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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Community Calendar

Art and Dance Fest in the Streets of NYC's El Barrio

Community Board 11 and State Senator José M. Serrano will host the fourth annual East Harlem Arts Festival on Saturday, August 18, from noon to 5 p.m. at 106th Street from Third to Park avenues.

Free music, dance and theatrical performances will take place on the Third Avenue stage. This year's headliners include Aurora & Zon Del Barrio who will perform at 4 p.m.; The Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Star Quartet, and the Mexican music and dance troupe Semilla.

This year, local designer Nicole Romano will present a special fashion show on the Third Avenue stage. Romano's work has appeared in "Sex in the City" and a variety of fashion magazines. Celebrities, including Alicia Keys and Eva Mendes, have worn her creations.

The Puerto Rican Intercultural Drama Ensemble (PRIDE) will perform excerpts from playwright Eugene Rodriguez's "Our Times," a mix of Nuyorican poetry and salsa.

For more information, contact Chris Bell at (212) 831-8929 or cbell@cb11m.org .

Friday, August 10, 2007

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Wednesday, August 08, 2007

University of Puerto Rico Clock Tower

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Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Community Calendar

LA CARAVANA/THE CARAVAN
Carnival Masquerade with Live Music

Pregones Theater's 9th Summer Stage Tour is now underway with FREE outdoors performances of LA CARAVANA/THE CARAVAN in metropolitan NY, NJ, and CT, as part of the 2007 JPMorgan Chase Summer Arts Series.

Dressed in colorful banners and traditional Puerto Rican "vejigante" (carnival masquerader) costumes, the play is based on the poem "The Saltimbanco's Elegy" by great Puerto Rican poet Luis Pales Matos and on the folk legend of Maria Sabida as told by award-winning author Judith Ortiz Cofer. PERFECT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES!

Go to www.pregones.org for more information on show times.