Day Without an Immigrant
Bronx, NY
Monday, May 01, 2006
TV
The NYC City Council to Hold Hearing on Public Access TV
WHAT: The NYC City Council will hold a hearing the morning of Thursday, May 4th in support of Public Access and against the COPE bill, currently being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives (see attached Resolution).
The City Council has been supportive of Public Access in the past, so this is a friendly hearing. This is an opportunity for MNN to forge stronger relationships with our friends and allies of Community Access TV. We need to demonstrate our unity as producers, friends and supports of Public Access. This will help build relationships and support for MNN's upcoming franchise negotiations in 2008.
WHO: It is critical for MNN producers, community and faith-based groups, to attend the hearing to show the Council how important Public Access is for the residents and organizations of Manhattan. MNN will be joined by staff, producers and community organizations from the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island -- setting a powerful example of unity in opposition to the COPE bill.
You MUST sign up to attend the hearing, by emailing saveaccess@mnn.org or calling 212-757-2670 x 308. Please provide your NAME and the best PHONE NUMBER and TIME to contact you at. We will need to get in touch with all producers and representatives of community groups who wish to attend so we are able to quickly to give you updated logistical information, such as our initial meeting place.
The hearing is from 10 am-12:30 pm. We hope you can stay for a potential press conference and/ or photo opportunity at 1 pm on the steps of City Hall.
WHEN: Thursday, May 4th. Pre-assemble and Prep at 9:15AM; Hearing at 10am.
WHERE: Pre-assemble at City Hall Park, @ the corner Center and Chambers Streets at 9:15AM. Take the 4/5/6/N/R to City Hall, or the A/C/E/1/9/2/3 to Chambers.
WHY: We all need to say NO to COPE! We need you to play critical role in PROTECTING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC ACCESS!
The NYC City Council to Hold Hearing on Public Access TV
WHAT: The NYC City Council will hold a hearing the morning of Thursday, May 4th in support of Public Access and against the COPE bill, currently being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives (see attached Resolution).
The City Council has been supportive of Public Access in the past, so this is a friendly hearing. This is an opportunity for MNN to forge stronger relationships with our friends and allies of Community Access TV. We need to demonstrate our unity as producers, friends and supports of Public Access. This will help build relationships and support for MNN's upcoming franchise negotiations in 2008.
WHO: It is critical for MNN producers, community and faith-based groups, to attend the hearing to show the Council how important Public Access is for the residents and organizations of Manhattan. MNN will be joined by staff, producers and community organizations from the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island -- setting a powerful example of unity in opposition to the COPE bill.
You MUST sign up to attend the hearing, by emailing saveaccess@mnn.org or calling 212-757-2670 x 308. Please provide your NAME and the best PHONE NUMBER and TIME to contact you at. We will need to get in touch with all producers and representatives of community groups who wish to attend so we are able to quickly to give you updated logistical information, such as our initial meeting place.
The hearing is from 10 am-12:30 pm. We hope you can stay for a potential press conference and/ or photo opportunity at 1 pm on the steps of City Hall.
WHEN: Thursday, May 4th. Pre-assemble and Prep at 9:15AM; Hearing at 10am.
WHERE: Pre-assemble at City Hall Park, @ the corner Center and Chambers Streets at 9:15AM. Take the 4/5/6/N/R to City Hall, or the A/C/E/1/9/2/3 to Chambers.
WHY: We all need to say NO to COPE! We need you to play critical role in PROTECTING THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC ACCESS!
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Featured story
newsobserver.com | World Puerto Ricans protest budget problems, with more than 45,000 Puerto Ricans marching through the streets of San Juan yesterday demanding politicians to resolve a budget impasse that could lead to a government shutdown Monday.
newsobserver.com | World Puerto Ricans protest budget problems, with more than 45,000 Puerto Ricans marching through the streets of San Juan yesterday demanding politicians to resolve a budget impasse that could lead to a government shutdown Monday.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Community Calendar
IMPRESSIONS OF FELIX
Free Public Program for Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Early Impressions
Thursday, May 4, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
In conjunction with El Museo del Barrio’s current exhibition on display through May 21, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Early Impressions, this informal panel discussion will address Gonzalez-Torres’ early working period and will explore some of the themes developed in the show. The exhibition’s curator Elvis Fuentes is joined in conversation with Lilliana Ramos Collado, professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, and Nelson Rivera, professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Humacao.
Admission is FREE; no registration required. For more information about El Museo’s current exhibitions, visit www.elmuseo.org.
El Museo is located at 1230 Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets and may be reached by subway: #6 to 103rd Street station; #2, #3 to Central Park North/110th Street station or by bus: M1, M3, M4 on Madison and Fifth Avenues to 104th Street; local crosstown service between Yorkville or East Harlem and the Upper West Side M96 and M106 or M2. Museum hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Monday and Tuesday. Suggested museum admission: $6 adults; $4 students and seniors; members and children under 12 accompanied by an adult enter free.
Mónica Tavares
Education Department
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street
New York, NY 10029
212-660-7155
mtavares@elmuseo.org
www.elmuseo.org
IMPRESSIONS OF FELIX
Free Public Program for Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Early Impressions
Thursday, May 4, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
In conjunction with El Museo del Barrio’s current exhibition on display through May 21, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Early Impressions, this informal panel discussion will address Gonzalez-Torres’ early working period and will explore some of the themes developed in the show. The exhibition’s curator Elvis Fuentes is joined in conversation with Lilliana Ramos Collado, professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, and Nelson Rivera, professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Humacao.
Admission is FREE; no registration required. For more information about El Museo’s current exhibitions, visit www.elmuseo.org.
El Museo is located at 1230 Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets and may be reached by subway: #6 to 103rd Street station; #2, #3 to Central Park North/110th Street station or by bus: M1, M3, M4 on Madison and Fifth Avenues to 104th Street; local crosstown service between Yorkville or East Harlem and the Upper West Side M96 and M106 or M2. Museum hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Monday and Tuesday. Suggested museum admission: $6 adults; $4 students and seniors; members and children under 12 accompanied by an adult enter free.
Mónica Tavares
Education Department
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street
New York, NY 10029
212-660-7155
mtavares@elmuseo.org
www.elmuseo.org
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Press release: Free Press/Save Access
Free Press | Save Access House Ignores Public, Sells Out the Internet
source: savetheinternet.com
Free Press | Save Access House Ignores Public, Sells Out the Internet
source: savetheinternet.com
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Looking for Actors
Casting a new film “Bronx 3M” (working title), the story of three
Latino youths (Maria, Michael and Mona) coming of age in a city going
up in flames. The "Bronx 3M" is a trilogy. We are currently casting
for "Mona's Move," the story of a Latina teenager struggling with her
sexual identity and those of others.
Looking for all types and ages — especially teenagers and young
adults. Bilingual (English-Spanish) a plus. Deferred payment.
Please send an updated photo and resume to:
PRDream/MediaNoche
Attn: Clarisel Gonzalez
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029
“Bronx 3M” is produced under the auspices of MediaNoche’s Digital
Filmmakers Program and is made possible with the support of NY
Foundation, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYSCA and individual
donors.
Casting a new film “Bronx 3M” (working title), the story of three
Latino youths (Maria, Michael and Mona) coming of age in a city going
up in flames. The "Bronx 3M" is a trilogy. We are currently casting
for "Mona's Move," the story of a Latina teenager struggling with her
sexual identity and those of others.
Looking for all types and ages — especially teenagers and young
adults. Bilingual (English-Spanish) a plus. Deferred payment.
Please send an updated photo and resume to:
PRDream/MediaNoche
Attn: Clarisel Gonzalez
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029
“Bronx 3M” is produced under the auspices of MediaNoche’s Digital
Filmmakers Program and is made possible with the support of NY
Foundation, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYSCA and individual
donors.
Activism: Act Now to Save Community TV
From the Save Access campaign -- "Did you know there is legislation in Congress that will drastically reduce Public Access television funding and strip local government of its ability to control its public right-of-ways. They are considering legislation that lets Telephone Companies and Cable Companies decide who gets preferential treatment, or gets to "ride in the fast lane" based on who has the deepest pockets. Help me demand more from Congress concerning this legislation by visiting http://saveacess.org/takeaction. Thanks so much for spending your valuable time on this important advocacy work."
From the Save Access campaign -- "Did you know there is legislation in Congress that will drastically reduce Public Access television funding and strip local government of its ability to control its public right-of-ways. They are considering legislation that lets Telephone Companies and Cable Companies decide who gets preferential treatment, or gets to "ride in the fast lane" based on who has the deepest pockets. Help me demand more from Congress concerning this legislation by visiting http://saveacess.org/takeaction. Thanks so much for spending your valuable time on this important advocacy work."
Monday, April 24, 2006
Political News from Puerto Rico
Periodico El Nuevo Dia de Puerto Rico | Insta el Gobernador accion de los ciudadanos
Periodico El Nuevo Dia de Puerto Rico | Insta el Gobernador accion de los ciudadanos
Friday, April 21, 2006
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
Community Calendar
El Museo del Barrio Presents
VOCES DE LA CULTURA
Conversations on the History and Culture of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Wednesday, April 26, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION
El Museo del Barrio is pleased to host a presentation of the new book Voces de la Cultura by Ángel Collado Schwarz. Produced as an extension of the radio program of the same name broadcast in Puerto Rico and in New York City through the Fundación La Voz del Centro, Voces de la Cultura brings permanence to the show by transcribing 25 of the weekly interviews between Collado Schwarz and prominent Caribbean intellectuals. The book enlivens some of Puerto Rico’s great figures with oral histories of national heroes such as the painter Francisco Oller, the doctor, poet and diplomat Ramón Emeterio Betances, political leaders Pedro Albizu Campos and Luis Muñoz Marín, educator Eugenio María de Hostos, and, of course, los Tres Reyes Magos who arrive each January for the Latin American celebration of the Epiphany. Voces de la Cultura also gives a voice to historical events and institutions such as El Grito de Lares, the 1868 revolution, El Ateneo Puertorriqueño, founded in 1867 for the advancement of arts and sciences specifically within Puerto Rico, and the issue of emigration from the island to the United States.
While the book is a 331-page volume in Spanish with an extraordinary selection of photographs and documents, many of them published here for the first time, the event will be conducted in English. Presenting this historical and cultural dialogue will be two of the book’s contributors, Dr. Efrén Rivera Ramos, Dean of the School of the Law, and Professor Amílcar Tirado, both of the University of Puerto Rico. Author Ángel Collado Schwarz will also provide insight into the development of the radio program and of this corresponding text. A reception provided courtesy of Rums of Puerto Rico will follow.
Presented with the collaboration of the 1199 SEIU Health & Human Service Union, the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at Hunter College, and the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy, this program is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Special thanks to Univision 41 Nueva York and to Radio WADO 1280AM.
El Museo is located at 1230 Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets and may be reached by subway: #6 to 103rd Street station; #2, #3 to Central Park North/110th Street station or by bus: M1, M3, M4 on Madison and Fifth Avenues to 104th Street; local crosstown service between Yorkville or East Harlem and the Upper West Side M96 and M106 or M2. Museum hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Monday and Tuesday. Suggested museum admission: $6 adults; $4 students and seniors; members and children under 12 accompanied by an adult enter free. For more information, contact www.elmuseo.org or 212-831-7272.
El Museo del Barrio Presents
VOCES DE LA CULTURA
Conversations on the History and Culture of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Wednesday, April 26, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION
El Museo del Barrio is pleased to host a presentation of the new book Voces de la Cultura by Ángel Collado Schwarz. Produced as an extension of the radio program of the same name broadcast in Puerto Rico and in New York City through the Fundación La Voz del Centro, Voces de la Cultura brings permanence to the show by transcribing 25 of the weekly interviews between Collado Schwarz and prominent Caribbean intellectuals. The book enlivens some of Puerto Rico’s great figures with oral histories of national heroes such as the painter Francisco Oller, the doctor, poet and diplomat Ramón Emeterio Betances, political leaders Pedro Albizu Campos and Luis Muñoz Marín, educator Eugenio María de Hostos, and, of course, los Tres Reyes Magos who arrive each January for the Latin American celebration of the Epiphany. Voces de la Cultura also gives a voice to historical events and institutions such as El Grito de Lares, the 1868 revolution, El Ateneo Puertorriqueño, founded in 1867 for the advancement of arts and sciences specifically within Puerto Rico, and the issue of emigration from the island to the United States.
While the book is a 331-page volume in Spanish with an extraordinary selection of photographs and documents, many of them published here for the first time, the event will be conducted in English. Presenting this historical and cultural dialogue will be two of the book’s contributors, Dr. Efrén Rivera Ramos, Dean of the School of the Law, and Professor Amílcar Tirado, both of the University of Puerto Rico. Author Ángel Collado Schwarz will also provide insight into the development of the radio program and of this corresponding text. A reception provided courtesy of Rums of Puerto Rico will follow.
Presented with the collaboration of the 1199 SEIU Health & Human Service Union, the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at Hunter College, and the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy, this program is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Special thanks to Univision 41 Nueva York and to Radio WADO 1280AM.
El Museo is located at 1230 Fifth Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets and may be reached by subway: #6 to 103rd Street station; #2, #3 to Central Park North/110th Street station or by bus: M1, M3, M4 on Madison and Fifth Avenues to 104th Street; local crosstown service between Yorkville or East Harlem and the Upper West Side M96 and M106 or M2. Museum hours: Wednesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Monday and Tuesday. Suggested museum admission: $6 adults; $4 students and seniors; members and children under 12 accompanied by an adult enter free. For more information, contact www.elmuseo.org or 212-831-7272.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Jesus "Papoleto" Melendez
Recites some of Pedro Pietri's work at the Literacy of Pedro's Literature activity at El Museo del Barrio.
TUNE IN:
PRSUN TV features "Readings in Honor of Rev. Pedro Pietri," starting at 3:30 p.m. April 17, Channel 69, Bronxnet, Bronx, NY.
TUNE IN:
PRSUN TV features "Readings in Honor of Rev. Pedro Pietri," starting at 3:30 p.m. April 17, Channel 69, Bronxnet, Bronx, NY.
Annie and the Easter Basket
PRSUN wishes you a Happy Easter.
PRSUN les desea unas Felices Pascuas.
Esta es mi gatita (this is my cat) Annie.
Saludos. Clarisel
PRSUN les desea unas Felices Pascuas.
Esta es mi gatita (this is my cat) Annie.
Saludos. Clarisel
Friday, April 14, 2006
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
cbs2chicago.com - Puerto Rico Governor Celebrates Midwest Office PRFAA opens new Midwest region office in Chicago.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Community Calendar
SistahUnderground
&
El Maestro
present
A Celebration of the Work of Poet/Playwrite Tato Laviera
hosted by Mariposa
Friday, April 29th, 2006
7PM
Featured Poets
Live Music
& Dinner
7pm-Midnight
$10
suggested donation
Midnight AfterParty
with
Tato Torres
& The Urban Jbaros of
YERBABUENA
$5
suggested donation
@
El Maestro
Cultural & Educational Center
700 Elton Ave. 2nd Floor
The Bronx, NYC
718-585-6753
_____________________________________________________________
Tato Laviera
_____________________________________________________________
Tato Laviera (b.1951), is one of the most influential and enduring voices in Puerto Rican literature. Tato Laviera's poetry and plays traverse the cultural and linguistic borders that separate Spanish and English binding together all realities of the Puerto Rican experience. As one of the key figures in the development of the Nuyorican sensibility in literature, Tato's work encodes the history of the Puerto Rican Diaspora as a way to remain culturally mobile between the island and the mainland. The Afro-Boricua rhythms that pulsate in his poems fuse Spanish, English, and Spanglish together in an intoxicating articulation of transnational and transcultural identity.
Published works include:
La Carreta Made a U-Turn. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1979.
AmeRcan. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1985.
Enclave. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1985.
Mainstream Ethics-Etica Corriente. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1988.
SistahUnderground
&
El Maestro
present
A Celebration of the Work of Poet/Playwrite Tato Laviera
hosted by Mariposa
Friday, April 29th, 2006
7PM
Featured Poets
Live Music
& Dinner
7pm-Midnight
$10
suggested donation
Midnight AfterParty
with
Tato Torres
& The Urban Jbaros of
YERBABUENA
$5
suggested donation
@
El Maestro
Cultural & Educational Center
700 Elton Ave. 2nd Floor
The Bronx, NYC
718-585-6753
_____________________________________________________________
Tato Laviera
_____________________________________________________________
Tato Laviera (b.1951), is one of the most influential and enduring voices in Puerto Rican literature. Tato Laviera's poetry and plays traverse the cultural and linguistic borders that separate Spanish and English binding together all realities of the Puerto Rican experience. As one of the key figures in the development of the Nuyorican sensibility in literature, Tato's work encodes the history of the Puerto Rican Diaspora as a way to remain culturally mobile between the island and the mainland. The Afro-Boricua rhythms that pulsate in his poems fuse Spanish, English, and Spanglish together in an intoxicating articulation of transnational and transcultural identity.
Published works include:
La Carreta Made a U-Turn. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1979.
AmeRcan. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1985.
Enclave. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1985.
Mainstream Ethics-Etica Corriente. Houston: Arte Pblico Press, 1988.
My Buddy Icon / April 07-14, 2006
NYC-based photoblogger Newell the Jewell has chosen an image of the famous "Flaming June" painting as his buddy icon on his photo site at flickr and provides some interesting tidbits. Click on the image to go to the photo page.
Friday, April 07, 2006
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Support PRSUN
If you want to support PRSUN TV, an independently produced monthly cultural arts show that airs on public access TV in the Bronx, there are several things you can do:
1. Tune in/watch the show (It now airs at 3:30 p.m. Mondays.)
2. Contribute ideas of shows that you would like to see on the air/send feedback
3. Underwrite -- to help support miscellaneous costs to produce the show (i.e. tapes to record, edit and dub shows, and other expenses related to the production of the TV show). To contribute, just click on the PayPal yellow icon here (at the bottom of this blog). Underwriters (business or individual) donating a product, service or funding to assist this show will be given noncommercial acknowledgement at the end of the show.
PRSUN TV as well as this blog are grassroots efforts.
Thank you.
1. Tune in/watch the show (It now airs at 3:30 p.m. Mondays.)
2. Contribute ideas of shows that you would like to see on the air/send feedback
3. Underwrite -- to help support miscellaneous costs to produce the show (i.e. tapes to record, edit and dub shows, and other expenses related to the production of the TV show). To contribute, just click on the PayPal yellow icon here (at the bottom of this blog). Underwriters (business or individual) donating a product, service or funding to assist this show will be given noncommercial acknowledgement at the end of the show.
PRSUN TV as well as this blog are grassroots efforts.
Thank you.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Bronx 3M
*Looking for Actors*
Casting a new film "Bronx 3M" (working title), the story of three Latino youths (Maria, Michael and Mona) coming of age in a city going up in flames.
Looking for all types and ages -- especially teenagers and young adults. Bilingual (English-Spanish) a plus. Deferred payment.
Please send an updated photo and resume to:
PRDream/MediaNoche
Attn: Clarisel Gonzalez
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029
"Bronx 3M" is produced under the auspices of MediaNoche's Digital Filmmakers Program and is made possible with the support of NY Foundation, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYSCA and individual donors.
Note: All correspondence should be mailed to the address listed above. Please do not send electronically. Only mailed correspondence will be considered.
Casting a new film "Bronx 3M" (working title), the story of three Latino youths (Maria, Michael and Mona) coming of age in a city going up in flames.
Looking for all types and ages -- especially teenagers and young adults. Bilingual (English-Spanish) a plus. Deferred payment.
Please send an updated photo and resume to:
PRDream/MediaNoche
Attn: Clarisel Gonzalez
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029
"Bronx 3M" is produced under the auspices of MediaNoche's Digital Filmmakers Program and is made possible with the support of NY Foundation, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYSCA and individual donors.
Note: All correspondence should be mailed to the address listed above. Please do not send electronically. Only mailed correspondence will be considered.
Acting Workshop
ACTING FOR THE CAMERA WORKSHOP - Learn from a PRO
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
A WEEKEND WORKSHOP: April 29 & 30, 10AM - 2PM
Develop your technique in front of the camera. Veteran film and theater actor Cathy Haase leads this highly informative workshop.
(Peruse her recently published book “ACTING FOR THE CAMERA” at Amazon.com)
Registration fee: $25
Workshop fee: $175
For more information or to register:
info@prdream.com or call 212.828.0401
PRdream/MediaNoche
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029
(Between Lexington and Third Avenues)
Take the IRT Lexington Avenue Local #6 train to East 103rd Street.
source: prdream.com
ACTING FOR THE CAMERA WORKSHOP - Learn from a PRO
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
A WEEKEND WORKSHOP: April 29 & 30, 10AM - 2PM
Develop your technique in front of the camera. Veteran film and theater actor Cathy Haase leads this highly informative workshop.
(Peruse her recently published book “ACTING FOR THE CAMERA” at Amazon.com)
Registration fee: $25
Workshop fee: $175
For more information or to register:
info@prdream.com or call 212.828.0401
PRdream/MediaNoche
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029
(Between Lexington and Third Avenues)
Take the IRT Lexington Avenue Local #6 train to East 103rd Street.
source: prdream.com
Interesting tidbit
In New York City, Puerto Ricans comprised a larger share of the city's Hispanic population (37%) than any other Hispanic group; they were particularly concentrated in the Bronx and Brooklyn, each of which contained more people of Puerto Rican origin than any other county in the nation.
- United States Census Bureau (2002)
In New York City, Puerto Ricans comprised a larger share of the city's Hispanic population (37%) than any other Hispanic group; they were particularly concentrated in the Bronx and Brooklyn, each of which contained more people of Puerto Rican origin than any other county in the nation.
- United States Census Bureau (2002)
Monday, March 27, 2006
Reminder
PRSUN TV airs in Manhattan tomorrow night (Tuesday)
What? Interviews and exhibit featuring the work of two Bronx boricua photographers:
Marisol Diaz and Enid Alvarez
When? 8:30 p.m., Channel 34, MNN
PRSUN TV is being repeated in the Bronx at 3:30 p.m. Mondays and 12:30 p.m. Thursdays, Channel 69, Bronxnet.
PRSUN TV airs in Manhattan tomorrow night (Tuesday)
What? Interviews and exhibit featuring the work of two Bronx boricua photographers:
Marisol Diaz and Enid Alvarez
When? 8:30 p.m., Channel 34, MNN
PRSUN TV is being repeated in the Bronx at 3:30 p.m. Mondays and 12:30 p.m. Thursdays, Channel 69, Bronxnet.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Friday, March 24, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
TV
"Chatting with Family and Friends" to Air in the Bronx
Hi All,
The following are the air dates for our first talk show "Chatting with Family and Friends," a studio team of diverse independent producers:
3/24/06 (Friday) 12PM
4/28/06 (Friday) 12PM
5/26/06 (Friday) 12PM
All three showings will be on channel 70, Bronxnet.
Tune in.
"Chatting with Family and Friends" to Air in the Bronx
Hi All,
The following are the air dates for our first talk show "Chatting with Family and Friends," a studio team of diverse independent producers:
3/24/06 (Friday) 12PM
4/28/06 (Friday) 12PM
5/26/06 (Friday) 12PM
All three showings will be on channel 70, Bronxnet.
Tune in.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Dance
Los Pleneros de la 21 are currently running their popular Bomba and Plena Community Workshops!
Sessions are available for:
- Adults
- Children and Youth
Register now and receive quality percussion, dance and song instruction in Bomba and Plena by master and veteran LP21 artists!
Children and Youth Sessions also provide unique instruction in puppet theater - students will learn how to act, and create their own puppets to create a lively Carnaval Show! (Classes run every Friday from 4:30 - 6:30 until May, 2006
Adult sessions provide intense two hours of instruction! Classes run every Saturday until April 8, 2006. Sessions will begin once again JUNE 3 until July 1st.
All sessions are held at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center @
1680 Lexington Avenue and 106th Street
Room 213
El Barrio, NY 10029
CALL NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER!
212-427-5221
Los Pleneros de la 21 are currently running their popular Bomba and Plena Community Workshops!
Sessions are available for:
- Adults
- Children and Youth
Register now and receive quality percussion, dance and song instruction in Bomba and Plena by master and veteran LP21 artists!
Children and Youth Sessions also provide unique instruction in puppet theater - students will learn how to act, and create their own puppets to create a lively Carnaval Show! (Classes run every Friday from 4:30 - 6:30 until May, 2006
Adult sessions provide intense two hours of instruction! Classes run every Saturday until April 8, 2006. Sessions will begin once again JUNE 3 until July 1st.
All sessions are held at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center @
1680 Lexington Avenue and 106th Street
Room 213
El Barrio, NY 10029
CALL NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER!
212-427-5221
Community Calendar
A Cultural Extravanganza Honoring the Unique Genius
of Poet and Playwright El Reverendo Pedro Pietri
When: Saturday, April 1st, 2006, 12 Noon – 8:00 PM
Where: The Nuyorican Poets Café, 236 East 3rd Street (between Avenues B & C)
Info: Carmen Pietri-Diaz 212-780-9386 • nuyorican@mindspring.com
The late poet/playwright “El Reverendo” Pedro Pietri will be honored on Saturday, April 1st, 2006 by the New York City Arts community in a day-long Extravaganza of Poetry, Music & Performance. Reverend Pietri – who was more a dark genius poet than an actual holy man — wrote the ground-breaking “Puerto Rican Obituary,” a book-length poem evoking the harsh realities that Puerto Rican immigrants confronted in the US.
In a collaborative effort spearheaded by FEVA (Federation of East Village Artists), former councilwoman Margarita López, The Nuyorican Poets Café, and the merchants, residents and artists of East Third Street, the City of New York will officially rename the block of 3rd Street between Avenues B & C “Rev. Pedro Pietri Way.”
To commemorate this event, a street sign honoring Rev. Pedro Pietri will be posted during a day-long Block Celebration in front of the Nuyorican Poets Café, the legendary arts institution Rev. Pietri helped to establish. The celebration will include performances and presentations outside and inside of the café.
The First Annual Pedro Pietri Hand Awards will be presented to distinguished poets, playwrights, musicians, reporters and community activists. The award takes the form of a black-gloved hand, in honor of Pietri’s trademark accessory. It was designed by artist Adál Maldonado, who collaborated with Pietri on many projects, including the founding of the legendary outpost of bombast, El Puerto Rican Embassy, where “the most interesting minds of our great multicolorful generation congregate as heads of state to keep our aesthetic sancocho warm enough to escort our eternal tropical contemporary urban lifestyle through the 21st Century.”
And in a surrealistic act worthy of the Nuyorican-Dadaist poet/playwright, El Puerto Rican Embassy and the Nuyorican Poets Café will canonize Rev. Pedro as the first Saint of The Church of Our Mother of Tomatoes. On this historic day, Rev. Pedro will become San Pedro Poeta: Patron Saint of Poets & Lost Typewriters, and Spanglish Metaphor Consultant in the Hereafter. Fellow poets and artists will testify to the poetic miracles of Rev. Pietri through marathon readings and performances.
Rev. Pietri was one of the most original poets of the 20th century, and it is fitting that equally legendary performers will be there to honor him: Salsa legends Willie Colón and Dave Valentín, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café Miguel Algarín, poets Amiri Baraka, Sandra Maria Esteves, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, Mariposa, and The Welfare Poets. Also appearing, DJ extraordinaire Little Louie Vega, Daily News columnist Juan González, among others; hosted by political activist Dylcia Pagan and Obie award winning director/writer Frank Perez.
A series of videos of Pietri performing some of his classics pieces, such as The Spanglish National Anthem, Unseen Faces, Help Me I Can See and The Puerto Rican Obituary will premiere at the Café.
Guests and participants are encouraged to wear Black Attire in honor of Rev. Pedro Pietri’s dark style.
A Cultural Extravanganza Honoring the Unique Genius
of Poet and Playwright El Reverendo Pedro Pietri
When: Saturday, April 1st, 2006, 12 Noon – 8:00 PM
Where: The Nuyorican Poets Café, 236 East 3rd Street (between Avenues B & C)
Info: Carmen Pietri-Diaz 212-780-9386 • nuyorican@mindspring.com
The late poet/playwright “El Reverendo” Pedro Pietri will be honored on Saturday, April 1st, 2006 by the New York City Arts community in a day-long Extravaganza of Poetry, Music & Performance. Reverend Pietri – who was more a dark genius poet than an actual holy man — wrote the ground-breaking “Puerto Rican Obituary,” a book-length poem evoking the harsh realities that Puerto Rican immigrants confronted in the US.
In a collaborative effort spearheaded by FEVA (Federation of East Village Artists), former councilwoman Margarita López, The Nuyorican Poets Café, and the merchants, residents and artists of East Third Street, the City of New York will officially rename the block of 3rd Street between Avenues B & C “Rev. Pedro Pietri Way.”
To commemorate this event, a street sign honoring Rev. Pedro Pietri will be posted during a day-long Block Celebration in front of the Nuyorican Poets Café, the legendary arts institution Rev. Pietri helped to establish. The celebration will include performances and presentations outside and inside of the café.
The First Annual Pedro Pietri Hand Awards will be presented to distinguished poets, playwrights, musicians, reporters and community activists. The award takes the form of a black-gloved hand, in honor of Pietri’s trademark accessory. It was designed by artist Adál Maldonado, who collaborated with Pietri on many projects, including the founding of the legendary outpost of bombast, El Puerto Rican Embassy, where “the most interesting minds of our great multicolorful generation congregate as heads of state to keep our aesthetic sancocho warm enough to escort our eternal tropical contemporary urban lifestyle through the 21st Century.”
And in a surrealistic act worthy of the Nuyorican-Dadaist poet/playwright, El Puerto Rican Embassy and the Nuyorican Poets Café will canonize Rev. Pedro as the first Saint of The Church of Our Mother of Tomatoes. On this historic day, Rev. Pedro will become San Pedro Poeta: Patron Saint of Poets & Lost Typewriters, and Spanglish Metaphor Consultant in the Hereafter. Fellow poets and artists will testify to the poetic miracles of Rev. Pietri through marathon readings and performances.
Rev. Pietri was one of the most original poets of the 20th century, and it is fitting that equally legendary performers will be there to honor him: Salsa legends Willie Colón and Dave Valentín, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café Miguel Algarín, poets Amiri Baraka, Sandra Maria Esteves, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, Mariposa, and The Welfare Poets. Also appearing, DJ extraordinaire Little Louie Vega, Daily News columnist Juan González, among others; hosted by political activist Dylcia Pagan and Obie award winning director/writer Frank Perez.
A series of videos of Pietri performing some of his classics pieces, such as The Spanglish National Anthem, Unseen Faces, Help Me I Can See and The Puerto Rican Obituary will premiere at the Café.
Guests and participants are encouraged to wear Black Attire in honor of Rev. Pedro Pietri’s dark style.
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