Borimix 2012: List of Events

O.P. Art: Exhibit and Performance 201

WHEN? November 1 - 29  

WHERE? Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, Room 309

SPONSORED BY: SEA & O.P. Art 

An art exhibition of recent works by Artists, Abnel Rodriguez, Daniel Del Valle, Miguel Angel Reyes Santos, Rafael Rosario Laguna and Luis Carle. Open to the public.

Short Night - Noche de Cortos 

WHEN? Wednesday, Nov. 14 @ 7pm

WHERE? Teatro SEA
SPONSORED BY: SEA 

Mi Santa Mirada. Directed by Alvaro Aponte-Centeno. Pimienta Films.Official Selection of Cannes Film Festival.

Fracturas Múltiples. Directed by Joaquín Octavio.

Medio Minuto. Directed and written by David Norris. Producciones Oasis.

The Love Paradox. Directed by Ian Allen Lim.

Sábado de Gloria. Directed by Karen Rossi. 

  

Latin Fusion

WHEN? November 15 @ 9:30am

WHERE? P.S. 140, 123 Ridge Street, NYC

SPONSORED BY: SEA, R.Evolución Latina and Salgado Productions

  

Luis Salgado, Founder and Director of R.Evolución Latina and Salgado Productions, is bringing his LATIN FUSION to P.S. 140 with SEA! Kids will experience tradition, empowerment and the magic of DANCE!

Plenas en Cadenas/Plenas in a Chain  

 WHEN? November 15 @ 8pm

WHERE? The BMHC Laboratory, 1303 Louis Niñe Blvd., Bronx (2 or 5 trains to Freeman Street) 

SPONSORED BY: SEA, the Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC), City Lore, and The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College  

     

Panelists will look at the "chain" of plena performances and songs in New York City from the 1920s to the present time; looking at the current revival and how it is being transmitted to a new generation of pleneros.  A demonstration of plena by the panelists will follow. 

    

      

SOMOS BORICUAS

Celebrating Puerto Rican Heritage Month, En La Casa 

WHEN? Friday, Nov. 16 @ 4:30pm

WHERE? 

Teatro SEA 
SPONSORED BY: SEA and Los Pleneros de la 21

LP21 brings its educational performance series to learn of the Puerto Rican traditions of Bomba & Plena. The In the House series gives a great opportunity for students, teachers and explorers of cultural arts a chance to live, learn and witness art forms in NYC's communities.
  

BORIMIX 2012 Festival Opening Reception,

Awards Ceremony & Exhibition Opening

 WHEN? Friday, November 16th @ 6pm

WHERE? Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center

SPONSORED BY: SEA, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, Don Q Destilería Serrallés, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and Alma Boricua Catering

An epoch making exhibition of work by The Clemente's resident visual artists, part of the BORIMIX 2012 Building Guai (Building "Cool") celebrating the recent renovation. Curated by Edwin Ramoran.  

  

BORIMIX 2012 Building Guai 

WHEN? Friday, November 16 - Sunday, November 18 

WHERE? Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center 

SPONSORED BY:  SEA, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, Don Q Destilería Serrallés and Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation  

  

A building wide celebration showcasing the myriad of talents housed at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center. It kicks off with the opening of The Index Show on Thursday, Nov. 8th at 6pm. Stop by on Nov. 9th, 10th and 11th to check out The Center's theaters, non profit art organizations and visual artist studios. 

  

A 3 VOCES

Romantic Boleros @ Teatro SEA 

WHEN? Sat., November 18th @ 4pm

WHERE? Teatro SEA

SPONSORED BY: SEA

LES "Fiesta Navideña" Celebration

Hosting the LES Coquito Master Qualifier 2012

WHEN? Saturday, November 24 @ 6pm - 8:30pm

WHERE? Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center

SPONSORED BY: SEA, Boricutaion Cultural Foundation and International Coquito Federation in association with the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center

Enjoy the commencement of traditional Puerto Rican "Fiestas Navideñas" by tasting the famours Puerto Rican "Coquito" (Rum Coconut) Holiday drink! Event participants will vote to choose the best recipe. Holiday dance, music, food and cultural artisan vendors.

  

O.P. Art presents Perfume para entes

o veneno pa'la gente

WHEN? Thursday, November 29 @ 8pm

WHERE? Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, Room 309

SPONSORED BY: O.P. Art & SEA

Performance by Carlos Manuel Rivera. A Spanish-language piece in which the audience participates and testifies to a shamntic ritual; where a single performer through his ceremonial trance guides and inspires the spectators toward an individual, social and collective transformation.

Plenazos Callejeros

WHEN? Friday, November 30 @ 7pm 

WHERE? Baruch College, 55 Lexington Ave. (entrance on 25th St.) Room VC3-150

SPONSORED BY: SEA in association with Baruch College

The Plenazos Callejeros covered more than 30 boroughs with 71 events over a period of 7 years. Once a month, pleneros fans and experts would gather to play on a street corner, which helped spark the Plena movement throughout the Island. In Plenazos Callejeros, the protagonists tell their story about the movement.