NY Plena and Bomba: Plena Sin Fronteras at Camaradas El Barrio - Saturday October 5, 2013

Plena Sin Fronteras is lighting up the night at Camaradas El Barrio. Come join them as they honor our musical traditions at the home of Bomba and Plena in NYC. How can you go wrong for $8 at the door? Good food, drinks and Plena Sin Fronteras, what more needs to be said?

Artist: Plena Sin Fronteras
Date: Saturday October 5, 2013
Venue: Camaradas El Barrio
Location: 2241 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10029
Admission: $8
Stage time: 9:30PM

Buffalo, NY Plena: Johnny Olivo Jr. con su "Herencia de Plena" - Friday October 4, 2013

Artist: Johnny Olivo Jr. con su Herencia de Plena
Date: Friday October 4, 2013
Venue: Kleinhans Music Hall
Location and Time: 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 at 7PM
Admission: Free

(Updated) Bomba and Plena Performances Across North America for Friday September 27th and Saturday September 28th, 2013

Chicago

Bomba Con Buya will celebrate it's 4 Year Anniversary Friday September 27th at 6:30PM (Central time) at Efebina's Cafe located at 1640 South Blue Island, Chicago, IL 60608.

Las BomPleneras at Lincoln Park 2pm Saturday September 28th, 2013.

Coming of Two Cultures from the Caribbean:  Garinagu and Boricua 2nd Annual Drum and Dance Celebration.

Featuring Bomba Con Buya and Laruni Hati Dance Group
Venue: Garifuna Flava Restaurant
Location: 2518 West 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60629
Date: Saturday September 28, 2013
Time: 6pm
Donation: $10

Africaribe's Monthly Bombazo - Saturday September 28, 2013 8pm-10pm. See the information below.

New York

Bomba Yo will be performing at "Passages: A Collective Exhibition" located at the Andrew Freeman Home, 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452. Stage time scheduled at 10AM Saturday September 28th, 2013.

Saturday September 2, 2013, The Bomba & Plena Community Workshops by Los Pleneros de la 21 will have an "Open House" from 11AM to 2PM at the Julia De Burgos Cultural Center located at 1680 Lexington Avenue and 106th Street (Spanish Harlem).

Saturday September 28, 2013, Bombazo Dance Co. Fundraiser at Copia NYC at 8PM until $10 donation and 1/2 price drinks. Copia NYC located at 305 East 53rd Street, NY, NY between 1st and 2nd Ave.

Tampa, Florida

September 28th, Nostaliga Amarilla at Catrinas Concina Y Galeria located at 2402 South MacDill Avenue, Tampa, FL.

Rest In Peace - Plena Master Ismael "Cocolay" Rivera

I am sad to hear to the loss of Ismael "Cocolay" Rivera a master plenero loved by many as a family member and a respected elder.  Enjoy eternal rest my friend.

New Jersey Bomba workshops: Learn To Dance & Drum: Puerto Rico Folkloric Music

Segunda Quimbamba Folkloric Center presents Learn To Dance & Drum "Puerto Rico Folkloric Music".

Workshops open to Adults and Children ( at least 6 years old) run from Friday October 4 to December 15,  Fridays 7-9 pm and Sundays (Dance class 2-3 pm) and (Drum class 3-4 pm).

Venue: Cobra Fencing Club
Location: 629 Grove Street, Jersey City, NJ
Contact: nhernandez89@gmail.com or call SQFC at (201) 420-6332.

NY Bomba: Bombazao Dance Co. at Copia NYC - Saturday September 28, 2013

Fundraiser Night at Copia NYC for Bombazo Dance Co.'s tour to Puerto Rico and New Orleans.

Venue: Copia NYC
Location 305 East 53rd Street (between 1st Ave and 2nd Ave)
Fundraiser donation: $10.00
At the door: say "Bombazo" and all drinks are 1/2 price.
Date and Time: Saturday September 28th, 2013 at 8pm.

**FREE BOMBA CLASSES!!!! Join us next Saturday September 28th 2013!!!! With your donation you automatically enter for a chance to win a FREE Bomba Dance class or a Bomba percussion class! Invite friends and lets celebrate culture! Let's make That Drum Talk!™ SHARE!

Orlando, Florida Bomba: Toques de Bomba entre amigos - Sunday September 22, 2013

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Comparte entre amigos el amor por nuestra Bomba. Toques de Bomba...Entre Amigos con el maestro Angel Reyes "Balancé" regresa a ArteBorikua. Venga y comparta el sabor de los ritmos, baile y la música que nace en nuestros corazones. Entrada gratis. Evento familiar con mucho sabor cultural. Traiga su instrumento predilecto; tambor, maracas, cuas y por supuesto su voz. Venga listo para bailar la Bomba Puertorriqueña. Llame al 407-953-5185 para confirmer su asistencia. Venue and Location: Arte Borikua Galeria C 207 N. Goldenrod Rd. Suite 500 Orlando, Florida 32807

Colorado Bomba: Alex LaSalle workshop and performance in Boulder, CO - Sunday October 6, 2013

Exciting events coming up:

* Intensive Bomba Dance Workshop by Barrio E' at the 1st Denver Salsa Congress. Saturday October 5, 2013 @4:30-5:30 p.m..

* Barrio E'nsemble Performance - at the 1st Denver Salsa Congress. Saturday October 5, 2013 @9:00 p.m.

* Barrio E'nsemble with guest Master Bombero Alex LaSalle : Bomba!... Feel Puerto Rico. Sunday October 6, 2013 @3:30-5:30 p.m. Pearl Street Mall 1300 block Street (in front of Courthouse). Free and Open to the Public: All ages! Educational and Interactive Performance celebrating the Immigrant Heritage Week - Boulder, CO. (flyer attached)

* Barrio E' and Alex LaSalle will be visiting Boulder Valley Schools and CU-Boulder 1st week of October.
We hope to see you!

ps. You can become a volunteer, a member or sponsor of Barrio E' (a 501(c)3 fiscally sponsored by BCAA.

Contact Barrio E at : www.barrioe.org, barrioe@barrioe.org

Bronx, BK and NY Bomba: Bomba Yo performances September 21, 28 and October 5, 2013

Bomba Yo will be performing at the Community Festival in Bronx on Saturday September 21st at 3PM.

Bomba Yo will be at Passages in the Bronx on Saturday September 28th at 10AM

Bomba Yo will be at Harlem Share in the on October 5th (stage time not given)

PA Plena: Los Hijo 'e Plena at York Celebra - Saturday September 21, 2013

Maryland's Los Hijo 'e Plena are taking a ride to PA and will be performing at the York County Hispanic Coalition's York Celebra from 8 to 9 pm.

Artist: Los Hijo 'e Plena
Date and Time: Saturday September 21, 2013 from 8 to 9 pm
Location: York City Ice Arena, 941 Vander Avenue, York, PA 17403
Admission: $35 (proceeds go to the York County Hispanic Coalition scholarship fund)

San Francisco Bomba and Plena: Commemoration of El Grito De Lares - Saturday September 29, 2013

“La Tertulia Boricua”, “Bay Area Boricuas” and MCCLA* invite you to an event to commemorate

EL GRITO DE LARES

SUNDAY, SEPT. 29, 2013

4:30-7:00 p.m.

(Doors open at 4:00 pm)

4:30-5:30: “Grito de Lares: Past, Present, Future”-Panel Discussion

5:30-7:00: Puerto Rican Potluck;

(Bring food or drink to share)

Music, “Bomba”, “Plena”, Spoken Word…

Venue: *MISSION CULTURAL CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS*

Location: 2868 Mission Street, SF 94110

(Close to 24th St. BART / Wheelchair Accessible)

FREE Admission

(Donations Welcomed)

Bay Area Bomba and Plena: Puerto Rican Percussion Workshop - Starting Wednesday September 18, 2013

Puerto Rican Percussion Workshop (Bomba and Plena will be covered along with other Puerto Rican percussion styles.)

La Peña Cultural Center on Wednesdays starting September 18, 2013. Level I, 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm; Level II, from 8:30 to 9:45 pm

*Location: La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA*
This 16-week workshop provides a foundation for percussion students and professionals interested in the musical traditions of Puerto Rico. Sessions will focus on the role of the percussion section in a variety of genres and subgenres of Puerto Rican music including Plena, Música Jíbara (mainly seis, aguinaldo, llanera and guaracha jíbara), and several major styles of Bomba (siká, kuembé, yubá, holandés and seis corrido). The last two weeks of the series explore how these song forms and their rhythmic vocabularies have been adapted to Salsa and Latin Jazz pieces/arrangements. The workshop seeks to develop and strengthen practical and conceptual skills in all of these genres and their stylistic variations. Participants will learn proper technique to play a variety of percussion instruments: panderos or panderetas de plena, the güícharo (Puerto Rican güiro used in plena and música jíbara), barriles or bombas (bomba drums), cuás, maraca de bomba, and the bongó as used in música jíbara. We will also consider examples of how congas, timbales and the drum set have been adapted to play these rhythms. This workshop also offers a general introduction to the history and socio-cultural context within which these musical traditions developed.

The workshop has two levels: 
Level I is for beginning percussion students; Level II is appropriate for students with a good foundation in Puerto Rican music and/or intermediate-to-advanced level skills in percussion. We will meet at La Peña Cultural Center on Wednesdays starting September 18, 2013. Level I, 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm;

 Level II, from 8:30 to 9:45 pm; BUT first session will be from 7 to 8:30 pm for all, after that we will divide the groups. The cost of the entire series is $240 ($15 per session) or $18 drop in. 

For more information or enrollment contact the instructor  Hector Lugo at hectorlugo65@gmail.com or 510-927-7984. 

The Puerto Rican Percussion Workshop is another project of The Bomba y Plena Workshop; check out our other classes (Adult Bomba, Youth Bomba y Plena Workshop, Puerto Rican Music Ensemble) and please, help us spread the word. Thanks!!

Chicago Plena: Plena Libre performance and workshop

Plena Libre at Summer Dance at Grant Park in Chicago. 

Workshop by Plena Libre and Africaribe from 6-7pm. 

Performance by Plena Libre from 7:30-9:30pm. 

Chicago Bomba: Buya 4 Year Anniversary at Efebina's Cafe - Friday September 27, 2013

Bomba Con Buya will be celebrating its 4th Anniversary the last Friday of September in Chicago. Come celebrate traditional Bomba music from Puerto Rico.

Artist: Bomba Con Buya (also known as Buya)
Show: Buys 4th Anniversary
Date and Time: Friday September 27, 2013 at 6:30pm
Venue: Efebina's Cafe
Address 1640 S. Blue Island, Chicago, IL 60608
Phone (of venue): (312) 243-9790

Connecticut Bomba: Bombazo Dance Co. at the Latin Festival - Sunday September 15, 2013

Bombazo Dance Company will be performing at the Latin Festival this Sunday September 15th at Paradise Green Park  b/w Main St and Huntington Rd, Stratford, CT 06614

Artist: Bombazo Dance Co.
Show: Latin Festival
Date and Time: Sunday September 15, 2013
Location: Paradise Green Park between Main St and Huntington Road, Stratford, CT 06614


Remember Bombazo Dance Co. is working hard to raise funds to tour Puerto Rico and New Orleans please see text below:

Bombazo is a non-profit dance company, who's mission is to showcase choreographies that have been influenced and inspired by traditional folkloric elements drawn from our history as Americans and as Latinos. Taking those main ingredients and mixing them with classical, contemporary and social styles of dance, thus creating a new movement vocabulary; yet still preserving the autenticity of our culture.

As choreographer and artistic director, I want audiences to experience how a simple element can be taken to new heights and beyond. And to further enrich the knowledge of all who come and support our dance concerts, within the universal language of dance! We have been invited by EL Corralon de San Jose, a beautiful theater in the heart of Old San Juan to showcase LERO in Puerto Rico and at Congo Square Festival in New Orleans Louisiana both in 2014.  LERO is a beautiful story between two lovers, who have been taken away from their land, stripped away from their culture and traditions from Africa, and taken away to strange unfamiliar lands. Separated from each other, they both fight against odds to find one another thru the help of their Ancestors. With the fusion of Contemporary dance with West African and Bomba, this evening length work, originated back in 2003 which served as my thesis and since then, I have showcased and developed the movement to the work that it is now! This production has had two very successful runs with full house at Casita Maria Center for Arts Education and at Pregones Theater this year!Now my dream to share it with both my roots: Puerto Rico and New Orleans, is beyond rewarding! The company has 8 wonderful professional dancers and 10 amazing drummers all well knowledged in African, Haitian and Bomba drumming.  Your contributions, will help with rehearsal space, transportation in both Puerto Rico & new Orleans, air fare, Theater fee's (Ligthing and sound engineer), will allow for proper documentation, video & professional Photography. Via this site, our Facebook page and website, you will have an insight view of the rehearsal process, follow the process in Puerto Rico and in NOLA in addition mention of your name as a contributor on both our playbill for both performances.  Your contributions will help a wonderful group of Artists who love to dance, share their passion and roots with this, our very first tour!!!

Visit us at www.bombazodanceco.com

LET'S MAKE THAT DRUM TALK!™

Thanking you in advance,

Milteri Tucker Concepcion and BOMBAZO DANCE CO!

NY Bomba and Plena: Los Pleneros de la 21's Bomba & Plena Community Workshops Open House - Saturday September, 28, 2013

The LP21 Familia is proud and excited to get back to work, with the BOMBA & PLENA COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS...now celebrating 25 YEARS!!!! Catch a sneak peak of our exciting new curriculum, sample music, dancing and craft classes, meet and network with our talented intergenerational staff of instructors and masterful cultural arts practitioners, get a first hand opportunity to pre-register and secure your space in this unique program...ALL FOR FREE! The Annual BPCW FREE OPEN HOUSE AND REGISTRATION KICK OFF EVENT will welcome students, parents, adults and community members from all walk's of life on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH 2013 11:00 am Julia de Burgos Cultural Center (1680 Lexington Avenue) 212.427.5221 pleneros21@gmail.com The BPCW classes begin on October 19th 2013, but don't wait until then to register, get in on the know TODAY! The BPCW is part of LP21's Bomba & Plena for All - Educating Through the Arts initiatives and is made possible in part by support from the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the Offices of NYC Council Member Melissa Mark Viverito, District 8.

NY Bomba: Alma Moyo at Camaradas El Barrio - Thursday September 12, 2012

Alma Moyo is back for their monthly installment at Camaradas El Barrio this Thursday September 12, 2013 doors open at 9pm.

Artist: Alma Moyo
Venue: Camaradas El Barrio
Date and Time: Thursday September 12, 2013 at 9pm.
Address: 2241 First Avenue, NY, NY 10029 and corner of 115 Street
Phone: (212) 348-2703 (to Camaradas)

Philly Bomba: Puerto Rican Institute of Music - Fall 2013 Classes Start September 19, 2013

The Puerto Rican Institute of Music in Philadelphia will offer a Bomba class this Fall 2013. An will also offer individual classes on the barril.

Start Date: Thursday September 19, 2013.

Address: 2661 North 5th Streeet, Philadelphia, PA 19133.

Website: ipmusica.com

Language: Instruction in both Spanish and English

Phone: (267) 240-8111

Price?? cost of the classes was not listed in the add contact IPM for their prices.

*I would advise that you contact them before going to their class and ask them what the class will actually cover such as singing, style of Bomba, what rhythms will be covered and the level of dance instruction.

Maryland Bomba - Racies de Borinquen at 2013 Pan African Cultural Festival - Saturday September 21, 2013

Raíces de Borinquen will be bringing Puerto Rican Bomba to the 2013 Pan African Cultural Festival with special guest percussionist Hector "Coco" Barez on Saturday September 21, 2013 in Silver Spring, MD (Washington DC area) at 4PM.
For more information about the festival visit: http://panafestusa.net/


Artist: Racies de Borinquen
Date and Time: Saturday September 21, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Venue: Silver Spring Civic Center
            1 Veterans Plaza 
            Silver Spring, MD 20910
            -Near Silver Spring Metro-

Herencia De Plena - Upcoming performances - NYC, Buffalo, NY and Holyoke, MA

Johnny Olivo Jr. and Herencia de Plena will be performing on the following dates:

September 20th - we will be at Camaradas el Barrio on 116ht Street and 1st Avenue at 9PM.

September 28th - private event.

October 4th - we will be performing in Buffalo, NY at Kleinhans Music Hall for a 7pm performance.

November 16th - in Holyoke, Massachusetts with the special presentation, directly from Puerto Rico Johnny Olivo Sr. and Pepe Olivo the No. 1 percussion of "panderos" requinto at the War Memorial Auditorium.

For more information please visit Herencia de Plena's Facebook page.

Maryland Plena: Los Hijo 'e Plena's featured on The Signal radio podcast - Sept. 6, 2013

Click on the link here to listen to the podcast  9.6.13: Los Hijos Y Plena

Los Hijo 'e Plena and their parent organization Cultura Plenera will be hosting the following event on Saturday September 14, 2013.:

Fiesta Boricua 2013

Music by:   Los Pleneros de la 21 (New York), La Maquina Insular (Puerto Rico) and Los Hijo 'e Plena (Maryland).

Date: September 14, 2013 6:30pm-11:30pm

Location: "The Other Barn" 5158 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD 21045

Tickets: $40 per person and includes food.

Contact: For more information go to Facebook (under Cultura Plenera), www.culturaplenera.com , culturaplenera@gmail.com or (410) 428-8383.

Help Bombazo Dance Co. Get to Puerto Rico and New Orleans

Bombazo is a non-profit dance company, who's mission is to showcase choreographies that have been influenced and inspired by traditional folkloric elements drawn from our history as Americans and as Latinos. Taking those main ingredients and mixing them with classical, contemporary and social styles of dance, thus creating a new movement vocabulary; yet still preserving the autenticity of our culture.

As choreographer and artistic director, I want audiences to experience how a simple element can be taken to new heights and beyond. And to further enrich the knowledge of all who come and support our dance concerts, within the universal language of dance! We have been invited by EL Corralon de San Jose, a beautiful theater in the heart of Old San Juan to showcase LERO in Puerto Rico and at Congo Square Festival in New Orleans Louisiana both in 2014.  LERO is a beautiful story between two lovers, who have been taken away from their land, stripped away from their culture and traditions from Africa, and taken away to strange unfamiliar lands. Separated from each other, they both fight against odds to find one another thru the help of their Ancestors. With the fusion of Contemporary dance with West African and Bomba, this evening length work, originated back in 2003 which served as my thesis and since then, I have showcased and developed the movement to the work that it is now! This production has had two very successful runs with full house at Casita Maria Center for Arts Education and at Pregones Theater this year!Now my dream to share it with both my roots: Puerto Rico and New Orleans, is beyond rewarding! The company has 8 wonderful professional dancers and 10 amazing drummers all well knowledged in African, Haitian and Bomba drumming.  Your contributions, will help with rehearsal space, transportation in both Puerto Rico & new Orleans, air fare, Theater fee's (Ligthing and sound engineer), will allow for proper documentation, video & professional Photography. Via this site, our Facebook page and website, you will have an insight view of the rehearsal process, follow the process in Puerto Rico and in NOLA in addition mention of your name as a contributor on both our playbill for both performances.  Your contributions will help a wonderful group of Artists who love to dance, share their passion and roots with this, our very first tour!!!

Visit us at www.bombazodanceco.com

LET'S MAKE THAT DRUM TALK!™

Thanking you in advance,

Milteri Tucker Concepcion and BOMBAZO DANCE CO!

Tampa Bomba: Nostalgia Amarilla at Catrinas Concina y Galeria - Saturday September 28, 2013

Ven a disfrutar otro toque de Bomba Puertorriqueña por tu grupo Tampeño Nostalgia Amarilla at Catrinas Cocina Y Galeria.

No olvides traer a tu grupo de amigos / amigas y/o familiares. Infantes y niños estan bienvenidos. Todos a disfrutar de los ritmos: Sicá, Cuembé, Holandé, 6 Corrido y muchos mas.

Toque comienza a las 8:30pm, "Batey de Baile" abierto para todos. Para reservaciones favor llamar al 813-251-4604. Reserva tu mesa a tiempo. $3 cerveza Medalla toda la noche.

Nostalgia Amarilla 
Venue: Catrinas Cocina y Galeria
Address: 2402 South MacDill Avenue, Tampa, FL 33629
Date: Saturday September 28, 2013
Time: 8:30pm -10pm
For reservations call (813) 251-4604.

NJ Bomba and Plena workshops: Free Children's Bomba and Plena class with Cynthia Renta - Saturdays 2-4pm

Free Children's Bomba and Plena class with Cynthia Renta. Every Saturday 2-4pm in Elizabeth, NJ or children ages 6-18 years old.

To register your child, contact Cynthia Renta at cynthiarenta@hotmail.com by Wednesday September 25th. Check out our kids dancing and singing their hearts out.

Bay Area Bomba: Las Bomberas de la Bahia shows on Sept 6th, 7th and 14 across the Bay Area

Las Bomberas de la Bahia will be performing all over the Bay Area this September 2013....come and join them for some live music and dancing...BOMBA!

Friday, Sept. 6th - SAN JOSE - The 1st Annual Queerceanera in San Jose, School of Arts & Culture @ MHP, 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, California 95116. Performances start at 8pm. Get tickets online at queerseanera.eventbrite.com!

Saturday, Sept. 7th - OAKLAND - Bomba Studio Grand, come check out this great new space for performance in Oakland. We'll be playing bomba after 9pm...Come check out this great new space.

Saturday, Sept 14th - SAN FRANCISCO - The Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St, SF, CA. We will be performing at the Red Poppy Art House starting at 7:30 pm, tickets at the door. See you all there for some live bomba in a great space in the city.

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(Note- That is not my hand in the picture above. :-))