First Latino American Poetic Short Film Festival

Tuesdays @ 7:30 PM on September 16, 23, 30 & October 7
Nuyorican Poets Café
236 East 3rd Street, Loisada

The Latino American Poetic Short Film Festival will introduce a selection of over a dozen award-winning short films, classics and premiers from Argentina, Basque, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Spain and the United States to discover and Inaugurate the Poetic Film Genre. Now, you’re probably asking what is Poetic Film? “Poetic Film is a combination of expressive image and sound. It is original and personal. It need not be about poetry and yet, it can be set to poetry. It is lyrical, dreamlike, expresses new ideas, evokes emotion, triggers thought and heightens the spirit. Poetic Film may some day be uncovered for us to discover.” Come join us as we welcome the poetry of film to see, listen and experience the spirit of the remarkable.

El Maestro, Inc. Celebrates
Festival De El Grito De Lares

Saturday, September 20, 2008
Vyse Avenue (167th Street & Home Street)
Bronx, New York
Time: 1:00 P.M.- 8:00 P.M.

Music: D.J. Yukiyuboriken
Angel Ruben “Frankie Ruiz”
Food, Games, Speakers, Boxing
Poetry, Arts & Crafts


UPCOMING SCREENINGS

Friday, October 18th • International Film Festival of South Africa
Everglades Resort • Dargle, South Africa


Please stop by the Union Settlement Association Adult Education Office to pick up
a FREE Copy of this DVD or send us your mailing address and we will gladly
send you a copy by mail. Call (212) 828-6298 for more information.

Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase Continues...


Host Oscar Bermeo

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.