April 16th
"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
Free with Museum admission; no reservations
required
Museum of the City of
212-534-1672 or visit www.mcny.org
April
19th ● 6:30-
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
April 27th ●
The
Effects of Disability and Health Status on the Work Effort of Low-Income Puerto
Rican Mothers
Dr. Aixa Cintron-Velez, Russell Sage
Foundation
April 25th - May 20th--
The Photography of Máximo
Colón
Opening Reception:
Centro Gallery
Location:
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
May
20th and May 21st
“Appraising
Puerto Rican, Latino and Hispanic
Art
Conference at
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information.
Activities are subject to change.
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