Saludos,
Loisaida Inc. opens its 2017 Season with a robust
calendar of events that continue to affirm Loisaida's provocative spirit and Nuyorican/Latinx frequency to strongly impart and impact local and broader cultural thinking and learning as it promotes diversity, equity, solidarity and community building that strengthens Loisaida and connects it, beyond its borders and limitations, to the broader global community.
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Thursday, February 2nd - 5:00 pm
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Loisaida Inc. - 710 East 9th Street New York, NY 10009
Book talk with
Amy Starecheski
is co-director of the Oral History Master of Arts program at Columbia University. In this multimedia event Starecheski will use oral histories to explore the complicated relationships between homesteading and squatting on the Lower East Side, and in American history.
Ours to Lose: When Squatters Became Homeowners in New York City.
..an account, through oral histories that describes; the squatting movement in New York City featuring a diverse group of Lower East Siders who occupied abandoned city-owned buildings in the 1980 and 1990s; how they fought to keep them for decades, and their struggle to finally embark upon the long and complicated, but ultimately successful, process of turning their 'illegal' occupancy into legal cooperative home ownership. More info here.
FREE! Please RSVP here.
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Saturday, February 4th - 6:00 pm
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Loisaida Inc. - 710 East 9th Street New York, NY 10009
We are proud to announce this year's first Artistic Residency Atomic Culture, a dynamic group that curates free cultural events aimed at engaging all generations of the local community in long-term and ongoing growth of artistic engagement, understanding, and inclusion. Their events encourage active participation by creating art-focused social and cultural programs accessible to everyone. Their opening exhibit will map examples of Latinx arts and cultural practices that integrate historical events and traditions in different communities, along with several panel presentations and workshops as follows:
1. Saturday, February 4th, 2017 at 6:00 pm -
Futura Ahora // Future Now (Public Exhibit)
Showing the work of:
Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0, Nani Chacon, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, Ryan Dennison, Zeke Pena, Chico MacMurtrie, Claudia X. Valdes, Ruben Ortiz Torres, William Camargo, Rick Cortez, Lindsay Kane, Delilah Montoya, Cristobal Martinez, Scott Williams, Cultural Workers, and a SSSK Distro retrospective.
2. Thursday, February 9th, 2017 at 6:00 pm -
Walled Worlds:Border Publics, Cultural Activism and Urban Planning.
Renowned scholars, artists, cultural activists & critics --
Ricardo Dominguez,
Teddy Cruz,
Fonna Forman and
Ed Morales--come together to discuss their distinct yet cross-cultural perspectives on the intersections of arts and culture, activism and policy, and forced migration and community building, utilizing examples of neighborhoods including the Lower East Side.
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Monday, Feb 6th - 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
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Loisaida monthly Senior Day!
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Solo para mayores!
Lunes, 6 de Febrero de 12:00 pm hasta las 5:00 pm
estaremos celebrando el día del
Senior Day
- Esta vez con una presentación técnica de
AARP
demostrándonos utilidades y consejos para usar nuestros aparatos móviles electrónicos para enviar fotos, mensajes, usar y bajar aplicaciones y mucho mas. Se servirá meriendas.
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Thursday, February 9th - 6:00 pm
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Panel:
Thursday, February 9th at 6:00 pm.
Loisaida Inc. - 710 East 9th Street New York, NY 10009
Renowned scholars, artists, cultural activists and critics--
Ricardo Dominguez
,
Teddy Cruz
,
Fonna Forman
and
Ed Morales
--ccome together to discuss their distinct yet cross-cultural perspectives on the intersections of arts and culture, activism and policy, and forced migration and community building, utilizing examples of neighborhoods including the Lower East Side. We will consider how might our cultural activism, advocacy, and participatory planning begin working to create stronger collaborative movements and build solidarity within and beyond our multiple communities? In the face of political uncertainties, we will also consider what tactics and strategies work to strengthen cultural equity advocacy, to influence policy and to advance equity principles as part of what should be enshrined in NYC's cultural plan. A report-back on the discussion will be included as a set of recommendations to the New York City Council's 10 year Cultural Plan.
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Community Screen Printing Workshop
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Tuesday, February 28th - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
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Back by Popular Demand!
Our FREE Screen-printing Workshop with Mauricio will be back in February. Spots are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis so register before all spots are taken.
The two info session dates are:
Tuesday, February 28th at 6:3 pm
or
Thursday, March 2nd at 6:30 pm
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Wednesday, March 1st - 6:00 pm
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Our voices ring loud town hall meeting: Wednes
day, March 1st at 6:00 pm.
Loisaida & The NYC Cultural Plan - Our Voices Ring Loud Town Hall Meeting! Loisaida Inc. leads the local cultural planning project, in partnership with the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center and Teatro SEA that will ensure that Latino arts organizations, cultural workers, and residents in Lower Manhattan are heard and their recommendations included in the City's 10 year cultural plan. Loisaida Inc. was chosen from a competitive pool of applicants as one of the winning proposals to conduct community engagement and feed-back activities around the City's cultural planning process, which will wrap up in the late spring of 2017.
Be Heard! Participate!
Make your voices heard and participate as community residents, arts and other community and faith-based organizations, cultural workers, and local businesspersons in Lower Manhattan in developing Loisaida's official policy recommendations to NYC's first 10-year Cultural Plan.
P
lease complete our survey and make a difference!
Choose which survey most represents you or your work, or fill out both surveys:
1. Artists & Cultural Workers 2. Lower Manhattan Community Residents
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Sunday, May 28th, 2017 - 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
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30 years celebrating our immigrant and migrant community!
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This year's 30th Loisaida Festival Anniversary celebrates our Immigrant/Migrant experience in this country, and our contributions to America as well as featuring the Lower East Side as the Gateway through which many millions have entered from around the world seeking the American Dream and a safe-haven for those oppressed and persecuted.
Similarly today, we appreciate and continue to see the Lower East Side as a cultural sanctuary for our Latino generations to come. Stay tuned for more information on our week-long Festival events and activities, as well as special programming and music and dance performances that will take place on Festival Day, Sunday. Link to Festival website
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If you are interested in becoming a 2017 Loisaida Festival Sponsor,
please contact us
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Thanks to your support we kee
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building bridges between diverse Puerto Rican and Latinx iconic urban hubs.
Please consider making a gift or donation to Loisaida Inc. today!
Sincerely,
The Loisaida Inc. Center
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710 E. 9th Street New York, NY 10009
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Loisaida Inc. is an affiliate of Acacia Network
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