Friday, October 10, 2008

Community calendar

The National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights' national board meeting is this Saturday, October 11, from 2-4:30 p.m. at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx. The meeting is open to the public.

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Tego Calderon to Perform at BomPlenazo

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture presents special guest star

TEGO Calderon “El Abayarde”
in concert with

Los Parranderos de Loíza

and

La Sista

Yerbabuena

7 p.m., Friday, October 10

Main Theater

Hostos Community College/CUNY
450 Grand Concourse at 149 St.

Tickets and Info: 718-518-4455

Tickets also available online at:
www.hostos.cuny.edu/culturearts

source: Hostos

UPDATE FROM HOSTOS: Due to scheduling conflicts, Tego Calderon will not be appearing @ the BomPlenazo. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

BomPlenazo in the Bronx


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Originally uploaded by clarisel.
BomPlenazo is a celebration of Afro-Puerto Rican culture at Hostos Community College in the Bronx. This year's BomPlenazo runs until October 12, and it is dedicated to the Puerto Rican town of Loiza.

Support lo nuestro.

For the lineup of events, go to
http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/culturearts/

(photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)

For more photos, go to my photo site at www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel
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Tito Kayak @ Hostos


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Originally uploaded by clarisel.
Environmental activist Alberto de Jesus aka Tito Kayak from Puerto Rico speaks at a seminar at Hostos Community College. Here he shows off a shirt of his Amigos del Mar group. Tuesday's one-day seminar was on the effects of development and globalization on traditional cultures focusing on the recent history of Loíza, the coastal community of Piñones, and the island of Vieques. Tito Kayak is known for his acts of civil disobedience.

Tito Kayak told the packed classroom that being a revolutionary is about standing up against injustice no matter where you are. (photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)

To see more photos from the seminar, go to www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Despierta Boricua Collects Coats for Kids

In the Mailbox

As the temperatures begin to drop, countless children find themselves shivering because they do not have access to sufficient clothing for the seasons. Coats, sweaters, and other items that many of us take for granted as we organize our wardrobe, are magical items that exist in the dreams of these children. Perhaps we can come together and make these dreams a reality as no one should be forced to imagine a world where their basic needs are met…they should simply exist in it.

For the next two months, Despierta Boricua, Inc. will be collecting coats and other items of winter clothing for children between the ages of 0-4. The clothing may be mailed or personally brought to the following address:

400 Grant Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11208

The point of contact for this project is Maria Torres who can be reached at maria@despiertaboricua.com. Please be sure to contact her prior to the deliverance of any clothing so that nothing is lost.

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Mission
F.U.E.G.O.
FORMING UNITY through EDUCATION, GENERATIONS, and ORGANIZATIONS
Fuego2007@gmail.com
(718) 531-9561
Community calendar

Danza Fiesta at El Museo de Barrio, NYC
3-5 p.m. Sunday, October 12
Acclaimed Puerto Rican folkloric group Danza Fiesta blends African, European, and indigenous roots. Dances include a celebration of old-time street vendors’ calls, and a tribute to the colorful vejigante masks and giant cabezudo puppets traditional to Puerto Rican carnivals.
Admission: Free. The performance will be held in El Museo's Teatro Heckscher.
This is part of the Hispanic Heritage month series.
For more information, www.elmuseo.org.

Monday, October 06, 2008

PRLDEF is now LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Community

The Board of Directors of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund announced today that after 37 years it will change its name to LatinoJustice PRLDEF. The new brand reflects the evolving nature of the Latino community in the United States, the makeup of the organization’s clients, and the cases it undertakes.
“This is a result of a natural progression of our growth and our success over these past 37 years,” said David Arroyo, LatinoJustice PRLDEF’s Chairman of the Board. “We have been protecting the civil rights of all Latinos for many years and our new name is a more accurate reflection of the national scope and pan-Latino nature of the work we do. Our name may change, but our commitment to the Latino community -- including the Puerto Rican community -- remains just as strong as ever."
To read more, go to www.latinojustice.org.

Cascadas de El Yunque


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Originally uploaded by Hector Melendez.
Today's featured shot from the Puerto Rico Sun photo group is by Hector Melendez.

Sunday, October 05, 2008

BoricuaMelody


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Originally uploaded by clarisel.
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.

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/

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
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.