The Loisaida Inc. Center

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Events at this venue

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  • MEDIA USED FOR EQUITY JUSTICE & RESPECT (M.U.J.E.R.)

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Loisaida is very pleased to present a 4-week intensive workshop in media literacy and production for young women and their allies at the early stage of their careers, within the launch of our long-awaited El Semillero/The Seedbed. The program is slated to be lead by local filmmaker Eden Martinez. We are offering the program to local individuals who are emergent or pre-emergent artists, media workers, and/or technologists, ages 16 - 24. Participants will learn how to break down media messages, stories from the LES, strategic messaging and script writing, video production, and more.

  • The Infinite Flash of Memory: A conversation on Jardín de Pulpos (Octopus’s Garden)

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    This evening features a discussion about Latin American resistance movements and protest-theatre art originated in the 20th century; about the collaborative creative process, dramaturgy, acting, staging, and translating Jardín de pulpos for the 21st century Anglophone US audience.

  • Los Tres del Tablao – Bohemia Flamenca

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Don’t miss the only performance from ‘Los Tres del Tablao’ in the New York.

    Come and enjoy this ‘Bohemia Flamenca’ directly from Puerto Rico.

  • Puerto Rico, Debt & Education led by artist-in-residence Jocelyn Bonadio-de Freitas

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Simultaneous events at Loisaida Center and Pública will explore the tension between the traditional and the 21st century as it relates to all things FOOD. Themes and topics will include: growing ingredients, recipes, colonization and agriculture, farming and imported food, where traditional cuisine comes from, where and how Puerto Rican food can be found and prepared locally – both on LES and in Santurce/on the island.

  • Trans & Gender Equity in the YLP

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Advocating for the total liberation of women, The Young Lords Women Union produced its own groundbreaking newspaper, La Luchadora, that addressed the specific socio-racial oppressions confronting Afro/Latinx women. Join Young Lords members Iris Morales and Gloria Rodriguez to discuss the platform and activism of the Young Lords Party Women’s Union and the Latinx feminist philosphy: Mujerismo.  Moderated by Johanna Fernandez, PhD.

  • Fiestas de Cruz at Loisaida

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Loisaida Inc. Center presents: Fiestas de Cruz at Loisaida Saturday, May 11 - 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm A Loisaida Tradition! Loisaida Inc. and its project The Plenatorium are pleased to host a performance and ritual stemming straight from the faith based history of Puerto Ricans in the Lower East Side. The "Feast of the [...]

  • LOISAIDA SMORGASBORD CABARET & RESTORATION PROJECTS

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    L.A.B. & Loisaida Inc. Center present:

    THE LOISIADA SMORGASBORD CABARET: A night of visual art and performance not to be missed!

    Friday, May 10, 2019
    6:30 pm Doors Open - Performances begin at 8:00 pm
    at the Loisaida Center, 710 E 9th St

    Plus:
    Opening reception of: Rolando's Winter Flowers & Bimbo Rivas' post-mortem prints: part of the Loisaida Restoration Projects & The Production of Nabe program

  • LATINOAMERICANIDAD

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Fabián Villegas is a writer, journalist, spoken word artist, scholar and researcher in Global South epistemologies, decolonial thoughts and racial studies. Since 2007 to date, Villegas has been invited to give multiple conferences, seminars, lectures and workshops in various universities and academic centers, renowned art biennials and community cultural centers across the globe. He is also the co-founder of Contranarrativas, a collaborative project that seeks to create horizontal knowledge production spaces to stimulate the visibility, dissemination and production of epistemologies, decolonial narratives and peripheral aesthetics of the Global South. Born in Mexico City, Villegas currently resides in the Dominican Republic.

  • Agroecology & Food Sustainability

    The Loisaida Inc. Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Simultaneous events at Loisaida Center and Pública will explore the tension between the traditional and the 21st century as it relates to all things FOOD. Themes and topics will include: growing ingredients, recipes, colonization and agriculture, farming and imported food, where traditional cuisine comes from, where and how Puerto Rican food can be found and prepared locally – both on LES and in Santurce/on the island.