Bomba + Plena with Alma Moyo

Thursday, August 20 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue @ 104th Street

Rooted in African traditions, Bomba y Plena is a political and spiritual expression through percussion, song and dance. The bomba was played and danced in clearings of Puerto Rico's sugar cane fields, town plazas, and during Catholic festivals. Today the music lives on in the work of Alma Moyo, a 13-member musical group whose electric rhythms invite hours of non-stop dancing. FREE ADMMISSION for all audiences. Space is limited, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Photos by Angelo Rivera, Photographer

Since February 2007, parishioners from Our Lady Queen of Angels Roman Catholic Church in El Barrio have protested the closing of their spiritual "home" by the Archdiocese of New York by holding a Sunday morning mass each week. Join Carmen Villegas and other worshippers to support their efforts to reopen a beloved 121-year-old parish that has served thousands East Harlem residents.

Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase Continues...

Acentos is a program of the louderARTS Project, Inc., presented in conjunction with the Bronx Writers' Center, a program of the Bronx Council on the Arts. Acentos provides a renewed spotlight for Latino poetry in a venue that fosters an encouraging atmosphere for writers of diverse backgrounds and experience, in a setting that stimulates both open dialogue and an increased sense of community in the culturally resurgent South Bronx. Acentos is presented every second and fourth Tuesday of the month by Oscar Bermeo, Jessica Torres, Fish Vargas and Rich Villar. Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase is now held every 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 7:30 pm at the Bruckner Bar & Grill, One Bruckner Boulevard (Corner of Third Ave). IRT #6 Train to 138th Street Station. For information, visit their website: www.louderarts.com/acentos, send email: acentos@louderarts.com or view newsletter: Acentos-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.