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Live from the Newsdesk of 2044: Hope and Historias
Presented in partnership with The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, The Shape of Cities to Come Institute, and Urban Omnibus magazine.
With support from the Puffin Foundation.
With so much hanging in the balance this midterm election, and the news blaring apocalyptic stories each day (whether the end of democracy or the end of humanity itself), we invite you to an immersive gathering inside the memories and visions of New York City.
New York 2044 is a speculative newspaper from about 20 years in the future, reporting from the imaginations of New Yorkers. The project begins with the principle that to organize toward a better future, we need to see it concretely, and that this future exists in the wisdom of lived human experience.
Presented live on stage, artist Noah Fischer hosts the NY2044 Newsdesk—accompanied by video projections and a live soundscape by Rabbistravinski. Invited guests bring poignant memories from the past, alongside visions and nuanced scenarios of a thriving future city. The evening closes with a public conversation, hosted by urbanist Cassim Shepard.
NY2044: Hope and Historias is co-presented with Urban Omnibus magazine, which is publishing part of the current NY2044 issue.
Co-Presenters
Urban Omnibus
Cassim Shepard, Distinguished Lecturer, Spitzer School of Architecture at City College, City University of New York
Readers
Alex Strada is an artist and the NYC Department of Homeless Services’ inaugural Public Artist in Residence.
Daven Asafo-Agyei is a McNair Scholar at John Jay College of Criminal Justice researching the American government’s response to climate change.
Jacob Cohen is an experimental cellist and educator who brings music and art to incarcerated youth in New York City.
Kim Fraczek is the director of Sane Energy Project, a Brooklyn-based grassroots group working to replace fracked gas infrastructure with democratically controlled renewable energy in New York State.
Music: Rabbistravinski
with a possible appearance by Señor Tiempo (Laurel Mora)
RSVP here.
Historias in Motion Launch: ¡Y Yo Ya Estaba!
Join us for the third iteration of HISTORIAS in Motion featuring Virginia Ayress and Kaila Bulé.
In collaboration with Kinfolk Tech, South Bronx Unite, The Action Lab, and the International Indigenous Hip Hop Festival, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center will present the third iteration of HISTORIAS in Motion, an augmented-reality public artwork series featuring South Bronx muralist and activist Virginia Ayress and performer and community organizer Kaila Bulé. The launch will include an accompanying zine, monument docents, a community-led walking tour, a wheatpasting project, and live music performances.
The work memorializes the South Bronx as a cradle of Latinx social movements, cultural production, and urban land stewardship. Through digitally editing an existing mural Ayress honors the land's original Lenape stewards alongside Indigenous migrants, exploring how environmental justice, urban stewardship, Latino culture, and Indigenous ritual practice continue to shape the South Bronx today. Join us for the third iteration of HISTORIAS in Motion featuring Virginia Ayress and Kaila Bulé.
Free with RSVP here.
Salón Metropolis
A one-night-only experience of film and choreography.
Youngtale is proud to present its debut show Salón Metropolis, a collection of works by creative duo Fernando Salazar and Chun Fung Kevin Chiu.
A spectacle of motion in short acts, Salón Metropolis weaves prerecorded video (Youngtale’s unreleased short films, trailers and a sitcom prototype) with special live performances and a roaming camera operator, all on the same stage. An opportunity to connect with our community and rediscover audiovisual storytelling completely off our phones.
Celebrating 10 years of friendship and collaboration Fernando and Kevin's work has fused choreography and film to tell stories about belonging, adversity and stereotypes through dance and comedy. These works were conceived and shot in this buzzing and loud city, which has frequently informed their musical choices and sound editing.
Lineup coming soon. If you’d like to stay connected, sign up at: www.salonmetropolis.com.
RSVP for free here.
The Silent (and not so silent) Art of Mime with Bill Bowers
An introductory workshop to the ancient and universal art form. Fun, interactive, and open to all.
As part of the Sin Fronteras Launch, Bill Bowers presents a two-hour workshop.
Mime is an ancient art form the first performing art in fact; it remains our first language. Mime is an essential aspect of contemporary theatre and has in recent times, informed many areas of contemporary pertorming arts from modern dance to Butoh to hip-hop and freestyle.
In this core workshop, students will look into the past in order to understand the present and look into the future.
Language: English
The class will start promptly at 10:30, please arrive early!
RSVP here.
Writing & Dramaturgy: A Bilingual Talk with Carolina Cuervo
Writing & Dramaturgy: A Bilingual Talk with Carolina Cuervo.
In conversation with Martha Schreiner.
Behind every story, there’s another story.
Join us for WRITING & DRAMATURGY: A Bilingual Talk with Carolina Cuervo, an intimate conversation exploring her work as a writer, playwright, screenwriter, showrunner, and creative artist.
In conversation with Martha Schreiner, Carolina will take us behind the scenes of her work - from the first spark of an idea to developing characters, writing for theater and screen, collaborating with other artists, and navigating a career built around storytelling.
This is not a masterclass or workshop. It’s a TALK. A chance to hear directly from an artist about her body of work, her experiences, her creative process — and the stories behind the stories.
Language: English & Spanish
The talk will start promptly at 11am, please arrive early!
FREE EVENT. RSVP here.
Part of the Sin Fronteras Launch
Where English and Spanish Meet on Stage.
El Creador y su Imaginario
Conducted entirely in Spanish by Jorge Hugo Marín for actors, directors, playwrights, and creators.
International Masterclass
El Creador y su Imaginario
with Jorge Hugo Marín
As part of the Sin Fronteras Launch, Colombian director, playwright, actor, and theater-maker Jorge Hugo Marín will lead El Creador y su Imaginario, an intensive three-hour masterclass exploring the relationship between the artist, their imagination, and the creation of original theatrical work.
Designed for actors, directors, playwrights, and theater makers, participants will explore their own creative universe as a source for performance and theatrical creation—working with ideas, experiences, images, and impulses that can be transformed into material for the stage.
Language: Spanish
Part of the Sin Fronteras Launch — Where English and Spanish Meet on Stage.
Jorge Hugo Marín.
Medellín, Colombia.
Es maestro en Arte Dramático de la Universidad de Antioquia, con una maestría en dirección escénica de la Universidad del Valle.
Es actor, director, dramaturgo y gestor cultural. En el año 2009 cofundó La Maldita Vanidad compañía teatral. Ha escrito y dirigido más de veinte obras, algunas de ellas en coproducción con importantes entidades como: el Festival de Viena, HAU Berlín, Teatro Colón Bogotá, Teatro Mayor, Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotá, Alcaldía de Bogotá, Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia. Sus obras han sido invitadas a más de 50 festivales internacionales entre América y Europa.
Profesor en Arte Dramático de la Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá y en la Casa de La Maldita Vanidad.
Loneliness, Solitude & Community
Free panel/workshop with Bruno Rigobello and Tessie Herrasti, in conversation with Martha Schreiner, at Sin Fronteras.
Loneliness, Solitude & Community
This talk will be in both English and Spanish.
Join Sin Fronteras for a free panel/workshop with Bruno Rigobello and Tessie Herrasti, in conversation with Martha Schreiner, as part of the festival’s launch weekend.
Together, we will explore loneliness, chosen solitude, and the role of community in creative processes. This gathering invites reflection on how time alone and connection with others shape the ways we imagine, create, and share our work.
Free admission.
Accessibility: Studio 309 is on the third floor without elevator access.
RSVP here.
Manufacturing Cunt: a conversation about the influence of nightlife in the Latinx and fashion community
This program is presented as part of Remesas y Sobremesa, a signature series co-presented with The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center as part of our HISTORIAS initiative. The community is invited to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue. This edition, on November 17th, 7-10pm, will launch the third episode of Dance, Memory, and the Sonic Commons, a three-part radio series commissioned from Montez Press Radio for HISTORIAS, featuring Jesús Hilario-Reyes, Raúl Lopez and Carina del Valle Schorske. Free with RSVP here.
Sanctuary is a Revolutionary Act
With Jamal Joseph, Máximo Rafael Colón and Dr. jah Elyse Sayers | Presented in partnership with The Clemente
Radical political organizations have long laid out a blueprint for sanctuary as a collective action. Emerging from the Civil Rights era, the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords and El Comité facilitated vital programs for political education, food and clothing distribution, housing rights, medical care, and legal aid–cultivating sanctuary through community organizing and mutual aid amidst political struggle.
Today, collectives such as the people’s riisearch group continue this legacy, embodying sanctuary as a radical act of community safeguarding and access to critical public spaces through their work preserving the queer histories and futures of The People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park in Queens.
At The Clemente, we will gather with artists and organizers Jamal Joseph, a member of the Black Panther Party; Máximo Colon, a member of El Comité who also extensively documented the Young Lords community programs; and Dr. jah Elyse Sayers, initiator of the people’s riisearch group. Together, they will explore how radical collectives continue to foster sanctuary through community action and political organizing, intersecting with their respective creative practices.
Sanctuary is a Revolutionary Act is presented in partnership with The Clemente as part of the fall program series for HISTORIAS, a citywide art and public humanities initiative charting how Latinx communities have shaped New York.
Free with RSVP here.
Beneath the Tree
Beneath the Tree is a community gathering celebrating art, literature, music, and cultural exchange, presented as part of the BORIMIX Fest. The event brings together artists and audiences to share creative work, connect across disciplines, and build community through an intimate and welcoming experience.
This edition features filmmaker Marta Bautis; poets Jorge Luis Berrios and Tanya Ko Hong; writer and poet Linda Morales Caballero; writer Rolando Perez; and a music performance by FireArms are Always the Answer (FAAA). The gathering creates space for diverse artistic voices through film, poetry, literary readings, and live music.
Conceived as a recurring community gathering, Beneath the Tree encourages artists to present excerpts or samples of their work rather than full-length performances. Its purpose is to foster dialogue, discover new creative voices, and strengthen connections among artists and the Lower East Side community.
The event is presented by Juan Valenzuela and Gloria Zelaya and initiated by Jacob Garcés Marquez. Hosted at Teatro Kabayitos at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, Beneath the Tree welcomes the public to an evening of artistic expression, collaboration, and community.
Date: Friday, November 20, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Admission: Free, donations welcome
Venue: Teatro Kabayitos at The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY.
RSVP
https://aymfilm.com/event/beneath-the-tree-borimix/#rsvp-now
Remesas y Sobremesa: Carry for HISTORIAS
The second edition of Remesas y Sobremesa of the season will highlight the work of artists Zacarías González and Chong Gu. Carry for HISTORIAS follows González and Gu’s Carry project and will present a fleet of mobile kitchen carts and a kit of attachment accessories designed to support collective cooking and gathering across the Lower East Side through the exchange and adaptation of recipes. Attendees will assemble their own sandwiches with ingredients drawn from Cuban and Chinese recipes reworked with local, seasonal ingredients. The artists will then hold a discussion of how foodways connect people with the soil and sustain cultural memory across diasporas. Learn more about the project here.
RSVPs will open soon, stay tuned!
Fonoteca: Bring Records, Take Art
Join us for an evening of music, drinks, record swapping and collective archive-building in support of Fonoteca!
In partnership with CUE Art Foundation, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center will present Fonoteca: Bring Records, Take Art, an interactive event led by artist Pablo Helguera. The event will contribute to his project Fonoteca, a new public vinyl library and listening room devoted to Latin American and Latinx music which will be included in Reveladas: Nueva York in Plain Sight.
The project invites attendees to donate or lend Latin music records across all genres, including salsa, bolero, cumbia, merengue, tango, Latin jazz, spoken word, and experimental music. In exchange for their contributions, Helguera will trade limited-edition works and original drawings created specially for the occasion.
Fonoteca builds a public record of Latinx New York through music and the listening histories of the people who contribute to it. The resulting vinyl collection will be permanently housed at The Clemente on New York’s Lower East Side as an accessible public resource.
Free with RSVP here.
La Brega: The Sounds We Could Lose with Esenciaa
The acclaimed podcast La Brega is back with new episodes and a listening party. Come mark the launch of the show as we gather to listen to The Sounds We Could Lose with Esencia, an episode about an endangered sonic landscape in Cabo Rojo. Developers have proposed a luxury private complex called Esencia in an ecologically sensitive part of Puerto Rico, and the La Brega team is sharing the sounds that could be lost if the project is built. Guests are welcome to BYOB (bring your own blankets and cushions) as we turn down the lights in Teatro Flamboyán and listen closely. A Q&A and reception will follow. Chairs are also available!
Free with RSVP here.
Beneath the Tree
Part of the Fall of Freedom initiative, Beneath the Tree is an evening of poetry, photography, and live music bringing together artists from New York’s diverse creative community. The program celebrates artistic expression, community, and freedom through an intimate evening of shared voices, images, and music. Featuring poets Papoleto, Bob Holman, Juan Valenzuela and Maga Cedeño, photography by Camilo Gil, and music by Jacob Garcés Márquez.
Art as Protest
Part of the Fall of Freedom initiative, Arts for Art presents Art as Protest, an evening of free performances, music, poetry and video.
Dancing for the Streets with Nicole Mannarino
Department of Transformation: Sunday Sessions!
Studio 309
RSVP here.
It's time to come together! Starting this month, join DOT for Sunday Sessions—experimental Sunday morning gatherings to help people connect with something larger than themselves. Each session features karaoke (note: singing is optional ;), readings, a workshop led by a different guest—including artists, therapists, dancers, musicians, researchers, and others—plus more karaoke! Please join us for weekly gatherings to nourish the soul.
Curating your altar with dannielle tegeder
Department of Transformation: Sunday Sessions!
Studio 309
RSVP here
It's time to come together! Starting this month, join DOT for Sunday Sessions—experimental Sunday morning gatherings to help people connect with something larger than themselves. Each session features karaoke (note: singing is optional ;), readings, a workshop led by a different guest—including artists, therapists, dancers, musicians, researchers, and others—plus more karaoke! Please join us for weekly gatherings to nourish the soul.
La Ventana de los Chévere
La Ventana de los Chévere follows the Chévere family—Machucha, Maruchi, Felipe, and Felipito—through the years between 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. Playwright Iván Acosta witnessed, photographed, and filmed the attacks from his Hell's Kitchen apartment window, and that experience became the seed of this deeply personal story about loss, resilience, and love.
As the 25th anniversary of September 11th approaches, few commemorations focus on the Latino community that lived, worked, and grieved through that day—stories rarely given the platform they deserved, then or now. Acosta's play fills that gap, honoring the Latino experience of 9/11, including that of first responders who lived it firsthand.
Performed entirely in Spanish, the production weaves together collective trauma, military service in Iraq, family relationships, and the distinct way of life in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the time. It's designed to reach Spanish-speaking theatergoers so they can relive, reflect on, and learn about Hispanic/Latino family dynamics during one of the most defining periods in recent American history.
Details:
Teatro LATEA
September 3–20
Thursday–Saturday
Doors at 7PM
Sunday matinee, doors at 4PM
Tickets here.
La Ventana de los Chévere
La Ventana de los Chévere follows the Chévere family—Machucha, Maruchi, Felipe, and Felipito—through the years between 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. Playwright Iván Acosta witnessed, photographed, and filmed the attacks from his Hell's Kitchen apartment window, and that experience became the seed of this deeply personal story about loss, resilience, and love.
As the 25th anniversary of September 11th approaches, few commemorations focus on the Latino community that lived, worked, and grieved through that day—stories rarely given the platform they deserved, then or now. Acosta's play fills that gap, honoring the Latino experience of 9/11, including that of first responders who lived it firsthand.
Performed entirely in Spanish, the production weaves together collective trauma, military service in Iraq, family relationships, and the distinct way of life in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the time. It's designed to reach Spanish-speaking theatergoers so they can relive, reflect on, and learn about Hispanic/Latino family dynamics during one of the most defining periods in recent American history.
Details:
Teatro LATEA
September 3–20
Thursday–Saturday
Doors at 7PM
Sunday matinee, doors at 4PM
Tickets here.
Reading for Joy with Prem Krishnamurthy
Department of Transformation: Sunday Sessions!
Studio 309
RSVP here
It's time to come together! Starting this month, join DOT for Sunday Sessions—experimental Sunday morning gatherings to help people connect with something larger than themselves. Each session features karaoke (note: singing is optional ;), readings, a workshop led by a different guest—including artists, therapists, dancers, musicians, researchers, and others—plus more karaoke! Please join us for weekly gatherings to nourish the soul.
La Ventana de los Chévere
La Ventana de los Chévere follows the Chévere family—Machucha, Maruchi, Felipe, and Felipito—through the years between 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. Playwright Iván Acosta witnessed, photographed, and filmed the attacks from his Hell's Kitchen apartment window, and that experience became the seed of this deeply personal story about loss, resilience, and love.
As the 25th anniversary of September 11th approaches, few commemorations focus on the Latino community that lived, worked, and grieved through that day—stories rarely given the platform they deserved, then or now. Acosta's play fills that gap, honoring the Latino experience of 9/11, including that of first responders who lived it firsthand.
Performed entirely in Spanish, the production weaves together collective trauma, military service in Iraq, family relationships, and the distinct way of life in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the time. It's designed to reach Spanish-speaking theatergoers so they can relive, reflect on, and learn about Hispanic/Latino family dynamics during one of the most defining periods in recent American history.
Details:
Teatro LATEA
September 3–20
Thursday–Saturday
Doors at 7PM
Sunday matinee, doors at 4PM
Tickets here.
La Ventana de los Chévere
La Ventana de los Chévere follows the Chévere family—Machucha, Maruchi, Felipe, and Felipito—through the years between 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. Playwright Iván Acosta witnessed, photographed, and filmed the attacks from his Hell's Kitchen apartment window, and that experience became the seed of this deeply personal story about loss, resilience, and love.
As the 25th anniversary of September 11th approaches, few commemorations focus on the Latino community that lived, worked, and grieved through that day—stories rarely given the platform they deserved, then or now. Acosta's play fills that gap, honoring the Latino experience of 9/11, including that of first responders who lived it firsthand.
Performed entirely in Spanish, the production weaves together collective trauma, military service in Iraq, family relationships, and the distinct way of life in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the time. It's designed to reach Spanish-speaking theatergoers so they can relive, reflect on, and learn about Hispanic/Latino family dynamics during one of the most defining periods in recent American history.
Details:
Teatro LATEA
September 3–20
Thursday–Saturday
Doors at 7PM
Sunday matinee, doors at 4PM
Tickets here.
La Ventana de los Chévere
La Ventana de los Chévere follows the Chévere family—Machucha, Maruchi, Felipe, and Felipito—through the years between 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. Playwright Iván Acosta witnessed, photographed, and filmed the attacks from his Hell's Kitchen apartment window, and that experience became the seed of this deeply personal story about loss, resilience, and love.
As the 25th anniversary of September 11th approaches, few commemorations focus on the Latino community that lived, worked, and grieved through that day—stories rarely given the platform they deserved, then or now. Acosta's play fills that gap, honoring the Latino experience of 9/11, including that of first responders who lived it firsthand.
Performed entirely in Spanish, the production weaves together collective trauma, military service in Iraq, family relationships, and the distinct way of life in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the time. It's designed to reach Spanish-speaking theatergoers so they can relive, reflect on, and learn about Hispanic/Latino family dynamics during one of the most defining periods in recent American history.
Details:
Teatro LATEA
September 3–20
Thursday–Saturday
Doors at 7PM
Sunday matinee, doors at 4PM
Tickets here.
La Ventana de los Chévere
La Ventana de los Chévere follows the Chévere family—Machucha, Maruchi, Felipe, and Felipito—through the years between 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. Playwright Iván Acosta witnessed, photographed, and filmed the attacks from his Hell's Kitchen apartment window, and that experience became the seed of this deeply personal story about loss, resilience, and love.
As the 25th anniversary of September 11th approaches, few commemorations focus on the Latino community that lived, worked, and grieved through that day—stories rarely given the platform they deserved, then or now. Acosta's play fills that gap, honoring the Latino experience of 9/11, including that of first responders who lived it firsthand.
Performed entirely in Spanish, the production weaves together collective trauma, military service in Iraq, family relationships, and the distinct way of life in New York's Hell's Kitchen at the time. It's designed to reach Spanish-speaking theatergoers so they can relive, reflect on, and learn about Hispanic/Latino family dynamics during one of the most defining periods in recent American history.
Details:
Teatro LATEA
September 3–20
Thursday–Saturday
Doors at 7PM
Sunday matinee, doors at 4PM
Tickets here.
International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC
Sunday, August 16, 2026
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Theodora Skipitares Abrazo Interno
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION Nancy Staub LES Gallery
10:00 AM- 12:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s World Puppet Collection Tamayo Gallery
10:00 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s Pinocchios Around The World SEA’s Gallery
10:00 AM Thumbelina (Armenia) | National Puppet Theatre of Armenia (40 min) [FAMILY/YA] Flamboyan CANCELLED
11:00 AM- 6:00 PM Art Installation The Freak Family Roadshow | Jo Cunningham La Plaza
11:00 AM Historia de Burros (Cuba) | Teatro de las Estaciones [FAMILY/YA] La Esquinita (Canopy)
11:30 AM Screening: UNTANGLING (United Kingdom) (32 min + Q&A) SEA
11:30 AM The Journey of Pura Belpré’s Tales | Teatro SEA (45 min) [FAMILY/YA] Cennacle
12:00 PM WORD PLAY (USA) | Goodhearted Entertainment (45 min) [FAMILY/YA] LATEA
12:30 PM Screening: Red Flag of the Future (USA) (85 min + Q&A) SEA
12:30 PM The Galapagos Animal Convention | Teatro SEA (45 min) [FAMILY/YA] La Esquinita (Canopy)
1:00 PM The Selfish Giant (USA) | PinProductions (50 min) FAMILY/YA Flamboyan
1:00 PM Puppet Crimes (USA) | Jana Zeller of Sandglass Theater (55 min) Los Kabayitos
1:30 PM Shterna and the Lost Voice (USA) | Magid Ensemble (50 min) LATEA
2:30 PM One For Sorrow, Two For Joy (Canada) | Juanita Dawn, Long Grass Studio (51 min) Flamboyan
2:30 PM Screening: Famous Lake Park (Pilot)(30 min + Q&A) | Jose Ignacio Vivero & Susan Lambert Hatem SEA
2:30 PM Ricitos y Los 3 Ositos | Teatro SEA (45 min) FAMILY/YA | Cennacle
3:00 PM Puppet Lounge La Plaza
3:00 PM La Naissance (Taiwan) | The Flying Group Theater (50 min) LATEA
3:30 PM Screening: Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams (70min) SEA
4:00 PM Mujeres a Cuatro Manos (México) | Teatro Naku Mx (60 min) Los Kabayitos
4:00 PM EMPUSA ABELHA (Belgium) | Rosalie Neal (40 min) Flamboyan
4:00 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s World Puppet Collection Tamayo Gallery
4:30 PM Giant Puppet + Mascot Reunion Block Party Gathering La Plaza
6:00 PM Festival Closing La Plaza
Tickets for shows on sale here.
Full program for the entire festival here.
International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC
Saturday, August 15, 2026
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITIONTheodora Skipitares Abrazo Interno
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONNancy StaubLES Gallery
10:00 AM- 4:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s World Puppet CollectionTamayo Gallery CLOSE DURING PERFORMANCE AT 1PM
10:00 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITIONTeatro SEA’s Pinocchios Around The WorldSEA’s Gallery
10:00 AM Zoey Bluff Workshop[FAMILY/YA] (3 hours) Cennacle
11:00 AM- 10:30 PM Art InstallationThe Freak Family Roadshow | Jo Cunningham La Plaza
11:00 AM Alex Griffin Workshop (3 hours) 309
12:00 PM Thumbelina (Armenia) | National Puppet Theatre of Armenia (40 min) [FAMILY/YA] Flamboyan CANCELLED
12:00 PM Historia de Burros (Cuba) | Teatro de las Estaciones [FAMILY/YA] La Esquinita (Canopy)
12:00 PM Screening:Famous Lake Park (Pilot)(30 min + Q&A) | Jose Ignacio Vivero & Susan Lambert Hatem SEA
1:00 PM Screening:Retablo de Sol y Luna (Cuba) A documentary celebrating 30 years of Teatro de las Estaciones (42min + Q&A) | SEA
1:00 PM WORD PLAY (USA) | Goodhearted Entertainment (45 min) [FAMILY/YA] LATEA
1:30 PM The Galapagos Animal Convention | Teatro SEA (45 min) [FAMILY/YA] La Esquinita (Canopy)
3:00 PM One For Sorrow, Two For Joy (Canada) | Juanita Dawn, Long Grass Studio (51 min) Flamboyan
3:00 PMThe Journey of Pura Belpré’s Tales | Teatro SEA (45 min) [FAMILY/YA] La Esquinita (Canopy)
3:00 PM Screening:Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams (70min + Q&A) SEA
4:00 PM Puppet LoungeLa Esquinita (Canopy)
4:00 PM Puppet Crimes (USA) | Jana Zeller of Sandglass Theater (55 min) Los Kabayitos
4:30 PM Champagne Dreams (USA) | 3 Sticks (50 min) LATEA
5:00 PM EMPUSA ABELHA (Belgium) | Rosalie Neal (40 min) Flamboyan
5:30 PM Mujeres a Cuatro Manos (México) | Teatro Naku Mx (60 min) Los Kabayitos
6:00 PM La Naissance (Taiwan) | The Flying Group Theater (50 min) [NO TECH STAFF] LATEA
7:00 PM The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus (USA) | Boxcutter Collective (45 min) La Plaza
7:00 PM JUDY PUNCHES BACK (USA) | Sarah Nolen, Puppet Motion (40 min) Los Kabayitos
8:00 PM Shterna and the Lost Voice (USA) | Magid Ensemble (50 min) LATEA
8:00 PM Viva Pinocchio (USA) | Teatro SEA (45 min) SEA
9:00 PM Puppet Cabaret: Great Small Works Spaghetti DinnerFlamboyan
10:00 PMPuppet Open Mic | Punto SEA
10:30 PM Micro:Elon Musk is Cool AF – Timothy and Aaron Haskell (USA); Archipiélago – Vueltabajo Teatro (Puerto Rico); The Falcon King – Drama of Works (USA); Trenzas, Sapos y Mariposas – Nazareno Ciminari & Pablo Jesús Gatto (Argentina); Elon Musk is Cool AF – Timothy and Aaron Haskell (USA) Los Kabayitos/203/309/201/Felt
Tickets for shows on sale here.
Full program for the entire festival here.
International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC
Friday, August 14, 2026
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Theodora Skipitares Abrazo Interno
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION Nancy Staub LES Gallery
10:00 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s Pinocchios Around The World SEA’s Gallery
11:00 AM- 10:30 PM Art Installation The Freak Family Roadshow | Jo Cunningham La Plaza
12:00 PM The Selfish Giant (USA) | PinProductions (50 min) FAMILY/YA Flamboyan
1:00 PM Teatro Sea’s Theatre-Books Series Presentation | SEA
2:00 PM Historia de Burros (Cuba) | Teatro de las Estaciones [FAMILY/YA] La Esquinita (Canopy)
3:00 PM Screening: Títeres en el Caribe Hispano (Ep. 1) – Cuba (42 min + Q&A) SEA
3:00 – 5:00 PM Puppet Publications Roundtable Hosted by Puppet Professors Claudia Orenstein & Colette Searls | 309
4:00 PM Puppet Lounge La Plaza
4:00 PM EMPUSA ABELHA (Belgium) | Rosalie Neal (40 min) Flamboyan
4:00 PM Screening: UNTANGLING (United Kingdom) (32 min + Q&A) SEA
4:00 PM Mujeres a Cuatro Manos (México) | Teatro Naku Mx (60 min) Los Kabayitos
5:00 PM Alex Griffin Workshop (3 hours) 309
5:00 PM Screening: Títeres en el Caribe Hispano (Ep. 2) – Dominican Republic (52 min) SEA
4:30 PM WORD PLAY (USA) | Goodhearted Entertainment (45 min)[FAMILY/YA] LATEA
6:00 PM The Selfish Giant (USA) | PinProductions (50 min) FAMILY/YA Flamboyan
6:00 PM Champagne Dreams (USA) | 3 Sticks (50 min) LATEA
6:00 PM Puppet Crimes (USA) | Jana Zeller of Sandglass Theater (55 min) Los Kabayitos
7:00 PM The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus (USA) | Boxcutter Collective (45 min) La Plaza
8:00 PM La Naissance (Taiwan) | The Flying Group Theater (50 min) LATEA
8:00 PM Viva Pinocchio (USA) | Teatro SEA (45 min) SEA
8:00 PM JUDY PUNCHES BACK (USA) | Sarah Nolen, Puppet Motion (40 min) Los Kabayitos
9:00 PM Puppet Slam: Stories from Home. Puppets Come Home Flamboyan
10:00 PM Puppet Open Mic | Punto SEA
10:30 PM Micro: Elon Musk is Cool AF – Timothy and Aaron Haskell (USA); Archipiélago – Vueltabajo Teatro (Puerto Rico); The Falcon King – Drama of Works (USA); Trenzas, Sapos y Mariposas – Nazareno Ciminari & Pablo Jesús Gatto (Argentina); Elon Musk is Cool AF – Timothy and Aaron Haskell (USA) Los Kabayitos/203/309/201/Felt
Tickets for shows on sale here.
Full program for the entire festival here.
International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC
Thursday, August 13, 2026
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Theodora Skipitares Abrazo Interno
10:00 AM- 9:00 PM PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION Nancy Staub LES Gallery
10:00 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s Pinocchios Around The World SEA’s Gallery
11:00 AM- 10:30 PM Art Installation The Freak Family Roadshow | Jo Cunningham La Plaza
3:00 PM Screening: Títeres en el Caribe Hispano (Ep. 3) – Puerto Rico (70 min + Q&A) SEA
4:00 PM Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre (45 min) La Plaza
4:00 PM Puppet Lounge La Esquinita (Canopy)
5:00 PM Screening: Red Flag of the Future (USA) (85 min) SEA
5:00 PM- 7:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s World Puppet Collection Tamayo Gallery
6:00 PM Thumbelina (Armenia) | National Puppet Theatre of Armenia (40 min) [FAMILY/YA] Flamboyan CANCELLED
7:00 PM The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus (USA) | Boxcutter Collective (45 min) La Plaza
7:00 PM Champagne Dreams (USA) | 3 Sticks (50 min) LATEA
7:00 PM JUDY PUNCHES BACK (USA) | Sarah Nolen, Puppet Motion (40 min) Los Kabayitos
8:00 PM One For Sorrow, Two For Joy (Canada) | Juanita Dawn, Long Grass Studio (51 min) Flamboyan
8:30 PM Shterna and the Lost Voice (USA) | Magid Ensemble (50 min) LATEA
8:30 PM Viva Pinocchio (USA) | Teatro SEA (45 min) SEA
10:00 PM Puppet Open Mic | Punto SEA
10:00 PM Micro: Elon Musk is Cool AF – Timothy and Aaron Haskell (USA); Archipiélago – Vueltabajo Teatro (Puerto Rico); The Falcon King – Drama of Works (USA); Trenzas, Sapos y Mariposas – Nazareno Ciminari & Pablo Jesús Gatto (Argentina); Elon Musk is Cool AF – Timothy and Aaron Haskell (USA) Los Kabayitos/203/309/201/Felt
Tickets for shows on sale here.
Full program for the entire festival here.
International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
11:00 AM Press Conference SEA
4:00 PM Puppet Lounge La Esquinita (Canopy)
7:00 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Theodora Skipitares Abrazo Interno
4:30 PM- 9:00 PM PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION Nancy Staub LES Gallery
4:30 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s World Puppet Collection Tamayo Gallery
4:30 PM- 9:00 PM ART EXHIBITION Teatro SEA’s Pinocchios Around The World SEA’s Gallery
6:00 PM Mini-Puppet Parade & Red Carpet La Plaza
7:00 PM Opening Remarks and Awards Ceremony La Plaza
8:00 PM The Cardboard Pizza Puppet Circus (USA) | Boxcutter Collective (45 min) La Plaza
9:00 PM- 10:30 PM Art Installation The Freak Family Roadshow | Jo Cunningham La Plaza
Tickets for shows on sale here.
Full program for the entire festival here.
Beacon For The Millennium
Beacon for the Millennium
A new durational performance work by He Yunchang.
Arts Letters and Numbers is honored to present Beacon for the Millennium, a new durational performance work by He Yunchang unfolding in New York City in July 2026. Over five consecutive days, the work brings forward the full force of the artist's body-based practice, opening a sustained space of encounter shaped by Chinese ornamentation, gestural vocabulary, and aesthetic design.
The piece invites audiences into a continuous exchange, both on site and online, as He Yunchang moves through eight-hour daytime sessions wearing a custom designed costume and engaging directly with participants. Network technology and Al will serve as active components throughout, extending the reach of the work and creating a live, global field of interaction.
This marks He Yunchang's return to New York City's public sphere after nearly two decades; his last presentation in the city, Gang Shang Hua (2007), took place in Washington Square Park as part of the New York Performance Art Biennial. As He describes it, the new work is an open, participatory project addressing questions of the present and the future, an invitation for viewers around the world to take part.
Please join us for an opening event on Thursday, July 23 at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center. Doors open at 4 pm, performance starting at 4:30 pm, with introductory remarks by David Gersten.
Dates and Venues
July 23-25, 2026 The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002
July 26, 2026, Outdoor, New York City
July 28, 2026, Arts Letters and Numbers, 1548 Burden Lake Road, Averill Park, NY 12018
Credits
New work by He Yunchang
Presented by Arts Letters and Numbers
Curated by David Gersten
Co curated by Zhang Xiaorui
Production and Sponsorship: Arts Letters and Numbers, Chen Lu Documentary Photography Director: Billy Chen
Project Coordinator: Lu Gao Props and
Service Design: He Yunchang, P.J, ATELIER ROUGE PEKIN
Department of Transformation: Teaching Time
Department of Transformation: Teaching Time
Thursday, July 23 – Saturday, July 25
12–5pm each day
Free; donations welcome
At a moment when schools, institutions, and online spaces are all in flux, we're interested in something simpler: what happens when people spend real time together, teaching and learning from each other? Department of Transformation invites you to explore these questions with us at Teaching Time — a free, three-day gathering for artists, designers, therapists, thinkers, healers, students, and anyone else curious about how we learn together.
Think of it as a hybrid: open studio hours, collaborative workshop, and something like a learning festival. Bring a project you're stuck on, an idea you want to think through out loud, or just yourself. Instructors including Prem Krishnamurthy, Sam Rauch, and others will be present and available throughout — ready to dig in, reflect, and explore alongside you. Over three days, expect workshops, games, open-ended conversations, and, yes — possibly some karaoke! Come on by for a transformative time together.
Department of Transformation: Time for Transforming
Department of Transformation, Time for Transforming
Four Thursdays: June 11, June 18, June 25, July 2
Each day from 3–5pm, no registration necessary
Studio 308
Free; donations welcome
Starting from the premise that many meaningful changes arrive through small-scale dialogue, the Department of Transformation will offer Time for Transforming, a set of weekly “studio hours.” For four weeks (June 11–July 2) anybody—artists, designers, students, educators, healers, thinkers, makers, and human beings of all sorts—is welcome to drop-in to the DOT studio at The Clemente for talk and tea. Conversations can include feedback on creative work, sharing of practical or theoretical skills, and other topics. No registration is necessary; feel free to email team@d-o-t.nyc with advance questions.
Department of Transformation: Time for Transforming
Department of Transformation, Time for Transforming
Four Thursdays: June 11, June 18, June 25, July 2
Each day from 3–5pm, no registration necessary
Studio 308
Free; donations welcome
Starting from the premise that many meaningful changes arrive through small-scale dialogue, the Department of Transformation will offer Time for Transforming, a set of weekly “studio hours.” For four weeks (June 11–July 2) anybody—artists, designers, students, educators, healers, thinkers, makers, and human beings of all sorts—is welcome to drop-in to the DOT studio at The Clemente for talk and tea. Conversations can include feedback on creative work, sharing of practical or theoretical skills, and other topics. No registration is necessary; feel free to email team@d-o-t.nyc with advance questions.
Department of Transformation: Time for Transforming
Department of Transformation, Time for Transforming
Four Thursdays: June 11, June 18, June 25, July 2
Each day from 3–5pm, no registration necessary
Studio 308
Free; donations welcome
Starting from the premise that many meaningful changes arrive through small-scale dialogue, the Department of Transformation will offer Time for Transforming, a set of weekly “studio hours.” For four weeks (June 11–July 2) anybody—artists, designers, students, educators, healers, thinkers, makers, and human beings of all sorts—is welcome to drop-in to the DOT studio at The Clemente for talk and tea. Conversations can include feedback on creative work, sharing of practical or theoretical skills, and other topics. No registration is necessary; feel free to email team@d-o-t.nyc with advance questions.
INSTINCT AND EXTINCT & Ofrenda
Tickets here, seats limited.
The CWP Evolution Festival presents a double bill of two new musical performances inspired by the preservation of the earth.
About INSTINCT AND EXTINCT:
When your home is changing, how do you stick to your life's purpose? Multidisciplinary artist Dominique Francis Grogan explores this concept from the perspective of some of America’s most critically endangered species: the Whooping Crane (Grus americana), the Northern Long-Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and the ʻĀkohekohe (Crested Honeycreeper).
This show is completely self-produced by the artist, with compelling alternative music production and provocative arias and a never-before-heard musical identity. Dominique has a background in classically trained vocal performance which is seamlessly combined with the modern sound of e-voque, their musical project with over 25 releases to date. Grogan worked with naturalists to source recent field recordings of these specific animals, which became an inspiration for telling the stories of their lives and experiences in an increasingly hostile natural world.
At the center of this work is an urgent political reality. Specifically, the Trump administration has proposed redefining the word 'harm' in the 1973 Endangered Species Act so that habitat destruction no longer legally counts as harming an endangered animal. Science is clear; destroying habitat is indirectly killing animals and entire ecosystems.
INSTINCT AND EXTINCT also touches on the still-present beauty of creatures and their habits: their musical hums, flutters, coos and calls. You will be reminded of the stunning rhythm and rhyme of mother nature.
This is a can't-miss premiere of a solo opera from award-winning experimental electronic musician Dominique Francis (aka e-voque). It is 25 minutes in length and completely performed by Dominique as a one-man show. Their piece LIQUESCENT premiered last summer on Governors Island for a three-month run, also exploring climate change and animal rights.
Cast & Creative Team:
Writer, Producer, and Performer: Dominique Francis Grogan (e-voque)
Bat Recordings and Sound Production: Ben Kinsley
Whooping Crane: Nate Shipley
ʻĀkohekohe Calls: Brooks Rownd
About Ofrenda:
Ofrenda is a multidisciplinary performance that lives at the intersection of art, ecology, spirituality, memory, and migration. Created and performed by Argentine artist Natalia Martinez Sagan, the piece brings together live interpretations of beloved Argentine folklore songs through singing and dance, alongside storytelling, ritual, and a hand-crafted costume inspired by her cultural lineages.
Performed primarily in Spanish - Natalia’s first language and the second most spoken language in New York City and the United States - the piece is deeply informed by her early immersion in Argentine folklore music and dance, and by her mixed cultural lineages, including Polish, Spanish, and Indigenous ancestry from South America.
Ofrenda explores themes of belonging, remembrance, and reciprocity, blending them into a contemporary offering centered on honoring and thanking the Earth.
Cast & Creative Team
Creator, Performer, Costume Designer and Maker, and Producer: Natalia Martinez Sagan
Production Consultant: Julia Nuin
Creative and Audio Consultant: Justin Zerza
Vocal Coach: Gabriel Lima
Ritual and Spiritual Advisors: Ñusta and Nahuan (Inti Waka)
About Dominique Francis Grogan:
Dominique Francis Grogan (e-voque) is an award-winning artist originally from Portland, Oregon, now living in Brooklyn, NY. Coming from a classical background, they dove into music production, activism, and songwriting around 2020, a journey that led them to their current project, the otherworldly and genre-defying e-voque. They use their vocal training to create ambient atmospheres with stunning layering and harmonies. The production moves between fuzzy and poignant, drawing from genres like shoegaze, baroque pop, and experiential composition. A deep love of nature and conservation appears prominently throughout their work, often serving as the central focus of their album projects, performances, and installations.
About Natalia Martinez Sagan:
Natalia Martinez Sagan is an Argentine multidisciplinary artist, performer, designer, and lifelong student of spiritual practices. Professionally trained in musical theater, singing, and dance, she has performed internationally, in both English and Spanish. Her artistic practice is deeply informed by Argentine folklore, regenerative ways of living, and spiritual ecology, and explores her cultural intersections and lineages, including Polish, Spanish, and Indigenous ancestry from South America. An environmental activist since childhood, Natalia is the Creative Director of Martinez Sagan Studio, through which she offers services focused on ecological creativity: exploring how to live more aligned with the wisdom of the Earth. An environmental activist since childhood, Natalia is the Creative Director of Martinez Sagan Studio, through which she offers services focused on ecological creativity: exploring how to live more aligned with the wisdom of the Earth.
About the CWP Evolution Festival
The fifth annual CWP EVOLUTION FESTIVAL presents original works of theater, dance, music, comedy, and interdisciplinary performance by NYC-based artists at venues across Manhattan in June and September 2026. Participants receive free performance & rehearsal space, marketing & technical support, a guaranteed artist fee, performance photography and archival videography, and more!
Learn more about the festival and the 20+ other shows on the schedule at www.centeratwestpark.org/evolution-festival-2026
Department of Transformation: Time for Transforming
Department of Transformation, Time for Transforming
Four Thursdays: June 11, June 18, June 25, July 2
Each day from 3–5pm, no registration necessary
Studio 308
Free; donations welcome
Starting from the premise that many meaningful changes arrive through small-scale dialogue, the Department of Transformation will offer Time for Transforming, a set of weekly “studio hours.” For four weeks (June 11–July 2) anybody—artists, designers, students, educators, healers, thinkers, makers, and human beings of all sorts—is welcome to drop-in to the DOT studio at The Clemente for talk and tea. Conversations can include feedback on creative work, sharing of practical or theoretical skills, and other topics. No registration is necessary; feel free to email team@d-o-t.nyc with advance questions.
Storms - Five One Act Plays
STORMS is an evening of five one-act plays moving through longing, absurdity, collapse, and fragile hope, each circling what it means to keep feeling in a world that resists it. From a woman confronting God in the aftermath of heartbreak, to two minds unraveling inside a system of control; from corporate “care” cracking under pressure, to a soul refusing to begin again, to sisters reaching for connection after everything familiar has fallen away. By turns darkly funny and raw, STORMS lingers, asking not just how we endure, but why we choose to.
YOU WHO ACHE: A woman who returns to an empty cathedral at night and comes face to face with God himself. What begins as a desperate plea about heartbreak and emotional suffering becomes a confrontation about love, loneliness, and what it means to feel too deeply in a world that rarely returns that devotion.
CIVIL WAR. BREAKFAST: Miz and Dame, play chess while trapped in a surreal authoritarian system. As their game spirals into psychological warfare, political allegory, and grotesque comedy, the play explores power, ideology, class, and the collapse of reality under repression.
WELLNESS ROOM: Takes place inside a corporate office “wellness room” during a day of mass layoffs. Two employees, an anxious meditation-seeker and an outspoken administrator, clash as panic spreads through the company, forcing both of them to confront burnout, complicity, and the hollow language of corporate care.
NEW BEGINNINGS: Centers on Ann, a woman who dies in a bizarre accident and wakes up in Heaven with her overworked guardian angel, Chloe. Faced with the prospect of choosing her 875th reincarnation, Ann resists the idea of starting over, leading to a funny, existential conversation about purpose, freedom, and whether life is worth living again.
TEENAGE: Follows two sisters reconnecting in their childhood kitchen after a societal collapse linked to technology and internet dependency. As Lisa attempts to help Dani recover from addiction and self-destruction through rigid routines and analog living, their uneasy reunion reveals deep resentment, grief, and the fragile hope of rebuilding human connection.
Alyson Leonard | Ariella Carmell | Abby Grantham | Thomas Simmons | Matthew Fay | Liz Fernandez | Alexandra Scordato | Robert Barnes Jr. | Chloe Milling | Jolene Mafnas | Ysaias Garcia | Rotem Minster | Nathan Dennis | Samantha Leon | Landon Hubbard | Elisabetta Bracer | Aria Martinelli | Vivien Tierney | Isabella Sale | Constance Lake
Mentors: Menahem Haike, Marcel Simoneau & Suzanne Di Donna
Developed at Circle Theater Workshop
Tickets here.
Art-Work: Balance (Opening reception)
Come for the opening reception for Art-Work: Balance on May 29, 6-8pm! The exhibition will be on view from May 29 to July 12, 2026.
Art-Work: Balance, curated by Arthur Polendo, and organized by ABC No Rio and The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, explores the often invisible tension between creative practice and the jobs artists take on to support their practice. Featuring works across mediums, the exhibition reveals how labor outside the studio—whether inspiring, exhausting, or intrusive—shapes the artist's identity, process, and output. The pieces do not directly depict these jobs but instead respond to the lived reality of navigating survival and self-expression. This exhibition invites viewers to consider the cost, resilience, and ingenuity behind sustaining an artistic life.
Historias in Motion: Dome Cartographies by Natalia Nakazawa
Tickets here.
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center and Kinfolk Tech are excited to announce the Jackson Heights, Queens edition ofHistorias in Motion, featuring Dome Cartographies, a new AR monument by artist Natalia Nakazawa paired with historical contributions from the Queens Memory Project. This signature series engages audiences with historically important Latinx neighborhoods around New York City, building community memory through artist-storyteller pairings, walking tours, limited-edition zines, and commissioned AR monuments that offer new possibilities for memorialization.
Join us at 5 pm on Friday, May 29, at the World's Borough Bookshop to celebrate the monument launch music, artist conversations, walking tours, 'zines, and more!
New York 2024 Releases Issue 4: Education
Come and join us for the release of Issue 4: Education of Noah Fischer's NY2044!
Reserve a spot here.
New York 2044 is a newspaper from the future. Its articles are reported from the imaginations of New Yorkers whose lives and work provide insight into the city's most persistent challenges from housing to immigration. Issue 4, on education, arrives at a moment when the question of what education is for feels more urgent than ever. Can it prepare New Yorkers for a disrupted economy? Is it capable of mending a deteriorated democracy? Will teachers and educational institutions survive AI? What would it take to bring education through the smoke of the present, and into a golden age in the city?
Three issues have been published — on housing, immigration, and energy — distributed through street kiosks, mobile newsstands, and live reading events where correspondents read future dispatches to live soundscapes.
The project was founded by artist and educator Noah Fischer in late 2023, originally commissioned by More Art through a public art grant.
Issue 4, on education, is supported by a research grant from The New School, where Fischer is a unionized part-time professor. The release event is a partnership with the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center where NY2044 is developing a longer-term collaboration alongside Historias (historias.nyc) and Shape of Cities to Come.
The release event will feature free issues of the hot-off-the press illustrated newspaper (plus previous issues), and readings set to a live sonic futurescape—an immersive experience of the future.
The launch will coincide with the debut of a new website that presents the project's accumulated narratives, timelines, maps, and entity directory in an interactive format.
Readings will be given by Daven Asafo-Agei, Jacob Cohen, Ciarán Finlayson, Nato Thompson, Sarah Truelsch, Amy Zimmer, Angelo Cabrera, and others. Playwright and theater producer Laurel Mora is helping develop the flow of the evening and will also perform.
NADA Presents—Counter-mapping Nueva York: Artists, Archives, and Public Memory
In 2024, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center launched Historias, a multiyear public humanities initiative dedicated to rescuing and recentering Latinx stories and their role in shaping New York City. Developed with the Latinx Arts Consortium of New York (LxNY), Historias offers a curatorial and civic framework for rethinking how public memory is built, shared, and contested.
At the heart of the initiative is a simple proposition: Nueva York is the city inside the city. It names the dense, often underrecognized histories of labor, migration, artistic invention, spiritual life, and neighborhood formation that have helped make New York what it is. To trace the Nueva York inside New York is to look beyond official narratives and singular landmarks toward the social worlds and collective forms of remembrance through which Latinx communities have shaped the city over time.
This panel presents three artist commissions in development for Historias Reveladas, the initiative’s culminating exhibition and public program series. In dialogue with the digital platform Nueva York Chronicles, these projects demonstrate how artists can work with historically grounded material to activate public memory in rigorous, layered, and accessible ways.
Featured artists include Natalia Nakazawa, whose Dome Cartographies explores migration, collective imagination, and neighborhood-based worldmaking in Jackson Heights; Edwin Torres, whose editorial and artistic work revisits Loisaida’s 1990s poetry scene as a living archive of voice, performance, and gathering; and Alva Mooses and Mauricio Cortés Ortega, whose Hands of Time / Manos del Tiempo examines the labor, craft, and everyday infrastructures that have sustained Lower Manhattan beyond corporate narratives of development.
Together, these projects ask how artists, archives, and cultural institutions can help audiences trace the Nueva York inside New York.
The conversation will be moderated by Libertad Guerra, Executive Director of The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center and Chief Curator of Historias.