Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Puerto Rican Day Parade "RMIX" Exhibit

Celebrate a Virtual Puerto Rican Day Parade

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The "Puerto Rican Day Parade, Remix on FLICKR" group www.flickr.com/groups/393849@N23/ is a companion to a live art exhibit titled: "Puerto Rican Day Parade, Remix" which is scheduled to open Wednesday, 6 June 2007 at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center located on 107 Suffolk Street, New York NY 10002 (212) 260-4080 This group exhibit is being co-curated by art historian Dr. Yasmin Ramirez, and artist Luis Carle who is the Director of OPART, Inc., the arts organization that is presenting this exhibit.

In the spirit of the "real-time" exhibit in NYC, this online virtual "Puerto Rican Day Parade, Remix on FLICKR" represents an historical first. Not counting "live video-streaming" of actual parades, this may be the very first "virtual" Puerto RIcan Day Parade, ever!

Welcome to the future....you're there! This cyber parade offers an alternative venue for articulating our cultural symbols and icons while celebrating the political, emotional and spiritual meaning that these symbols authentically bring forth in us.


For those of you who are nearby but unable to attend, or are part of the “Rican” Diaspora in far flung parts around the globe, this group invites you to participate by commenting and posting images of past and or future Puerto Rican Day Parades (PRDP). Those of you who will be attending PRDPs in your geographical area, please submit your images to this group and tell us how it was for you!

These images can be straightforward, reality based, whimsical or fantasies of alternative reality parades. Your sincerity, good humor and respect for diverse opinions will earn you extra participant points.

Though we are united in our ethnic pride, it is understood that within this unity there is also diversity. That having been said, there will be no ideological or artistic litmus test applied here though we ask you to use your best judgment based on your own personal sense of excellence and good taste. The idea is to have fun, think, laugh and celebrate our “Puertoriqueñidad”, not just among ourselves, but the world.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

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Bronx Puerto Rican Parade
Community Calendar

Pregones Theater ends 27th Season with THE BEEP,
a new musical play featuring works by Pedro Pietri

New York – Pregones Theater closes its 27th theatrical season with the world premiere of THE BEEP, a Latino musical theater revue with texts by pioneering Puerto Rican writers Pedro Pietri, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Manuel Méndez Ballester, Jesús Colón, and others.
From the island’s mountains to New York’s barrios, the play gives life to a tapestry of Puerto Rican characters that leave messages from one generation of migrants to the next. Their stories are drawn from award-winning texts including Pietri’s legendary Puerto Rican Obituary and Out of Order/Telephone Booth poems, Ortiz Cofer’s Silent Dancing, winner of a PEN/Martha Albrand Special Citation, Méndez’s classic Don Goyito, and Colón’s The Way It Was. Their words are matched to a rich musical score that resonates with the sounds of our barrios, past and present. THE BEEP is both specific and universal, and the harmonized voices of a bright ensemble of actors and musicians are sure to captivate all audiences.
THE BEEP is directed by Rosalba Rolón with music by Desmar Guevara. Production design is by Harry Nadal (sets, costumes) and Jason Sturm (lighting). Starring Varín Ayala, Rosal Colón, Sol Marina Crespo, Elise Hernández, Omar Pérez, and musicians Waldo Chávez, Roberto Rosario, Desmar Guevara and guest artist José Rivera from Los Pleneros de la 21.
Suitable for the entire family, performances are in English and Spanish, with dual language supertitles translations. The show runs until June 3rd.

The performance calendar for THE BEEP is:

Thursday, May 31, 7:30 p.m.

Fridays, May 25, June 1, 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays, May 26, June 2, 7:30 p.m.

Sundays, May 27, June 3, 3 p.m.

Shows are at the new Pregones Theater, 575 Walton Avenue between 149th and 150th sreets, just south of Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx. To purchase tickets, get directions, or get additional information including special weekday group matinees, please call 718-585-1202 or visit Pregones Theater online at www.pregones.org.

source: Pregones
Featured story

65th U.S. Army Regiment is remembered
Puerto Rican unit in Korean War

By Priyanka Dayal TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER— Scanning the faded black-and-white prints sitting on the table, Myles E. Geer, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, paused and pointed to a photo of one soldier.
“He was killed,” he said.
Mr. Geer scanned the photos again. “But we had fun, too,” he said, pointing to two men wrestling with a football near a leafy tree.
Mr. Geer served in the Puerto Rican 65th U.S. Army Infantry Regiment, an all-volunteer unit that was among the biggest, best trained and most successful regiments to fight in the Korean War.
For more, go to www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070524/NEWS/705240692.
Community Calendar

Sunday, May 27
Loisaida Street Festival
Loisaida Avenue (Avenue C) from 5th to 12th Streets

Bassist Joe Falcón and poet Bobby Gonzalez will be mc'ing an Open Mic.
All poets, musicians and performance artists are welcome to join in

Place: "Avenue C Cafe"
5th Street and Avenue C
(near Adela's Restaurant)
Time: 2 - 8 pm

For information, call 212-477 5993 or visit www.5ccc.com