El Museo has more for you than ever before. This calendar of events contains details on our special programming, including activities for all ages. We look forward to seeing you at El Museo!
Don't miss our Summer Nights at El Museo 2008 concert series!
To download a PDF version of our Summer Nights postcard, click here |
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El Museo's summer outdoor screenings highlight independent films by emerging Latino filmmakers. |
JUNE
Festivals
Museum Mile Festival
Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Join us at the top of Museum Mile! Throughout the evening enjoy live music, dancing, art making activities for families on Fifth Avenue. Musical and dance performances offered in partnership with the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, El Barrio’s premier pre-professional performing arts school and a leader in Latin music education.
Admission: Free.
Performing Arts
The Toothache of King Farfán/La Muela del Rey Farfán
Friday, June 6, 11:30 am & 6:00 pm
Saturday, June 7, 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 8, 5:00 pm
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Join El Museo and Teatro SEA for TeatroStageFest. The Toothache of King Farfán/La Muela del Rey Farfán is a production cast of 20 life-size puppets, singers, and musicians brings to life the timeless story of the lessons learned by a stubborn king who refused to love and respect others. Don’t miss the premiere of this children's colorful classic Spanish operetta by New York's leading bilingual Arts-in-Education theater company! |
For tickets call (212) 279-4200, noon to 8:00 pm daily. In Person: Ticket Central Box Office: noon to 8:00 pmdaily, 416 W 42nd Street (btw 9th & 10th Aves). Students, Seniors and Group Discounts also Available! Performance by Teatro SEA (NY), directed by Manuel A. Morán. Bilingual: Accessible to all audiences
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, June 7, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Admission: Free. For advance registration e-mail elbarriotours@elmuseo.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Women on the Verge
Thursday, June 12, performances begin at 7:00 pm
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— Marta Gómez and her group will perfom original compositions blending Caribbean and Andean melodies with jazz and pop, taking traditional South American indigenous folk music into a hip new realm. With more than 70 original compositions, Marta explores a wide range of genres, including Colombian cumbias and bambucos, Argentine zambas, Cuban sones and Peruvian landos, adding catchy refrains that reach across language and cultural borders. |
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— Sofia Koutsovitis belongs to a new generation of musicians who imaginatively explore the connection between jazz, contemporary music, and the rich musical traditions of South America. An active vocalist, composer and arranger, her primary musical project to date, the Sofia Koutsovitis Group, is grounded in traditional South American rhythms such as chacarera and zamba from Argentina, Afro-peruvian festejo and lando and various Brazilian genres that merge organically with sophisticated modern harmonies and exploratory improvisations. Renowned jazz artist Danilo Perez praises Sofia for her ability to “combine the best of her Argentine roots with the skills and passion” needed to update these works for a new audience. |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
Performing Arts
Picasso FLAMENCOunt of Orgaz
Saturday, June 14, 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm – English
Sunday, June 15, 3:00 pm – Spanish
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TeatroStageFest brings another great performance to El Museo's Teatro Heckscher. Picasso FLAMENCOunt of Orgaz is a fusion of Pablo Picasso’s poetic texts titled The Burial of Count Orgaz, projections of his paintings, Cubist masks, and the passion of live Flamenco take audiences on a unique theatrical journey into the mind of the man who forever transformed art. Performance by Teatro Thalia (NY), directed by Angel Gil Orrios. |
Performances in English and Spanish. For more information please visit www.teatrostagefest.org
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, June 14, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For advance registration e-mail elbarriotours@elmuseo.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Women on the Verge
Thursday, June 19, performance begins at 7:00 pm
In collaboration with Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concert Series Presented by The Weill Music Institute
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— The Lucía Pulido Ensemble Lucía Pulido is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices on the international music scene today. She has mined the musical traditions of her native Colombia and other Latin American countries in an ongoing search for a distinct, experimental sound. With a background in Colombian music, jazz, and the "Nueva Canción"(New Song) genre, Lucia is now developing an experimental project based on Latin American traditional songs with Argentinean guitarist Fernando Tarrés; and a new project titled “América Contemporánea – um Outro Centro” with Brazilian pianist Benjamim Taubkin. Lucia performed regularly at El Museo del Barrio a decade ago at the inception of El Museo’s concert series. At that time she was relatively new to New York and established her roots here, in El Barrio. Today, she travels internationally, and has been described The New York Times as an artist that “holds on to the rawness of the original melodies while giving them a sophisticated new context.” |
Neighborhood Concerts are generously support by the New York City Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and by The New York State Council on the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
Festivals
Miracles On 104th Street Festival
Saturday, June 21, 2008, 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Celebrating its 5th year, New Yorkers, neighbors and visitors to the city are invited to explore the intersection of culture along Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Presented annually by The Museum of the City of New York & El Museo del Barrio, Saturday strollers will enjoy an afternoon with lively music and art. El Museo features hands-on activities for children and families throughout the day on the rooftop, as well as live Latin & World music by Cuban artist Alina Brouwer & The Black Friars (1-3 pm).
Admission: FREE. Hands-on activities will be held on El Museo’s Rooftop. In the event of rain, hands-on activities will be held in the Museum’s Taller Workshop.
Harmony's Happening! Midori & Friends Third Annual Children’s Music Festival
3:00 pm- 4:30 pm
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Hosted by Maggie Rodriguez, Co-Anchor CBS News, The Early Show, the third annual Midori & Friends Children’s Music Festival lights up the stage in El Museo’s Teatro Hecksher. The festival features Midori & Friends public school students performing world music with renowned adult artists and ensembles--among them, Mexico Beyond Mariachi, Afro-Brazil Arts, and CelloMan. Concert highlights also include a red hot duo featuring Latin jazz sensation Arturo O'Farrill performing with Luis Fernandez, a graduate of Midori & Friends programs, and a rousing choral finale featuring 60 young vocalists and 20 instrumentalists. All the performance takes place in front of a bejeweled backdrop made of 700 illuminated, recycled plastic bottles. A surprise host and musical door prizes add to the fun! Program subject to change without notice. For further information visit www.midoriandfriends.org. |
Admission: FREE. RSVP is not required. Concert seating in El Museo's Teatro Heckscher is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.Explore the intersection of culture and nature at Fifth Avenue and 104th Street! El Museo del Barrio, The Museum of the City of New York, and the City of New York Department of Parks and Recreation provide a full afternoon of art, live music and fun for families and the community.
Film — Maldeamores (Lovesickness)
7:00 pm- 9:00 pm
Maldeamores (Lovesickness) is a 2007 Puerto Rican film, produced by Benecio del Toro and starring Luis Guzmán. Written by Carlos Ruíz Ruíz and Jorge Gonzales, and directed by Ruíz and his wife Mariem Pérez Riera, the film relates three separate stories dealing with the ironies of love, involving a middle class family, a hostage situation, and an elderly couple. The film was chosen to represent Puerto Rico at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. This screening is in partnership with Cinema El Barrio, Maya Releasing, and the Association of Hispanic Arts.
Admission: FREE. Film will be screened in El Museo’s Teatro Heckscher.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, June 21, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Women on the Verge
Thursday, June 26, performance begins at 7:00 pm
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— Sofia Tosello belongs to an exciting new group of South American artists who blend traditional rhythms with a funky and sophisticated New York sensibility. Hailing from Cordoba, Argentina, Sofia has the unmistakable imprint of the tango, the chacarera and zamba. We also hear reflected in her voice an impressive range of sounds including “world” jazz, bossa nova, and Nueva Trova. Sofia sees herself as a border-crosser, not bound by any one genre. |
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— Sabrina Lastman A vocalist and composer born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sabrina fuses Afro-Brazilian, Spanish, classical and traditional Jewish music with avant-garde jazz. Since moving from Jerusalem to New York in 2005, she has performed locally at Carnegie Hall, the New York City Classical Guitar Society, Queen Sofia Institute and Martin E. Segal Theatre, among others. She has also toured in Israel, and Uruguay, where she presented work from her new album The Folds of the Soul, out this year on independent label Perro Andaluz. |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, June 28, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For advance registration e-mail elbarriotours@elmuseo.org
Walking Tours continue until mid October.
JULY
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Women on the Verge
Thursday, July 3, performance begins at 7:00 pm
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— ¡Retumba! is a multi-ethnic all-female music and dance ensemble founded in March 1981 in celebration of Women's History month. Fusing traditional rhythms and ancient melodies with modern interpretations, ¡Retumba! bases its work on the historic meeting of African and European sounds in the Americas and the Caribbean, with a particular focus on the music of Puerto Rico, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Brazil |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, July 5, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Women on the Verge
Thursday, July 10, performance begins at 7:00 pm
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— Cecilia Villar Eljuri Born in Ecuador, Cecilia is the daughter of legendary radio, theatre and television pioneer Paco Villar and composer Olga Eljuri de Villar. In the creation of En Paz, Cecilia tapped into her parents’ artistic legacy and Ecuadorian heritage by traveling to her homeland during the writing stage, greatly impacting the direction of the album. What unfolds on En Paz are rock-tinged songs with hook-driven melodies, complimented by confident lyrics. On Sombra Negra, Eljuri delivers sultry, urgent vocals backed by growling guitar licks. Another song, Una Ola, one of the first tracks written for the album, reflects on memories of a dear friend. Eljuri describes the powers of the ocean and how a single wave can sweep you away into bliss. "... a sound that electrifies Latin styles...This is rock/dance music at its best." —BILLBOARD Magazine |
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— Xiomara Laugart For many years in Cuba, powerful, raw songstress Xiomara Laugart (a.k.a. “La Negra”) was muse to artists in the “Nueva Trova” movement, and shared stages with the likes of Pablo Milanes, Silvio Rodriguez, and Raul Torres. After immigrating to the United States, Xiomara became the lead vocalist in Yerba Buena, and recently played Celia Cruz on Broadway, singing the Cuban legend’s classic songs so authentically, older audience members were regularly moved to tears. Over the course of her career she has recorded and/or performed alongside some of Latin music’s most legendary musicians, including Albita, Omara Portuondo, Jacky Terrasson, Omar Sosa, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Dave Valentin, Isaac Delgado, Carlinhos Brown, Arto Lindsay, Roy Hargrove, Ron Blake, and many more. |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
Film & Video / Outdoor Programs
CIELO ABIERTO: Rooftop Films at El Museo
Friday, July 11, 2008; live music begins at 8:30 pm, films begin at 9:30 pm
Rooftop Films and El Museo del Barrio invite you to our summer outdoor screenings, which will highlight the work of independent films by emerging Latino filmmakers. El Museo’s top floor roof terrace will be open to the public to enjoy a selection of films as well as refreshments and live music.
—— Yerbabuena
Composed of musicians, singers and dancers from the New York City area who share an intense passion for the musical traditions of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. They describe their show as “a cross between a jam in the park, a spiritual ceremony and a family reunion.” Expect an uplifting, vibrant mix of bomba, plena and música jíbara.
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—— The Crown (La Corona) In this pageant, the contestants are accused murderers, guerrillas, and thieves. The winner will be crowned Queen, but she won't be invited on a press tour as a role model for young girls. Instead, she will be escorted back to her cell. Nominated for an Academy Award, La Corona documents the boisterous annual beauty pageants in El Buen Pastor, a women’s prison in Colombia. Every year the prison administration allows the various cellblocks to nominate one woman to represent them in the prison-wide competition, and the ensuing spectacle is so ostentatiously festive and irresistibly colorful that it is even covered by the national media. Colombian-born filmmaker Isabel Vega read about the pageants in an article and soon teamed with long-time collaborator Amanda Micheli to capture the uniquely Colombian event. Despite difficulties working with the warden, the filmmakers succeed in capturing the spirit of the affair and glimpses of the contestants’ complex motivations. Despite their hardships, the women rally around their nominees and show intense pride and loyalty to their cellblock communities, even in defeat. The Crown, (La Corona) Dir. Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega. (Colombia, 2005, 45 min. Spanish with subtitles) |
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—— Some Kind of Sadness (Alguna Tristeza) Beginning with ruminations on the Peruvian soccer team’s overturned victory in the 1936 Olympics, Juan Alejandro Ramirez’ mesmerizing documentary intertwines multiple themes—personal, political, historical and anthropological — and creates a uniquely magical tapestry, shaded in the hues of his native countryside. This group of seemingly unrelated vignettes are always intensely emotional in tone, and often center on questions of race, identity, and culture: the ill-feeling after the stolen victory (widely believed to have been decided on grounds of race); a moody cab driver's blind faith for a better future; the emptiness of a discovery that was never recognized; the alienation of an outsider in a remote Amazonian town; and the determination of a trio of waiters aboard a train that runs across the barren Southern Andean tundra. Taken together, these episodes run together like a narrated home movie exploring a culture and social conditions that have made sadness a way of life. Some Kind of Sadness (Alguna Trsiteza) Dir. Juan Alejandro Ramírez. (Peru, 2006, 41 min.) |
Admission: $9. Please note: Space is very limited so we highly recommend ordering advance tickets at http://tinyurl.com/5npj9r. El Museo members may attend free, but must RSVP 24 hours in advance to: Nazira Handal at (212) 660-7143 or nhandal@elmuseo.org to reserve seats. Please bring your membership card to ensure preferred seating.
In the event of rain, the show will be held indoors at the same location.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, July 12, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Target Free Latin Nights Concert Series, Noches Latinas
Thursday, July 17, performance begins at 7:00 pm
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—Night at the Palladium with the Chino Núñez and Friends Orchestra Chino received a Grammy in 2004 as a member of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra for the album “Across 110th Street” for which he arranged “Te Cantare”. The list of musicians with whom he’s worked reads like a Who’s Who of Latin music, and includes Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto, Hector Lavoe, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, Tito Nieves, Oscar DeLeón, Tito Rojas, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle, Jerry Rivera, Ruben Blades, Johnny Pacheco, Louis Ramirez, Adalberto Santiago, Ismael Miranda, Cheo Feliciano, Larry Harlow, Yomo Toro, Luis Perico Ortiz, Domingo Quinones, La India, Marc Anthony, Brenda K. Starr, Michael Stewart, Jimmy Bosch, Frankie Vasquez y Los Soneros del Barrio, Ernie Acevedo Y Su Conjunto Imagen, Rafael DeJesus y Su Orquesta, Conjunto Clásico, and Danny Rivera, among others. |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
Film & Video / Outdoor Programs
CIELO ABIERTO: Cine en los Jardines de El Barrio
Friday, July 18, 2008, 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
In collaboration with New York Restoration Project, El Museo del Barrio presents CIELO ABIERTO: Cine en los Jardines de El Barrio, three nights of films for families. The screenings, held in East Harlem’s community gardens, are the perfect excuse to enjoy great films and mingle with friends and neighbors. BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR! Please note: all films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
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—— Familia Rodante (Rolling Family) When a grandmother returns to her homeland to be the matron of honor at her niece’s wedding, she brings her whole family along. Four cramped generations set off on a cross-country journey in a modest RV . Along the way, their true feelings come to the surface. Preceeded by Emilia, a story about the unconditional love a couple has for their six-year-old daughter. Familia Rodante, (Rolling Family) Dir. Pablo Trapero (2006, Argentina, 95 min, Spanish with subtitles) |
Admission: Free. Location: 103rd Street Community Garden, 105 East 103rd Street, El Barrio.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, July 19, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Target Free Latin Nights Concert Series, Noches Latinas
Thursday, July 24, performance begins at 7:00 pm
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—— Freestyle Urban Night Presented in collaboration with Blue Entertainment, it features up-and-coming rapper Nick Diddy aka TALENTINO. Billed as a Dominican Sean Combs, Talentino was a high school classmate of nuevo-bachata stars Aventura, and an early promoter of Uptown neighborhood parties for the NYC-raised “Dominican York” generation. He’s a multi-tasking perfomer who has appeared in several indie films, while performing his music in New York and the Dominican Republic, acting as a hype-man for numerous parties, and hosting an internet radio show on www.urbanlatinoradio.com. He released his first album, “The Talent Show,” this year. Other musicians featured include emcees and singers Nayobe, Soave, and Young Quest. |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, July 26, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Target Free Latin Nights Concert Series, Noches Latinas
Thursday, July 31, performance begins at 7:00 pm
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—Irresistible Tango featuring Tito Castro Irresistible Tango will transport audiences through a 105-year journey of one of the world’s most captivating music and dance genres while honoring many of the genre’s legendary greats such as Eduardo Arolas, Anibal Triolo, Enrique Santos Discepolo and the world famous Carlos Gardel, among others. The dynamic ensemble features Cris Vasquez(lead singer), Maurizio Najt (piano), Franchinito Iwaki (violin), Tomas Lacroze (bass) and Tito Castro (bandeon) and guest dancers. Born among nostalgic working-class Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires in the late 1800’s, tango is an intricate dance of passion, elegance, grace, and speed. It is intensely improvisational, with a rich history. In its infancy, tango was danced solely among the men as a means to perfect the complicated steps and to compete for the attention of the few available women. Later, of course, it became a partner dance, reaching its pinnacle in the 1940’s. After many ups and downs, it is once more an integral part of Argentine culture, both in its salon (social) and exhibition (theatrical) forms. It is equally popular amongst Hispanic and crossover audiences, with a very large following in many parts of the United States, Europe, Japan, Mexico and Latin America. |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
AUGUST
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, August 2, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Target Free Latin Nights Concert Series, Noches Latinas
Thursday, August 7, performance begins at 7:00 pm
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—Celebrate Colombia! Folklore Urbano featuring Pablo Mayor “Folklore Urbano performs material that is authentic and refreshing, due in no small part to Mayor's amazing way of synthesizing jazz with Colombian folkloric music, taking Latin music to an entirely new dimension.” -- Vicky Sola, Latin Beat Magazine. |
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
Film & Video / Outdoor Programs
CIELO ABIERTO: Rooftop Films at El Museo
Friday, August 8, 2008; live music begins at 8:30 pm, films begin at 9:30 pm
Rooftop Films and El Museo del Barrio invite you to our summer outdoor screenings, which will highlight the work of independent films by emerging Latino filmmakers. El Museo’s top floor roof terrace will be open to the public to enjoy a selection of films as well as refreshments and live music.
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—Balun This Puerto Rican electro-pop quartet creates chill-out music that could be the soundtrack to dreams or underwater explorations. The All Music Guide calls Balun’s beautiful slow-tempo melodies “a swirling mix of lo-fi electronics and old-school instruments that puts to rest the idea that all indie electronic music sounds the same.” |
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—Up With Me |
Admission: $9. Please note: Space is very limited so we highly recommend ordering advance tickets at http://tinyurl.com/5npj9r. El Museo members may attend free, but must RSVP 24 hours in advance to: Nazira Handal at (212) 660-7143 or nhandal@elmuseo.org to reserve seats. Please bring your membership card to ensure preferred seating. Media sponsors: NY Remezcla, and LATV’s American Latino TV and Latination TV.
In the event of rain, the show will be held indoors at the same location.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, August 9, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Performing Arts
Summer Nights at El Museo - Target Free Latin Nights Concert Series, Noches Latinas
Thursday, August 14, performance begins at 7:00 pm
— Noche de Trios. Junior Gonzalez y su Trio Los Borincanos and Eddie Alicea y su Trio de Epoca
Popular in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Cuba, among other countries, música de trios typically features vocalists singing story-telling music of lost love, honor, and nostalgia, while playing lilting guitar melodies. Originally from Ponce, Puerto Rico, Junior Gonzalez (writer/composer) is director of Trio Los Borincanos. Mr. Gonzalez has worked in New York City for over thirty-five years and has directed 5 musical trio but has reached greatest acclaim with his own, Trio Los Boricanos.
Trio de Epoca was formed in the Bronx in 2005. Eddie Alicea, lead vocals, is the trio’s director. Junior Luciano, plays first guitar and is the trio’s third voice, Rafael Cabrera, from the Dominican Republic is the second guitarist and the trio’s second voice. The trio is accompanied by Tony Sanchez on percussion. El Trio De Epoca is highly regarded in Nueva York and beyond its hallmarks is their rich and varied repertoire of classics.
Admission: All of the concerts are free and open to the public. Location: Typically held in El Museo’s outdoor courtyard, this year’s concert series will take place in El Museo’s 599-seat Heckscher Theater while the courtyard undergoes renovation.
Film & Video / Outdoor Programs
CIELO ABIERTO: Cine en los Jardines de El Barrio
Friday, August 15, 2008, 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
In collaboration with New York Restoration Project, El Museo del Barrio presents CIELO ABIERTO: Cine en los Jardines de El Barrio, three nights of films for families. The screenings, held in East Harlem’s community gardens, are the perfect excuse to enjoy great films and mingle with friends and neighbors. BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR! Please note: all films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
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—— Viva Cuba! Malu and Jorgito are best friends despite the feud between their families. They embark on a rollicking odyssey from the streets of Havana across the Cuban countryside in search of Malu’s father. Preceeded by Emilia, a story about the unconditional love that a couple has for their six-year-old daughter. Viva Cuba! Dir. Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti (2005, Cuba, 80 min, Comedy, Spanish with Subtitles) |
Admission: Free. Location: 103rd Street Community Garden, 105 East 103rd Street, El Barrio.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, August 16, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, August 23, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
Film & Video / Outdoor Programs
CIELO ABIERTO: Cine en los Jardines de El Barrio
Friday, August 29, 2008, 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
In collaboration with New York Restoration Project, El Museo del Barrio presents CIELO ABIERTO: Cine en los Jardines de El Barrio, three nights of films for families. The screenings, held in East Harlem’s community gardens, are the perfect excuse to enjoy great films and mingle with friends and neighbors. BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR! Please note: all films are in Spanish with English subtitles.
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——Perico Ripiao Three convicted criminals escape from a Dominican prison carrying only a güira, a drum, and an accordion. During their journey they cross paths with a bunch of unusual characters, and are forced to use their instruments to get them home to their families. Preceeded by Camión de Carga (“Cargo Truck”): Keeping her terminal illness a secret, a single mother decides to embark on a dangerous trip to the United States with her only son in search of a cure to her illness. Perico Ripiao, Dir. Ángel Muñiz (2003, Dominican Republic, 100 min, Comedy, Spanish with Subtitles) |
Admission: Free. Location: 103rd Street Community Garden, 105 East 103rd Street, El Barrio.
El Barrio and Beyond
Destination: El Barrio. Free Walking Tours
Saturday, August 16, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tour meets each Saturday at the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Guides from Big Onion Walking Tours lead excursions highlighting the thriving scene of Latino arts, culture and cuisine native to El Barrio. This program has been developed for El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism through grants from the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
Admission: Free. For more information visit www.eastharlemtourism.org
