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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
Jose Pepe Flores, right, with Lyn Pentecost in front of Flores's extensive vinyl records collection at La Sala de Pepe. Flores is holding the compilation album "Salsa Con Estilo," on which the exhibit is based. (Photo by Bonnie Rosenstock)

Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream

April 8, 2024

BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center…

Cornelia appropriation? The curious case of ‘Cornelia Street’ and the cafe
At La Sala de Pepe, Robin Hirsch read selections from his writings about working in frenetic Swedish restaurant kitchens as a young actor and also the early days of the Cornelia Street Cafe. (Photo by Michael Jacobson)

Cornelia appropriation? The curious case of ‘Cornelia Street’ and the cafe

December 29, 2022

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The term “cultural appropriation” is thrown around a fair bit these days. In fact, a new occasion to declare it —…

La Sala de Pepe hosts ‘Loisaida Legends’ Flores, García and Pentecost
“CHARAS, The Improbable Dome Builders,” by Syeus Mottel, tells the story of how Chino García and fellow CHARAS members built a geodesic dome with Buckminster Fuller, the architect and futurist, on a vacant Lower East Side lot. (Photo by Bonnie Rosenstock)

La Sala de Pepe hosts ‘Loisaida Legends’ Flores, García and Pentecost

July 6, 2022

BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Local historian and ethnomusicologist Jose Pepe Flores inaugurated La Sala de Pepe (Pepe’s Living Room) and Foto Espacio (Photo Space) in…

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