Tribute to Julia de Burgos
June 3rd
5 pm
Blessing Ceremony & Poetry Reading on 105th Street & Fifth Avenue.
6 pm
Reading from Julia de Burgos: Child of Water, play by Carmen Rivera
Carmen Rivera featured in Cruce magazine from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Day Parade tribute to Julia de Burgos
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York will be hosting a special ceremony in honor of Julia de Burgos on June 3rd beginning at 5:30
pm on E. 106th Street and Fifth Avenue, where de Burgos died. The ceremony will commence with a Taíno blessing, followed by readings from four Puerto Rican poetesses. At 6:30,
El Museo del Barrio will host a reading of the play, JULIA DE BURGOS: CHILD OF WATER, from renowned Puerto Rican playwright, Carmen Rivera.
Julia de Burgos: Child of Water @ Baruch Performing Arts in New York
Baruch Fine and Performing Arts Department presents
by Carmen Rivera
Directed by Cándido Tirado
The Bernie West Theatre
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