New York, NY– Join the Celebration! Prepare for an enchanting evening at the BORIMIX Community Closing Reception in the heart of New York City’s Lower East Side. The highlight of the event is a live acoustic concert by the talented Uruguayan artist, Julieta Rada.
Event Highlights:
5 PM: UnLocal’s 'Painting our Futures' Holiday Market + Coat Drive for Asylum Seekers
Explore and support a vibrant market featuring immigrant community vendors showcasing their crafts, hosted by UnLocal, including free face-painting for children!!!6:30 PM: Julieta Rada's Acoustic Concert infused by Candombe rhythms
Immerse yourself in the soulful performance of Julieta Rada, renowned Uruguayan-Argentine singer and songwriter. Rada, a Latin Grammy Award nominee, captivated audiences as the opening act for Jorge Drexler at BRIC Summer Stage this past summer.7:30 PM: UnLocal's Raffle
Stay tuned for UnLocal's raffle featuring fantastic prizes.Complimentary Food and Soft Drinks
PAY WHAT YOU CAN Tickets: $15 Suggested Donation
No one will be turned away for lack of funds. RSVP's grants access to the entire event and our galleries showcasing two remarkable exhibitions BoriGuay: Sur and Off The Grid.
Join us as we celebrate the end of The Clemente's 30th Anniversary, foster solidarity, and support local immigrant vendors. Let's usher in the holiday season with joy, community, and unforgettable memories.
The Clemente will also be hosting a coat drive for asylum seekers in the local community. Drop off gently used cold-weather items such as coats, sweaters, gloves, hats, and thermal items of all sizes, from baby to adult, inside our main entrance. The coat drive will run for the duration of our program.
Thursday November 30th, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Flamboyán Theater, 107 Suffolk Street, NY, 10002
Tickets Here!
Press Contact:
Sofía Reeser del Rio, Associate Director of Programs, Curator, sreeserdelrio@theclementecenter.org
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@theclemente @unlocalinc @teatrosea @teatrolatea @julieta_rada
About BORIMIX Festival:
BORIMIX Puerto Rico Fest makes Puerto Rican arts accessible to a multi-ethnic and multi-generational audience, promoting creative collaboration between Latinx artists. This year is the 18th annual BORIMIX: Puerto Rico Fest, which features an array of events that include panels, films, theater, literature, music and the visual arts. These events highlight the impact of Puerto Rican identity and arts & culture within the City, Nation, and Hemisphere, as it intersects with other Latinx identities. This year’s edition is dedicated to Uruguay.
About Julieta Rada:
Julieta Rada started her career singing at the age of 16. Since then she performed at stages around the world with internationally acclaimed artists such as Fito Paez, Charly García, Hugo Fattoruso, Ruben Rada, Ciro y Los Persas, Illya Kuriaki and the Valderramas, La Vela Puerca, Joss Stone, among others, as well as her own solo project. She is the youngest daughter of one of the most representative artists in Uruguayan music, Rubén Rada. She has multiple awards and nominations such as “Best New Artist” in the 2015’s LATIN GRAMMYS. She also won the GARDEL AWARDS two times (the most relevant music award in Argentina) in 2016 in the category of “Best Pop Artist” and in 2019 as “Best Pop Album.” She also won three GRAFFITI AWARDS (the most relevant music awards in Uruguay) in 2013 and 2016 in the category of “Best female artist” and in 2019 she won “Best Pop album.”
About UnLocal:
UnLocal aims to address the fundamental injustices and structural inequities that disproportionately impact immigrant communities. We are a community-centered non-profit organization that provides direct immigration legal representation, community education, outreach, and advocacy for New York’s undocumented immigrants. UnLocal is dedicated to creating sustainable structures that build collective power and allow us to flourish.
About The Clemente:
The Clemente is a Puerto Rican and Latinx cultural space rooted in the Lower East Side. It connects and co-creates with contemporary artists, cultural workers and small arts organizations by offering subsidized studios, exhibition, rehearsal, office and venue spaces; and produces their own programming in a spirit of responsiveness, heritage conversation and provocative collaboration.
About Our Drink Sponsor: The Community Spirit
The Community Spirit is a B-Corp Certified and award-winning premium vodka recognized for our mission of social impact, ethics, and transparency, with an unparalleled commitment to donating a percentage of our revenue and our time and resources to local, community-focused causes and organizations.