BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center…
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BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Everyone knows Mikey Cole makes great ice cream. But on Thursday he’ll be making the turkey and veggies. The Mikey…
BY ALEX EBRAHIMI | Down around Alphabet City, the news breaks in alphabetical disorder. OD’s and DOA’s followed by N.Y.P.D. and NBC, ABC, CBS and…
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Carlito Rovira’s powerful portraiture art is dedicated to revolutionaries who fought and sacrificed to change the world. His solo show opened…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A group of Bard College architecture students met with Carlos “Chino” Garcia, the legendary leader of CHARAS, over pizza at…
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | The large-scale murals honoring the legacy of CHARAS and its founders have become the pride of the Loisaida community. Created over…
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Three Kings Day (Los Reyes Magos), also known as Epiphany, is celebrated on Jan. 6 throughout the Spanish-speaking world. It is…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Community leaders and local politicians gathered in Loisaida last month for the unveiling of Adela Fargas Way, honoring the legendary restaurateur…
The Loisaida community will come together on Sat., Sept. 17, to celebrate the honorary co-naming of the corner of E. Fifth Street and Avenue C…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated Sept. 6, 3 p.m.: Reverend Billy “elevated to fabulous sainthood” the founding members of the Amazon Labor Union on…