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Shakespeare Workshop and Performance

Monday, August 2, 2010
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
103rd Street Community Garden. 103rd Street between Park & Lexington Aves.
New York Restoration Project has partnered with The Public Theater to host a free Shakespeare workshop and performance in the 103rd Street Community Garden as part of their Shakespeare Lab program. A troupe of professional actor... more >

Performing Arts

Summer Nights

Sweet Electra

Thursday, August 5, 2010
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
El Rufo
Admission: Free
Summer Nights culminates with Sweet Electra, a Guadalajaran blend of Acid Cabaret, Deep House, and Trip-Hop beats with elements of Jazz and Bossa Nova. Alerta Kamarada complements the program with its distinct Reggae style that ... more >

Film & Video

Cielo Abierto

Waste Land

Saturday, August 14, 2010
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
El Rufo
Admission: Fees Vary
A wonderfully resonant documentary that chronicles artist Vic Muniz’s experience in Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Muniz photographs and collaborates with an... more >

Visual Arts

On View

Retro/Active: The Work of Rafael Ferrer

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Las Galerias
Admission: Fees Vary
Curated by Deborah Cullen, Director of Curatorial Programs, El Museo del Barrio. In the late 1960s, Puerto Rican-born Rafael Ferrer became internationally renowned for his guerilla art actions in New York and Philadelphia. In t... more >

Around El Barrio

Weaving In & Out

beginsTuesday, June 15, 2010, 12:00 pm
endsSunday, August 29, 2010, 7:00 pm
Tapestry, located at 245 East 124th Street
Admission: Free
No Longer Empty in collaboration with Tapestry and El Museo del Barrio is pleased to present Weaving In & Out, a collaborative exhibition in a new green development in East Harlem called Tapestry. The exhibit, opening June 1... more >

Literary Arts

Barrio Book Club

When a Tree Falls by Beatriz Rivera

Tuesday, September 7, 2010
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
El Café
Admission: Free
In collaboration with La Casa Azul Bookstore. Cuban-American writer Beatriz Rivera presents another off-beat love story full of oddball characters in absurd situations: Dr. Chico Chanca, a clog-wearing, tea-drinking psychiatrist... more >

Visual Arts

Nueva York

Friday, September 17, 2010
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Las Galerias
Admission: Fees Vary
A collaboration with New-York Historical Society In an historic partnership, the New-York Historical Society and El Museo del Barrio are collaborating on the organization of Nueva York, a major special exhibition that will offe... more >

Visual Arts

On View

Voces y Visiones

October 2009 - January 2011
Voces y Visiones: Four Decades Through El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo del Barrio The premiere exhibition in our new Carmen Ana Unanue Permanent Collection Galleries c... more >

Visual Arts

Part of El Museo's FOCOS series, which highlights groundbreaking, mature, yet underrecognized artists, this traveling retrospective highlights three decades of work by Uruguayan conceptual artist and writer Luis Camnitzer. Born ... more >

Visual Arts

El Museo's Bienal: The (S) Files 2011

June 2011 - August 2011
Las Galerias
Admission: Fees Vary
Curated by Elvis Fuentes, Curator, El Museo del Barrio The (S) Files bienal highlights the most innovative, cutting-edge art being produced by emerging Latino and Latin American artists currently working in the greater New Yo... more >