exploration of the voice/sound. In this spirit, Xenia will create a collaborative listening environment incorporating free writing techniques that support everyone’s creative process

In the second part of the learnshop, Xenia will guide and compose a choral ode in collaboration with the participants. Through improvisational and compositional scores, we will expand on the sounds and text developed in the learnshop and throughout the script-writing and rehearsal process for En Parábola, leading to a chorus of voices and sounds that bring together the multiplicity of Puerto Rican migratory experiences.

This learnshop will be held in Spanish and English and is open to all, especially folks of Puerto Rican descent, no prior experience is required. Part of this session will be filmed as part of Natalia’s research phase for En Parábola/Conversations on Tragedy, which will premiere at Amant in January of 2024.
We have a maximum capacity of 20 people. If you would like to attend, email curatorial@amant.org briefly explaining your connection to Puerto Rico and why you would like to participate, please use “Rituals of Speaking with Xenia Rubinos” as email subject.

Photo of Xenia Rubinos by Paula La Bloise Art.

Back 2 Da Culture Park Jam
2023-07-30 14:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | La Plaza Cultural, 700 E 9th Street, New York, 10009, United States
Subterra Living Museum & Tribal Exchange Present: “Back 2 Da Culture Park Jam”

Sunday July 30th, 2 – 7pm
at La Plaza Cultural Garden (E 9th St & Avenue C, New York, NY 10009)

DJ’s
Producers
Live music
Open Jam
Live Art & Painters
Food
Vendors
Good vibes

In partnership with Loisaida Center and Morus (Museum of Reclaimed Space)

In the spirit of the LES community oriented, activist, poetic, artistic revolutionary movement

For the people by the people

Ivelisse Diaz Free Dance Workshop
2023-08-03 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Loisaida Inc. Center, 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Ivelisse Diaz, director of La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón and all-women Bomba y Plena group Las BomPleneras, is teaching a free dance workshop at the Loisaida Center (710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009) on Thursday, August 3rd from 7–9pm.
Space for the workshop is very limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible!
And stop by La Sala de Pepe on Saturday, August 5th for an interview with Ivelisse Diaz! Open to all, no RSVP needed.

La Cocina de Loisaida: Hispanic Heritage Celebration
2023-09-15 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Essex Market – Essex Kitchen, 88 Essex Street (Mezzanine Level), New York, NY, 10002, United States
Kick of Hispanic Heritage month by learning how to make the Puerto Rican National Dish – Arroz con Gandules as well as Pernil and Yuca con mojo de Ajo y Cebollas. These dishes are traditional favorites in Puerto Rico and you will learn how to make them with ease! The classes will be approximately 1.5 hours long and include time to savor the dishes you prepare together as a group.

La Cocina de Loisaida is a monthly in-person cooking class series presented by The Loisaida Center and Essex Market, where longtime Lower East Sider and home chef María Bido shares authentic Puerto Rican recipes and cooking techniques. Each month we’ll explore a new batch of family favorites, all based in Puerto Rican flavors and using ingredients from Essex Market.

Buy your tickets now on Eventbrite!
