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
The Valerie Capers Ensemble
Featuring Valerie Capers (piano and vocals), Alan Givens (saxophone and flute), Pito Castillo (congas), Doug Richardson (drums), John Robinson (bass)