PUERTO RICO SUN

Actress Jazmin Caratini is my guest at 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, at www.blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio. She is currently based in Puerto Rico. We'll talk on her acting career, her time in New York City and her transition back to Puerto Rico. We'll also chat on her current and future projects. Jazmin is an ACE-nominated actress. She was nominated for Best Actress in Classical Theater 2006 (NY) and for Best Actress in Drama 2007 (NY). For more, go to my blog at www.blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio . UPDATE: Listen to my interview with Jazmin at

Community calendar Puerto Rican citizen DON JUAN MARI BRAS “La Ciudadania Puertorriquena de los Boricuas en E.U.” 6:30 p.m., Thursday, June 11 EL MAESTRO, INC. 1029 E. 167th St. For more info, (646) 337-67775 Sponsors: EL MAESTRO, PARTIDO NACIONALISTA-JUNTA DE N.Y., COMITE 27 DE OCTUBRE, FUNDACION ANDRES FIGUEROA CORDERO,N.Y. FRIENDS OF PUERTO RICO AT THE ONU *There will be a bomba and plena cultural performance as part of this event featuring Don Juan Mari Bras.

Exhibition: Visions of Puerto Rico & Puerto Rican Pride June 12th – 28th – Opening Show 7-10 p.m. on June 12th Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, Inc. 107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan Contact: Mia Roman Hernandez - artbymamamia@yahoo.com / 646-361-6448 About the show: “Visions of Puerto Rico & Puerto Rican Pride” Celebrates Puerto Rican culture through Photography. The show will include more than fifty works by emerging and established artists from Puerto Rico, Miami Fl. and New York City. Each artist brings a unique style and vision. These artists have discovered the beauty, tales and the history to their culture in which has been incorporated into their craft of photography. Some of the pieces will depict Community, Urban settings, Music, Nature, Family, Politics and Spirituality. The photos will embrace the cultural empowerment of the Puerto Ricans and their pride. The photos will evoke emotion, feeling and discussion. We have bridged a gap between the Pu...

Premieres at 8 p.m. May 27 (ET on "Great Performances." See local listings. For more info., http://www.intheheightsthemusical.com. source: InTheHeightsBroadway @ YouTube

Hi gente, I am a NY Latino Community Examiner at www.examiner.com . Check out my article today titled "Cemi Underground's All-Star Extravaganza is more than a fundraiser." http://www.examiner.com/x-11970-NY-Latino-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d26-Cemi-Undergrounds-AllStar-Extravaganza-is-more-than-a-fundraiser

BRONX BORICUA for the high court. Way to go. President Barack Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday. Check out this blog entry in the New York Times' blog about this "Kid From the Bronx." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/politics/27websotomayor.html

My upcoming guest on PRSUN Radio is artist Alexander Aviles aka Elstabo who has self published a book titled Elstabo's Spanish Fly series, a collection of portrait paintings depicting women of Puerto Rican heritage. We'll chat on his art, why he self published a book and more. Tune in at 9 p.m. Wednesday at www.blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio . Here's some of his artwork: To view more of his artwork, go to his site at http://elstabo.com . To read his bio, go to my blog at http://blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio . (images courtesy of Alexander Aviles) UPDATE: My interview with Elstabo