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ARTWORK By: WILDA GONzALEz LAyOUT: LUIS CORDERO, CEMIUNDERGROUND.COM PHOTOGRAPHy: LOURDES R. TORRES, ROBERT FIGUEROA AND ANA ALICEA EDITOR: TERESA A. SANTIAGO comité noviembre th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE

For the past 25 years, Comité Noviembre, CN has celebrated Puerto Rican Heritage Month in this country. As we prepared this 25th anniversary journal one thing was crystal clear Comité Noviembre has made an impact on the history of the Puerto Rican community both on the mainland and on the island. The very survival and existence of CN over the years has been made possible by an amazing collective of dedicated and committed individuals and organizations that have devoted their time and energy to the success and preservation of this organization.

CN is a volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to commemorating and acknowledging the contributions have made to this city, state and nation. CN is composed of ten of the oldest and most prestigious Puerto Rican organiza- tions: the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, ASPIRA of New york, el Museo del Barrio, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, El Puente, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the National Insti- tute for Latino Policy, the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights – Justice Committee, and the Puerto Rico Federal Af- fairs Administration. To commemorate our 25th anniversary, CN is proud to announce that the La Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular will join our ranks becoming the first organization based in Puerto Rico to be part of our Board. This coordinating body plans and promotes CN’s annual programs and events.

The charge of CN is to create awareness of our rich culture, language, and heritage and to acknowledge and take ownership of it everyday but specifically during the month of November. The annual theme is developed with the understanding that beyond celebrating our heritage, it must help to motivate, mobilize and empower our community around critical concerns. This year’s theme: “Comité Noviembre 25 años…Unidos por nuestro orgullo Boricua - Comité Noviembre 25 years...Unit- ed by our Puerto Rican pride,” celebrates and pays tribute to the work and accomplishments of Comité Noviembre in the last 25 years. The theme speaks to the spirit, energy and pride of this volunteer organization. Its dedication and commitment to maintain its mission clear to promote, teach, preserve and create awareness of the rich culture, language and heritage of the Puerto Rican community both in the and Puerto Rico. For 25 years, CN has commemorated the outstanding achievements of Puerto Ricans in all aspects of life and society. At the same time through its theme it has brought to light the pressing issues of our community. CN has affected change and garnered results because we have united in our pride as Puerto Ricans. Because of CN, November is our month to discuss all aspects and issues of our community.

In this milestone year, CN came full circle. It went back to basics to the very essence of who we are as an organization that is dedicated to educational excellence and leadership development of our young people. CN is thrilled that it has the first Puerto Rican woman Rhodes Scholar Lisette Nieves as our 2011 Spokesperson. She is a Belle zeller Distinguished visiting Professor in Public Policy at the City University of New york at Brooklyn College, a social entrepreneur-in-residence at the Blue Ridge Foundation and on October 5, 2011, she was sworn in as a member of the President’s Advisory Commission on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

In 1987 when CN was established our community was fighting for Latino representation on the NyC Board of education. Although we have come a long way we have much to do. In October 2010, the Community Service Society released a Policy Brief entitled: ’s future looks Latino where it stated that “Puerto Ricans, particularly males, emerge as the most disadvantaged youth group in New york City, with rates of school enrollment, educational attainment, and employ- ment lower than any other comparable group, including young black males. Similarly, Puerto Rican women show more challenges than other female youth. In the past, this finding may have been obscured by research that groups Latino youth into one broad category. It is time to pay specific attention to the plight of Puerto Rican youth in New york City.”

On this our 25th anniversary Comité Noviembre is challenging itself and each, and everyone, of you, to assist us in launch- ing a mentoring program geared specifically to these at-risk Puerto Rican young men and woman. As a Puerto Rican orga- nization it is our duty and responsibility to save our future. yes, we can make a difference one child at a time. 25th Anniversary

Photo: Ana Alicea Ana Photo: Comité Noviembre Board Members

This journal also carries interesting, cultural, political and educational information that we hope will be of interest to you. We pride ourselves in being able to discuss all aspects and issues of our community – with respect, objectivity and pride.

Most importantly, we want to share with you the inspiring stories of our Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad award recipients – truly exceptional, dedicated individuals who are the unsung heroes of our community and who are making a difference in not only the Puerto Rican community but society as a whole. The Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad award honors Puerto Ricans whose pride in their heritage and strength of character have empowered themselves and inspired others to make sig- nificant impact on our community. What is important to understand is that these award recipients are chosen by CN from nominations submitted by the community. The 2011 Lo Mejor recipients are: Humberto Cintron, pioneer, creator and pro- ducer of Realidades, , “La Bruja” poet and community activist, David Galarza, Community Specialist, CSEA, Esperanza Martell, poet, co-founder of Casa Atabex Ache, Carmen Alustiza-Mondesire, pioneer community activist, Jose Ortiz, Dr. Drum, founder and artistic director of Bombayo, Candy “Warixi” Soto, leader, Ku Karey Spiritual Circle, and founder of the Taíno Awards and Dr. Anderson Torres, PhD, vice president, Puerto Rican Family Institute.

For the past two and half decades, CN, has created and developed programs all geared to the support and enhancement of educational opportunities and leadership development for Puerto Rican and Hispanic youth with a cultural twist. These programs are firmly rooted in the belief, that in order to succeed in life, you must pursue a higher education, give back to your community through volunteer efforts and know your cultural roots.

Our success story covers 187 scholars awarded since the CN Scholarship program was instituted in 1996 and an additional 10 scholars awarded the Richie Pérez Scholarship for Peace and Justice, since its inception in 2006. All boast a 90% college graduation rate. Exceptional youth making a difference each day by volunteering and becoming involved in the social, civic and global issues of their time. The 2011 recipients of both scholarship programs are highlighted in the journal as well as the names of all of our scholars. you will be inspired by the clear sense of self and strength of character of these incredible young people that are making a difference early on in their lives.

This year’s benefit event will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at the Ny Hilton in Manhattan and will honor: Karina E. Alomar, Esq., Alomar & Associates P.C, Angie Benitez, Founder, Susan G. Komen for the Cure/Puerto Rico, Nestor v. Figueroa, President, Nagnoi, Inc., Jorge Silva-Puras, SBA Regional Administrator for Ny, NJ, PR & USvI, US Small Business Administration and Lisette Nieves, our 2011 Spokesperson.

The proceeds of this annual event, supports all of our programs and allows CN to provide free programming and information to the community year round as well as scholarship dollars. Our programs include: two scholarship programs, the annual Leadership Development – Role Models Forum, conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA personnel, the Artisans Fair & Exhibit, the Health Fair, the educational trip to Puerto Rico, “Buscando Nuestra Raíces”, the Day of Community Service & Social Responsibility and food drive, a Three Kings celebration and toy drive, the annual CN/ El Diario La Prensa Puerto Rican Heritage Month Supplement, the production of this commemorative calendar journal, the artist competition, selection and commission process, the annual educational commemorative poster, selection of a spokes- person, the kick-off celebration and annual benefit event, the Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad and Puerto Rican Heritage Awards, our website information as well as cultural and health related workshops, forums and events sponsored by CN.

Many events have been planned throughout New york State as well as New Jersey and Puerto Rico to celebrate our rich culture, traditions and history. CN urges everyone to participate in these events including our 6th Annual Artisans Fair that will take place on Saturday, November 19, 2011, from 10AM – 9PM at Hostos Community College in . On Sep- tember 29, 2011 CN launched its 25th Anniversary Poster Exhibit at Hostos Community College in the Atrium on the 3rd Floor. The Poster Exhibit will run until November 30, 2011.

The 16th annual Day of Community Service and Social Responsibility will take place on Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 11AM – 4PM in several locations through the City, in Manhattan at El Museo del Barrio and the UPACA-IPRHE Senior Center; in Brooklyn at El Puente; in the Bronx at Holy Cross Church and in queens at the Elmhurst/Jackson Heights-IPRHE Senior Center. On this day CN along with young people from ASPIRA of New york, Inc., El Puente and the Holy Cross youth group will be conducting a food drive to create Thanksgiving baskets for the poor of New york.

Let us live in the moment of the history that we make each day, standing up for what we believe in and supporting causes that enhance, promote, preserve, and protect our culture, history, identity, language, community and natural resources. Let us embrace every day the essence of what it means to be unidos por nuestro orgullo Boricua.

For Comité Noviembre

Teresa A. Santiago, Chairperson

Member Agencies

Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly ASPIRA of New york El Museo del Barrio El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños El Puente Eugenio María de Hostos Community College La Fundación Nacional Para la Cultura LatinoJustice PRLDEF National Institute for Latino Policy National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights – Justice Committee Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration

comite novembre 2011 spokesperson & honoree Lisette Nieves Lisette Nieves was a 1992 Rhodes Scholar and the first Puerto Rican to receive this prestigious award. A 1991 philosophy and political science graduate of Brooklyn College, she also won a Truman Scholarship and is a graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University.

Ms. Nieves was the founding executive director for year Up Ny, whose mission is to provide urban young adults with the skills, experience and support that will empower them to reach their potential through profes- sional careers and higher education. Under her leadership, year Up Ny went from a $250,000 seed grant organization to a $7 million operation in five years.

Lisette Nieves was appointed the Belle zeller Distinguished visiting Professor in Pub- lic Policy at the City University of New york until 2013 and is Social Entrepreneur-in- Residence at the Blue Ridge Foundation, a leading nonprofit incubator.

Ms. Nieves was sworn in on October 5, 2011 as a member of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. She is the vice-chair of New york City’s Panel for Education Policy, a trustee of the New york State Teach- ers’ Retirement System, a member of the year Up National Board, a board member for the Fund of the City of New york, and a member of the Woodrow Wilson School Advisory Council.

Ms. Nieves was chief of staff at the Department of youth and Community Develop- ment for the City of New york, director of grants management and compliance at the Upper Manhattan Empowerment zone, and senior program officer for the Corporation for National Service. Throughout her career, Ms. Nieves has served as a consultant to nonprofit organizations in strategic planning, program development and management.

Ms Nieves was awarded the 2011 El Diario la Prensa’s Mujeres Destacada Award and in 2008 the Robin Hood Foundation awarded her a Heroes Award.

For 20 years, Lisette has dedicated herself to the educational and leadership develop- ment of young people. “This is our last chance to give young people a shot at a better life,” she says of her involvement and work. “It’s our last chance to get them thinking about their values, and what kind of parents and citizens they want to be. To miss this opportunity is a crime.” About the Artist

Wilda Gonzalez Alicea Ana Photo:

Wilda Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican multimedia artist and • Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Exhibit, 2008 painter proud of her heritage. Born and raised • The Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel Exhibit, in the Bronx, Ms. Gonzalez attended the High School of 2007 Art and Design and continued her studies at the Fashion • The National Museum of Catholic Art & History Group Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design in Exhibit, 2007 New york City. Ms. Gonzalez has, worked as a visual arts • Marriott Hotel Exhibit, 2007 educator for the Children’s Art Carnival since 1988 and for • Comité Noviembre’s Artisan Fair and Exhibit 2007, 2008, the past 17 years has been artist-in-residence and art pro- 2009 and 2010 gram director at Riverbank State Park in Manhattan. She • Boricua College Group Exhibit, 2006 has taught art in both public and parochial schools and has • Inspiration Fine Art Group Show, 2005 been art instructor for yaffa Productions, ASPIRA of New • The BAAD! Ass Women Group Exhibit, 2005, 2002 york and the Bronx Museum. She is the founder and direc- • National Art Club Gramercy Park Group Exhibit, 2005 tor of Caribe Anani studio which houses her art work and where she is inspired to create her work. Caribe Anani also Featured artwork in publications provides folkloric cultural diversity workshops for children with special needs, supervised day care programs and art • Montgomeryadvertiser.com, January 2008 therapy for children ages, four to seven. Her artistic inspira- • The Birmingham News, January 2008 tion is a testament to her Puerto Rican heritage. • The Children Art Carnival News Letter, 2005 • Bronx Times, 2006 Exhibitions • Westchester Woman, 2004 • The Journal News Life& Style, 2005 • 2011 Comite November 25th anniversary commemora- • Arte/10 vide Hoy, 2002 tive poster artist • Hunts Point Alive Spring Issue, 2002 • The American African Museum 2011 Artcurian Tour • The Clemente Soto velez Cultural & Educational Center: The Circle & Bronx Net Community Television show Host- Femicide Awareness Exhibit, 2010 ed by Rhina valentin 2007 • The Artcurian Gallery Artist Speakers Bureau, 2010 • The Rosa Parks Museum Exhibit, 2008 Contact Wilda Gonzalez @ [email protected] or [email protected] About the Poster Theth Pride - Unidos por nuestro orgullo Boricua th “This painting is based on the beauty, heritage and Our culture has flourished for centuries and is imbed- ancestry of the island of Puerto Rico and how we ded in our daily life as we travel throughout the streets as Puerto Ricans outside of the island translate this of New york from Spanish to the Lower East beauty, culture, history into our everyday lives here Side from one borough to the next on the #6 train. 25in New york and in every metropolis Anniversary in this country. 25 Anniversary How each of these images plays a special role, and Our pride in our music is depicted in the , symbolizes, our culture, a mixture of races, Taíno, and danza dancers. The flamboyan tree and the coqui are symbols of strength, unique- ness and perseverance. La Mar- queta de connects us back to our life here on the main- land and shows how deeply rooted our culture and traditions are in our food, places of business and daily social interaction.

The image of the three kings rep- resents the influence of the Span- iard in our culture and the intro- duction of Catholicism to Puerto Rico. The celebration of the Día de los Tres Reyes is sacred to Puerto Rico and many other Ca- ribbean and Latin American coun- tries. I wanted to honor the Museo del Barrio’s Dia de los Reyes pro- cession throughout the streets of El Barrio preserving this tradition for our community.

I named this piece The Pride be- cause as an artist and educator I have the opportunity to conduct workshops for young people, in- teract with them and use the ele- ments in this piece to teach them about Puerto Rican traditions and history that makes me proud each day. Instilling, teaching and en- couraging this pride and love for my culture in these young minds is what I live for and hopefully by doing this continue to acknowl- edge, promote and preserve our Spaniard and African that define our ancestral roots culture like Comité Noviembre has charged us to do and makes us uniquely and proudly Puerto Ricans. for the past 25 years and counting

Wilda Gonzalez comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña HISTORY

On July 15, 1987, the Association of Puerto Rican Executive Directors (APRED), a non-profit advocacy consortium of Puerto Rican community development and human services organizations, hosted the Puerto Rican Dialogue. One of the topics of discussion was presented by Antonio Pagán then of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, on the coordination of a calendar of events during the month of November, officially deemed, Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Month. While the Commonwealth expressed an interest in serving as the clearinghouse for information on the scheduled events in collabora- tion with the community-based organizations and individuals represented at the meeting, it was the consensus of the group that this role be assumed by APRED with the assistance and cooperation of the Commonwealth and the Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA); thus, the coordinating committee was established. Led by Elizabeth Col6n, then the Executive Direc- tor of APRED, the coordinating committee launched an effort to plan activities and develop the first Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage month calendar of events. As its efforts continued to evolve, the coordinating committee was expanded to include ASPIRA of New york, and el Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. Several co-sponsoring agencies, also participated by hav- ing their events announced in the calendar, and providing resources to this project including the Institute for the Puerto Ri- can Hispanic Elderly. The coordinating committee became “Comité Noviembre” (CN). CN’s mission was and still remains to commemorate and acknowledge all aspects of Puerto Rican life. From the social, cultural, to the educational, economic and political; as well as creating an awareness of the rich culture, language and heritage of the Puerto Rican community. It also acknowledges the Puerto Rican community’s numerous contributions to this state and nation. Each year, from its initial inception through the present, Comité Noviembre has identified an annual theme, developed a calendar of events and poster, and secured the proclamations from the Governor, Mayor and Borough Presidents.

In 1990 CN encouraged Puerto Rican leaders from New Jersey to form its own chapter of Comité Noviembre and in 1991 Comité Noviembre of New Jersey was incorporated. Motivated by the success of New Jersey, CN conducted three Leader- ship Symposiums in 1991 and 1992 in New york and one in 1993 held in Boston, Massachusetts with the goal of encourag- ing dialogue amongst leaders and activists from Puerto Rican communities that would serve to strengthen ties and formally present the expansion of the celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month to other cities and states. These symposiums were extremely successful and garnered national interest in regional expansion of the celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month under the banner of Comité Noviembre. CN met with Puerto Ricans leaders from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida. Due to the closing of APRED in 1993 the Leadership Symposiums and regional expansion were put on hold.

Upon the closing of APRED which headquartered CN, Teresa A. Santiago assumed the leadership of Comité Noviembre, and the Puerto Rican Family Institute became its new home and management umbrella. From 1994 to 1997 CN operated under the auspices of ASPIRA of New york, and in 1998 CN was relocated to its present home for the past thirteen years - the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly headed by Suleika Cabrera Driane.

Throughout the years, the membership and efforts of Comité Noviembre continued to expand. While its mission has re- mained the same, Comité Noviembre added new dimensions to its work focusing on educational excellence, youth leader- ship development and community service as key goals. Today, Comité Noviembre is the only collaboration of its kind in the United States which brings together the collective talents and resources of the oldest and most prestigious Puerto Rican organizations on the northeast: the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, ASPIRA of New york, el Museo del Bar- rio, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, CUNy, el Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNy, Latino Justice: PRLDEF, the National Institute for Latino Policy, the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights – Justice Committee, the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, and El Puente. This coordinating body plans and promotes Comité Noviembre’s annual programs and events. comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary Today, although, Puerto Rican Heritage Month is celebrated throughout the United States, it was Comité Noviembre who formalized the celebration. The recognition and celebration of November as Puerto Rican Heritage Month, has provided opportunities to bring onto the limelight numerous achievements and contributions of the Puerto Rican community. CN has been able to bring together the Puerto Rican community by preserving, teaching and promoting Puerto Rican culture and history. By embracing our strength, respecting our differences and understanding our diverse political ideologies, Novem- ber has become a time to discuss all aspects and issues of the Puerto Rican community form the cultural, social and civic to the educational, economic and political with respect objectivity and pride. Comité Noveimbre is proud of its accomplish- ments and the marks it has made through its work over the past 25 years.

MISSION CN’s mission is to commemorate and acknowledge all aspects of Puerto Rican life from the social and cultural to the edu- cational, economic and political. The charge of CN is to create awareness of and preserve our rich culture, language, and heritage specifically for our youth – to recognize and take ownership of it everyday but specifically during the month of November.

For twenty-five years, CN has created and developed programs all geared to the support and enhancement of educational opportunities and leadership development for Puerto Rican/Hispanic youth with a cultural twist. These programs are firmly rooted in the belief, that in order to succeed in life, you must pursue a higher education, give back to your community through volunteer efforts and know your cultural ancestral history.

CN ANNUAL PROGRAMS & EVENTS

• Two Scholarship Programs • Artisans Fair & Exhibit • CN Scholarship Awards Program • Day of Community Service & Social Responsibility • The Richie Perez Scholarship for Peace & Justice and Food Drive • Annual Leadership Development – Role Models • Three Kings celebration and Toy Drive Forum • CN/El Diario La Prensa full color Puerto Rican • Conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Heritage Month Supplement Administration, NASA personnel • Commemorative calendar journal • Educational trip to Puerto Rico, “Buscando Nuestra • Artist competition, selection and commission process Raíces” • Annual educational commemorative poster • Puerto Rican Heritage Month kick-off celebration • Selection of a spokesperson • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Award • Website programs and information • Annual benefit event • Cultural and health related workshops, forums and • Puerto Rican Heritage Award events • Health Fair

CN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PROGRAMS In order to secure that our youth have better educational opportunities the CN Scholarship Awards Program (CNSAP) was established and has awarded $187,000 in scholarships since its inception fourteen years ago, an average of 12 scholarships a year and with a college graduation rate of 90%. An additional $10,000 has been awarded in the Richie Pérez Scholarship for Peace and Justice. Each year, the members of the CN Scholarship selection committee are awed by the clear sense of self and strength of character of these selfless and inspiring young people that are building our communities and making a difference early on in their lives. comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE SCHOLARSHIP In November of 1996 in celebration of its tenth anniversary of Puerto Rican Heritage Month, the CN Scholarship Awards Program (CNSAP) was established. To date, CNSAP has awarded 187 scholarships of $1,000. Four years ago, to com- memorate our 20th anniversary, CN enhanced the Scholarship Program to continue to award the top two scholars $1,000 scholarships each year until graduation. These scholars must maintain a 3.5 grade point average and documented commu- nity work within the Puerto Rican community to continue to receive the 4-year $1,000 scholarship.

THE RICHIE PEREZ SCHOLARSHIP FOR PEACE & JUSTICE In 2004, the Puerto Rican community lost an advocate, community leader and urban warrior. Richie Pérez was a beloved activist and leader in the fight for social justice and human rights. He brought integrity and unity to many causes to which he was committed, which included the struggle for racial justice and against police brutality, Puerto Rican independence and universal human rights. In his memory, Comité Noviembre has established the Richie Pérez Scholarship for Peace and Jus- tice. The award recognizes Puerto Rican young people for their commitment, activism and achievements in any of the areas of human rights and social justice. This annual award promotes both the advancement of new leaders, in the movement for peace and justice and invests in their continued growth by providing support for their ongoing education and political development. The scholarship recipient will receive a $1,000.

THE COMITE NOVEIMBRE/NASA PARTNERSHIP – ANNUAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOP- MENT – ROLE MODELS FORUM To ensure that young adults have the opportunity to meet and interact with professionals in all fields and careers, CN part- nered with NASA and established a leadership development forum that took place at Hostos Community College, CUNy in the middle of the . Several Puerto Rican/Hispanic microbiologist, scientist and engineers from NASA Centers conducted a presentation on Careers at NASA to a group of Latino high school and college students interested in engineer- ing, biology and the study of space. The event was a huge success. Having professionals that looked liked them, spoke their language and had similar backgrounds at these high level positions at NASA reinforced their career goals and dreams. Having NASA personnel address these young people reinforces the mission of CN’s leadership development program and gives these young people a day they will remember for the rest of their lives. These visit give young adults from the inner city, specifically Puerto Rican and Hispanics, the opportunity to realize that they too can achieve greatness.

ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL TRIP TO PUERTO RICO “BUSCANDO NUESTRA RAÍCES” Buscando Nuestras Raíces is an adventure into a cultural and educational experience for Puerto Ricans and others who want to explore the richness of Puerto Rico’s culture, ancestral roots and history. Making this trip a reality was a natural progres- sion of CN’s mission and goals. The itinerary takes into account that many of us, although we visit the island frequently, rarely visit the cultural and historical sites and landmarks unique to Puerto Rico and renowned throughout the world. It is a journey participants will remember for many years to come. The third annual Buscando Nuestra Raíces trip is being planned for the summer of 2012.

PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE MONTH KICK-OFF CELEBRATION The CN Puerto Rican Heritage Month kick-off event usually takes place each year on the last Thursday of October. At this event, CN honors Puerto Rican community heroes through Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Awards, unveils its annual poster and distributes its journal calendar of event. This event is free for the community. Over 300 key community and busi- ness leaders as well as elected officials attend this very festive, musical and cultural event. comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary LO MEJOR DE NUESTRA COMUNIDAD AWARD Through Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad award, CN recognizes outstanding individuals who are the unsung heroes of our community and who are making a difference in the Puerto Rican communities of this country. Puerto Ricans whose pride in their heritage and strength of character have empowered themselves and inspired others to make significant impact on the community are recognized. The recipients of this award are chosen by CN from nominations submitted by the community. These individuals are honored at the kick-off celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month.

CN’S ANNUAL GALA BENEFIT The CN Annual Gala Benefit was instituted in 1996 at its tenth anniversary to raise funds for its scholarship award program and other CN educational, cultural and leadership development activities. The event has continued to attract key leaders of New york’s Puerto Rican community and Corporate America. The gala is scheduled for Thursday, November 10, 2011 at the Ny Hilton in Manhattan. The proceeds of this annual event, supports all of our programs and allows CN provide free programming and information to the community year round as well as scholarship dollars.

CN’S ANNUaL PUERTO RICAN ARTISANS FAIR & EXHIBIT The Artisan Fair & Exhibit was established in 2006, in celebration of Comité Noviembre’s, 20th anniversary. Making this fair a reality was a natural progression of CN’s goals and mission and made possible by CUNy’s vice Chancellor Ernesto Malave who passed away in November 2009.

CN invited Puerto Rican artisans from throughout the US and Puerto Rico to participate in this Fair. Over 40 artesanos puertorriqueños participated and the event boasted an attendance of over 5000 people in this very first Fair in 2006 at Hunter College and again in 2007. In 2008, the Fair continued to exceed CN’s expectations with over 60 artisans participating and a steady 5000 people the fair was moved to Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan. Last year found its home at Hostos Community College in the Bronx. For the past five years CN has conducted workshops for children and adults, to ensure that our youth learn about our culture, traditions and folklore. This event, which is free to the community, is advertised as an opportunity to kick-off the holiday shopping season and purchase unique Puerto Rican original gifts for that special person on your list and, at the same time support our artesanos.

CN’S ANNUaL HEALTH FAIR In 2009, CN instituted the First Annual Health Fair that ran concurrently with the Artisans Fair. The Health component of the Fair was added because of the great number of residents concentrated in the Bronx and neighboring boroughs with chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity. This year CN will partner with health care providers to conduct health fairs during the summer as well as in November.

CN’S DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The Day of Community Service and Social Responsibility, was established in 1995 to coincide with the theme: “The Sprit of Commitment …The Power of Action. Live it! For the past fourteen years, CN has set aside the Sunday before Thanksgiving as a day of community service and social responsibility in commemoration of November 19th, traditionally known as Puerto Rican discovery day or as we like to call it Puerto Rican “encounter” day.

The event began as a day when people participated in several volunteer efforts that aided the Puerto Rican community and its organizations to show the spirit of commitment and the power of action. Over the years, this event has been a great suc- cess and organizations throughout the city have benefited from this collaboration, including homeless and battered women’s shelters and senior centers as well as individual families. Through this effort, CN has collected coats, clothing, food and comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña toiletries for these organizations. In recent years, the food drive has been instituted and CN along with ASPIRA of New york spearhead the event. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at several locations throughout the City including at El Museo del Barrio and the UPACA-IPRHE Senior Center in Manhattan, El Puente in Brooklyn, Elmhurst/Jackson Heights-IPRHE Senior Center in queens and Holy Cross Church in the Bronx, simultaneously from 11AM – 4PM.

FIFTH CN EL DIARIO LA PRENSA SUPPLEMENT For the past three years, CN in partnership with El Diario La Prensa has produced an 8 to 14 page Puerto Rican Heritage Month color supplement for the community. This special Spanish-language supplement has a circulation of 57,550 and readership of over 287,000 daily. CN works with EDLP’s editorial department for content which will highlight CN’s hon- orees and programs as well as any topic the exclusive sponsor may want to cover.

ANNUAL SPOKESPERSON Each year, CN selects a spokesperson that is making a difference in this country, empowering others and shaping, not only our future as Puerto Ricans, but the future of all Americans. They have all played an important role in leaving our unique imprint in the current and future history of this country.

THEME DEVELOPMENT Each year, CN selects a theme with a two-fold purpose: to celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage and to motivate, mobilize and empower our community specifically our youth to take ownership of our culture, traditions and heritage. This year in com- memoration of our 25th anniversary an Exhibit was curated that includes all 25 CN posters. The exhibit is currently on view at Hostos Community College in the Bronx until November 30, 2011.

COMMEMORATIVE JOURNAL/ARTIST/ POSTER The annual journal calendar becomes a collector’s item because of the articles and historical information that it provides. These essays and articles, written by community activists, educators, artists and CN members, are published annually in sev- eral newspapers ranging from The New york Daily News, El Diario La Prensa, as well as the San Juan Star and El Nuevo Día in Puerto Rico. The journals are distributed to educational, cultural and community organizations. Over 250 events and activities are sponsored and held by community based organizations, cultural institutions and government officials through- out New york alone.

Since its inception, the annual CN poster has been in high demand by teachers and educators. The competition to be the commissioned artist of CN and design the coveted poster has also been exciting throughout the years and has led to the promotion, acknowledgement and exposure of very talented Puerto Rican artists. The poster is created each year to promote and inform the public about Puerto Rican Heritage Month and to create an artistic expression of the organization’s theme. The poster is distributed throughout New york, New Jersey and the tri-state area.

CN WEBSITE – www.comitenoviembre.org The website provides the history of CN as well as the Puerto Rican community in Puerto Rico and the United States. The website will serve as an educational vehicle of all those searching for information on the Puerto Rican history and culture especially educators and students. The website launched in November of 2006 and was designed with the capacity to hold company logos or messages (web advertising) for sponsors of the website or CN programs. The sponsor of the website will have prime signage year-round. Due to high printing costs and the world going “green” CN will promote heavily the use of the website for access to calendar journal information as well as scholarship applications and other educational materials. comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary THEMATIC IMPACT ON COMMUNITY 1987 – 2011 SYNOPSIS

1987 “Building on Our Heritage to Create the Future…Our Children Our youth - Desarrollando Nuestra Herencia Creando Nuestro Futuro…Nuestros Niños y Juventud,”centered around children and youth bringing to light the critical ab- sence of Latino representation on the New york City’s Board of Education.

1988 “Empowerment…From the Shadows to the Light – De las Sombras al Poder –Empoderamiento…De las Sombras al Poder” Highlighted participation in the political process as a tool to bring the Puerto Rican community to the forefront of American politics and power structures.

1989 “Si No Nos Cuentan…No Contamos…Count On Us! – Si No Nos Cuen- tan…No Contamos…Cuenten Con Nosotros” dealt with the gross under couint- ing of Latinos in the past census counts and challenged the Puerto Rican com- munity to stand up and be counted.

1990 “From the Homeland to the Mainland…Los Lasos que nos Unen” Made the important connection to island roots and the migration to the mainland over the last nine decades.

1991 “La Mujer Puertorriqueña La verdadera Borinqueña… Asumiendo Nuestra Historia Tomando Liderazgo en los 90” celebrated the important role of women in the political and social development of the largest Hispanic ethnic group in the Northeast region.

1992 “Encounters of the Past…Our Determination to Shape the Future – Encuentros del Pasado…Nuestra Determinación Para Forjar el Futuro” sought out to encompass the quincentennial commemoration and its specific relevance to the Puerto Rican community today.

1993 “Reconquista ’93: Affirming Our Identity…Preserving Our Community – Reconquista ’93: Afirmando Nuestra Iden- tidad…Preservando nuestra comunidad” dealt with the issue of identity, the unique and distinct mixture of Taíno, Spanish and African ancestry that makes up the intricate character of the Puerto Rican people.

1994 “Nuestro Poder Puertorriqueño: Usalo! Define Nuestro Destino! Dealt with the untapped power and strength behind the estimated 3 million Puerto Ricans that live in the United States. 1995 “The Puerto Rican Renaissance: The Spirit of Commitment…The Power of Action. Live It!” was a call to action to the Puerto Rican community – that now was the time to realize the future through the power of action.

1996 “United, Moving Forward…The Future is Ours...Unidos, Adalante…El Futuro Esta en Nuestras Manos, urged Puerto Ricans to unite around the critical issues of preserving our language. CN issued a statement on Language Rights and op- posed the English Only Movement.

1997 “In the Mix: voices that Affirm Our vibrant Heritage –voces que Afirman Nuestra Herencia Dinámica,” reinforced our pride, diversity and multi-generational achievement that are the integral part of the Puerto Rican experience. 1998 “Puerto Ricans Confronting the Challenges of a Changing World – Puertorriqueños Enfrentando los Retos de un Mundo cambiante,” urged the Puerto Rican community to examine its readiness and to prepare strategies to face the chal- comitélenges of the next millennium. noviembre

1999 “Puerto Ricans for a New Millennium ... Facing the Dawn of a New Age - Puertorriqueños para un Nuevo Milenio... th Frente al Amanecer deth Una Nueva Era,” reflected the anticipation of a community ready for action. The human rights cam- paign for vieques and clemency for the Peurto Rican political prisoners were highlighted.

2000mes “Understanding de laOur Past…Defining herencia Our Future - Entendiendo puertorriqueña Nuestro Pasado… Creamos Nuestro Futuro,” urged Peurto Ricans to research and learn about their history in order to understand what was occurring at the time – the role of the 25 Anniversary 25US Navy in viques, the status questionsAnniversary and the release of the FBI “Carpetas/Dossiers” on the Puerto Rican independence movement.

2001 “Puerto Ricans United for World Peace...Puertorriqueños Unidos Para la Paz Mundial,” honored all of the victims of September 11th, especially the 800 Puerto Ricans who perished and acknowledged the efforts of the Puerto Rican commu- nity during this tragic event in America’s history.

2002 “Salud Boricua,” shed light on the critical health issues in our community specifically HIv/AIDS, cancer, diabetes and asthma.

2003 “Nuestra Herencia Cultural el Camino al futuro…Our cultural heritage, the path to the future,” challenged the com- munity to honor the past and teach our children about our rich culture and heritage.

2004 “Preserving our Legacy…Cultural Affirmation, Community Empowerment & Social Justice,” honored the grassroots work and accomplishments of the Puerto Rican community and its pioneers who because of their strength of character and conviction affected change.

2005 “Boricua! Atesora lo tuyo…Boricua! Treasure what is yours - Preservando Nuestro Legado…Afirmación Cultural, Poder Comunitario y Justicia Social,” acknowledged the accomplishments of the Puerto Rican community in the fields of science, medicine, technology and space exploration and demanded the community to take ownership of these contributions.

2006 “Celebrando con Orgullo Nuestra Cultura...Hoy, Mañana y Siempre,” acknowledged and paid tribute to achievements of the Puerto Rican community in this city, state and nation as well as to the vision of Comité Noviembre that for the past twenty years has kept its mission alive to promote, teach and create an awareness of the rich culture, language and heritage of the Puerto Rican community.

2007 “Encuentro Con Nuestra Patria,” challenged each and every one of us to learn about our history both on the island and mainland, feel proud of who we are and where we come from, and commit ourselves to promoting and teaching others about our great contributions to this world. It reaffirmed who we are as a people, a community, a nation and that no matter where we are physically in the world - somos puerorriqueños!

2008 “vive tu cultura...!vive Boricua¡ “Live your Culture...! vive Boricua!,” challenged us to take ownership of our contri- butions to the fabric of this country. Our achievements as a community have had and will continue to have great impact on society. We must learn about our pioneers, heroes, scientist, inventions, traditions and history and commit ourselves to pro- mote and teach others about the great contributions Puerto Ricans have made to this country and brag a little in the process.

2009 “Puertorriqueño…De nuestras raíces nace un pueblo,” speaks to the strong foundation of the Puerto Rican community around the world, of our perseverance, ingenuity, pride and achievements. The theme explores and examines our unique ancestral roots and the very fabric that makes us Puerto Rican, it acknowledges that aqui y alla, somos todos puertorrique- ños – un pueblo.

2010 “Puertorriqueño de alma, vida y corazón,” speaks to the essence of what being Puerto Rican means. It is living breath- ing embracing our culture, history and identity in our daily lives in everything that we do. It is the recognition from the bottom of our heart that speaks to our soul that affirms our life as a Puertorriqueño. It is a state of mind, of being that comes from deep within us that empowers us to affect change and to continue to contribute and make accomplishments to this city, state and nation.

2011 “Comité Noviembre 25 years...United by our Puerto Rican pride - Comité Noviembre 25 años…Unidos por nuestro orgullo Boricua,” celebrates and pays tribute to the work and accomplishments of Comité Noviembre in the last 25 years, to the spirit, energy and pride of this volunteer organization. comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary Comité Noviembre Highlights of the Past Twenty-Five Years 1987 • Comité Noviembre is established by Puerto Rican community leaders. • Comité Noviembre secures official Puerto Rican Heritage Month Proclamation form the Governor, Mayor and five Borough Presidents.

1988 • For the first time in the history of CBS Television a station break ID was developed using CN’s art work and theme to salute Puerto Rican Heritage Month. It aired three to four times a day during November. • vISTA and Hispanic magazine both printed information on CN that informed the Puerto Rican community throughout the nation about CN activities. • El Diarlo la Prensa printed the entire calendar as a pull out section in their weekend edition of paper. • Channel 47 gave a daily listing of activities from CN calendar.

1989 • ABC Channel 7 aired PSA for CN featuring actor Jimmy Smits of the hit television series L. A. Law. The PSA ran throughout No vember and garnered many requests for the poster and calendar. • WPIX Channel 11 also aired PSA saluting Puerto Rican Heritage Month with Comité’s poster as the artistic background. • Channel 47 gave a daily listing of activities from the Comité Noviembre’s calendar. • Channel 41 featured, CN on the Cenia Beltre show which aired on November 12th. • Tiempo Magazine featured CN on its November 19th show. • On November 17th, Ny Newsday published a community awareness ad listing CN month long activities.

1990 • Musician and activist Willie Colón becomes the first Spokesperson. • Comité Noviembre of New Jersey is established. • CBS developed and aired station break with Willie Colón to promote PR Heritage Month. • The New york Housing Authority sponsored the musical entertainment for the celebration of PR Heritage Month in each of the five boroughs comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña featuring performances by Johnny Colón and his orchestra. • CN was presented the Governor’s proclamation at a vIP reception prior to the Christmas Extravaganza on November 10th at Radio City. The proceeds of this event went to the victims of Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico and Governor Rafael Hernández Colón was present.

1991 • Spokesperson: Malín Falú, radio talk show host • Comité Noviembre joins forces with The New york Daily News and produces the first Hispanic supplement which eventually leads to the creation of vIvA Magazine. • Comité Noviembre organizes first Puerto Rican Heritage Month Leadership Symposium on December 9, 1991 at the New york Hilton in New york City. Puerto Rican leaders from around the country attend. • Comité Noviembre produces a concert with renowned Puerto Rican singer Lucecita Benítez at Town Hall in New york City. • One of the most sought after CN posters. La Mujer Puertoriqueña La verdadera Borinqueña is created by artist Ernesto Ramos-Nieves.

1992 • Spokespeople: Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and New york City Public Schools Chancellor Dr. Joseph A. Fernandez • “Puerto Ricans in New york: A Community Organizes…A Photographic Essay,” by el Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños and “The ASPIRA of New york Story, Thirty years and Counting…” with information on the historic ASPIRA Consent Decree are featured in the journal. • The 2nd Puerto Rican Heritage Month Comité Noviembre Leadership Symposium is held on December 10, 1992 at the New york Hilton.

1993 • Spokesperson: Dr. Antonia Novello, former Surgeon General of the United States,the first woman and Hispanic to hold this office. • The 3rd Leadership Symposium is held on December 9, 1993 at the Marriott Boston Long Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. • CN establishes the ‘Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunida” Recognition Award. The first recipients of this award were: Willie Colón, composer, trombonist and, producer; Miriam Colón, actress, producer, director and founder of Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Marina Alvarez, AIDS activ- comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary ist; , singer; Moreno vega, founder, Caribbean Cultural Center/African Diaspora Institute; Juanita Rodríguez, chairperson, Women’s Action Cluster of Williamsburg & president, Eastern District High School Parents Association. youth Recipients: Wilfredo Muñoz, Billie Gastic, Carmen Díaz, Krystal Carras- quillo and Angel Ramos

1994 • Spokesperson: Luis Guzmán, actor and community activist. • Comité Noviembre begins the annual tradition of the kick-off reception at el Museo del Barrio • “Why We Took Over the Statute of Liberty,” by Richie Pérez is featured in journal • CN promotes and supports Muevete the Boricua youth Conference. (1994-1997) • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Adelfa vera – Committed to the Ideal of Independence; Debbie Delgado-vega - An Individual and Collective Struggle for Life; Lillian López Par- ent Advocate For Our Future; Ramón González – Third Generation Activist; Genoveva Clemente - Luchado- ra por vivienda Digna; Manny Maldonado – Música Against Drugs: “La Cultura también Cura” Father Luis Barrios - Social Activism and the Church; Isaura Santiago - President: Hostos Community College: Coming of Age in the Bronx. youth Recipients: Jennifer villegas, Reinaldo Llano, Josefina Ortiz. Comité Noviem- bre de N.J.: Dennis B. González; Catherine Correa and Reverendo Miguel Mena (In Memoriam).

1995 • Spokespeople: Salsa Diva and actress/activist Lauren vélez. • Comité Noviembre institutes the Day of Community Service and Social Responsibility the Sunday before Thanksgiving. • PSA is developed to promote Puerto Rican Heritage Month. • CN works with the National Puerto Rican Coalition on the Boricua First! effort • “The Puerto Rican Struggle for quality Education, A Short Essay” by Ro- berto P. Rodriguez is featured in journal. • CN developed a national Puerto Rican Organization Resource Directory. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Gil C. Alicea, author, advocate and orphan of AIDS; Sonia González, community and media activist; Margarita Rosario, founder, Parents Against Police Brutality; Rosa Calderón, Latino and youth activist & dean, Intercultural and Community Advancement, Manhattanville College; Héctor Torres, director, National Action youth Movement & co-founder, Strictly Ghetto youth Organization; Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly; The Puerto Rican Cultural comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña Heritage House; youth Recipients: Brenda Lugo, Omar Estrada Tortes, Shirley Rodríguez; Ben Ramos; Wil- liam quintín Ross and Jason Rivera.

1996 • Spokesperson: Jimmy Smits, actor. • CN celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a gala at the in New york City on November 19, 1996 • Gala honorees are: Dr. Antonia Pantoja, Founder of ASPIRA; Goya Foods, Inc.; and Luis A Miranda, Presi- dent, Miranda y Más • CN announces establishment of Scholarship Program • CN issues statement on Language Rights opposing all efforts to make English the official language of any city state or national government. CN applauded the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which found that Ari- zona’s English only law violated the First Amendment Rights of bilingual state employees to use the native language of the public to communicate. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Betsy Dávila, founder & president, Sociedad Puertor- riqueña de queens, Inc.; Dr. Georgina Falú, founder, Universal Business and Media School; José Ithier, community leader; Debbie Medina, director ethnic publications, New york Daily News; Carlos Pagán, founder, El Regreso; Rossana Rosado, editor-in-chief, El Diario la Prensa. youth Recipients: Carolina Pérez, D’wayne Prieto and Daisy Rodríguez.

1997 • Spokesperson: “King of Latin music” Tito Puente • Ruben Blades, and Marc Anthony captivate the gala audience with a performance from the show Capeman • Gala honorees are: Miriam Colón, actress; Carlos L. Santiago, vice president NyNEX; Millie Herández Becker, president & CEO, Westchester Air; Tonio Burgos, President, Burgos & Associates and Carlos D. Nazario, Jr., president & CEO, Metro Beer and Soda Distributors. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients are: Lorraine Cortes-vázquez, execu- tive director, ASPIRA, Johnny Irizarry, executive director, Taller Puertorriqueño; Iris Báez, founder, Anthony Báez Foundation; Dora Delorisses, senior rights activist and member, Hispanic Senior Action Council; Felipe Morales Millán, di- rector, Touro Collage; Mary Graniela, business and community leader, co-founder of La Cooperative Metro.youth Recipients: Jeffrey Rodríguez, Joyce Elwick, Denise Irizarry, Andrew Cruz, Maegan Elizabeth Ortíz, Mariposa: María Teresa Fernández, poet.

1998 • Spokesperson: Rosie Pérez actress and AIDS activist • CN awards first scholarships to eight exceptional Puerto Rican students at a cer- comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary emony at Con Edison in NyC • El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico perform at the Gala • captivates gala participants with rendition of La Borinqueña • Gala Honorees were: Nereida S. Andino, former deputy, Manhattan Borough President; Jennifer López, actress; Fernando L. Pérez, senior specialist for Custom Outreach, Con Edison; and Polito vega, on-air personality for La Mega. • CN presents José Rivera, then NyC Councilman with Special Award for his work on behalf of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Judith Hilerio, activist, Lower East Side; Sonali Santiago-Borges, founder and executive director, Under the Mercy Min- istries; Edwin Pagán, co-founder, PM Theatre Community; Joseph Lliso, conductor, composer, teacher, founder Pan American Symphony Orchestra; Maria Román, founder, National ; Olga Luz Tirado, president, Luz Tirada Commu- nications; Julio Pabón, founder, Latinos Sports, ventures. youth recipients: Amnanda Hernández, Julian Genera quiñonez, Luz E. Jiménez and Michelle González

1999 • Spokesperson: Felix “Tito” Trinidad, welter weight champion of the world • CN receives the first letter from the President of the United States Bill Clinton, acknowledging Comité Noviembre’s efforts. • Richie Pérez writes article on the young Lords Party entitled: “We didn’t drop from the sky: Our people’s struggle created the young Lords” • CN begins a series of articles on the situation in vieques, Puerto Rico. First article is written by Melissa Mark-viverito, entitled: Vieques and the U.S. Military: A Struggle for Human Rights. • Gala honorees were: Dr. Antonia C. Novello - NyS Commissioner of Health; Carlos M. Morales, Esq., SvP and General Counsel, Merrill Lynch & Company; Angelo Figueroa, editor-in-chief, PEOPLE en Español and The young Lords Party. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: James Anthony Bello; Alexandria Colón, founder, Share Latina Project; Rev. Aimee García Cortése, founder, Crossroads Taber- nacle; Paul Ramos, community activist & executive director of Betances Health Unit; Carmen Rivera, playwright; Efraín Suárez, founder, Salsa Museum and Hall of Fame; Ida Inés Torres, president, Hispanic Labor Committee; John Serrano, co-director, Latino Artist. youth recipients: Lesley Martínez; Eliécer Méndez and Aliana Soto. comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña

2000 • Spokesperson: Dave valentín, internationally acclaimed salsa jazz artist • CN continues to focus on vieques with an article entitled: “Intergeneral Message from vieques: viequenses from Human Chain around Camp García” in journal. • Brenda K Star is the evening’s entertainment. • Dave valentín and yomo Toro give a special performance at the gala. • Gala honorees were: Roberto Clemente Jr., Broadcast Analyst/ and president, The Roberto Clemente Foundation; Susan Hernández, attorney at Law; Carol Robles Román, SvP & General Counsel, Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company and José O. Agiuar, president & CEO, Kleener King Industries. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Myrta Cuadra-Lash, chairperson, East Harlem Neighbor- hood Based Alliance; Ada Rosario Dolch, principal, High School for Leadership and Public Service; Lester J. Figueroa, Esq., founder, Latino Civic Association of Staten Island; Sonia Galarza, volunteer and youth ad- vocate; Fernando “Ponce” Laspina, founder, Festival del Grito de Lares; Irvine Rafael MacManus, advocate for the preservation of Puerto Rican culture; María zapata, volunteer, Circulo de la Hispanidad’s Abused Women Crisis Intervention Program. youth Recipients: José Corner and Jimmy Ruíz. • Special in memoriam section was dedicated to Adelfa vera, Puerto Rican Nationalista and Paul Ramos – Healthcare Advocate.

2001 • Spokesperson: Daniel Rodríguez, NyPD Officer and tenor. • “vieques: Five Centuries of Struggle and Resistance,” article by Robert Rabin, one of the founders of El Comité Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de vieques is featured in journal. • CN changes gala dinner to benefit luncheon in observance of the tragedy of September 11th. • Luncheon honorees were: Selma Betancourt, director of external communications, Health Plus; Dr. Ricardo R. Fernández, president, Herbert H. Lehman College, Luis Garden Acosta, founder & CEO, El Puente, Inc., and Denise quiñones, Miss Universe 2001. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Otilio Díaz, executive director, La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña; Toni & Carlos Mendoza, directors, Side Street Kids; Lucy Rivera, president, La Fi- esta Folklórica Puertorriqueña, Inc.; Magda yrizarry, chairwoman, ASPIRA of New york. youth recipients: Milagros Esther Santiago; Julio Cesar Toledo and Alejandro Torres-Hernádez. • Special recognition was given to the Puerto Rico Emergency Management and Disaster Services Agency for their assistance in the September 11th tragedy. • Special in memoriam section was dedicated to: Steve Mercado, Ny Firefighter, president, Ny Emperors Stickball League. comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary

2002 • Spokesperson: vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, US Surgeon General Commander, USPHS. • Articles featured in the journal were: “Hispanic Health Issues A Priority for New york State” by Dr. Antonia C. Novello, MD, M.P.H and Dr. P.H. NyS; and “The Latino Health Crisis” by Denis De León, coordinator, Latino Health advocates and president of the Latino Commission on AIDS. • Luncheon honorees were: vice Admiral Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, United States Surgeon Gener- al Commander, USPHS; Nydia Caro, singer and entertainer; Debbie Delgado vega, founder and chairperson, Latino Organization for Liver Awareness; Carmen Gómez Goldberg, president, AvET Transit, Inc. and José R. Sánchez, CSW, ACSW, SvP, Generations+ Health Network. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Sobeida Cruz, regional manager of Public Affairs, New york Power Authority; Manuel A. Morán-Martínez, writer and producer; Madalena Ramírez, CEO, Helen Hayes Hospital, Julia E. Rivera, director of community, New york Organ Donor Network; Roberto Sancho, vP development and external affairs, Bronx Lebanon Hospital. youth Recipients: Marlene Calderón; Neva Becerril and Juan Carlos Intriago-vélez. • In Memoriam section was dedicated to: Petra Allende, community activist, “La Alcaldesa del Barrio” and Dr. Antonia Pantoja, founder of ASPIRA of New york.

2003 • Spokesperson: Danny Rivera, world renowned singer • Article by renowned Puerto Rican historian and anthropologist Dr. Ricardo Alegría, “An Introduction to Taíno Culture and History” is featured in journal • CN celebrates the US Navy withdrawal from vieques, Puerto Rico on May 1, 2003. • Luncheon honorees are: Dr. Ricardo Alegría, historian/anthropologist; Honorable Sila Maria Calderón, Governor, Puerto Rico; Danny Rivera, humanitarian, world renowned Puerto Rican singer; and Rafael Tufiño, el Pintor del Pueblo. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Jane Arce¬Bello, youth and cultural rights advocate; Minerva Chinea, volunteer, youth Survival Coalition; Francisco M. González, president, Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade; Jeff Stella, NyPD detective and volunteer, Church of God; Louis M. vázquez M.S.W., executive director, RAIN, Inc.; Mary Pérez, elderly rights advocate; Elizabeth C. yeampierre, Esq., execu- tive director, UPROSE; Anna María Torres, executive director, NyS Assembly Puerto Rican Hispanic Task Force. youth recipients: Elyse C. Bentaces; Nicole Amber Colón and Krystal yvette Marcano.

2004 • Spokesperson: salsa sensation . comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña • Actress Rosie Pérez gives heartfelt remarks about Richie Pérez during benefit luncheon. • CN establishes the Richie Pérez Scholarship Award in his honor • Luncheon Honorees are: Orlando Figueroa, Space Mission Director & Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs, NASA Headquarters; Jorge Ramos, anchor, Telemando 47; Ada Rodríguez, chief marketing officer, Health Plus; and Richie Pérez (In Memoriam), former young Lord, community activist, co-founder of the Justice Committee, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients are: Michael P. Borges, co-founder and as- sociate director, Under the Mercy Ministries; Rev. Rosa J. Caraballo, founder & execu- tive director, Bruised Reed Ministry & Pastor of Grace Tabernacle; William Rodriguez, World Trade Center Hero; Rosalba Rolón, founder, Pregones Theater; Medina Sediq, executive director, A Better Bronx for youth; and Alexie Torres-Fleming, founder & executive director, youth Ministries for Peace and Justice; Arelis Torres, volunteer, Share (Self-Help for Women with Breast and Ovarian Cancer). youth Recipient: Peter Pagán.

2005 • Spokesperson: Frankie Negrón, singer and entertainer • CN receives third letter from the President of the United States George W. Bush recognizing Comité Noviembre for its efforts. • CN returns to a gala dinner with a celebration at the world famous Copacabana. • Salsa sensation Frankie Negrón performs at Gala. • CN institutes a “Silent Auction” at Gala dinner. • Gala honorees are: Mary E. Medina, executive sirector, Center for Trustee Initiatives & Recruitment, Great- er New york Hospital Association; Dennis Rivera, president 1199 SEIU; Monsi C. Román - chief microbi- ologist environmental control & life support systems design & development group, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center; singer Frankie Negrón. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Michelle Centeno, president, National Conference of Puerto Rican Women; Louis B. Navarro, board member, yonkers Puerto Rican Day Parade; Linda Nieves- Powell, president & CEO, Latino Flavored Productions, Inc.; Tina Ramierez, founder & artistic director, Ballet Hispanico; Carlos Recio, chairman, Religious Committee, National Puerto Rican Day Parade; José vidal, volunteer curator, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños. youth recipient: Daniel López and Marcus Rodríguez

2006 • CN launches its official website: www.comitenoviembre.org • CN celebrates the Tenth Anniversary of the Day of Community Service and Social Responsibility • CN institutes its first Annual Puerto Rican Artisans Fair and Exhibit. • CN develops a Directory of Puerto Rican Artesanos. • CN announces its first cultural trip to Puerto Rico in May of 2007 en- comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary titled “Buscando Nuestras Raices” • Gala honorees are: Lynda Baquero, anchor, NBC 4 New york; , international recording artist and producer; Daisy Martínez, chef; entrepreneur, and Host of Daisy Cooks; and Anthony D. Román, executive director, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad recipients were: Melissa Colón, vP, Latino Law Student Association, Cornell Law School; José Dobles, director, youth Programs and Foundation, youth Ministries for Peace and Justice; Margarita Morales, founder, Asociación Cardiovascular de Puerto Rico; Madelyn Lugo, chairperson, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc.; Dr. vincent Gullamo-Ramos, PhD, ACSW, associate professor of Social Work School of Social Work; Gloria Rothchild, volunteer and board member, Network Organization of Bronx Women, SER of Westchester and 100 Hispanic Women of Westchester; Dígna Sánchez, consultant/community investment, United Way of New york City. youth recipients: Eliza- beth Del valle, Raymond Falcón and Jesús González

2007 • Spokesperson: Ana Ortíz, actress and co-star, Ugly Betty • CN conducts it first annual trip to Puerto Rico: Buscando Nuestra Raíces, Sunday August 12 – 20, 2007. Dr. Ricardo Alegría, world renowned historian and anthropologist gives lecture entitled: The Preservation of Puerto Rican Culture throughout the 21st Century in Puerto Rico and the Mainland at El Centro de Estudios Avanzado dePuerto Rico y el Caribe. • On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, during CN’s the trip the Board of Directors released a statement supporting the preservation, conservation and protection of the Northeast Ecological Cor- ridor. CN’s support came at a pivotal point in this effort, six days before the resolu- tion was to be vetoed by the legislature of PR. On October 4, 2007, Governor Anibal Acevedo vilá signed an executive order establishing a public policy the designation of the NEC as a nature reserve. CN is proud that it was able to play a small role in the victory of this nine year struggle. • Renowned Puerto Rican artist Maestro Antonio Martorell creates annual poster en- titled Encuentro con nestra patria. • Articles entitled: “vieques: the Struggle Continues,” from the Bulletin of the Com- mittee for the Rescue and Development of vieques and Puerto Rican Identity in the Diaspora: Why we Continue to be Boricuas by Angelo Falcon are featured in journal • Gala Honorees were: Lisa Thon, fashion designer, yolandita Monge, international recording artist, Dr. Luis O. Reyes and Dr. Diana Caballero, education activists, and Maestro Antonio Martorell, renowned artist, poet, author. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad reciepients were: Elba Cabrera, arts advocate, community leader and ac- tivist, Dr. Luis Laviena, Ph.D. HIv/AIDS activist, Ralphael Muñoz, producer, quest Media Entertainment, Angel Manuel Santini Palos, event planner, Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Carmen vega- Rivera, executive director, Say yes to Education, Arlene González-Sánchez, commissioner, The Nassau comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña County Department of Mental Health, Luis Cordero Santoni, founder, Cemi Underground, Noemi Figueroa Soulet, producer/director/writer, The Borinqueneers: The 65th Infantry Regiment, Sophia zayas, volunteer, National Puerto Rican Day Parade. youth Recipient: Brandon Pagán. • Special recognition is given to the Retire 21 Campaign to retire Roberto Clemente’s #21 from being used as a symbol of respect and honor.

2008 • Spokesperson: Melina León, singer/entertainer • Journal features articles by Jesús Omar Rivera “El Boricuazo,” entitled “Perdona el lucimiento, es que soy Puertorriqueño Excuse me for bragging. But I’m Puerto Rican,” “The Boricua Factor in American Politics: The Puerto Rican vote and the 2008 Presidential Election, by Angelo Falcon and “Mayor Archaeological Find in Ponce Puerto Rico,” Teresa A. Santiago. • Gala Honorees were: Catherine Gonzalez, senior architectural designer, Thornton Tomasetti, Hector Feliciano, author, The Lost Museum, Margarita Lopez, community activist, and board member, NyC Housing Authority, Carlos Alberto, couture fashion designer, Melina Leon, singer/actress • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunida reciepients were: Dolores Batista, agent/owner, All State Insurance and community leader; Lillian Jiménez, filmmaker, interim executive director, Chica Luna Productions; Tato La- viera, author, poet, playwright and community activist; Dr. Lisardo Irizarry, MD, MPH, FACEP, chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Acting Chief Medical Officer, The Brooklyn Hospital Center; Wanda E. Muñiz, volunteer extraordinaire; Felipe Rangel, artisan and co-founder of Hermandad de Artesanos Puertorriqueños; Sandra Ruíz, education, women’s issues advocate and chief of staff to the president, Hos- tos Community College of CUNy; and Carlos “Tato” Torres, artistic director, yerbabuena. youth Recipient Ashley Falcón

2009 • Spokesperson: Jesús Omar Rivera, El Boricuazo, historian & author. • Journal articles featured: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Extraordinary Journey: from modest beginnings to the highest court in the United States by Teresa A. Santiago, In the Health Care Reform Debate Puerto Rican voices Must Unite to be Heard, by Suleika Cabrera Drinane, Statehood, A Civil Rights Issue: A Matter of Equality, by Rafael Rodriguez and Boricuas in New york City: A Histor- ical Inventory of the Past year and Puerto Rican and the 2010 Census: Si quieres Frutos, Sacude el árbol, by Angelo Falcon and The young Lords Party: A Celebra- tion of 40 years in Struggle. • On Saturday, November 14, 2009, Comité Noviembre and Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture presented for the first time in NyC El Boricuazo in Puertorrique- comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary ñidad…defendiendo nuestra imagen • Gala Honorees: – Choco Orta, La Sonera del Milenio, Carlos A. Picón, curator in charge, Department of Greek and Roman Art, Metro- politan Museum of Art, Katilia velez, student & community activist, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, San German, Jesús Omar Rivera, El Boricuazo. • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Communidad recipients were: Elisha M. Miranda, co-founder, Chica Luna and CEO, Sister Outsider Entertain- ment; Nydia Edgecombe, director, Alumni Relations, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, Clarisel González, editor & publisher, Puerto Rican Sun Communications, Ibrahim González, host of WBAI -99.5, Melinda González, folk lyric historian and Bombera for Bomba yo!, Rev. Carmen Hernandez, pastor & founder, Stratford Community Services, Gilda Rivera Pantojas, director, Danza Fiesta, Rafael Rivera- viruet, president, Terramax Entertainment, Trinity A. Rivera, volunteer, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, and, Rosa A. Rosario valentín, community and cultural activist. • Founding member Antonio Pagan, former councilman and NyC Commissioner of Employment dies on January 25, 2009

2010 • Spokesperson: Olga Tañon, Grammy Award Winner & Artist • Journal articles featured: Overview of Puerto Rico’s Political Parties, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights Puerto Rican in the 21st Century Reafirmación de un Pueblo, The Puerto Rican Connection to the Immigration Rights Movement by Angelo Fal- con, Lares Up In Arms: Conflicting Changes and Historical Era- sures by Iris zavala Martinez, PhD, Evaluation of the Northern Gas Pipeline Proposed by the Power Authority Agency of Puerto Rico: Community Response to Energy Crisis presented by Casa Pueblo on August 17, 2010 and Julia de Burgos Celebrated by Carmen D. Lucca. • Gala Honorees: Oscar Hernández, renowned pianist, arranger & Grammy Award winner, Carlos López López, Esq., partner, Wolf Popper, LLP; Pedro Julio Serrano, AIDS/Human Rights activist founder, Puerto Rico Para Tod@s; Julia velez, Esq. MHSA, executive director, Centro de Salud Comunal Dr. Jose S. Bela- val, Inc. • acknowledges the work of CN and introduces honoree Pedro Julio Serrano • Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Recipients: George Torres, founder, Sofrito for your Soul and Capicu Poetry & Cultural Showcase, Brenda Jimenez Peralta, associate director of Agency Development/North East Region, Big Brother, Big Sister of America, Jose Santiago, news director WBAI, Lance Rios, president& CEO, Being Latino, Inc., yesenia Aponte-Meléndez, founder, El Punto de la Montaña, Javier E. Gomez, comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña actor/reporter, community volunteer, Frances Lucerna, executive director, El Puente, Anita Antonetty, com- munity organizer and a special recognition to Taller Boricua (Marcos Dimas, Fernando Salicrup and Irma Ayala), on its 40th anniversary of promoting and supporting community artists and cultural diversity. • A special in memoriam section was created to give homage to CN supporters Ernesto Malave, vice Chan- cellor for Budget and Finance instrumental in establishing CN’s Annual Artisans Fair and Mayor of Caguas William “Willie” Miranda Marín crucial supporter in the success of CN’s Annual trips to Puerto Rico.

2011 • CN Calls to Action to Puerto Rican Community – save our future – become a CN mentor, CN is challenging itself and the community to assist us in launching a mentoring program geared specifically to these at-risk Puerto Rican young men and woman. • The Association of Puerto Rican-Hispanic Culture Inc. in partnership with Comité Noviembre presents: Rafael Hernández & Sylvia Rexach Festival with Julito Cuevas y su Trio los Platinos at the CN 6th Annual Artisans Fair at Hostos Community College • Sixth Annual Artisan Fair is dedicated to the memory of Evelina Antonetty • La Fundación Nacional de la Cultura becomes member of CN • Launched 25th Anniversary Poster Exhibit at Hostos Community College – 3rd floor Atrium. Exhibit run- ning until November 30, 3011 • Comité Noviembre in conjunction with Taller Boricua and Cemí Underground presented a film screening of Soñando Con Puerto Rico/Dreaming of Puerto Rico, a Henry Medina Archive presentation on Thursday Oc- tober 6, at 7PM at the Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center Live Music: El Rinón Criollo/Casita de Chema and Los Instantaneos de la plena. • Participated in the Second Puerto Rican Artisans Fair of yonkers on October 1, 2011 at the yonkers yWCA. • Comité Noviembre sponsored workshop: Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor – Our Encanto at Risk at Taller Boricua on Saturday June 11, 2011 • Co-hosted Artesania en el Barrio the weekend of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, June 11, 2011 at Taller Boricua 12noon – 6PM • Co-sponsored event with the Sierra Club of Puerto Rico and the National Puerto Rican Day Parade: Cel- ebrating the Natural Beauty of Puerto Rico in photos and poems, June 8, 2011 at the Poets Café • Comité Noviembre in co-sponsorship with the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Inc., and Salón Literario LibroAmérica de Puerto Rico launched the first annual The Word/ Festival de la Palabra in Ny at a press conference on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Celebrando Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad

Humberto Cintron was born and raised in El Barrio, New york, where he currently resides. He served four (4) years in the U. S. Air Force (1955-1959), where he taught electronics at the Guided Missiles School at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colo- rado. He received a BA in Sociology from Hunter College, a MA in Urban Studies from Occidental College in California as a member of the National Urban Fellows, in 1970. He earned his JD from New College of California, School of Law in San Francisco at age 54. He has been a pioneering advocate, executive, television pro- ducer, journalist, community organizer, fund-raiser, educator and institution-builder throughout his adult life.

Mr. Cintron served as a founding member of the National Board of Directors of Common Cause; The Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution; the Puerto Ri- can Media Action and Education Council; and the National Latino Media Calition. He has served as consultant to the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity; U.S. De- partment of Labor; and Head-Start Programs. During this rich and unique career, spanning over six decades, he has trained over 100 community workers in El Barrio, and helped launch and sustain a wide variety of projects and programs, including: The Community Action Programs in Norwalk, Connecticut (NEON); and in El Bar- rio (MEND); the Community News Service; La Escuelita Del Barrio; Aguilar Se- nior Citizens Center; Park East H.S.; and East River Houses, in El Barrio.

Mr. Cintron’s activities on the West Coast included community organization with the Coalicion De Boricuas, in San Jose, and Accion Latina in San Francisco, Califor- nia. During these years he also served as administrative director of the internation- ally renouned cultural center and art gallery, Galeria de La Raza/Studio 24, where he was creator, publisher and editor of ‘Ambiente’ Magazine. In addition, he was instrumental in organizing the Western Region Puerto Rican Council, bringing together many Puerto Rican communities from the western United States. After earning his JD, he served as associate counsel with the unique law office of Bill Martinez, specializing in securing visas for international musicians and artists from , visiting the United States.

His previous publications include a novel, ‘FRANKIE CRISTO’, Taino Publishing Co/vantage Press (1970); the teleplay, ‘NO ORPHANS FOR TIA’, awarded the Silver Medal by the New york International Tv and Film Festival (WNBC, 1971); an essay, ‘ACROSS 3RD AvENUE: FREEDOM’, published in the book entitled ‘PUERTO RICAN PERSPECTIvES’ by Edward Mapp (1972); and a wide variety of scripts for the Public Television Series ‘REALIDADES’, WNET/Channel 13, New york City (1971-1977) and the series ‘OyE WILLIE’ in the 1980’s.

Humberto Cintron Humberto His most current publication, ‘EL BARRIO’, includes selected works - poetry, plays, essays,short stories, features a previewof his current work-in-progress: chapters from the se- quel to ‘FRANKIE CRISTO’.

He is best known for his pioneering role as host, writer and executive producer of ‘Realidades’ - the first national latino public television series in the history of public television in the united states, produced at WNET/Channel 13, in New york City. Celebrando Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Caridad De La Luz La Bruja” Caridad De La Luz is a bronx-born performer known as LA BRUJA, considered one of America’s leading spoken word artists. She is a renaissance woman that has performed internationally as well as in respected venues such as The Apollo, The Museum of Natural History, and the famed Nuyorican Poets Café where she began her career. Ny Times called her “a juggernaut” after the 2009 run of her musical Boogie Rican Blvd. where she played 7 different characters and wrote the musical score alongside famed Afro-Rican Jazz artist William Cepeda.

Her acting career has taken her from the stage to film, she has appeared in several movies including Bamboozled, Down to the Bone, El Vacilon and new film Gun Hill Road, which features the title track ‘Nuyorico’ and four more of La Bruja’s songs. Her unique music has crossed over internationally with her debut album “Brujalicious” and her latest release “For Witch It Stands” both available on iTunes.

Best known for her captivating performance on ’ HBO Def Po- etry Jam, she is the founder of the Latinas 4 Life spoken word movement and works with youth throughout the country teaching the benefits of self-expression and art for positive change.

A dedicated artist-activist, La Bruja frequently performs at schools, universities, hospitals, and community centers around the country. She helped raise funds for “Stop The Bombs”, part of a successful campaign to close the controversial US Navy Base on vieques Island, and recorded music for the “No More Prisons” al- bum, which promotes awareness of the negative impact of militarism on today’s urban youth.

La Bruja has been a longtime activist and participant in the fight against AIDS pro-education and awareness about the disease. Creator of the “From The Page To The Stage” writing work- shop for East Harlem Tutorial Program, she facilitates these workshops at schools and com- munity development centers nationwide.

In the efforts of encouraging thousands to claim the benefits of art, culture, and self-expres- sion, La Bruja continues to support positive change for the hip-hop generation through orga- nizations such as voices UnBroken, World Up, y.A.F.F.A., Pepatian and Latinas 4 Life. After working with inner-city youth for over fourteen years, she has not only seen a growth in self- esteem amongst young people but continues to be inspired and has become a self-proclaimed “Poetician” – one who uses poetry to make positive change for all of mankind.

For more information go to www.labrujamusic.com Celebrando Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad David Galarza Over the last twenty years, David Galarza has had the honor and the privi- lege of working with brilliant activists and community leaders on some of the most compelling issues and concerns facing our communities in New york and Puerto Rico.

Currently the communications specialist for the Metropolitan Region of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Local 1000, he’s fighting daily on behalf of thousands of public and private sector workers to demand bet- ter wages and benefits, improve safety and health conditions and insure that workers are treated with dignity and respect.

As a founding member of NY Contra El Gasoducto, he’s working in solidar- ity with the people of Puerto Rico who are struggling to defeat a costly, un- necessary and destructive 92-mile long gas pipeline. He’s also worked with the local Ny with UPR solidarity committee to support the students of the University of Puerto Rico during their historic student strike last year.

David is a longtime member of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights-Justice Committee, where he was mentored by Richie Perez and works on behalf of victims of police brutality and racial injustice. He’s also a mem- ber of the NyC Chapter of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and the NyC Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. He has served as Treasurer of Latinos for National Health Insurance, a national organization working with a broader coalition to promote a national health insurance policy for all.

In his home borough, David is a co-founder of SPAN (Sunset Park Alliance of Neighbors) a grass- roots civic group that organized local residents to defeat a plan to build a luxury condo tower on a low rise residential street. SPAN continues to play a critical role in local zoning issues and works with other groups to advocate for low income housing.

David has marched, rallied and called for justice for immigrants throughout the city. He has also worked with local clergy and families to curtail the proliferation of adult businesses in poor neigh- borhoods. He has continually called on the city and state to end the practice of dumping noxious facilities like power plants and waste transfer stations in poor, communities of color.

Prior to his work with the labor movement, David worked in the public affairs departments of the Manhattan Borough President, the New york City Comptroller, the Board of Education and the Children’s Aid Society.

He began his career as a reporter and editor for several newspapers including The Inquirer and The Miami Herald. Raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, David is married to Inez Cruz, a public school speech teacher and they have a son, Sean, a college sophomore. Celebrando Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad

Esperanza Martell, a human rights activist, educator, community organizer, trainer, life-skills transformative counselor, mother, and poet/artist was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico in 1946. At the age of 4, Esperanza came to New york City to join her mother Maria de Los Angeles Gaitán-Martell. Like many Puerto Rican children, she faced racism and discrimination which made her the strong woman who early in life chose the path of justice and transforma- tion. Esperanza has lived in Washington Heights for over 30 years with her son Amílcar Loi Alfaro-Martell.

Esperanza’s political, artistic, and professional work have always traveled to- gether; underlined by an undying commitment to justice and the transformation of the world, expressed in any endeavor she undertakes. She has devoted most of her life working for the liberation of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican politi- cal prisoners. She teaches community organizing, advices at Hunter College School of Social Work, serves as consultant for New york City Councilmember Rosie Méndez and The Bronx Health Link. She specializes in organizational development, team building, leadership skills, conflict resolution, diversity training, and alternative healing.

Esperanza facilitates healing circles and support groups using her own cul- turally-based techniques for emotional self-healing and empowerment. Espe- ranza has been instrumental in the founding of many organizations that have had major impact in the Puerto Rican community as well as collaborating with many organizations bringing unity and justice among oppressed communities and nationalities. She established the Urban Atabex Self-Healing Training- Consultant and coaching practice is one of the co-founders of Casa Atabex Ache a Women of Color Self-Healing Center and board member of the Brecht Forum, and the Marxist School of New york City. She is the coordinator of the Popular Education Institute, Education for Liberation Workshops: Paulo Freire Methodology, for the Brecht Forum.

For many years she has offered her skills and experience to many social justice endeavors dealing with political prisoners, education, health, violence etc, from a class, race and gender perspective. Esperanza holds a B.A. from the City University of New york and an M.S.W. from Hunter College School of Social Work. She has published essays and poetry, including “In the Belly of the Beast - Beyond Survival,” The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices from the Diaspora, Temple University Press (1998). As a Columbia Uni- versity (2003-2004), Revson Fellow, she studied peace and human rights education from a gender per- spective. Esperanza has been honored with many awards recognizing her work in New york and Puerto Rico. In 2002 the Puerto Rican Working Women’s Organization of Puerto Rico gave her the Peace & Social Justice Award. Esperanza’s art is the expression of her politics, culture and spirituality. Her Puerto Rican African/Taíno, ancestors used art magically for healing and to give meaning to their existence. Esperanza Martell She emulates and honors them by creating ceramic sculpture from spirit, and total self-expression. She hand-builds, using traditional imagery and methods. She is inspired by the ocean, stars, every living expression of the Earth Mother and the struggles and victories of “Mi Gente.” As she puts it in her own words, “Sí, se puede.” “Hay amor.” Celebrando Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad

Carmen Alustiza – Mondesíre Through perseverance and persistence, Carmen Alustiza – Mondesíre continuously inspires, educates and trail blazes for others to follow. She dedicates this award to her late maternal grandmother “Mamá” – Doña Carmen Montalvo Gabriél – who encouraged her to succeed throughout her childhood.

Carmen is a driving force for the College Discovery Program at Hostos Community College ‘s Carlos E. González Counseling Center. As a counselor / professor – adored by her students and highly respected by faculty and staff – as she also serves in several venues on campus where leadership is required. Ask anyone at Hostos – her positive reputation precedes her.

Her rich history has chapters that include trailblazing/foundation work with her mentor yolanda Sanchez at: CUNy / CCNy’s Office of Puerto Rican Program Development, Puerto Rican Agency for Community Advancement (PRACA), East Harlem Council for Human Services, member of Planning teams for Taino Towers and Boriken Health Center, along with activism with housing issues and political campaigns – bringing pro-active Puerto Rican representation to El Barrio / East Harlem and Lower East Side. She’s “been there and done that”.

Carmen is a pioneer: first Puerto Rican women to receive the highly competitive, nationwide federal HHS (formerly HEW) Fellowship / assigned to Regional Office in San Francisco; participated with a groundbreaking trip to China sponsored by the US – China Peoples Friendship Association where “Boricuas of El Barrio” – a group of 21 professionals – who visited China to explore their education and health care systems for application to our communities; worked with commissioners of social services programs at various levels of governent – HRA and NySDSS. She is also an advocate for new immigrant communities.

In a nutshell, Carmen is true “S/hero of our diasporal community. Celebrando Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad José Ortiz Jose Ortiz aka Dr.Drum, a Bronx native, is a self taught percussionist of Afro Caribbean rhythms. For the past 11 years, he has been involved with numerous after-school programs throughout NyC and has developed original curriculum for teaching percussion to young people.

His students have been on Broadway, Madison Square Garden, BAM, Museum of Natural History, Symphony Space, United Nations and much more.

Presently he co-founded and is musical director of Bombayo Afro-Puerto Rican youth Project. He has collaborated with many local bomba groups as a lead drummer and co-chaired a committee for the Bomba Research Conference.

Dr. Drum has shared his musical talent with Corbin Bleu, William Cepeda song track, “Deepest Fear” and Choco Orta on the album “Dare to Go Beyond” produced by Revolucion Latina in 2010. He is mostly known as a community artist advocating for Afro-Puerto Rican culture. Celebrando Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Shihan Candida Warixi Soto Candida “Warixi” Soto is a high ranking martial artist, a Taino Bohike, and a leader in yamocuno yucayeke Taino organization. She has attained doctorates in Asian studies and Martial Arts, and the title of Shihan. She is a seven time Hall of Fame recipient in the Martial Arts, author/poet, an activist for human rights, founder and creator of “Female Alternative Street Tactics (F.A.S.T.)”/“Secure your Child programs and the Annual Taino Awards, and Anti Columbus Day Bash.

Shihan Candida Warixi Soto was born in Spanish Harlem, New york and raised between Puerto Rico and the Bronx. Being the eldest of 3, Shihan learned street fighting at a young age, always having to defend her younger brothers. Watching “Kung Fu” movies in the 80’s planted a seed for Shihan and watching “Bruce Lee”, “Angela Mao” and “Sonny Chiba” kick butt gave Shihan the inspiration to train in Martial Arts. Shihan holds the rank of “Kaiden” in “Miyama Ryu Combat Ju- Jutsu”. This rank is equivalent to 10th degree black belt, and was awarded to Shihan Candida Warixi Soto by Shihan Antonio Pereira on October 30, 1993. This is the highest rank awarded in this system.

Shihan Candida Warixi Soto has always known of her Taino heritage. Her father and mother always acknowledged their multi-cultural ancestry but above it all they always spoke of their Taino ancestry with fervor and devotion, and her father made sure to teach her “Ceremony” as a young child. Shihan embraces her Taino culture. She is a natural healer and is the keeper of the ancient divination art of “Rock reading”, one of the forms of healing and divination inherited from her Taino lineage.

In 1996 Shihan became involved with the Taino movement in NyC, she joined T.A.L.K. Inc. (Taino Ancestral Legacy Keepers) and became the vice president. She is one of the founding members of ‘Tanama yamocuno yucayeke Taino” and has always had a leadership role in the tribe. Shihan is called by her Taino name “Warixi” in the Taino community. She has been responsible for many events, including Taino open mics at “Cemi Underground”, Taino Areitos, ceremonies, The Annual Anti- Columbus Day Bashes, Peace gatherings, and the Annual “Taino Awards” which is now going into its fourth year. The Taino Awards gives recognition to those who are keeping the Taino culture alive through music, art, photography, arts and crafts, storytelling, dance, education, language, spirituality, research and much more.

Shihan has said that for years she has learned how to hurt, maim, break and even kill, and she now has to concentrate on how to repair and heal the body as well as the spirit. In her spare time she writes articles, poetry and books. Her articles and poetry have been published. Shihan enjoys doing arts and crafts and she makes “Taino Babies”, one of a kind dolls. These one of a kind dolls are prayed over and are made with natural stones and feathers to enhance their Blessing powers. you can find her at Comite Noviembre’s artisan fair.

She has studied “Feng Shui” (ancient Chinese art of healing and placement) and specializes in clearing clutter, and balancing/shifting the energy in the home or place of work. She is currently a “Reiki” practitioner (hands on healing). Shihan has also studied and researched, numerology, aromatherapy, astrology, reincarnation, healing with energy, and palm reading

Shihan can be reached at [email protected] or by calling (718) 991-3004 CelebrandoCelebrando Lo Lo Mejor Mejor de deNuestra Nuestra Comunidad Comunidad

Dr. Anderson Torres Dr. Anderson Torres born in Ponce Puerto Rico and raised in the Bronx. Dr. Torres is a senior-level strategist with a grassroots ap- proach which he has used throughout his 20-year healthcare career which he began as a psychotherapist. His areas of specialization are Mental Health, Business Development, and Geriatrics. He is cur- rently the vice president of the Puerto Rican Family Institute, Inc., a non profit organization specializing from behavioral health issues to Head Start programs, throughout New york City, Jersey City and Puerto Rico. He served as a board member of PRFI until August of 2011. Dr. Torres was nominated by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and appointed by the NyS Senate to serve on the newly established Public Health and Health Planning Council in New york which has a broad array of advisory and decision-making responsibilities with respect to New york State’s public health and health care delivery system.

Additionally, Dr. Torres is an adjunct professor at Fordham Uni- versity and a consultant ROI at US, Inc. Prior to PRFI, Dr. Torres worked for the visiting Nurse Service of Ny for over eleven years and director of Health Initiatives for Bon Secours Health System. He received his Ph.D, Behavioral Psychology from California Coast University in 2007, his MSW from Hunter College/CUNy in 1990 and his BA in Psychology/Sociology from the City University of New york City College in 1988.

Dr. Torres is the board chair of “La Feria de Salud,” of the Ameri- can Diabetes Association, member of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses for over twelve years, member of the Healthcare Leaders of New york and board member of the Latino Alzheimer’s Coalition of New york, Inc., advisor to the Dominican Medical and Dental Society, Inc., chairman of Rain Inc., chairman of Westchester Hispanic Coalition on Aging, and member of the National Associa- tion of Social Workers. Dr. Torres believes that the “greatest chal- lenges facing the Hispanic community are language barriers, cultural myths, not being aware of entitlements and options in Geriatrics and that Hispanic social workers are key to breaking down these barriers. THE GALA

The CN annual gala benefit was instituted in 1996 at its tenth anniversary to raise funds for its scholarship award program and other CN educational, cultural and leadership development activities. The event attracts over 300 key leaders of the tri-state Puerto Rican/Hispanic community and Corporate America. The proceeds of this annual event, supports our two scholarship programs as well as all of our annual programs and allows CN to provide free programming and information to the com¬munity year round.

Since the inception of the this event, the musical entertainment has drawn and generated much excitement beginning with salsa sensations victor Manuelle in 1996, Tito Nieves in 1997 and 1999, and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico in 1998, George Lamond and Brenda K. Starr in 2000, Frankie Negron in 2005, Luis Fonsi, in 2006, Nelson Gonzalez & His All Star Band in 2007, Melina León in 2008, Choco Orta in 2009 and Olga Tañon in 2010. Over the years, CN has been honored with the presence and support of celebrities like: Actors Rosie Perez and , Danny Rivera, On-air radio personality Polito vega and many more. The gala has also showcased new talents and ventures. Most notably in 1997, Marc Anthony, Ednita Nazario and Ruben Blades made a special appearance and performed several songs from the Broadway show Capeman.

Each year, CN selects people that are making a difference in this country, empowering others and shaping the future of not only the Puerto Rican community but for all Americans and this year is no exception. Please join us as we honor a “street smart” attorney, the first Puerto Rican Rhode Scholar, a breast cancer survivor and found of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Puerto Rico and new age entrepreneur and the man behind small business development in Ny, NJ, PR and the vI. This year’s event promises to be a memorable one, full of excitement and surprises, so please join us!

2011 Spokesperson SIXTEENTH ANNUAL GALA BENEFIT Lisette Nieves Celebrating 25 years of Puerto Rican Culture and Heritage Belle Zeller Distinguished Visiting Professor in Public THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 Policy, CUNY, Social Entrepreneur-in-Resi- The Ny Hilton, New york City dence, Blue Ridge Foundation Cocktails: 7PM Dinner: 8PM & 1992 Rhodes Scholar Live Entertainment Black Tie

Iris Chacón Nestor V. Figueroa Karina E. Alomar, Jorge Silva-Puras Angie Benitez Internationally President Esq. SBA Regional Founder renowned entertainer Nagnoi, Inc. Alomar & Administrator for Susan G. Komen for and humanitarian Associates P.C NY, NJ, PR & USVI the Cure of Puerto US Small Business Rico Administration

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (914) 263-6599 OR (212) 677-4181 The proceeds of this event will benefit the Comité Noviembre Scholarship Awards Program, the Richie Perez Scholarship for Peace & Justice and other annual community programs of CN. The Institute for the Puerto Rican Hispanic Elderly, Inc. is a citywide, multilingual/ multicultural, multi-service non-profit organization. The Institute was founded in 1978 to bridge the gap between Hispanic seniors and the resources, entitlements, and benefits to which they should have access. The Institute’s mission is to make older adults “golden years” fruitful, peaceful and fulfilled by directly improving their qual- ity of life. IPR/HE serves over 100,000 Hispanic/minority seniors a year throughout its central office, 11 senior centers and four subsidiaries, including a mental health clinic—Clinica Nueva Esperanza (New Hope Clinic).

We serve in the following ways:

Direct Services to Seniors (Multilingual and multicultural)

The Institute serves as an important resource for non-profit organizations, govern- ment agencies and businesses throughout the Untied States and Puerto Rico by pro- viding technical assistance, training and consultation in areas such as culturally re- sponsive service delivery and access to minority communities. The Institute founded the Minority Aging Defense Council, co-founded the Hispanic AIDS Forum, spon- sored the Coalition of Hispanic Service Providers and it is a founding member of Comite Noviembre. • Information and Referral • Nutritional Centers • Entitlement Assistance • Social/Cultural Activities • Case Management • Crime Victims • Advocacy & Service Monitoring • Prevention Services • Counseling Crisis Intervention • Social Services • Leadership Training • Mental Health Services • Employment Training • Housing • Immigration Counseling • Nutrition • Translation Services • Hot Line • Bilingual Citizenship Classes

Suleika Cabrera, President & Founder and First Vice Chair, Comité Noviembre Angel Santini, IPR/HE Staff & Coordinator, Comité Noviembre Institute for the Puerto Rican Hispanic Elderly 105 East 22nd Street, Suite 711, New York, NY 10010 Phone (212) 677-4181; (Fax) 212-777-5106 The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños) Centro 695 , 1429 Hunter East New York, NY 10065 (212) 772-5688 http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu Director: Dr. Edwin Meléndez

Centro is proud to be a member of Comité Noviembre. Centro congratulates Comité Noviembre on 25 years of “teaching and creating awareness of the culture, language and heritage of the Puerto Rican community.”

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños (Centro) is a research institute dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States by producing and disseminating relevant interdisciplinary research and by collecting, preserving, and providing access to archival and library resources documenting its history and culture. We seek to link scholarship to social action and policy debates, and to contribute to the enrichment of Puerto Rican studies.

Founded in 1973 by a coalition of faculty, students and community leaders, Centro seeks to achieve its mission by working closely with a network of education, research, archival advocacy and community based partners. Centro has been housed at Hunter College since 1983; yet, it is a CUNy-wide research center.

CENTRO LIBRARy AND ARCHIvES The Centro Library and Archives is the world’s only institution solely dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating the story of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. The collections include over 5,000 cubic feet of books, newspapers, periodicals, personal papers, government documents, broadsides, programs, oral histories on video, audio and other video tapes, manuscripts, photographs, prints, recorded music, family ephemera, and other resources that chronicle the history and contributions of .

Housed in the new Lois v. and Samuel J. Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, the Centro Library and Archives provides services and programs to the scholarly community as well as the general public. As a support for teachers and researchers, the Archives offer primary materials, available nowhere else. They can make use of holdings that span the years from 1898 to the present and represent more than 100 collections, including the records of major community and civil rights organizations, the papers of elected officials, community activists, labor leaders, writers, artists, and more than 40,000 photographic images. Artists’ Journey through the Centro Archives

Pedro Juan Hernández Senior Archivist Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College

Researching in the Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro) provides a unique opportunity to learn about ‘ordinary people, extraordinary lives’ [1] and leading organizations that shaped and built Puerto Rican migrant communities. But archives like this did not exist before; rather, they mushroomed as a consequence of the struggles that started during the civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Then, different minority groups, like Puerto Ricans, sought ways to understand their history and looked to the past for lessons that would instill pride in their communities regardless of their class background. They searched for voices—oral histories, written testimonies, and paper documents—that corroborated their contributions to history. The significance of creating community archives to preserve and make available documents, and to preserve the legacy of previous generations, became evident. Since then, these repositories have been democratic spaces open to the public and that share their treasures with them. In exchange, researchers—among them scholars, students, filmmakers, genealogists, workers, community members, and artists—will write scholarly publications and essays, make films and documentaries, reconstruct family histories, develop and mount exhibitions, and create artworks showcasing the archival materials through which community history can be told and resonate beyond our lifetime.

Throughout the years, the artistic community has actively used the Archives in distinctive and unexpected ways. “Labor” showcases art created by five outstanding Puerto Rican artists: Antonio Martorell, Juan Sánchez, Nitza Tufiño, Miguel Luciano, and Melissa Calderón. All of them agreed with gusto to abide by the common goal and accepted the challenge to select documents from the Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora as a source of inspiration and/or to explore topics that they believed needed further documentation. Though each artist has been shaped by his or her personal experience, all are committed to sharing Puerto Rican culture and history. Moreover, each artist’s aesthetic, methods, and media techniques will make possible the creation of a dialogue between the artist and the audience, and encourage spectators to take a stand on specific topics or issues. There is no doubt that these artists feel comfortable learning from and working with historical documents. Thus this art exhibition will take us on a journey created to celebrate the opening of the new Lois v. and Samuel J. Silberman School of Social Work and the move of the Centro Library and Archives to East Harlem (El Barrio), a neighborhood that historically symbolized the struggles of the Puerto Rican diaspora and its accomplishments. Certainly this is a unique opportunity and the first concerted effort in which a group of Puerto Rican artists are working with and finding inspiration in archival sources about the Puerto Rican migration.

This group of artists has previously used documents from the Centro Archives, the only repository exclusively devoted to documenting the experience of the Puerto Rican diaspora. For example, Antonio Martorell featured documents from the Archives in his Guagua Aerea (Airbus) installation for the “Nueva york 1613-1945” exhibition, organized by the New york Historical Society and hosted by El Museo del Barrio from September 17, 2010, to January 9, 2011. Juan Sánchez is well known for his collages and video installations depicting historical figures like Pedro Albizu Campos and Antonia Pantoja and political organizations such as the Nationalist Party and making constant allusions to Puerto Rico’s independence struggle that are all well documented in some of our archival collections. Likewise Nitza Tufiño, Miguel Luciano, and Melissa Calderón have used Puerto Rican history and culture as significant and vital elements of their creative processes and art. Indeed they have shown how art and history make a good match, and how artists can be powerful messengers in this journey connecting past and present and looking forward to the future.

The “Labor” exhibition honors our workers, hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans that migrated to New york City in the twentieth century and more than four million who today live stateside. We are thrilled to see how this distinguished group of artists has transformed reproductions of photographs, manuscripts, artifacts, and other documents they selected from the personal papers and records of organizations held in the Archives of the Artists’ Journey through the Centro Archives ...continued

Puerto Rican Diaspora, and has showcased our unsung heroes, our migrants, ‘nuestros trabajadores’ who worked in the garment and service industries, among many other jobs, and faced discrimination and racism under harsh socioeconomic conditions. Despite the adversity they faced, Puerto Rican migrants built communities, fought for justice and equality, brought up families, popularized rice and beans, laughed, danced, and became visible by contributing to the historical and cultural legacies of the United States. Now is the time for audiences to react to the art, imagery, themes, and challenges these artists pose. Meanwhile we welcome “Labor” and thank all of those involved in the exhibition, but especially these creative and talented artists, for highlighting the Centro Archives, its documents and collections, and placing our migrants’ work and legacy at the center of this exhibition. Pedro Juan Hernández Senior Archivist

[1] Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: A Pictorial History of Working People in New york City is a book by Debra E. Bernhardt and Rachel Bernstein, published in 2000 by NyU Press.

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Juan Sanchez comité noviembre th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM

Sixteen Years of Success For the past twenty-five years, CN, has created and developed programs all geared to the support and enhancement of educational opportunities and leadership development for Puerto Rican youth with a cultural twist. These pro- grams are firmly rooted in the belief, that in order to succeed in life, you must pursue a higher education, give back to your community through volunteer efforts and know your cultural ancestral history. Focusing on educational excellence and leadership development is the key to the future of the Puerto Rican community.

In celebration of its tenth anniversary, the CN Scholarship Awards Program (CNSAP) was established. To date, CNSAP has awarded 187 scholarships boasting a 90% college graduation rate since the inception in 1996. The scholarships are for $1,000. The selection process is competitive and documented community service is, key to be selected.

To be eligible for the CN scholarship award, applicants must be of Puerto Rican descent; have a minimum of one full year of community service experience; be enrolled in an accredited college or university by the Fall of the applying year and have a B average or better. The application process includes an application form, an essay, two letters of recommendation, academic transcripts, a short biographical sketch, and a personal interview for finalists.

In 2006, to commemorate its 20th anniversary, CN enhanced the Scholarship Program to continue to award the top two scholars $1,000 scholarships each year until graduation. These scholars must maintain a 3.5 grade point average and documented community work within the Puerto Rican community to continue to receive the $1,000 scholarship for the full four years.

Comité Noviembre selects leaders from various sectors of the community who have demonstrated genuine interest in the educational excellence of our youth to serve on the selection committee. Currently, the committee members are: Co-Chairs: Deacon Jaime Bello, Holy Cross Church and Jane Arce-Bello, education and youth advocate; Elba Cabrera, community leader, Lourdes R. Torres, Director, Grants Administration & Grants Officer, Grants Office, Division of Academic Affairs, Hostos Community College, CUNy, and Teresa A. Santiago, Chairperson, Comité Noviembre.

The 2012 CNSAP process is underway. To receive an application please email the contact name and mailing address to Jaime Bello at [email protected], or visit our website at www.comitenoviembre.org to download a copy of the application. COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM th 2011 Jasmine Surnarine, Hunter College Adrinna Torres, CUNy Jonathan Jean-Pierre, Lehigh University David Carlo, Lehman College Amaris Torres, University of Wisconsin Daynia Vazquez, John Jay College for Alexis Betancourt, SUNy Purchase Haydee Valentine, Buffalo State University Criminal Justice Vida Hernandez, SUNy Albany Shayann Vargas, Old Westbury Lindsay James Soto, SUNy Purchase Stephen Hernandez, St. John’s University Miquel Zapata, Renselear Poly Tech University 25 Anniversary Ryan Nieves, Rochester Institute of Technology Elizabeth Tapia, The College of St. Rose 2006 2002 Miranda Gonzalez, Baruch College Paola Abru, Cornell University Lisa Algarin, St. John’s University Elisa Galinedez, Hofstra University Gabriel A. Cruz Allen, Clark University Katherine E. Butler, Connecticut College Sabrina Vidal, SUNy Cortland Priscilla Jimenez, Brooklyn College Natasha Hernandez, College of Staten Island Moriah Elusta, University of Illinois at Chicago Anabel Moreno, Fordham University Vanessa Merced, Hofstra University Juan Rodriguez, Baylor University Wilfredo M. Nieves, San Francis College Continuing Scholars Christina Rolon, Fordham University Juan Carlos Tapia, Sienna College 2001 2005 Christopher I. Aviles, John Jay College of 2010 Ashley Diaz, Fordham University Criminal Justice Javier S. Henriquez, Bates College Katherine Franco, Manhattan College Melissa R. Aviles, Fordham University Kailani Capote, Delaware State University Amanda Iris Luna, Georgetown University Danielle Batista, College of Mount St. vincent Paloma J. Martinez, LIM College Antoinette Martinez, SUNy Binghamton Luis Burguillo, Embry-Riddle Christopher A. Perez, Fordham University Giovannia Santos, Ny Technical College Aeronautical University Felix Seda, Trinity College Cynthia M. Carrion, Hunter College Continuing Scholars Pedro Suarez, villanova University Jason O. Colón, Nicholas Berrios, Farmingdale College Luceliz Diaz, Hoftra University Louis Sanchez, III, NyU 2004 Rosana Diaz, Manhattanville Collage Juan Carlos Tapia, Sienna College Cristina Arroyo, University of Ariana Flores, Rutgers University Central Florida Nicole Gomez, Iona Collage 2009 Ginelle Correra, Binghamton University Giselle M. Guzmán, Collage of Charles J. Barrios, St. John’s University Joe Falu, Colgate College Mount. St. vincent Audrey Camejo, Freshman, Mercy College Jessie Lopez, Barnard College Jessica Hernández, Altagracia Fontanez, Boricua College Narelle Lopez, College of New Rochelle Luz E. Jimenez, Columbia University Janine Nazario, University Amanda Moret, Marist College Elaine Luciano, Universidad del Turabo, PR Mariliam Padilla, University of Connecticut Vivian Ojeda, Nova Southeastern University Joanna Marino, Boston Collage Rafferty Rodriguez, Rutgers University Tiffany Sanchez, Fordham University Lauren M. Martinez, Cornell University Jaime Soto, College of Mt. St vincent’s Yajaida Merced, Stoney Brook University 2003 Adam Morales, Syracuse University Continuing Scholars Monica Adorno, College of Staten Island Sheena Ortiz, New york University Nicholas Berrios, Farmingdale College Ariana Alejandro, Fordham University Lauren Perez, John Jay College of Louis Sanchez, III, Fordham University Christina Bello, John Jay College Criminal Justice Juan Carlos Tapia, Sienna College Ruth Bernard, Borough of Manhattan Alejandra J. Ramos, George Washington Community College University 2008 Nancy Camacho, Hofstra University Chermaine Ramos, SUNy Brockport Jovan Capote, Adelphi University Nicole Colon, John Fisher College Marcia C. Rivera, SUNy Brockport Rita Carina Mennuti, SUNy Stony Brook Natasha Comas, Cornell University Victoria D. Rivera, Mount St. Mary’s College Vilmarir Pagan, Brooklyn College Eduardo Diaz, Marquette University Daniel Romero, vassar College Keila Perez, John Jay College for Jonathan Garcia, Iona College Jimmy Ruiz, Cornell University Criminal Justice Nelson Gerena, Baruch College Marc Sánchez, Binghamton University Orlando Rivera, Jr., New york University, Melissa Hernandez, Hunter College Crystal Marie Soto, St. John’s University Jennifer Rosario, Hunter College Sylvia Maldonado, Hunter College Celina Valéntin, The College of New Rochelle Louis Sanchez, III, Fordham University Jaymi Perez, Southeastern College Margaret R. Velez, Baruch College Juan Carlos Tapia, Sienna College Alvin Poysner, Baruch College Diego Gerena-Quiñones, Penn State 2000 2007 Andrew Rivera, CUNy Emily E. Acevedo, Le Moyne College Nicholas Figueroa, Fordham University Racine Rodríguez, Penn State Paulette Jane Alston, Marist College Nicholas Berrios, Manhattanville College Stephanie Rosado, Baruch College Arleny Alvarez, SUNy in Albany Alicia Gomez, Montclair State University Leticia Santana, Manhattan College Shamari Aponte, Marymount College 49 COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM

Taína Borrero, Hunter College 1999 RICHIE PEREZ SCHOLARSHIP Elizabeth M. Castro, St. John’s University Mila Ivelisse Bello, Mt. St. Mary’s College FOR PEACE & JUSTICE Myra Davila, Fordham University Jason Cosme, SUNy Buffalo Margarita de Jesús, Baruch College Emma Jane Cruz, St. John’s University 2011 Michael Fuentes, CUNy Saul Cruz, Jr., Siena College Eric Acevedo Elizabeth Mc Williams Hernandez, Elisa Del Valle, Smith College Bard College Jennifer Fernández, Collage of Mt. 2010 Frances Illo, SUNy Genesco St. vincent’s Eric Cevan Nieves Johan Marie Lopez, Suffolk Elena L. Germán, St. Joseph’s College Miguel Rodriguez, Hostos Community Community College Gabriel Gonzalez, Polytechnic University College Ramon Martinez, Iona College Denise Irizarry, vanderbilt University Jennifer Melendez, Baruch College Melissa Ortiz, Utica College of 2009 Stephanie Mendez, Baruch College Syracuse University Alisia Victoria Cordero, Lehman College Jessica Mercado, New york University Natasha Pérez, University of New Haven Pedro Valdez Rivera, Brooklyn College Janelle L. Muñiz, John Jay College of Gabrielle L. Rivera, Goucher College Criminal Justice Denise Rodríguez, University of Hartford 2008 Natalia Ortiz, Weslyan University John Serrano, Hunter College Katia Reyes Amber Tatiana Peterson, William Mario Vargas, Polytechnic University Smith College 2007 W. Julian Genera Quiñones, University 1998 Javier Enrique Bautista, yale University of Hartford Karen Almodovar, College of Mount St. Renard Correa Jr., Buffalo State College Mayrlin Yoiset Rivera, Stoney Brook vincent’s University Judy Calderon, Wagner College 2006 Trinity Rivera, Pace University Lollie Guadalupe, Middlebury College Leslie Dominicci Evelyn Rodriguez, Cornell University Dialma Miranda, Boston University Jesus Gonzalez, Hofstra University Irene Rodríguez, New york University Rosyln Vallejo, Brandeis University Jose Sanchez, Jr., St. Joseph’s College Joe Vázquez, Haverford Collage Michael Anthony Sanchez, Evangel Leah Graniela, Wellesly Collage University Orlando Febo, College of New Rochelle Christina Marie Santiago, St. Joseph’s College Angel O. Torres, City College Lynelle Torres, Fordham University John Velazquez, SUNy Oswego

50 COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Jonathan Jean-Pierre is a graduate of FDR High School located in Brooklyn, New york. He pres- ently attends Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. He has been involved with “Beat the Streets” where he has assisted troubled inner urban youth promoting education with the skills and disciple through wrestling. He has also participated in “Latino Leader for Tomorrow” where he worked with Latino youth to create better opportunities in their communities through education and leadership skills. He has spent much of his formative years providing community service for the “Fivers” Children’s Foundation a non-profit agency that makes a decade long commitment to underrepresented youth in Jonathan Jean Pierre New york City. The mission of the organization is to empower children to make positive life choices Freshman through year round character education programs and a residential summer camp which students at- Lehigh University in tend for ten full years engaging in curriculum that supports leadership development, ethical decision Daynia Vazquez Pennsylvania making, and college access and creates a safe space for creative growth. Freshman John Jay College Daynia Vazquez is a student at John Jay College studying Forensic Psychology. She has provided community service in the Children’s Ministry at the New Baptist Temple in Brooklyn, N.y. She be- gan as a Teacher’s Aide, gathering the children for prayer, snacks, arts and crafts regarding specific. Since she has had a great deal of experience in working with children, she felt that the Children’s Ministry would be a perfect fit for her and her students have been an inspiration for psychological research in minority children and their families. Daynia hopes to one day become a bilingual psy- chologist.

Lindsay James Soto is a graduate of the High School of Art and Design and presently attends SUNy Purchase. Lindsay enjoys skateboarding and the life of gaming and graphics. He has recently become Lindsay James Soto a founding member of a revival hip-hop group which practices skateboarding, break-dancing, lyri- Freshman cism, beat-boxing, research of musical samples, the implementation of graffiti and urban influences Ryan Nieves SUNy Purchase in art. Lindsay hopes to one day be a graphic designer. Freshman Rochester Institute of Ryan Nieves is a graduate of Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark, New Jersey and Technology presently attends the Rochester Institute of Technology. Ryan’s mantra is “breaking lim- its placed by others” wherein he thrives on breaking barriers placed on him by others. As a true minority in his community Ryan was considered to be less than others in many ar- eas, particularly academically. His 3.7 academic Grade Point Average proved otherwise. Ryan has been the recipient of the Presidential Academic Award, All American Scholar Award, USAA National Science Merit Award, Boys Scouts Raven Award, Speech and Debate Trophies, Medals and Certificate Awards, Arts Festival Award for Puppetry, Pride Newspaper mention for Community Service through Puppetry and Dean’s Academic Award from University of New Haven. Ryan is also involved in sports and music. Ryan’s career goal is to become a computer engineer so as to be able to Elizabeth Tapia expand on the limitations of others through technology. Freshman Miranda The College of St. Elizabeth Tapia is a graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia and is presently attending The College of St. Rose Rose. Elizabeth is a gifted pianist and singer. She aspires to become a positive influence as an opera Gonzalez singer. She has intimately been involved in numerous Community Service opportunities with the Pre-Med Girls Scouts of New york, serving as a mentor to new students at LaGuardia High School and a choir Baruch College member of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

Miranda Gonzalez is a student at Baruch College studying Biology. She is a pre-med student with the goal of becoming a doctor with the aspiration of dedicating part of her practice to serve the un- derrepresented and unprivileged. She has an affinity for “La Casita de la Salud” a clinic located in East Harlem. She has volunteered many hours at this site and at the NyU Langone Medical Center.

Elisa Galindez Elisa Galindez is a graduate of St. Jean Baptiste School and presently attends Hofstra University. Freshman She is studying Music Education and is interested in sharing her love of the arts with younger genera- Hofstra University tions and teach them many forms of expressing themselves. She is a member of the Side Street Kids Dance Academy and has performed at the New york Salsa Congress.

Sabrina Vidal is a graduate of Aquinas High School and presently attending SUNy Cortland where Sabrina Vidal she is studying Communications. She hopes to one day serve as an Anchor woman for one of the Freshman News Channels. She has provided community service with the Starlite Dance Studio and has trav- SUNy Cortland elled extensively during her performances including traveling to Japan to celebrate her Puerto Rican Culture. She has also participated in many Puerto Rican Day Parades. In addition to these activities, Sabrina has volunteered with Assemblywoman Carmen E. Arroyo and Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo in a effort to get Hispanics to understand how important it is to vote.

Moriah Elusta Moriah Elusta is a graduate of Bogan College Prepatory High School in Chicago, IL. and is pres- Freshman ently a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She aspires to be a pharmacist and would like University of Illinois to get involved in pharmaceutical research to learn more and affect the community. at Chicago Juan Carlos Tapia is a senior at Sienna College and as a first place recipient of the Comité Noviem- bre Scholarship in 2008 receives his last scholarship check this year. HISTORY ASPIRA was founded in New york City in 1961 by Dra. Antonia Pantoja to com- bat the exorbitant dropout rate among Puerto Rican high school youth and became incorporated in New york State on May 24th, 1965. In 1968, ASPIRA of America th (today known as the ASPIRA Association now based in Washington, D.C.) was th created. Since then, the ASPIRA movement has grown and established additional SASPIRA associate offices in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania and Puerto Rico. 25MISSION Anniversary 25 Anniversary To foster the social advancement of the Puerto Rican/Latino community by supporting its youth in the pursuit of educational excellence through leadership development activities and programs that emphasizes commitment to the community and pride in the Puerto Rican/Latino culture. VISION STATEMENT To be the premier Latino youth-serving organization in New york, to the 38%, roughly 1.1 million New york City public school students who are Latino, aspire to improve their lives and community by exercising their leadership skills and by achieving educational excellence. ABOUT ASPIRA OF NEW YORK, INC. ASPIRA of New york, Inc. serves over 8,000 Latino youth and families annually in the areas of youth development, educational achievement, leadership and parent engagement. ASPIRA’s current menu of program services, incor- porate both in-school and after school programs with over 85% of all services being delivered on school grounds. These programs and services include: • Over 25 ASPIRA leadership clubs in High Schools • Drop-out prevention and attendance improvement services in high schools and middle school • SAT preparation courses • College counseling and other advisement services • 21st Century Community Learning Centers • After School neighborhood based services in the Mott Haven and Kingsbridge sections of the Bronx • ASPIRA volunteer Initiative Program which links corporate and individual volunteers as mentors androle mod- els for ASPIRA youth • In recent years ASPIRA of New york, Inc. has become active in the arena of small school reform resulting in the creation of: • The Marble Hill School for International Studies, a small college-preparatory high school focusing on global awareness and language acquisition. • The Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists, a small 6th — 12th grade combined middle & senior high school located in the heart of the South Bronx ASPIRA of New york is committed to: • Effectively engaging Latino youth and their families. • Collaborating with organizations that affect the lives of young people in a positive way. • Seeking to positively change attitudes among young people and between youth and adults. • Preparing young people to be leaders and decision makers in all aspects of their lives. • Working to influence policies and practices that reflect the aspirations and contributions of young people as full valued members of the communities they live in and of society at large.

ASPIRA OF NEW yORK, INC. 520 Eighth Avenue, 22nd Floor, New york, Ny 10018 (212) 564-6880, (212) 564-7152 (f), www.nyaspira.org Hector Gesualdo, Executive Director Hector Artiles, Student Leadership Program

ASPIRA: “to aspire” comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña A CALL TO ACTION SAVE OUR FUTURE – BECOME A CN MENTOR

In 1987 when CN was established our community was fighting for Latino representation on the NyC Board of education. Although we have come a long way we have much to do. In October 2010, the Community Service Society released a Policy Brief entitled: New york City’s future looks Latino where it stated that “It is time to pay specific attention to the plight of Puerto Rican youth in New york City.” (see excerpts from report below).

On this our 25th anniversary Comité Noviembre is challenging itself and each, and everyone, of you, to assist us in launching a mentoring program geared specifically to these at-risk Puerto Rican young men and woman. As a Puerto Rican organization it is our duty and responsibility to save our future. If you are interested in assisting CN with this project or becoming a mentor please email your contact information to cngala2011@comitenoviembre. org.

New york City’s future looks Latino – Policy Brief October 2010 Community Service Society Excerpts To view full report log on to: http://www.cssny.org/userimages/downloads/LatinoyouthinNyCOct2010.pdf

• Puerto Ricans, particularly males, emerge as the most disadvantaged youth group in New york City, with rates of school enrollment, educational attainment, and employment lower than any other comparable group, including young black males. Similarly, Puerto Rican women show more challenges than other female youth. In the past, this finding may have been obscured by research that groups Latino youth into one broad cat- egory. It is time to pay specific attention to the plight of Puerto Rican youth in New york City.

• The largest group of Latino young people in New york City identify as Dominican (29%), with Puerto Ri- cans (26%) not far behind. Mexicans are the third largest group (13%). Other Latinos make up 31 percent, of which the largest groups are Ecuadorians (8 percent of all Latino youth) and Colombians (3 percent of all Latino youth), with many other nationalities comprising less than 2 percent of the entire Latino youth population.

• Most Latino youth in New york City were born in the main¬land United States. In total, 64 percent of Latino youth were born in the 50 states or a U.S. territorial holding (mostly Puerto Rico). Overwhelmingly, most Puerto Rican youth in New york City were born in the 50 states, with only 8.4 percent born on the island of Puerto Rico. A majority of Dominican (57%) and Other Latino youth (56%) were also born in the United States. Only Mexican youth are more likely to have been born abroad (72%).

• Puerto Rican young people, however, who are not immi¬grants—all are citizens by birth and more than 90 percent were born on the mainland United States—stand out for having high rates without a high school comité noviembre th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña diploma, while Do¬minican youth have the lowest proportions of those without a high school diploma. The differences between the Puerto Rican and Dominican communities’ high school rates raise questions about the effectiveness of schools in Puerto Rican versus Dominican neighborhoods.

• Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Other Latinos have similar college-going rates; but these are still far below those of any other racial group. young female Latinas are much more likely than young Latino males to go to and graduate from college, across Latino youth nationali¬ties. Dominican young women, 36 percent of whom achieve at least some college-level study, represent a promising outlier. Nevertheless, the relatively low rates of college-level education among Latinos raise concerning questions

• The major outliers in terms of engagement are Puerto Ri¬can young people. Puerto Ricans are the least likely to be employed and most likely to be unable to find work when they actively seek it (unemployed). Most sig- nificantly, far more Puerto Ricans are disconnected—both out of school and out of the labor force—than any other group. young Puerto Rican males show rates of non-engagement in school or work that are far greater than their male Latino peers. When we add the number of unemployed to the number of disconnected, we find that one in four (24.1%) Puerto Rican males are out of school and out of work. This figure is higher than that of black male youth (23.7%), who often receive attention as the population with the greatest barriers to success, and well over twice that of white male youth (9.5%).

• When we examine school and work rates among Latino youth and young adults, it is easier to develop hy- potheses for the dynamics that we see among Mexican young people, who are mostly immigrants, and may be focused on work rather than school (particularly males). And given that so many Mexican young men work, the high rates of Mexican female disconnection may be due to voluntary reasons of family caregiver responsibilities in families where the males are working. Less clear are the reasons that Puerto Rican young people, particularly males, show such high rates of disconnection in comparison to other Latino groups, such as Dominicans.

• Puerto Ricans face the greatest challenges of all youth sub-groups, despite the fact that they are overwhelm- ingly born within New york City. Puerto Rican youth have lower rates of school enrollment, educational attainment, and alarmingly higher rates of disconnection and poverty than other native-born Latino youth. Puerto Rican males have rates of in- activity in school and work that exceed those of black male youth, a population that receives more public policy discussion. We need to think about what targeted social policy efforts might help this group. A subsequent study of where young Puerto Ricans live might examine the ef- fectiveness of the institutions in those communities, including schools, healthcare, and other supports.

• This data presents clear relationships between poverty and participation in school and work. Puerto Rican households face greater poverty, and young people from these house¬holds have lower rates of school and work participation. A bigger question is whether poverty is impacting school and work rates, or the reverse, although it is possible that these dynamics affect one another, thus snowballing each of these challenges. Further analysis might examine the geographies of these communities, and the relationships between the quality of institutions and availability of supportive servic¬es—schools, healthcare, social services—avail- able in them. COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE mes de la herencia puertorriqueña th 17TH ANNUAL DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 25 Anniversary SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2010 11AM TO 4PM IN MANHATTAN IN BROOKLYN IN THE BRONX EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO EL PUENTE HOSTOS COMMUNITy COLLEGE 1230 211 South Fourth Street 500 Grand Concourse (@ 104th Street) NyC 10029 Brooklyn, Ny 11211 Bronx, Ny 10451 IN QUEENS UPACA – IPR/HE SENIOR CENTER Elmhurst Jackson Heights 1940 Lexington Ave., NyC 10035 IPR/HE SENIOR CENTER 75-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, Ny 11373 FOOD DRIvE - NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ITEMS NEEDED TO CREATE A TyPICAL PUERTO RICAN THANKSGIvING MEAL

RICE (CORN, GREEN BEANS MIXED) CRACKERS GANDULES 5LB BAG OF POTATOES COOKIES CANNED HAMS MAyONNAISE PERMALOT MILK BROWN SUGAR/MAPLE SyRUP CRANBERRy SAUCE SODA CLOvES GRAvy COFFEE CANNED SLICED PINEAPPLES STUFFING (BOX) SUGAR CANNED yAMS CANNED FRUITS MEDIUM/LARGE BASKETS CANNED vEGETABLES (PINEAPPLES, PEACHES, FRUIT NAPKINS COCKTAIL) For the past sixteen years, Comité Noviembre has set aside the Sunday before Thanksgiving as a day of community service and social responsibility in commemoration of November 19th, traditionally known as Puerto Rican discov- ery day or as we like to call it Puerto Rican “encounter” day. The purpose of the day is to show the spirit of commit- ment and the power of action. Over the past years, this event has been a great success and organizations throughout the city have benefited from this collaboration, including homeless and battered women’s shelters and senior centers as well as individual families.

Community service and social responsibility are the strongholds of the Puerto Rican community. Throughout the years our experience has shown us that when we dedicate ourselves to improving the quality of life of those around us, we build a more unified and stronger society. Comite Noviembre urges you to conduct your own food drive at your work place, church, school or simply participate in this day as a volunteer Live the Spirit of Commitment and the Power of Action Come Join Us! Live the Spirit of Commitment and the Power of Action Come Join Us! vOLUNTEERS NEEDED BEFORE AND AFTER THIS DATE FOR FOOD COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION!

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO vOLUNTEER PLEASE CONTACT Eileen Reyes, El Museo, 212-660-7160, [email protected], Martha Laureano, El Puente, (718) 387-0404 [email protected], Hector Artiles , ASPIRA (212) 564-6880, [email protected], Jason Lebron, Holy Cross Youth Group, (646) 305-6547, Teresa A. Santiago, CN, (914) 263-6599, [email protected] comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary Highlights of the 17th Annual CN DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Last year, CN along with youth leadership development and education organizations of ASPIRA of New york, El Puente and the Holy Cross youth Group, conducted a food drive of non-perishable foods, to create Thanksgiving dinner baskets for the poor of New york. The goal was to create 200 food baskets. The ASPIRA Clubs in 18 high schools around the entire City of New york conducted food drives at each of the clubs. The drive collected over 4,500 cans of foods. The items of non-perishable foods collected created a typical Puerto Rican Thanksgiving meal were: rice, gandules, canned hams, brown sugar/maple syrup, cloves, canned sliced pineapples, canned yams, canned vegetables (corn, green beans mixed), 5lb bag of potatoes. The food boxes were prepared and distributed by ASPIRANTES, El Puente Urban young Warriors and the Holy Cross youth group as well as volunteers the Sunday before Thanksgiving to needy families as well as to the families that showed up to the three locations that were designated. Last year the event took place simultaneously on Sunday, November 20, 2011, at several locations throughout the City including the UPACA Senior Center/IPRHE and El Museo del Barrio in Manhattan, Holy Cross Church in the Bronx, and El Puente in Brooklyn from 11AM to 4PM. The drive exceeded our expectations. Over 4,500 cans of food were collected by the ASPIRA Clubs allowing for the distributed of over 300 boxes of non-perishable foods and turkeys to families from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan

The locations this year are: In Manhattan In The Bronx El Museo Del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue Hostos Community College, 500 Grand Concourse (@ 104Th Street) NYC 10029 Bronx, NY 10451 Upaca - IPRHE Senior Center, 1940 Lexington Ave. In Queens NYC 10035 Elmhurst Jackson Heights In Brooklyn IPRHE Senior Center, 75-01 Broadway El Puente, 211 South Fourth Street Elmhurst, New York 11373 Brooklyn, NY 11211 CN urges each and every one of you to conduct your own food drives in your schools, colleges/universities, work place, churches, hospitals and supermarkets and help us feed the needy and hungry in our community. It just takes one person to ask the question – the only thing they can do is say No the best thing that can happen is that we make a solid difference.

In these tough economic times it is very difficult to provide for our own families however community service and social responsibility are the strongholds of the Puerto Rican community. Throughout the years our experience has shown us that when we dedicate ourselves to improving the quality of life of those around us, we build a more unified and stronger society.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO vOLUNTEER PLEASE CONTACT Eileen Reyes, El Museo, 212-660-7160, [email protected], Martha Laureano, El Puente, (718) 387-0404 [email protected], Hector Artiles, ASPIRA (212) 564-6880, [email protected], Suleika Cabrera Drinane, (212) 677-4182, suleika@iprhe,org, Teresa A. Santiago, CN, (914) 263-6599, [email protected] comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña FIFTH2011 ANNUAL Buscando TRIP NuestraTO PUERTO Raíces RICO TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2011 – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011 Embassy Suites Hotel and Casino, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico

This trip was an adventure into a cultural and educational experience for Puerto Ricans and others who want to explore the richness of Puerto Rico’s culture, ancestral roots and history. Making this trip a reality was a natural progression of CN’s mission and goals. As we planned this trip we took into account that many of us although we visit the island frequently rarely visit the cultural and historical sites and landmarks unique to Puerto Rico and renowned throughout the world.

As promised the itinerary planned this year took participants into the mountainous area of Utuado to commune with our Taíno ancestors, see the majestic metropolitan area and landmarks of Ponce and Old San Juan visit the home of the endangered leatherback turtle the Northeast Ecological Corridor and bath in the healing and rejuvenating waters of Coamo. yes, this trip will once again be unique, exciting and extremely memorable. Please join us on this incredible journey in the Summer of 2012.

Trip Highlights • Tour of Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico and Exhibition “Campeche: Mito y Realidad” • Bienvenida/Welcome Reception, honoring Alumni & Friends in Puerto Rico of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, CUNy, vivian Avilés ‘76 , Contributing Editor and Special Projects, Galos Corp. PR & Luis Molina Puerto Rican Filmaker, and special presentation of his film La Guagua Aerea. Musical presentation by Ana Bayana y su Grupo • Tour of the historical landmark Hotel Convento and el Salon Martorell • Tour of the town of Cayey with lunch sponsored by the honorable Rolando Ortiz velázquez, Mayor of Cayey • visit to the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey and tour of the Dr. Pío López Martínez Museum of Art @ UPR Cayey - La Casa Frade, permanent museum exhibit by Antonio Martorell, recreates Ramón Frade’s (1875-1954), typical house. • Noche Bohemia - La Plaza del Mercado Santurce • Tour of historical building and monuments, Cathedral, City Hall, • Tour of el Museo Masacre de Ponce with presentation on the historic events • Tour of Museo Casa Paoli with presentations on the life of Antonio Emilio Paoli y Marcano (1871–1946), a tenor who was the “first Puerto Rican to reach international recognition in the performing arts” and one of the most outstanding opera singers of all times. • Tour of the newly renovated • Explored the Northeast Ecological Corridor, Fajardo, PR, with presentation by Orlando Negron, president of the Sierra Club of Puerto Rico • Tour of historical landmarks in Utuado and lunch sponsored by Mayor Francisco Collazo, Municipality of Utuado of Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park/Parque Ceremonial Indigena de Caguana. • Rejuvenated in the Banos de Coamo • Farewell Reception & Dinner “Fiesta Navidaña” sponsored by Embassy Suites Hotel & Casino Ballroom – La vista, honoring Antonio Cabán ‘El Topo,’ Singer, La Tuna de Cayey, Asociación de Padres y Amigos Orquesta Sinfonica Superior, Escuela Libre de Música Ernesto Ramos Antonini • Special Dedication to the Memory of Don Ricardo Alegría, historian, archeologist, pioneer and keeper of our Puerto Rican culture and history. • Entertainment and musical presentation by Taller Típico Criollo/Ballet Folklorico, Municipio Autónomo de Caguas. comité noviembre th th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña 25 Anniversary Buscando Nuestras Raices

August 2, 2011 – August 10, 2011

Prelude

It was magical! It was an unexpected experience brought about by a chance encounter with a friend at a time when I was trying to balance my personal budget, which was accumulating a mounting deficit at an alarming rate.

“It’s a bargain,’ he said, ‘only fifty bucks for three (3) tickets. So you save ten (10) Dollars.”

I didn’t understand the logic.

He explained; “you see, they’re actually twenty bucks each; but if you buy three (3), it’s only fifty dollars! Get it?”

I got it; but, I didn’t want to ‘get it.’ Fifty bucks would leave me with two (2) dollars and some change in my pocket; and I was already in debt for over two hundred dollars ($200).

Luis Cordero, my friend, is a master salesman. (I’ll never understand why he had to close down his old business-The Cemi Underground (which, by the way, was ½ flight above-ground). I learned that the first day I ever heard of it, and was search- ing for it in the basement of the building, when he addressed me from upstairs, asking me what I was looking for? But, that’s another story!

Anyway, the point is that on this day, he walked away with my fifty ($50) bucks and I was left with two($2) dollars and change, an increased deficit, now standing at Two hundred and fifty dollars($250), and three tickets to a ‘Raffle’ for a trip to Puerto Rico, which I figured I had a snowball’s chance in hell, to win. With my luck, I expected the two dollars and fifty cents to disappear mysteriously and I would be left broke, without carfare to get home (let alone ever go to Puerto Rico).

As it turned out, my Metrocard had funds in it; there was a check in the mail for Twenty Dollars ($20) in Royalties, for my Book Sales; and an invitation to dinner, from my companera, Luz!

I was on a roll!!!...My luck was on an uphill track!!!

A month or so later, I got a telephone call. It was from Luis, he said “yOU WON!”

So, I bought another ticket for my companera, Luz. AND WE JOINEDJoin COMITE us next NOvIEMBRE year! - y FUIMOS A BUSCAR NUESTRAS RAICES!!! comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña But the trip wasn’t just about visiting Puerto Rico. It was about visiting each other.

Who were we?

The group was composed of a diverse cross-section of folks, primarily Latino(a)s; most- ly, but not exclusively Puerto Rican, searching the island of Puerto Rico for elements of the culture and traditions representative of a people. We were common folks, and specialty practitioners, such as educators and cultural workers delving into the culture of the major Latino component of New york City’s Spanish-speaking population. Signifi- cantly, a good number of us are Puerto Rican by birth and/or descent, but having been raised in New york City, we are also equally familiar with ‘American’ traditions and socialization. In addition, we are of different generations and geographic communities, which, in New york City, sug- gest different neighborhood cultural influences.

The group included a young lady, thirteen years of age, visiting Puerto Rico for the first time; a small group of women from ; a young man, in his late twenties-early thirties, with a camera, clicking away at everything he saw; a Radio/Television/Media Professional, hostess and local celebrity; educators; journalists, social-workers and community activists; and a few Seniors. Some participants were repeating the trip, having participated in previ- ous years; a tribute to Comite Noviembre.

Our capable Guide was Mr. Angel Santini, who continuously shared his ample knowl- edge and articulated valuable information about the people, places and activities we encountered, during the tours. He was particularly proud to share with us the fact that Puerto Rican women have been among the leaders in winning acclaim in the Miss USA and Miss Universe Competitions. This, as well as other notable Puerto Rican accom- plishments in National and International situations: in Sports, The Arts, and Sciences (i.e. The Olympics; Professional Baseball; The new Ponce Museum of Art; The Arecibo Inter-Planetary Observatory); and our peoples’ incredible array of talent.

The tour provided items of general or special interest to everyone and ample time to explore unexpected things, people and places that inspired spur of the moment attraction to all. Not only that; but while I wandered the streets in Old San Juan I met an old friend whom I hadn’t seen in over thirty years. I got home to El Barrio, eager for next year to arrive, so that I can return & explore whatever I missed this time.

P.S. – I didn’t forget the BEACHES…OR FAMILy…We found some time for that too………… th Celebrating Over Four Decades th 25 Anniversaryof Educational Excellence 25 Anniversary Eugenio María de Hostos Community College is an institution where diversity is valued as an asset and the commitment to improve the quality of life in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan is unwavering. Our mission is to provide access to higher education leading to intellectual growth and socioeconomic mobility through the development of proficiencies needed for lifelong learning and success in professional careers or transfer to advanced higher education programs. An integral part of this mission is to provide transitional language instruction for all English-as-a-second-language learners.

Hostos has a strong reputation for quality teaching, curricular innovation, and support for students. Its flagship programs are integrally linked to mathematics and the sciences, and its Allied Health Sciences programs have consistently high licensure pass and employment rates. It has been in the vanguard of curricular innovation with the creation of five joint associate and bachelor’s admission programs in Chemical, Civil, and Electrical Engineering, Criminal Justice, and Forensic Science with two other CUNy colleges. Our success in integrating general education competencies into the curriculum has been recognized by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU).

Hostos has experienced the highest enrollment growth of any CUNy college over the past eleven years, increasing 127 percent from 3,118 in the fall of 2000 to 7,078 in the Fall of 2011. Our students also benefit from a student-faculty ratio that is among the lowest in CUNy community colleges. Moreover, 92 percent of our graduates find employment within six months of receiving their degrees or have enrolled at another college to continue their education.

The Continuing Education and Professional Studies Department at Hostos offers academic, workforce, and personal development courses designed to address the educational, cultural, and economic needs of our service area. Since 2002, the college’s adult and continuing education program has experienced a 600% growth in its registrations, with 11,000 students benefiting from its programs overall.

In 2010, the college was awarded a five-year federal grant of $7.4 million to establish the Allied Health Career Pipeline program, which will train 900 public assistance recipients and other low- income individuals for jobs in the health care field. Our Jobs-Plus project has been nationally recognized for its success in securing job placements for public housing residents and is scheduled to be expanded.

Dr. Félix v. Matos Rodríguez has been president of Hostos since July 1, 2009. Trained as a Social Scientist, he previously held leadership positions in foundations, universities, policy centers, and branches of government in which he combined scholarship with social policy, advocacy, and change.

While at Hostos, Dr. Matos Rodríguez is on leave from his tenured position as an Associate Professor of Black and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies at Hunter College, where he teaches courses on Caribbean, Latin American, and Latino History. He has also served as director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter, which is one of the largest and most important research centers in the United States. In addition, Dr. Matos Rodríguez is part of the History Department at CUNy’s Graduate Center.

Dr. Matos Rodríguez has an extensive publication record in the fields of Women’s, Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latino Studies and Migration. He has also served as Secretary of the Department of the Family for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

According to Dr. Matos Rodríguez: “Hostos is often described as a ‘family’ because of the attention we give to each individual and our commitment to the community we serve. Our mission combines access to higher education with the support needed for every student to achieve his or her full potential. If you’re seeking a liberal arts or career education in a multicultural learning environment, Hostos can be your gateway to opportunity and success.”

HOSTOS IS PROUD TO BE A MEMBER AGENCy OF COMITÉ NOvIEMBRE. Dr. Felix v. Matos Rodriguez, President Lourdes R. Torres, Comité Noviembre Representative Eugenio María de Hostos Community College - 500 Grand Concourse Bronx, Ny 10451 www.hostos.cuny.edu comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña Fifth Annual Artisans Fair & Exhibit

For the past five years, CN has invited artisans from throughout the US and Puerto Rico to participate in this Fair. The number of participating artisans averages 55. This is the largest Puerto Rican artisan fair outside of Puerto Rico and the largest in the US. Over the years, CN has transformed, Hunter College West Building, the Church of St. Paul the Apostle and Hostos Community College into a typical Puerto Rican plaza with a fountain, palm trees, artists, sculptors, vejigante mask makers promoting and selling their wares while musical and cultural acts entertained. Additionally each year, CN conducts workshops for children and adults, like mask making, the history of the three kings’ celebration, Taíno storytelling in order to make sure that our youth Sixth Annual Artisan Fair & learn about our culture. Exhibit dedicated to the memory This year we are continuing with this tradition of Evelina López Antonetty, and expanding the offerings to include (1922–1984) more exhibitors/collectors of Puerto Rican memorabilia. Known as the “Hell lady of the Bronx” by some, or “The mother of the Puerto Rican community” by others, Antonetty In addition, we are partnering with the Association was a force to be reckoned with. Arriving alone in New york for Puerto Rican/Hispanic Culture to bring the at the age of ten, Antonetty was raised and educated formally Rafael Hernandez/Sylvia Rexach Festival to our in city public schools, and informally, by politically astute event. This free admission Festival has been pioneers in the Puerto Rican community. In 1946, Antonetty presented annually at the Museum of the City of worked as a job developer and organizer for District 65, bring- Ny and its being presented here in the Bronx and ing more than 4,000 Spanish-speaking workers into the union. with Comite Novienbre for the first time. In 1965, she joined forces with other parents to create United Bronx Parents (UBP), an organization dedicated to education This year the Fair is dedicated to a great woman and community development in the South Bronx. Recognized and Puerto Rican activist, the late Evelina for more than four decades of dedication to the community, Antonetty, who passed away on November 19, Antonetty received an honorary doctorate in 1970 from Man- 1984. hattan College. In 2001, a play, Evelina’s Heart was produced in her honor. In memory of her achievements, the library and archives of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at Hunter Photos by Robert Figueroa College, CUNy carry her name. Fifth Annual Artisans Fair & Exhibit

Photos by Robert Figueroa Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund

Founded in 1972 as the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, LatinoJustice PRLDEF has played a critical role in improving the lives and well-being of the now 8 million Puerto Ricans and more than 30 million other Latinos in the United States. LatinoJustice PRLDEF has worked to secure, promote and protect the civil rights of the Puerto Rican and wider Latino community, making it a leading civil rights organization and one of the premiere Latino organizations in the country.

EDUCATION RIGHTS: The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund’s first lawsuit, ASPIRA v. NyC Board of Edu- cation, resulted in the groundbreaking ASPIRA Consent Decree which forced the school system to implement bilingual educa- tion techniques to effectively instruct students who spoke mostly Spanish. Since then, LatinoJustice PRLDEF has combated the forced segregation of Latino children in many parts of the country. The group has successfully intervened in desegrega- tion cases in Wilmington, DE; Waterbury, CT; Buffalo, Ny, and Boston, MA. LatinoJustice PRLDEF also brought a lawsuit challenging a decision to the double the tuition rates for undocumented students at CUNy. A political victory ensued, which allowed students graduating from NyS high schools to be eligible for State tuition rates.

EMPLOyMENT RIGHTS: In 1972, in two class action suits against the NyC Police Department, LatinoJustice PRLDEF was able to get the courts to force the department to institute fair hiring and promotional practices which increased the number of Latino officers and sergeants. Additionally, the group filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board resulting in a $1.075 million settlement on behalf of Latino immigrant employees at a food processing plant. In 2002, LatinoJustice PRLDEF intervened in an EEOC suit against a Connecticut beauty supply company, for its imposition of an il- legal English-only policy against its Latino employees. vOTING RIGHTS: In 1973, as a result of a LatinoJustice PRLDEF court victory, for the first time in NyC history bilingual ballots and interpreters, in English, Spanish and Chinese, were provided to parents to vote in the school board elections. The same legal arguments were applied in the landmark voting rights case, Torres v. Sachs, which required the use of bilingual bal- lots for all NyC elections. In 1975 the federal voting Rights Act was amended which secured the voting rights of all linguistic minorities throughout the country. In 1981, LatinoJustice PRLDEF successfully challenged the redistricting plan passed by the City Council and signed into law by the Mayor, which had been drawn to preclude additional minority representation on the City Council.

HOUSING RIGHTS: More than 30 years ago, LatinoJustice PRLDEF sued the NyC Housing Authority proving discrimina- tion against Latin and African-American applicants for apartments in three housing projects in Williamsburg. After years of litigation, the parties agreed to a far-reaching settlement in 2002. In 1977, the group filed a class action suit against a Lower East Side co-operative which would not make apartments available to Latinos. Since then, LatinoJustice PRLDEF has fought for the rights of tenants in Brooklyn, against housing discrimination in city-owned apartments and for access rights to housing in Newark and Hartford.

FROM MIGRANTS’ TO IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS: In 1972, the group challenged the State of New Jersey and the Common- wealth of Puerto Rico for deliberately failing to protect the rights of migrant farm laborers throughout the state. Recently, in Hazleton, PA, LatinoJustice PRLDEF challenged a virulently anti-immigrant ordinance that fined employers or landlords who hired or rented to undocumented immigrants and limited all government business to English only. This ordinance had tremen- dous impact nationally; since it was introduced in June 2006, at least 80 localities have proposed or passed laws modeled on it. LatinoJustice PRLDEF was successful in blocking the ordinance’s implementation after a federal judge granted permanent injunctive relief which enjoined Hazleton from putting the challenged ordinance into place.

DIvERSIFyING AMERICA’S LEGAL SySTEM: Since its inception, the organization’s Education Division has been com- mitted to increasing the diversity of the legal profession. LatinoJustice PRLDEF offers preparatory courses for students who wish to pursue a law degree, along with other education programs.

LatinoJustice PRLDEF, 99 Hudson Street 14th Floor, New york, Ny 10013 Juan Cartagena, Esq. President & CEO, LatinoJustice: PRLDEF National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights Puerto Ricans in the U.S: 100 Years and Counting United for Progress/Aqui Estamos - Unidos Progresamos

In 1981, Puerto Rican activists from around the country including the late Richie Perez, a longtime activist and leader in the struggle for global human rights, founded the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR). For more than 20 years the NCPRR engaged in grassroots campaigns in many cities, including a march on Washington D.C.

The NCPRR is a power resource that was created by the Puerto Rican people’s grassroots struggle - it has history, legitimacy and weight. Hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours, the rejecting of government funding, the rejecting of the single, charismatic male leadership model; the promotion of women and young leadership (women must be at least half of all leadership bodies within the organization), the suc- cessful uniting of previously disconnected community forces; the emphasis on learning to use all tactics and avoid marginalization (community education, working the media, voter mobilization, coalition build- ing, lobbying, litigation, and direct/action); the groundbreaking work around bilingual education, envi- ronmental justice, the right to representation, holding elected officials accountable, racial justice, against police brutality and Puerto Rico’s right to self-determination are part of our legacy.

A reaffirmation of the NCPRR is needed at this point in our history because there is a lack of significant Puerto Rican voices or representation on the national agenda on issues like bilingual education, the na- tional immigration debate, Puerto Rico Self-Determination, Post-vieques clean-up, No Child Left Behind, voting Rights & Political Education, Social Discrimination, Economic Justice, Police Brutality, Health Care Reform and the release of the remaining PR Political Prisoners.

During the weekend of October 8 – 10, 2011 the NCPRR held its ninth national convention in Miami, Florida

The convention was attended by over 200 people representing Puerto Rico and ten states including Ohio, Illinois, New york and Pennsylvania. This historical conference represents a historical turning point for NCPRR. The panels, workshops and plenary sessions addressed how to:

• Help NCPRR determine what works in 2011 and beyond in order to address the many challenges facing the Puerto Rican people. • Learn from and build on the experiences of different cities as well as towns across the country where Puerto Ricans live. • Effectively utilize the history, name, recognition and credibility of the NCPRR to affect social change. • Address the issue of organizational life-support and financial stability to make the NCPRR viable in the new century.

The intergenerational reflection, interaction and a sharing of experiences during the convention helped determine how NCPRR will identify itself as the continuation of a proud organizational tradition while simultaneously serving as an effective organizational tool and asset for the next generation of leadership in our communities across the country. Additionally it will provide a platform to follow as well as methods for the direct engagement of the next generation of community leaders and unified efforts for making posi- tive social change into the future.

For more information about the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights or to become a member con- tact: The National Congress For Puerto Rican Rights - www.puertoricanrights.com THE RICHIE PÉREZ SCHOLARSHIP FOR PEACE & JUSTICE AWARD

PURPOSE In 2004, the Puerto Rican community lost an ally, advocate, community leader and urban warrior. Richie Pérez was a be- loved activist and leader in the fight for social justice and human rights. He brought integrity, zeal and unity to many causes to which he was committed. These included the struggle for racial justice and against police brutality, Puerto Rican indepen- dence and universal human rights. As a former young Lord and founding member of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, Richie was our inspiration and conscience. Richie wrote and lectured extensively on the Puerto Rican urban experience and as a professor in the CUNy system taught classes in mass media, US social policy and the history of the labor and civil rights movements. Richie believed greatly in the power and potential of young people to create social change. He personally mentored many youth and believed that the torch of the movement for justice had to be passed on to the next generation.

In his memory, Comité Noviembre has established the Richie Pérez Scholarship for Peace and Justice. The award will recognize Puerto Rican young people for their commitment, activism and achievements in any of the areas of human rights and social justice. This an- nual award will both promote the advancement of new leaders in the movement for peace and justice, and also invest in their continued growth by providing support for their on- going education and political development The scholarship winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The application form will be ready for distribution and posted on Comité Noviembre’s website, www.comitenoviembre.org, in early December.

ELIGIBILTy • Applicants must Be of Puerto Rican descent • Document a minimum of one-year active participation and organizing work in a so- cial justice or human rights issue. • Be enrolled in an accredited college or university by the fall of each year or at the time of the scholarship award. • Be between the ages of 17 and 25.

GUIDELINES • A completed application package must include an application form, essay, two letters of recommendation and a short biographical sketch. All items must be submitted in one package. • Letters of recommendation must be from community members who personally know their work, leadership and com- mitment to social justice and human rights causes. • Application package must be received or post marked by the deadline dated indicated. • Application package received or post marked after the deadline date will be disqualified. • Finalist will be notified in a timely manner. • A mandatory personal interview will be conducted by the scholarship committee. Finalist will be notified of the in- terview at least one week in advance. Finalist will not be considered if he/she does not show-up for interview. Other arrangements will be made for finalist away at college. • Recipients of the Richie Perez Scholarship Award will be disqualified should any of the following conditions occur: (1) recipient provides false information on application (2) recipients is not en rolled in an accredited college or university by the fall or at the time of the award (3) recipient is not of Puerto Rican descent • Scholarship payment will be made by Comité Noviembre upon recipient of official documentation from college Reg- istrar or Bursar’s Office.

Please contact Martha Laureano, (718) 387-0404, [email protected], if you have any questions or to receive an application form. You can also visit our website at www.comitenoviembre.org comité noviembre th 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña RICHIE PEREZ SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

Eric Acevedo is an 18 year old young man, who is engaged to poetry. Acevedo wrote in one of his essays “I am Afro-Boricua roots and Nuy- orican poetry striving for Puerto Rico’s independence silently.” Eric Acevedo His words are all over the El Puente Community, his wisdom and knowl- edge makes him a mentor and role model to the youth.

Acevedo is currently working on his poetry book entitled El Rice Is Cooking that describes his experiences living in New york but spiri- tually living in Puerto Rico. Acevedo enjoys helping the Williamsburg Southside community residents reach, holistic freedom within them selves. He creates awareness with a group of other young activist called the El Puente Scholar.

Acevedo has been a scholar for close to a year, which he states has been “a knowledgeable experience” because he has learned the essence of ac- tivism and has cultivated it to his everyday life. Eric remains poetically inclined to raising awareness with his poetry. Acevedo wants to become an English teacher at El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice, where he is currently a student. Acevedo states the following “The Academy is my home because, I have learned my value I have learned how to look into my pass in order to move forward.” Acevedo was and continues to remain inspired by his peers and role models so he motivated to inspired the people that surrounds him with “Afro-Boricua roots and Nuyorican poetry.” th

25 Anniversary EI Puente—Spanish for the Bridge— is a community-based organization that engages more than 2,000 youth and adult members each year in the arts, education, public health, environmental justice and social action programs. Founded by Luis Garden Acosta in 1982 in the Southside of Williamsburg, El Puente harnesses the energy and efforts all the diverse peoplesof Brooklyn, bringing forward their power to self-determine their individual and collective condition, athome, in their communities, and in the world.

The organization connects community members through their involvement with any or all of the four main divisions: the Leadership Centers, the Academy for Peace and Justice (a New york City public high school), the Community Health and Environment Institute (CHE), and the Center for Arts and Culture. While each division has its unique focus and goals, member- leaders and Academy students are nurtured within an integrated, holistic program that draws from all four divisions, developing a well-rounded social awareness that prompts action and expression. True peace is the natural result of justice, and true justice can onlybe made possible by comprehension and compassion. We believe that individuals who are just can c constitutenothing but a just community, and just communities will thus amount to a just and peaceful world.

LEADERSHIP DIVISION

Leadership is the axis of change. Our Leadership Centers offer guidance, nurturing, counseling and training forpeople of all ages, in conjunction with projects led by CHE and CAC. Originally focused academically on children and young adolescents, the Leadership Division has launched the Scholars Program, aimed at late teens seeking to reach their full capacity as productive members of our community and the world. The EI Puente Scholars Program offers more intensive mentoring and academic support through a year-long program. Please call or visit EI Puente’s headquarters for more information.

Our Leadership Centers offer programs for children, teenagers and adults of all ages. By becoming a member-leader you have the freedom to visit any center at any time and get involved with the community. Programs are Monday - Friday, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

El Puente Headquarters / Williamsburg Leadership Center El Puente Leadership Center at Taylor-Wythe Houses 211 South 4th Street - Brooklyn, Ny 11211 80 Clymer Street - Brooklyn, Ny 11211 Tel: 718-387-0404 Tel: 718-782-5553

El Puente Leadership Beacon Center at MS 50 El Puente Bushwick Center 183 S. 3rd Street - Brooklyn, Ny 11211 311 Central Avenue - Brooklyn, Ny 11221 Tel: 718-486-3936 Tel: 718-452-0404 Scholars Program

COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE (CHE)

The Community Health and Environment Institute (CHE) recognizes the intrinsic relationship between the environment and well- being and employs an indigenous led, development-oriented approach to health. It promotes a holistic vision of wellness that takes into account the mind, body, spirit and traditions of our youth and adult members. CHE engages the residents of Williamsburg and Bushwick by training them to identify and assess barriers to their health and well-being and supporting them in collective self-help and community action. It also brings together health care providers, government-partnered organizations, and health advocacy groups to address long-standing health and environmental justice issues facing North Brooklyn and New york City.

CHE programs include:

• Teatro El Puente, New york City’s first and longest running HIv/AIDS and health education theater group; • A health insurance access and advocacy program for low-income community residents; • The Espiritu Tierra Community Garden; • The Green Light District initiative.

El Puente Headquarters 211 South 4th Street – Brooklyn, Ny 11211 – Tel: (718) 387-0404 – Fax: (718) 387-6816 – www.elpuente.us El Museo Del Barrio, New york’s leading Latino cultural institution, welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic landscape of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American cultures through wide-rang- ing, critically acclaimed, collections and exhibitions, accessible public and educational programs, and cultural celebrations. A dynamic artistic and community gathering place; El Museo is a center of cultural pride on New york’s Museum Mile.

After a year-long national search, Margarita J. Aguilar has been appointed to serve as the next Executive Director of El Museo del Barrio. This is a wonderful homecoming, as Margarita served in the curatorial department at El Museo from 1998 to 2006. She returns to El Museo, having been the vice President and Senior Specialist in Latin American art at Christie’s and brings a unique combination of proven curatorial excellence, with a broad perspective on the Latin American art world. Her extensive knowledge in the field of colonial, modern and contemporary art of the Americas, and the relationships she has forged with institutions, artists, scholars, and collectors will certainly serve the mission and expand El Museo’s grow- ing impact in New york, the nation and around the world.

40 years ago, artist and educator Raphael Montañez Ortiz founded El Museo in response to the interests of Puerto Rican parents, educators, artists and activists in East Harlem’s predominantly Spanish-speaking El Barrio, who were concerned that their cultural experience was not being represented by major museums.

El Museo has been committed to celebrating and promoting Latino culture ever since. Its permanent col- lection of over 6,500 objects spanning more than 800 years of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino art includes pre-Columbian Taino artifacts, traditional arts, twentieth-century drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations, as well as prints, photography, documentary films, and video.

From its founding, El Museo has been a place of cultural pride and self discovery for the Puerto Rican community who founded it, and for the many cultures and communities of the Caribbean and Latin Amer- ica in New york that it now represents. Come see for yourself all that we have to offer!

Margarita J. Aguilar Executive Director Susan Delvalle Director of External Affairs and Development Deborah Cullen Director of Curatorial Programs Gonzalo Casals Director of Education and Public Programs Eileen Reyes Arias Community and Government Affairs Manager Rachael Harris Event Production and Sales Manager

1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street) New york, Ny 10029 www.elmuseo.org EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO’S ANNUAL THREE KINGS DAY PARADE The 2011 celebration was the largest, most festive and col- orful parade in El Museo’s history. We welcomed 3,800 participants, including schools, organizations, community members, families and performers and nearly 5,000 specta- tors from across the five boroughs. Parade highlights in- cluded, the return or the greatly loved camels, our gigantic hand-made puppets now in their 2nd year, the celebrated East Harlem Subway Hero - Carlos Flores, festive floats, lively music, and performances throughout the parade route, and the introduction of our new Three Kings Cos- tumes, designed by NyC native and Project Runway star, Emilio Sosa.

The program began with a special breakfast in El Museo’s El Café that welcomed the Honorary Kings, Madrinas, Pa- drinos, local community leaders, supporters, and friends from across the city. A number of other distinguished guests joined the event, including NyS Senators José M. Serrano and Bill Perkins, NyS Assembly Members Rob- ert Rodriguez, José Rivera and Guillermo Linares. Also in attendance were Deputy Mayor Carol Robles Roman, Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, New york City Comptroller John C. Liu, New york City Council Speaker Christine C. quinn, Councilmembers Melissa Mark-viverito, Inez Dickens, and ydanis Rodriguez, and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus vance, Jr.

The 2011 Honorees included dear friends, new and old of El Museo, selected by El Museo’s Three Kings Steering Committee for their significant contributions to the arts and our Latino communities. Honorary Kings included Emmy Award Winning correspondent on NBC Lynda Baquero, Julían zugazagoitia, former Executive Director of El Museo who assumed the position of Director and CEO of the world-renowned Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO; and Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez, poet and long time supporter of the Three Kings parade, and one of the original founders of the “Nuyorican Poets Movement.”

Honorary Madrinas included Leticia Alanis, Co-Founder of La Union, in Brooklyn, which advances social, cultural, and economic justice for transnational families; María Alejandro, Program Director at Union Settlement Association, and a staunch advocate for the Hispanic Elderly, Angela Fernández, who at the time was the Executive Director of Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights and now serves as Congressman José E. Serrano’s Chief of Staff; Frances Lucerna, Co-Founder of El Puente in Brooklyn which focuses on community and youth development; and Taina Traverso, artist, curator, arts education advocate and community leader. Honorary Padrinos included Roberto and Jorge Ayala, brothers and Co-Owners of La Fonda Boricua and FB Lounge, which have become staples of the El Barrio community; Luis Cordero, Founder of graphic studio Cemi Graphics, Inc., and recent proprietor of Cemi Underground bookstore; Matthew Washington, Chair of Manhattan Community Board Eleven, and Manager of Friends of the Hudson River Park’s advocacy efforts; and Daniel Reyes, Director of Programs at yorkville Pantry, where he’s worked since 2003 and launched 24|7 yCP, New york City’s only acute emergency food pantry.

The Three Kings Steering Committee, always a committed group of people who every year help to make this celebration a success with their hard work and thoughtfulness included Diana Ayala, Sulieka Cabrera Drinane, María Damato, Teddy Feliciano, Lucía Gómez, Christine Licata, Torrey Maldonado, Josephine Mangual, Alberto Minotta, Annette Negron, Claudia Plaza, Debbie quiñones, Melanie Reyes, Alicia Rodriguez, José Rodriguez, Mónica Tavares, Jaritza Taveras, and Carmen vasquez.

Peter quinones and Raphael Morales, who for the last 12 years have become a mainstay of this celebration, once again contributed their liveliness to the parade as the two beloved Three Kings Day Monks.

The Three Kings Day Celebration was generously supported by the following sponsors: Consolidated Edison, Inc., Deutsche Bank, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Toy Industry Foundation, The New york yankees, K.I.D.S. Kids in Distressed Situations Organization, Fashion Delivers Charitable Foundation, Inc. Media Partner: Univision41. Press coverage was also impressive with media coverage in local and daily newspapers, Tv networks, radio, and online publications, including , El Diario La Prensa, The New york Post, The New york Daily News Manhattan Times, CNN en Espa- ñol, Ny 1 News, Ny 1 Noticias, WABC Tv, WNBC Tv, WNyW Fox Tv, , Univision, NPR Radio, Ny Magazine, and The village voice.

Please save the date for El Museo’s 35th Annual Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration on Friday, January 6, 2012. The National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) is a 5019C)(3) nonprofit and nonpartisan policy center established in 1982 in New york City originally as the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy (IPR). The National Institute for Latino Policy provides a unique approach and voice to the policy analysis and advocacy needs of the Latino community. Originally focused on the Puerto Rican community, our work has increasingly included all Latinos and has gone from a local to a national scope.

The Institute’s approach includes:

• Focusing on the intersectionality of Latino policy issues • The use of action-research that is used as an organizing tool for advocacy • A strategy that focuses on the development of local and state level strategies for policy analysis and organizing • The creative and aggressive use of the internet and the media as community education and organizing tools • An emphasis on working in critical policy areas that are underdeveloped or not addressed in the Latino community

In the past year, NiLP’s accomplishments include:

• Leading a major educational campaign to raise awareness of the 2010 Census and its importance to the Latino community. NiLP has created and coordinated the Latino Census Network, an informational network with 28 of the leading national and regional Latino organizations in the United States and the leading clearinghouse on Census issues affecting Latinos in the country.. In recognition of this work, NiLP President has been appointed by the U.S. Commerce Secretary to the Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population, and he has been elected to the National Steering Committee of the Census Bureau’s Census Information Centers (CIC) Program.

• Being a founder of the Defend the Honor Campaign that put community pressure on PBS and filmmaker Ken Burn to include the Latino experience in their 7-part documentary series, The War. NiLP is also part of a group of national Latino organization that have been meeting with the leadership of PBS to promote greater Latino representation in their programming, staff and governance.

• Providing an independent and nonpartisan voice analyzing the role of the Latino vote in such media as the New york Times, Washington Post, El Diario-La Prensa, Shimbun yumiori Newspaper (Japan), CNN, CNN en Español, O Estado de S. Paulo (Brazil), Univision, Telemundo, Radio Bilingue, Politico, Hispanic Link, Spanglish Magazine, El Nuevo Dia (Puerto Rico), Hofstra Univer- sity Radio, National Public Radio (NPR), Hispanic Market Weekly, XM Radio, the New Jersey Network and even Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, among others.

• Working with national Latino coalitions like the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, the National Latino Media Council, the Defend the Honor Campaign, the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and others to develop Latino agenda for change.

• Developing one of the most effective national informational networks on the Internet on Latino policy issues through our Latino Policy eNewsletter, Email Bulletins and National Latino Opinion Leaders’ Surveys.

• Efforts to increase the accountability of philanthropy to Latino and other communities of color through being part of the estab- lishment of the NyC Collaborative for Fairness and Equity in Philanthropy, being part of the Diversity in Philanthropy Project at the New york Regional Association of Grantmakers and the Foundation Center, and related activities.

• Putting pressure on CNN to remove a fundraising appeal by Lou Dobbs from their website for the Town of Hazelton to fight support their anti-immigrant policies. Upon receiving NiLP’s objections, CNN took down the biased ad within a day from the Lou Dobbs Tonight section of their website.

• Presentations on Latino policy issues throughout the United States. Including at Brandies University, Cornell University, the Dominican-American National Roundtable Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, the New york Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the Latino Policy Forum in Chicago, LULAC Annual Conference in Washington, DC, Northern Illinois University, the Puerto Rican Studies Association 8th Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Proskauer Rose LLP, Smith College, UBS, the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute Annual Conference in Chicago,the University of Puerto Rico, and the University of Texas at Austin. Among others.

Angelo Falcón, President National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) 101 Avenue of the Americas, New york, Ny 10013 212-334-5722 Fax: 917-677-8593 [email protected] www.latinopolicy.org Moving Forward The Continuing Work Of The President’s Task Force On Puerto Rico’s Status By Cecilia Muñoz And Thomas J. Perrelli The White House (September 15, 2011) The President’s visit to Puerto Rico in June 2011 is one of many demonstrations of the Administration’s strong commitment to the Island. The historic visit built on the strong foundation of the work of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status, which has developed a comprehensive approach to addressing critical issues of importance to the people of Puerto Rico. Moving forward, the Task Force is closely monitoring the implementation of the rec- ommendations laid out in its report and is planning at least one more summit later this year and several others next year.

The Task Force’s report issued in March 2011 addressed both political status and economic development in Puerto Rico. The Task Force’s recommendations regarding status provided a meaningful way forward so that the residents of the Island can determine their own future. In his arrival address, the President reiterated this commitment, stating that “when the people of Puerto Rico make a clear decision, my administration will stand by you.”

The President also raised other challenges facing Puerto Rico, including unemployment, education, health care, and energy. The Task Force’s report outlines some of the tools available through the Administration’s economic plan: health care reform, broadband expansion, and investments in education and clean energy that help address these challenges in Puerto Rico. As the President made clear, “Those are the kinds of steps it will take for Puerto Rico to win the future and for America to win the future.”

Members of the Task Force have visited Puerto Rico on numerous occasions, and conducted important work related to the report’s recommendations. The U.S. Department of Commerce led a White House Business Council round- table discussion on the same day as the President’s visit, which was followed the next day by an economic summit with Puerto Rican leaders to continue the dialogue about how the federal government can work with Puerto Rico to bolster the economic recovery of the Island. Earlier, in April 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency initiated the vieques Sustainability Task Force. Working with other Federal partners, key stakeholders in the Puerto Rican government, and community leaders, EPA has already begun to explore and execute some of the recommendations.

The Task Force is committed to realizing the ambitious goals reflected in its report as vehicles for real progress, to advance the President’s vision and commitment to the people of Puerto Rico.

Cecilia Muñoz and Thomas J. Perrelli are Co-Chairs of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status The President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status The mission of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status is to provide options for Puerto Rico’s future status and relationship with the Government of the United States.

The Task Force listened to and considered the views of individuals, elected officials, and other representatives of the people of Puerto Rico in an effort to ensure that views and positions were objectively considered regardless of affiliation or ideology. It published its first report in December 2005, and then a second report in 2007. The 2007 Report built on the 2005 Report and carried out “the Task Force’s ongoing mandate to report, no less than every two years, on progress made in the determination of Puerto Rico’s ultimate status”. The latest report by the Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status, whose members were appointed by President Obama, was issued on March 16, 2011.

The President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status (Task Force) was created by President Clinton in 2000.The Task Force’s sole focus at that time was to examine proposals for Puerto Rico’s future status and for a process by which Puerto Ricans could choose a status option. President Bush continued the Task Force’s sole focus on the issue of political status. The Bush Administration’s Task Force issued reports in 2005 and 2007. Moving Forward (continued)

On October 30, 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13517, which directed the Task Force to maintain its focus on the status question, but added to the Task Force’s responsibilities by seeking advice and recommenda- tions on policies that promote job creation, education, health care, clean energy, and economic development on the Island.

The current Task Force was convened in December 2009 with members from every Cabinet agency. It organized two public hearings in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. to hear directly from a broad cross section of voices on the issues of status and economic development. Furthermore, hundreds of citizens from Puerto Rico and the mainland offered input by sending materials through the mail and electronically through a White House public comment e-mail address. Members of the Task Force and White House staff also met with congressional leaders, Puerto Rican elected officials, and other interested parties to hear their views.

The March 2011 report presents the Task Force’s recommendations to the President and Congress. The first section provides recommendations relating to the question of Puerto Rico’s status. Following the discussion of status, the Report is divided into three sections: (1) economic development overview and economic recommendations; (2) rec- ommendations for building competitive industries; and (3) recommendations with respect to the island of vieques. Each recommendation in these three sections sets out the specific issue, the recommendation designed to address that issue, and a realistic timeline for implementing the recommendation.

Comité Noviembre has listed the Status and vieques recommendations for your review since over the past 25 years these two issues have been the focus of discussion, debate and analysis. Below are excerpts from the Task Force Report. For a full report please download at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/Puerto_Rico_ Task_Force_Report.pdf. Status Recommendations The Task Force’s public hearings and meetings revealed that status remains of overwhelming importance to the people of Puerto Rico. This Task Force committed to taking a fresh look at issues related to status without being bound by prior analyses or limited in the issues on which it focused.

Recommendation # 1: The Task Force recommends that all relevant parties—the President, Congress, and the leadership and people of Puerto Rico—work to ensure that Puerto Ricans are able to express their will about status options and have that will acted upon by the end of 2012 or soon thereafter. The government of Puerto Rico has discussed the possibility of holding a plebiscite this summer that would seek to ascertain the will of the people of Puerto Rico concerning status. Without taking a position on the particular details of this proposal, the Task Force recommends that the President and Congress support any fair, transparent, and swift effort that is consistent with and reflects the will of the people of Puerto Rico. If the process produces a clear result, Congress should act on it quickly with the President’s support

Recommendation # 2: The Task Force recommends that the permissible status options include Statehood, Indepen- dence, Free Association, and Commonwealth. The Report provides descriptions of these options.

Recommendation # 3: Although the Task Force supports any fair method for determining the will of the people of Puerto Rico, it has a marginal preference for a system involving two plebiscites. This two plebiscite system would allow the people of Puerto Rico first to vote on the question of whether they wish to be part of the United States or wish to be independent, and then to choose between the avail¬able status options, as limited by the outcome of the first vote.

Recommendation # 4: If a plebiscite is chosen, only residents of Puerto Rico should be eligible to vote. This issue is a difficult one. But on balance, those who have committed to the Island by residing there have strong arguments that only they should vote on its future. In addition, the complexities of deter¬mining who is eligible to vote among those of Puerto Rican descent and managing a vote among a population dispersed throughout the United States and elsewhere would be daunting.

Recommendation # 5: The President and Congress should commit to preserving U.S.citizenship for Puerto Rican Moving Forward (continued)

residents who are U.S. citizens at the time of any transition to Independence, if the people of Puerto Rico choose a status option that results in Puerto Rico’s Independence.

Recommendation # 6: The President and Congress should ensure that Puerto Rico controls its own cultural and lin- guistic identity. The Task Force recognizes that, if Puerto Rico were admitted as a State, the English language would need to play—as it does today—a central role in the daily life of the Island.

Recommendation # 7: If efforts on the Island do not provide a clear result in the short term, the President should support, and Congress should enact, self-executing legislation that specifies in advance for the people of Puerto Rico a set of acceptable status options that the United States is politically com¬mitted to fulfilling.

This legislation should commit the United States to honor the choice of the people of Puerto Rico (pro¬vided it is one of the status options specified in the legislation) and should specify the means by which such a choice would be made. The Task Force recommends that, by the end of 2012, the Administration develop, draft, and work with Congress to enact the proposed legislation. Economic Recommendations The Puerto Rican economy started to slow as early as 2006—two years earlier than the rest of the United States— leading to the sharpest economic contraction on the Island since the late 1980s. Per capita income remains at less than one-third that of the mainland, due in part to Puerto Rico’s low employment rate and persistently low rate of labor force participation. For summary of the extensive economic recommendations developed by the Task Force please view the full report at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/Puerto_Rico_Task_Force_Report.pdf. Recommendations for Building Competitive Industries Once the building blocks of growth are in place, Puerto Rico must look forward to develop a competi¬tive set of industries that will drive growth and job creation in the decades to come.While we expect Puerto Rico’s own leader- ship and local stakeholders to be best positioned to articulate an economic development strategy, the Task Force has identified three industries that could potentially drive long-term growth and job creation on the Island.In particular, Puerto Rico has a solid foundation on which to grow its clean energy, its role as an economic and tourism hub and gateway to the Caribbean and Latin America, and its health care industries. For summary of the Task Force recom- mendations fro building competitive industries please view the full report at:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/Puerto_Rico_Task_Force_Report.pdf. Vieques Recommendations There is much that the Federal Government can do to improve the quality of life for the people of vieques.The Task Force’s recommendations encompass issues ranging from health care to environmental issues to tourism.

Recommendation # 1: Superfund Cleanup and Job Training: The cleanup of the former military areas on vieques is ongoing and expected to last another decade. Since 2005, the U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy) has documented over 1,700 trespassing incidents into waters around the former bombing range. The Task Force recommends that the Navy accelerate the pace of the cleanup of unexploded ordnance and address the issue of underwater unexploded ordnance. The Task Force further recommends that trespassing issues, which are more difficult to resolve because of jurisdictional limitations, be addressed through a coordinated effort among the Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, EPA, DOC National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, DOI, and the government of Puerto Rico to develop a multiagency plan to keep trespassers off the contaminated land and out of the affected waters.

Recommendation # 2: vieques Sustainability Task Force: EPA has recently established the vieques Sustainabil- ity Task Force to coordinate Federal and local efforts for comprehensive cleanup and reme¬diation at the closed military range on vieques. In addition, this task force will develop and implement policies that boost sustainable Moving Forward (continued)

economic growth and job creation on vieques. The relevant Federal agencies, such as EPA, Navy, DOI, DOE, SBA, and HHS, should continue to develop and empower the vieques Sustainability Task Force to expedite resolution of some of the longstanding issues in vieques and to ensure that Federal projects to address the challenges faced by vieques are implemented in a timely fashion.

Recommendation # 3: Solid Waste Strategy: EPA launched the Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership in col-laboration with the Puerto Rico Solid Waste Management Authority and the Puerto Rico Environmental quality Board. The main goal of the partnership is to establish a comprehensive waste reduction, com¬posting, and recycling program throughout Puerto Rico.The Task Force recommends that the work of the partnership include vieques.

Recommendation # 4: Health Care for Residents of vieques: HHS should work closely with the gov¬ernments of Puerto Rico and vieques to improve the quality of health care for the residents of vieques. The Task Force believes that a needs assessment should be completed to identify the most effective and efficient way to ensure that the people of vieques receive the care, including expertise in environmental medicine that they need. In the near term, the Task Force recommends that HHS assist vieques and PRDOH in exploring two programs that could improve the health care on vieques. First, HHS and Puerto Rico should explore funding for health centers under the Health Center Program established by section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. vieques could partner with an existing health center to apply for health center funding. Second, HHS and Puerto rRico should esplore CAH designation. Certain facilities participating in Medicare can become critical access hospitals, which are eligible for reimbursemtn based on 101 percent of reasonable costs for treatment of Medicare beneficiaries. The HHS Regional Office should continue too work with PRDOH to determine if the Centro de Salud de Familia facility in vieques meets the statu- tory requirements for CAH designation.

Recommendation # 5: Clean and Renewable Energy Options: The Task Force recommends that DOE begin explor- ing renewable energy opportunities to make vieques a Caribbean Green Island. As a first step, DOE should continue its work with the Puerto Rico and vieques governments to reduce the amount of energy used through efficiency measures such as solar water heaters, weatherization improvements, appliance rebate programs, and other proven, cost-effective technologies. In addition, the Task Force recommends that DOE, with the support of the vieques Sus- tainability Task Force, work with vieques to consider clean, renewable energy options that would lower electricity rates for businesses and consumers and create new jobs. Such options should include distributed renewable genera- tion that could provide backup power in emergency situations and deployment of highly energy efficient vehicles.

Recommendation # 6: Watershed Protection of Bioluminescent Bay: The Task Force recommends that EPA develop a plan to protect Mosquito Bay, an ecologically unique bioluminescent bay in vieques. EPA has solicited proposals from eligible entities for the development of site-specific innovative demon¬stration projects that would reduce sediment, pesticide runoff, and/or nutrient loading in Mosquito Bay.

Recommendation # 7: Green Hospitality Initiative: EPA has launched a green hospitality initiative in partnership with Puerto Rican government agencies, such as the Puerto Rico Tourism Company.The Task Force recommends that vieques be included in the agreement to encourage third-party green certification for its hotels and restaurants. The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration represents the Government of Puerto Rico before federal, state, and local governments, promotes Gov- ernor Fortuño’s economic and public policy initiatives to achieve a better quality of life for the four million U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico, and advises local government agencies and municipalities on issues of interest to Puerto Rico before the federal government.

As such, the Washington office is the primary liaison between Puerto Rico’s officials, the White House, Congress, and the federal agencies. Additionally, the office interacts with national organizations representing Governors from other states, including the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Southern Governors’ Association to advance Puerto Rico’s interests. Like many other states, Puerto Rico’s focus areas include economic stimulus and development, transportation funding, energy, health care including Medicare and Medicaid, as well as issues that affect veterans and our national defense. PRFAA Washington Roles and Responsibilities • Articulating and advocating gubernatorial and Puerto Rico-related policy positions to Members of Congress and their staff, the White House, federal agencies, state offices and national organizations. • Collaborating with the Resident Commissioner to assist him in his duties as representative in Congress of the 4 million U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico, a constituency more than six times greater in size than that of any other U.S. Congressman. • Serving as a primary focal point in the nation’s capital for the Governor, the Governor’s staff, and senior state officials. • Providing guidance and support to individuals, businesses, municipalities and other organizations in successfully navigating the federal grants process. • Providing status reports on federal initiatives and representing the island’s priorities in Washington, D.C. • Communicating with national, regional and specialty media on issues of importance to the Governor and Puerto Rico. • Serving as a point of contact for state citizens and businesses in their contacts with the Washington, D.C. com- munity. During the first four months of 2009 alone, PRFAA has provided critical support in advancing the Federal agenda of more than a dozen Puerto Rico Government Cabinet members and agency heads, as well as Puerto Rico legislative leaders and mayors. The agency has played – and continues to play - a critical role in helping to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for vital infrastructure, public security, health, and education programs, among others. As part of these efforts, the agency also embarked this year on an intensive round of workshops held throughout the island, aimed at helping agency and municipal government staff - as well as staff from non-profit organizations- compete successfully for available federal grant and funding opportunities. PRFAA REGIONAL OFFICES In addition to the Washington office which serves as the government’s primary liaison in the nation’s capital, PR- FAA also has regional offices that are responsible for forging close relationships with our stateside communities. Over the last 70-plus years, the regional offices have evolved from providing guidance to Puerto Rican migrants, to promoting cultural awareness, to helping the community get involved in the political process. Today, the empha- sis of the regional offices is on three main areas: economic development through promotion of business ventures between the Island and U.S.-based Puerto Rican communities; education and empowerment to bridge the stateside Puerto Rican youth’s educational gap through a partnership with the University of Puerto Rico; and leadership development through partnerships with local community organizations. All the regional offices’ operations are consolidated in two geographical hubs and the central office in Washington, D.C. PRFAA - NEW YORK OFFICE: This office covers the Northeastern Corridor: New york, New Jersey, Con- necticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. It provides services to over two million Puerto Ricans. Established in 1930, this office is the oldest office of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States. John Santana, Regional Director; Reyes Rodríguez, Senior Community Officer 135 West , 22nd Floor, New york, Ny 10020; (212) 252-7300; Fax: (202) 726-9957 PRFAA - MIDWEST OFFICE: This office, first established in 1948, covers the Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North & South Dakota, and Iowa. It serves ap- proximately 500,000 Puerto Ricans. 2511 West Division, Chicago, Illinois 60622, (773) 365-0071; Fax: (773) 365-0072 25th Anniversary 25th Anniversary La Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular, (The National Founda- tion for Popular Culture), is a non-profit organization incorporated in August 1996. The mission of the La Fundación is to advance the development of Puerto Rican popular culture through study, research, promotion and spon- sorship of events specifically geared to cultural interest and performers.

La Fundación’s goals are to research, study, file, produce publications, cata- logue, disclose, compete, conserve, produce, promote, exhibit, exchange and disseminate information, knowledge and the history of Puerto Rico’s popu- lar, classical and folkloric culture.

La Fundación’s archives hold and preserve an extensive collection of records in all formats, including radio recordings, interviews, photos, negatives, vid- eos in various formats, advertising propaganda, magazines, works of art, paintings and other popular culture collectibles.

In line with its objectives, the organization encourages and promotes the knowledge of popular culture, serving as a resource for research and source of information to artists, musicians, students, teachers, communicators in all branches (including journalists, publicists and public relations), writers, scriptwriters, producers of shows, historians, sponsors as well as governmen- tal and educational organizations.

Javier Santiago, Founder and Executive Director Mailing Address Apartado 9023971, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-3971 Location Calle Fortaleza #56 viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901

[email protected] (787) 724-7165; (787)725-2498 (f) comité noviembre th th 25 Anniversary 25mes de la herenciaAnniversary puertorriqueña In Memoriam Don Ricardo Alegria - 1921 - 2011 Dr. Ricardo E. Alegria: Guardian and Advocate for the Culture of Puerto Rico

By Irvine Mac Manus Dr. Alegria’s multifaceted sixty years of leadership in the fields of archaeol- ogy, anthropology, and historic preservation, and his lifelong commitment to the Arts and Letters, has placed him as one of the outstanding men of the 20th century. His pioneering work with Dr. Irving Rouse of yale was significant in establishing the archaeological record of the earliest indigenous inhabitants of the islands of the Caribbean. The extent of his invaluable contribution to the study, scholarship, excavation, restoration, and exhibitions of archaeological sites has provided a generation of young students with a richer understanding of the indigenous cultural history of the Caribbean. While serving as Director of El Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Alegría created the guidelines for the preservation of the Old City of San Juan and Ponce and implemented a program of historical preservation of public buildings and plazas. Incentives were introduced to encourage private owners to rehabilitate historic residences utilizing appropriate colonial designs and materials. During his eighteen year tenure as Director, he established the collections of the Institute which today includes over eight hundred paintings, thousands of prints and posters, and over five-thousand Santos and archaeological objects.

Dr. Alegria’s significant achievements have placed him in the company of such distinguished figures as Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Senator William Fulbright, President John F. Kennedy, Pablo Casals, and Governor Luis Munoz Marin, founder of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It was in 1955 that Ricardo Alegria and Nelson Rockefeller became acquainted. Nelson Rockefeller, using the Institute as a model, established The New york State Council on the Arts, and was instrumental in writingthe legislation which created the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Alegria’s enormous and unique contributions have earned him important recognition,honors, and awards. He was awarded the Frankle Prize by the National Endowment for the Humanities, presented to him at a White House ceremony by Presi- dent and Mrs. Clinton. UNESCO awarded the Gold Picasso Prize for the creation of the City of San Juan’s Historic World Heritage Site. On Dr. Alegria’s seventy-fifth birthday, he was awarded the Smithson Medal by the Smithsonian Institution for fifty years of extraordinarycontributions to the Arts and Letters and World Culture. Among the accomplishments of Don Ricardo Alegria is the creation of some 18 museums: including El Museo de Antropologia,Historia y Arte y el Centro de Investigaciones Arqueológicas de la Universidad de Puerto Rico:El Archivo General, and La Biblioteca de Puerto Rico. From 1955, Alegría established The following museums: Museo y Parque Histórico de Caparra, Museo de Arquitectura Colonial, Museo de la Familia Puertorriqueña del Siglo XIX, La Casa del Libro, Museo de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico, Museo de la Farmacia, Convento de Santo Domingo, Museo de Imaginaría Popular;Museo del Indio, Museo del Grabado Latinoamericano, and in 1992 El Museo del Las Americas. Dr. Alegria’s publications include such important works as, Historia de Nuestros Dr. Ricardo E. Alegria continued

Indios:Descubrimiento, Conquista y Colonización de Puerto Rico, the Ball Courts andCeremonial Plazas in the West Indies published by yale University Publication in Anthropology; Juan Garrido, el Conquistador Negro en las Antillas, Florida, México y California. And Flo Pineiro de Riveras’s Arturo Alfonso Schomburg- A Puerto Rican quest for His Black Heri- tage, published by el Centro de Estudios. Dr. Alegria’s award winning films include: La Fiesta de Santiago Apóstol en Loiza, La Buena Herencia, La Plena, and La vida de Cristo Según el SanteroFlorencio Caban.

Don Ricardo has organized many important exhibitions over the decades. Including such exhibitions as Esculturas de los Indios Tainos presented during the visit of their Royal HighnessesKing Juan Carlos and queen Sophia of Spain. He also contributed scholarly essays to L’Art Taino presented at el Musee Du Petit Palais, , and Taino, Pre-Columbian Art and Culture of the Caribbeanat El Museo del Barrio, New york. His stateside accomplishments are perhaps not as well known, as are hisextraordinary achievements on the Island Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.He led efforts to develop educational programs to assist the over 2 million Puerto Ricans whomigrated to the United State’s major cities, such as New york, Philadelphia, Chicago, and smaller cities on in the East coast in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and as far as Hawaii.Dr. Alegria was keenly aware that few education opportunities were being made available to first, second and third generations of Puerto Ricans from the largest wave of migrations to the states during the 1940s, thru the 1960s. Dr. Alegria focused his attention to helping guide institutions of higher learning in creating Puerto Rican Studies Departments at a number of universities, including Lehman College and Hunter College of the City University of New york, and theBuffalo Campus of the State University of New york among others. Among the collaborations which he was instrumental in forging with Non- Profit organization during the 1960s, were such critical cultural organizations as El Museo del Barrio, La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, the Puerto Rican Heritage Museum in District 5 in the South Bronx, and theCenter for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College. Collaborations were also forged with a significant number of America’s great mu- seums, especially The Metropolitan Museum of Art,The American Museum of Natural History, both in New york and with The Smithsonian Institution, in Washington D.C.

The relationship with the Metropolitan Museum of Art began decades ago when Dr. Alegria and A. Hyatt Mayor, curator of the Department of Prints and Drawings, es- tablished a workingpartnership which eventually led the Metropolitan to acquire im- portant works by such artists as:Lorenzo Homar, Myrna Baez, Carlos Raquel Rivera, and Rafael Tufino.This collaboration stimulated interest in the Puerto Rican Graphic Arts and led to the creation of The First Festival of Graphic Arts of Latin America and Puerto Rico, presented in the galleries of The Convento de los Dominicos in Old San Juan.

The Art Heritage of Puerto Rico: Pre-Columbian to Present: an exhibition of 1973, was jointlyorganized by el Museo del Barrio and the Metropolitan Museum. The exhi- bition was curated byMarta Moreno vega, then Director of El Museo and I, then serv- ing as Assistant MuseumEducator at the Met’s Department of Community Programs in the Education Division. It was in the early research phase of organizing the show that I became totally engrossedIn the Art History of Puerto Rico, and which led to a working partnership and friendshipwith Dr. Alegria which continues to this day. It was Dr. Alegria whom I met during this time, who assisted me identifying institutions, collections, artists and cataloguecon- tributors that would be incorporated in the first comprehensive bilingual catalogue produced by the Metropolitan Museum.

The Art Heritage exhibition was an extraordinary opportunity to present to New york museum audiences over five centuries of Puerto Rican Art History at an emerging community museum and at America’s premiere art museum.The exhibition came about because Thomas Hoving, Director of the Met was respondingto the cultural ferment taking place in New york during the turbulent 1960s.The Metropolitan had presented Harlem on My Mind, an exhibition of the history of Black Americans based on the photographs of James van Der zee, from the collections of the Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Schomburg Library. This exhibition would in retrospect dramatically change the way museums across Americathought about their local African –American communities and the role of museums in the late 20th Century. The exhibition drew tens of thousands of African-Americans to the Met-many for the first time, and sparked an activist generation of artists, educators and com- munity arts organizations. Dr. Ricardo E. Alegria continued

I was asked to curate an exhibition that would focus on the art history of Puerto Rico,which was approved by the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan in 1970. Among the scholars writing for the book were: Dr. Ricardo E.Alegria, Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, ( I.C.P.), Emilio Diaz valcarcel, historian, and Arturo v. Davila, art historian at the Univer- sity of Puerto Rico. Maria E. Somoza wrote the over 40 artists Biographies. I was responsible for negotiating loans, editing the catalogue and for commissioning both Lorezo Homar and Rafael Tufino to create the silkscreen exhibition posters that would be distributed in schools and libraries in the New york area. A two-day symposium held at both El Museo del Barrio’s space at 106th Street and , and at the Uris Education Center of the Metropolitan Museum, drew hundreds of educators, and students to the bilingual conference. The major media, bothprint and electronic reviewed the show at both locations. The art critics from The New york Times, Peter Schjeldahl and John Canaday, both wrote reviews during the run of the exhibition. Schjeldahl titling his “Surprise from Puerto Rico”, referring to the Jose Campeche’s portrait of Governor Don Miguel Antonio Ustariz (1789), and Canaday wrote: “ Puerto Rican Art Show Proves Its Rich Heritage”. Over 80,000 people visited the exhibition at the Met galeries, and nearly 20,000 local residents of El Barrio saw the show.

El Museo del Barrio would later move to its permanent Fifth Avenue location in at 104th Street in 1977, while I was serv- ing as President of the Board of Trustees. In recognition of the cooperation with the Institute, in helping to organize the Art Heritage exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum organized an exhibition of Twentieth Century Art from the Collections of the MMA, which was curated by Henry Geldzahler, Curator, of the Department of XX Century Art, and Ernesto Ruiz del la Mata, who was a special assistant to the Resident Commissioner, and I. This show was presented at El Convento de los Dominicos and viewed by nearly 20,000 people.

Dr. Alegria also stimulated a relationship with La Casa de La Herencia Puertorriqueña,over a period of 25 years. Work- ing with Otilio Diaz, its director, developing public programs celebrating , History and music, often collaborating with Musica de Camera, a performing arts organization founded by Eva De La O. Musica de Camera, which would become an important contributor to the New york classical music scene over it 31 year history, offering opportunities to Puerto Rican composers and musicians, as well as Latin American music creators and peformers.

I was also able to help Don Ricardo in obtaining the assistance of the Metropolitan Museum, in enlisting the cooperation of Julie Jones, curator of the Department of Pre-Columbian Art, when she brought the Taino Idol from The Dominican Repub- lic, and in the Rockefeller Collection for the Taino Sculpture exhibition at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados.

Don Ricardo and I collaborated on many projects overt he decades. We worked on the exhibition of Taino Sculpture, pre- sented at El Centro De Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y El Caribe during the quinto Centenario, and the rehabilitation and restoration of el Antiguo Cuartel de Ballaja, and the preparations for the creation of El Museo de Las Americas.

Don Ricardo asked me to identify an exhibition design specialist to design the installationsfor the permanent galleries of the exhibition of The Folk Arts of the Americas. I suggested a former colleague from the Metropolitan Museum: vincent Cuilla. Don Ricardo spent many weeks going over every detail of the exhibition design, eventually he and Don Ricardo selected a series of wallsize glass enclosed cases and installation elements that would allow visitors to view of hundreds of magnificent folk arts, which Don Ricardo was able to assemble from contacts from countries of the Americas.

Dr. Alegria and the National Endowment for the Arts

Dr. Alegria worked with Bess Lomax Hawes, Director of the Folks Arts Program at the National Endowment for the Arts to establish the National Heritage Awards to recognize the community of individuals who were the primary exponents of Afro–Puerto Rican traditions in Music and dance.Individuals such as the Famila Cepeda, and traditional folk artists that were being championed by Walter Murray Chiesa, I.C.P. Folklorist, were nominated, and able to receive national and international recognition.

In the 40 years that I have known Don Ricardo and his wife: Mela Alegria Pons, my admiration for their remarkable con- tributions has continued to grow. I came tounderstand how vitally important has been their commitment to Puerto Rico, its people, and its history, to strengthening the identity of its citizens and in building a lasting legacy, which has impacted thousands of lives both in Puerto Rico and the United States. Calendar of Events

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Comite Noviembre and Hostos Community College presents Comite Noviembre’s 25th Anniversary Poster Exhibit. A restrospective of 25 years of posters commemorativing Puerto Rican Heritage Month, curated by Juan Fernando Morales and Teresa A. Santiago. Hostos Community College - 500 Grand Concourse - Atrium – 2nd Floor, Bronx, NY. Exhibition on view until November 30, 2011. Visit www.comitenoviembre.org.

El Museo del Barrio presents El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011, El Museo’s sixth biennial of the most innovative, cutting-edge art created by Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New York area. This year’s edition spreads all over the city, showcases 75 emerging artists in seven different venues. Exhibition ends Sunday, January 8, 2012. Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, and Trinidad Fombella, El Museo del Barrio; and guest curator Juanita Bermúdez, Biennial of the Central American Isthmus. Voces Y Visiones: Signs, Systems & The City. This installation in the Carmen Ana Unanue Galleries, drawn from our Permanent Collection, features works with an urban sensibility that deploy pared-down building blocks of shape, color, and form to express revealing worldviews. On view until December 11, 2011. Las Galerías at El Museo del Barrio: 1230 5th Avenue at 104th Street, NYC. Museum hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11AM – 6PM/Sunday 1PM – 5PM; Free Extended Gallery Hours on Wednesday’s 6PM – 9PM. Suggested donation: Adults $9, Students and Seniors $5, Members and children under 12 Free. Free every Third Saturday of the month and for Seniors on Wednesdays. For more information call (212) 831-7272 or visit the website www.elmuseo. org.

Additional venues for The (S) Files 2011: Satellite Location # 1: Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx. This show features imagery by a number of artists that share an affinity for illustration and the narrative force of images. Thinking of the exhibition as a picturesque walk through the city, it conceptualizes the street as a kind of visual library; an opportunity to sample people, objects, costumes, and cityscapes. Featuring Patricia Belli, Alexis Duque, Gerard Ellis, Felipe Galindo, Julio Granados, Jonathan Harker, Gisela Insuaste, Sandra Mack-Valencia, Leonor Mendoza, Carlos N. Molina, Felix Morelo, Ohne Titel, VJ Demencia, Elena Wen. On exhibit until January 6, 2012. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10AM–4PM. Free admission. Lehman College Art Gallery, 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx, NY 10468. For more information: (718)960-8731.

Satellite Location # 2: Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. This exhibition focuses more specifically on local graffiti writers and their newer “canvases,” focusing on artists of various generations and their contemporary contributions to street aesthetics. Their art explores the re-use of objects including street signs, cardboard, objects caught in the ocean, and plastic bags. An ephemeral installation extends the exhibition into a park in Northern Manhattan. Featuring Dister/Dister Rondon, Feegz / Carlos Jesús Martinez Dominguez, Edwin González-Ojeda, J. Manuel Mansylla (in Northern Manhattan park), MARE139/Carlos Rodriguez, Antonia A. Perez, TOO FLY/Maria Castillo, Rider Ureña. On exhibit until November 16, 2011. Monday - Friday, 11AM–5PM by appointment. Free Admission. Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, 178 Bennett Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10040. For more information, call (212) 568-4396.

Satellite Locations # 3: BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn. The artists in this exhibition have created gestures that address social interaction, economic reaction, and the street as stage or object worthy of aesthetic intervention. Featuring Javier Bosques, Alicia Grullon, Las Hermanas Iglesias, Jessica Mein, Rafael Sánchez and Kathleen White, Rafael Sánchez, Armando Mariño, Nicoykatiushka. On view until January 8, 2011. Gallery Hours:Tuesday - Saturday, 12PM–6PM. Free admission. BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. For more information, call (718) 683-5604.

The Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture presents La Enramá, a multi-media installation (photography, videos, musical instruments, crafts) highlighting Afro-Dominican culture along the southern coast of the . The centerpiece is a recreation of an enrramada, a shelter without walls common in the Dominican countryside that, depending upon the season, serves as a storage shed for seed and farming implements or a venue for community meetings, domino matches, religious observances and, most importantly, for drumming and dancing. Humble in structure, the enrramada is of vast importance, socially and spiritually, to Domincan culture. Exhibition designed by Juan Fernando Morales with photographs by Juan Aguirre, Marino Corniel, Wallace Edgecombe, Amabell Rodríguez, and Carlos Sanabria. Curated by Marino Corniel and Wallace Edgecombe in collaboration with folklorist Leonardo Iván Dominguezand musician Pedro 80 Raposo. Exhibition on view until November 12, 2011. Gallery hours Mon-Fri 10AM-6PM and Saturday 10AM-2PM. Free Admission. The Longwood Art Gallery is located at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street in the Bronx. For information call (718) 518-4455.

Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (SEA), Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, and Destilería Serrallés presents ART EXHIBIT: BOLA, hit, roll & bounce. Works of artists in all disciplines dwell on the ball, its physical attributes, the various contexts in which it is used, and its symbolic associations. Exhibition on view from November 15 to 30, 2011. LES Gallery at Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street, 1st floor, NYC. Admission: Free. For more information call 212-529-1545 or visit www.sea-online.info.

Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (SEA), Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, and Don Q Destilería Serrallés presents Carry-On: Puerto Rico Inspected. Thirty-five contemporary artists from Puerto Rico explore portability in this exhibit that highlights the creative and resourcefulness of creating pieces in the Caribbean Island, for display around the world. The main requirement: ingenious portability for efficient transportation. Exhibition on view from November 15 to 30, 2011. Abrazo Interno Gallery at Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street, 2nd floor, NYC. Admission: Free. For more information call 212-529-1545 or visit www.sea-online.info.

The Americas Society presents Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent! One of the most important Brazilian artists of the 1960s and 1970s, this is the artist’s first solo show in the United States. Curated by Claudia Calirman and Gabriela Rangel, the featured paintings, installations, films and photographs will highlight Manuel’s significant rolein performance and post medium art, emphasizing Manuel’s work as a powerful liberating force from political repression. Exhibition closes Saturday, December 10, 2011. The gallery is free and open to the public Wednesday through Saturday, 12-6PM.The Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue, NYC. For more information visit www.americas-society.org.

SUNY/Empire State College, Metropolitan Center presents VIVA AMERICA! A celebration of Hispanic Heritage featuring works by current students, alumni and guest artists. Raul Manzano, curator. Empire State College, Livingston Gallery, 177 Livingston St. 6th floor, Brooklyn. Free Admission. For more information, visit www.esc.edu.

Instituto Cervantes presents Los mundos de Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Torrente Ballester, this exhibition presents a faithful portrait of the renowned Spanish writer. Exhibition on view until December 13, 2011. Instituto Cervantes, 49th Street NYC. Free Admission. For more information: www.nyork. cervantes.es.

Kouros Gallery presents “Tissue of Life”, wood sculptures by Pilar Ovalle. Pilar Ovalle Vergara is a Chilean artist and attended the Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo in Santiago. An itinerary exhibition currently at The Embassy of Chile in Washington, DC. Under the auspices of Direccion de cultura del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile. On view until November 19, 2011. Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat: 10:30AM- 6PM. Free Admission. Kouros Gallery, 23 East 73rd St NYC. Contact: 212-288-5888 or visit www.kourosgallery.com

The Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Consulate General of Spain in New York presents MUNTADAS: INFORMATION>>SPACE >> CONTROL. An exhibition of Catalan artist Antoni Muntadas’ work. Born in Barcelona, Spain, Muntadas has lived and worked in New York since 1971, and is best known for his multimedia works and public art installations that address social and political issues. Exhibition ends Sunday, January 15, 2012. Curated by Jose Roca. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx. Museums hours: Thursdays to Sundays, 11AM to 6PM; Fridays until 8 PM. Suggested admission: adults: $5.00, students : $3.00; members and children under 12: Free; Seniors free on Fridays. For more information, visit www.bronxmuseum.org.

Praxis Gallery presents The Sum of the Days/La suma de los dias, solo exhibition of Martin La Rosa, featuring the artist’s most recent paintings. On view until December 3, 2011. Free Admission. Praxis Gallery, 541 West 25th Street, NYC. Visit: www.praxis-art.com.

Consulate of presents Maria Susana Dos Santos: Paintings. Exhibition opens November 4 through November 23. Exhibition on view Mon. to Fri. 11AM-5PM. Consulate of Argentina, 12 West 56th Street, NYC. Free Admission. For more information: www.congenargentinany.com.

El Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños presents Labor, an exhibition of works inspired by CENTRO’s archives, focusing on the labor experience of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. Admission: Free. Centro Library and Archives, 2180 Third Avenue @ 119th Street, NYC. For information visit centropr.hunter.cuny.edu or call (212) 396-6545.

81 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011 Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07310. Take and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical PATH to Newport Station. 6 PM – 10:00 director Desmar Guevara. In a world full COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE ANNUAL PM. Tickets: $65. For more information of class divisions,misunderstandings and PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE MONTH visit www.prfi.org or call Migdalia Rivera- wars there is something common to all KICK-OFF EVENT, honoring the unsung Taratunio (212) 414-7836. humankind: LICE - otherwise known as heroes of our community through “Lo fly babies! And the time has come to sing Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad” Awards. Americas Society and Columbia their adventures.In Pregones’ signature El Museo del Barrio, 2130 5th Avenue at University presents: The Politics of style, this new comedy will keep your 104th Street,NYC. 6PM. By invitation Camouflage in Artistic Practices from feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango only. For more information call (212) the 1970s. 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For more information call (718) 585- friendship, the power of money and the explorations include the “New Objectivity,’’ 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. world of appearances are only some of geometric abstraction, socially-engaged the multiple themes presented in this art, media-related and investigative Nuyorican Poets Café presents Friday classic comedy by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón. projects, and, finally, conceptual, body, and Night Poetry Slam. The Nuyorican “La verdad sospechosa” (The Suspicious performance art. Moderator: Alexander Friday Night Poetry Slam is pretty popular Truth) presents the funny lies and tangles Alberro (Barnard College), Introduction: and fills up fast, so please get in line plotted by Don García, a young man that Claudia Calirman and Gabriela Rangel early. (suggested arrival latest 9:15pm). returns to Madrid after finishing his studies (Americas Society). Speakers: Nicolás Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street in Salamanca, and caused mostly by his Guagnini (Barnard College), Judith (Between B & C). 10 PM. Admission $10. desire to court the woman he has fallen in Rodenbeck (Sarah Lawrence College), For more information, please call (212) love with. “The Suspicious Truth” is without Sergio Bessa (Bronx Museum), Irene 505-8183 or visit www.nuyorican.org. a doubt Ruíz de Alarcón’s best and funniest Small (University of Illinois) and Michael comedy. Presented in Spanish. Live English Asbury (Chelsea College of Art and Design, translation available. The Gramercy Arts University of the Arts London).12:30–5PM. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2011 Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Admission: Free. Columbia University, Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 11AM. 612 Schermerhorn Hall, 1190 Amsterdam El Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños Tickets begin at $26, with discounts Avenue, New York, NY. For more information hosts the Puerto Rican Studies available for seniors, students, children and visit www.americas-society.org. Association Conference on the Current groups. For reservations, call (212) 889- State of the Field of Puerto Rican 2850 or www.repertorio.org. Repertorio Español presents No Hay Studies. 10AM–6PM. Room W615, Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed Hunter College, 68th Street and Lexington Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based Avenue, West Building, 6th floor. Open to • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, the Public. Conference Luncheon Fee: $20. and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells Registration: Pamela Proscia, pproscia@ director Desmar Guevara. In a world full the story of an acclaimed professional hunter.cuny.edu or call 212-772-5715. of class divisions,misunderstandings and Latino baseball player who is cornered by wars there is something common to all fame and who debates between his success Bronx Zoo presents Boo at the Zoo, all humankind: LICE - otherwise known as and personal convictions. A production day Halloween activities. 11AM– 4:30PM. fly babies! And the time has come to sing that puts forward the lives of two heralded Admission: $19-25. Special: A child dressed their adventures.In Pregones’ signature heroes, the baseball player and his brother, in an animal costume can go free with a style, this new comedy will keep your a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives full priced paying adult. Only one offer per feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango bring us to question, What would I choose? family. For more information or directions to and cha-cha create a fitting musical Fame or personal conviction? Presented in the Zoo visit www.bronxzoo.com. atmosphere for the persecution, treatment Spanish. Live English translation available and eventual survival of lice throughout the .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th Repertorio Español presents La Verdad world and accross centuries. Presented Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, Sospechosa by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones NYC. 3 & 8PM. Tickets begin at $25, with directed by Pedro Salazar. Lies, love, Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, discounts available for seniors, students, friendship, the power of money and the New York 10451. 8 PM. Admission: $29- children and groups. For reservations, call world of appearances are only some of $40. For more information call (718) 585- (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. the multiple themes presented in this 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. classic comedy by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón. Thalia Spanish Theatre presents “La verdad sospechosa” (The Suspicious FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2011 Mestizo Dance Company with Harold Truth) presents the funny lies and tangles Gutierrez and his Band returning in a plotted by Don García, a young man that The Puerto Rican Family Institute new program of MUSIC & DANCE from returns to Madrid after finishing his studies presents Halloween October Moon Food the coasts of COLOMBIA with rhythms in Salamanca, and caused mostly by his Tasting Fiesta with food, drink, dancing, like CURRULAO, PORRO, CUMBIA, desire to court the woman he has fallen in zumba, lots of fun and surprises. MAPALE and SALSA Colombiana. love with. “The Suspicious Truth” is without Chairing the event is former Food Network Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint a doubt Ruíz de Alarcón’s best and funniest Chef Alex Garcia of New York City’s Nuevo Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. 8PM. Admission: comedy. Presented in Spanish. Live English Latino restaurant Calle Ocho and the newly $25. For information call (718) 729-3880 or translation available. The Gramercy Arts opened Copacabana, with some of New visit www.thaliatheatre.org. Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Jersey’s favorite restaurants. Proceeds of Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 3PM. the event will benefit the PRFI’s New Jersey Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Tickets begin at $26, with discounts programs. Westin Hotel, 479 Washington • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived available for seniors, students, children and 82 groups. For reservations, call (212) 889- Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Fernández in No Eres Tu, Soy Yo, 2850 or www.repertorio.org. Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 8PM. ’s most popular Stand Up Tickets begin at $30, with discounts Comedy Show. After interviewing over Lehman College presents Latin Jazz available for seniors, students, and groups. one thousand women through his radio Masters: PAQUITO D’RIVERA and For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or show titled “Sexo Sentido” (Sex Sense), the MAMBO LEGENDS ORCHESTRA. www.repertorio.org. Fernández believes he has gathered the Paquito D’Rivera is a true master of Bebop, most scientific sample of facts that provide Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz. The winner SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011 answers to the questions of; What do of nine Grammy Awards, he is the only women want? How to better understand and artist to have won such a distinguished Bronx Zoo presentsBoo at the Zoo, all make them infinitely happy? The show will achievement in both Classical and Latin day Halloween activities. 11AM– 4:30PM. throw light on these questions and clarify Jazz categories. The Mambo Legends Admission: $19-25. Special: A child dressed why we fall in love, have sex, get married, Orchestra is comprised of former members in an animal costume can go free with a commit adultery, get divorced and start all of the Tito Puente Orchestra. Led by famed full priced paying adult. Only one offer per over again in order to find our soul mate. bongocero Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez family. For more information or directions to PRESENTED IN SPANISH ONLY (No and musically directed by conguero the Zoo visit www.bronxzoo.com. live translation). Recommended for adult and arranger José Madera, the band is Repertorio Español presents Locuras audiences. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, dedicated to keeping the ‘50s and ‘60s en Wichita by Lina Gallegos, directed 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington Palladium-era sound alive as it explores by Luis Fernández. Winner of the 2009 & Third Avenues, NYC. 6:30PM. Tickets new musical concepts. Lehman Center MetLife ‘Nuestras Voces’ National Latino begin at $25, with discounts available for the Performing Arts, Bedford Park Blvd Plays Initiative, “Locuras en Wichita” is West, Bronx. 8 PM. Tickets: $50, $45, $35. an unconventional romantic comedy. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2011 For more information or to purchase tickets, An elegant Puerto Rican woman and an visit www.lehmancenter.org. irreverent Mexican man fall in love when World Music Institute presents Flamenco they meet at an assisted living center in Festival Gitano with Diego El Cigala. Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Wichita, Kansas. Despite their children’s Superstar Diego El Cigala is contemporary • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived disapproval and fueled by their newfound flamenco’s most compelling voice. A and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical love, the couple embarks on adventures passionate singer, he has collaborated director Desmar Guevara. In a world full that disrupt the center’s assumed tranquility. with many of the most important names in of class divisions,misunderstandings and The play explores the lives and loves of two flamenco, and is known for his pioneering wars there is something common to all Americans who were warehoused but who work in fusing flamenco with Latin American humankind: LICE - otherwise known as find happiness. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, music forms such as bolero, Afro Caribbean fly babies! And the time has come to sing 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington jazz, and tango. His collaborations with their adventures.In Pregones’ signature & Third Avenues, NYC. 2:30 PM. Tickets Latin jazz icons Jerry Gonzalez and Bebo style, this new comedy will keep your begin at $25, with discounts available for Valdés are revered as breakthroughs in feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango seniors, students, children and groups. For flamenco and Latin jazz. In this program, he and cha-cha create a fitting musical reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. will feature songs from his “Cigala & Tango” atmosphere for the persecution, treatment repertorio.org. album, which was recently nominated for a and eventual survival of lice throughout the Latin Grammy award. Town Hall, 123 West world and accross centuries. Presented Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES 43rd Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived NYC. 7PM. Tickets $45-$65. Information: Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical (212) 545-7536 or www.worldmusicinstitute. New York 10451. 8 PM. Admission: $29- director Desmar Guevara. In a world full org. $40. For more information call (718) 585- of class divisions,misunderstandings and 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. wars there is something common to all Young Roots Presents Los Monstritos, humankind: LICE - otherwise known as New Wave Percussion form the Barrio Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Mestizo fly babies! And the time has come to sing Zone, featuring Matthew González, Dance Company with Harold Gutierrez their adventures.In Pregones’ signature Oreste Abrantes, Jason González and and his Band returning in a new program style, this new comedy will keep your Kyle Matthews with guest star Yomo Toro, of music & dance from the coasts of feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango David Fernández, musical director. Los colombia with rhythms like currulao, porro, and cha-cha create a fitting musical Monstritos is an ensemble of young, virtuoso cumbia, mapale and salsa Colombiana. atmosphere for the persecution, treatment percussionists who hurtle headlong into a Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint and eventual survival of lice throughout the variety of latin musical genres – from plena Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. 8PM. Admission: world and accross centuries. Presented to bachata , from bomba to boogalu, salsa, $25-$30. For information call (718) 729- in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones rumba and meringue, but with their own 3880 or visit www.thaliatheatre.org. Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, twist reflecting the hip-hop and New York 10451. 3 PM. Admission: $29- rhythms of their neighborhoods. They Repertorio Español presents En El $40. For more information call (718) 585- are: NelsonMatthews scion of one of the Tiempo de las Mariposas, A new play 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. great families of Afro-Puerto Riocan music. by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s Oreste Abrantes, a Cuban-Puerto Rican novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Mestizo powerhouse conguero, Jason González Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the Dance Company with Harold Gutierrez bongo virtuoso and Kyle Matthews courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and his Band returning in a new program grandson of the Afro-Puwerto Rican and María Teresa) from the Dominican of music & dance from the coasts of folklorist Emilio Escobar. They are joined Republic. The sisters inspired resistance Colombia with rhythms like currulao, porro, in their debut concert by the legendary, cells throughout the country against the cumbia, mapale and salsa Colombiana. one-and-only cuatro virtuoso Yomo Toro, dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint accompanied by Aurora & Qrquesta Zon del Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. 4PM. Admission: Barrio. Los Monstritos are pupils of some name, were brutally murdered by the regime $25-$30. For information call (718) 729- of the greatest Latin percussion masters in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English 3880 or visit www.thaliatheatre.org. in New York. Their music is sometimes translation available. Recommended hip, sometimes steeped in nostalgia… for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts Repertorio Español presents Luis and it explodes into the future. Repertory 83 Theater, Hostos Community College/ • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived CUNY, 450 Grand Concourse at 149 St. Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical The Bronx, NY. Excerpt presentation, Bronx (SEA) and Baruch College presents director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Cultural Trolley - 6PM. Admission: $15; $7 Short Night/Noche de Cortos. An evening of class divisions,misunderstandings and for students and seniors Tkts & info: 718- of short films showcasing: La Mancha. wars there is something common to all 518-4455; tkts online: www.hostos.cuny. Sacarias, a fisherman, finds himself at sea, humankind: LICE - otherwise known as edu/culturearts. Directions: 2, 4, 5, Bx1, immersed in memories of his old friend fly babies! And the time has come to sing Bx19 to Grand Concourse and 149 St. Chago. Directed by Cristian Carretero their adventures. In Pregones’ signature and Gerardo Vega. Winner of Best Short style, this new comedy will keep your WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011 Film and Best Actors at Cinefiesta 2009. feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango Revolving Doors. A man returns to Harlem and cha-cha create a fitting musical Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES after being released from prison. He goes atmosphere for the persecution, treatment • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived back home, but no one answers the door. and eventual survival of lice throughout the and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical He soon realizes that he is being followed. world and accross centuries. Presented director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Directed by Cristian Carretero. Beginning in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones of class divisions,misunderstandings and in the End. A troubled couple live in an Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, wars there is something common to all old house in the outskirts of NYC. George New York 10451. 8 PM. Admission: $29- humankind: LICE - otherwise known as spends endless hours in the basement, $40. For more information call (718) 585- fly babies! And the time has come to sing working on his paintings. His neglected wife, 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. their adventures.In Pregones’ signature Angel, has something important to tell him. style, this new comedy will keep your Directed by Cristian Carretero and Winner FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango of Best Actress in Cinefiesta 2011.El Vecino. and cha-cha create a fitting musical A young woman new to the neighborhood Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture atmosphere for the persecution, treatment has a problem: her loud, womanizing male presents LOS MONSTRITOS … FROM and eventual survival of lice throughout the neighbor seems to appear everywhere she THE BARRIO ZONE (DECONSTRUCTING world and accross centuries. Presented goes, and she can’t stand him. When she is THE ‘HOOD). This ensemble of young, in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones forced to interact with him, he turns out to virtuoso percussionists (backed by Zon del Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, be not what he seems. Or is he? Directed Barrio with Aurora Flores) hurtle headlong New York 10451. 1:30 PM. Admission: by Michelle Malley-Campos. Sonríe. Henry into a variety of Latin musical genres – from $29-$40. For more information call (718) is a grouchy, irritable and overall unhappy plena to bachata, from bomba to boogalu, 585-1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. birthday clown. As he complains about salsa, rumba and merengue. Along this everything, he realizes 8-year-old birthday journey, they give the music their own El Museo presents Action Actual: The girl, Coral, has a frown just as long as his. twist reflecting the hip-hop and reggaeton (S) Files 2011. The annual evening of He takes it upon himself to do whatever it sensibilities and rhythms of their urban performance art and actions returns to takes to make this girl smile. Directed by neighborhoods. Los Monstritos are: Nelson El Museo, highlighting artists featured in Michelle Malley-Campos. Baruch College, González, son of one the great musical El Museo’s Bienal: The (S) Files 2011. 55 Lexington Ave. Room VC 6-210, NYC. families of the Puerto Rican Diaspora; Ongoing performances throughout the night 7PM. Admission: Free. For information, visit Oreste Abrantes, a Cuban-Puerto Rican by Juan Betancurth, Alicia Grullón, René www.sea-ny.org or call (212) 529-1545. powerhouse conguero; Jason Gonzalez Juan de la Cruz-Napoli a.k.a. VJ Demencia, who studied with renowned percussionist Irvin Morazán, and Rafael Sánchez and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011 Anthony Carillo; and Kyle Matthews whose Kathleen White. Presented as a part of great, great grandfather Emilio Escobar Performa 11. El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Consulate of Argentina presents Maria was a well known plena musician. They Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029. 6:30 Susana Dos Santos: Paintings. Opening are alumni of the legendary Boys & Girls PM. Admission: FREE. RSVP required at reception. 6 PM. Consulate of Argentina, 12 Harbor music school and pupils of some www.elmuseo.org/calendar. West 56th Street, NYC. Free Admission. For of the greatest Latin percussion masters more information: www.congenargentinany. in the city. Their music is sometimes hip, Taller Boricua presents Salsa com. sometimes steeped in nostalgia…while Wednesdays with Orquesta La Tipica 73. always exploding into the future. Hostos Weekly Repertorio Español presents El Color Center for the Arts and Culture, 450 Grand dance with DJ Broadway Spinning Salsa, del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Concourse at 149th Street in the Bronx. and live music. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in 7:30PM. For information and tickets call the Ladies and Gentleman are $10 until politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its box office: (718) 518-4455 or visit Hostos 6:30PM. After 6:30PM Gentlemen are characters are Americans and Cubans, Box Office on Monday - Friday, 12:30 - 6:30 $15. Taller Boricua at The Julia de Burgos expatriates, revolutionaries and theater p.m.and two hours before showtime. Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Ave. people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s (between 105th St & 106th Street). Contact rapid change. At its heart is the erotically Repertorio Español presents El Color Taina Traverso for reservations and general charged relationship of an American del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel information: 646.331.8956. Visit www. businessman and an out-of-work Cuban Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in tallerboricua.org. actress -- a relationship that becomes a politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love characters are Americans and Cubans, The Americas Society presents violist affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in expatriates, revolutionaries and theater Roberto Diaz. Roberto Diaz, President of Spanish. Live English translation available. people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s the Curtis Institute of Music, has appeared Recommended for adult audiences. The rapid change. At its heart is the erotically as an orchestral soloist and recitalist in Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th charged relationship of an American major cities around the globe, working Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, businessman and an out-of-work Cuban with many of the leading conductors and NYC. 7 PM. Tickets begin at $26, with actress -- a relationship that becomes a composers of our time. He will perform an discounts available for seniors, students, metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love all-Brahms recital with the pianist Kwan and groups. For reservations, call (212) affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in Yi.. 7 PM. Free. The Americas Society, 680 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Spanish. Live English translation available. Park Avenue, NYC.For more information Recommended for adult audiences. The visit www.americas-society.org. Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th 84 Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, for Seniors, Students,and Groups. For and María Teresa) from the Dominican NYC. 8PM. Tickets begin at $26, with reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. Republic. The sisters inspired resistance discounts available for seniors, students, repertorio.org. cells throughout the country against the and groups. For reservations, call (212) dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. The Society of the Educational Arts, Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code Inc. (SEA) presents The Legends of name, were brutally murdered by the regime Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES the Enchanted Treasure by Manuel in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived Moran. In this bilingual (English and translation available. Recommended and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical Spanish) show, four children discover an for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts director Desmar Guevara. In a world full old enchanted chest full of magical tales Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between of class divisions,misunderstandings and and surprises from the indigenous people Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 3PM. wars there is something common to all of the Americas. The tales are brought to Tickets begin at $30, with discounts humankind: LICE - otherwise known as life as the children discover the wonders available for seniors, students, and groups. fly babies! And the time has come to sing in the enchanted chest. It includes work For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or their adventures.In Pregones’ signature from Puerto Rican puppeteer, José www.repertorio.org. style, this new comedy will keep your López (2 times winner of the UNIMA-USA feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango Citation of Excellence Award, the “Tony” of World Music Institute presents Festival and cha-cha create a fitting musical Puppetry.) Teatro SEA at Clemente Soto Flamenco Gitano! Jose Maya and atmosphere for the persecution, treatment Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Company and eventual survival of lice throughout the Suffolk Street, NYC. 3PM. Admission: $15 Jose Maya, one of the most explosive world and accross centuries. Presented children/$18 adults. Tickets Online: https:// dancers in Spain today, presents the New in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/878325. For York premiere of the powerful program Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, more information call 212-529-1545 or visit “Red”. NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia New York 10451. 8PM. Admission: $29- www.sea-online.info. Place at Washington Square South, NYC. $40. For more information call (718) 585- 8PM. Admission: $55, $65; students $20. 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES For more information, call 212-545-7536 or • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived visit www.worldmusicinstitute.org. Nuyorican Poets Café presents Friday and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical Night Poetry Slam. The Nuyorican director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture Friday Night Poetry Slam is pretty popular of class divisions,misunderstandings and presents LOS MONSTRITOS … FROM and fills up fast, so please get in line wars there is something common to all THE BARRIO ZONE (DECONSTRUCTING early. (suggested arrival latest 9:15pm). humankind: LICE - otherwise known as THE ‘HOOD). This ensemble of young, Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street fly babies! And the time has come to sing virtuoso percussionists (backed by Zon del (Between B & C). 10PM. Admission $10. their adventures.In Pregones’ signature Barrio with Aurora Flores) hurtle headlong For more information, please call (212) style, this new comedy will keep your into a variety of Latin musical genres – from 505-8183 or visit www.nuyorican.org. feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango plena to bachata, from bomba to boogalu, and cha-cha create a fitting musical salsa, rumba and merengue. Along this SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011 atmosphere for the persecution, treatment journey, they give the music their own and eventual survival of lice throughout the twist reflecting the hip-hop and reggaeton El Museo presents El Barrio Today world and accross centuries. Presented sensibilities and rhythms of their urban Walking Tour. El Barrio Today Arts in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones neighborhoods. Los Monstritos are: Nelson Cluster invites you to come explore our Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, González, son of one the great musical neighborhood. Highlights include the Graffiti New York 10451. 3PM & 8PM. Admission: families of the Puerto Rican Diaspora; Wall of Fame, Julia de Burgos Boulevard, $29-$40. For more information call (718) Oreste Abrantes, a Cuban-Puerto Rican local murals and much more. All tours 585-1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. powerhouse conguero; Jason Gonzalez leave from El Museo’s lobby. The El Barrio who studied with renowned percussionist Today Arts Cluster is comprised of local TEATRO IATI presents El Mandatario Anthony Carillo; and Kyle Matthews whose organizations that have joined forces to Idiota by Walter Ventosilla. The sun rises- great, great grandfather Emilio Escobar raise awareness about the cultural richness and with it the whims of a totalitarian was a well known plena musician. They of the area. Note: In the event of inclement ruler. When Jeremias, a butler, enters the are alumni of the legendary Boys & Girls weather, a guided tour of El Museo’s chamber of the world’s leader, the routine of Harbor music school and pupils of some Permanent Collection will be offered in servitude and power begins as it has every of the greatest Latin percussion masters lieu of the El Barrio Today tour. 11:30AM- morning for time immemorial. A parchment in the city. Their music is sometimes hip, 1PM. Admission: FREE. RSVP Required. holds all the instructions to be followed by sometimes steeped in nostalgia…while El Museo del Barrio – Lobby. 1230 Fifth the loyal Jeremias, but as the omnipotent always exploding into the future. Hostos Avenue, New York, NY 10029. Call: (212) ruler creates laws to suit his every wish, Center for the Arts and Culture, 450 Grand 831-7272 or visit www.elmuseo.org. his once perfectly established throne is Concourse at 149th Street in the Bronx. threatened. Immersed in poetry and the 7:30PM. For information and tickets call the Repertorio Español presents Mi Bebe absurd, “El Mandatario Idiota” paints a box office: (718) 518-4455 or visit Hostos es un Héroe (My Baby is a Hero) by the bleak yet comical picture of power and those Box Office on Monday - Friday, 12:30 - 6:30 Scaramouches Theatre. A puppet play for who serve it--an intellectual exploration p.m.and two hours before showtime. children about a prince named Azulito, who of philosophies that have transcended all along with his beloved Princess Perlita, historical eras. IATI Theater, 64 East 4th Repertorio Español presents El Color who happily await the arrival of their first St NYC. 3PM. Tickets $20-$25. Visit: www. del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel baby. Not But not all is happiness when teatroiati.org Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in the villainous and mischievous Cuchiflin, politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its plans to steal the Prince’s baby. Presented Repertorio Español presents En El characters are Americans and Cubans, in Spanish with Simultaneous English Tiempo de las Mariposas, a new play expatriates, revolutionaries and theater translation available.The Gramercy Art by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The rapid change. At its heart is the erotically Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 12 Noon. Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the charged relationship of an American Admission: $25 with discounts available courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva businessman and an out-of-work Cuban 85 actress -- a relationship that becomes a Repertorio Español presents Luis advance online sales/$60 at door. $100 metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love Fernández in No Eres Tu, Soy Yo, VIP-advance on-line only. Proceeds go affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in Venezuela’s most popular Stand Up toward scholarships and programs to Spanish. Live English translation available. Comedy Show. After interviewing over help the creative young students from Recommended for adult audiences. The one thousand women through his radio urban neighborhoods develop their artistic Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th show titled “Sexo Sentido” (Sex Sense), potential. Copacabana, 268 West , between Lexington & Third Avenues, Fernández believes he has gathered the St., Corner of 8th Ave NYC 10036. 6:30- NYC. 8PM. Tickets begin at $26, with most scientific sample of facts that provide 11:30PM. Tickets: $50-$100. For more discounts available for seniors, students, answers to the questions of; What do information call (917) 968-4191. For online/ and groups. For reservations, call (212) women want? How to better understand and advance sales visit www.AyudaArts.org. 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. make them infinitely happy? The show will throw light on these questions and clarify Repertorio Español presents El Quijote. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 why we fall in love, have sex, get married, A carnivalesque adaptation of Cervantes’ commit adultery, get divorced and start all masterpiece. Through Don Quijote’s Repertorio Español presents El Color over again in order to find our soul mate. adventures, the production presents the del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel PRESENTED IN SPANISH ONLY (No illusion of an utopian world with a festive Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in live translation). Recommended for adult and colorful spirit. El Quijote is a polyphonic politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its audiences. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, play in which many different genres such as characters are Americans and Cubans, 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington & comedy, tragedy and farce collide to form a expatriates, revolutionaries and theater Third Avenues, NYC. 8PM. Tickets begin at carnival-like and vibrant Don Quijote that is people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s $25, with discounts available rich in its musicality.” The play is a collection rapid change. At its heart is the erotically of 12 scenes that present different stories charged relationship of an American MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011. based on the original text of Cervantes. businessman and an out-of-work Cuban The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East actress -- a relationship that becomes a Repertorio Español presents El Color 27th Street (between Lexington & Third metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: $25- affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in $50 with discounts available for Seniors, Spanish. Live English translation available. politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its Students,andGroups. For reservations, call Recommended for adult audiences. The characters are Americans and Cubans, (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th expatriates, revolutionaries and theater Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s Repertorio Español presents No Hay NYC. 2:30PM. Tickets begin at $26, with rapid change. At its heart is the erotically Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed discounts available for seniors, students, charged relationship of an American by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based and groups. For reservations, call (212) businessman and an out-of-work Cuban Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. actress -- a relationship that becomes a “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love the story of an acclaimed professional Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in Latino baseball player who is cornered by • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived Spanish. Live English translation available. fame and who debates between his success and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical Recommended for adult audiences. The and personal convictions. A production director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th that puts forward the lives of two heralded of class divisions,misunderstandings and Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, heroes, the baseball player and his brother, wars there is something common to all NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $26, with a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives humankind: LICE - otherwise known as discounts available for seniors, students, bring us to question, What would I choose? fly babies! And the time has come to sing and groups. For reservations, call (212) Fame or personal conviction? Presented in their adventures.In Pregones’ signature 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Spanish. Live English translation available style, this new comedy will keep your .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango The Americas Society presents Instituto Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, and cha-cha create a fitting musical Superior de Arte del Teatro Colòn NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $25, with atmosphere for the persecution, treatment (ISATC). The Teatro Colón is one of the discounts available for seniors, students, and eventual survival of lice throughout the Americas’ leading opera houses, and its children and groups. For reservations, call world and accross centuries. Presented Instituto has been educating young artists (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones for decades. A group of ISATC musicians Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, will perform opera favorites.The Americas SEA, City Lore and Bowery Arts & New York 10451. 3PM. Admission: $29- Society, 680 Park Avenue, NYC. 7PM. Sciences in association with Nuyorican’s $40. For more information call (718) 585- Admission: Free with RSVP; members Poets Café presents A White Wing 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. priority. For more information visit www. Brushing the Building: Poetry in NYC americas-society.org. Communities. Funded by the Rockefeller Lehman College presents Compañía Foundation with a grant to the Bowery Arts Flamenca José Porcel: The Beauty TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011 & Sciences and City Lore, the project will and Passion of Gypsy Flamenco Music focus on the poetry of cultural communities. and Dance! José Porcel brings together The Alliance for Young Urban Design and The title, “white Wing,” refers to the an array of elite dancers, spectacular the Arts (AYUDA for the Arts) presents An projections of the poems that are an integral live musicians, and authentic vocalists to Evening of Tapas, Mojitos and Salsa at the part of the projects as well as the live poetry deliver their newest show Gypsy Fire. The new Copacabana. The evening begins for readings. A reading of Jorge Brandon’s company’s lavish costumes, evocative all in the Copa Supper Club with a tapas poetic tribute to Roberto Clemente, El Astro dance moves, and spectacular soloists buffet and top shelf beverages. VIP ticket de Carolina. will also take place. Featuring will leave you breathless. Lehman Center will entitle you to a special 5-course dinner poets: Sandra Maria Esteves (host); Tato for the Performing Arts, Bedford Park Blvd with wines by Celebrity Executive Chef Laviera; Lois Griffith; Jesús “Papoleto” West, Bronx. 4 PM. Tickets: Tickets: $40, Alex Garcia. The experience continues Meléndez; Louis Reyes Rivera; and $35, $25. . Children 12 and under:$10. For at the Nightclub at the Copa with dancing surprise guests. Nuyorican Poets Café, 236 more information or to purchase tickets, to live Salsa. There will be lots of mojitos, E. Third St., NYC. 7-8:30 PM. Admission: visit www.lehmancenter.org. with terrific raffles and prizes. Tickets: $50 Free. For more information call 212-529- 86 1545 or visit www.sea-online.info. 1680 Lexington Ave.(between 105th St & 106th Street). Contact Taina Traverso Reception 6:00 PM followed by Dinner 7:00PM. New York Hilton, 1335 Avenue WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 for reservations and general information: 646.331.8956. Visit www.tallerboricua.org. of the Americas (between W and W ), NYC. For more Repertorio Español Presents: La Gringa, information or tickets contact Teresa by Carmen Rivera and directed by Rene Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. Santiago at (914)263-6599. Buch. María arrives in Puerto Rico and is (SEA),Baruch College, and the Paul A. very excited about seeing “her homeland.” Feit Memorial Fund of Baruch College As she visits her uncle in Puerto Rico she (CUNY) presents Under My Nails Repertorio Español presents La Casa is faced with many questions about being (U.S. Premiere. An erotic thriller built de Bernarda Alba by García Lorca, directed by René Buch.Bernarda Alba Puerto Rican. La Gringa is a story about from the emptiness and the blurred past attempts to dominate and control her five cultural identity and family. The Gramercy of its protagonist, this story is colorful unmarried daughters. In this repressed Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between and musical, and set within the cultural environment, Lorca creates an explosion Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. aspects of some Caribbean groups in New of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion. $25 - $55. For reservations, call (212) 889- York. Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Performances presented in Spanish 2850 or www.repertorio.org. Lexington Ave (entrance on 25th St.) NYC 7PM. Admission: Free. For information, visit simultaneous English translation via headphones available for an additional Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES www.sea-ny.org or call (212) 529-1545. $3.00. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived East 27th Street (between Lexington & and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical Repertorio Español presents No Hay Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed $25-50 with discounts available for of class divisions,misunderstandings and by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based seniors, students, children and groups. For wars there is something common to all Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. humankind: LICE - otherwise known as “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells repertorio.org. fly babies! And the time has come to sing the story of an acclaimed professional their adventures.In Pregones’ signature Latino baseball player who is cornered by style, this new comedy will keep your fame and who debates between his success El Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango and personal convictions. A production presents Pioneros y Visionarios: Puerto and cha-cha create a fitting musical that puts forward the lives of two heralded Ricans Who Made a Difference: The A film that atmosphere for the persecution, treatment heroes, the baseball player and his brother, Legacy of Frank Bonilla. highlights Dr. Frank Bonilla’s commitment and eventual survival of lice throughout the a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives to giving voice to Latinos and other world and accross centuries. Presented bring us to question, What would I choose? populations underrepresented in academia in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones Fame or personal conviction? Presented in and turning the Center for Puerto Rican Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, Spanish. Live English translation available Studies at Hunter College into the most New York 10451. 1:30PM. Admission: $29- .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th vital scholarly and community resource of $40. For more information call (718) 585- Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, its kind.. Film presentation and Q&A with 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $25, with discounts available for seniors, students, Eduardo Aguiar (Producer) and Camille Rodríguez (Friend, Collaborator). 5:30– El Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños children and groups. For reservations, call 7PM. Admission: Free. Centro Library and presents Pioneros y Visionarios: Puerto (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Archives, 2180 Third Avenue @ 119th Ricans Who Made a Difference: Antonia Street, NYC. For information visit centropr. Pantoja: ¡Presente! Film presentation The 4th Annual Latin American Piano and hunter.cuny.edu or call (212) 396-6545. and Q&A with Lillian Jimenez (Producer), Song Festival NYC. Cesar Reyes, Director Digna Sánchez (Activist, Collaborator), and Founder. Piano works from Cuba, and Professor Blanca Vázquez. 6–8PM. Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina Repertorio Español presents El Color by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Admission: Free. Centro Library and and Brazil with Pianists Angelina Tallaj, del Deseo Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in Archives, 2180 Third Avenue @ 119th Michiyo Morikawa and Cesar Reyes. 8PM. politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its Street, NYC. For information visit centropr. Admission: $15, students $10. Greenwich characters are Americans and Cubans, hunter.cuny.edu or call (212) 396-6545. House Music School, 46 Barrow Street NYC. Visit: www.latinopiano.blogspot.com expatriates, revolutionaries and theater people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. rapid change. At its heart is the erotically (SEA) and O.P. Art presents a night charged relationship of an American of Poetry, Performance and Visual Art. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011 businessman and an out-of-work Cuban A Multimedia Performance that includes actress -- a relationship that becomes a poetry by New York City’s Latin@ avant- COMITE NOVIEMBRE SIXTEENTH metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love garde elite artists, incorporating spoken ANNUAL BENEFIT CELEBRATING affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in word, dance, music, visual effects and mix TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF PUERTO Spanish. Live English translation available. media art exhibit. Clemente Soto Vélez RICAN HERITAGE MONTH. 2011 Recommended for adult audiences. The Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk honorees are Karina E. Alomar, Esq., Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, Room 309, NYC. 6PM – 11PM. Alomar & Associates P.C, Angie Benitez, Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, Admission: $5.00. For more information call Founder, Susan G. Komen of Puerto NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $26, with 212-529-1545 or visit www.sea-online.info. Rico, Iris Chacón , internationally discounts available for seniors, students, renowned entertainer and humanitaria. and groups. For reservations, call (212) Taller Boricua presents Salsa Nestor V. Figueroa, President, Nagnoi, 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Wednesdays with Papote & Tommy’s Inc., Jorge Silva-Puras, SBA Regional Lower East Side Salsa. Weekly dance Administrator for NY, NJ, PR & USVI, series with DJ Broadway Spinning Salsa, US Small Business Administration and El Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños and live music. Comida Criolla and drinks for Lisette Nieves, Belle Zeller Distinguished presents Pioneros y Visionarios: Puerto purchase. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Ladies Visiting Professor in Public Policy, CUNY Ricans Who Made a Difference: Pura The life and legacy of Pura Belpré, and Gentleman are $10 until 6:30PM. After & Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Belpré. the first Puerto Rican librarian in the New 6:30PM Gentlemen are $15. Taller Boricua Blue Ridge Foundation who is also York Public Library system, who pioneered at The Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, our 2011 Spokesperson. Black Tie. 87 the library’s work with the Puerto Rican/ Franklin 54 Gallery + Projects presents Rican community leader, giving a lecture Hispanic community. A talented author and the opening of “Naturalia” photography about her life and work. Interspersed are storyteller, she wrote and re-interpreted on aluminum by Elisa Pritzker. Reception scenes about Yojaira, a Hostos Community many Puerto Rican folk tales. Film for American, born in Argentina Elisa College student, who feels frustrated and presentation and Q&A with Eddie Aguiar Pritzker exhibiting works in the Project powerless as she faces academic and (Producer) and Professor Lisa Sánchez. Space related to her natural surroundings. personal challenges. At the same time, 7–8:30PM. Admission: Free. Centro Library 6PM. Franklin 54 Gallery + Projects, 526 back in the Dominican Republic, Yojaira’s and Archives, 2180 Third Avenue @ 119th West 26th St, #403. Free Admission. Visit: grandmother meets Hector, a successful Street, NYC. For information visit centropr. www.thefranklin54gallery.com Puerto Rican engineer in the United hunter.cuny.edu or call (212) 396-6545. States. By taking the audience from the Pan American Musical Art Research, present to the past this paly tells the story Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Inc (PAMAR) presents Latin American of how these three lives connect through • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived Cultural Week Opening Celebration with the powerful and everlasting work of one and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical Ogans , Eddy Marcano Acoustic Trio , Los community leader. Repertory Theater, director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Chamanes and Natalia Bernal. Ogans, an Hostos Community College/CUNY, 450 of class divisions,misunderstandings and 11-piece Brazilian band based in NYC, Grand Concourse at 149 St. The Bronx, NY wars there is something common to all consists of world-class Brazilian musicians 12:30PM & 7PM. General Admission: $10 humankind: LICE - otherwise known as who play Afro-Brazilian rhythms and a mix CUNY Students, faculty and staff free with fly babies! And the time has come to sing of Brazilian pop and samba, funk, hip-hop, ticket. Box Office & Info: 718-518-4455, their adventures.In Pregones’ signature reggae, salsa, and merengue. Venezuelan Tickets available online: www.hostos.cuny. style, this new comedy will keep your conductor and violinist Eddy Marcano is edu/culturearts. Directions: 2, 4, 5, Bx1, feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango recognized as one of the leading exponents Bx19 to Grand Concourse and 149 St. and cha-cha create a fitting musical of his instrument throughout the South atmosphere for the persecution, treatment American continent. Los Chamanes Puerto Rico’s Humanitarian Call and eventual survival of lice throughout the serves up a musical fusion rooted in Latin An AIDS Crisis Fundraising Event world and accross centuries. Presented American folklore and Nueva Cancion. 6pm - Midnight in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones Vocalist Natalia Bernal represents a new Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, wave of Latin American musicians who 1680 Lexington Ave. @ 105th St. New York 10451. 8PM. Admission: $29- are interpreting jazz, pop, and the music Tkts $20 $40. For more information call (718) 585- of their native countries with a distinctive contact: Yesenia (347) 335- 4123 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. fusion of Latin roots and world influences. 8PM. Admission: $10. Hiro Ballroom, 88 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2011 Corina Bartra & her Azu Project. Corina 9th Avenue, New York, NY. Tickets at door Barta embraces the driving rhythms of South (opens 6 PM) or at www.ticketweb.com. PINTA presents the symposium Agustin American music the lando, the festejo, Fernandez: New Voices Interpret an the baiao and links them with standards Nilko Andreas at . Nilko Artistic Voyage from Cuba to Paris to of American jazz and Pop renditions to Andreas, Classical Guitar. Angelica de New York. Presenters: Susan Aberth, make a joyous celebration of joy & rhythm. la Riva, Soprano and Ricardo Martinez Associate Professor of Art History, Bard 8PM. Admission: $10. University of the conducting The Azlo Orchestra. Works by College ; Rocio Aranda, Curator, El Museo Streets, 130 East, 7th St, NYC. Visit: www. Revueltas, Alba Potes (World Premiere), Del Barrio Elizabeth Cerejido, Independent corinabartra.com Villa-Lobos, Gomes, and Ponce. 8PM. Curator; Abby McEwen, Assistant Professor Tickets: $50 $100Weill Recital Hall at of Art History & Archaeology, University of El Instituto Cervantes presents book Carnegie Hall, 57th St and Seventh Ave, Maryland. Discussant: Edward Sullivan, launch of Hambre de libertad. Memorias NYC. Visit: www.carnegiehall.org Helen Gould Sheppard Professor in the de una embajadora republican by Isabel History of Art; Institute of Fine Arts and Oyarzábal. (Original Title: I Must Have TEATRO IATI presents El Mandatario College of Arts and Sciences. Open to the Liberty) Isabel Oyarzábal (b. Málaga, Idiota by Walter Ventosilla. The sun rises- public but RSVP required. Institute of Fine 1878, d. México, 1974) was renowned for and with it the whims of a totalitarian Arts, 1 East 78th Street, New York Loeb her diplomatic efforts and her role in the ruler. When Jeremias, a butler, enters the Room. 11AM. For more information, visit feminist struggle and labor negotiations. chamber of the world’s leader, the routine of www.pintaart.com. In 1936, she went on an exhaustive servitude and power begins as it has every lecture tour of the United States, seeking morning for time immemorial. A parchment Repertorio Español presents La Verdad support for the Republic, and denouncing holds all the instructions to be followed by Sospechosa by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, the lack of international solidarity and the the loyal Jeremias, but as the omnipotent directed by Pedro Salazar. Lies, love, unwillingness of Western democracies to ruler creates laws to suit his every wish, friendship, the power of money and the confront fascism. After the defeat of the his once perfectly established throne is world of appearances are only some of Republic, she fled with her family to Mexico, threatened. Immersed in poetry and the the multiple themes presented in this where she remained until her death. I must absurd, “El Mandatario Idiota” paints a classic comedy by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón. have liberty reflects on the experience of bleak yet comical picture of power and those “La verdad sospechosa” (The Suspicious her early years in exile, when much of her who serve it--an intellectual exploration Truth) presents the funny lies and tangles valuable legacy was accomplished. Her of philosophies that have transcended all plotted by Don García, a young man that autobiography has now been translated historical eras. IATI Theater, 64 East 4th returns to Madrid after finishing his studies into Spanish, seventy years after its first St NYC. 8PM. Tickets $20-$25. Visit: www. in Salamanca, and caused mostly by his appearance in New York. The memoir will teatroiati.org desire to court the woman he has fallen in be read by the writer Aurora Luque and love with. “The Suspicious Truth” is without by Bibiana Aído, UN advisor on women’s Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture a doubt Ruíz de Alarcón’s best and funniest rights and former Minister of Equality of the presents Hostos Repertory Company’s comedy. Presented in Spanish. Live English Spanish Government. Auditorium, Instituto Chain Reaction, a bilingual p[lay about translation available. The Gramercy Arts Cervantes, 211-215 East 49th Street, NYC. Antonio Pantoja and the everlasting impact Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Free admission. 6:30PM. For information of one community leader by Tere Martinez, Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 11AM. call (212) 308-7720. Produced and directed by Angel Morales. Tickets begin at $26, with discounts The plays shows Antonia Pantoja, the Puerto available for seniors, students, children and 88 groups. For reservations, call (212) 889- atmosphere for the persecution, treatment latest 9:15pm). Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 2850 or www.repertorio.org. and eventual survival of lice throughout the East 3rd Street (Between B & C). 10PM. world and accross centuries. Presented Admission $10. For more information, PINTA Art Fair 2011. PINTA is a unique in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones please call (212) 505-8183 or visit www. event exhibiting annually – for sale through Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, nuyorican.org. participating galleries – the best of Latin New York 10451. 8PM. Admission: $29- American art, coinciding with Christie’s and $40. For more information call (718) 585- Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture Sotheby’s Latin American art auctions and 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. presents Hostos Repertory Company’s with important exhibitions in museums and Chain Reaction, a bilingual p[lay about cultural institutions in New York City. 7 West Repertorio Español presents La Verdad Antonio Pantoja and the everlasting impact 34th Street, at 5th Avenue,New York, NY Sospechosa by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, of one community leader by Tere Martinez, 10001. General Admission $25, Student directed by Pedro Salazar. Lies, love, Produced and directed by Angel Morales. $10, Groups (8+) Reduced price $15. 2PM- friendship, the power of money and the The plays shows Antonia Pantoja, the Puerto 8PM. For more information, visit www. world of appearances are only some of Rican community leader, giving a lecture pintaart.com. the multiple themes presented in this about her life and work. Interspersed are classic comedy by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón. scenes about Yojaira, a Hostos Community The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. “La verdad sospechosa” (The Suspicious College student, who feels frustrated and (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: Truth) presents the funny lies and tangles powerless as she faces academic and Puerto Rico Fest presents the Gala plotted by Don García, a young man that personal challenges. At the same time, Performance of the World Premiere of returns to Madrid after finishing his studies back in the Dominican Republic, Yojaira’s DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Story, a in Salamanca, and caused mostly by his grandmother meets Hector, a successful musical about the life and legacy of the desire to court the woman he has fallen in Puerto Rican engineer in the United Baseball Hall of Famer and humanitarian. love with. “The Suspicious Truth” is without States. By taking the audience from the In DC-7, a bilingual musical with English a doubt Ruíz de Alarcón’s best and funniest present to the past this paly tells the story and Spanish book and lyrics, three of the comedy. Presented in Spanish. Live English of how these three lives connect through most influential characters in Clemente’s translation available. The Gramercy Arts the powerful and everlasting work of one life meet at his funeral. Their stories Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between community leader. Repertory Theater, transport the audience to Clemente’s Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 8 PM. Hostos Community College/CUNY, 450 early years in Puerto Rico, his time with Tickets begin at $26, with discounts Grand Concourse at 149 St. The Bronx, the Montreal Royals and his 18-year available for seniors, students, children and NY, 7PM. General Admission: $10 CUNY tenure with the Pirates. This musical also groups. For reservations, call (212) 889- Students, faculty and staff free with ticket. dramatically depicts the era of the Civil 2850 or www.repertorio.org. Box Office & Info: 718-518-4455, Tickets Rights Movement and how it affected his available online: www.hostos.cuny.edu/ life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his North / South Consonance presents culturearts. Directions: 2, 4, 5, Bx1, Bx19 to trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, Tangos and More! Pianist Max Lifchitz Grand Concourse and 149 St. becoming a legend on and off the field. This performs tangos and danzas by composers World Premiere production stars Modesto from Cuba, Argentina, Brazil and the U.S. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011 Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical Christ & St Stephen’s Church, 120 West and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine 69th St (bet Bway & Columbus). 8PM. Free ¡MUEVETE! is back for its 13th Annual Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean admission. For more information: 212-663- ¡MUEVETE! Youth Conference. This Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán 7566 or www.northsouthmusic.org. year’s conference, entitled “I Am. We Are… as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 ¡MUEVETE!” is focused on the identity of Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $100. Jazz at presents The young people, our community, and our future Buy online: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/ Music of Astor Piazzolla. A celebration of as an organization. The conference will take pr/878345. For more information: www. the great Argentinean tango master Astor place from 8AM to 4PM at the BronxWorks teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or (212) Piazzolla, featuring multi-instrumentalist Betances Cornerstone Community Center, 529-1545. Paquito D’Rivera who has brought an 547 E. 146th St., Bronx, NY. unprecedented focus on tango’s relationship Find us on Facebook at Thalia Spanish Theatre presents to jazz, and on Piazzolla’s central role in its MUEVETEYOUTHCONFERENCE Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of development. Bandoneon master Daniel flamenco music and dance, in a homage Binelli, among guest artists. D’Rivera’s PINTA Art Fair 2011. PINTA is a unique to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th most recent album, Tango Jazz, featured event exhibiting annually – for sale through Anniversary of his death. With Andrea del 2011 Grammy nominee and Buenos the participating galleries – the best of Latin Conte Danza Espana and special guest Aires native Pablo Aslan on bass and will American art, coinciding with Christie’s artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Theatre, provide the foundation for his Rose Theater and Sotheby’s Latin American art auctions 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. concert. They are joined by Piazzolla’s and with important exhibitions in museums 8PM. Admission: $25. For information call former pianist, Pablo Ziegler, drummer Pipi and cultural institutions in New York City. (718) 729-3880 or visit www.thaliatheatre. Piazzolla (Piazzolla’s grandson), and many 7 West 34th Street, at 5th Avenue, New org. more. Nabate Isles hosts a free pre-concert York, NY 10001. General Admission $25, discussion with Paquito D’Rivera, Pablo Student $10, Groups (8+) Reduced price Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Aslan, Pipi Piazzolla, and Pablo Ziegler, $15. 12PM-8PM. For more information, visit • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived nightly at 7pm. 8PM. Discount Code www.pintaart.com. and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical “Jazz25”. Rose Theatre-Lincoln Center director Desmar Guevara. In a world full for the Performing Arts, 70 N Broadway, Jazz at Lincoln Center presents The of class divisions,misunderstandings and NYC. Customer Service Phone Line: Music of Astor Piazzolla. A celebration of wars there is something common to all 212.258.9877. the great Argentinean tango master Astor humankind: LICE - otherwise known as Piazzolla, featuring multi-instrumentalist fly babies! And the time has come to sing Nuyorican Poets Café presents Friday Paquito D’Rivera who has brought an their adventures.In Pregones’ signature Night Poetry Slam.Hosted by Mahogany unprecedented focus on tango’s relationship style, this new comedy will keep your Browne. The Nuyorican Friday Night Poetry to jazz, and on Piazzolla’s central role in its feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango Slam is pretty popular and fills up fast, so development. Bandoneon master Daniel and cha-cha create a fitting musical please get in line early. (suggested arrival Binelli, among guest artists. D’Rivera’s 89 most recent album, Tango Jazz, featured The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. the participating galleries – the best of Latin 2011 Grammy nominee and Buenos (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: American art, coinciding with Christie’s Aires native Pablo Aslan on bass and will Puerto Rico Fest presents the World and Sotheby’s Latin American art auctions provide the foundation for his Rose Theater Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente and with important exhibitions in museums concert. They are joined by Piazzolla’s Story, a musical about the life and and cultural institutions in New York City. former pianist, Pablo Ziegler, drummer Pipi legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and 7 West 34th Street, at 5th Avenue, New Piazzolla (Piazzolla’s grandson), and many humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical York, NY 10001. General Admission $25, more. Nabate Isles hosts a free pre-concert with English and Spanish book and lyrics, Student $10, Groups (8+) Reduced price discussion with Paquito D’Rivera, Pablo three of the most influential characters $15. 12PM-7PM. For more information, visit Aslan, Pipi Piazzolla, and Pablo Ziegler, in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. www.pintaart.com. nightly at 7pm. 8PM. Discount Code Their stories transport the audience to “Jazz25”. Rose Theatre-Lincoln Center Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. for the Performing Arts, 70 N Broadway, time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- (SEA) and El Diario presents the Book NYC. Customer Service Phone Line: year tenure with the Pirates. This musical Presentation: Por Senderos de la 212.258.9877. also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil Descolonización, Autorretratos. Author Rights Movement and how it affected his Manuel Rodríguez Orellana discusses why Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his he chose the paths that seek Puerto Rico’s • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, decolonization and independence. His and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical becoming a legend on and off the field. recollections of life guide the reader through director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Teatro SEA, 107 Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. the historical events that shaped his vision of class divisions,misunderstandings and Tickets: $30.00 online/$40.00 at the door. of homeland. Chanin Language Center, wars there is something common to all Buy online: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/ Hunter College, Hunter West B126, E. 68th humankind: LICE - otherwise known as pr/878345. For more information: www. Street at , NYC. 1PM. fly babies! And the time has come to sing teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or (212) Admission: Free. For more information call their adventures.In Pregones’ signature 529-1545. Group rates available. 212-529-1545 or visit www.sea-online.info. style, this new comedy will keep your feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Repertorio Español presents En El and cha-cha create a fitting musical Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of Tiempo de las Mariposas, a new play atmosphere for the persecution, treatment flamenco music and dance, in a homage by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s and eventual survival of lice throughout the to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The world and accross centuries. Presented Anniversary of his death. With Andrea Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones del Conte Danza Espana and special courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish and María Teresa) from the Dominican New York 10451. 3 & 8 PM. Admission: Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, Republic. The sisters inspired resistance $29-$40. For more information call (718) Sunnyside, NY. 8PM. Admission: $27-30. cells throughout the country against the 585-1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas www.thaliatheatre.org. Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code Repertorio Español presents Nobel name, were brutally murdered by the regime Prize Winner Gabriel García Márquez’ Repertorio Español presents El Color in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel translation available. Recommended (Chronicle of a Death Foretold). Directed Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts by Jorge Alí Triana.A spectacular wedding, politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between a savage scandal, and a murder to which characters are Americans and Cubans, Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 2:30PM. an entire Latin American town appears to expatriates, revolutionaries and theater Tickets begin at $30, with discounts be an accessory to the fact.The Gramercy people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s available for seniors, students, and groups. Art Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between rapid change. At its heart is the erotically For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 3PM. charged relationship of an American www.repertorio.org. Admission: $25-$50 with discounts businessman and an out-of-work Cuban available for Seniors, Students,andGroups. actress -- a relationship that becomes a Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived www.repertorio.org. affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical Spanish. Live English translation available. director Desmar Guevara. In a world full TEATRO IATI presents El Mandatario Recommended for adult audiences. The of class divisions,misunderstandings and Idiota by Walter Ventosilla. The sun rises- Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th wars there is something common to all and with it the whims of a totalitarian Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, humankind: LICE - otherwise known as ruler. When Jeremias, a butler, enters the NYC. 8 PM. Tickets begin at $26, with fly babies! And the time has come to sing chamber of the world’s leader, the routine of discounts available for seniors, students, their adventures.In Pregones’ signature servitude and power begins as it has every and groups. For reservations, call (212) style, this new comedy will keep your morning for time immemorial. A parchment 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango holds all the instructions to be followed by and cha-cha create a fitting musical the loyal Jeremias, but as the omnipotent NY League of Puerto Rican Women, Inc. atmosphere for the persecution, treatment ruler creates laws to suit his every wish, Networking Luncheon, Thanksgiving and eventual survival of lice throughout the his once perfectly established throne is Food Drive and Christmas Toy Drive, world and accross centuries. Presented threatened. Immersed in poetry and the Tosca Marquee, 4034 East Tremont in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones absurd, “El Mandatario Idiota” paints a Avenue, Bronx, NY; 12Noon - 4PM, $50/ Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, bleak yet comical picture of power and those per person reserve by 11/4/11. New York 10451. 3PM. Admission: $29- who serve it--an intellectual exploration $40. For more information call (718) 585- of philosophies that have transcended all SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. historical eras. IATI Theater, 64 East 4th Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Flamenco St NYC. 3PM. Tickets $20-$25. Visit: www. PINTA Art Fair 2011. PINTA is a unique & Lorca, a new program of flamenco music teatroiati.org event exhibiting annually – for sale through and dance, in a homage to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th Anniversary of 90 his death. With Andrea del Conte Danza in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones Awards Ceremony. Visual Art Exhibits Espana and special guest artists from Spain. Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, Opening Night at BORIMIX 2011 is also the Thalia Spanish Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint New York 10451. 1:30PM. Admission: $29- Festival’s Official Opening Night and Awards Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. 4PM. Admission: $40. For more information call (718) 585- Ceremony. A special night that celebrates $27-30. For information call (718) 729-3880 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. art, culture and unique individuals whose or visit www.thaliatheatre.org. outstanding contributions to their fields Centro Cultural Dominicano presents sets them apart, and thus are awarded with The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. Dominican Impressionist Folk Painting the 2011 BORIMIX Award. Abrazo Interno (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: Exhibit with a Cultural Literary Gallery at Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Puerto Rico Fest presents the World Interactive Presentation. The exhibit Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street, 2nd Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente will present bucolic scenes by well known floor, NYC. 6:30PM. Admission: Free. For Story, a musical about the life and Dominican painters and poetry reading. more information call 212-529-1545 or visit legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and 6:30-8PM. Free Admission. Centro Cultural www.sea-online.info. humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical Dominicano, 619 West 145th Street, Suite with English and Spanish book and lyrics, 201, NYC. For more information: www. Christie’s Latin American Paintings. three of the most influential characters neighborhoodlink.com/org/cccdom/. Annual Auction of Latin American in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. paintings. Their stories transport the audience to Repertorio Español presents Carmen Christie’s, NYC. Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his Rivera’s La Gringa, directed by René 6:30PM. Visit www.christies.com. time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- Buch. A young woman travels from NYC year tenure with the Pirates. This musical to Puerto Rico to meet her family and Repertorio Español presents No Hay also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil discovers her roots. Her misconceptions Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed Rights Movement and how it affected his are transformed as she learns that being by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his Puerto Rican is a matter of the heart and Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, spirit. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 East “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells becoming a legend on and off the field. 27th Street (between Lexington & Third the story of an acclaimed professional Teatro SEA, 107 Suffolk Street, NYC. Avenue), NYC. 11AM. $20 - $35. For Latino baseball player who is cornered by 6PM. Tickets: $30.00 online/$40.00 at the reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. fame and who debates between his success door. Group rates available. Buy online: repertorio.org. and personal convictions. A production https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/878345. that puts forward the lives of two heralded For more information: www.teatrosea.org, Taino Naboria Society and District heroes, the baseball player and his brother, www.borimix.org or (212) 529-1545. Council 37 Puerto Rican Heritage a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives Committee is proud to present its 3rd bring us to question, What would I choose? Repertorio Español presents El Color Annual Art Exhibition. Showcasing Fame or personal conviction? Presented in del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Contemporary and Pre - Colombian Arts of Spanish. Live English translation available Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in the Antilles for Puerto Rican Heritage Week. .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its Cultural Program and Light refreshments Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, characters are Americans and Cubans, will be served for Grand Opening from NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $25, with expatriates, revolutionaries and theater 12pm to 6pm discounts available for seniors, students, people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s 125 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10007 children and groups. For reservations, call rapid change. At its heart is the erotically Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. charged relationship of an American Ceremony from 6pm to 8pm businessman and an out-of-work Cuban World Music Institute presents Latin actress -- a relationship that becomes a TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011 Icons of the World: Lila Downs, “Sins metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love and Miracles”. For over a decade, Lila affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in Repertorio Español presents En El Tiempo Downs has toured the world, performing her Spanish. Live English translation available. de las Mariposas, a new play by Caridad dramatic reinvention of traditional Mexican Recommended for adult audiences. The Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s novel, music and original compositions fused with Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th directed by José Zayas. “In The Time of the blues, jazz, soul, and African roots. Some Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, Butterflies” is the story of the courageous would classify Lila as a Mexican artist, NYC. 6:30PM. Tickets begin at $26, with Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and María but there is no real way to categorize her discounts available for seniors, students, Teresa) from the Dominican Republic. The music except to say that it is a distinctive and groups. For reservations, call (212) sisters inspired resistance cells throughout and exciting blend of international sounds. 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. the country against the dictatorial regime With her soaring voice, she takes her of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The audiences on a musical journey that is MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011 ‘butterflies’, their secret code name, always fascinating, simultaneously edgy were brutally murdered by the regime in and strong, yet sumptuous and graceful. Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English 8PM. Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/ • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived translation available. Recommended Perelman Stage, and 7th and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts Avenue, NYC. Admission: $45-$65. For director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between tickets, CarnegieCharge (212) 247-7800 or of class divisions,misunderstandings and Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 11AM. visit www.worldmusicinstitute.org. wars there is something common to all Tickets begin at $30, with discounts humankind: LICE - otherwise known as available for seniors, students, and groups. fly babies! And the time has come to sing For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011 their adventures.In Pregones’ signature www.repertorio.org. style, this new comedy will keep your The Institute for The Puerto Rican / feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. Hispanic Elderly Senior Action Council and cha-cha create a fitting musical (SEA), Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural presents 34th Annual Empowerment atmosphere for the persecution, treatment & Educational Center, and Don Q Conference for Hispanic/Minority and eventual survival of lice throughout the Destilería Serrallés presents BORIMIX Seniors: Road to Wellness: Healthy, world and accross centuries. Presented Visual Arts Exhibits Opening & BORIMIX Strong, Informed, Engaged, United. 91 All day conference touching key topics rapid change. At its heart is the erotically Repertorio Español presents El Quijote. impacting seniors such as Health Care, charged relationship of an American A carnivalesque adaptation of Cervantes’ Social Security, Financial Security, Chronic businessman and an out-of-work Cuban masterpiece. Through Don Quijote’s Disease Management, Civic Engagement, actress -- a relationship that becomes a adventures, the production presents the Hunger and Food Security, Emergency metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love illusion of an utopian world with a festive Management, Immigration and more. affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in and colorful spirit. El Quijote is a polyphonic Columbia University - Alfred Lerner Hall, Spanish. Live English translation available. play in which many different genres such as West 115th Street and Broadway, NYC Recommended for adult audiences. The comedy, tragedy and farce collide to form a (Train: #1 to 116th Street or buses: M4, Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th carnival-like and vibrant Don Quijote that is M60, M104, M11). 8AM–3PM. Admission: Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, rich in its musicality.” The play is a collection Free. Call or email Angel Santini for NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $26, with of 12 scenes that present different stories additional information at 212-677-4181/ discounts available for seniors, students, based on the original text of Cervantes. [email protected]. and groups. For reservations, call (212) The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. 27th Street (between Lexington & Third Christie’s Latin American Paintings. Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: $25- Annual Auction of Latin American Sotheby’s Latin American Art Sale. $50 with discounts available for Seniors, paintings. Annual Auction of Latin American Students,andGroups. For reservations, call Christie’s, Rockefeller Center NYC. 10AM paintings. Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. & 2PM. Visit www.christies.com. NYC. 7PM: Session 1. Visit www.sothebys. com Repertorio Español presents Carmen Repertorio Español presents La Casa Rivera’s La Gringa, directed by René de Bernarda Alba by García Lorca, Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Buch. A young woman travels from NYC directed by René Buch.Bernarda Alba • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived to Puerto Rico to meet her family and attempts to dominate and control her five and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical discovers her roots. Her misconceptions unmarried daughters. In this repressed director Desmar Guevara. In a world full are transformed as she learns that being environment, Lorca creates an explosion of class divisions,misunderstandings and Puerto Rican is a matter of the heart and of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion. wars there is something common to all spirit. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 East Performances presented in Spanish humankind: LICE - otherwise known as 27th Street (between Lexington & Third simultaneous English translation via fly babies! And the time has come to sing Avenue), NYC. 11AM. $20 - $35. For headphones available for an additional their adventures.In Pregones’ signature reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. $3.00. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 style, this new comedy will keep your repertorio.org. East 27th Street (between Lexington & feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: and cha-cha create a fitting musical Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. $25-50 with discounts available for atmosphere for the persecution, treatment (SEA) and Taller Boricua presents a Book seniors, students, children and groups. For and eventual survival of lice throughout the Reading: Meditations/Meditaciones – reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. world and accross centuries. Presented Bronx/Salsa and performance by Los repertorio.org. in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones Ritos Nuyorriqueños. Based on the texts Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, of Charlie Vázquez’s bilingual poemario Taller Boricua presents Salsa New York 10451. 1:30PM. Admission: $29- “Meditations/Meditaciones - Bronx/Salsa,” Wednesdays with Orlando Marin The $40. For more information call (718) 585- followed by “Los Ritos Nuyorriqueños”, Last Mambo King & Orchestra. Weekly 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. a live performance that includes candle- dance series with DJ Broadway Spinning lighting, light incense burning and audience Salsa, and live music. Comida Criolla and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011 participation. 7PM. Admission: $5. For drinks for purchase. Doors open at 5:30 more information call 212-529-1545 or visit p.m. Ladies and Gentleman are $10 until Sotheby’s Latin American Art Sale. www.sea-online.info. 6:30PM. After 6:30PM Gentlemen are Annual Auction of Latin American $15. Taller Boricua at The Julia de Burgos paintings. Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Ave. NYC. 10AM: Session 2. Visit www. • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived (between 105th St & 106th Street). Contact sothebys.com . and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical Taina Traverso for reservations and general director Desmar Guevara. In a world full information: 646.331.8956. Visit www. The 4th Annual Latin American Piano of class divisions,misunderstandings and tallerboricua.org. and Song Festival NYC. Cesar Reyes, wars there is something common to all Director and Founder. A musical journey humankind: LICE - otherwise known as Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. from South America to the Caribbean of the fly babies! And the time has come to sing (SEA),Baruch College, and City Lore most powerful composers and troubadours. their adventures.In Pregones’ signature presents We Like It Like That. Featuring 5:15PM. Admission: Free. Woody Tanger style, this new comedy will keep your original interviews with legends, this Auditorium, Brooklyn College Library, 2900 feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango documentary explores the story of the Latin Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY. Visit www. and cha-cha create a fitting musical Boogaloo era. A roundtable discussion latinopiano.blogspot.com atmosphere for the persecution, treatment with Latin Boogaloo musicians will follow. and eventual survival of lice throughout the Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave. Room El Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños world and accross centuries. Presented VC 6-210, NYC 7PM. Admission: Free. For and Society of the Educational Arts in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones information, visit www.sea-ny.org or call (SEA) presents Clemente Soto Vélez: Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, (212) 529-1545. A Revolt Through Letters. Film New York 10451. 8PM. Admission: $29- presentation and Q&A with Joelle González $40. For more information call (718) 585- Repertorio Español presents El Color Laguer, (Producer) and Anyta Soto Canino 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel (Artist,Granddaughter). 6–8PM. Admission: Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in Free. Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its Educational Center, 107 Suffolk Street, presents Puerto Rican Heritage Month characters are Americans and Cubans, NYC. Part of BORIMIX Puerto Rico Fest Celebration. Borough President Ruben expatriates, revolutionaries and theater 2011. For information call El Centro at (212) Diaz Jr invites you to enjoy an evening of people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s 396-6545 or SEA-NY at (212) 529 –1545. music and delicious tapas of Puerto Rico 92 as he honors community leaders and New York 10451. 8PM. Admission: $29- Anniversary of his death. With Andrea del their accomplishments. Kismet Caterers, $40. For more information call (718) 585- Conte Danza Espana and special guest 1995-99 Westchester Avenue (3 Blocks 1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Theatre, South of Parkchester Train Station). 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. 6–8PM. Admission: Free. For information The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. 8PM. Admission: $25. For information call or RSVP:Call (718)590-3522 or email (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: (718) 729-3880 or visit www.thaliatheatre. [email protected]. Puerto Rico Fest presents the World org. Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture Story, a musical about the life and Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture presents Hostos Repertory Company’s legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and presents Hostos Repertory Company’s Chain Reaction, a bilingual p[lay about humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical Chain Reaction, a bilingual p[lay about Antonio Pantoja and the everlasting impact with English and Spanish book and lyrics, Antonio Pantoja and the everlasting impact of one community leader by Tere Martinez, three of the most influential characters of one community leader by Tere Martinez, Produced and directed by Angel Morales. in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. Produced and directed by Angel Morales. The plays shows Antonia Pantoja, the Puerto Their stories transport the audience to The plays shows Antonia Pantoja, the Puerto Rican community leader, giving a lecture Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his Rican community leader, giving a lecture about her life and work. Interspersed are time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- about her life and work. Interspersed are scenes about Yojaira, a Hostos Community year tenure with the Pirates. This musical scenes about Yojaira, a Hostos Community College student, who feels frustrated and also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil College student, who feels frustrated and powerless as she faces academic and Rights Movement and how it affected his powerless as she faces academic and personal challenges. At the same time, life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his personal challenges. At the same time, back in the Dominican Republic, Yojaira’s trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, back in the Dominican Republic, Yojaira’s grandmother meets Hector, a successful becoming a legend on and off the field. This grandmother meets Hector, a successful Puerto Rican engineer in the United World Premiere production stars Modesto Puerto Rican engineer in the United States. By taking the audience from the Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical States. By taking the audience from the present to the past this paly tells the story and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine present to the past this paly tells the story of how these three lives connect through Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean of how these three lives connect through the powerful and everlasting work of one Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán the powerful and everlasting work of one community leader. Repertory Theater, as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 community leader. Repertory Theater, Hostos Community College/CUNY, 450 Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $30.00 Hostos Community College/CUNY, 450 Grand Concourse at 149 St. The Bronx, NY online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates Grand Concourse at 149 St. The Bronx, 12:30PM. General Admission: $10 CUNY available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. NY, 7PM. General Admission: $10 CUNY Students, faculty and staff free with ticket. com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: Students, faculty and staff free with ticket. Box Office & Info: 718-518-4455, Tickets www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or Box Office & Info: 718-518-4455, Tickets available online: www.hostos.cuny.edu/ (212) 529-1545. available online: www.hostos.cuny.edu/ culturearts. Directions: 2, 4, 5, Bx1, Bx19 to culturearts. Directions: 2, 4, 5, Bx1, Bx19 to Grand Concourse and 149 St. Repertorio Español presents En El Grand Concourse and 149 St. Tiempo de las Mariposas, a new play FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011 by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011 novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The Repertorio Español presents Nobel Prize Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the Comité Noviembre presents the 6th Winner Gabriel García Márquez’ Cronica courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva Annual Comité Noviembre Puerto de una Muerte Anunciada (Chronicle of and María Teresa) from the Dominican Rican Artisans Fair & Exhibition. In a Death Foretold). Directed by Jorge Alí Republic. The sisters inspired resistance keeping with its mission to promote Triana.A spectacular wedding, a savage cells throughout the country against the Puerto Rican culture and art, Comité scandal, and a murder to which an entire dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Noviembre has invited Puerto Rican Latin American town appears to be an Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code artisans from Puerto Rico and the United accessory to the fact.The Gramercy Art name, were brutally murdered by the regime States to participate in its sixth annual Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English Puerto Rican Artisans Fair by promoting Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. translation available. Recommended and selling their wares while typical Admission: $25-$50 with discounts for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts Puerto Rican food is sold from kiosks available for Seniors, Students,andGroups. Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between and musical acts entertain throughout For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 8 PM. the day. There will also be workshops www.repertorio.org. Tickets begin at $30, with discounts for children such as mask making, the available for seniors, students, and groups. history of the Three Kings’ celebration, Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or Taino story telling and much more! • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived www.repertorio.org. Come, have fun, learn about our culture, and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical and do your holiday shopping purchasing director Desmar Guevara. In a world full Nuyorican Poets Café presents Friday unique gifts. Hostos Community College, of class divisions,misunderstandings and Night Poetry Slam. The Nuyorican Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, 405 wars there is something common to all Friday Night Poetry Slam is pretty popular Grand Concourse at 149th Street, Bronx, humankind: LICE - otherwise known as and fills up fast, so please get in line NY. 11AM – 9PM. For more information fly babies! And the time has come to sing early. (suggested arrival latest 9:15pm). please visit www.comitenoviembre.org. their adventures.In Pregones’ signature Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street style, this new comedy will keep your (Between B & C). 10PM. Admission $10. The Association for Puerto Rican/ feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango For more information, please call (212) Hispanic Culture, Inc., in association and cha-cha create a fitting musical 505-8183 or visit www.nuyorican.org. with Comite Noviembre presents atmosphere for the persecution, treatment Rafael Hernandez-Sylvia Rexach and eventual survival of lice throughout the Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Festival. Annual concert of Puerto world and accross centuries. Presented Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of Rican composers featuring Julito Cuevas in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones flamenco music and dance, in a homage y su Trio Los Platinos, guitarist Julio Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th Rosaly and poet, author and singer 93 returns to Madrid after finishing his studies Rights Movement and how it affected his Carmen D. Lucca. Comite Noviembre’s in Salamanca, and caused mostly by his life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his 6th Annual Puerto Rican Artisan’s Fair desire to court the woman he has fallen in trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, and Exhibit, Hostos Center for the Arts love with. “The Suspicious Truth” is without becoming a legend on and off the field. This and Culture (third floor gymnasium) 450 a doubt Ruíz de Alarcón’s best and funniest World Premiere production stars Modesto Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York comedy. Presented in Spanish. Live English Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical 10456. 3:30PM. Admission: Free. For translation available. The Gramercy Arts and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine more information, contact aprhculture@ Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean verizon.net. Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 3 PM. Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán Tickets begin at $26, with discounts as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 El Museo presents SUPER SABADO! available for seniors, students, children and Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $30.00 – Cuentame! Celebration Oral History. groups. For reservations, call (212) 889- online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates This month El Museo will be cherishing 2850 or www.repertorio.org. available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. the words and stories of the past, as well com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: as empowering future generations to share Find your www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or their own. Create your own puppets to El Museo presents OH, SNAP! voice at this two-hour spoken word workshop (212) 529-1545. tell your stories, and enjoy Spoken Word for teens led by super-cool performance programs for teen and adults later in the poet Caridad de la Luz “La Bruja.” For ages Repertorio Español presents El Color day. Special guest appearances include the 13-18. 4 PM-6 PM. Admission: FREE. El del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Bilingual Birdies with Quiara Alegia-Hudes, Museo del Barrio. 1230 Fifth Avenue, New Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in author of Welcome to my Neighborhood. York, NY 10029. Call: (212) 831-7272 or politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its 11AM-9 PM. (Please note: Galleries are visit www.elmuseo.org characters are Americans and Cubans, open from 11AM – 6PM). Admission: Free. expatriates, revolutionaries and theater El Museo del Barrio. 1230 Fifth Avenue, people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s New York, NY 10029. Visit www.elmuseo. Lehman College presents SALSA featuring Tito Nieves, La India rapid change. At its heart is the erotically org or call (212) 831-7272 for details. PALOOZA and Domingo Quiñones. Three of the charged relationship of an American most successful and popular Salsa artists businessman and an out-of-work Cuban Los Pleneros de la 21 & SEA in will perform hit after hit of their amazing actress -- a relationship that becomes a association with Bruckner Bar & Grill careers. Lehman Center for the Performing metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love presents ¡El sancocho musical DE Arts, Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx. 8 PM. affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in LOS PLENEROS DE LA 21! New York’s Tickets: Tickets: $60, $55, $45. For more Spanish. Live English translation available. favorite Puerto Rican music ensemble, Los information or to purchase tickets, visit Recommended for adult audiences. The Pleneros de la 21, brews up a special batch www.lehmancenter.org. Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th of its delectable musical stew bringing Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, Bomba, Plena and more live music, where NYC. 8 PM. Tickets begin at $26, with you can get down Boricua style all night El Museo presents SPEAK UP! Voces discounts available for seniors, students, long! Bruckner Bar & Grill, 1 Bruckner Blvd from the Movement . SPEAK UP!: Radical - The Fall 2011 Season and groups. For reservations, call (212) at 134th Street, Bronx, NY.3PM. Admission: Views on the Mic of our popular spoken word series will be 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. $10. For more information or to purchase: hosted and curated by poets and authors 212-427-5221, www.losplenerosdela21.org Tito Luna, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Thalia Spanish Theatre presents María Rodríguez-Morales, featured in the Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES newly-released anthology Me no Habla with flamenco music and dance, in a homage • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived Acento: Contemporary Latino/a Poetry. We to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical encourage you to come early and sign up Anniversary of his death. With Andrea director Desmar Guevara. In a world full for our open mic raffle for the opportunity to del Conte Danza Espana and special of class divisions,misunderstandings and share your own poetry onstage before each guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish wars there is something common to all program begins. María Morales hosts an Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, humankind: LICE - otherwise known as evening of fresh faces and contemporary Sunnyside, NY. 8PM. Admission: $27-30. fly babies! And the time has come to sing voices in today’s spoken word movement. For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit their adventures.In Pregones’ signature Def Poetry’s Anthony Morales features www.thaliatheatre.org. style, this new comedy will keep your alongside Nancy-Arroyo Ruffin, Jennifer feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango “Skye” Cabrera and Maegan Ortiz. 6:30 WHEDco’s Bronx Music Heritage and cha-cha create a fitting musical – 8:30 PM. Admission: FREE-- RSVP Center and Hostos Center for the Arts atmosphere for the persecution, treatment Suggested. El Museo del Barrio. 1230 & Culture present Gilberto “Pulpo” and eventual survival of lice throughout the Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029. Call: Colón, Jr. and his orchestra Ensalada world and accross centuries. Presented (212) 831-7272 or visit www.elmuseo.org de Pulpo In a tribute performance by in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones Bronx Music Legends. Gilberto “Pulpo” Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, Colón, Jr. has been one of the leading New York 10451. 3 & 8 PM. Admission: The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. figures in the world of salsa for over four $29-$40. For more information call (718) (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: decades. A pupil of the legendary Eddie 585-1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. Puerto Rico Fest presents the World Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Palmieri, he played at the epicenter of Story, a musical about the life and salsa’s “Golden Age” while recording and Repertorio Español presents La Verdad legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and performing with the likes of Rafi Val’s La Sospechosa by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical Diferente, Pete “Conde” Rodríguez and directed by Pedro Salazar. Lies, love, with English and Spanish book and lyrics, Kako’s All Stars. In 1975, Pulpo joined friendship, the power of money and the three of the most influential characters Hector Lavoe’s band as pianist and world of appearances are only some of in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. musical director, serving in that capacity the multiple themes presented in this Their stories transport the audience to for 16 years. Pulpo has also played with classic comedy by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón. Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his each of the “Big 3”, The Tito Puente “La verdad sospechosa” (The Suspicious time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- Orchestra, The Tito Rodríguez Orchestra Truth) presents the funny lies and tangles year tenure with the Pirates. This musical and the Machito Orchestra. This concert plotted by Don García, a young man that also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil is part of WHEDco’s Bronx Music 94 Heritage Center Tribute Performances director Desmar Guevara. In a world full irreverent Mexican man fall in love when by Bronx Music Legends. Repertory of class divisions,misunderstandings and they meet at an assisted living center in Theater, Hostos Community College/ wars there is something common to all Wichita, Kansas. Despite their children’s CUNY, 450 Grand Concourse at 149 humankind: LICE - otherwise known as disapproval and fueled by their newfound St. The Bronx, NY 7PM. Admission by fly babies! And the time has come to sing love, the couple embarks on adventures free ticket Info and tkts: 718-518-4455, their adventures.In Pregones’ signature that disrupt the center’s assumed tranquility. www.hostos.cuny.edu/culturearts. Made style, this new comedy will keep your The play explores the lives and loves of two possible by Bronx Lebanon Hospital, feet tapping! Baroque music, rock, tango Americans who were warehoused but who NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and cha-cha create a fitting musical find happiness. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, WHEDco. Events arranged by Ángel atmosphere for the persecution, treatment 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington Rodríguez. and eventual survival of lice throughout the & Third Avenues, NYC. 6:30 PM. Tickets world and accross centuries. Presented begin at $25, with discounts available for SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2011 in Spanish & English with titles. Pregones seniors, students, children and groups. For Theatre,571-575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. COMITE NOVIEMBRE SEVENTEENTH New York 10451. 3 & 8 PM. Admission: repertorio.org. ANNUAL DAY OF COMMUNITY $29-$40. For more information call (718) SERVICE AND SOCIAL 585-1202 or visit http://www.pregones.org. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011 RESPONSIBILITY. For the past PM. Admission: $29-$40. For more seventeen years, Comité Noviembre has information call (718) 585-1202 or visit Repertorio Español presents La Casa set aside the Sunday before Thanksgiving www.pregones.org. de Bernarda Alba by García Lorca, as a day of community service and directed by René Buch.Bernarda Alba social responsibility in commemoration Thalia Spanish Theatre presents attempts to dominate and control her five of November 19th, traditionally known Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of unmarried daughters. In this repressed as Puerto Rican discovery day or as we flamenco music and dance, in a homage environment, Lorca creates an explosion like to call it Puerto Rican “encounter” to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion. day. The purpose of the day is to show Anniversary of his death. With Andrea Performances presented in Spanish the spirit of commitment and the power del Conte Danza Espana and special simultaneous English translation via of action. CN is conducting a food guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish headphones available for an additional drive of non-perishable foods to create Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, $3.00. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 Thanksgiving dinner baskets for the poor Sunnyside, NY. 4PM. Admission: $27-30. East 27th Street (between Lexington & of New York. CN is working to provide For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: turkeys for 300 foodbaskets which will www.thaliatheatre.org. $25-50 with discounts available for be distributed by volunteers the Tuesday seniors, students, children and groups. For before Thanksgiving to needy families. The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. TURKEYS ARE NEEDED, as well as (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: repertorio.org. dry food goods . Food dropoff points Puerto Rico Fest presents the World at several member organizations: EL Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Repertorio Español presents No Hay MUSEO DEL BARRIO, 1230 5TH Avenue Story, a musical about the life and Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed (between 104th and 105th Street), NYC; legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based IPRHE UPACA SENIOR CENTER, 1940 humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, Lexington Avenue (between 119th and with English and Spanish book and lyrics, “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells 120th Street), NYC; EL PUENTE, 850 three of the most influential characters the story of an acclaimed professional Grand Street Campus at Bushwick Ave, in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. Latino baseball player who is cornered by Bklyn; and others. 11AM - 4PM. For more Their stories transport the audience to fame and who debates between his success information, visit www.comitenoviembre. Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his and personal convictions. A production com. time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- that puts forward the lives of two heralded year tenure with the Pirates. This musical heroes, the baseball player and his brother, Repertorio Español presents El Color also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Rights Movement and how it affected his bring us to question, What would I choose? Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his Fame or personal conviction? Presented in politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, Spanish. Live English translation available characters are Americans and Cubans, becoming a legend on and off the field. This .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th expatriates, revolutionaries and theater World Premiere production stars Modesto Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical NYC. 7 PM. Tickets begin at $25, with rapid change. At its heart is the erotically and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine discounts available for seniors, students, charged relationship of an American Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean children and groups. For reservations, call businessman and an out-of-work Cuban Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. actress -- a relationship that becomes a as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love Suffolk Street, NYC. 6PM. Tickets: $30.00 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011 affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates Spanish. Live English translation available. available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. Repertorio Español presents No Hay Recommended for adult audiences. The com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, (212) 529-1545. Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, NYC. 2:30PM. Tickets begin at $26, with “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells discounts available for seniors, students, Repertorio Español presents Locuras the story of an acclaimed professional and groups. For reservations, call (212) en Wichita by Lina Gallegos, directed Latino baseball player who is cornered by 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. by Luis Fernández. Winner of the 2009 fame and who debates between his success MetLife ‘Nuestras Voces’ National Latino and personal convictions. A production Pregones Theater presents FLY-BABIES Plays Initiative, “Locuras en Wichita” is that puts forward the lives of two heralded • PIOJOS, a new musical comedy conceived an unconventional romantic comedy. heroes, the baseball player and his brother, and directed by Rosalba Rolón with musical An elegant Puerto Rican woman and an a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives bring us to question, What would I choose? online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th Fame or personal conviction? Presented in available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. Anniversary of his death. With Andrea Spanish. Live English translation available com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: del Conte Danza Espana and special .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, (212) 529-1545. Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, NYC. 11 AM. Tickets begin at $25, with Sunnyside, NY. 8PM. Admission: $27-30. discounts available for seniors, students, Thalia Spanish Theatre presents For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit children and groups. For reservations, call Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of www.thaliatheatre.org. (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. flamenco music and dance, in a homage to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. Taller Boricua presents Salsa Anniversary of his death. With Andrea del (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: Wednesdays with Jimmy Delgado’s Conte Danza Espana and special guest Puerto Rico Fest presents the World Orchestra with Renzo Padilla on vocals. artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Theatre, Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Weekly dance series with DJ Broadway 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. Story, a musical about the life and Spinning Salsa, and live music. Comida 8PM. Admission: $25. For information call legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and Criolla and drinks for purchase. Doors open (718) 729-3880 or visit www.thaliatheatre. humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical at 5:30 p.m. Ladies and Gentleman are $10 org. with English and Spanish book and lyrics, until 6:30PM. After 6:30PM Gentlemen are three of the most influential characters $15. Taller Boricua at The Julia de Burgos Nuyorican Poets Café presents Friday in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Ave. Night Poetry Slam. The Nuyorican Their stories transport the audience to (between 105th St & 106th Street). Contact Friday Night Poetry Slam is pretty popular Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his Taina Traverso for reservations and general and fills up fast, so please get in line time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- information: 646.331.8956. Visit www. early. (suggested arrival latest 9:15pm). year tenure with the Pirates. This musical tallerboricua.org. Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil (Between B & C). 10 PM. Admission $10. Rights Movement and how it affected his THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2011 For more information, please call (212) life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his 505-8183 or visit www.nuyorican.org. trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, ¡Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias! – Happy becoming a legend on and off the field. This Thanksgiving! SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011 World Premiere production stars Modesto Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011 Repertorio Español presents En El and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine Tiempo de las Mariposas, a new play Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean Repertorio Español presents Nobel Prize by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán Winner Gabriel García Márquez’ Cronica de novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 una Muerte Anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $30.00 Foretold). Directed by Jorge Alí Triana.A courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates spectacular wedding, a savage scandal, and María Teresa) from the Dominican available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. and a murder to which an entire Latin Republic. The sisters inspired resistance com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: American town appears to be an accessory cells throughout the country against the www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or to the fact.The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas (212) 529-1545. East 27th Street (between Lexington & Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code Third Avenue), NYC. 3PM. Admission: $25- name, were brutally murdered by the regime Repertorio Español presents El Color del $50 with discounts available for Seniors, in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Students,and Groups. For reservations, call translation available. Recommended Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between characters are Americans and Cubans, The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 3PM. expatriates, revolutionaries and theater (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: Tickets begin at $30, with discounts people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s Puerto Rico Fest presents the World available for seniors, students, and groups. rapid change. At its heart is the erotically Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or charged relationship of an American Story, a musical about the life and www.repertorio.org. businessman and an out-of-work Cuban legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and actress -- a relationship that becomes a humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical SEA, Boricuation Cultural Foundation metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love with English and Spanish book and lyrics, and International Coquito Federation/ affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in three of the most influential characters SoulFrito Nuevo presents LES Coquito Spanish. Live English translation available. in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. Master Qualifier 2011. Enjoy a tasting Recommended for adult audiences. The Their stories transport the audience to of the famous Puerto Rican “Coquito” Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his (Rum and Coconut) Holiday drink. Event Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- participants will vote to choose the best NYC. 8PM. Tickets begin at $26, with year tenure with the Pirates. This musical recipe, and the winner(s) will be entered in discounts available for seniors, students, also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil the Coquito Master 2011 Qualifier. Dancing, and groups. For reservations, call (212) Rights Movement and how it affected his music, food and artisan vendors will also 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his be present in celebration of Puerto Rican trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, Heritage Month! Clemente Soto Vélez SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011 becoming a legend on and off the field. This Cultural & Educational Center, 107 Suffolk World Premiere production stars Modesto Street, 1st Floor, NYC. 5:30PM – 8PM. Repertorio Español presents Locuras Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical Admission: $5.00. For more information call en Wichita by Lina Gallegos, directed and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine 212-529-1545 or visit www.sea-online.info. by Luis Fernández. Winner of the 2009 Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean MetLife ‘Nuestras Voces’ National Latino Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Plays Initiative, “Locuras en Wichita” is as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of an unconventional romantic comedy. Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $30.00 flamenco music and dance, in a homage An elegant Puerto Rican woman and an 96 irreverent Mexican man fall in love when affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011 they meet at an assisted living center in Spanish. Live English translation available. Wichita, Kansas. Despite their children’s Recommended for adult audiences. The Taller Boricua presents Salsa disapproval and fueled by their newfound Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th Wednesdays with Orchestra Broadway. love, the couple embarks on adventures Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, Weekly dance series with DJ Broadway that disrupt the center’s assumed tranquility. NYC. 6:30PM. Tickets begin at $26, with Spinning Salsa, and live music. Comida The play explores the lives and loves of two discounts available for seniors, students, Criolla and drinks for purchase. Doors open Americans who were warehoused but who and groups. For reservations, call (212) at 5:30 p.m. Ladies and Gentleman are $10 find happiness. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. until 6:30PM. After 6:30PM Gentlemen are 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington $15. Taller Boricua at The Julia de Burgos & Third Avenues, NYC. 2:30PM. Tickets MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011 Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Ave. begin at $25, with discounts available for (between 105th St & 106th Street). Contact seniors, students, children and groups. For Repertorio Español presents Nobel Prize Taina Traverso for reservations and general reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. Winner Gabriel García Márquez’ Cronica information: 646.331.8956. Visit www. repertorio.org. de una Muerte Anunciada (Chronicle of tallerboricua.org. a Death Foretold). Directed by Jorge Alí Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Triana.A spectacular wedding, a savage Repertorio Español presents Carmen Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of scandal, and a murder to which an entire Rivera’s La Gringa. Directed by René flamenco music and dance, in a homage Latin American town appears to be an Buch, a young woman travels from NYC to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th accessory to the fact.The Gramercy Art to Puerto Rico to meet her family and Anniversary of his death. With Andrea Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between discovers her roots. Her misconceptions del Conte Danza Espana and special Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. are transformed as she learns that being guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Admission: $25-$50 with discounts Puerto Rican is a matter of the heart and Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, available for Seniors, Students,andGroups. spirit. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East Sunnyside, NY. 4PM. Admission: $27-30. For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or 27th Street (between Lexington & Third For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit www.repertorio.org. Avenue), NYC. Performance 11AM & 1PM. www.thaliatheatre.org. Admission: $25-50 with discounts available TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2011 for seniors, students, children and groups. The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: Repertorio Español presents El Quijote. www.repertorio.org. Puerto Rico Fest presents the World A carnivalesque adaptation of Cervantes’ Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente masterpiece. Through Don Quijote’s THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011 Story, a musical about the life and adventures, the production presents the legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and illusion of an utopian world with a festive Repertorio Español presents La Casa humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical and colorful spirit. El Quijote is a polyphonic de Bernarda Alba by García Lorca, with English and Spanish book and lyrics, play in which many different genres such as directed by René Buch. Bernarda Alba three of the most influential characters comedy, tragedy and farce collide to form a attempts to dominate and control her five in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. carnival-like and vibrant Don Quijote that is unmarried daughters. In this repressed Their stories transport the audience to rich in its musicality.” The play is a collection environment, Lorca creates an explosion Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his of 12 scenes that present different stories of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion. time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- based on the original text of Cervantes. Performances presented in Spanish year tenure with the Pirates. This musical The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East simultaneous English translation via also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil 27th Street (between Lexington & Third headphones available for an additional Rights Movement and how it affected his Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: $25- $3.00. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his $50 with discounts available for Seniors, East 27th Street (between Lexington & trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, Students,andGroups. For reservations, call Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: becoming a legend on and off the field. This (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. $25-50 with discounts available for seniors, World Premiere production stars Modesto students, children and groups. For Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical Repertorio Español presents No Hay reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed repertorio.org. Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, Repertorio Español presents La Verdad as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells Sospechosa by Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, Suffolk Street, NYC. 6PM. Tickets: $30.00 the story of an acclaimed professional directed by Pedro Salazar. Lies, love, online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates Latino baseball player who is cornered by friendship, the power of money and the available. 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Its .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th desire to court the woman he has fallen in characters are Americans and Cubans, Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, love with. “The Suspicious Truth” is without expatriates, revolutionaries and theater NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $25, with a doubt Ruíz de Alarcón’s best and funniest people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s discounts available for seniors, students, comedy. Presented in Spanish. Live English rapid change. At its heart is the erotically children and groups. For reservations, call translation available. The Gramercy Arts charged relationship of an American (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between businessman and an out-of-work Cuban Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 7 PM. actress -- a relationship that becomes a Tickets begin at $26, with discounts metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love available for seniors, students, children and 97 groups. For reservations, call (212) 889- Repertorio Español presents El Color Puerto Rico Fest presents the World 2850 or www.repertorio.org. del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in Story, a musical about the life and politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011 characters are Americans and Cubans, humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical expatriates, revolutionaries and theater with English and Spanish book and lyrics, Repertorio Español presents En El people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s three of the most influential characters a new play Tiempo de las Mariposas, rapid change. At its heart is the erotically in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s charged relationship of an American Their stories transport the audience to novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The businessman and an out-of-work Cuban Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the actress -- a relationship that becomes a time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love year tenure with the Pirates. This musical and María Teresa) from the Dominican affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil Republic. The sisters inspired resistance Spanish. Live English translation available. Rights Movement and how it affected his cells throughout the country against the Recommended for adult audiences. The life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, becoming a legend on and off the field. This name, were brutally murdered by the regime NYC. 8PM. Tickets begin at $26, with World Premiere production stars Modesto in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English discounts available for seniors, students, Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical translation available. Recommended and groups. For reservations, call (212) and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 11 Nuyorican Poets Café presents Friday as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 AM. Tickets begin at $30, with discounts Night Poetry Slam. The Nuyorican Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $30.00 available for seniors, students, and groups. Friday Night Poetry Slam is pretty popular online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or and fills up fast, so please get in line available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. www.repertorio.org. early. (suggested arrival latest 9:15pm). com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (Between B & C). 10PM. Admission $10. (212) 529-1545. (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: For more information, please call (212) Puerto Rico Fest presents the World 505-8183 or visit www.nuyorican.org. Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of a musical about the life and Story, flamenco music and dance, in a homage legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011 to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical Anniversary of his death. With Andrea with English and Spanish book and lyrics, Repertorio Español presents Mi Bebe del Conte Danza Espana and special three of the most influential characters es un Héroe (My Baby is a Hero) by the guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. Scaramouches Theatre. A puppet play for Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, Their stories transport the audience to children about a prince named Azulito, who Sunnyside, NY. 8PM. Admission: $27-30. Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his along with his beloved Princess Perlita, For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- who happily await the arrival of their first www.thaliatheatre.org. year tenure with the Pirates. This musical baby. Not But not all is happiness when Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil the villainous and mischievous Cuchiflin, Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen Rights Movement and how it affected his plans to steal the Prince’s baby. Presented of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his in Spanish with Simultaneous English music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, translation available.The Gramercy Art cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 becoming a legend on and off the field. This Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between East 27th Street (between Lexington & World Premiere production stars Modesto Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 12 Noon. Third Avenue), NYC. 8PM. Admission: $25- Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical Admission: $25 with discounts available $50 with discounts available for Seniors, and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine for Seniors, Students,and Groups. For Students, Children and Groups. For Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán repertorio.org. repertorio.org. as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $30.00 Repertorio Español presents La Casa online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates de Bernarda Alba by García Lorca, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011 available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. directed by René Buch. Bernarda Alba com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: attempts to dominate and control her five Repertorio Español presents En El www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or unmarried daughters. In this repressed Tiempo de las Mariposas, a new play (212) 529-1545. environment, Lorca creates an explosion by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion. novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The Performances presented in Spanish Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the Thalia Spanish Theatre presents simultaneous English translation via courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of and María Teresa) from the Dominican flamenco music and dance, in a homage headphones available for an additional Republic. The sisters inspired resistance to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th $3.00. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 cells throughout the country against the Anniversary of his death. With Andrea del East 27th Street (between Lexington & dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Conte Danza Espana and special guest Third Avenue), NYC. 3PM. Admission: $25- Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Theatre, 50 with discounts available for seniors, name, were brutally murdered by the regime 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. students, children and groups. For in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English 8PM. Admission: $25. For information call reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. translation available. Recommended (718) 729-3880 or visit www.thaliatheatre. repertorio.org. for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts org. The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 2:30PM. 98 Tickets begin at $30, with discounts Avenue), NYC. 11AM. $20 - $35. For purchase. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Ladies available for seniors, students, and groups. reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. and Gentleman are $10 until 6:30PM. After For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or repertorio.org. 6:30PM Gentlemen are $15. Taller Boricua www.repertorio.org. at The Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011 1680 Lexington Ave.(between 105th St Thalia Spanish Theatre presents & 106th Street). Contact Taina Traverso Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of Repertorio Español presents El Quijote. for reservations and general information: flamenco music and dance, in a homage A carnivalesque adaptation of Cervantes’ 646.331.8956. Visit www.tallerboricua.org to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th masterpiece. Through Don Quijote’s for orchestra playing. Anniversary of his death. With Andrea adventures, the production presents the del Conte Danza Espana and special illusion of an utopian world with a festive Repertorio Español presents No Hay guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish and colorful spirit. El Quijote is a polyphonic Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, play in which many different genres such as by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based Sunnyside, NY. 4PM. Admission: $27-30. comedy, tragedy and farce collide to form a Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit carnival-like and vibrant Don Quijote that is “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells www.thaliatheatre.org. rich in its musicality.” The play is a collection the story of an acclaimed professional of 12 scenes that present different stories Latino baseball player who is cornered by The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. based on the original text of Cervantes. fame and who debates between his success (SEA), during its 6th Annual BORIMIX: The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East and personal convictions. A production Puerto Rico Fest presents the World 27th Street (between Lexington & Third that puts forward the lives of two heralded Premiere of DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: $25- heroes, the baseball player and his brother, Story, a musical about the life and $50 with discounts available for Seniors, a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives legacy of the Baseball Hall of Famer and Students,andGroups. For reservations, call bring us to question, What would I choose? humanitarian. In DC-7, a bilingual musical (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Fame or personal conviction? Presented in with English and Spanish book and lyrics, Spanish. Live English translation available three of the most influential characters Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th in Clemente’s life meet at his funeral. Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, Their stories transport the audience to of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $25, with Clemente’s early years in Puerto Rico, his music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish discounts available for seniors, students, time with the Montreal Royals and his 18- cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 children and groups. For reservations, call year tenure with the Pirates. This musical East 27th Street (between Lexington & (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. also dramatically depicts the era of the Civil Third Avenue), NYC. 7PM. Admission: $25- Rights Movement and how it affected his $50 with discounts available for Seniors, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2011 life as a Black Hispanic. Through all his Students, Children and Groups. For trials and tribulations, Clemente triumphed, reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. Repertorio Español presents En El becoming a legend on and off the field. This repertorio.org. Tiempo de las Mariposas, a new play World Premiere production stars Modesto by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s Lacén (Off Broadway’s Celia The Musical WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011 novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The and La Barbería) as Clemente, Lorraine Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the Velez (Broadway’s Rent) as Vera, Josean Repertorio Español presents Nobel courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva Ortiz as Martino, and Manuel A. Morán Prize Winner Gabriel García Márquez’ and María Teresa) from the Dominican as Ramiro Martínez. Teatro SEA, 107 Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada Republic. The sisters inspired resistance Suffolk Street, NYC. 8PM. Tickets: $30.00 (Chronicle of a Death Foretold). Directed cells throughout the country against the online/$40.00 at the door. Group rates by Jorge Alí Triana.A spectacular wedding, dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas available. Buy online: https://web.ovationtix. a savage scandal, and a murder to which Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code com/trs/pr/878345. For more information: an entire Latin American town appears to name, were brutally murdered by the regime www.teatrosea.org, www.borimix.org or be an accessory to the fact.The Gramercy in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English (212) 529-1545. Art Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between translation available. Recommended Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. Admission: $25-$50 with discounts Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen available for Seniors, Students,andGroups. Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 11AM. of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or Tickets begin at $30, with discounts music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish www.repertorio.org. available for seniors, students, and groups. cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or East 27th Street (between Lexington & El Centro De Estudios Puertorriqueños www.repertorio.org. Third Avenue), NYC. 6:30PM. Admission: and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense $25-$50 with discounts available for and Education Fund presents Méndez Repertorio Español presents Nobel Seniors, Students, Children and Groups. v. Westminster: For all the Children / Prize Winner Gabriel García Márquez’ For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or Para Todo los Niños. Film presentation Cronica de una Muerte Anunciada www.repertorio.org. and Q&A with Sandra Robbie (Producer) (Chronicle of a Death Foretold). Directed and Juan Cartagena (President, Latino by Jorge Alí Triana.A spectacular wedding, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011 JusticePRLDEF). 6–8:30PM. Admission: a savage scandal, and a murder to which Free. Hunter College, 68th Street and an entire Latin American town appears to Repertorio Español presents Carmen Lexington Avenue, Faculty Dining Room, be an accessory to the fact.The Gramercy Rivera’s La Gringa, directed by René West Building, 8th Floor, NYC. For Art Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between Buch. A young woman travels from NYC information visit centropr.hunter.cuny.edu Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 7PM. to Puerto Rico to meet her family and or call (212) 396-6545. Admission: $25-$50 with discounts discovers her roots. Her misconceptions available for Seniors, Students,and Groups. are transformed as she learns that being Taller Boricua presents Salsa For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or Puerto Rican is a matter of the heart and Wednesdays. Weekly dance series www.repertorio.org. spirit. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 East with DJ Broadway Spinning Salsa, and 27th Street (between Lexington & Third live music. Comida Criolla and drinks for 99 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011 Orozco y Karina Escamilla. Short film Spanish. Live English translation available. on Mexican performers who see playing Recommended for adult audiences. The Repertorio Español presents La Casa Norteña music in the subways of New York Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th de Bernarda Alba by García Lorca, more than a way of life: it is an expressive Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, directed by René Buch.Bernarda Alba vehicle that reflects their experience as NYC. 2:30PM. Tickets begin at $26, with attempts to dominate and control her five immigrants in this country and gives them a discounts available for seniors, students, unmarried daughters. In this repressed sense of identity in a radically new society. and groups. For reservations, call (212) environment, Lorca creates an explosion Caught between a yearning for the country 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion. they left behind and the hope of building a Performances presented in Spanish life in a new society, this small community Thalia Spanish Theatre presents simultaneous English translation via of norteña musicians is the manifestation Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of headphones available for an additional of an identity in transformation. They are flamenco music and dance, in a homage $3.00. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 a living symbol of the Mexican immigrant to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th East 27th Street (between Lexington & experience in New York City. After the Anniversary of his death. With Andrea Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: screening, there will be a Q&A with both del Conte Danza Espana and special $25-50 with discounts available for filmakers as well as musical performance guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish seniors, students, children and groups. For by the protagonists of the documentary. Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. Part of the Hispanic New York Film and Sunnyside, NY. 4PM. Admission: $27-30. repertorio.org. Video Festival. Auditorium, Instituto For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit Cervantes, 211-215 East 49th Street, NYC. www.thaliatheatre.org. Thalia Spanish Theatre presents Free admission. 6:30PM. For information Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of call (212) 308-7720. Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. flamenco music and dance, in a homage Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th Thalia Spanish Theatre presents of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live Anniversary of his death. With Andrea del Flamenco & Lorca, a new program of music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish Conte Danza Espana and special guest flamenco music and dance, in a homage cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Theatre, to the great poet Garcia Lorca in the 75th East 27th Street (between Lexington & 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY. Anniversary of his death. With Andrea Third Avenue), NYC. 6:30PM. Admission: 8PM. Admission: $25. For information call del Conte Danza Espana and special $25-$50 with discounts available for (718) 729-3880 or visit www.thaliatheatre. guest artists from Spain. Thalia Spanish Seniors, Students, Children and Groups. org. Theatre, 41–17 Greenpoint Avenue, For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or Sunnyside, NY. 8PM. Admission: $27-30. www.repertorio.org. Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. For information call (718) 729-3880 or visit Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen www.thaliatheatre.org. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011 of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish Repertorio Español presents El Color Repertorio Español presents La Casa cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel de Bernarda Alba by García Lorca, East 27th Street (between Lexington & Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in directed by René Buch. Bernarda Alba Third Avenue), NYC. 8PM. Admission: $25- politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its attempts to dominate and control her five $50 with discounts available for Seniors, characters are Americans and Cubans, unmarried daughters. In this repressed Students, Children and Groups. For expatriates, revolutionaries and theater environment, Lorca creates an explosion reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s of hatred, jealousy, despair and passion. repertorio.org. rapid change. At its heart is the erotically Performances presented in Spanish charged relationship of an American simultaneous English translation via Nuyorican Poets Café presents Friday businessman and an out-of-work Cuban headphones available for an additional Night Poetry Slam. The Nuyorican actress -- a relationship that becomes a $3.00. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 Friday Night Poetry Slam is pretty popular metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love East 27th Street (between Lexington & and fills up fast, so please get in line affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: early. (suggested arrival latest 9:15pm). Spanish. Live English translation available. $25-50 with discounts available for Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 East 3rd Street Recommended for adult audiences. The seniors, students, children and groups. For (Between B & C). 10 PM. Admission $10. Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. For more information, please call (212) Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, repertorio.org. 505-8183 or visit www.nuyorican.org. NYC. 8PM. Tickets begin at $26, with discounts available for seniors, students, Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011 and groups. For reservations, call (212) Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011 cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live East 27th Street (between Lexington & music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish Repertorio Español presents El Color Third Avenue), NYC. 7PM. Admission: $25- cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel $50 with discounts available for Seniors, East 27th Street (between Lexington & Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in Students, Children and Groups. For Third Avenue), NYC. 3PM. Admission: $25- politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. $50 with discounts available for Seniors, characters are Americans and Cubans, repertorio.org. Students, Children and Groups. For expatriates, revolutionaries and theater reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011 repertorio.org. rapid change. At its heart is the erotically charged relationship of an American Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. Instituto Cervantes/Proyecto Nueva businessman and an out-of-work Cuban Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen York Hispánico / Columbia University actress -- a relationship that becomes a of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live presents the film screening of metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish Subterraneans (2010), directed by Gaspar affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 100 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington East 27th Street (between Lexington & events at a variety of sites around the city. & Third Avenue), NYC. 11AM. Admission: Third Avenue), NYC. 7PM. Admission: $25- At each qualifier contestants compete to $25-$50 with discounts available for $50 with discounts available for Seniors, make it to the December 17, 2011 new and Seniors, Students, Children and Groups. Students, Children and Groups. For improved Coquito Crawl finals in El Barrio. For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. Winners will be announced at El Museo www.repertorio.org. repertorio.org. Del Barrio during the holiday concert. El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Avenue, NYC. Taller Boricua presents Salsa FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011 4 PM-5:30PM. Admission: Free. Visit www. Wednesdays. Weekly dance series elmuseo.org. Contact: coquitomasters@ with DJ Broadway Spinning Salsa, and Repertorio Español presents El Color gmail.com or (212) 831-7272. live music. Comida Criolla and drinks for del Deseo by Nilo Cruz, directed by Michel purchase. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Ladies Hausmann. “The Color of Desire is set in Lehman College presents PARRANDA and Gentleman are $10 until 6:30PM. After politically turbulent Havana circa 1960. Its NAVIDEÑA featuring Odilio Gonzalez “El 6:30PM Gentlemen are $15. Taller Boricua characters are Americans and Cubans, Jibarito de Lares,” José Miguel Class at The Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, expatriates, revolutionaries and theater “El Gallito de Manatí” and Yomo Toro. 1680 Lexington Ave.(between 105th St people, all adjusting (or not) to the country’s This must-see concert features the unique & 106th Street). Contact Taina Traverso rapid change. At its heart is the erotically jíbaro music from the mountains of Puerto for reservations and general information: charged relationship of an American Rico and offers the historical reunion of 646.331.8956. Visit www.tallerboricua.org businessman and an out-of-work Cuban three celebrated masters of the genre, for orchestra playing. actress -- a relationship that becomes a Yomo Toro, José Miguel Class “El Gallito de metaphor for their countries’ ruptured love Manatí” and Odilio Gonzalez “El Jibarito de Repertorio Español presents No Hay affair.” - The Miami Herald. Presented in Lares.” Joining them will also be Estampas Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed Spanish. Live English translation available. de Borinquen, Estercita Figueroa, William by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based Recommended for adult audiences. The Guzmán, and many more! Lehman Center Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th for the Performing Arts, Bedford Park Blvd “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, West, Bronx. 8PM. Tickets: $45, $35, $25. the story of an acclaimed professional NYC. 8PM. Tickets begin at $26, with For more information or to purchase tickets, Latino baseball player who is cornered by discounts available for seniors, students, visit www.lehmancenter.org. fame and who debates between his success and groups. For reservations, call (212) and personal convictions. A production 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. that puts forward the lives of two heralded Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen heroes, the baseball player and his brother, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011 of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish bring us to question, What would I choose? El Museo presents SUPER SABADO! cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 Fame or personal conviction? Presented in Target Free Saturdays at El Museo – East 27th Street (between Lexington & Spanish. Live English translation available Super Holidays! Super Sábado goes Super Third Avenue), NYC. 8PM. Admission: $25- .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th Crazy with Super holiday festivities! Come $50 with discounts available for Seniors, Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, celebrate with us as we say adios to the old Students, Children and Groups. For NYC. 7 PM. Tickets begin at $25, with year. El Museo del Barrio, 1230 5th Avenue, reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. discounts available for seniors, students, NYC. 11AM-9 PM. Please note: Galleries repertorio.org. children and groups. For reservations, call are open from 11AM – 6PM. Admission: (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Free. Visit www.elmuseo.org or call (212) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011 831-7272 for details. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011 Repertorio Español presents Locuras Repertorio Español presents En El en Wichita by Lina Gallegos, directed Repertorio Español presents En El Tiempo de las Mariposas, a new play by Luis Fernández. Winner of the 2009 Tiempo de las Mariposas, A new play by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s MetLife ‘Nuestras Voces’ National Latino by Caridad Svich based on Julia Alvarez’s novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The Plays Initiative, “Locuras en Wichita” is novel, directed by José Zayas. “In The Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the an unconventional romantic comedy. Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva An elegant Puerto Rican woman and an courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa) from the Dominican irreverent Mexican man fall in love when and María Teresa) from the Dominican Republic. The sisters inspired resistance they meet at an assisted living center in Republic. The sisters inspired resistance cells throughout the country against the Wichita, Kansas. Despite their children’s cells throughout the country against the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas disapproval and fueled by their newfound dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code love, the couple embarks on adventures Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code name, were brutally murdered by the regime that disrupt the center’s assumed tranquility. name, were brutally murdered by the regime in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English The play explores the lives and loves of two in 1960. Presented in Spanish. Live English translation available. Recommended Americans who were warehoused but who translation available. Recommended for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts find happiness. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, for adult audiences. The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington Theatre, 138 East 27th Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 3PM. & Third Avenues, NYC. 2:30PM. Tickets Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 11AM. Tickets begin at $30, with discounts begin at $25, with discounts available for Tickets begin at $30, with discounts available for seniors, students, and groups. seniors, students, children and groups. For available for seniors, students, and groups. For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. repertorio.org. www.repertorio.org. El Museo presents The 2011 Coquito Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. Repertorio Español presents Pilar Rioja. Masters – Winners Announced. Are you Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen Pilar Rioja is known worldwide as the Queen the next Coquito Master? It’s the Coquito of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live of Spanish Dance. Rioja performs to live Masters 10th Birthday! The International music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish music with flamenco guitarists and Spanish Coquito Tasting Federation is taking the party cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 cantaores. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 on the road with Coquito Master Qualifier East 27th Street (between Lexington & 101 Third Avenue), NYC. 6:30PM. Admission: United Slaves). Saulo García, author to Teatro Sea to celebrate one of the most $25-$50 with discounts available for and performer, touches on themes such important Latin American Holidays for Seniors, Students, Children and Groups. as the financial crisis, healthcare in the children, El Día de Los Tres Reyes Magos/ For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or U.S.A., immigrants’ jobs and the lifelong Three Kings Day. On this day, the first www.repertorio.org. trauma left after the interview for a visa thousand kids to arrive at Teatro Sea will at the U.S. Embassy. Presented only in personally meet The Three Kings as well MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011 Spanish (No English translation available). as receive a free gift/toy. Teatro SEA, 107 Recommended for adult audiences. The Suffolk Street (between Rivington Street Repertorio Español presents Carmen Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 East 27th Street and Delancy Street) NYC. 3:00 PM – 6:00 Rivera’s La Gringa, directed by René (between Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. PM. Free. For more information visit www. Buch. A young woman travels from NYC 7PM. Admission: Tickets start at $30. For sea-online.info or call (212) 529 – 1545. to Puerto Rico to meet her family and reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. Sunday, January 15, 2012 discovers her roots. Her misconceptions repertorio.org are transformed as she learns that being EL PUENTE presents the 24th Annual Puerto Rican is a matter of the heart and Three Kings Celebration. El Puente spirit. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 East SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012 celebrates with food, music and a stage 27th Street (between Lexington & Third performance retelling the story of the Three Avenue), NYC. 11AM. $20 - $35. For ¡FELIZ AÑO NUEVO! Kings, teaching our children the values of reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. sharing and caring in our community and repertorio.org. preserving our cultural traditions. Every FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012 child leaves with an age appropriate gift. 850 Grand Street Campus at Bushwick Ave, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011 El Museo de Barrio presents Día de los Bklyn. 11211. Two Shows: 1 PM & 5 PM. Tres Reyes/Three Kings’ Day Celebration Admission: Free. For more information Repertorio Español presents No Hay Parade. El Museo del Barrio celebrates visit www.elpuente.us or call (718) 387- Mejor Amigo, Ni Peor Enemigo directed its 35th Annual Three Kings Day Parade. 0404. by José Zayas. Written by Bronx-based Watch our honorary Kings, Madrinas, Puerto Rican playwright Carlos Serrano, Padrinos, and thousands of school children “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” tells as this popular procession makes its way the story of an acclaimed professional throughout the streets of El Barrio with Latino baseball player who is cornered by live camels and sheep, music, dancing, fame and who debates between his success and parrandas! The 2012 parade’s theme and personal convictions. A production will focus on “La Cultura de Compartir” that puts forward the lives of two heralded highlighting the giving and sharing aspect heroes, the baseball player and his brother, of the Three Kings tradition, along with the a member of the U.S. Marines whose lives historical, cultural, musical and culinary bring us to question, What would I choose? heritage associated with the celebrations. Fame or personal conviction? Presented in Admission: Free. 10:30AM –1PM. For Spanish. Live English translation available more information call (212) 831-7272 or .The Gramercy Arts Theatre, 138 East 27th visit www.elmuseo.org. Street, between Lexington & Third Avenues, NYC. 7PM. Tickets begin at $25, with The Society of the Educational Arts/La discounts available for seniors, students, Sociedad Educativa de las Artes, (SEA) children and groups. For reservations, call presents Los Tres Reyes Magos/The (212) 889-2850 or www.repertorio.org. Three Kings. On January 6th2011, the light from a star will lead the Three Kings SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2011

¡FELIZ NAVIDAD!

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011

Repertorio Español presents La vida en los Esclavos Unidos (Life in the United Slaves). Saulo García, author and performer, touches on themes such as the financial crisis, healthcare in the U.S.A., immigrants’ jobs and the lifelong trauma left after the interview for a visa at the U.S. Embassy. Presented only in Spanish (No English translation available). Recommended for adult audiences. The Gramercy Art Theatre, 138 East 27th Street (between Lexington & Third Avenue), NYC. 7PM. Admission: Tickets start at $30. For reservations, call (212) 889-2850 or www. repertorio.org

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011

Repertorio Español presents La vida en los Esclavos Unidos (Life in the 102 WHEDco’s Bronx Music Heritage Center Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture present Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón, Jr. and his orchestra Ensalada de Pulpo

In a tribute performance by Bronx Music Legends

Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.

Repertory Theater Hostos Community College/CUNY 450 Grand Concourse at 149 St. The Bronx

Admission by free ticket Info and tkts: 718-518-4455 www.hostos.cuny.edu/culturearts

2, 4, 5, Bx1, Bx19 to Grand Concourse and 149 St.

Made possible by Bronx Lebanon Hospital, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, WHEDco. Events arranged by Ángel Rodríguez.

Gilberto “Pulpo” Colón, Jr. has been one of the leading figures in the world of salsa for over four decades. A pupil of the legendary Eddie Palmieri, he played at the epicenter of salsa’s “Golden Age” while recording and performing with the likes of Rafi Val’s La Diferente, Pete “Conde” Rodríguez and Kako’s All Stars. In 1975, Pulpo joined Hector Lavoe’s band as pianist and musical director, serving in that capacity for 16 years. Pulpo has also played with each of the “Big 3”, The Tito Puente Orchestra, The Tito Rodríguez Orchestra and the Machito Orchestra. This concert is part of WHEDco’s Bronx Music Heritage Center Tribute Performances by Bronx Music Legends.

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