143 E. 103 St. between Lexington and Park Avenues
#6 train to E. 103 St. New York, NY 10029
FREE, FOR EXACT DATES, PLEASE CONTACT US.
October, 14 2006 at Brecht Forum, Greenworker Cooperatives National Conference
451 West Street (that's the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets, NY, NY 10960
A gathering of cooperatives nationwide! Join Alma Moyo and a roots reggae band for this bangin' party! Small cover, live music, cool positive people. Directions: We're on "Manhattan's Left Bank" at 451 West Street (that's the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets
November, 9 2006 at BMCC/Cuny, Griots of the New World, African
Influences in the Americas
Chambers Street, NY, NY 10960
Lecture by Alexander LaSalle and demonstration by Alma Moyo at this
city-wide college conference. Time TBA.
For more info please contact:
Alexander
LaSalle
1-646-489-1203
Some of the
conference highlights…
Advanced and master-level workshops Lectures by active researchers and
elders Semi-formal baile de bomba Bombazo at La Casita de don Pedro.
Please join us as we celebrate this opportunity to learn from one
another. We have chosen to host this year's conference in the historic
Puerto Rican community of Humboldt Park, Chicago, IL.
The conference
has been scheduled for the Friday and Saturday of Labor Day weekend to
coincide with Fiesta Boricua - a daylong festival celebrating our rich
heritage - that will take place on Sunday, September 4, 2005. Be there
to watch as Eddie Palmieri receives his place on the prestigious Paseo
de Fama along our very own Paseo Boricua.
This Conference is sponsored by the Puerto Rican Organization for the
Performing Arts, a Chicago based entity working to promote knowledge
about various Puerto Rican performance art forms including music, dance,
festival, negritude poetry, theatre and storytelling.
The Conference Planning Committee is comprised of practitioners and
researchers from the U.S. Bomba community interested in sharing
resources, promoting responsibility and facilitating cohesion.
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The 2005 Committee includes:
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Alexander LaSalle – Alma Moyo (director)
Angel Fuentes – La Casita de don Pedro (director,) R Drums (co-founder) and Nuestro Tambo (co-director)
Hal Barton, PhD – Long Island University, Los Bomberos de Brooklyn (director)
Juan Cartagena – Guiro y Maraca (editor,) Segunda Quimbamba (director)
Manuela Arciniegas – Yaya (founding member) and Alma Moyo (member)
Melanie Maldonado (chairperson) – Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts (founder,) AfriCaribe (member) and Nuestro Tambo (member)
Nashma Carrera – Michigan State University
Priscilla Renta – Northwestern University, AfriCaribe (member) and Los Bomberos de Brooklyn (member)
Raquel Z Rivera, PhD – Tufts University, Yaya (founding member) and Alma Moyo (member)