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Featured artist Patty Dukes Puts Up Her Dukes for Art By Robert Waddell A strong Latina poet and self-described "hip-hop head," Patty Dukes remembers she put up her dukes to get where she is today. Patty Dukes, whose real name is Patricia Marte, recalled a fist smashed into her right arm, shocking her with bone rattling pain. Feeling stunned and frustrated, she left El Puente in Brooklyn, but she then bumped into Lemmon, the guy who had just hit her, outside on the street. She came up behind him and smashed him on the head with a fist. According to Dukes, he said, “‘Who do you think you are Patty? Put up your Dukes.’” And, the name stuck. Patricia Marte became Patty Dukes. That was 10 years ago. Dukes said she later learned that Lemmon, a poet who became her mentor, hit her as a way of getting her out of her shy shell and it worked. While in high school, Dukes recalls meeting poets like Lemmon, who would win a Tony Award for Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, the group Universes, L...
Community Calendar BRONXNET & Hostos Center for Arts & Culture Invite you to a free sneak preview screening of a docu-concert Featuring the BOMPLENAZO FEELING BOMBA Y PLENA (Puerto Rican coastal folk music and dance rooted in African Culture) *Wednesday, May 2, 6 p.m. at Hostos' Repertoire Theater 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx *COME EXPERIENCE THE VIBRANT SONG, DANCE AND DRUMS OF AN ART FORM THAT TELLS THE STORIES OF PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH PERFORMANCE* Admission with free ticket *Info & tickets: 718-518-4455* source: Bronxnet
Community Calendar The National Institute for Latino Policy invites you to a roundtable The State of Puerto Rican Politics in New York City A Conversation based on José Ramón Sánchez' new book, Boricua Power: A Political History of Puerto Ricans in the United States Tuesday, May 15, 2007 6:15pm NYUWagner The Puck Building 2nd Floor Conference Room 295 Lafayette Street (and Houston Street), New York, NY 10012-9604 (B,D,F,V to Broadway-Lafayette, N,R,W to Prince Street, 6 to Bleecker Street) Roundtable Participants Alicia Cardona Author, Rambling on Random Thoughts and New York Puerto Rican Women Achievers Arlene Davila Professor, Anthropology, Social and Cultural Analysis (American Studies), New York University: author, Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos and the Neoliberal City; Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People; and Sponsored Identities: Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico David Diaz Distinguished Lecturer in Media & Politics, City College (CUNY); formerly sen...
Featured story P.R. statehood debate gathers force By Jeff Patch The District of Columbia may be a step closer to statehood as the House voted last week to give D.C. a voting member in the House, but another battle over statehood -- one that has lingered for more than a century -- is emerging. Capitol Hill is debating two proposals to determine the status of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean island that has been part of the United States since 1898. Although obscure, the issue could certainly affect perceptions among Puerto Rican voters, who represent a significant segment of the Hispanic vote. For more, go to www.politico.com/news/stories/0407/3680.html