Friday, January 11, 2008

FOOD NETWORK TO FILM PRIME TIME SHOW AT FB LOUNGE!
AUDIENCE NEEDED!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, Sign-in at 12:30pm

FB LOUNGE, NYC
172 East 106th St. (bet 3rd and Lex)

Come be a part of a live television audience, as the FB Lounge (in NYC's El Barrio) hosts Food Network for a program featuring restaurateur Jorge Ayala of La Fonda Boricua.

Food Network is filming Jorge and for a new TV series

Please join Latin food fans, and chicken and rice lovers for this one-of-a-kind event.

RSVP: vanessa@orderup.tv

Sunset in Old San Juan


Sunset in Old San Juan
Originally uploaded by vergentino.

Monday, January 07, 2008

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Originally uploaded by clarisel.
Luis Cordero, owner and co-founder of Cemi Underground, and moi at the January 4 opening reception of the Un Caribe en NY photo exhibit, a group show.

Exhibit runs thru January 18. For more info. visit www.cemiunderground.com or www.flickr.com/groups/uncaribeenny

P.S. You are invited to a closing reception from 6 to 8 p.m. January 17 at Cemi Underground.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

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Originally uploaded by clarisel.
Feliz Dia de Reyes. Happy Three Kings Day.

Photo depicts a Three Kings display at Cemi Underground in NYC's El Barrio. For more info., go to www.cemiunderground.com.

Friday, January 04, 2008

Un Caribe en NY Photo Exhibit


Un Caribe en NY Photo Exhibit
Originally uploaded by clarisel.
Post Updated on Jan.5: Thanks to everyone who came out to the opening reception last night.

We appreciate your support. For those who couldn't make it, the exhibit runs until January 18.

Just in: Cemi Underground will be having a closing party for our exhibit on January 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. Eliud Martinez, one of the photographers featuring, is planning to provide us with music for the night.

Boricuas represent.

Clarisel

Monday, December 31, 2007

Felicidades en 2008


Felicidades en 2008
Originally uploaded by Jorge Rodriguez.
Saludos a todos los amigos.
Adornos navideños en Jayuya, Puerto Rico.

Jorge Rodriguez

Friday, December 28, 2007

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Sery Colon @ Cemí Underground (212) 860-2820 info@cemiunderground.com www.cemiunderground.com

Cemí Underground Kicks Off 2008 with ‘Un Caribe en Nueva York’

EAST HARLEM — Cemí Underground presents “Un Caribe en Nueva York” photo exhibit from January 4-18, featuring a collection of images from Puerto Rico and New York City. The exhibit explores Puerto Rican culture through the lens of New York City-based boricua photographers Chris Lopez, Eliud Martinez and Clarisel Gonzalez (who is also the exhibit’s curator).
"When we launched Cemí Underground it was with the goal of establishing an entity that would add another voice to the desperately few voices promoting and proclaiming our art and artists to the world," says Luis Cordero, co-founder of Cemí Underground, a cultural haven in El Barrio. "Our weekly events and art exhibitions give an opportunity to our artistic community to share their talent and hone their skills as well."

Come celebrate the New Year with us with these talented artists. The opening reception kicks off at 6 p.m. January 4 at Cemí Underground, 1799 Lexington Avenue @ E. 112 St. Admission is free and refreshments will be served. The exhibit will run until January 18. The hours are Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.

About the photographers:
Chris Lopez is a photojournalist who has dedicated the bulk of his photographic work to Puerto Rican culture. The images on exhibit are from “Puerto York,” a body of work documenting the boricua experience in Puerto Rico and New York.
Eliud Martinez is a photographer and writer whose diverse professional activities and art have drawn him to understand human interactions in the context of multiculturalism, human rights and social justice. These values are implicit in his images.
Clarisel Gonzalez is a freelance journalist/independent producer. An active photoblogger, her goal is to use photography to empower, inform and celebrate life. She regularly highlights Puerto Rican/Latino themes in her images.
For more information on the artists, visit www.flickr.com/groups/uncaribeenny.
Cemí Underground is a Latino cultural shop and venue in East Harlem. For more information, contact Sery Colon at (212) 860-2820 or info@cemiunderground.com.

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