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POETRY / LITERATURE / PERFORMANCE RELATED:
- Miguel Algarin
Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
http://www.miguelalgarin.com/ - A Gathering of the Tribes
A Gathering of the Tribes is an arts and cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts from a diverse perspective. Located on the Lower East Side of New York City, Tribes has been in existence since 1991. In that year, Steve Cannon, poet, playwright, novelist, and retired professor from the City University of New York, converted a portion of his apartment into an informal salon.
http://www.tribes.org - Blackout Arts Collective
Blackout Arts Collective (BAC) is a grassroots coalition of artists, activists and educators working to empower communities of color through the arts. One of the founding members is 2000 Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion, Bryonn Bain.
http://www.blackoutartscollective.com/ - Bowery Poetry Club
So many things to so many people, the Bowery Poetry Club was founded by Bob Holman, and is the home of the Urbana National Slam Team.
http://www.bowerypoetry.com - Center for Puerto Rican Writers @ Hunter College
The Centro is a research center dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. They are committed to making this research available and useful to those in community organizations, public policy, academia and the public at large.
http://www.centropr.org/home.html - Duke Theater
Beautiful new home of experimental theater; a project of the new 42nd Street.
http://duke.new42.org - Downtown Urban Theater Festival
An ongoing performance series with various shows and presentations through the year. Has featured several of our Poetry Slammers who have crossed over into theatrical productions.
http://www.downtownurban.net/ - The Moth Story Slam
The critically acclaimed Moth Story Slam series has been @ the Nuyorican each month for a long time. Find out all about them here.
http://www.themoth.org/storyslams - PoetCD.com
A great place to buy CDs of your favorite current Slam and Spoken Word poets. Nuyorican SlamMistress, Mahogany Browne is the wonderful proprieter of this site.
http://www.poetcd.com - The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church
Historic home for poetry on the Lower East Side. One of the originals, still going strong.
http://www.poetryproject.com/ - Rocky Presents
Bringing the best in hip hop and poetry since 1993.
http://www.rockypresents.com/ - Urban Word
At the forefront of youth Poetry Slam, this group is too relevant to talk about briefly here. Urban Word holds yearly National Slams and has turned out some of the most interesting young poets on the scene. Nuyorican Grand Slam Champion 2007, Aja Monet, as well as other members of the 2007 National Team are veterans of Urban Word. (LINK National Teams>2007)
http://www.urbanwordnyc.org/ - Urbintel
The brainchild of Nuyorican 1999 Grand Slam Champion Kayo, Urbintel is the home of original productions, workshops and more.
http://www.urbintel.com/ - Verbs On Asphalt: The History of Nuyorican Poetry Slam
The whole story of Poetry Slam at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, with all the players, photos & over an hour of video; from 1989 until today. A project created by Clare Ultimo.
http:/www.verbsonasphalt.com
THEATER ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE:
- PS 122
Performance Space 122 is a multi-disciplinary arts center dedicated to finding, developing and presenting new artistic creations from a diversity of cultures and points of view. P.S. 122 provides emerging and mid-career artists an environment that encourages exploration, innovation and risk-taking.
http://www.ps122.org/ - The Public Theater
Founded by Joseph Papp as the Shakespeare Workshop and now one of the nation's preeminent cultural institutions, The Public is an American theater in which all the country's voices, rhythms, and cultures converge.
http://www.publictheater.org/ - La Mama Experimental Theatre
La MaMa Experimental Theatre is a world-renowned cultural organization led by founder Ellen Stewart. For 46 years La MaMa has passionately pursued its original mission to develop, nurture, support, produce and present new and original performance work by artists of all nations and cultures. We believe that in order to flourish, art needs the company of colleagues, the spirit of collaboration, the comfort of continuation, a public forum in which to be evaluated and fiscal support.
http://www.lamama.org/
LATIN JAZZ:
- New Home of Latin Jazz
The New Home of Latin Jazz in NYC! Created by Willie Correa, this site focuses on Nuyorican musical artists.
http://www.thehomeoflatinjazz.com/The_Home_of_Latin_jazz.html - Bobby Sanabria
http://www.bobbysanabria.com/ - Yerbabuena
http://www.yerbabuena.biz/ - Annette A. Aguilar & Stringbeans
Home of the first lady of Latin Brasilian Jazz, one of the hottest percussionists on the scene.
http://www.aguilarstringbeans.com/index.htm - Jessica Valiente & Los Mas Valientes
http://www.losmasvalientes.com/ - Ray Vega
http://www.rayvegamusic.com/ - Chris Washburne
Trombone player & percussionist Chris Washburne and the S.Y.O.T.O.S. band was ne of the early regular jazz events at the Nuyorican.
http://www.chriswashburne.com/
GALLERY OF NUYORICAN STARS:
Artists we have honored and who have honored us through the years with their talent and their affection. While many stars don't have official websites, you can find out more about them here.
- Ray Baretto
The late, great Ray Baretto was honored at the Nuyorican's 30th Anniversary at Town Hall. Learn about him here.
http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/ray_barretto/ - Benjamin Bratt
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/02/entertainment/main3446806.shtml - Reg E. Gaines
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/regegaines - Savion Glover
http://www.js-interactive.com/savion/ - Nuyorican Rule
12 years of performing their original unique comedy at the Nuyorican. - John Leguizamo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leguizamo - Rosie Perez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Perez
EDUCATION AND RELATED LEARNING COMMUNITIES
- The NY Department of Cultural Affairs
Dedicated to supporting and strengthening New York City's vibrant cultural life with a mission o ensure adequate public funding for non-profit cultural organizations, both large and small, throughout the five boroughs.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/home/home.shtml - Borough of Manhattan Community College
Part of the City University of NY, a college that is alive with ideas and innovation, BMCC offers opportunity to those who desire it and wish to strive for it. Founding Poet and long-time Director of the Cafe, Lois E. Griffith is a professor there.
http://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/j2ee/index.jsp - Teacher March
Supporting a bold new vision for the teaching profession.
http://www.teachermarch.org/speakers.html - PowerWriters @ the Nuyorican
Co-founded by Nuyorican Board member, Roland Legiardi-Laura, PowerWriters is an ongoing workshop that comes through NYC High School system.
http://www.tobeheard.org