Tuesday, March 12, 2013

NY Bomba: Legacy Women's Tribute: SOUNDING HER LEGACY, Saturday March 30, 2013 at 9PM



Legacy Women's Tribute: SOUNDING HER LEGACY, Saturday March 30, 2013, 9pm


Join Legacy Women as they pay musical tribute to ten of NYC's leading female arts and cultural organizers, performers, event producers, educators, and cultural advocates who have promoted and advanced the musical legacies of Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.

Guests of Honor:
Mercedes Molina: Dollmaker and Spiritual Advisor
Marta Moreno Vega: Institution Builder & Cultural Organizer.
Ana Ofelia Rodriguez: Art Gallery Director, Community Development Leader
Nathalie "Weyu" Tejeda: Activist & Organizer
Maria Terrero: Singer/Dancer & Organizer.
Roberta Singer: Ethnomusicologist, Film Producer.
Adia Whitaker: Choreographer & Dance Educator
Lourdivery Bisono: Spiritual Healer
Sandralis Gines: Performer, Dance/Movement Therapist
Elena "Mamarazzi" Marrero: Photographer, Drummer

The evening will feature a live music concert in Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba and Afro-Dominican Palos by Legacy Women, and a slideshow highlighting the role our special honorees have played in the Caribbean music and cultural scene of New York City.

Saturday, March 30, 2013, 9pm-1am
at Camaradas El Barrio
2241 First Ave. between E. 115th and E. 116 st.
New York, NY 10029
#6 or #2 Trains to E. 116 Street, Spanish Harlem, NY
Contact: Manuela Arciniegas: legacywomennyc@gmail.com, 646.924.7187
www.thelegacycircle.org/legacywomenband
Entrance: $10 at the door, or $7 in advance at http://legacywomen.eventbrite.com/
Special Honorees To Be Announced.


Photos by @Kwesi Abbensetts Photos http://www.facebook.com/kwesi.photos


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