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The Loisaida Festival’s 4th Annual Theater Lab

 The Loisaida Festival’s 4th Annual Theater Lab Co-produced by MEZCOLANZA NYC & Loisaida Inc. Brief description of participants and their performance, visual, theatrical or musical pieces: 1. Teresa Hernández / […]

Cultural Equity Town Hall

Loisaida Inc. leads the local cultural planning project, in partnership with the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center and Teatro SEA that will ensure that Latino arts organizations, cultural workers, and residents in Lower Manhattan are heard and their recommendations included in the City’s 10 year cultural plan. Loisaida Inc. was chosen from a competitive pool of applicants as one of the winning proposals to conduct community engagement and feed-back activities around the City’s cultural planning process, which will wrap up in the late spring of 2017.

2016 The Word Festival at Loisaida Inc.

Festival de la Palabra (The Word Festival) is the top literary event in Puerto Rico, and the only literary festival in the world based on one single community -the Puerto Rican community- which is held in two very distinct cities: San Juan and New York, and for the first time celebrated at Loisaida Inc. in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Meet & Greet – Johnny Colón

Besides being a legend of Latin music, Johnny Colon founded the successful East Harlem School of Music in which he mentored other well-known musicians for decades. He is now housing his successful method of cognitive development through music theory at Loisaida Inc.

Meet and Greet – Johnny Colón

Besides being a legend of Latin music, Johnny Colon founded the successful East Harlem School of Music in which he mentored other well-known musicians for decades. He is now housing his successful method of cognitive development through music theory at Loisaida Inc.

2016 Community Screenprinting Workshops

Workshops will be focused on current social justice issues – from immigrant rights to climate change to cultural identity. We will work with participants to increase their understanding of the built environment, expose them to art/design careers, develop age-specific art/design skills, and actively improve their neighborhood’s quality of life.

2016 Plenatorium Ensemble Workshops

Loisaida Inc. presents: Plenatorium Ensemble Workshops (Pandero, Güiro & Plena Dance) Register today: Package includes: 4 Sessions, 1 Final presentation – 1pm, Four Saturdays, One Friday March 5 – March 26, […]