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Upcoming events and announcements:
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Wednesday December 20th starting at 6:30pm Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) will be offering a workshop on tenants' rights to heat and hot water. Come learn when the heating season begins and ends, how warm your apartment should be by law, and the various steps you can take if you are not receiving adequate heat or hot water this winter. This workshop will provide information to tenants living in all types of buildings, including NYCHA and rent-regulated buildings.
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Design by: Maria Dominguez
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We're kicking off the new year in collaboration with our friends at El Museo, where we are honored to participate in their
42nd Annual Three Kings Day Parade
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Friday January 4th, 2019, starting at 11:00am
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Parade begins at 106th St and Park Ave and ends at 115th St and Park Ave featuring music by
Los Pleneros de la 21
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BombaYo
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Annette Aguilar & the Stringbeans,
and more. This is your chance to see
Loisaida's beloved cabezuedos in action!
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Art workshop conducted by Alva Mooses, Claudia Cortinez and Pedro, 2017.
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Join us on
Tuesday, January 8 at 6:00 pm
for the first engagement of our 2019 artists in residence;
Project LAZO by Alva Mooses & Claudia Cortinez.
LAZO's inaugural event will present an exhibition of small works by 15 interdisciplinary artists. The selected works and their artists are align with LAZO's mission to create dialogue among artists working in NYC and Latin America as well as local artists that have been actively working, teaching, or living in the Lower East Side.
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g e o d e s i c l i n g u i x ; Charas as Infinite Thought Object
On Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, The Poetry Project will stage a performative action between artist, and researcher Matthew Mottel and poet Edwin Torres. Torres has been an active member of the Loisaida community since the 90's, where he's performed his 'lingualisualist' poetics, rooted in sight and sound, at many iconic venues. Mottel, has been a member of the experimental arts community of New York City since the late 1990's.
This collaboration was facilitated by the Loisaida Center, who introduced the artists and hosted Mottel's exhibition 'Charas is alive on Spaceship Earth' in May - June 2018. Please join this for this screening and performance!
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We are honored to introduce:
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Tareake Dorill Ramos,
Loisaida Inc.'s new Youth Program Liaison from the 2018/2019 academic year!
Tareake Ramos was born and raised in the Lower East Side and has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Tareake is the founder and executive director of Dorill Initiative, which is a nonprofit organization that is committed to empowering youth to tell their stories and transform communities through literary, visual and performing arts education. Tareake is joining The Loisaida Center team to focus on youth development programming in the Lower East Side through the centers programs and initiatives.
Email Tareake with inquiries @
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We are still collecting data for Somos Loisaida (We Are Loisaida)
. A community effort to organize a mass direct action campaign to identify, finance, and replace old and aging energy wasting appliances with highly efficient new ones.
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Check out
Round Robin Vol.2: a community trilingual newspaper. Highlighting this past summer collaborations with Art Parley, Cia Yoyo and Art Built NYC.
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Save the Date!
The 32nd annual
Loisaida Festival takes place on
Sunday, May 26th, 2019. Stay tuned to find out how you can register as a 2019 vendor or exhibitor. Also, the many ways you can be a part of the celebration by becoming a 2019 sponsor and supporter.
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We cannot wait to open our expanded facility resources to our community
this 2019
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The Loisaida Inc. family
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Every day is a good day to contribute, t
hank you for helping us keep going!
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