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SUMMARY:Fiesta De Cruz en Loisaida
DESCRIPTION:“For nine consecutive years (1990–1999)\, during the celebration of Mayo Florido\, Madrina Milagros Rodríguez and the pleneros group El Quinto Sonó—composed of Enrique Díaz\, Echavarrias\, Johnny\, and Carmen—helped me fulfill my promise to the cross. I also send greetings to Norman Valee and José Lyn\, founders of the Green Oasis Garden on East 8th Street in New York\, who now smile down on us from heaven. We celebrated our Fiesta de la Cruz there for seven years. Special thanks to Samy Tanco\, Carmen Pabón\, Julio Picó\, Mercedes Amarilis Villaman\, Miguel Juan Concepción\, Dennis Girón\, Jeff Fogel\, Julio Peña\, and David Lemeire\, who dedicated their resources to sustaining and continuing the Fiestas de Cruz tradition in Loisaida. \nPuerto Ricans brought the Fiestas de Cruz to New York\, where they found fertile ground and took root. Just as in Puerto Rico\, in the great New York City metropolis these celebrations have evolved—from being intimate\, family-centered events to becoming large public gatherings with meticulous organization and the participation of hundreds of people. \nIt is expected that the six Fiestas de Cruz currently held in New York will continue. We even dare to predict a strengthening and expansion of the devotion to the Holy Cross\, a tradition that has adapted well to changing times without losing its spiritual essence and cosmic significance. \nNow rooted in concrete and snow\, the Fiestas de Cruz offer a space for community nourishment and empowerment\, a renewal of energy and faith in life. Devotees and participants remain loyal to them because of the deep benefits they experience—benefits that go beyond wholesome recreation or simple socializing. \nThe key lies in the symbol itself\, the revelation within the ideogram: there resides an epiphany. \nIn summary\, the journey undertaken toward the Fiestas de Cruz celebrated in New York is divided into two stages. The first analyzes the main components of the devotion in order to establish its origins\, similarities\, and meaning—seeking to uncover the mythical connections of universal resonance preserved within this particular expression.” \nLas Fiestas de Cruz se han celebrado en Puerto Rico por mas de doscientos anos\, arraigandose en el fervor popular como una de las preferidas o “tipicas”. Cuenta con celebraciones\, devotos y participantes a lo largo y ancho de la isla del encanto Borinquen\, pasando la prueba del tiempo\, han evolucionado desde el altar hogareno hasta la actual actividad publica con kioscos\, orquestas\, donde devotos hacen despliege de extravagantes altares\, politicos y firmas comerciales “hacen su agosto”. \nLos puertorriquefios trajeron las Fiestas de Cruz a Nueva York donde encontraron tierra fertil\, echando raices\, al igual queen Puerto Rico\, en la gran manzana neoyorquina se han transformado de ser un acontecimiento familiar en actos publicos\, de meticulosa organizaci6n\, contando con la participaci6n de cientos de personas. Se prevee un continuar de la celebraci6n de las seis Fiestas de Cruz queen la actualidad se llevan a cabo en Nueva York.  \nNos atrevemos a pronosticar un fortalecimiento y expansion de la devoci6n a la Santisima Cruz\, que tan bien se han amoldado a los tiempos sin desvirtuar su esencia espiritual de significado c6smico. Adaptadas al cemento y la nieve\, son las Fiestas de Cruz un espacio de alimentaci6n y fortalecimiento comunitario\, de renovaci6n de energias y fe en la vida\, que sus devotos y participantes siguen fieles a ellas por los beneficios obtenidos\, mas alla de la sana recreaci6n o mera socializaci6n. la clave del simbolo\, la revelaci6n del ideograma:  \nAhi reside Una epifania. Resumiendo\, el viaje emprendido hacia las Fiestas de Cruz celebradas en Nueva York\, esta dividido en dos etapas. En la primera se analizan los componentes principales de la devoci6n para establecer procedencia\, semejanzas\, significado\, queriendo encontrar las conexiones miticas de resonancias universales preservadas en el hecho particular.  \n-MAITREYI VILLAMAN MATOS\, LAS FIESTAS DE CRUZ EN NUEVA YORK.
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/fiesta-de-cruz-en-loisaida/
LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Community Events and Resources,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center
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ORGANIZER;CN="La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio":MAILTO:lasaladepepe@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Espacio MUY de Arte - La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio
DESCRIPTION:Dear friends and art lovers\, \nGallery MUY\, based in San Cristobal de Las Casas\, Mexico\, is a cultural center for contemporary art by creators of Mayan and Zoque descent. It employs all media\, from painting\, sculpture\, and photography to performance and relational art in the indigenous communities of Chiapas. \n\n\nLa Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio has exhibited and is working on projects with MUY represented photographer Sasaknichim (Margarita) Martinez Perez. MUY is also currently exhibiting five painters at the Kates-Ferri Project on Grand Street through March 29* \n\n\nMUY’s goal is to: \n\n\nBring a larger group exhibition to the U.S. in the near future. The exhibition “Reimagining Our Territories” can be viewed here: https://www.galeriamuy.org/en/reinventing-territories-migration-according-to-maya-and-zoque-communities/\nAnd to form cross-border partnerships with artists and arts organizations in NYC by developing collaborative works\, site-specific projects\, and international exchange and residency programs\n\n\nHow can this happen?  \nWith your ideas\, connections\, and help! \n\n\nPlease join us this Tuesday at Loisaida Inc. for a conversation with MUY Directors: curator Maya Juracan; artist PH Joel\, and John Burstein\, Gallery Co-Founder. \n\n\nhttps://www.katesferriprojects.com/exhibitions/el-encuentro-/-the-encounter-galeria-muy-kfp-group-exhibtion \n\n\nhttps://www.galeriamuy.org/kates-ferri-projects/ \n\n\nhttps://www.galeriamuy.org/artistas/ph-joel/ \n\n\nhttps://www.galeriamuy.org/artistas/sasak-nichim/ \n\n\nhttps://www.galeriamuy.org/proyecto-1-migracion-y-transterritorialidad/ \n\n\n\n\nMucho Amor\,\nLyn and Pepe / La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio and Galeria MUY.
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/espacio-muy-de-arte-la-sala-de-pepe-y-foto-espacio/
LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2025,Event/Opening,Free Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio":MAILTO:lasaladepepe@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Teatro Cuatro: The Privilege of Memory
DESCRIPTION:Assembly Member Harvey Epstein\, Pepe Flores\, Lyn Pentecost\, Gary Cruz\, and Kiki Cotto invite you to the opening of \nTeatro Cuatro: The Privilege of Memory\nJoin us this Thursday (12/19) from 5:30 PM to 7 PM to celebrate the story of Teatro Cuatro and the birth of community theater in Loisaida\, as shown through a photo documentary produced by La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio. \nLive Music & refreshments will be provided. \nLocation: Office of Assembly Member Epstein (107 & 109 Avenue B) \n<RSVP here> \n  \n 
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/teatro-cuatro-the-privilege-of-memory/
LOCATION:The Office of the Assembly Member Epstein\, 107 Ave B\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2024,Community Events and Resources,Event/Opening
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ORGANIZER;CN="La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio":MAILTO:lasaladepepe@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:American Boricua Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us at La Sala de Pepe (73 Avenue C\, New York\, NY 10009) on Saturday\, September 23rd\, 2pm for the opening reception of photojournalist and writer Wanda Benvenutti’s AMERICAN BORICUA\, a modern visual history of Puerto Rican life cross North America. \nEl Grito Cafecito \nin partnership with Loisaida Center \nat La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio \nSite-visit\, café\, and conversation at 2pm. \nSaturday\, Sept. 23 at 2:00 pm \nShort 30 min. Exhibition Overview of AMERICAN BORICUA w/ Wanda Benvenutti
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/american-boricua-opening-reception/
LOCATION:La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio\, 73 Loisaida Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center
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ORGANIZER;CN="La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio":MAILTO:lasaladepepe@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Ivelisse Diaz Free Dance Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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. \nSpace for the workshop is very limited\, so please RSVP as soon as possible! \nAnd stop by La Sala de Pepe on Saturday\, August 5th for an interview with Ivelisse Diaz! Open to all\, no RSVP needed.
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/ivelisse-diaz-free-dance-workshop/
LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center
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SUMMARY:2023 Fiesta de Cruz en Loisaida
DESCRIPTION:¡Unamos nuestras voces por la Fiesta de Cruz en Loisaida\, 2023!  \nLas 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. \nEn 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. \nEste 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. \n¡Regístrese para asistir aquí! Para más información contacte The Loisaida Center a info@loisaida.org o (646) 726-4715. \n  \nLet us join our voices for the Fiesta de Cruz in Loisaida\, 2023! \nThe 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. \nIn 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. \nThis 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. \nRegister to attend here! For more information\, contact The Loisaida Center at info@loisaida.org or (646) 726-4715.
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/2023-fiesta-de-cruz-en-loisaida/
LOCATION:The Loisaida Inc. Center\, 710 East 9th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org
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SUMMARY:El Carrao Film Screening (Pipiris Nights First Anniversary Festival)
DESCRIPTION:Únase a nosotros en La Sala de Pepe el 25 de febrero a las 7 p. m. para la proyección del documental El Carrao\, que celebra la vida del cantante de joropo venezolano Juan De Los Santos Contreras. \n(Esta película está en español con subtítulos en inglés). \n\nJoin us at La Sala de Pepe on February 25th at 7pm for a screening of the documentary El Carrao\, which celebrates the life of Venezuelan joropo singer Juan De Los Santos Contreras. \n(This film is in Spanish with English subtitles).
URL:https://loisaida.org/event/el-carrao-film-screening/
LOCATION:La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio\, 73 Loisaida Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10009\, United States
CATEGORIES:2023,Community Events and Resources,Free Events,Presented by The Loisaida Inc. Center
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Loisaida Inc. Center":MAILTO:info@loisaida.org
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