Remembering my Melody today.
Check out my site at flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel) for my animal portraits because as Ghandi said, "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
REMINDER: PRSUN has adopted animal rights as a cause and is currently raising money for the ASPCA through change.org. Go to http://www.change.org/profiles/prsun for more information. Help PRSUN do good.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008
'La Gran Familia'
Photography exhibit by Eliud Martinez
Part of the 4th annual Harlem Open Studio Tour
Noon to 6 p.m. today and tomorrow
MediaNoche gallery in NYC's El Barrio
1355 Park Ave., corner of 102nd St.
Free
Here's an invite from Martinez:
You are ALL invited...please come one and all!
"Many of these are the faces of my own family. Also represented here are friends, acquaintances and people I have encountered in my travels. What they share in common is a Creole cultural identity born out of slavery and colonialism that both synthesize and transcend race."
The primary artist on exhibit...Diogenes Ballester’s “Slave Registry” exhibit at the MediaNoche gallery will be able to see a projection of the Slave Registry of the Village of Ponce, a 19th Century text cataloguing African men, women and children as property to be sold on the auction block. The registry lists some of the ancestors of Puerto Ricans (white and black) by name and provides an eerie entrance into a world that legitimized the sale of human beings.
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As a counterpoint to the Slave Registry, Ballester created a “Free Registry”, allowing gallery visitors to share and participate in the historical process. According to Diogenes, “We experience the slave trade as a specific, local event in our country's history, but it is and has always been a global phenomenon, affecting many people in different parts of the world.”
Visitors to MediaNoche gallery can browse through the pages of the Slave Registry and comment in the Free Registry, both online at www.diogenes-ballester.com and www.diogenes-ballester.com/medianoche/re gistry.php
Editor's Note: Eliud Martinez aka as DeLares is a member of the Puerto Rico Sun photo group. You can check out his Familia photo set at flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/artedelares/sets/72157607516633827/
Part of the 4th annual Harlem Open Studio Tour
Noon to 6 p.m. today and tomorrow
MediaNoche gallery in NYC's El Barrio
1355 Park Ave., corner of 102nd St.
Free
Here's an invite from Martinez:
You are ALL invited...please come one and all!
"Many of these are the faces of my own family. Also represented here are friends, acquaintances and people I have encountered in my travels. What they share in common is a Creole cultural identity born out of slavery and colonialism that both synthesize and transcend race."
The primary artist on exhibit...Diogenes Ballester’s “Slave Registry” exhibit at the MediaNoche gallery will be able to see a projection of the Slave Registry of the Village of Ponce, a 19th Century text cataloguing African men, women and children as property to be sold on the auction block. The registry lists some of the ancestors of Puerto Ricans (white and black) by name and provides an eerie entrance into a world that legitimized the sale of human beings.
.................................................
As a counterpoint to the Slave Registry, Ballester created a “Free Registry”, allowing gallery visitors to share and participate in the historical process. According to Diogenes, “We experience the slave trade as a specific, local event in our country's history, but it is and has always been a global phenomenon, affecting many people in different parts of the world.”
Visitors to MediaNoche gallery can browse through the pages of the Slave Registry and comment in the Free Registry, both online at www.diogenes-ballester.com and www.diogenes-ballester.com/medianoche/re gistry.php
Editor's Note: Eliud Martinez aka as DeLares is a member of the Puerto Rico Sun photo group. You can check out his Familia photo set at flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/artedelares/sets/72157607516633827/
Friday, October 03, 2008
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Community calendar
Juan Antonio Corretjer Montes Centennial
For Puerto Rican Heritage Month, the Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of Education, Queens Puerto Rican Heritage Committee, the Institute for Puerto Rican Hispanic Elderly and NYC Councilmember Hiram Monserrate invite you to
Juan Antonio Corretjer’s Centennial Concert, honoring his poetry and his struggle for Puerto Rican independence
6-10 p.m., November 1
La Guardia Performing Arts Theater
31-10 Thomson Avenue, Queens
Featured Artists
Maria Isabel Rodriguez (Chabela) Trova Singer
Rafael Martinez (piano) and
Juan Carlos Montalvo (guitar)
Invited : Grupo Asi Somos – grupo musical de vanguardia
Free but tickets are required. For more information:
Dr. Aurea E. Rodriguez, (718) 309-4841, AEPRIDE@aol.com
Alice Cardona, (718) 779-2504, ACPRW30@aol.com
Juan Antonio Corretjer Montes Centennial
For Puerto Rican Heritage Month, the Puerto Rican Institute for the Development of Education, Queens Puerto Rican Heritage Committee, the Institute for Puerto Rican Hispanic Elderly and NYC Councilmember Hiram Monserrate invite you to
Juan Antonio Corretjer’s Centennial Concert, honoring his poetry and his struggle for Puerto Rican independence
6-10 p.m., November 1
La Guardia Performing Arts Theater
31-10 Thomson Avenue, Queens
Featured Artists
Maria Isabel Rodriguez (Chabela) Trova Singer
Rafael Martinez (piano) and
Juan Carlos Montalvo (guitar)
Invited : Grupo Asi Somos – grupo musical de vanguardia
Free but tickets are required. For more information:
Dr. Aurea E. Rodriguez, (718) 309-4841, AEPRIDE@aol.com
Alice Cardona, (718) 779-2504, ACPRW30@aol.com
Community calendar
The Department of Romance Languages at Hunter College in NYC
invites you to a conversation with
Alberto De Jesús Mercado aka Tito Kayak
Topic: How we can reduce our impact on the Earth and act responsibly in this era of climate change
11 a.m., Saturday, October 11
Chanin Language Center, B126 entrance
(Hunter West, subway level), Manhattan
Free
While in New York City, environmental activist Tito Kayak of Puerto Rico will also visit students in Washington Heights and serve as part of a seminar at Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
The Department of Romance Languages at Hunter College in NYC
invites you to a conversation with
Alberto De Jesús Mercado aka Tito Kayak
Topic: How we can reduce our impact on the Earth and act responsibly in this era of climate change
11 a.m., Saturday, October 11
Chanin Language Center, B126 entrance
(Hunter West, subway level), Manhattan
Free
While in New York City, environmental activist Tito Kayak of Puerto Rico will also visit students in Washington Heights and serve as part of a seminar at Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
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