Peggy Robles Alvarado Rocks the El Barrio Firehouse!
Peggy Robles-Alvarado rocked the house on November 22nd. This artist, wife, mother, and educator, is the author of Conversations with my Skin, which she presented at the Firehouse.
See her promo here.
Rafael Landron Rocks the El Barrio Firehouse!
Activist Poet, Rafael Landron presents Beba & Little Sister Island/ Beba y la Isla Nena, his children's book based on actual events about how courage, solidarity, and respect for the land and the sea saved a little island for its inhabitants and for generations to come.
Puerto Rican Poets from the Diaspora in NY Times
NY TIMES WEEKEND MISER
Puerto Ricans Molded by New York
By A. C. LEE, Published: November 21, 2013
November is Puerto Rican Heritage Month in New York, giving the
city a chance to recognize the ways figures like the Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, the
cultural historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg and the founders of the
Nuyorican poetry movement have shaped and been shaped by New
York. And the Miser, being the Miser, after all, is happy to note that a
number of the programs tied to the celebration are free and open to
the public.
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Another free reading, on Friday night at the MNN El Barrio Firehouse Community Media Center, a neighborhood-oriented broadcast production studio in East Harlem, will feature poets spanning
generations, from the original Nuyoricans José Angel Figueroa and Sandra Maria Esteves to the younger writers Peggy Robles-Alvarado and Rafael Landron.
(Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., 175 East 104th Street; 212-757-2670, mnn.org.)
Puerto Rican Poets
NOVEMBER 22, 2013
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
A unique opportunity to see these poets in one program.
RSVP is required for this event.
Respond at this link:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/puerto-rican-poets-from-the-diaspora-tickets-9259129305?aff=eac2
Celebrate Tato Laviera
On Friday, November 8th, 2013,
family and friends will remember
and celebrate Tato Laviera's life and work.
St. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue (54th St.),
in New York City from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Jesus Tato Laviera
We mourn the loss of Tato Laviera,
a great poet, playright and friend
who passed away this Friday, November 1st.
We remember his beautiful words, sense of humor,
integrity and love of people.