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CONFERENCIA: DEMOCRACIA Y LIBERTAD DE PRENSA EN HAITI DE 2000 A 2004

por el periodista haitiano Wendy Richard

lunes, 27 de octubre de 2008

Salón de actos, Escuela de Comunicación

Universidad de Puerto Rico

Recinto de Río Piedras

La Escuela de Comunicación y el Instituto de Estudios del Caribe de la
Universidad de Puerto Rico, recinto de Río Piedras, les invitan a la
conferencia del periodista haitiano Wendy Richard, Democracia y libertad
de prensa en Haití de 2000 a 2004, a celebrarse el lunes, 27 de octubre
de 2008, a las 10:00 a.m. en el salón de actos de la Escuela de
Comunicación.

Richard ha laborado como reportero, presentador, redactor y locutor de
noticias en Haití. Por su labor incisiva en la cadena noticiosa nacional
Radio Visión 2000, fue perseguido por el régimen de Jean Bertrand
Aristide. La administración de Aristide lo colocó en la lista oficial que
identificaba a los sujetos que perjudicaban al gobierno. La Organización
de los Estados Americanos (OEA) y Reporteros Sin Fronteras denunciaron los
atropellos de los que fue objeto Richard y otros periodistas en la nación
haitiana. No obstante, los constantes atentados contra su vida, lo
obligaron a huir de su país.

La conferencia de Richard será comentada por la doctora Lourdes
Lugo-Ortiz, profesora de Periodismo en la Escuela de Comunicación de la
Universidad de Puerto Rico, recinto de Río Piedras.

Para mayor información:

Lourdes Lugo-Ortiz: 787-764-0000, extensión 7865
lourdeslugoortiz@gmail.com

Humberto García Muñiz: 787-764-0000, extensión 4212
hgarcia@prw.net

Voiceover: A public intervention by Nayda Collazo-Llorens

October 25 – November 16, 2008
Viewable from dusk until midnight, Thursdays through Sundays

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 6PM – 8PM
Artist’s talk: Saturday, November 8, 4:30PM
Tribute to Edgardo Vega Yunque: Saturday, November 15, 3PM – 7PM

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MediaNoche
1355 Park Avenue, Corner Store
New York, NY 10029
212.828.0401
www.medianoche.us

MediaNoche, Manhattan’s Uptown gallery devoted to new media, presents Voiceover, a site-specific public intervention by Nayda Collazo-Llorens.

A constant flow of text moving across the storefront windows of MediaNoche engages the public to explore aspects of memory, language and displacement. Viewable at night from the street, nearby buildings and passing trains on the overpass, Voiceover is a non-linear textual piece projected onto the windows of the gallery, located at the Northeast corner of Park Avenue and 102nd Street.

“Tell’em Who You Are” screening at Camaradas El Barrio

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Preview Screening & Fundraiser

DATE: DECEMBER 10, 7p.m.
LOCATION: Camaradas El Barrio, 2241 1st Ave /115 St./ Manhattan

Please join us in support of the documentary “Tell’em Who You Are.”

We will be screening exclusive clips from the film followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Michelle García.

The Wall is rising along the southern border. Even as the federal government reports construction delays and cost overruns, the Department of Homeland Security condemns hundreds of acres of privately owned land, Tejano owned land, the birthright of gU.S. citizens, whose roots in the region run centuries deep.

You are invited to preview a documentary film, a work in progress that strikes at the Border Wall by rescuing memory of a region and its people whose land and identity has come under siege for over 150 years and the story it tells about being an “American.”

Film Summary:

The U.S.-Mexico border occupies a mythical place in the U.S. psyche, a wasteland of lawlessness, dirty and wild. With that image firmly rooted in our minds,, the U.S. government sold the public on the idea of a multi-billion dollar Border Wall across hundreds of miles of the southern border.

Turns out, there’s some truth to those tales and legends. Blood once soaked the brush country and Tejano and Mexican rebels sacked towns and traded gunfire with Texas Rangers and Army soldiers. My heart pumps with the blood of those rebels, I am their heir and successor and the spirit of their cause summons me home.

Tell’em Who You Are is a return home, the embattled South Texas frontier, to recover memory, the historical memory of the Tejano-owned land that will be lost to the wall. Fighting on the front lines of Border Wall battle are the descendents of those largely known Tejano rebels and revolutionaries, continuing in a struggle for respect that began over a century ago. Our ancestors, the bandits and outlaws of Hollywood stories were actually Tejanos defending their protect land,identity and dignity from colonization. More than a century later, their fight is now ours.

The Poetry Botánica’s “Three Muses With Music”

Poetry Botánica

Please join us for this one of a kind event with Corazón Tierra, Tanya Torres and Maria Mar. Artist and writer Maria Mar will transform the venue into a botánica with artists kiosks, interactive installations, performance and Bomba included. El Arte es la Cura que Cura Tú Locura. That’s the spirit of The Poetry Botánica.

Sunday December 7, 5PM

Admission $7.00

Camaradas El Barrio

2241 First Avenue/115 Street
El Barrio, Manhattan

A Sery Colon and Agueybana Production
For info: 212-348-2703

REAL HAVANA, a Photographic Exhibit of the photos of RODRIGO ARDILES, DEC 6 – JAN 4

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OPENING
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 8PM

CLEMENTE SOTO VELEZ CULTURAL CENTER
107 SUFFOLK STREET, NYC

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

YASMIN ROSARIO, CSV CENTER, 212-260-4080, X 11
MIGUEL TRELLES, 212-260-8728 (LEAVE MESSAGE W. PHONE) OR EMAIL
migueltrelles2001@yahoo.com OR CONTACT THE ARTIST DIRECTLY:
Rodrigo Ardiles rodrigo@creativo.ca

“Real Havana” by Rodrigo Ardiles, a visual documentary series “Real Havana” created by Chilean photographer Rodrigo Ardiles; sets out to capture the simplicity and everyday life of people’s routines in Havana. Ardiles focuses on theinhabitants creativity to survive under a international economic blockade, allowing the spectator to connect with this reality through these images.

“Real Havana” reaches New York after touring Europe and South America; with achieved recognition in Italy at the Latin American photographer’s exhibit “Sguardi dall’america latina” (III edición, Bolognia, Italia).

The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, a 501 (C)3 not-for-profit, was founded in 1993. It is a Puerto Rican/Latino cultural institution that has demonstrated a broad-minded cultural vision and a
collaborative philosophy. It’s mission is focused on the cultivation, presentation and preservation of Puerto Rican and Latino culture. Yet, it is equally determined to operate in a multi-cultural and inclusive manner, by housing and promoting artists and performance events that fully reflect the cultural diversity of the Lower East Side and the city as a whole.

The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, continues to be the home to sixteen performing arts and educational organizations – 13 are resident groups (with designated space in the Center) and three are affiliated organizations that use the Center’s facility for rehearsals, creative development and FREE public performances. These are flourishing companies that are enhancing the artistic and cultural life of New York City through their diverse educational workshops and public performances.

“Real Havana” will be inaugurated December 6, 2008, at 8pm, at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center Inc. 107 Suffolk
St, New York, NY 10002 (212) 260-4080. The exhibit will be open to the public, free of charge.

This cultural event is sponsored by L & I Photo and Digital Labs,
1W 22nd. St. New York City, NY Tel. 212.645.5300

BOWERY WOMEN SECOND ANNIVERSARY PARLOR READING

Bowery Women
Fri. Dec. 5
7-9 p.m.

Pennington House
215 E. 15 St. NYC

Second anniversary party and brief readings of new work by Bowery Women poets, in a lovely intimate brownstone parlor. Please bring snacks, flowers or soft drinks to share.

Reception and book signings will follow the reading.

Suggested donation $5

Featuring

Alana Free
Amy Ouzoonian
Cheryl Boyce Taylor
Cynthia Kraman
Fay Chiang
Gabriella Santoro
Jennifer Blowdryer
Kathryn Fazio
Kristin Prevallet
Lee Ann Brown
Marjorie Tesser
Mary Reilly
Nancy Mercado
Patricia Spears Jones
Tsaurah Litzky
Vicki Hudspith

and more!!!

ELECCIONES 2008 Y LAS RELACIONES ENTRE ESTADOS UNIDOS, AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE

MARTES, 2 DE DICIEMBRE, 9-11:30 AM
ANFITEATRO MANUEL MALDONADO DENIS – CRA 108
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES
UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO
RECINTO DE RÍO PIEDRAS

PARTICIPANTES:
JOSE R. PERALES, KARIN WEYLAND, JOSE J. COLÓN, JUAN LARA
MODERADOR: HECTOR MARTÍNEZ RAMÍREZ

AUSPICIADORES:
DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIA POLITICA, INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS DEL CARIBE Y
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF SCHOLARS