Rhode Island Bomba and Plena: Los Pleneros de la 21 (Providence, Rhode Island) - Friday September 19, 2014

Event: Los Pleneros de la 21 (in Providence, Rhode Island)

Artists: Los Pleneros de a 21

Date and Time: Friday September 19, 2014 at 6:30PM

Venue and Location: Smith Center for the Arts, Providence College at 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02908

Admission: Not listed

For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1534110083473809&ref=70

Jacksonville Bomba and Plena: Pasa Dia Anual Playero - September 13, 2014

Renacer Borincano Jacksonville les invita a este pasa dia! Toma nota y no te lo pierdas... RB Jacksonville siempre va a Orlando, a Kissimmee y donde quiera que quieren su participación ahora la invitación es para ustedes para que vengan a compartir y disfrutar de un día de amistad y música sabrosa! Los esperamos!

Renacer Borincano Jacksonville invites you to this happy day.  RB Jacksonville is always going to Orlando, Kissimmee and wherever their participation is wanted. Now there is an invitation for you to come and share and enjoy in a day of friendship and tasty music.  (paraphrase from Google Translation) 

Fundraiser for Bombero Gregory

This year we have our # 1 chef Leticia Rivera will prepare a tasty meal that will be on sale. We will also use the occasion to raise funds to benefit of our friend and brother in Bomba Gregory who needs a lot of your prayers for a speedy recovery. Those who prefer to donate directly to the account of Gregory can do so via the internet at this link http://www.gofundme.com/8c77hc you can read about Gregory's condition from the updates his wife Janet is keeping us updated on your condition. Let's show Gregory and his family all of our love this coming Saturday September 13th in Jacksonville as it is dedicated to his name.  The money received will be personally taken to his home in Tampa. Renacer Borincano Jacksonville is counting on you! (another paraphrase from Google Translation)

Event: Pasa Dia Anual Playero

Artists: Renacer Borincano Jacksonville

Date and Time: Saturday September 13, 2014 at 10AM

Location: Jacksonville Beach below the pier

Admission: Free

For more information go to Facebook.com/ Renacer Borincano Jacksonville

Chicago Bomba: Barrio Arts Fest - Saturday and Sunday September 6 and 7

The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (NMPRAC) is proud to present Barrio Arts Fest 2014 (BAF14), the weekend of Saturday, September 6th and Sunday September 7th, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. BAF 14 is a weekend long celebration of the arts, crafts, music, arts education and performances that encompasses the vibrancy of the creative community of Humboldt Park and vicinities.

Barrio Arts Fest has been celebrated for the past 12 years and among others, has showcased: Arts and Crafts from artists of Puerto Rico, art workshops of book making and Chiringas (kites), a creative writing workshop by Boca Floja sponsored by Batey Urbano and a Bomba dancing workshop by AfriCaribe.

Of course, the background to BAF14 is the completion of the 2nd floor construction of the NMPRAC, which has taken several months and will be premiered on Thursday, Sept 4, 2014 at our fundraiser

Bombazo by AfriCaribe for more information visit www.iprac.org or write brendat@iprac.org

Colorado Bomba: "INFLUENCIAS" The Legacy of Bomba - September 13, 2014

Barrio e' and Americas Latino Eco Festival (ALEF) are joining forces to co-produce a musical production showcasing the history line of Puerto Rican Bomba: “ALEF Barrio E’ Fest 2014” at The Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder Colorado on Saturday September 13, 2014 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 4:30 p.m.) The event is free and open to the general public and registration is required. The musical production will showcase the history of the various musical genres that influenced Puerto Rican Bomba music and dance, and illustrate the critical role of Bomba in the development of modern popular music and dances.


For more information about this event, visit: http://www.barrioe.org/#!influencias/cvjl

If you would like your business featured in Barrio e's Play Bill for its upcoming September 13 production and be seen by a full house at the The Dairy Center for the Arts, send us a message at barrioe@barrioe.org

Want to see the show? Get your FREE tickets while they last here:http://goo.gl/BQ744L

To donate towards this production click here: http://goo.gl/MqNPty

Bronx Bomba and Plena: Festival de Bomba y Plena de Bronx - Friday September 5 - 7, 2014

Event: Festival de Bomba y Plena de Bronx (dedicated to Oscar Lopez Rivera and Cheo Feliciano)

Friday September 5, 2014 at 8pm Herencia de mi Tambo and Grupo Aya 
Saturday September 6, 2014 at 8pm Grupo Maestro and 5 en Plena
Sunday September 7, 2014 at Bombazo Dance Co., 33 Broadway y Pleneras, and Sembra Maestra

Location: El Maestro at 1300 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10459 
Admission: Not listed

For more info call El Maestro at (646) 299-6507

South Florida Bomba: Traveling Exhibit Reynaldo "GuAracibe" Rodriguez" Expression de Barrio - Sept. 5-Oct 24, 2014

Exhibicion comienza en Septiembre 1ro pero la aperyura sera en Septiembre 11,2014 con la agrupacion de BUYA desde Chicago, Get ready para ense~arle a Miami Dade Collage, lo que es BOMBA!!!!!

(Rough translation - Exhibition begins on September 1st but the opening will be in September 11, 2014 with a performance of the group Bomba Con BUYA from Chicago, at Miami Dade College.)

Reception Night September 11, 2014 from 5-7pm at 500 College Terrace, Homestead, FL 33030.  Bomba Con Buya performs at 6pm.

Exhibit to be displayed from September 5-October 24, 2014 Miami Dade College, Homestead campus, 500 College Terrace, Homestead, FL 33030.

A Vision of Reynaldo GuAracibo Rodriguez

An amazing traveling exhibition by Puerto Rican artist Reynaldo Rodriguez. This exhibition explores the West African, the Caribbean and the Puerto Rican history of the Bomba tradition in Chicago and others part of the United States, also each mural have this colorful exhibition features the art of the Artist Reynaldo "GuAracibo" Rodriguez accompanied by the sounds and rhythm of Afro-Caribbean drums.

The exhibition will bring work from Reynaldo Rodriguez, in which he uses portraits from  "Bomberos" in his community to represent various aspects of our Bomba music (drumming, singing, Cua, Maraca, etc). An important element of the exhibit will be the connection with Bomberos from Puerto Rico and the United States. (These last two paragraphs are paraphrases of an announcement from Behance.net back in 2013.)

Queens and Brooklyn Bomba: Raquel Z. Rivera and Ojos de Sofia play in NYC Friday Sept. 26 and Saturday Oct. 4

As many of you know, Raquel Z. Rivera and Ojos de Sofia play only once or twice in NYC each year... And this it!

Friday, September 26 | 9:00 pm
Terraza 7
40-19 Gleane St, Elmhurst, Queens, NY
$7

Saturday, October 4 | 8:00 pm
Barbès,
376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Suggested donation $10

We'll be playing original musica jibara, bachata, salves and bomba, as well as classic boleros, from our new song series titled Las Decimas del Amargue and Other Songs of Love. Come through if you missed these songs' NYC debut last December. Or come through if you want to hear them again.

And, yes, my fabulous sister Anabellie will once again be leaving everyone breathless with her renditions of classic boleros. If you haven't heard her, you must: https://soundcloud.com/anabellie-rivera/madrigal

The team: Bryan Vargas (musical director, arranger, guitar, cuatro),Anabellie Rivera (vocals), Camilo Molina (percussion), Jblak Negro Cimarron (percussion) and, yours truly, Raquel Z. Rivera (vocals). We will be sorely missing guitarist Yasser Tejeda, but he has a fabulous tour to attend to.

These NYC gigs are part of our fall tour which will also take us to Southern California, Boston, Western Massachusetts and Maine. I'll soon be posting our full schedule on our website:

www.ojosdesofia.com

Tour de Las Décimas del Amargue

September 22 | Time TBD

Artist talk and décimas writing workshop

Pomona College

333 N College Way, Claremont, CA

Free

September 23 | 7:00 pm

SCRIPPS College

1030 Columbia Ave, Claremont, CA 91711

Free

September 25 | 7:00 pm

Rutgers University

Gathering Lounge, Livingston Student Center, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave., Piscataway, NJ 08854

Free

Friday, September 26 | 9:00 pm

Terraza 7

40-19 Gleane St, Elmhurst, Queens, NY

$7

Monday, September 29 | 1:30 pm

Artist talk and musical demonstration

Northeastern University

342 Huntington Ave, Blackman Auditorium, Boston, MA 02115

Free

Monday, September 29 | 8:00 pm

Makeshift Boston

549 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02118

Suggested donation $10

Tuesday, September 30 | 12 noon

Artist talk and musical demonstration

Tufts University
419 Boston Ave, Medford, MA 02155‎

Free

Wednesday, October 1^st | Times TBD

Bowdoin College
3725 College St, Brunswick, ME 04011

Free

Saturday, October 4 | 8:00 pm

Barbès,

376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Suggested donation $10

For the most up-to-date venue, time, and other details of these concerts and presentations, please contact 646.266.7182 or ojosdesofia@gmail.com.

For further general information please contact Tom Frouge @ Avokado Artists (505.771.3166 /tom@avokado.net) or Raquel Z. Rivera (646.266.7182 / raquelzrivera@gmail.com).