The 2020 [Virtual] Loisaida Festival - Sunday, May 31st!
We hope that you and your loved ones are safe and sound at this moment. We wanted to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who tuned in for the first part of our Virtual Loisaida Festival last week. It was our first time streaming a live broadcast from our new Tech & Media Center, "El Semillero", and we learned many lessons along the way.
For the second part of the festival, we are bringing you an array of outstanding performances, accompanied by
nostalgic memories from our previous festivals and hopeful messages from our performers and special guests. You don't want to miss it!
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Our [
Virtual] Loisaida Festival's theme "
Cuenta Con Nosotros - Count on Us"
will highlight the unwavering dedication of our Latinx essential workers, who have bravely fought in the frontlines against the ongoing health crisis, as well as the plight of the LGBTQ community, as depicted in this year's beautiful commemorative artwork by local artist Maria Dominguez.
It will also emphasize the importance of filling out the
2020 Census
in order to secure future Federal, State and City funding for our schools, hospitals, roads, public works, and other vital programs.
Below we announce the line-up and programming of this year's virtual event.
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The [Virtual] Line-Up:
D'marquesina NY-PR
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Daso El Afro Caribeño
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Carola García / Theater for Kids
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Paula Herrera Nóbile / Video Art
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Gabriel Leyva / Performance
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Sorely Muentes / Performance
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Amneris Morales / Poesía-Poetry
Videos and Short Films by:
...with many more invited artists and guest speakers.
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Going live:
2:00pm to
4:00pm
Sunday, May 31st
Hosted by the charismatic visual artist, actor and singer
Gilberto Gabriel Díaz Flores
View the complete festival programming live on:
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Gilberto Gabriel Díaz Flores
Photo by: Ricardo P
érez
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The 2020 [
Virtual
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Loisaida Festival
has been made possible thanks to the continued support of
Popular Bank, Acacia Network, Phipps Houses, Heart 2 Heart Home Care, Bright Heath, Agewell Healthcare, Charter Spectrum, the Hispanic Federation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), and NYC District 2 Councilwoman Carlina Rivera. We would also like to thank Mezcolanza and Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico for collaborating with Loisaida Inc. to bring internationally-recognized artistic talents to our Festival from Puerto Rico and Latinoamérica.
We appreciate your
outstanding dedication to the preservation of our heritage in New York City and the commitment to the Puerto Rican and Latinx Cultures of the
Lower East Side of Manhattan!
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If you experienced any issues with the Facebook or YouTube transmission during the first part of this broadcast, you can also watch the festival here.
Please note that this is a FREE broadcast event. We would never ask for any financial information to access our content. The live broadcast will be made available through the following platforms:
Alejandro Epifanio
Director
Loisaida, Inc.
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