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Nuyoricans on the Move
A panel discussion on new research on Puerto Ricans in New York and Northeast on May 7 at Hunter College

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Artist Spotlight: Decimista Lourdes Perez

Lourdes Perez, born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, is described as a prolific contemporary recording artist, songwriter, composer, arranger, poet, vocalist and guitarist. She is also one of few female decimistas (writers of décima, a specialized form of Spanish poetry). Lourdes’ music – often conjuring comparisons to the soulful world music genres of cante jondo, morna and fado –draws from her jíbara (Puerto Rican mountain) roots and a socially conscious genre of Spanish/pan-Latin American music called nueva trova or nueva canción.
For more about Perez, go to:

http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public/Interviews/2007/LourdesPrez/index.cfm.

http://www.lourdesperez.com/home.html

http://www.myspace.com/lourdesperezmusic

The Sunrise and the Tower

The Sunrise and the Tower
Originally uploaded by Luis Angel Molina Quiñones.

Nuyorican Poetry is 'ALOUD & ALIVE'

The Town Hall presents
8 p.m. Tonight
Nuyorican Poets Café Third Millennium Celebration:
ALOUD & ALIVE AT 35!

This special evening of spoken word and music hosted by Rosie Perez and Flaco Navaja is sure to be a wild and joyous evening featuring many of the leading voices in the poetry & spoken word movement, including: La Bruja, Sandra María Esteves, Reg E Gaines, Carlos Andrés Gómez, Tato Laviera, Mariposa, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, Nancy Mercado, Kirk Nugent, Willie Perdomo, Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, Quincy Troupe, accompanied by the infectious Boricua Roots music of Yerba Buena. Come hear their powerful voices, dance to their music, and celebrate the 35th anniversary of a world-renowned literary movement!

For prices and more information, go to http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/pages/calendar/may.html

Originally uploaded by Luis Angel Molina Quiñones.