Breaking Ground/Abriendo Caminos
With anthology editor Myrna Nieves and poets Elizabeth Cruz, Etnairis Rivera, and Diana Gitesha Hernández, open mic hosted by Peggy Robles-Alvarado
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Caraballo, Masks and Carnival
(The Ponce Carnival Masks, According to Miguel A. Caraballo García) with a Q&A by producer Nestor Murray-Irizarry and mask maker Felipe Rangel
BRONX MEMOIRS, BRONX MEMORIES
Book reading and signings by Michele Carlo, author of A Fish Out of Agua: My Life on Neither Side of the (Subway) Tracks, and Annie Lanzillotto, author of L is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir
Ray Martínez & Cuerda y Tambo
With Jorge Maldonado (maracas & vocals), Ray Martinez (bass), Pete Nater (trumpet), Arturo Ortiz (piano), Cristian Rivera (congas), Ricky Salas (percussion & timables), “Pro” and “DJ Charlie Hustle” from the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective (sound production)
Our Latin Thing
Screening of the documentary “Our Latin Thing” and a Q&A with director Leon Gast and poet, journalist, & activist Felipe Luciano
Mambo Diablo
Featuring a book reading by Joe Conzo, Sr. from “Mambo Diablo: My Journey with Tito Puente.” A demo by Bobby Sanabria explaining the history of the timbales and Puente’s innovations playing it.
Jacqueline Flowers & her Quartet
Jackie Flowers had everybody up and riding the Love Train tonight at the Bronx Music Heritage Center Laboratory!
Salty Dog Blues
Q&A by directors Al Santana and Denise Belén Santiago, and Porto Rico Steamship Line memorabilia collector, Ralph Méndez
Speak English!
With photographer Rita Rivera and author Rafael Hermoso