Category Archives: Corrientes

Announcements of current events.

Senator Serrano’s Transfat Help Center

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July 24th Event Hosted by Senator Serrano, The Trans-Fat Help Center, and Hope Community Inc.
State Senator Jose M. Serrano

Event Sponsors:

Senator Serrano
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The Trans Fat Help Center

Hope Community Inc.

Free Class in Spanish with the Trans Fat Help Center

The Trans Fat Help Center hosts classes for food professionals on the basics of cooking and baking without artificial trans fat. These classes are free to anyone working in New York City’s food industry.  Tuesday, July 24, 2 – 4 p.m. Ortiz-Wittenberg Gallery 171 E. 109th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues  Register today: (718) 552-1152  Clase Gratis con el Trans Fat Help Center Totalmente en Español  El Trans Fat Help Center ofrece clases para profesionales sobre los fundamentos de la cocina sin trans fat artificial. Estas clases son gratis para personas que trabajan en la industria alimenticia de la Ciudad de Nueva York.
Martes, 24 de julio, 2 – 4 p.m. Ortiz-Wittenberg Gallery #171 E. 109 entre las Avenidas Tercera y Lexington Inscríbase hoy: (718) 552-1152

El Taller Boricua and Jimmy Delgado Present

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Every Wednesday through August 29 • 5:30 PM

Uptown Salsa After Work Party Event

July 4 – Soneros de Oriente
July 11 – Caransalsa
July 18 – Frankie Morales’s Mambo of the Times Orchestra
Juy 25 – Excelencia
August 1 – Orchestra Broadway
August 8 – Jimmy Sabater, Jr. & Los Salseros Del Hudson
August 15 – Sonsublime
August 22 – Rigo Y Su Grupo Ecua-Jei
August 29 – Tipica Novel
Ladies $5 from 5:30-6:30; $10 after 6:30
Gentlemen $10 all night
Julia de Burgos Latino Cultural Center
1680 Lexington Avenue
212.831.4333; www.tallerboricua.org

Every Thursday through August 23 • 6:30-9:00 PM
Summer Nights at El Museo

Target Presents Musical Icons of El Barrio
July 5 – Tito Puente, Jr.
July 19 – Plena Libre
August 2 – Spanish Harlem Orchestra
August 16 – Tribute to Hector LaVoe with Chino Nuñez

Budweiser Select’s Alternative Music Festival
July 12 – Circo
July 26 – Cultura Profética
August 9 – Latin Funk Night with Pacha Massive and Folklore Urbano
August 23 – Los Amigos Invisibles

Free. Limited seating – first come, first served.
Teatro Heckscher
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue

The Borinqueneers – NJN Premiere

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The Borinqueneers
NJN Premiere
Monday, August 6, 8:00 PM
Encore presentation at 9:30 PM

The Borinqueneers chronicles the never-before-told story of the Puerto Rican 65th Infantry Regiment, the only all-Hispanic unit in US Army history. Through compelling interviews and rare archival footage, this film explores the unique existence of the 65th, culminating in the Korean War and the dramatic events that would threaten its very existence.

www.njn.com

Art Historian Yasmin Ramirez at the Brooklyn Museum

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Yasmin Ramirez, Arts Fellow at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies,
gives a talk on the work of a Caribbean artist.

Free tickets are available at the Visitor Center at 6:30 p.m.

Location:
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052
Telephone:
(718) 638-5000; TTY: (718) 399-8440
Admission:
Suggested Contribution: $8; Students with Valid ID: $4; Adults 62 and over: $4; Members: Free; Children under 12: Free
Hours:
Wednesday–Friday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Get detailed hours
Subway:
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum Get detailed directions

Centro Exhibition on PR Parade 2007

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Hunter College

Centro Gallery at Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños
Hunter College, CUNY presents:

Puerto Rican Fiestas:
A Salute to the Puerto Rican National Day Parade 2007
Curated by Pedro Juan Hernández

Friday, May 25 to Friday, August 3

Gallery Hours:
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday & Saturday, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

For more information: www.centropr.org

Two “enmascarados” from Hatillo, a Ponce Carnival mask and a Statue of Liberty mask

Costume designed by Zaida Cintrón
Costume Courtesy of Vicente Rodríguez

For more information on Centro Events, please visit
http://centropr.org/events/index.html or call (212) 772-5714.