Songs to the Orishas

[Jacuma]

Songs to the Orishas
(October 12 & 13, 19 & 20, 6:30 pm)
At the Caribbean Cultural Center
408 West 58th Street
New York, New York
212 397 7420 ext. 3003

A four workshop series led by Orlando "Puntilla" Rios, internationally recognized traditional leader and musician. Bring a notebook, pen, and tape recorder. The workshops will be interactive, combining presentation and practice of chants by the participants.

SERIES OF 4 CLASSES LEARN THE SACRED SONGS
Instructor Master Traditional Leader Arbon Orlando "Puntilla" Rios
Register now for the series of 4 workshops $100.00
(no individual classes you can pay by major credit card)




Explicit Content by Black Artemis
at The Caribbean Cultural Center
408 West 58th Street
New York, New York
Saturday, October 16, 2004
at 2 pm

Please join hip hop educator Sofia Quintero as she reads excerpts from her new book, Explicit Content. A screening of the hip hop film Corporate Dawgz will precede the reading, written by Quintero and directed and produced by Elisha M. Miranda. Both Miranda and Quintero will approach the controversy over terms such as "hip hop lit" often loosely applied by the media, through a dialogue and debate on this issue with the audience. For more information on the film and novel, please refer to http://www.chicaluna.com and http://www.blackartemis.com.




Congo pa ti: Multimedia Project
(video-documentary, theatre, music, dance and photography)
at The Caribbean Cultural Center
408 West 58th Street
New York, New York
Friday, October 22, 2004
at 6 pm

"The video documentary, "Congo Pa' TÃ*", of approximately one hour, gives recognition to the resistance shown by Afro-Dominican cultural manifestations in the face of a context of poverty and denial, giving attention to the role of Black women in these communities. It includes interviews with intellectuals, artists and residents of the community of Villa Mella who explore the issue of race since its origins until today and it includes commentaries by people about identity and culture in the Dominican Republic, perhaps one of the only places where Black people do not want to be called "Blacks". From a perspective of participatory action research, Melassa had the collaboration of the Brotherhood of the Congos of the Holy Spirit, who were declared oral patrimony for the humanity by the UNESCO in 2001, and a group of young women who learned how to use cameras and do interviews of an ethnographic content. Their contribution to community research and documentation of an Afro-Latina/o culture are part of the final product of this film."