Maintaining A Balance

Maintaining A Balance  Hurricane Sandy Blows Plantando Banderas’ Final Performance into December! I am learning that anything performed LIVE requires a great deal of planning, positive support, and acceptance of the uncontrollable. Things can and will go wrong! It’s the nature of life. On one hand you have a ground breaking high energy show with […]

Finding So Much Beauty In My Scars

Finding So Much Beauty In My Scars La Casita at Lincoln Center and Pregones Theater August 11th and 12th La Casita Artist : Manny Vega This summer I was part of La Casita at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors free outdoor performances. La Casita is a program intended to celebrate the oral traditions of the […]

Historical event at La Casa Azul Bookstore

Historical event at La Casa Azul Bookstore I will be at La Casa Azul Bookstore for this historical event. I will be reading from Sandra Cisneros’ book The House On Mango Street. Join me for this free act of protest! 50 for Freedom Friday September 21, 6:00pm – 8:00pm New York City’s Latino literary community […]

Future Leaders Fearlessly Explore Poetry at Millersville University

Future Leaders Fearlessly Explore Poetry at Millersville University A young lady writes to an absent father wishing she could see him again. An aspiring rapper seeks acceptance from his parents and struggles with a secret that pulls at his heart. A young lady translates her pain form Nepali to English to ensure that I see […]

Making New Friends

Making New Friends At An Evening with Maria Aponte and Friends Thursday, July 19th I was one of the featured poets at The East Harlem Café hosted by my friend and fellow writer Maria Aponte, the author of Transitions of a Nuyorican Cinderella. The other featured artists for the evening included the beautiful and extremely […]

THE UNDERGROUND BUNKER

FORTIFIED ART[ ISTS ] DATO MIO, ADRIAN TONE, DANIEL BAINBRIDGE, ANGELICA VANESSA, ANUAR ROSALDO, JASON HOFFMAN, WESTON ULFIG, JERARDO CALIXT, OPHIL HUANG, SELINA JOSEPHS PERFORMANCES BYSoSoon : MUSICAL A.LYRIC : MUSICALNAA AKUA : MUSICAL GIGA HERBS : MUSICAL PEGGY ROBLES-ALVARADO : POETRY CURATED BY DAYNA HERNANDEZ RIVERA OPENING AUGUST 10, 2012 AT ROCK BOTTOM ARTIST […]

An Evening with Maria Aponte & Friends – East Harlem Cafe

Aponte-Gonzalez Productions Presents An Evening with Maria Aponte & Friends Thursday, July 19th 6:30-8:00pm  East Harlem Cafe 104th Street & Lexington Avenue  Special Guests:  Peggy Robles-Alvarado reading from her new book:  Homenaje A Las Guerreras/ Homage to the Warrior Women.  Musical Guest, A. Lyric singing from her new CD Your Ears Will Thank Your Later […]