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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Bach to Borikén
DESCRIPTION:English:\nGuitarist José Gabriel Maldonado Suárez presents a concert that blends baroque and 19th-century classical guitar sonatas for guitar and piano\, coupled with 20th-century songs and danzas from Puerto Rico. Maldonado will perform using a replica of Johann Georg Stauffer’s (1778 – 1853) Viennese guitar\, to interpret works by JS Bach (1685-1750) and Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) alongside pianist Dr. Weiwei Zhai. The solo repertoire features compositions by Puerto Rican composers\, including songs by Rafael Hernandéz (1892-1965) and Juan Sorroche (b. 1947)\, as well as three Danzas by Lenardo Egúrbida (1945 – 2022). Maldonado will showcase these pieces using a guitar crafted by the renowned Puerto Rican luthier\, Fidencio Díaz. This program highlights Maldonado’s training in classical music interpretation and his commitment to promoting Puerto Rican music and culture through his research and performances.\n\nDr. José Maldonado completed his undergraduate studies in musical performance with a concentration in classical guitar at the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico. Additionally\, he holds a Master’s degree in Arts Administration from Baruch College and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from Stony Brook University. Currently\, Maldonado serves as the Director of Guitar Studies at Bloomingdale School of Music and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Music at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY).\n\nEspañol:\nEl guitarrista José Gabriel Maldonado Suárez presenta un concierto que combina sonatas de los periodos barroco y romántico para guitarra y piano\, junto con canciones y danzas puertorriqueñas del siglo XX. Maldonado interpretará el repertorio clásico utilizando una réplica de la guitarra vienesa de Johann Georg Stauffer (1778 – 1853) para ejecutar piezas de JS Bach (1685-1750) y Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841) junto a la pianista Weiwei Zhai. El repertorio solista incluye composiciones de compositores puertorriqueños\, como canciones de Rafael Hernandéz (1892-1965) y Juan Sorroche (n. 1947)\, así como tres danzas de Lenardo Egúrbida (1945 – 2022). Maldonado presentará estas piezas utilizando una guitarra construida por el renombrado lutier puertorriqueño\, Fidencio Díaz. Este programa destaca la preparación de Maldonado en música clásica y su compromiso con la promoción de la música y la cultura puertorriqueñas a través de su investigación y presentaciones.\n\nEl Dr. José Maldonado completó un bachillerato en ejecución musical con concentración en guitarra clásica en el Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico. Además\, posee una Maestría en Gestión Cultural de Baruch College y un Doctorado en Artes Musicales de la Universidad de Stony Brook. Actualmente\, Maldonado es el Director de Estudios de Guitarra en Bloomingdale School of Music y es Profesor Asociado Adjunto de Música en John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY).
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/partner-event-bach-to-boriken/
LOCATION:Bloomingdale School of Music\, 323 West 108th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Mapping Puerto Rican Communities - GIS in Action
DESCRIPTION:Join CENTRO for a discussion on harnessing the power of maps to tell stories and convey information. Learn from professionals across diverse sectors\, both within the archipelago and the Diaspora\, about using maps as a resource to engage and inform local communities. Panelists includes Dr. Maritza Barreto Orta\, the principal investigator of Instituto de Investigación y Planificación Costera de Puerto Rico\, Rafael Capó García\, Director of Memoria (de)Colonial\, Marcos Echeverría Ortíz\, creator of Where We Were Safe\, and Nicole Hernandez\, a Sociocultural Anthropology Ph.D. student at Arizona State University. \n\n\n\nThis event offers attendees not only the opportunity to learn innovative ways in which Puerto Ricans are using maps\, but also highlights the importance digital literacy has in todays society and how can it be leveraged to enhance community and the sharing of information. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDid you miss this event? Watch the recording here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event has been made possible by the generous support of the United States Senate and House of Representatives (Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Representative Espaillat) \n\n\n\nEvent Image: Baseline (pre-storm) view of Puerto Rico night lights – Nasa Scientific Visualization Studio
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/mapping-nuestra-comunidades-gis-in-action/
LOCATION:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/mapping-nuestra-comunidades-gis-in-action/
CATEGORIES:Data Hub Map Out,Teach-In,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240521T180000
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: ¡Oye! Puerto Rican Theater Breaks Through: Exhibit Opening and Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The 1970s marked a turning point in the history of Puerto Rican theater in New York City. A vibrant arts scene of Puerto Rican playwrights\, poets\, and actors emerged\, one that traversed the boroughs and neighborhoods of the city and influenced audiences from all cultural backgrounds. Groundbreaking\, contemporary works of art that focused on the stories of Puerto Ricans in New York City proliferated. Incisive plays\, such as Miguel Piñero’s Short Eyes and Eduardo Gallardo’s Simpson Street\, debuted\, and artist spaces\, like the now famed Nuyorican Poets’ Café\, were born and nurtured.\n \n\nThis marked a sharp distinction from the previous generation. In the 1950s\, during a post-war wave of migration from Puerto Rico to New York\, newly transplanted Puerto Rican artists were creating works that reflected life on their native island. Productions by and about Puerto Ricans focused on the stories of those Caribbean communities from their homeland. Two decades later\, a new perspective infused the plays and poetry by and about Puerto Ricans\, one that embraced the identity of Puerto Rican New Yorkers\, “Nuyoricans”\, and focused on the dynamics of life on the mainland for citizens from the island. This shift brought new artistic innovation and a thriving artistic community.\n\n\nJoin us as we explore the history of Puerto Rican theater in New York City in a conversation with leading artists and scholars\, in tandem with the new archives exhibit\, ¡Oye! Puerto Rican Theater Breaks Through\, on view in David Geffen Hall.\n\n \n\nModerator: Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez (Director\, Center for Puerto Rican Studies/Hunter College)\n\nPanelists:\nDr. Karen Jaime (Associate Professor of Performing and Media Arts and Latina/o Studies\, Cornell University)\nCaridad de la Luz (Executive Director\, Nuyorican Poets Cafe)\nDr. Virginia Sánchez Korrol (Professor Emerita\, Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies\, Brooklyn College)
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/partner-event-oye-puerto-rican-theater-breaks-through-exhibit-opening-and-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:David Geffen Hall\, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel
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SUMMARY:Cafecito con... Marisel Moreno: Crossing Waters
DESCRIPTION:Join Marisel Moreno\, award-winning author of the book Crossing Waters: Undocumented Migration in Hispanophone Caribbean and Latinx Literature & Art\, and Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez\, CENTRO Directora\, for a cafecito as they reconsider the traditional understanding of borders\, migration and Puerto Rico’s unique position in the migration narrative. \n\n\n\nDebates over the undocumented migration of Latin Americans invariably focus on the southern US border\, but most migrants never cross that arbitrary line. Instead\, many travel\, via water\, among the Caribbean islands. The first study to examine literary and artistic representations of undocumented migration within the Hispanophone Caribbean\, Crossing Waters relates a journey that remains silenced and largely unknown. \n\n\n\nCrossing Waters\, which has received the 2023 Honorable Mention\, Isis Duarte Book Prize in the Haiti/Dominican Republic section (LASA)\, and the prestigious 2023 Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Book Award from the Caribbean Studies Association\, can be purchased from the University of Texas Press here: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477325605/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDid you miss this event? Watch the recording here!
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cafecito-con-marisel-moreno-crossing-waters/
LOCATION:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cafecito-con-marisel-moreno-crossing-waters/
CATEGORIES:Cafecito con...
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: The Art of Resistance Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Since 1998\, vagabond has dedicated a vast amount of his writing\, art\, and filmmaking talents to the Puerto Rican independence movement. This show is a collection of 25 years worth of his art and agit-prop. July 25th\, 1998 marked the 100th anniversary of the US invasion of Puerto Rico which led to ongoing an occupation and colonization of the island nation. Along with other individuals and community organizations\, he launched a graffiti tagging agit-prop campaign that grew to full blown large scale murals. The only surviving mural is the ALBIZU / CHE\, also known as the DOS ALAS mural.\n\nVisit THE ART OF RESISTANCE: DECOLONIZATION RICANSTRUCTED: 25 Years of Art & Agit-Prop by vagabond with curator Tontxi Vazquez and co-curator Ana Hilda Figueroa de Jesús at El Taller Boricua from May 24-July 21\, 2024. Exhibition will be open from Tuesday – Saturday 12 – 6pm; Monday & Sunday closed.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/the-art-of-resistance-exhibition/
LOCATION:Taller Boricua Gallery\, 1680 Lexington Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10029\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit
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SUMMARY:The Sounds of the Archives: Compositions Inspired by the CENTRO Archives Collections
DESCRIPTION:Our Archives are an incredible source of inspiration\, not just for scholarly research but also for artists of all disciplines. Recently\, two composers: our Artist in Residence\, Gabriel Bouche Caro and Guarionex Morales Matos\, produced two contemporary compositions based on their research. Join us on May 30th for a very special musical performance and witness the rebirth of archived sounds into innovative musical arrangements. \n\n\n\nGabriel Bouche Caro’s piece is a new performance for solo instrument and narrator/singer. It resembles a stream-of-consciousness/musical theater monologue with the vocalist representing the complexities of the Puerto Rican identity and current situation. The performance’s narrative is constructed by taking highly specific texts from the collections of Tato Laviera\, Victor Hernandez Cruz\, Pura Belpre\, and more and making them into a dramatic reading that brings forth conflicts within the ‘diasporican’ identity\, the duality of being a nationalist living in the colonizer’s land\, and the image of an artist who wishes to bring forth the intricacies and beauty of their culture to the world. This is Puerto Rican music\, not as folk\, but as a synthesis of sound\, experience\, tradition\, difficulties\, and successes that come from living life square-rooted in a richly complex and demanding cultural situation.  \n\n\n\nGuarionex Morales Matos’ project\, Pedro Pietri: An Aesthetic Collision Between His Poetry and Puerto Rican Art Song explores the exclusion of diasporic poets from the Puerto Rican art song genre through the work of Pedro Pietri. Pietri’s poetry constitutes the perfect compositional material for this genre\, despite the euro-centrical criteria that have historically marked the latter’s development and approach towards the public. Morales Matos strives to transgress said conventionalisms to crumble the artificial barriers between art forms\, as well as those that divide the popular\, folk\, and classical music spheres. The lyrics and music will derive from three of Pietri’s least-known texts to create a powerful triptych for mezzo-soprano\, clarinet\, and piano. \n\n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by NALAC: National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Image: Sheet music for performance of “Perez y Martina”\, Pural Belpré Papers. CENTRO Library & Archives
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/the-sounds-of-the-archives-gabriel-bouche-caro-guarionex-morales-matos-in-concert/
LOCATION:The Silberman School of Social Work\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10035
CATEGORIES:Live Performance,Music
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