CENTRO EVENTS
APRIL-MAY 2005
 
 
 

April 16th 2:00 PM
"El Barrio Then and Now Through Literature” 
Screening of the film: Every Child is Born A Poet: The Life and work of Piri Tomás by Jonathan Robinson. Followed by readings featuring Piri Thomas, Down these Mean Streets, and Ernesto Quiñonez author of Bodega Dreams and Chango’s Fire.
Moderator: Arlene Davila, Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos and the Neoliberal City.
Free with Museum admission; no reservations required
Museum of the City of New York – 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street.
212-534-1672 or visit www.mcny.org  <http://centropr.org/events/www.mcny.org> 

April 19th ● 6:30- 8:30 pm

Cuban Hip-Hop (A film presentation and panel discussion) 

Panelists: Yesenia Selier Crespo, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Cultura Cubana, Marinieves Alba, Director, IHX (International HipHop Exchange) Ariel Fernandez Diaz, director Movimiento de Hip Hop Magazine and Monifa Bandele

Moderator: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Filmmaker Inventos Hip Hop Cubano

Lang Theater– Hunter College North Bldg. 4th Floor

 

 April 27th ● 12:00 p.m. - 1: 30 pm
The Effects of Disability and Health Status on the Work Effort of Low-Income Puerto Rican Mothers
Dr. Aixa Cintron-Velez, Russell Sage Foundation

Hunter College - East Building 1413 Solarium
  

 

April 25th - May 20th-- 

The Photography of Máximo Colón
Opening Reception: April 29, 2005 at 6:30
Centro Gallery Location: Hunter College, East Bldg. Main Library 
3rd Floor inside the Centro Library

 

 

....COMING IN MAY

 

May 6, 2005● 6:30-8:30 pm

The Boricua in Basquiat:Reflections on Jean Michel Basquiat's Afro-Latino Lexicon

Panelists:  Kellie Jones, Yale University and co-curator,  Basquiat, The Brooklyn Museum of Art ,

Franklin Sirmans, co-curator, Basquiat, The Brooklyn Museum of Art 

Fred Braithwaite,  a/k/a Fab 5 Freddy, Writer, filmmaker and original host of Yo! MTV  Raps

Frances Negron, Columbia University, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Boricua Pop 

Raquel Rivera,  Tufts University,  New  York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone  

Moderator:  Yasmin Ramirez , Center for Puerto Rican Studies  

Lang Theater– Hunter College North Bldg. 4th Floor

 

May 20th and May 21st

“Appraising Puerto Rican, Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Art” 

Art Conference at Hunter College’s School of Social Work Auditorium (77th Street & Lexington Avenue)

Visit: www.centropr.org <http://www.centropr.org/>  for conference information.

 

 

 

Activities are subject to change. 
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