UN Special Committee on Decolonization of PR

6th Annual Peoples’ Reception for Puerto Rico Delegation and
The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign Invites You To Join:


Ismael Guadalupe, Viequense Leader/Freedom Fighter
Ramon Nenadich, National Congress for the Decolonization of Puerto Rico (CONADE)
Licenciado Nelson Rochet Santoro, CONADE
Licenciado Manuel Rodríguez, Spokesperson, Socialist Front of Puerto Rico & Other Ant-Colonial, Pro-Vieques, Pro-Independence, And Political Prisoner Activist Presenters Before The 2006 United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization Hearings This year.

Monday June 12, 2006
Hunter College West Building
Room 217, 2nd Floor
68th St. & Lexington Avenue, Manhattan
#6 Lexington Avenue train to Hunter College
68th Street Stop

6:30pm-7pm Reception
7:00pm-9pm Panel Presentations/Comments/Questions & Answers

Perspectives & Updates:
Vieques Landgrab: The Second Invasion!
Crisis & Bankruptcy of the Colonial Model in Puerto Rico Continues.
Attacks on Workers and the Labor Movement.
FBI Repression of the Independence Movement/Colonial Government Complicity.
Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Puerto Rican Students/Youth Lead The Fight Back.

Donation Requested/No One Turned Away
All Proceeds Go To:
Antonio Camacho Freedom Fund
Commissary For the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
and Prisoners of War

BRONX 3M: a screenplay reading

June 3, 7PM

A reading of Bronx 3M

The story of three youths coming of age in a city going up in flames. At seventeen, Maria, Mona and Michael have to make choices that will change the course of their lives. Are they up to it?

Saturday, June 3, 7PM

MediaNoche

161 East 106th Street, First Floor

(between Lexington and Third Avenues)

To attend call: Clarisel 212.828.0401

Film shoots in July. Come and give your two cents. Refreshments will be served.

SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP

PRdream/MediaNoche

SUMMER 2006 WORKSHOP SERIES

SCREENWRITING:  THE BASICS

WITH

WRITER/TEACHER

FRANK ALGARIN

This intensive workshop will provide the techniques and tools necessary for turning your idea into a screenplay.

We will cover: The concept and idea, the pitch, dramatic structure, creating authentic characters, scene writing, the outline and treatment, screenplay formatting – and more

You will turn your idea into an outline for a feature length screenplay and write the first scenes of your script.

The workshop will include lectures, discussions, screenings, exercises, assignments, resources and handouts.

TUESDAYS, 6:00PM – 8:30PM

8 sessions: June 20 – August 8, 2006

Course Fee: $250

@

PRdream/MediaNoche

161 East 106th Street, First Floor
(Between Lexington and Third Avenue) NYC

For more information and to register:

Call (212) 828-0401

Email: info@prdream.com

Frank Algarín has been awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Screenwriting/Playwrighting Fellowship, a Louis A. Delgado Playwrighting Award and was a 2004 MetLife Nuestras Voces / Repertorio Español Playwrighting finalist. Frank has been an Adjunct Screenwriting Professor at The New School since 2001. He has taught Screenwriting at PRdream/MediaNoche and to individual clients. He has taught dramatic writing for over ten years and currently also teaches Poetry and Spoken Word. He has taught Film, Playwrighting, Media Literacy and Creative Writing as well.

http://www.prdream.com

Empowering community through technology

Tato Torres & YERBABUENA

New York City’s Hottest Boricua Roots Music Crew:
Tato Torres & YERBABUENA
bring the best Boricua Roots Music in town to the world famous
NUYORiCAN POEtS CafE in the heart of Loisaida (Lower East Side), NYC.

Come enjoy the sounds of YERBABUENA’s Bomba, Plena & Lelolay.

Saturday, June 10th & the 2nd Saturday of Every Month – 10:00 PM
Cover: $10

NUYORiCAN POEtS CafE
236 Rev Pedro Pietri Way
(E 3rd St between Ave B and Ave C), Loisaida, NYC, NY 10009

www.nuyorican.org
A new Puerto Rican generation is embracing their traditional musical expressions. YERBABUENA is the product of everything that leads to a contemporary Boricua (Puerto Rican) musical experience. It features the reality of a contemporary urban Boricua musical expression deeply rooted within tradition and community. YERBABUENA is a living link in the eternal chain that binds all generations; past, present and future in the same place and time.

Looking for actors

Casting a new film “Bronx 3M” (working title), the story of three Latino youths (Maria, Michael and Mona) coming of age in a city going up in flames. The “Bronx 3M” is a trilogy. We are currently casting for “Mona’s Move,” the story of a Latina teenager struggling with her sexual identity and those of others.
Looking for all types and ages — especially teenagers and young adults. Bilingual (English-Spanish) a plus. Deferred payment.
Please send an updated photo and resume to:
PRDream/MediaNoche
Attn: Clarisel Gonzalez
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029
“Bronx 3M” is produced under the auspices of MediaNoche’s Digital Filmmakers Program and is made possible with the support of NY Foundation, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYSCA and individual donors.

Free Walking Tours of Spanish Harlem

Destination:  El Barrio

El Museo del Barrio and The East Harlem Board of Tourism  

Announces Free Saturday Walking Tours

 

Beginning Saturday, April 15, individuals and families may join a free highlights walking tour through El Barrio.  The tour, conducted by guides from Big Onion Walking Tours, has been specially developed with the East Harlem Board of Tourism to feature the thriving Latino arts, culture, and cuisine of the fabled El Barrio community. Sites include the Graffiti Hall of Fame, street murals, St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic Church, First Spanish United Methodist “Young Lords” Church, La Marqueta, Luis Muñoz Marin Boulevard, the remarkable concentration of museums, galleries and restaurants in El Barrio’s “cultural corridor,” and much, much more.

 

The Destination:  El Barrio walking tour is offered Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. from April 15 through October 14. The tour is FREE and supported by a grant to El Museo del Barrio and the East Harlem Board of Tourism from the Deutsche Bank Americas and Rockefeller Brothers Fund Arts and Enterprise Program. The tour meets at the SE corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street. Prior to the tour, participants are invited to visit El Museo del Barrio and the Museum of the City of New York (suggested admission contributions apply). All individuals and families are invited to join, but no groups, please. No reservations necessary.  

 

The East Harlem Board of Tourism is a group of museums, galleries, artists, activists, historians,  entrepreneurs, business organizations, and housing advocates who share a vision of East Harlem/El Barrio as a mecca for tourists with an interest in Latino culture, New York style, and the rich multicultural history of the neighborhood. Its mission includes developing tourism destinations and infrastructure and increasing overall visitorship in East Harlem as means to develop the local economy.

 

Please visit www.eastharlemtourism.org or e-mail ehtourism@aol.com for more information.

Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre

Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre

celebrates 10th Anniversary of creating & presenting dance in the Bronx

YEAR-LONG CELEBRATIONS BEGINS WITH A SERIES OF CONCERTS

AT AARON DAVIS HALL’S E-MOVES SERIES – APRIL 22, 28 & 30, 2006

Aaron Davis Hall, Convent Avenue bet. W. 133 and 135 Sts. NY, NY

As part of ADH’s E-moves series Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre will perform ¡Mi Celia! ¡Mi Puente!, a set of 7 energetic, sexy and fluid contemporary modern dance works set to classic 1950’s music by legends Tito Puente and Celia Cruz. The concert also includes dance clips, personal video testimonials and drag king Elizabeth “Macha” Marrero as Arthur’s father. (Tickets $18; $15 ADH members. Call 212-650-7100 or visit www.ticketmaster.com) Reception to follow April 30 event.

The celebration will continue….


Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre

celebrates 10th Anniversary of creating & presenting dance in the Bronx

YEAR-LONG CELEBRATIONS BEGINS WITH A SERIES OF CONCERTS

AT AARON DAVIS HALL’S E-MOVES SERIES – APRIL 22, 28 & 30, 2006

Aaron Davis Hall, Convent Avenue bet. W. 133 and 135 Sts. NY, NY

As part of ADH’s E-moves series Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre will perform ¡Mi Celia! ¡Mi Puente!, a set of 7 energetic, sexy and fluid contemporary modern dance works set to classic 1950’s music by legends Tito Puente and Celia Cruz. The concert also includes dance clips, personal video testimonials and drag king Elizabeth “Macha” Marrero as Arthur’s father. (Tickets $18; $15 ADH members. Call 212-650-7100 or visit www.ticketmaster.com) Reception to follow April 30 event.

The celebration will continue….

Looking for Actors

Casting a new film “Bronx 3M” (working title), the story of three Latino youths (Maria, Michael and Mona) coming of age in a city going up in flames.

Looking for all types and ages — especially teenagers and young adults.  Bilingual (English-Spanish) a plus.  Deferred  payment.

Please send an updated photo and resume to:
PRDream/MediaNoche
Attn: Clarisel Gonzalez
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
New York, NY 10029

“Bronx 3M” is produced under the auspices of  MediaNoche’s Digital Filmmakers Program and is made possible with the support of  NY Foundation, Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYSCA and individual donors.