miércoles, 19 de febrero de 2025

Thu. Feb 27 | Women’s Voices in the NYC Afro-Puerto Rican Musical Renaissance | 6 pm (EST)

Video documentation will be made available on the Institute website following the event.

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Eugenia Ramos dancing to Juan Gutiérrez's drum. Photo by Martha Cooper/City Lore

Women's Voices in the NYC Afro-Puerto Rican Musical Renaissance

Thursday, February 27, 2025
6 PM

20 Cooper Square
5th Floor conference room

Join us for a conversation with women who were part of the early bomba and plena scene in New York City before the emergence of Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21), as well as women who were inspired by LP21 to form all-women groups. The event is part of the Pleneros de la 21 Oral History Project, directed by Elena Martínez, 2025 Mellon Folklorist in Residence at the Hemispheric Institute.

Participants include: Yvette Martínez, Sandra García Rivera, Luz Rodríguez, Nydia Ocasio, Manuela Arciniegas, and Elena Martínez.

Co-sponsored by City Lore

This is an in-person event that requires registration. All non-NYU attendees must RSVP in advance. Video documentation will be made available on the Institute website following the event.

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