Interview: PR parade queen Crystal Rosa

Go to my site at examiner.com for my latest article, featuring an interview with Crystal Rosa who on Sunday led the Puerto Rican Day Parade as its queen.

She talks on her views on being Puerto Rican, her goals and more.

To check it out,

http://www.examiner.com/x-11970-NY-Latino-Community-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Miss-Puerto-Rico-of-the-National-Puerto-Rican-Day-Parade-Crystal-Rosa-wears-her-crown-as-a-proud-bor

(photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)

Virtual Boricua Marina Ortiz chats with PRSUN Radio

My guest tomorrow on PRSUN Radio is writer, artist and community activist Marina Ortiz.

Ortiz is the woman behind Virtual Boricua, a site dedicated to boricua culture, and East Harlem Preservation, a site dedicated to East Harlem community issues.

To learn more about Ortiz, check out my blog at www.blogtalkradio.com/prsunradio.

The interview is at 5 p.m. tomorrow.

UPDATE: To listen to my interview with Marina,

@ the parade

For more photos from the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC, go to www.flickr.com/photos/clarisel. Click on the PR in NYC '09 events set.

My photos featured at us-puertoricans.org

Some of my photos from the Flag series are now featured at www.us-puertoricans.org, a multimedia community dedicated to the Puerto Rican Diaspora - a place for discussion and learning, for stimulating imagination, and promoting solidarity.

Live Music @ El Maestro on PR Parade Day

Community calendar

AFTER THE PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE

MUSICA EN VIVO—LIVE MUSIC

5 p.m., Sunday, June 14

EL MAESTRO, INC., 1029 E. 167th St., Bronx

For more information, (646) 337-6775.