June 11th, 2023
Prospect Park
JouvayFest Presents:
Caribbean Heritage Month
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May 20th, 2023
6th and B Garden
April 20th, 2023
City Lore
February 25th, 2023
Bronx Music Heritage Center
September 8th, 2022
Bronx Music Heritage Center
City Lore has begun a series of Community Conversations–discussions between folk artists and folklorists about their interactions, exchanges and collaborations. Our program will open with Los Pleneros de la 21 founder Juan Gutiérrez and LP21 percussion instructor Matthew González reflecting on the history of bomba and plena in New York, and their organization’s efforts to educate and celebrate the venerable singing, drumming, and dancing traditions of Afro-Puerto Rican culture.
Folklorist Elena Martínez of the Bronx Music Heritage Center and City Lore will join the conversation to recount the collaborations between Los Pleneros and public folklorists, with a special nod to the late Roberta Singer, who helped promote the group in its early years. During the second half of our program Gutiérrez and González will be joined by other members of LP21 for a performance. The program will be moderated by senior folklorist Ray Allen, who is co-coordinating the Community Conversations series with City Lore.