Sunday, April 16, 2006

Jesus "Papoleto" Melendez


Jesus "Papoleto" Melendez
Originally uploaded by clarisel.
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.

Annie and the Easter Basket


Annie and the Easter Basket
Originally uploaded by clarisel.
PRSUN wishes you a Happy Easter.

PRSUN les desea unas Felices Pascuas.

Esta es mi gatita (this is my cat) Annie.

Saludos. Clarisel

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

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Tato Laviera
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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.