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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (ET)
The Caribbean Culture Center and La Menta Collective invite you to an evening of poetry, literature, visual art, music and dance.
The CCCADI is a not for profit cultural organization based in New York City dedicated to promoting and promulgating the cultures of people of African Descent brought before and after the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
La Menta Collective provides an avenue for artistic growth through regular exhibitions, readings and performances that we call juntas, an online presence, and involvement in various events in all the arts. We strive to provide ourselves and other artists with a salon to network, collaborate, publicize and share opportunities.
Join us for:
*VISUAL ART*
ALTA BERRI was born in NYC where she currently lives and works. She holds a BA in Studio Art from NYU and a Masters in Media Studies from the New School. A multi-disciplinary artist, Alta conveys her ideas through painting, drawing, illustration and collage (both hand-drawn and computer generated). Recently, she dove into motion graphics and animation. http://www.altaberri.com
ADRIAN 'VIAJERO' ROMAN was born and raised in New York City and was surrounded by the creative and artistic influences of his family. In his early educational years, he received specialized lessons at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and attended The Arts Students League of New York with his older brother. He studied art at New World School of Art in Miami, Florida and received his degree in Fine Arts as well as attending NYIT in New York City to study graphic design. http://www.viajeroart.com
*POETRY*
MUNDO RIVERA is a writer born and raised in El Barrio. He has published articles in Urban Latino Magazine and poems in Acentos Review and Palabra, a Chicano and Latino literary journal based in Los Angeles. He is a 2-time regional workshop participant at Cave Canem and has attended artist-in-residence programs at Fundación Valparaiso in Mojacar, España and La Napoule Art Foundation near Cannes. He is working on a book of poems titled “Breaking El Cuco” and a novel loosely based on the New York City blackout of 1977.
J F SEARY - educator/poet/actor. She has been writing and performing her poetry for over ten years. Her performance career began at Binghamton University. Since then she has performed at the Nuyorican Poets Café, the Bowery Poetry Club, Cemí Underground, 5C Cultural Center, Binghamton University, Cornell University, Columbia University, Penn State University, Rutgers University, University at Albany, SUNY Stony Brook, Camaradas and other venues.
*LITERATURE*
GLENDALIZ CAMACHO was born and raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood of NYC. She studied at Fordham University and has held editorial positions in publishing - previously with a literary agency and presently for a prestigious academic publisher. Glendaliz's writing has appeared in DTM Magazine, Miami New Times, Whistling Shade Literary Journal and Valley Scene Magazine. She is currently at work on a short story collection and as always, the great Dominican-American novel. http://unainamillion.blogspot.com
SERGIO TRONCOSO is the author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, which won the Premio Aztlan and the Southwest Book Award, and The Nature of Truth: A Novel, a story about a Yale research student who discovers that his boss, a renowned professor, hides a Nazi past.
Troncoso's stories have been featured in many anthologies, including The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (W.W. Norton & Company), Latino Boom: An Anthology of U. S. Latino Literature (Pearson/Longman Publishing), Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature (University of New Mexico Press), and New World: Young Latino Writers (Dell Publishing). His work has also appeared in Newsday, The El Paso Times, Other Voices, Pembroke Magazine, Encyclopedia Latina, and many other newspapers and literary magazines. http://www.sergiotroncoso.com/
*MUSIC*
MONA PASSAGE is an experiment formed by Nuyorican Poet Bonafide Rojas and Painter/Illustrator Vincent Ramirez. The Mona Passage has performed at: CB’s Gallery, Sin-E, Otto’s Shrunken Head, Binghamton University, among others. The Mona Passage is a progressive experimental art rock band made up of entirely Puerto Rican and Dominican musicians. They are loud, brash and obnoxious just like you, they wear their brains on their sleeves and their hearts in their pockets. http://www.myspace.com/themonapassage
DJ MERCURY - MERCURY THE MAROON
Not many dedicated hip-hoppers could also devote their hours to educating full-time. Mercury, founder and executive producer of The Dugout, takes exception to most convention. Merc balances being a classic beat-miner and producer extraordinaire but can transfer his keyboardist tendencies to a husky, New York-drawled flow that has captured the attention of heads all over the city and beyond. http://mercury.bandcamp.com/
We hope to see you all there! - La Menta Collective
The CCCADI is a not for profit cultural organization based in New York City dedicated to promoting and promulgating the cultures of people of African Descent brought before and after the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
La Menta Collective provides an avenue for artistic growth through regular exhibitions, readings and performances that we call juntas, an online presence, and involvement in various events in all the arts. We strive to provide ourselves and other artists with a salon to network, collaborate, publicize and share opportunities.
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