MARZO ES PURA MUSICA EN EL TEATRO PREGONES!
MARZO ES PURA MUSICA EN EL TEATRO PREGONES!
Por Alex Guerrero.
Like every March in the past, la música takes over the Pregones-PRTT Theater to celebrate the diversity of our musical traditions!. March is Music Series takes place from the 2nd to the 20th of March. Here is what is waiting for you:
- Mivos Quartet el 2 de Marzo.
- Timbalaye: Latin percussion Jazz con Ralph Irizarry el 5 de Marzo.
- Merel Guneyman. Free Piano Sunday Concert el 6 de Marzo.
- Mimi Jones + D.O.M.E. Project. New Jazz music el 12 de Marzo
- Dayramir González. Free Piano Sunday Concert el 13 de Marzo
- Steve Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra. Big Band Latin Style el 19 de Marzo.
- Carlos Cuevas. Free Piano Sunday Concert el 20 de Marzo
For more info, please visit > @Pregonesprtt
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EL CONCIERTO DEL AMOR EN SALSA Y MERENGUE LLEGA AL BRONX!
CONCIERTOAmor en Salsa y MerenguePor Marcela Alvarez
Informes: lehmancenter.orgBoletos: $50, $55 y $65Hora: 8:00pmCuándo: Sábado, 20 de Febrero
Porque nunca es tarde para celebrar el Día de San Valentín, no te pierdas al ídolo boricua de la salsa romántica, Eddie Santiago, y la voz dominicana más tierna del merengue, Alex Bueno, este sábado en la tarima más caliente de El Bronx. Con ellos, el debut en NYC de Joseph Fonseca, directo desde Puerto Rico.
Dónde: Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Park Blvd W, Bronx
ESSENTIALS > TOP 10 MUSICA EN NYC
Some great musical acts will be in town. Our TOP 10:
1- INDIA & ISMAEL MIRANDA : Enamorados > Por primera vez juntos en @LehmanCenter > El 17 Febrero. #Bronx.
4- Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra se presenta en @BBKingBluesNYC > El 26 Febrero.
5- A Bailar: Dance at The Center > A showcase of Hispanic dance & music @NYCityCenter > De Feb. 18 a Marzo 7.
6- Elio Villafranca: Música del Caribe > Se presenta en Jazz @LincolnCenter > El 20 y 21 Febrero.
7- Jazz Across The Americas > The @LincolnCenter Orchestra c/ Wynton Marsalis > El 27 y 28 Febrero.
8- Mexican Institute of Sound c/ Toy Selectah > Se presentan en el @HLBallroom > El 26 Febrero.
9- Banda @LaSantaCecilia LIVE at BxMA > #GrammyAwards winners > http://bit.ly/13Dvknq #FreeConcert @BronxMuseum > El 6 Marzo.
UNO MAS!
Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial del Museo del Bronx
Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial will feature the work of seventy-three emerging artists who participated in the Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) program (classes of 2012 and 2013). The exhibition will be presented at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Wave Hill, and 1285 Avenue of Americas Art Gallery, and will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue. Organized by curators Gabriel de Guzman, Elizabeth M. Grady, and Lia Zaaloff.
* Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial > The Bronx Museum of the Arts > Hasta Septiembre 8 > BRONX.
NEON BABY EN EL TEATRO PREGONES
Pregones is thrilled to announce a new world premiere musical play, born and bred by our award winning ensemble, right here in Da Bronx!
Inspired by the life of b-boy and muse Juan Rivera and the book Queer Latino Testimonio, Keith Haring and Juanito Xtravaganza: Hard Tails by Arnaldo Cruz Malavé, NEON BABY is a funky new musical set in a mythical dance club called Paradise —inspired by the famed Paradise Garage— where runaway gay youths of color find the family and the courage to let their better selves shine through.
Two passions take center stage in the story: First, the passion of a mother praying from a distance for her son's safety and well-being in the big city, amidst the AIDS crisis. Second, the furious bond between the runaway boy, the city that seduces him, the man that breaks his heart, and and the strangers who welcome and cherish him as one of their own.
NEON BABY is a funkalicious story about the love of a mother for her son, a son for his mother, a boy for his sisters and brothers, blood family and chosen family, lovers and fighters — each and all hopeful and fierce and drunk with radiant music.
A lifting remembrance of New York City at the turn of the last century, and a love letter to the children who made that era truly legendary!
MUSIC MADNESS AT PREGONES
You still have the chance to visit Pregones and enjoy some Music Madness. March is the month dedicated to música and this year is not exception. Quinteto Latino and Bodoma Garifuna Band already performed at the Bronx theater. These are the remaining three shows:
1-) DESMAR GUEVARA.
Award-winning composer/pianist performs the world premiere of Grados Inefables, a daring new work of contemporary classical music inspired by Freemasonry!
Saturday, MAR 23.
2-) The Harlem Hellfighters On A Latin Beatwith Guest Star DANNY RIVERA.
Jazz! Ragtime! Danza! A one-night concert based on Pregones' thrilling musical about the Puerto Rican musicians in the WWI 369th Infantry.
Saturday, MAR 30.
3-) Special Event - Master Artist Award to
PABLO MARCANO GARCIA.
Join the theater to celebrate Pregones' 2013 Master Artist, painter Pablo Marcano García.
Saturday, MAR 30.
UPDATED! NY ESSENTIALS : TEATRO Y DANZA > WINTER- SPRING 2013
Estamos actualizando nuestras recomendaciones para el final del invierno y la primavera, deseada de por demás!.
El Public Theater monta NEVA escrita y dirigida por Guillermo Calderón hasta finales de Marzo. Por su parte, el Repertorio Español ha estrenado Fuenteovejuna, de Lope de Vega, una de las obras seminales del teatro en español, adaptada esta vez a una corporación moderna. Sigue presentando, además, Entrada Gratis, Bésame Mucho y El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera. En Queens, Afro-Tango o Tango Negro, explorando la riqueza musical del Uruguay, termina su presentación en el Teatro Thalia y, en el Bronx, el Teatro Pregones vuelve con su revista anual de música, March is Music.
Los amantes de la Danza tendrán la oportunidad de disfrutar de los nuevos programas de la compañía DanceBrazil y del Ballet Hispánico.
LO NUEVO EN NYC
* The Public Theater is staging the English Language Premiere of NEVA. Written and Directed by Guillermo Calderón.> Ends March 31 > Neva.
Chekhov is dead. Revolution is in the air. Time to rehearse.
In a gorgeously crafted reflection on life, art and the revolutionary impulse, Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón’s NEVA tells the story of Anton Chekhov’s widow, the actress Olga Knipper, who arrives in a cold and dimly lit theater in St. Petersburg in the winter of 1905 to rehearse The Cherry Orchard. As she and two other actors await the rest of the cast, they huddle together, act out scenes from their lives and muse on their art form and on love - while, unseen, striking workers are being gunned down in the streets by the Tsarist regime during what will be known as Bloody Sunday. Political and human, haunting and fresh, this smart, thrilling and often humorous ensemble work will envelop you just as you least expect it and stir what it means to create art in violent times.
Featuring Bianca Amato, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Luke Robertson.
* DanceBrazil > Mar 19—24 > Teatro Joyce.
For over three decades, the infectious Afro-Brazilian rhythms, pinpoint precision, and sheer power of DanceBrazil performances have astonished audiences around the world. This spring, the company returns to The Joyce with a premiere by Artistic Director Jelon Vieira and the return of Imfazwe, a powerful meditation on war, combat—and dance. As always, Capoeira, the mesmerizing martial art with an African beat, and live music drive the action on stage.
* MARCH IS MUSIC 2013 > Visita el sitio web para más información > Teatro Pregones > MUSICA.
* FUENTEOVEJUNA > De Lope de Vega > Gran Estreno | Febrero 6, 18 de Abril y 3 de Mayo > Repertorio Español.
La obra está basada en hechos reales ocurridos en la ciudad española de Fuenteovejuna (actualmente Fuente Obejuna) donde una población entera tomó la justicia en sus propias manos y asesinó a su cruel gobernante. Cuando un magistrado visitó la ciudad para investigar lo sucedido, los pobladores respondieron diciendo: “Fuenteovejuna lo hizo”. El director transportará la obra a la actualidad situándola en una corporación moderna.
* AfroTango > Enero 25 - Marzo 17 > Thalia Theater > Tango.
A World Premiere tango musical with music arranged and directed by Latin Grammy winner Raul Jaurena! Produced, Designed & Directed by Angel Gil Orrios.
MAESTRO RAUL JAURENA was born and raised in Uruguay, and his music is inspired by his roots. His arrangements combine the traditional roots of Tango and Milonga with the rhythms and dance of Candombe, the voice of the African communities in Uruguay. His music reflects the influences of the different cultures as well as one hundred years of tango history with all its contradicting emotions.
CANDOMBE, also known as Tango Negro, is an African-derived rhythm that has been an important part of Uruguayan culture for over 200 years. It is what survives of the ancestral heritage of Bantu culture, brought to Uruguay by enslaved Africans. During colonial times, they called their drums tangó, and used this term to refer to the place where they gathered to perform their Candombe dances; by extension, the dances themselves were also called tangós. Candombe music uses three drums called “repique”, “chico” and “piano”. Tango developed simultaneously in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although typically regarded as the creation of Italian and Spanish immigrants, the tango's music and the dance movements associated with it were deeply influenced by African dance and music.
* Ballet Hispánico > Apr 16—28 > Teatro Joyce.
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ON BROADWAY
* The Book Of Mormon > by Trey Parker, Robert López y Matt Stone. Teatro Eugene O'Neill >> MORMON.
OFF-BROADWAY
* Bésame Mucho > Una antología musical de canciones compuestas por mujeres latinoamericanas > De Pablo Zinger > Marzo 24, 30, 31 y Abril 13-14 > Bésame.
Pablo Zinger, director musical de zarzuelas y antologías musicales de Repertorio Español, regresa a la compañía con un nuevo programa que celebra las contribuciones musicales de compositoras latinoamericanas. La antología incluye adoradas canciones tales como “Bésame mucho”, “Dos gardenias”, “Júrame”, “Cachito”, “Olas y arena” y “Gracias a la vida” interpretadas por extraordinarias voces con música en vivo.
Algunas de las compositoras cuyas canciones forman parte del programa, incluyen Sylvia Rexach (Puerto Rico), María Grever y Consuelo Velásquez (México), Isolina Carrillo y Ernestina Lecuona (Cuba), Chabuca Granda (Perú), Violeta Parra (Chile) y Eladia Blázquez y María Elena Walsh (Argentina).
* El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera > El gran estreno de una nueva obra basada en la afamada novela de GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ > Enero 15 y 18 | Febrero 8, 12 y 16 > Repertorio Español > AMOR.
Escrita por Caridad Svich y dirigida por José Zayas, el mismo dúo que nos trajo las adaptaciones de Julia Álvarez, "En el tiempo de las mariposas" e Isabel Allende, "La casa de los espíritus".
Una lírica obra teatral repleta de imágenes dramáticas que se enfoca en la extraordinaria historia de amor entre un hombre con inclinaciones poéticas llamado Florentino Ariza y una mujer sensual, práctica y evasiva llamada Fermina Daza. La acción de la obra atraviesa cincuenta años y la historia se presenta en una serie de escenas repletas de movimiento, poesía, canciones y momentos de exuberante dramatismo. Un audaz tour-de-force teatral para cuatro actores.
* En El Tiempo De Las Mariposas > Enero 19, 25 y 29 | Febrero 10 y 14 > En Repertorio Español.
En el tiempo de las mariposas. Photo Michael Palma.
“In The Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the courageous Mirabal sisters (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa) from the Dominican Republic. The sisters inspired resistance cells throughout the country against the dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’, their secret code name, were brutally murdered by the regime in 1960.
Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, the martyred butterflies come to vibrant life in a warm, brilliant, and dramatic production by the talented duo – playwright Caridad Svich and director José Zayas– that brought us the critically acclaimed production of Isabel Allende’s “The House of the Spirits” in 2009.
* Entrada Gratis* > Gratis no hay nada > De Saulo García > Marzo 6, 7 de Abril - 15, 16 de Junio > Repertorio Español > Gratis.
Un hilarante monólogo de Saulo García el dotado comediante que nos trajo “La vida en los Esclavos Unidos” y “El insomnio americano”. En Entrada Gratis* Saulo se aventura a hablar de temas tabúes como la política, la muerte, la mentira conyugal y las relaciones entre padres e hijos para entregarnos un espectáculo que destaca tanto por una frecuencia vertiginosa de risas, como por una sabiduría que no acusa ni da lecciones, pero señala, reflexiona y termina por conmover.
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ARTE : HONEY, I REARRANGED THE COLLECTION
Honey, I Rearranged the Collection features artworks from the 40th Anniversary's 40 Years, 40 Gifts campaign, which has received support from Ford Foundation and the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust, as well as individual funders.
URBAN ARCHIVES: THE RITUALS OF CHAOS AT THE BRONX MUSEUM
This group exhibition, named after Carlos Monsivais' book of the same title, takes the work of Mexico's renowned photojournalist, Enrique Metinides, as a departure point and complements it with the work of contemporary artists who also capture the human experience in the metropolis. The photographs and video-based works provide a glimpse into the emotions and events that run rampant in cities where massive concentrations of people congregate, including notions of isolation and chaos. Guest curator Monica Espinel organized Rituals of Chaos. Featured artists include: Enrique Metinides, Sophie Calle, Robin Graubard, Gordon Matta-Clark, Rick Liss, Jamel Shabazz, and others.
Música en el Teatro Pregones del Bronx
MARZO 25: Grammy-nominee Papo Vázquez and his Pirates Troubadours know how to kick it in high gear and this gig is no exception. Expect a stompin' delivery of BATACUMBELE's classic "Danzón Don Vázquez" and a taste of the maestro's forthcoming new CD. With PAPO VÁZQUEZ on trombone, WILLIE WILLIAMS on sax, ZACCAI CURTIS on piano, DEZRON DOUGLAS on bass, JOHN DAVIS on drums, ANTHONY CARRILLO and CARLOS MALDONADO on percussion, and special guests AKUA DIXON's QUARTETTE INDIGO. And did we mention Papo is also one of our 2011 Latino Masters awardees?.
MARZO 27: Led by NEA National Heritage Fellow JUAN GUTIÉRREZ, Los Pleneros de la 21 are reigning champions of an enduring Afro Puerto Rican musical tradition. From Sesame Street to Carnegie Hall, they've played more venues than you can shake a stick at, propelling the whole world into the 21st Century, rhythm first! Their SERIES WRAP-UP concert and dance performance for March Is Music is always a raucous and sold-out affair. With special guest PAPO VÁZQUEZ. A Boricua classic! Sonia Sotomayor Round-Up
Earlier today, Sen Lugar(R) said: "Judge Sotomayor is clearly qualified to serve on the Supreme Court and she has demonstrated a judicial temperament during her week-long nomination hearing. Judge Sotomayor has had a distinguished career of public service. She is well regarded in the legal community and by her peers. I will vote to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States."
Two more republicnas senators, Olympia Snowe (R) and Mel Martínez, the only hispanic republican senator, announced their support as well. Martinez said: "Given her judicial record, and her testimony this week, it is my determination that Judge Sotomayor is well-qualified to serve as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court."
Are the boyz coming around? Mayor Bloomberg himself in Washington to support Sotomayor said: "I strongly believe she should be supported by Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. And I should know, because I've been all three."
The hearings were taken as very useless for some, as instructive for others, generally in a positive tone. One can certainly understand the frustration with a process that doesn't allow much in terms of real discussion and understanding. Nonetheless, the hearings give us a glance, a better understanding of the res public. It does engage citizens.
The use of gender and racial politics dominated the hearings. GOPers playing their part. The media and progressive bloggers went after this GOP tactic.
Peggy Drexler on HuffPost speaks a this bias: Gender and the Judge: Sotomayor Encounters a Familiar Bias. Maureen Dowdfrom the NYT in White Man’s Last Stand , seems to be having fun writing that "A wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not know that a gaggle of white Republican men afraid of extinction are out to trip her up." Sotomayor kept clear of any tricks. Smart Latina. hehe.
Gail Collins ( NYT)is also having fun: Day after day she gives us some bits of conversation from the hearing, with the real meaning of it, I guess. In 3 Days of the Sotomayor :
"SENATOR RUSS FEINGOLD: Judge Sotomayor, if confirmed, you will join the Supreme Court with more federal judicial experience than any justice in the past 100 years. And, therefore, I will devote my time to complaining about the way the Bush administration pummeled our civil liberties.
SENATOR ORRIN HATCH:Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to point out that we once had a Hispanic nominee for something, and the Democrats filibustered him."
Wonkette goes after the GOP in: Republicans Just Give Up On Sotomayor :' Having failed to provoke a “meltdown” or a comical Rosie Perez-style torrent of Spanish invective, GOP senators have run out of options and may just have to let this one through.
A discordant note was Linda Chavez who came out in strong opposition to Sotomayor's nomination. As per The Hill : "Do not vote to confirm this nominee," Chavez said. "It is clear from Judge Sotomayor's record that she has drunk deep from the well of identity politics. I know a lot about that well, and I can tell you that it is dark and poisonous… Judge Sotomayor has repeatedly said that race, ethnicity and gender are determinants of one's point of view.". Siempre hay un agufiestas, te digo. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellis another one, but then everyone expects that.
La prensa hispana ha estado al frente de la covertura de la nominación de Sotomayor. Resaltando el balance positivo de la confirmación podemos escuchar las protestas por la táctica racial que senadores republicanos intentaron usar. El Diario La Prensa de Nueva York publica esta nota editorial de Dolores Prida: 'Latina sabia, sureños lerdos'. Bueno, ya se imaginan:
"El espectáculo de un grupo de senadores sureños blancos, expresándose con fuerte acento regional y en un lenguaje combativo arropado en condescendencia, tratando de caracterizar a una latina como racista y prejuiciada fue más que patético. Fue el colmo de la hipocresía y una manifestación preocupante del futuro de la nación. Estos senadores representan estados que tienen la deshonrosa distinción de haber utilizado la esclavitud, la segregación y el prejuicio racial como arma política y económica desde la fundación de los Estados Unidos de América hace 233 años hasta hace solo unas cuatro décadas." En una nota más optimista el mismo diario afirma: "Sonia Sotomayor prácticamente selló ayer su entrada en la historia como la primera magistrada latina del Tribunal Supremo durante su última comparecencia ante el Senado, en la que recibió elogios de algunos republicanos."
Este optimismo se extiende a la mayoria de los latinos y a la mayoria de las estadounidenses. Y quienes están celebrando en grande? Todos en el Bronx! celebrando por que ‘Este es nuestro Super Bowl’
See what I mean? All Good. Want to go deeper? NYT Topics: Sonia Sotomayor
Well, confirmation is almost assured. Obama called her 'inspiring', others a Trailblazer and a Dreamer
As for me, I hope Sotomayor to be a force to bring positive change. Progressive change.
ADOLFO CARRION A WASHINGTON
Según información difundida por NY1, el Presidente del Condado del Bronx en Nueva York, Adolfo Carrión, ha sido nominado por Obama para encabezar la recién creada Oficina de Planificación Urbana en la Casa Blanca. Esta nueva oficina se encargará de coordinar programas de transporte urbano y habitacional. Carrión, de 47 años, ha sido presidente del condado desde 2002.
De confirmarse su nombramiento, el Bronx hará una eleccion especial en Abril para escoger su sucesor. Los dos contendientes serían hasta este momento, Ruben Diaz Jr. de la Asamblea Estadal y Joel Rivera del Consejo Metropolitano de Nueva York. El que salga elegido tendrá que defender su puesto en las primarias de Septiembre 2009. Vea la noticia en NY1.com
BREAK! THE URBAN FUNK SPECTACULAR AT LEHMAN CENTER
Everyone at The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx is very happy to present this coming weekend the hip, dazzling and utterly mesmerizing BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular in its state-of-the-art Concert Hall. BREAK! The Urban Funk Spectacular has astounded audiences of all ages throughout the world as it traces the history of Hip Hop Dancing over the last thirty years. It’s a high energy tribute to this creatively-charged, Bronx-born, American art form. A combination of pure physical strength and agility propels this group of New York's finest urban artists through a show of breathtaking movements to a pumping soundtrack with a live DJ and master percussionists. Cast members are supremely talented artists from the world of "Breakdancing," "Locking," "Electric Boogaloo," "Popping," and "Power Tumbling," as well as DJ-ing and Bucket Drumming. Many have been featured soloists with such show-business legends as Madonna, Janet Jackson, 50 Cent, Ringo Starr, Whitney Houston, P. Diddy and Luther Vandross. WHEN: Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8pm. For more info.
