Happy Mother's Day/Feliz dia de las madres

A special greeting to PRSUN readers and visitors on this Mother's Day. Felicidades.

A shout-out to mi mama Milagros


My biggest fan and critic

I love you mami.

(photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)

NEW: PRSUN RADIO is now half hour show

By popular demand, PRSUN Radio is now a half hour show, beginning with our May 13 segment.

Our upcoming guest is writer, producer, entrepreneur Linda Nieves-Powell. To read her bio, go to my blog at www.blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT PRSUN RADIO:

For more information on how you can become a sponsor on PRSUN Radio, e-mail me at clarisel (at) puertoricosun.com.

PRSUN Radio is an online show that focuses on themes related to Puerto Ricans and the diaspora. Our mission continues to be to inform, empower and build community. I am the host.

If you missed my interview last night with Victor Vazquez of the National Congress for Puerto Rights, it is now available at www.blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio.

PRSUN Radio is another project of Puerto Rico Sun Communications, an independent community-minded multimedia social entrepreneurship.

UPDATE:

To listen to my interview with Linda:

From Conflict to Discovery

On the reading corner

A poetry reading with Javier Campos, Martin Espada and Jessica Treat
7 p.m. TONIGHT
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue, Manhattan

Celebrated poets, respectively of Chilean, Puerto Rican, and Mexican heritage, will recite their poems in this dynamic program.
Javier Campos is the author of three books of poetry, including Las cartas olvidadas del astronauta (recipient of the 1990 Letras de Oro prize) as well as works of prose—most recently, The Woman Who Looks Like Sharon Stone.
Martín Espada is an acclaimed poet whose recent collections include Alabanza: New and Selected Poems 1982-2002 (Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement; ALA Notable Book of the Year) and The Republic of Poetry, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has also received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Demetria Martínez’s award-winning books include the poetry collections Breathing Between the Lines and The Devil’s Workshop, the novel Mother Tongue, and the essay collection Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana.
Jessica Treat will read her translations of Campos’ work.
This event, which is free and open to the public, is in collaboration with ACENTOS Bronx Poetry Showcase, Center for Puerto Rican Studies, the Consulate General of Chile and the Mexican Cultural Institute.

Meanwhile, Espada will lead a free ACENTOS poetry workshop at Hostos Community College in the Bronx on Friday night. For more information on the Bronx event, fish@louderarts.com. RSVP is required and there are only a few seats left.

source: ACENTOS Bronx Poetry Showcase

'Reggaeton' book party

On the reading corner



Meet the Author: Book Party

"Reggaeton"
An Anthology by Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall and Deborah Pacini Hernández

Featured Speaker: Juan Flores, NYU
Presenters: Miguel Luciano, Visual Artist, Alexandra T. Vazquez, Princeton University and Frances Negrón Muntaner, Columbia University.
Music by DJ Mellow G.

6:30 p.m., Thursday, May 7

Faculty Dining Room 8th Floor West Bldg.
Hunter College
68th & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan

For more information, http://www.centropr.org

NOTE: "Reggaeton" is now available at the PRSUN aStore:

Bernie Williams - Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Williams is 'Moving Forward' with his new CD

Critically acclaimed guitarist/songwriter and famed NY Yankees star Bernie Williams released his second CD titled "Moving Forward" in mid April. Williams kicks off his CD with "Moving Forward," a song inspired by his transition from baseball to music.
The Puerto Rico native and five-time All Star is a classically-trained musician who developed his love for playing guitar alongside baseball, while listening to salsa, merengue and 80’s rock. "Moving Forward" embraces those early influences, while also reflecting a unique mixture of classical and jazz guitar with a touch of Latin rhythms.
I felt at peace as I listened to the sounds of Williams' guitar.
The CD consists of 14 songs, many of them that Williams wrote. You get a sense of things that are important to Williams. These include "Lullabye for Beatriz," a song he wrote for his daughter and "Songo," a song inspired by his love of fusion, so he "mixed a little salsa with some jazz, rock and Christian (the Puerto Rican cuatro player Christian Nieves) took it home with some 'sazon criollo.'
"Moving Forward" also features performances by David Koz (Ritmo de Otoño), Jon Secada ("Just Another Day" and "Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte"), and a live performance with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa ("Glory Days").
The Latin flavor could be felt in this CD with Bernie Williams' jazz touch on the classic "Que Rico El Mambo." It is still very much a song you can dance.
And, you know Williams couldn't forget baseball, offering his version of the baseball classic "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." The song is a tribute to his love for baseball, a game he's played since he was eight years old. Williams played his entire 16-year baseball career with the New York Yankees where he was a four time World Series champion and a five-time All Star and including this song in his CD has a special place in his heart.
If you are into guitars, Jazz, a touch of rock, pop and Latin rhythms, I recommend you add "Moving Forward" to your music collection. -- Clarisel Gonzalez


For more information, www.berniewilliams.com.

(video courtesy of Reform Records at YouTube)

NOTE: "Moving Forward" is available at the PRSUN aStore: