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Reclaiming Spaces in the South Bronx: A walking tour for Bronxites
Reclaiming Spaces in the South Bronx : A walking tour for Bronxites
When: Sunday May 30 @ 12:00 PM
Where: To join and receive specific directions as to where to meet, contact Nicolás at indioclaro@hotmail.com or click HERE
Participants: Lisa Ortega, Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel
Revolutionary Boricua Lisa Ortega guides Nicolás Dumit through some of the sites that she, together with neighbors and activists around Southern Boulevard, have regained access to for community purposes. Once condemned, padlocked or out of reach for collective use, some of the lots that Lisa and Nicolás will visit with you are today playgrounds, vegetable gardens and sports courts. This walk on March 30th in the South Bronx evolved from conversations about tourists’ buses, mostly with Spanish visitors, arriving in the area and stopping by for a quick selfie at “The Bronx” mural on Westchester Avenue where the popular Double Discount department store used to be. What brings people from outside to this section of our borough still perceived by those not from here as a “ghetto”? How does a tour for Bronxites look like and what benefits will it yield in terms of remembering and honoring those who have done the work?
One specific story that prompted this walk was shared with Nicolás by Lisa, and it relates to an unhoused person sleeping below “The Bronx” mural. This person was threatened to be removed because of an outsider’s call to the police so tourists could use the backdrop for their “I was there” selfies. What does it mean to reclaim spaces for communities in a South Bronx that even some of its local politicians have been giving the green light to developers to gentrify…because as Nicolás heard someone say “…it is “cheap”? How do communities in this culturally vibrant area of our city continue to hold onto the spaces reclaimed and keep them RADICAL?
Lisa Ortega is a revolutionary Boricua, Mother of 4, Grandma of 5. She is a recovering addict being clean for 35 years and has been organizing for 31 years. She is a devout atheist and anarchist. She believes strongly that "people power" will ultimately bring about a full revolution...replacing politicians, police, and all other forms of oppression." Organizing is not an option but a way of life". Liberation of all is the final destination.
This event will be documented through video and photographs.
To join for this walk for Bronxites on March 30, 12 noon and to get directions as to where to meet, please contact Nicolás at indioclaro@hotmail.com or click HERE
ABOUT: PERFORMING THE BRONX
Since 2015 Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel has invited a group of remarkable Bronxites to co-develop actions embedded in the day-to-day of our beloved home borough. The gestures that emerge are presented in private spaces, as well as in the Bronx's public realm, and focus on the roots that weave these visionaries with specific communities and neighborhoods in our part of the City. Performing the Bronx is an expansion of Nicolás’s ongoing in honoring, recovering, reclaiming and remembering herstories/histories/theirstories of the area’s neighbors and trailblazers that run the risk of being effaced by time, lost in the midst of neighborhoods in flux, or dismissed by dominant discourses that often position themselves at the center of the conversation.
Past participants: Arthur Avilés, Bill Aguado, Benny Bonilla, Mili Bonilla, Caridad De La Luz ‘La Bruja’, Dr. Drum, Ana ‘ROKAFELLA’ García, Reverend Danilo Lachapel, Wanda Salamán, and Rhina Valentin
Performing the Bronx as a whole has been supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Casita Maria’s South Bronx Culture Trail 2020, and the Bronx Council on the Arts. It has also received love, space and support from Mothers on the Move, BronxNet TV, The Andrew Freedman Home, and BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.
The 2025 chapters of Performing the Bronx with Lisa Ortega, and Charles Rice-González are presented with support from Historias, a multi-year programmatic initiative led by The Clemente in partnership with LxNY and supported by the Rauschenberg Foundation. Historias celebrates the transformative impact of Latinx communities in NYC through research, artistic interpretations, and public engagement.
Transforming Texts- An experimental reading group
Photo by Prem Krisnamurthy
Transforming Texts- An experimental reading group
When: Wednesdays March 5, April 2, May 7, 2025@ 6-8 PM
Where: Room 309 @ The Clemente
Organized by: Department of Transformation
Can we redefine our futures by redefining our forms? How might the act of reading together itself be transformative? Transforming Texts takes place monthly in 2025 as part of the Department of Transformation’s residency at The Clemente. This free and open program invites participants to propose complex, challenging, and otherwise urgent texts for collective investigation. Through a collaborative process, the group will both identify specific readings and develop experimental formats for engagement, drawing on a wide range of disciplines and modes of practice to cultivate a community of creative connectivity while building an ongoing bibliography of transformative texts for our times.
Transforming Texts is organized by Department of Transformation founder Prem Krisnamurthy and curator Sam Rauch, with additional co-organizers to be announced.
To register, RSVP HERE
For more info, contact hello@dept-of-transformation.org
Historietas: Latinx Comix as Alternative Histories
Historietas: Latinx Comix as Alternative Histories
Opening Reception and Comic Slideshow: April 6 @ 2:00 PM
On View: April 6 - May 31, 2025
Where: 4th Floor @ The Clemente
107 Suffolk Street, NYC
Artists: Ivan Velez Jr., Sandy Jimenez, Carlo Quispe, Sharon De La Cruz, Ivan Monforte, Medar De La Cruz, and Daisy Ruiz
Curated by: Carlo Quispe
Co-presented by: Historias and ABC No Rio 45th
RSVP HERE!
Space is limited, RSVP is required to attend.
On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of ABC No Rio’s founding, Historias Sembradas—the research and public engagement phase of Historias, The Clemente’s multi-year initiative—presents Historietas, an exhibition of Latinx comic book artists whose work weaves together multi-generational narratives of survival, resilience, and coming-of-age in NYC’s neighborhoods.
Curated by Peruvian cartoonist and educator Carlo Quispe, Historietas brings together seven contemporary Latinx creators whose work spans from the Bronx to the Lower East Side, tracing histories across public schools, prison libraries, community spaces, homes, and streets. These artists—Ivan Velez Jr., Sandy Jimenez, Carlo Quispe, Sharon De La Cruz, Ivan Monforte, Medar De La Cruz, and Daisy Ruiz—challenge dominant narratives through the immediacy of comics, using the medium to document lived experiences and create informal yet powerful counter-histories.
The Spanish word Historietas translates to “little histories” or “short stories,” but despite their modest size, these comics serve as potent tools for self-representation, storytelling, and political discourse. Through independent and mainstream publishing, the featured artists ensure that their voices and perspectives are seen, read, and remembered.
*Historietas is part of ABC No Rio’s 45th Anniversary and part of a larger ongoing Historias partnership with ABC No Rio. For the full list of upcoming events taking place as part of ABC No Rio’s 45th Anniversary see THIS LINK!
Remesas y Sobremesa: Tequio (Mutual Aid) in an Era of Deportation and Borders
Migrant children play after lunch in the main courtyard of Casa del Migrante. October 2024. Photo by Cinthya Briones Santos.
Remesas y Sobremesa: Tequio (Mutual Aid) in an Era of Deportation and Borders
When: Wednesday April 16, 2025 @ 6:00 PM- 8:30PM
Where: Performance Space New York, 150 1st Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC
Host: Cinthya Santos-Briones
Guests: Michel Castañeda, Paola Ramos, and Natalia Mendez
RSVP HERE!
Presented as part of the Clemente’s Historias initiative, the Remesas y Sobremesa series invites you to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue. This event will be the second iteration of Remesas y Sobremesa,focusing on Migration and Spiritual Belief, one of Historias core thematic tracks.
Presented in partnership with Performance Space New York, artist and anthropologist Cynthia Santos-Briones will host an intimate discussion over shared food and drink about mutual aid, her recent border trips to Mexico, and NYC’s migrant services.
She, along with academic Michel Castañeda, journalist Paola Ramos, and photographer Natalia Mendez, will discuss mutual aid as a vital response to anti-immigrant policies and how to provide immediate and long-term relief to fractured communities. The conversation will highlight the role of artists as cultural bridges—preserving and sharing knowledge through their work.
Stay tuned for more program updates, including the meal partnership and menu details SOON!
Accessibility:
Performance Space New York is located at 150 First Avenue at the corner of 9th Street in Manhattan. The courtyard is step-free; the ground is a wheelchair accessible ecofloor system (grid of tightly packed gravel). ADA all-gender bathrooms are located inside Performance Space on the 4th and 5th floors. On the 1st floor are gender-segregated, ADA, multi-stall bathrooms.
If you’d like to come, but something makes that difficult for you, or if you have questions about the events, the venue, have particular seating needs, or would like to tell us about your access needs, please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@theclementecenter.org with the event title and ‘accessibility’ in the subject. Advance notice is appreciated and requests made 2 weeks prior to the event will have the best chance of being met.
¡Te Amo Porque S.O.S. Pueblo!
Photo by Maria de la Paz Galindo
¡Te Amo Porque S.O.S. Pueblo!
Opening Reception: Friday April 25, 5:00 - 8:00 PM
When: April 25 – May 25, 2025
Where: Bronx Art Space, 700 Manida St. (Entrance in Spofford Ave)
Bronx, NY 10474 / 6 train to Hunts Point
Organized by: María Ponce, Marco Saavedra, Blanka Amezkua
Artists: Rudy, Odalys, Kati, Roy, Juan Carlos, Itzi, Rigo, Gabriel, Marco, Maru, Alejandra, Aurelio, Elena, Mary, Cristian, Monica, Niceli, Talita, Odette, Katherine, Leslie, Dialekto, Jose Luis, Daniela, Sonia, Maria, MaryJose, Zenaida, Paulina, Margarita, Eufemia, Eugenia, Erika, Patricia, Yoloxochitl, Tammy, Alexis, Blanka
RSVP HERE!
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As part of Historias Sembradas’ Crossing Borders thematic track, ¡Te Amo Porque S.O.S Pueblo! brings together artists who have personally lived the realities of the U.S. borderland industrial complex. This exhibition explores the creation of sanctuary through nourishment, ancestral spiritual practices, legal rights and community resources—affirming art as a means of survival.
Curatorial text by the organizers:
“I love you because you are my people” is the message our people need to hear today & always (Benedetti). Our response to hate, racism, deportations & terror is love, community, networks of care & abundance. I love you “because every day your hands create the world” (Neruda). I love you because you are freedom. These daring works of art are an offering from the migrant community that crosses borders. We know that the only way to resist the hateful policies of “enforcement through attrition” is by caring for our community with love.
¡Te Amo Porque S.O.S. Pueblo! brings together the work of artists who arrived in the country as undocumented minors, alongside pieces by their immigrant artist friends and others. More than an art exhibition, we envision it as an immigrant portal—a space for the community to gather, share meals and stories, access legal resources, and connect with local organizations supporting immigrants. The programming will feature art, communal meals, legal guidance, survival services, and vital information on organizations working directly with immigrant communities. Above all, this exhibition serves as a portal of solidarity, a testament to our presence, our mutual support, and the strength we find in standing together during these challenging times.
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Co-curated by Maria Ponce, Marco Saavedra and Blanka Amezkua, ¡Te Amo Porque S.O.S Pueblo! will present works by immigrant artists who came to the country as undocumented minors and artists with a family history of crossing borders. The exhibition features the works of 38 artists whose last names will be kept anonymous to ensure their safety: Abelardo, Alejandra, Aurelio, Blanka, Cinthya, Cristian, Daisy, Daniel, Dialekto, Elena, Eric, Francisco, Frank, Gabriel, Guadalupe, Hilario, Itzy, Jose, Jose Luis, Juan Carlos, Katherine, Kosme, Les-lie, Letty, Marco, Maria, Mary, Miguel, Monica, Netza, Niceli, Odalys, Rigo, Ronny, Roy, Ruddy, Una Daisy, and Yoloxochitl. Their work explores the meaning of sanctuary, tying together themes of nourishment, care networks, and ancestral spiritual practices to emphasize love and community in response to the current climate of hate, racism, deportations, and terror.
Opening and closing events will include food provided by La Morada Restaurant. Local organizations, including Rapid Response, NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program, the National Latina Institute, and Mixteca will also provide informational pamphlets and legal advice on immigration and deportation.
Uptown/Downtown: When Boroughs Collide | DEI Warriors on the Culture Front
Exterior of Fashion/Moda with mural by Crash, 1982. Photo by Lisa Kahane
Uptown/Downtown: When Boroughs Collide | DEI Warriors on the Culture Front
When: Monday, April 28 @ 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Where: Flamboyan Theater @ The Clemente
Participants: Lisa Kahane, Joe Lewis, Jane Dickson, John Ahearn, Charlie Ahearn, John “Crash” Matos, Frank Morales, Yasmin Ramirez, and Betti-Sue Hertz, Libertad Guerra, Amy Starecheski
Organized by: ABC No Rio in partnership with Historias
Join us for a slide presentation and panel discussing the history of Fashion Moda, an experimental art space in the South Bronx opened by Austrian emigre artist Stefan Eins in 1978. ABC No Rio opened two years later in Loisaida, after a building occupation. Several of the artists from “the Moda” came down for the Real Estate Show, and later showed at ABC. Artists from ABC went uptown to the Moda regularly. This crosstown traffic continued throughout the 1980s. One of the okupas of the squatting movement in the Bronx had a zine library; when that squat was evicted the zine library came to ABC No Rio, the seed of the present-day collection. This artistic traffic between boroughs was crucially important in laying the foundations for the diverse multi-cultural artworld of the present-day.
Questions around intersectionality have dogged the cultural world in NYC for at least a century.* The axis of Colab, through Fashion Moda and ABC No Rio, set out to intervene in this by siting experimental cultural centers in peripheral barrios of the city in the late 1970s and through the '80s. These centers welcomed artists of color. How did that work? And did it work to build the artworld of today? The question is especially urgent given the recent federal government's all-out attacks on "DEI" funding in all sectors. The time is now urgent for this important history to be better known.
Met Expert Talk—Latine Visions in Art and Music
When: Friday, May 2, 2025 @ 6:30–7:30 PM
Where: The Metropolitan Museum, Fifth Avenue
Gallery 901, Leonard A. Lauder Galleries
Speaker: Sokio
Register HERE!
Join Museum experts, including curators, conservators, scientists, and scholars, for a deep dive into a selection of exhibition objects in the galleries. Hear new insights and untold stories from Met insiders and take a closer look at the works of art. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions.
In this talk, join Sokio, founder and director of New Latin Wave, to explore the transformative exchange of influence between art scenes in Latin America and New York City, focusing on the unique dynamics between Gordon Matta-Clark and his father, the renowned Chilean surrealist Roberto Matta.
“Latine Visions in Art and Music” is part of Nuestros Sonidos, Carnegie Hall's 2025 citywide festival.
On Saturday, May 3, enjoy a workshop of Sokio’s opera Splitting/Absence, in development with National Sawdust. This program takes place at The Clemente and is also presented as part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestro Sonidos festival. Learn more
FREE with Museum admission, though advance registration is recommended. Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Priority will be given to those who register.
Section: New York – A Preview Workshop of Splitting/Absence
Section: New York – A Preview Workshop of Splitting/Absence
When: Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 @ 6:00 - 7:00 PM
Where: The Clemente, 107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, 10002
Artists: Composed by Sokio | Words by Natasha Tiniacos
Reserve your tickets HERE!
As part of the Historias initiative, The Clemente Center and New Latin Wave present Section: New York, a preview workshop of Sokio’s opera Splitting/Absence, in development with National Sawdust. This multi-phase operatic work explores the life and legacy of 1970s artist Gordon Matta-Clark, whose radical interventions redefined urban spaces. Each chapter of the opera is supported by a different commissioner, with Historias commissioning the New York chapter.
Composed by Sokio, with words by Natasha Tiniacos, Splitting/Absence blends electronic and classical elements to create an immersive operatic experience—bringing Matta-Clark’s transformative vision to life through music, architecture, and storytelling. The opera offers a deeper exploration of Matta-Clark’s impact on contemporary art and urbanism.
Don’t miss Sokio’s talk at the Metropolitan Museum the day before this event, on Friday May 2nd at 6:30 PM, where he’ll be discussing the transformative exchange of influence between art scenes in Latin America and New York City, focusing on the unique dynamics between Gordon Matta-Clark and his father, the renowned Chilean surrealist Roberto Matta.. Link to Sokio’s Met talk HERE!
Artist Bio:
Sokio Díaz Gallardo (Chile, b. 1973) is a composer, producer, music supervisor, and cultural organizer. He leads the performance of his opera Splitting/Absence and is the director and co-founder of New Latin Wave and a member of the LxNY consortium—both initiatives dedicated to amplifying Latinx voices in arts and culture.
Known for his innovative fusion of electronic and classical music, Sokio explores themes of space, transformation, and urban landscapes through operatic storytelling. Based in New York’s Lower East Side, he continues to push creative boundaries across multiple disciplines.
His latest works include: the chamber opera Paraíso which premiered on June 16, 2023, at National Sawdust; his role as music supervisor for Sebastián Díaz’s documentary A Thousand Pines; and his work as a curator, co-creating the series “Futuros, New Ideas in Composition” at Lincoln Center with Amanda Riesman.
Further details, including the full list of participants, will be announced soon.
This event forms part of Carnegie Hall’s Nuestros Sonidos festival.
Presented by The Clemente Center and New Latin Wave as part of the Historias initiative
Transforming Texts- An experimental reading group
Photo by Prem Krisnamurthy
Transforming Texts- An experimental reading group
When: Wednesdays March 5, April 2, May 7, 2025 @ 6-8 PM
Where: Room 309 @ The Clemente
Organized by: Department of Transformation
Can we redefine our futures by redefining our forms? How might the act of reading together itself be transformative? Transforming Texts takes place monthly in 2025 as part of the Department of Transformation’s residency at The Clemente. This free and open program invites participants to propose complex, challenging, and otherwise urgent texts for collective investigation. Through a collaborative process, the group will both identify specific readings and develop experimental formats for engagement, drawing on a wide range of disciplines and modes of practice to cultivate a community of creative connectivity while building an ongoing bibliography of transformative texts for our times.
Transforming Texts is organized by Department of Transformation founder Prem Krisnamurthy and curator Sam Rauch, with additional co-organizers to be announced.
To register, RSVP HERE
For more info, contact hello@dept-of-transformation.org
Esto No Tiene Nombre
Photo by David Evan McDowell
Esto No Tiene Nombre
When: May 15, 16 & 17, Doors at 6:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Performer: Denice Frohman
Director and co-creator: Alex Torra
RSVP & Tickets HERE!
The Clemente will host artist, writer, and performer Denice Frohman; director and co-creator Alex Torra; and projection and set designer Nia Benjamin in a micro-residency to produce Esto No Tiene Nombre, a one-woman show that chronicles the oral histories of Latina lesbian elders. Curated by Jacqueline Woodson, renowned author and 2020 MacArthur Fellow, the play presents a tapestry of vignettes exploring Latina lesbian activism, expression, and desire, from pre-Stonewall police raids in Philadelphia to first kisses. The title is inspired by Esto No Tiene Nombre, the first Latina lesbian magazine, founded in the 1990s by Colombian poet and activist Tatiana de la Tierra.
This work is rooted in archival interviews conducted by Frohman as part of I See My Light Shining: Oral Histories of Our Elders, a year-long project featuring more than 20 oral history interviews from Latina lesbian elders in New York City.
Esto No Tiene Nombre
Photo by David Evan McDowell
Esto No Tiene Nombre
When: May 15, 16 & 17, Doors at 6:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Performer: Denice Frohman
Director and co-creator: Alex Torra
RSVP & Tickets HERE!
The Clemente will host artist, writer, and performer Denice Frohman; director and co-creator Alex Torra; and projection and set designer Nia Benjamin in a micro-residency to produce Esto No Tiene Nombre, a one-woman show that chronicles the oral histories of Latina lesbian elders. Curated by Jacqueline Woodson, renowned author and 2020 MacArthur Fellow, the play presents a tapestry of vignettes exploring Latina lesbian activism, expression, and desire, from pre-Stonewall police raids in Philadelphia to first kisses. The title is inspired by Esto No Tiene Nombre, the first Latina lesbian magazine, founded in the 1990s by Colombian poet and activist Tatiana de la Tierra.
This work is rooted in archival interviews conducted by Frohman as part of I See My Light Shining: Oral Histories of Our Elders, a year-long project featuring more than 20 oral history interviews from Latina lesbian elders in New York City.
*Eventbrite link for tickets coming soon STAY TUNED!
Esto No Tiene Nombre
Photo by David Evan McDowell
Esto No Tiene Nombre
When: May 15, 16 & 17, Doors at 6:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Performer: Denice Frohman
Director and co-creator: Alex Torra
RSVP & Tickets HERE!
The Clemente will host artist, writer, and performer Denice Frohman; director and co-creator Alex Torra; and projection and set designer Nia Benjamin in a micro-residency to produce Esto No Tiene Nombre, a one-woman show that chronicles the oral histories of Latina lesbian elders. Curated by Jacqueline Woodson, renowned author and 2020 MacArthur Fellow, the play presents a tapestry of vignettes exploring Latina lesbian activism, expression, and desire, from pre-Stonewall police raids in Philadelphia to first kisses. The title is inspired by Esto No Tiene Nombre, the first Latina lesbian magazine, founded in the 1990s by Colombian poet and activist Tatiana de la Tierra.
This work is rooted in archival interviews conducted by Frohman as part of I See My Light Shining: Oral Histories of Our Elders, a year-long project featuring more than 20 oral history interviews from Latina lesbian elders in New York City.
*Eventbrite link for tickets coming soon STAY TUNED!
Remesas y Sobremesa: Through Their Eyes- Generations of Storytelling in Film
Remesas y Sobremesa: Through Their Eyes: Generations of Storytelling in Film
When: May 19 @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: Performance Space New York
150 First Avenue, 4th floor, New York, NY 10009
Hosts: Gabo Camnitzer and Justin Denis
Presented as part of the Clemente’s Historias initiative, the Remesas y Sobremesa series invites you to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue.
Inspired by the 1960s Young Filmmakers Foundation of the Lower East Side, the Clemente/Historias Youth Film Club empowers teenagers to document their realities through mobile filmmaking. This screening, presented by Gabo Camnitzer and Justin Denis of the 2024/2025 Youth Filmmakers cohort alongside special guests from the original Young Filmmakers Foundation, bridges generations through film. Featuring both new works and archival gems, the screening will be followed by a conversation exploring storytelling as a powerful tool for self-representation and intergenerational dialogue.
The Remesas y Sobremesa series is presented in partnership with Performance Space New York.
Stay tuned for more program updates, including the menu details SOON!
Pre-National Puerto Rican Day Parade
Pre-National Puerto Rican Day Parade
*Location and Time to be confirmed soon
Co-organized with the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Committee, this year’s pre-parade celebration marks the 130th anniversary of the Puerto Rican Flag with live performances, special guest speakers, and cultural programming. As part of Historias, the event highlights the legacy and resilience of the Puerto Rican diaspora, with a special tribute to Clemente Soto Vélez—honoring his impact on cultural resistance, storytelling, and community empowerment.
*More details to be announced soon!
Thinking in Public Forum
Thinking in Public Forum
When: June 14 @ 10am–5pm | Celebration/Afterparty begins at 6pm
Where: Flamboyan Theater @ The Clemente
The Thinking in Public Forum is an open, community-led gathering that brings Latinx artists, cultural leaders, and scholars together to collectively shape the next phases of Historias. Through an “unconference” inspired format that allows participants and guest delegates to drive the topics of conversation, attendees will engage in discussions, workshops, and activations responding to six key thematic tracks, ensuring Historias is built with and for the community.
Confirmed Keynote speakers include Johanna Fernández, renowned historian, educator, and author of The Young Lords: A Radical History in dialogue with artist, designer, and educator Chat Travieso. The Keynote conversation will seed ideas of democratizing scholarship, community-based research, and collective thinking at a moment of heightened systemic erasure of culture-specific histories. Artist Shaun Leonardo will lead a participatory performance in the afternoon.
Conversations from the forum will be documented for future publication online to preserve critical insights and shaping future programs. Space will be provided to self-organize around additional issues relating to Historias. The day will culminate in an evening celebration featuring live performances.
*Further details will be announced soon, stay tuned!
*The Clemente is proud to be in the process of a major capital project to bring our historic building into ADA compliance for greater accessibility for all. In the meantime, please note that our building is inaccessible for wheelchair users and potentially other mobility impairments. Don't hesitate to contact info@theclementecenter.org for questions or accessibility requests; we will do our best to accommodate.
Voices of Resistance and Heritage
VOICES OF RESISTANCE AND HERITAGE: Stories of Kurdish Women and Culture
When: March 8 @ 7pm
Where: The Flamboyan Theater @ The Clemente
Featuring: Shero Hinde, Nadia Derwiş, Alba Sotorra and Halime Akturk
Curated by: Xeyal Qertel
Co-presented by: ArteEast and The Clemente
RSVP and tickets Here!
Join us for an in-person screening of Ezda by Halime Akturk and Jinwar by Nadia Derwiş
Followed by a Q&A with Halime Akturk and Rez Gardi, moderated by the curator Xeyal Qertel. Musical Performance by: Cihan Çelik and Sama Ali.
This program celebrates the courage and resilience of Kurdish women who have fought for freedom and self-determination amidst war and revolution. It also shines a light on the rich cultural heritage of the Kurdish people, including the ancient tradition of Dengbêj and the enduring spirit of the Yezidi community. Together, these films weave a powerful narrative of resistance, leadership, and cultural preservation. This program is part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive, which preserves and presents 20 years of film and video programming by ArteEast.
*Please Note for the In-Person Screening:
Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
This venue is temporarily not ADA-compliant.
The closest restroom is a portable restroom located outside on Rivington Street. Alternatively, the audience can use the 4th-floor bathroom via the main entrance.
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Online Screening Program: March 14 – 23, 2025
RSVP: artearchive.org
Available worldwide
FREE / $5 suggested donation
Commander Arian, Alba Sotorra, Spain, Germany, Syria, 2018, 85 mins.
Kurdish and Arabic with English Subtitles
Documentary
30-year-old military Commander Arian leads her battalion of women as they fight ISIS. For her, the armed struggle is the only path to emancipation from a deeply patriarchal society. At her side, director Alba Sotorra documents the liberation of the city of Kobane and uncovers the reality of life at the frontline. Wounded by five bullets, Arian is forced to deal with the wounds of war, both visible and invisible, and to find new ways to fight for women’s freedom.
Love in the Face of Genocide, Shero Hinde, Rojava (West Kurdistan), 2020, 52 mins.
Kurdish with English Subtitles
Documentary
Love in The Face of Genocide is a documentary exploring the oral literature of the Yazidi Dengbêj in Shengal, Kurdistan, produced by the Rojava Film Commune. The Yazidis’ isolated homeland in the mountains of Shengal has faced more than 74 massacres throughout its history, the most heinous of which were carried out by ISIS in 2014. Love in the Face of Genocide explores the impact of suffering, religion and cultural difference on the songs of love in Shengal, and documents how the Yazidis maintain their heritage and tell their stories of love and sorrow through their survival song.
Jinwar, Nadia Derwish, Rojava (West Kurdistan), 2024, 41 mins.
Kurdish and Arabic with English Subtitles
Documentary
In 2017, a group of women set out to create an all-women village in North-East Syria (Rojava). They built it using traditional materials and techniques. Once completed, Jinwar welcomed women refugees from male violence. By participating in the common life, based on agriculture and handicrafts, women villagers forge new identities and build better lives for themselves. At the same time they create a new world.
Ezda, Halime Akturk, Canada, 2023, 14 mins.
English and Kurdish with English subtitles
Documentary
A Yazidi survivor of ISIS’s genocide recounts her experiences during nearly three years of captivity and strives to come to terms with her trauma while forging a new path for herself and her children in Canada.
Karaoke Practice!
Karaoke Practice!
When: March 13, 2025 @ 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Where: Francis Kite Club
40 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY 10009
Organized by: Department of Transformation
Department of Transformation (DOT) is thrilled to announce the launch of “Karaoke Practice!” at The Francis Kite Club, a new series of experimental and participatory gatherings where collective voice, performance, and transformation take center stage.
Founded by designer, author, and educator Prem Krishnamurthy, Department of Transformation is an artist-organized group that prototypes new formats for togetherness, learning, and collective healing. As part of DOT’s ongoing micro-residency at The Clemente, “Karaoke Practice!” sessions at The Francis Kite Club invite the DOT community and the public to explore karaoke as a medium for expression, experimentation, connection, and community.
As a readymade format, karaoke can generate varying levels of discomfort in people while also demonstrating a person’s virtuosic potential. Karaoke creates community through a shared sense of vulnerability and mutual support. Whether you are a pro or novice or simply love a good time, we invite you to our fun-filled karaoke gathering!
To inaugurate the series, DOT is teaming up with artist Athena Kokoronis and Domestic Performance Agency (DPA) for Kitchen Act!, a parallel performance in which a menu of novel takeaway dishes emerges from DPA’s repertory of choreographic meals and ongoing culinary research, created and served in real-time harmony with karaoke classics to create new flavors for new times.
Department of Transformation and Karaoke Practice! are supported by The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center. Graphics by Mark Foss.
Of Flowers and Tears
Of Flowers and Tears
When: March 6 and 8 @ 7 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
Director: Carole Alexis
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the ballet performance Of Flowers and Tears! The ballet is composed of 11 tableaux, where director Carole Alexis creates a poetic fresco of the tropical flowers of her native Martinique.
One of the ballet’s pieces is entitled “La Mazurka de l’Hibiscus.” The brightly colored hibiscus flower appears strong when alive on the stem but fades quickly when cut, suggesting the uprooting of a people. In contrast and complementarity, the Balisier flower, equally bright but pointed, remains robust for a long time, even when cut. For Aimée Césaire, it “tears the heart” and is associated with the woundedness of the world of people of African descent.
Another piece depicts the sugar cane plantation with its spectacular fields of flowers. The sugar cane represents revolt and harvest, sweetness and bitterness, and the suffering of enslaved people. Sugar cane, with its economic, social, cultural, and historical universe, is still symbolic of resistance, and the shared expression of Caribbean identity.
About the Company:
Founded in 2011 by director-choreographer Carole Alexis, a Créole woman, Ballet des Amériques/Carole Alexis Ballet Theatre is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating a professional multicultural dance company – now based in both New York City and White Plains – as well as a pre-professional ballet conservatory.
In its first thirteen years, the dance company, composed of dancers of multicultural backgrounds, has performed Carole Alexis’ choreographic work in hundreds of productions throughout the greater New York City area as well as internationally.
Ballet des Amériques is the first-ever resident dance Company of Latin American Theater Experiment Associates, Inc.(Teatro LATEA) Directed by Miguel Trelles, located at The Clemente.
Carole Alexis and the company have received numerous accolades for Alexis’s innovative work, including government proclamations honoring Ballet des Amériques as the “Premier Dance Company” and regular press coverage.
About the Director:
Carole Alexis, is an internationally recognized dance choreographer, director, and pedagogue, who was bestowed one of the highest honors by the French Republic, the grade of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (induction into the “Knighthood of Arts and Letters”).
Carole Alexis is shattering the barriers of societal stereotypes and prejudices as an indomitable female choreographer, director, and master teacher of mixed ethnic and multicultural backgrounds specific to the people of Martinique and the Caribbean. It has been clear for quite some time now that Alexis created and developed her signature in dance choreography. Alexis’ artistic work has philosophical depth, emotion, breadth, and worldliness, but is also comprehensive in the way it impacts the community from very young to very old in all kinds of venues and circumstances. Last but not least, this breadth and comprehensiveness also extends to the diversity of our cultural experience, as her work is based on classical ballet, African and Afro-Caribbean traditional dances fully embrace and draw on her own story and DNA..
More info HERE!
Tickets are $35, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
Artist Talk and reception with Gal Nissim
Artist talk with Gal Nissim
When: March 8 @ 6-8 PM
Where: 4th Floor Cennacle @ The Clemente
Join us for an Artist Talk and reception with Gal Nissim, a Clemente 2025 Artist-in-Residence. Gal will be discussing her current and upcoming projects, and share what she has been working on while in residence in our 406 studio.
Space is limited, RSVP is required to attend. Please email rsvp@theclementecenter.org
Of Flowers and Tears
Of Flowers and Tears
When: March 6 and 8 @ 7 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
Director: Carole Alexis
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the ballet performance Of Flowers and Tears! The ballet is composed of 11 tableaux, where director Carole Alexis creates a poetic fresco of the tropical flowers of her native Martinique.
One of the ballet’s pieces is entitled “La Mazurka de l’Hibiscus.” The brightly colored hibiscus flower appears strong when alive on the stem but fades quickly when cut, suggesting the uprooting of a people. In contrast and complementarity, the Balisier flower, equally bright but pointed, remains robust for a long time, even when cut. For Aimée Césaire, it “tears the heart” and is associated with the woundedness of the world of people of African descent.
Another piece depicts the sugar cane plantation with its spectacular fields of flowers. The sugar cane represents revolt and harvest, sweetness and bitterness, and the suffering of enslaved people. Sugar cane, with its economic, social, cultural, and historical universe, is still symbolic of resistance, and the shared expression of Caribbean identity.
About the Company:
Founded in 2011 by director-choreographer Carole Alexis, a Créole woman, Ballet des Amériques/Carole Alexis Ballet Theatre is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating a professional multicultural dance company – now based in both New York City and White Plains – as well as a pre-professional ballet conservatory.
In its first thirteen years, the dance company, composed of dancers of multicultural backgrounds, has performed Carole Alexis’ choreographic work in hundreds of productions throughout the greater New York City area as well as internationally.
Ballet des Amériques is the first-ever resident dance Company of Latin American Theater Experiment Associates, Inc.(Teatro LATEA) Directed by Miguel Trelles, located at The Clemente.
Carole Alexis and the company have received numerous accolades for Alexis’s innovative work, including government proclamations honoring Ballet des Amériques as the “Premier Dance Company” and regular press coverage.
About the Director:
Carole Alexis, is an internationally recognized dance choreographer, director, and pedagogue, who was bestowed one of the highest honors by the French Republic, the grade of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (induction into the “Knighthood of Arts and Letters”).
Carole Alexis is shattering the barriers of societal stereotypes and prejudices as an indomitable female choreographer, director, and master teacher of mixed ethnic and multicultural backgrounds specific to the people of Martinique and the Caribbean. It has been clear for quite some time now that Alexis created and developed her signature in dance choreography. Alexis’ artistic work has philosophical depth, emotion, breadth, and worldliness, but is also comprehensive in the way it impacts the community from very young to very old in all kinds of venues and circumstances. Last but not least, this breadth and comprehensiveness also extends to the diversity of our cultural experience, as her work is based on classical ballet, African and Afro-Caribbean traditional dances fully embrace and draw on her own story and DNA..
More info HERE!
Tickets are $35, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
Transforming Texts- An experimental reading group
Photo by Prem Krisnamurthy
Transforming Texts- An experimental reading group
When: Wednesdays March 5, April 2, May 7, 2025@ 6-8 PM
Where: Room 309 @ The Clemente
Organized by: Department of Transformation
Can we redefine our futures by redefining our forms? How might the act of reading together itself be transformative? Transforming Texts takes place monthly in 2025 as part of the Department of Transformation’s residency at The Clemente. This free and open program invites participants to propose complex, challenging, and otherwise urgent texts for collective investigation. Through a collaborative process, the group will both identify specific readings and develop experimental formats for engagement, drawing on a wide range of disciplines and modes of practice to cultivate a community of creative connectivity while building an ongoing bibliography of transformative texts for our times.
Transforming Texts is organized by Department of Transformation founder Prem Krisnamurthy and curator Sam Rauch, with additional co-organizers to be announced.
To register, RSVP HERE
For more info, contact hello@dept-of-transformation.org
Of Flowers and Tears
Of Flowers and Tears
When: Saturday March 1 @ 7 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
Director: Carole Alexis
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the ballet performance Of Flowers and Tears! The ballet is composed of 11 tableaux, where director Carole Alexis creates a poetic fresco of the tropical flowers of her native Martinique.
One of the ballet’s pieces is entitled “La Mazurka de l’Hibiscus.” The brightly colored hibiscus flower appears strong when alive on the stem but fades quickly when cut, suggesting the uprooting of a people. In contrast and complementarity, the Balisier flower, equally bright but pointed, remains robust for a long time, even when cut. For Aimée Césaire, it “tears the heart” and is associated with the woundedness of the world of people of African descent.
Another piece depicts the sugar cane plantation with its spectacular fields of flowers. The sugar cane represents revolt and harvest, sweetness and bitterness, and the suffering of enslaved people. Sugar cane, with its economic, social, cultural, and historical universe, is still symbolic of resistance, and the shared expression of Caribbean identity.
About the Company:
Founded in 2011 by director-choreographer Carole Alexis, a Créole woman, Ballet des Amériques/Carole Alexis Ballet Theatre is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization operating a professional multicultural dance company – now based in both New York City and White Plains – as well as a pre-professional ballet conservatory.
In its first thirteen years, the dance company, composed of dancers of multicultural backgrounds, has performed Carole Alexis’ choreographic work in hundreds of productions throughout the greater New York City area as well as internationally.
Ballet des Amériques is the first-ever resident dance Company of Latin American Theater Experiment Associates, Inc.(Teatro LATEA) Directed by Miguel Trelles, located at The Clemente.
Carole Alexis and the company have received numerous accolades for Alexis’s innovative work, including government proclamations honoring Ballet des Amériques as the “Premier Dance Company” and regular press coverage.
About the Director:
Carole Alexis, is an internationally recognized dance choreographer, director, and pedagogue, who was bestowed one of the highest honors by the French Republic, the grade of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (induction into the “Knighthood of Arts and Letters”).
Carole Alexis is shattering the barriers of societal stereotypes and prejudices as an indomitable female choreographer, director, and master teacher of mixed ethnic and multicultural backgrounds specific to the people of Martinique and the Caribbean. It has been clear for quite some time now that Alexis created and developed her signature in dance choreography. Alexis’ artistic work has philosophical depth, emotion, breadth, and worldliness, but is also comprehensive in the way it impacts the community from very young to very old in all kinds of venues and circumstances. Last but not least, this breadth and comprehensiveness also extends to the diversity of our cultural experience, as her work is based on classical ballet, African and Afro-Caribbean traditional dances fully embrace and draw on her own story and DNA..
More info HERE!
Tickets are $35, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
Honoring Cecil Tayor
Honoring Cecil Taylor
When: Saturday March 1st, 2025 @ 6:30 - 10:00 PM
Where: 1st Floor Theatre of The Clemente
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, USA
Organized by: Arts for Arts
Tickets HERE!
The OUT Fest tracks the history of FreeJazz development on the LES and surrounding areas. It was where the music and art developed in an intensely creative unbounded scene. We will celebrate and make space for this creativity to bring Light into these times with older and younger artists, as we build a future from the best of our past. Arts for Art is partnering with several organizations to bring cutting edge Music and Art into the Future: NuBlu Classic, Artists Space and Fridman Gallery.
Lineup of events:
6:30pm HS ICE Band led by Karen Borca
7:30pm Matthew Shipp Solo
8:15pm Fred Moten Poetry
8:45pm Andrew Cyrille Drum Solo
9:15pm William Parker Song for Cecil with John Blum, William Hooker, Aakash Mittal
About Arts for Art:
Founded in 1996, Arts for Art (AFA) is a New York City based nonprofit dedicated to the promotion and advancement of FreeJazz, which is recognized for its variety of highly developed and personalized improvisational languages. The music, dance, poetry and visual arts that AFA presents holds deep roots in Black and multicultural creativity. Moreover, it derives its energy from the tradition and power of free improvisation that was inspired by the Civil Rights struggle of the 1950’s and 60’s.
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
Domino Party x Domino Effect
When: March 1st @ 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Where: Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center (Second Floor)
530 W 166th St, New York, NY 10032
Historias is excited to partner with LxNY Working Group member People’s Theater Project for Domino Party x Domino Effect, a celebration featuring domino games, lessons, food, drinks, and music organized by Capicú! NYC.
The event kicks off the promotion of People's Theater Project's upcoming new play, Domino Effect by Marco Antonio Rodriguez, directed by Mino Lora, which is coming this spring. The event will also provide the setting for the filming of the next episode of Domino Table Talks! Arrive early and catch a sneak peek of the making of the episode featuring the cast of Domino Effect.
RSVP Required, sign up HERE!
James Baldwin Centennial, The music of another country
James Baldwin Centennial, The music of another country
When: Friday February 28 @ 7 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
Musicians: Bobby Sanabria & Cuarteto Ache with special guest Antoinette Montague
Bobby Sanabria – drums, percussion, vocals
Peter Brainin – tenor, soprano saxophones, flute, vocals, percussion
Silbano Monasterios – piano, vocals, percussion
Donald Nicks – acoustic bass, vocals, percussion
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the concert James Baldwin Centennial, The Music of Another Country! Legendary African-American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems which established him as a voice for human equality. Join multi-Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria and his Cuarteto Ache w/ special guest vocalist Antoinette Montague as they celebrate his legacy and Black History Month by performing music Baldwin references in his book Another Country.
More info HERE!
Tickets are $35, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
From Martinique to Memphis: Aimé Césaire, Martin Luther King Jr., and Global Black Freedoms
From Martinique to Memphis: Aimé Césaire, Martin Luther King Jr., and Global Black Freedoms
When: Thursday February 27 @ 7 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
What: Panel Discussion
Speakers: Dr. Nathalie Etoke, Dr. Eric Essono Tsimi, and Shelly Eversley
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for a panel discussion, From Martinique to Memphis: Aimé Césaire, Martin Luther King Jr., and Global Black Freedoms!
Featuring speakers Dr. Nathalie Estoke, Dr. Eric Essono Tsimi and Dr. Shelly Eversley, the evening will entail a spirited presentation highlighting how the decolonial framework links Césaire and King. The discussion will revolve on how the Caribbean island of Martinique and Memphis, the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee serve as geographical touchpoints that illustrate the transatlantic connections of Black freedom movements. Dr. Tsimi and Dr. Eversley from the Black and Latino Studies Department at Baruch College seek to engage the public in an inclusive, community-driven conversation aiming to find ways of bridging the various African diasporas.
More info HERE!
Tickets are free, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
BLACKFACE y otras vergüenzas
BLACKFACE y otras Vergüenzas
When: Wednesday February 26 @ 7 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
Director: Silvia Albert Sopale
Language: Spanish
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the theater production of BLACKFACE y otras Vergüenzas. This play is the second one woman spectacle produced by No es País Para Negras Theater Company. The Company’s name refers to the title of the first show by playwright, director and actor Silvia Albert Sopale, “No es país para negras”. Blackface dwells on white folks who paint their faces black to caricature black folks. A practice believed to have originated in nineteenth century “minstrel” shows in the United States originally harks back to “Siglo de Oro” Spain (Spanish Golden Age, 1492-1700), where black characters were initially mocked. This critique of the “official history” of Afro descendants in Spain, enables the public to experience how that history conditions Spanish society’s perception of blackness.
About the Director:
Silvia Albert Sopale is a Spanish Afro-descendant actress, writer, and cultural organizer. Born and raised in San Sebastián, she lives in Barcelona and performs in English, Spanish and Catalán. She is a founding member of Hibiscus Asociacion de Afroespañolas y afrodescendientes and of Tinta Negra, and a member of t.i.c.t.a.c (workshop for critical transfeminist, antiracist, combative interventions). She is also a co-founder of Periferia Cimarronas (Barcelona).
More info HERE!
Tickets are $30, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
"The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty" Film Screening
The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty
When: Tuesday February 25 @ 6 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
Director: Med Hondo
Language: French with English subtitles
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the film screening of The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty! A landmark film in the history of African cinema, this 1979 Algeria-Mauritania French-language musical was directed by Med Hondo adapted from the play Les Negriers (The Slavers) by Daniel Boukman.
French-Mauritanian filmmaker Hondo tells the story of French imperialism as a musical extravaganza (at $1.3 million, the biggest-budget African production ever), adapted from Les Négriers (The Slavers) by Martinican playwright Daniel Boukman. Guadeloupe-born writer Maryse Condé saw it as proof that “militant cinema can be beautiful and rich.”
“This witty, scathing Mauritanian-Algerian co-production offers an angry view of West Indian history, using imaginative staging and a fluid visual style. The film’s single set is an enormous slave ship (built in an unused Citroën factory in Paris.)… Mobile camerawork and frequent narrative shifts take the actors through various vignettes about French colonialists invading the Indies, Caribbean natives lured to Paris, the process by which the islands were first settled and a lot more… Mr. Hondo leads the film through a long series of well-connected tableaux, culminating in an almost joyous call to arms.”
– Janet Maslin, The New York Times.
About the Director
Med Hondo (born Mohamed Abid, 4 May 1935 – 2 March 2019) was a Mauritanian-born French director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Considered a founding father of African cinema, he is known for his controversial films dealing with issues such as race relations and colonization.[1] His critically acclaimed 1970 directorial début feature, Soleil O, received the Golden Leopard award at the 1970 Locarno International Film Festival and was chosen in 2019 by the African Film Heritage Project for restoration. His 1979 film West Indies was the first African film musical and, at $1.3 million, the most expensive production in African film history.
In his later years, Hondo became known for dubbing Hollywood hits that included Shrek, The Lion King, The Nutty Professor, and Se7en.
More info HERE!
Tickets are free, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
Fuego & Blues Opening Reception
Fuego & Blues
When: Monday February 24 @ 4 PM
Where: Teatro Latea @ The Clemente
Artists: Jean "Baco" Ortiz & Marcus Mcferren
Curator: Glorisabel Santos
As part of the 2025 eMeLeK Festival, join us for the opening reception of Fuego & Blues! The exhibition showcases Marcus McFerren and Jean "Baco" Ortiz, blending Afro-descendant histories through art. McFerren reimagines Blues musicians with fictitious portraits, while Baco portrays Puerto Rico's colonial past through esoteric imagery. Both explore suppressed narratives preserved in African American and Afro-Puerto Rican collective memory and culture.
More info HERE!
Tickets are free, RSVP HERE!
* Attendance is limited, and registration is required to confirm your place. Only registered guests will be admitted.
Portals Artist talk
When: Thursday, January 16th, 2025 @ 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Where: The Cenacle, 4th Floor, The Clemente
Participating artists: Julia Justo, Gabby Vasquez, Elizabeth Velazquez, Erick Zambrano
Moderator: Tracy Fenix (curator of the exhibition)
RSVP required: rsvp@theclementecenter.org
Join us for a panel talk with artists and curator of the Public Spaces Open Studios exhibition, Portals. The exhibition highlights themes of temporality, migration, and healing, emphasizing both ecological repair and the complexities of traumatic intimacies embodied in daily architectures and materiality over time.
More info HERE!
Sharing the Spotlight: Elizabeth Ferrer
Sharing the Spotlight: Elizabeth Ferrer
When: Saturday, January 11, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Sharing the Spotlight is presented with support from Historias, a multi-year programmatic initiative led by The Clemente in partnership with LxNY and supported by the Rauschenberg Foundation. Historias charts the transformative impact of Latinx communities in NYC through research, artistic interpretations, and public engagement.
Teatro LATEA and Historias are pleased to co-present Sharing the Spotlight, a conversation series by emerging Latinx artists/photographers to run in tandem with the Borimix exhibition Maximo Rafael Colón: Storied Lens. For this series, Colón has extended an invitation to a select group of Latino photographers to share the spotlight in a series of artist talks where they will present and discuss their work.
This event will be the final of the series, a talk by independent curator and writer, Elizabeth Ferrer, discussing Ferrer’s research, trajectory, and upcoming projects.
Elizabeth Ferrer is a New York based independent curator and writer focusing on Latinx art and photography. She previously directed the curatorial programs at BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; the Americas Society, New York; and the Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York. At BRIC, she launched the BRIC Biennial, and curated some fifty exhibitions in her fifteen-year tenure. Working in a freelance capacity, she has been responsible for major exhibitions that have appeared at such venues as the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; El Museo del Barrio, NY; and the Aperture Foundation Gallery, NY, among other institutions. She is the author of Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva (Aperture and the Center for Creative Photography, 2024), Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History (University of Washington Press, 2020), and Lola Álvarez Bravo (Aperture, 2006). In addition, her essay on Maximo Colon will appear in the book Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art, to be published by Duke University Press in January 2025. The major retrospective of Louis Carlos Bernal that she has curated is currently on view at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, through March, 2025.
Three Kings Day Festival - Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos
When: Monday January 6 @ 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Where: 107 Suffolk street in front of The Clemente
What: Block party and toy giveaway
Live music provided by Los Pleneros de la 21 and Liftoff Brass Band
Teatro SEA, Teatro Latea and The Clemente Soto-Velez Cultural Center, are delighted to extend an invitation to everyone to the 24th Annual Three Kings Day Festival (Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos) block party and toy giveaway.
In the words of Dr. Manuel Morán, Founder of Teatro SEA and Producer of the Three Kings Day annual festival, “This celebration allows us as a community to come together in our sharing and celebrating our diversity while bringing joy to our children. The Hispanic Culture is rich in traditions and this is a unique opportunity that highlights the power of that community togetherness.”
As part of our celebration, hundreds of children will have the incredible opportunity to receive free presents. This grand event is not just an afternoon of celebration, but also a journey of learning and community bonding. The Three Kings Day Festival provides a unique platform for attendees to learn about, participate in, and engage deeply with Hispanic culture and traditions. “The Clemente remains committed to continuing to celebrate this Latinx and Latin American tradition in Lower Manhattan, which is even more meaningful in the face of challenging conditions for asylum-seeking families in our communities,” says The Clemente Center Executive Director Libertad Guerra. “May the spirit of generosity and clear vision of the Three Kings guide us in the year ahead.”
In the spirit of giving back to the community, we are also delighted to announce that our toy drive donation is now open. We warmly encourage all attendees to donate and help spread joy to those who need it the most. Make your generous donations HERE!
FREE and open to the public!
Sharing the Spotlight: Destiny Mata
Sharing the Spotlight: Destiny Mata
When: Saturday, January 4, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Sharing the Spotlight is presented with support from Historias, a multi-year programmatic initiative led by The Clemente in partnership with LxNY and supported by the Rauschenberg Foundation. Historias charts the transformative impact of Latinx communities in NYC through research, artistic interpretations, and public engagement.
Teatro LATEA and Historias are pleased to co-present Sharing the Spotlight, a conversation series by emerging Latinx artists/photographers to run in tandem with the Borimix exhibition Maximo Rafael Colón: Storied Lens. For this series, Colón has extended an invitation to a select group of Latino photographers to share the spotlight in a series of artist talks where they will present and discuss their work.
This event will be the second of the series, a talk by emerging artist, Destiny Mata, discussing Mata’s photo practice, trajectory, and upcoming projects.
Destiny Mata is a Mexican American photographer and filmmaker based in her native New York City focusing on issues of subculture and community. After studying photojournalism at LaGuardia Community College and San Antonio College, she spent two years as Director of Photography Programs at the Lower Eastside Girls Club. Mata recently has been awarded the Magnum Foundation Fellowship 2023. She exhibited La Vida En Loisaida: Life on the Lower East Side, a solo exhibition at Photoville Festival 2020, ICP Concerned Global Images for Global Crisis at the International Center of Photography 2020, and Mexic-Arte Museum. She is currently preparing a series of documentary works continuing her exploration of the fabric of the communities around her. Among the work to be discussed will be, Lower East Side Yearbook, a collaborative multimedia project led by residents of Lower East Side public housing.
Sharing the Spotlight: Maylyn “Zero” Iglesias
Sharing the Spotlight: Maylyn “Zero” Iglesias
When: Saturday, December 14, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Sharing the Spotlight is presented with support from Historias, a multi-year programmatic initiative led by The Clemente in partnership with LxNY and supported by the Rauschenberg Foundation. Historias charts the transformative impact of Latinx communities in NYC through research, artistic interpretations, and public engagement.
Teatro LATEA and Historias are pleased to co-present Sharing the Spotlight, a conversation series by emerging Latinx artists/photographers to run in tandem with the Borimix exhibition Maximo Rafael Colón: Storied Lens. For this series, Colón has extended an invitation to a select group of Latino photographers to share the spotlight in a series of artist talks where they will present and discuss their work.
This event will be the second of the series, a talk by artist Maylyn “Zero” Iglesias , discussing Iglesias’ photo practice, trajectory, and upcoming projects.
Maylyn “Zero” Iglesias is a Nuyorican photographer, educator, archivist and curator born and raised on the Lower East Side. Her early sensibilities were formed in New York City by 1980’s graffiti, hip hop, punk and her mother’s Salsa and Supremes records. She graduated from LaGuardia Community College with an Associates Degree in Commercial Photography. Iglesias' work is focused on her beloved Loisaida with the aim of documenting remnants of the quickly disappearing Nuyorican culture that once thrived so boldly in her youth. Her personal project, “What’s It Mean to be Nuyorican” was added to the LaGuardia Wagner Archives in 2021. During that time she joined the Loisaida Center to head their newly-launched archive program, which was created to preserve the history of LES photographers, poets, musicians and neighborhood leaders and activists. Among the photographers whose work Iglesias is digitizing is Marlys Momber’s photographs. Her own art and photography has been shown in New York, New Orleans and London. Maylyn has co-taught photography workshops and been a teaching and darkroom assistant at ICP, the Free Film Project, Lower East Side Girls Club and the Josephine Herrick Project.
Remesas y Sobremesa: Business, Commerce, and Culture: Exploring Latino and Immigrant Business Impact on NYC
Remesas y Sobremesa: Business, Commerce, and Culture: Exploring Latino and Immigrant Business Impact on NYC
When: December 9, 2024 @ 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Where: Performance Space
150 1st Ave. 4th floorNew York, NY, 10009
Host: Pedro Regalado
Guests: Ligia Guallpa, Co-Executive Director at Worker’s Justice Project, Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, Deputy Director at Street Vendor Project, Rosa Ayala, Executive Assistant at United Bodegas of America
RSVP HERE!
Join us for the inaugural event of the Remesas y Sobremesa Series, presented by Historias. The evening will feature a group discussion that explores the multifaceted influence of Latino and immigrant businesses on New York City’s economic, social, and cultural landscape. From their roles as drivers of economic growth to their impact as cultural anchors, these businesses have long created a “cultural scaffolding” that strengthens and sustains communities. The conversation will delve into the complexities of Latino entrepreneurship in NYC, where small businesses act as hubs of commerce, identity preservation, and resilience amidst evolving challenges.
The Remesas y Sobremesa series invites guests to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue.
This program is done in partnership with Performance Space New York
BIOS:
Pedro Regalado
Pedro A. Regalado is Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University. He researches and teaches the history of race, immigration, planning, and capitalism in urban America. His first book, Nueva York: Making the Modern City, is a history of New York City’s Latinx community during the twentieth century, from the “pioneers” who arrived after World War I to the panoply of Latinx people who rebuilt the city in the wake of the 1975 fiscal crisis. Across a range of topics, from urban renewal to the rise of Latinx bankers, US military operations in Central America to drug workers who repurposed tenement buildings, Nueva York demonstrates how the democratic ideals of the city hinged, in large part, on the experiences of Latinx New Yorkers. Regalado’s work has been featured in The Journal of Urban History, Boston Review, The Washington Post, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Before joining Stanford's Department of History, Regalado was a junior fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University. Born in the Dominican Republic, he was raised in New York City’s Washington Heights. He earned his BA in History from Loyola University Chicago his MA and PhD in American Studies from Yale University.
Ligia Guallpa, the daughter of a former day laborer and garment worker, is the Co-Executive Director of Workers Justice Project (WJP), a community-based building, workers’ rights organization that is winning better working conditions for low-wage immigrant workers. At WJP, Ms. Guallpa has spearheaded efforts to ensure safe and dignified jobs for NYC’s 2,000 day laborers, construction workers, and domestic workers. Through her leadership, WJP played a key role in the creation of two Brooklyn-based worker centers, a new union, Laborers’ Local 10 and alternative economic models to transform the culture of exploitation by enforcing higher wages and safety standards for construction and domestic workers who live and work in New York City. Ms. Guallpa’s work has been covered on Univision and in publications like The Nation, New York Daily News, and The New York Times.
Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez is SVP’s Deputy Director. She brings experience in policy development, restaurants, and community organizing for equitable economic justice. At SVP she has worked to pass city legislation to reform the street vendor industry, pass state legislation to create a $2.1 billion relief fund for excluded workers, and initiated a food relief program during the pandemic that employed vendors to make healthy, culturally sensitive meals for distribution across the five boroughs. She has previously held positions at NYC Small Business Services, Community Service Society, and Fundación Corona. Carina holds a Masters in International Affairs and Urban Social Policy from Columbia University, and was recognized in City & State’s Labor 40 under 40 in 2021
Dra. H.C. Rosa B. Ayala is a distinguished community leader and advocate for human rights, women’s empowerment, and sustainable cities. She is the Executive Assistant at United Bodegas of America (UBA) and serves as the Executive Vice President & CFO at La Gran Parada Dominicana del Bronx. Rosa is the founder of Dominican Heritage Month, an initiative that celebrates and preserves Dominican culture, fostering pride and unity among the diaspora. Born in La Vega Real, she has been deeply involved in community activism from a young age, supporting initiatives that uplift marginalized groups. Rosa’s dedication has earned her over 200 awards.
Photos by Samantha Sacks
Remesas y Sobremesas
A program series developed by The Clemente, organized by Sofía Reeser del Rio, and co-created in collaboration with invited hosts, scholars, artists, and community members as part of the Historias initiative. In partnership with Performance Space New York.
Sharing the Spotlight: Amy Ponce & Mario Rubén Carrión
Sharing the Spotlight: Amy Ponce & Mario Rubén Carrión
When: Saturday, December 7, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Sharing the Spotlight is presented with support from Historias, a multi-year programmatic initiative led by The Clemente in partnership with LxNY and supported by the Rauschenberg Foundation. Historias charts the transformative impact of Latinx communities in NYC through research, artistic interpretations, and public engagement.
Teatro LATEA and Historias are pleased to co-present Sharing the Spotlight, a conversation series by emerging Latinx artists/photographers to run in tandem with the Borimix exhibition Maximo Rafael Colón: Storied Lens. For this series, Colón has extended an invitation to a select group of Latino photographers to share the spotlight in a series of artist talks where they will present and discuss their work.
This event will be the second of the series, a talk by artists Amy Ponce and Mario Rubén Carrión, discussing their photo practice, trajectory, and upcoming projects.
Amy Ponce was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, by Boricua parents. She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Amy’s work has been focused on documenting the various facets of her Boricua roots and culture. Her work includes self-portraiture, mixed media, collage, video, and music. As an Arts Educator and community activist, she has always encouraged the art of storytelling via our “own lens”. Amy is also a member of the Nuyorican band Abrazos Army and has lent her voice to several social justice causes and cultural groups in NYC. Her work has been exhibited at the Gordon Parks Gallery at the College of New Rochelle, Boricua College, the Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, and other group exhibitions. She works out of her studio home in the Lower Hudson Valley, NY.
Mario Rubén Carrión is an artist and cultural worker from Caguas, Puerto Rico now based in Brooklyn, NY. As a photographer and filmmaker, he has documented the Latine community of New York City for over a decade, navigating the worlds of music, nightlife and organizing. He has led teams of visual artists in documenting Afro Latino Festival NYC and the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF). Mario edited the award-winning documentary “We Still Here/Nos Tenemos” in 2021 and has since written and directed his first fiction short film, “Record Shop”, which recently wrapped its film festival run. He is currently the New Media Manager at the Caribbean Cultural Center & African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) in Harlem, NY.
Suite for Frida Kahlo
Suite for Frida Kahlo: Performance and Conversation
When: Friday December 6th, 7:00 PM Doors, 7:30 PM: Performance
Where: The Flamboyán theater @ The Clemente
Performers: Samantha Kochis, Elijah Thomas, Steve Swell, Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson, Alexander Davis, Alfredo Colón, Luke Stewart, Craig Taborn, and Tcheser Holmes.
Tickets: $20 (via Eventbrite or at the door)
Join us for a captivating evening celebrating the 30th anniversary of Suite for Frida Kahlo, composed by the legendary flutist and composer James Newton. Taking place at the vibrant Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, this milestone performance pays homage to the life and art of Frida Kahlo through a powerful fusion of jazz, classical, and contemporary musical influences.
Originally composed in 1993, Suite for Frida Kahlo is a masterwork that delves into the complexities of Kahlo's spirit, creativity, and resilience. The suite's movements paint an aural portrait of Kahlo's journey, evoking the colors, textures, and emotional intensity of her art. James Newton, whose groundbreaking career has redefined the boundaries of modern flute performance, will guide the audience through this evocative composition that resonates as deeply today as it did three decades ago.
The evening will include a conversation with the composer, followed by a performance.
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
When: November 21, 22 & 23 @ 7:00 PM | November 24th @ 3:00 PM
Where: Flamboyán Theater @ The Clemente
Written and directed by: Gloria Zelaya of FELT Theater Inc.
Performers: Arlette Sosa, Abigail Flores, Vincent Bagnall
Music by: Alfredo Marín, Sophia Angelica, Composer/ Musical Director: Jacob Garces
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $15 Students and Seniors
In a nearby forest, a runaway teen befriends a tree. Through this encounter she learns the secret life of trees and the tree gains a defender of the forest. A panel discussion will follow the performance. This is a FELT Theater Inc. production.
Tickets HERE!
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
When: November 21, 22 & 23 @ 7:00 PM | November 24th @ 3:00 PM
Where: Flamboyán Theater @ The Clemente
Written and directed by: Gloria Zelaya of FELT Theater Inc.
Performers: Arlette Sosa, Abigail Flores, Vincent Bagnall
Music by: Alfredo Marín, Sophia Angelica, Composer/ Musical Director: Jacob Garces
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $15 Students and Seniors
In a nearby forest, a runaway teen befriends a tree. Through this encounter she learns the secret life of trees and the tree gains a defender of the forest. A panel discussion will follow the performance. This is a FELT Theater Inc. production.
Tickets HERE!
Family Archives Workshop
Family Archives Workshop
When: November 23 @ 3:00 PM
Where: Silberman School of Social Work, Room 115 AB
2180 3rd Ave, New York
As part of Borimix 2024 programming, join us for a hands-on workshop for creating and preserving family archives, led by CENTRO, offering practical strategies for preserving cherished memories.
Are you interested in learning how to archive your personal materials or the materials of a loved one?
Join CENTRO on November 23rd for a hands-on workshop for creating and preserving family archives. Through interactive discussions and activities, CENTRO will help you examine your family artifacts, reflect on the impact of migration and movement, and explore both collective and individual identity while developing practical strategies for preserving cherished memories.
Bring 3-5 items from your personal or family archives—such as letters, birth/marriage/death certificates, photographic prints or negatives, and textiles—to learn to preserve your items while sharing your stories with fellow attendees.
More info HERE!
Sharing the Spotlight: Jon Ferrer
Sharing the Spotlight: Jon Ferrer
When: Saturday, November 23, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Teatro LATEA @ The Clemente
Sharing the Spotlight is presented with support from Historias, a multi-year programmatic initiative led by The Clemente in partnership with LxNY and supported by the Rauschenberg Foundation. Historias charts the transformative impact of Latinx communities in NYC through research, artistic interpretations, and public engagement.
Teatro LATEA and Historias are pleased to co-present Sharing the Spotlight, a conversation series by emerging Latinx artists/photographers to run in tandem with the Borimix exhibition Maximo Rafael Colón: Storied Lens. For this series, Colón has extended an invitation to a select group of Latino photographers to share the spotlight in a series of artist talks where they will present and discuss their work.
This event will be the second of the series, a talk by emerging artist, Jon Ferrer, discussing Ferrer’s photo practice, trajectory, and upcoming projects.
Jon Ferrer is a freelance photographer from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, N.Y. Jon has and will continue to shoot any genre of photography as long as there's an opportunity to learn, but his first love is for the streets of New York. Jon has been a part of multiple group showings with galleries such as Art on the Ave, The Muse Gallery, and La Sala de Pepe. He is a first-place winner of the 2024 Veterans Creative Arts Competition in multiple categories and had a successful solo photography exhibition this past summer. Ferrer’s talk will be about a photographic journey through darkness and light. As a poor Hispanic child from a single-parent home who grew to be a combat war veteran, he has faced a good share of trauma. This is his perspective on the connection between art and mental health
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
When: November 21, 22 & 23 @ 7:00 PM | November 24th @ 3:00 PM
Where: Flamboyán Theater @ The Clemente
Written and directed by: Gloria Zelaya of FELT Theater Inc.
Performers: Arlette Sosa, Abigail Flores, Vincent Bagnall
Music by: Alfredo Marín, Sophia Angelica, Composer/ Musical Director: Jacob Garces
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $15 Students and Seniors
In a nearby forest, a runaway teen befriends a tree. Through this encounter she learns the secret life of trees and the tree gains a defender of the forest. A panel discussion will follow the performance. This is a FELT Theater Inc. production.
Tickets HERE!
Borimix 2024 Awards Ceremony
Borimix 2024 Awards Ceremony
When: November 22 @ 6:30 PM
Where: The Silberman School of Social Work Auditorium
2180 3rd Avenue, NYC
More info HERE!
Celebrate BORIMIX: Puerto Rico Fest 2024 with our festival kick-off event at The Silberman School of Social Work Auditorium! The evening begins with the BORIMIX Awards Ceremony honoring leaders in the Puerto Rican community, and follows with the opening of our visual arts exhibitions, and special entertainment by Latin Artists. Don’t miss this fun-filled evening celebrating Puerto Rican arts and culture!
BORIMIX Puerto Rico Fest makes Puerto Rican arts accessible to a multi-ethnic and multi-generational audience, promoting creative collaboration between Latinx artists. BORIMIX is sponsored by: Teatro SEA, The Clemente, Teatro LATEA
BORIMIX Puerto Rico Fest was established in 2006 by Clemente visual artist resident Miguel Trelles and Manuel Morán/Teatro SEA at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center in the Lower East Side. This November long festival showcases Puerto Rican and Latin American art in a range of mediums and disciplines.
Thanks to its partnership with The Clemente, BORIMIX has transformed Puerto Rican Heritage Month into a gathering of Puerto Rico’s diaspora artists with Latin Americans from all over New York. The Festival now takes place citywide and highlights the impact of the Puerto Rican/LatinX community on the arts and cultural life of the City, the Nation, and the Hemisphere.
We are delighted to have a photo spot at our event provided by Showtime Photo Booth, the top-notch photo booth rental in Indianapolis. Their fun photo wall will make our celebration unforgettable.
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¡Celebra BORIMIX: Puerto Rico Fest 2024 con nuestro evento inaugural en The Silberman School of Social Work Auditorium! La velada comienza con la entrega de premios BORIMIX, para honrar a los líderes de la comunidad puertorriqueña, y continúa con la apertura de nuestras exhibiciones de arte, y entretenimiento especial por artistas latinos. ¡No te pierdas esta noche llena de diversión, celebrando el patrimonio, el arte y la cultura puertorriqueños!
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
My Friend the Tree, A Family Play with Music
When: November 21, 22 & 23 @ 7:00 PM | November 24th @ 3:00 PM
Where: Flamboyán Theater @ The Clemente
Written and directed by: Gloria Zelaya of FELT Theater Inc.
Performers: Arlette Sosa, Abigail Flores, Vincent Bagnall
Music by: Alfredo Marín, Sophia Angelica, Composer/ Musical Director: Jacob Garces
Tickets: $20 General Admission, $15 Students and Seniors
In a nearby forest, a runaway teen befriends a tree. Through this encounter she learns the secret life of trees and the tree gains a defender of the forest. A panel discussion will follow the performance. This is a FELT Theater Inc. production.
Tickets HERE!
Nuyorican Poetry: A Borimix Open Mic Night
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.
CaridadDeLaLuz.com @LaBrujaNYC on IG, Twitter and TikTok