Cultural Celebrations
Target Free Third Saturdays (February)
¡LA VIDA ES UN CARNAVAL!
Exhibitions On-View
11:00am – 6:00pm, Las Galerías
NEXUS NEW YORK: LATIN/AMERICAN ARTISTS IN THE MODERN METROPOLIS
VOCES Y VISIONES: Four Decades through El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection – Last chance to see it - closes on February 28!
Art Making Workshop
MASK MAKING AND JESTER HATS
12:00noon – 4:00pm, El Taller
Create and wear your own paper mask and jester hat, and join the Carnival fun!
Photo Booth
SUPER SABADO PHOTO STATION
12:00noon – 4:00pm, The Courtyard
Capture your visit! Take a picture with family and friends.
Storytelling
COLORIN COLORADO with Glenys Javier
1:00pm – 2:00pm and 3:00pm – 4:00pm, El Café
Join actress Glenys Javier as she takes you on a colorful journey from the festive streets of the Dominican Republic to New York City through the book Mi Carnaval by Elizabeth Balaguer.
Visual Arts
GALLERY TOURS
11:00am, 3:00 and 4:00pm, Las Galerías
Artist Educators guide visitors through our exhibitions. This month, El Museo kicks off its Super Sabado Family Tour offered at 11:00am in English. All afternoon tours are offered in both English and in Spanish. Space is limited, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Los artistas educadores guiarán al público por nuestras bellas galerías.
Concert
SOUNDS OF CARNAVAL
4:00pm – 5:30 pm, El Teatro
The Candombe Jazz Project and Capoeira Arts Dance group together in concert! In celebration of the cultural traditions and musical contributions of the African Diaspora in Latin America, Candombe Jazz Project features Candombe, a drum based musical style from Uruguay that originated among the African population and is played on the streets, halls, and carnivals of the country. The Capoeira Arts Dance musical group presents exciting dances and sounds from northern Brazil, where African influences are strongest. Afro-Brazilian dance is full of spontaneous, soulful, and energetic movement that will energize your body and spirit.
Spoken Word Workshop
OH, SNAP! Young Powerful Voices at Work
4:30pm - 6:30pm, El Taller
The Peace Poets, a community-based arts collective from New York City, facilitates a two-hour spoken word workshop for teens.
Spoken Word
SPEAK UP! SPEAK OUT! Out of the Vox!
6:30pm – 8:30pm, El Café
Edwin Torres and guest poets Sandra María Estevez, Urayoan Noel, and Guillermo Rebollo-Gil host an evening of politically-bodified in the old-new lengua school that will be sure to shake us up to speak!
Additional public programs are also offered to the public at the Heckscher Building:
For information on exhibitions, dances classes, and more, offered by the Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, please contact 212-427-2244, ext. 570 or visit www.harborconservatory.org
SAVE THE DATE! Upcoming Super Sábados:
March 20, 2010 - SABOR! OUR ABUELAS LEGACY
April 17, 2010 - DE AQUI Y DE ALLA.....STORIES FROM AROUND NY
May 15, 2010 - ORALE! CHICANO MEETS NUYORICAN
