About this Event
Join us for Free family friendly afternoon filled with music, dance and storytelling on June 10. Come dance bomba with Angel "Balancé" Reyes and Felix Romero, while discovering the life of Marisol Malaret through a temporary special exhibition of her life's accomplishments and then you can meet Antonio Martorell during a brief meet and greet in our Kabayitos theater and stay for the film screening of Un accidente feliz, that chronicles his life, or go be transported by Tere Marichal's storytelling though her Cuenta Cuentos play in our third floor room 309.
Schedule for the day:
2:00 - 2:30 pm: Bombazo welcome (Abrazo Gallery)
2:30 - 3:30 pm: Bomba Class (Abrazo Gallery)
3:30 - 5:30 pm: Cuenta Cuentos by Tere Marichal (Room 309)
3:30 - 4:00 pm: Antonio Martorell, Meet & Greet (Kabayitos Theater*)
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Film screening El Accidente Felíz (Kabayitos Theater*)
2:00 - 6:00 pm: On view Marisol Malaret: Esplendor y Tenacidad exhibition in the 3rd floor foyer
*space is limited, first come first serve
Light refreshments will be served.
Encuentros de Aristas: A Puerto Rican Heritage Experience is brought to you by The Clemente in partnership with the New York City National Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Bios:
María Teresa “Tere” Marichal – (b. 1956, Yauco, Puerto Rico) Actor, writer, ventriloquist, playwright, and television personality whose TV show “La Casa de María Chuzema” aired on PBS in Puerto Rico for 25 years, which educated and positively impacted an entire generation of children through the art of cultural storytelling.
Antonio Martorell – (b. 1939, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico) Accomplished painter, graphic artist and writer who recently received the National Medal of Arts from President Biden. Martorell was instrumental in the creation of the Hurricane Maria Memorial in New York City’s Battery Park, called “Mi Grito Hacia el Mundo” (My Cry to the World), whose paintings were featured to honor those we lost as a result of Hurricane Maria.
Marisol Malarét – (b.1949, Utuado, Puerto Rico - d. 2023, San Juan, Puerto Rico) Malaret was a Puerto Rican television host, model, and beauty queen who won Miss Universe 1970, becoming the first Caribbean and Puerto Rican woman to be crowned Miss Universe.
Angel "Balancé" Reyes founder of Taller de Bomba Balancé. Reyes is considered one of the most exceptional masters of bomba music and dance. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and raised in New York. Reyes apprenticed with Puerto Rican bomba patriarch Don Rafael Cepeda. He performed and toured as a principle member of La Familia Cepeda, Los Hermanos Ayala and Paracumbé, the three most important groups representing the regional styles of bomba. In 1981, Reyes founded Agueybaná, developing community and after school arts programs for youth. In 2002, he participated in “ReEncuentro de Pies, Tambores y Faldas,” a collaborative performance of flamenco, bomba and kathak (classical Indian dance) in which he and his son Otoqui assumed the roles of choreographers, singers and drummers. Later, the show won the “Premio ACE” and “HOLA” awards for Best Musical Production. In Chicago in 2008, Reyes was recognized by the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center for his dedication and contribution to bomba. In 2015, Reyes established Taller Balancé Bomba Afro-Boricua in Florida. Reyes is joined by Felix Romero a member of the Taller Bomba Balancé.
About Organizers:
The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) is the largest demonstration of cultural pride in the nation. Now in its 66th year, the parade takes place from 44th Street to 79th Street along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, in honor of the 3.5 million inhabitants of Puerto Rico and over 5 million people residing in the United States. Reborn in 2014, our programs and events focus on promoting Culture, Arts and Education, with special tributes to prominent, historical figures and campaigns to raise awareness of important issues in the community. We are also committed to advancing the pursuit of higher education, awarding scholarships to students of Puerto Rican descent.
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center Inc. is a Puerto Rican/Latinx multi-arts cultural institution that has demonstrated a broad-minded cultural vision and inclusive philosophy rooted in NYC’s Lower East Side/Loisaida. While focused on the cultivation, presentation, and preservation of Puerto Rican and Latinx culture, we are equally committed to a multi-ethnic / international latitude, determined to operate in a polyphonic manner that provides affordable working space and venues to artists, small arts organizations, emergent and independent community producers that reflect the cultural diversity of the LES and our City.
As a downtown Latinx cultural staple for close to three decades, The Clemente is the pulpit where countless New York based Latinx, BIPOC, local LES, and international partners create multi-disciplinary contemporary work and co-productions in a collaborative environment. We are guided by our namesake's legacy of building culturally grounded multigenerational leadership, local power, and mutuality in times of crisis.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
107 Suffolk St, 107 Suffolk Street, New York, United States
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