In the Mailbox
Saludos Clarisel, encontré su blog a traves de puertoblogs.com y me pareció tremendo. Soy un boricua residente de NJ. Yo también disfruto de la escritura y la pongo en practica para un blog que he llamado Corillo Gainesviliano, que entre otras cosas, trata el tema de la diáspora boricua. Comparto con usted el link y le deseo mucho éxito con Puerto Rico Sun Communications.
http://www.corillogainesviliano.com/blog
Wilfredo
Editor's Note: This link will be available to Puerto Rico Sun readers under our "resource list" section.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The Bronx Says: 'Que Viva Puerto Rico'
Despite today's rain, the Bronx celebrated its Puerto Rican Day Parade along the Grand Concourse. For more photos of parade, which this year marked its 20th anniversary, visit my photo page at www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel. !Que Viva!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Community Calendar
Afrolatin@ Forum presents
Black Latino Lineages and Linkages: Historical Ties that Bind
Saturday, May 17, 1 to 4 p.m.
Schomburg Center, 135th Street & Malcolm X Blvd., Harlem
Public conversation on the historical and cultural connections between New York's African American and Caribbean communities with particular attention to the AfroLatino/a experience. This event is co-hosted by Schomburg Center & El Museo del Barrio.
Afrolatin@ Forum presents
Black Latino Lineages and Linkages: Historical Ties that Bind
Saturday, May 17, 1 to 4 p.m.
Schomburg Center, 135th Street & Malcolm X Blvd., Harlem
Public conversation on the historical and cultural connections between New York's African American and Caribbean communities with particular attention to the AfroLatino/a experience. This event is co-hosted by Schomburg Center & El Museo del Barrio.
The East Harlem Arts Weekend is Here!
REMINDER
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Symposium on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Arts Festival on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
The East Harlem Arts Symposium
Saturday May 17th 1 to 4 p.m.
Reece School, 25 E. 104th St. bet. Mad. and 5th
Opening Plenary Session celebrating the historic role of the arts in defining the East Harlem we know today. Followed by break-out sessions for small arts organizations and individual/freelancing artists. Refreshments will be served.
The 5th Annual East Harlem Arts Festival
Sunday May 18th noon to 5 p.m.
E. 106th St. / Julia de Burgos Blvd
bet. 3rd and Park
The East Harlem Arts Festival will feature art, food and live music. Zon Del Barrio will be performing on East 106th Street / Julia de Burgos Blvd. between Third and Park Avenues. Free to the public.
Editor's Note: I will be there, representing Puerto Rico Sun Communications. See you there.
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Symposium on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Arts Festival on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
The East Harlem Arts Symposium
Saturday May 17th 1 to 4 p.m.
Reece School, 25 E. 104th St. bet. Mad. and 5th
Opening Plenary Session celebrating the historic role of the arts in defining the East Harlem we know today. Followed by break-out sessions for small arts organizations and individual/freelancing artists. Refreshments will be served.
The 5th Annual East Harlem Arts Festival
Sunday May 18th noon to 5 p.m.
E. 106th St. / Julia de Burgos Blvd
bet. 3rd and Park
The East Harlem Arts Festival will feature art, food and live music. Zon Del Barrio will be performing on East 106th Street / Julia de Burgos Blvd. between Third and Park Avenues. Free to the public.
Editor's Note: I will be there, representing Puerto Rico Sun Communications. See you there.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
In the Mailbox
Senate Stands up to Big Media
Just moments ago, by a near-unanimous vote, the Senate stood up to Big Media. They voted to throw out the FCC decision to let the largest media companies swallow up even more local media.
This is simply an astounding victory, and it would not have happened without the massive grassroots effort by you and thousands of others who called their senators, sent more than a quarter million letters, posted thousands of pictures and stories on StopBigMedia.com, and testified at public hearings held by the FCC.
It was your dedication that made today's Senate win possible.
Today was a huge step forward, but there is still much to do. The fight against the FCC now moves to the House, where our elected representatives need to hear from us.
President Bush has promised that he will try to veto this bill. But tonight the Senate and the American people have spoken with one voice. This historic vote sends a clear message that the only people who support more media consolidation are Big Media lobbyists and the White House.
We are in this struggle to bring more minority ownership, diverse perspectives and independent voices to the media. We need to make media consolidation an election-year issue. And we need to start talking about how to break up the giant conglomerates.
Corporate news today -- with its propaganda pundits, horse-race election coverage, and celebrity gossip -- undermines our democracy. We must continue to speak out and demand that the public airwaves be used to actually serve the public.
In just three weeks, thousands of people will be gathering together in Minnesota to build the movement for better media. You can join them at the National Conference for Media Reform, just visit www.freepress.net/conference.
For today, know that you played a key role in the fight for better media for all.
Thank you,
Josh Silver
Executive Director
Free Press Action Fund
Senate Stands up to Big Media
Just moments ago, by a near-unanimous vote, the Senate stood up to Big Media. They voted to throw out the FCC decision to let the largest media companies swallow up even more local media.
This is simply an astounding victory, and it would not have happened without the massive grassroots effort by you and thousands of others who called their senators, sent more than a quarter million letters, posted thousands of pictures and stories on StopBigMedia.com, and testified at public hearings held by the FCC.
It was your dedication that made today's Senate win possible.
Today was a huge step forward, but there is still much to do. The fight against the FCC now moves to the House, where our elected representatives need to hear from us.
President Bush has promised that he will try to veto this bill. But tonight the Senate and the American people have spoken with one voice. This historic vote sends a clear message that the only people who support more media consolidation are Big Media lobbyists and the White House.
We are in this struggle to bring more minority ownership, diverse perspectives and independent voices to the media. We need to make media consolidation an election-year issue. And we need to start talking about how to break up the giant conglomerates.
Corporate news today -- with its propaganda pundits, horse-race election coverage, and celebrity gossip -- undermines our democracy. We must continue to speak out and demand that the public airwaves be used to actually serve the public.
In just three weeks, thousands of people will be gathering together in Minnesota to build the movement for better media. You can join them at the National Conference for Media Reform, just visit www.freepress.net/conference.
For today, know that you played a key role in the fight for better media for all.
Thank you,
Josh Silver
Executive Director
Free Press Action Fund
Community Calendar
Los Pleneros de la 21's 23RD ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF
LAS FIESTAS DE CRUZ
8 p.m., Thursday May 15th – Saturday May 17th
Julia de Burgos Cultural Center
1680 Lexington Avenue, El Barrio, NY
Suggested Donation: $5
3 evenings of riveting music for your soul!
¡Mayo Florido ha llegado! We are proud to invite to you our 23rd Annual Celebration of Las Fiestas de Cruz.
Join us for the celebration of this 200+ year old Puerto Rican tradition. With live music, food and beverages, you will be transported to an age-old celebration that is now embraced by Puerto Ricans and New Yorkers of all ages.
These three consecutive evenings of celebrations bring to you two hours of chanted rosaries accompanied by LP21’s swinging musical style! The final evening climaxes with an electrifying LP21 performance.
For more information, (212) 427-5221 / rioloizapr@yahoo.com
Los Pleneros de la 21
1680 Lexington Avenue, Room 209
El Barrio, NY 10029
T: 212-427-5221 / F: 212-427-5339
rioloizapr@yahoo.com / pleneros21@aol.com
www.losplenerosdela21.org/www.myspace.com/losplenerosdela21
Los Pleneros de la 21's 23RD ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF
LAS FIESTAS DE CRUZ
8 p.m., Thursday May 15th – Saturday May 17th
Julia de Burgos Cultural Center
1680 Lexington Avenue, El Barrio, NY
Suggested Donation: $5
3 evenings of riveting music for your soul!
¡Mayo Florido ha llegado! We are proud to invite to you our 23rd Annual Celebration of Las Fiestas de Cruz.
Join us for the celebration of this 200+ year old Puerto Rican tradition. With live music, food and beverages, you will be transported to an age-old celebration that is now embraced by Puerto Ricans and New Yorkers of all ages.
These three consecutive evenings of celebrations bring to you two hours of chanted rosaries accompanied by LP21’s swinging musical style! The final evening climaxes with an electrifying LP21 performance.
For more information, (212) 427-5221 / rioloizapr@yahoo.com
Los Pleneros de la 21
1680 Lexington Avenue, Room 209
El Barrio, NY 10029
T: 212-427-5221 / F: 212-427-5339
rioloizapr@yahoo.com / pleneros21@aol.com
www.losplenerosdela21.org/www.myspace.com/losplenerosdela21
I wish...
Pensamientos
I wish the Puerto Rican
Day Parade was a cultural
festival rather than a
commercial one -- Samaris Ayala
I wish the Puerto Rican
Day Parade was a cultural
festival rather than a
commercial one -- Samaris Ayala
NCPRR to Meet in Philadelphia
In the Mailbox
Saludos Familia!
You are cordially invited to attend the next meeting of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR) to be celebrated in Philadelphia. This meeting (at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community Bilingual Charter School, 4322 North 5th St. in Philadelphia) will center on the continuing process of reorganizing the group and is being hosted by the Philadelphia Committee of the NCPRR. Our meetings are open to the general public.
Following the meeting, there will be a "Meet & Greet Reception" for those interested in the NCPRR. An agenda will be sent to all those who confirm their attendance. Also, anyone who did not receive the minutes from the March 29th meeting in New York can request a copy. If you are planning to attend and coming from out of town, there are some limited accomodations available. For that information, please contact Joe Garcia of the Philadelphia Committee at joegarcia1@verizon.net
Come out and help rebuild the NCPRR. Gracias,
Victor Vazquez
President
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
veteran712004@yahoo.com
Saludos Familia!
You are cordially invited to attend the next meeting of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR) to be celebrated in Philadelphia. This meeting (at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community Bilingual Charter School, 4322 North 5th St. in Philadelphia) will center on the continuing process of reorganizing the group and is being hosted by the Philadelphia Committee of the NCPRR. Our meetings are open to the general public.
Following the meeting, there will be a "Meet & Greet Reception" for those interested in the NCPRR. An agenda will be sent to all those who confirm their attendance. Also, anyone who did not receive the minutes from the March 29th meeting in New York can request a copy. If you are planning to attend and coming from out of town, there are some limited accomodations available. For that information, please contact Joe Garcia of the Philadelphia Committee at joegarcia1@verizon.net
Come out and help rebuild the NCPRR. Gracias,
Victor Vazquez
President
National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
veteran712004@yahoo.com
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Congrats to 'In the Heights' for Tony Nods
"In the Heights," a new musical playing on Broadway inspired by NYC's largely Latino Washington Heights neighborhood, has been nominated for 13 Tony awards, more than any other show.
Boricua Lin-Manuel Miranda, the musical's writer and lead actor, was nominated for best performance by a leading actor in a musical. He is up against Daniel Evans, "Sunday in the Park with George," Stew, "Passing Strange," Paulo Szot, "South Pacific," and Tom Wopat, "A Catered Affair."
"In the Heights" was nominated in a variety of categories, signaling good chances this musical will win and even sweep in the Tony awards.
Here's the list of Tony nominations for "In the Heights":
Best Musical
Best Actor
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Featured Actress
Olga Merediz
Best Featured Actor
Robin de Jesús
Best Score
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Book
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Best Director
Thomas Kail
Best Choreography
Andy Blankenbuehler
Best Orchestrations
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman
Best Scenic Design
Anna Louizos
Best Costume Design
Paul Tazewell
Best Lighting Design
Howell Binkley
Best Sound Design
Acme Sound Partners
The Tonys will be given June 15.
Meanwhile, Miranda is asking audience members to nominate "In the Heights" for the Broadway.com Audience Awards. Fans take a survey to pick who's the best on Broadway. To cast your votes: http://survey.livetheatricalevents.com/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?s=1BDBD7BD0D70413D88FE532F428E103F
Puerto Rico Sun wishes "In the Heights" good luck. I had the pleasure of seeing this musical twice, and I know it deserves the Tony recognition. Felicidades. "Paciencia y fe".
To learn more about this musical, go to the official site at
http://intheheightsthemusical.com/. -- Clarisel Gonzalez
(photos by Clarisel Gonzalez)
La Casa Azul Promotes Latino Culture
Featured Entrepreneur: Aurora Anaya-Cerda
From left, Former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Dylcia Pagan and La Casa Azul's Aurora Anaya-Cerda pose for a photo at a recent La Casa Azul bookstore event. (Photo by Ismael Nunez)
Cultural activist Aurora Anaya-Cerda is working to preserve the Latino voices of El Barrio through her labor of love: La Casa Azul, a new independent bookstore and café that will open in NYC’s El Barrio later this year. The shop, however, is up and running online at www.lacasaazulbookstore.com.
The bookstore, Anaya-Cerda said, serves as an opportunity to share the Latino experience in writing, art, and history. When the store space in El Barrio finally opens, it will offer a collection of books, music, and history from the United States, Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
“We want to provide a place of knowledge to the community through contemporary bilingual literature, featuring works by Latino writers,” Anaya-Cerda said of her La Casa Azul, which means blue house in Spanish.
Anaya-Cerda said she drew her inspiration from Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954). Kahlo was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as European influences. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain. Her "Blue" house, located in Coyoacan, Mexico City is now a popular museum, donated by Diego Rivera after Kahlo's death in 1954.
Two other goals she has for the bookstore is to “provide culturally relevant books and events” and to “provide awareness and political consciousness on issues that affect Latin Americans in New York City.”
Why open a small business in the business in East Harlem? “There was something about this community that just caught my eye,” she said. “I saw a proud diversity of people, gifted artists. This is the place for a bookstore. Community/artists already have given full pledged support.”
For now, Casa Azul is only a virtual shop. But it does have activities offline. For example, there is a Barrio Book Club that meets once a month at local restaurants. The club’s next book is “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” by Junot Diaz who recently won the Pulitzer fiction prize for this novel that took him 11 years to complete.
Elisha Miranda, author and poet, has said: “This bookstore is a welcomed addition to El Barrio during a time when non-Latinos are flooding in this neighborhood and pushing out locally owned businesses that reflect our Diaspora.” -- Ismael Nunez
From left, Former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Dylcia Pagan and La Casa Azul's Aurora Anaya-Cerda pose for a photo at a recent La Casa Azul bookstore event. (Photo by Ismael Nunez)
Cultural activist Aurora Anaya-Cerda is working to preserve the Latino voices of El Barrio through her labor of love: La Casa Azul, a new independent bookstore and café that will open in NYC’s El Barrio later this year. The shop, however, is up and running online at www.lacasaazulbookstore.com.
The bookstore, Anaya-Cerda said, serves as an opportunity to share the Latino experience in writing, art, and history. When the store space in El Barrio finally opens, it will offer a collection of books, music, and history from the United States, Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
“We want to provide a place of knowledge to the community through contemporary bilingual literature, featuring works by Latino writers,” Anaya-Cerda said of her La Casa Azul, which means blue house in Spanish.
Anaya-Cerda said she drew her inspiration from Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954). Kahlo was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as European influences. Many of her works are self-portraits that symbolically express her own pain. Her "Blue" house, located in Coyoacan, Mexico City is now a popular museum, donated by Diego Rivera after Kahlo's death in 1954.
Two other goals she has for the bookstore is to “provide culturally relevant books and events” and to “provide awareness and political consciousness on issues that affect Latin Americans in New York City.”
Why open a small business in the business in East Harlem? “There was something about this community that just caught my eye,” she said. “I saw a proud diversity of people, gifted artists. This is the place for a bookstore. Community/artists already have given full pledged support.”
For now, Casa Azul is only a virtual shop. But it does have activities offline. For example, there is a Barrio Book Club that meets once a month at local restaurants. The club’s next book is “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” by Junot Diaz who recently won the Pulitzer fiction prize for this novel that took him 11 years to complete.
Elisha Miranda, author and poet, has said: “This bookstore is a welcomed addition to El Barrio during a time when non-Latinos are flooding in this neighborhood and pushing out locally owned businesses that reflect our Diaspora.” -- Ismael Nunez
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