Nuyorican Poetry:  A Borimix Open Mic Night
When: Thursday, November 21, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente

Curated by: Caridad de la Luz, La Bruja

Featured Artists: Bonafide Rojas and Samy Nemir

Tickets and RSVP HERE!

Join us for a screening of La Bruja’s video montage, Nuyorican-Struction, and a night of community and Nuyorican poetry. This event will highlight 50 years of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, hosted by the Emmy winning Executive Director of the famed institution, La Bruja, and will feature the poetry of Bonafide Rojas and Samy Nemir.

About the Company:

Founded in 1973, the Nuyorican Poets Café began as a living room salon in the East Village apartment of writer and poet Miguel Algarin along with other playwrights, poets, and musicians of color whose work was not accepted by the mainstream academic, entertainment or publishing industries. By 1975, the performance poetry scene had started to become a vital element of the Puerto Rican diaspora and African-American culture marked by the release of a “Nuyorican Poetry” anthology, and Miguel Piñero’s “Short Eyes,” which was a hit on Broadway.

By 1981, the overflow of audience and artists led the Café to purchase a former tenement building at 236 East 3rd Street, and to expand its activities and programs from the original space on East 6th Street.

Regarding the director

Caridad De La Luz (she/her/hers) is a world renowned spoken word artist known as La Bruja. She became the Executive Director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Jan. 2022 after beginning her career there in 1996. She recently won an Emmy  as Script Writer for the cultural short: Legacy of Puerto Rican Poetry which aired on ABC during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2021.

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