What started in 1973 as a literary salon in founder Miguel Algarín’s East Village living room has grown into an iconic cultural institution that continues to offer a platform for underrepresented ...
NEW YORK CITY -- In 1973, in a living room in the East Village, a collection of Latino poets, playwrights and musicians founded an iconic New York institution. More than 40 years later, the Nuyorican ...
Nuyorican, a portmanteau of New Yorker and Puerto Rican, came about during the ‘70s as more than just a moniker. It’s an identity, movement, and way of life. A place that embodies this is the ...
“This film is a manifestation of our love affair,” laughs director Laurie Collyer, speaking about her creative partner, Robert Torres, whose family is the subject of the documentary Nuyorican Dream, ...
In the heart of an ever-gentrifying New York City neighborhood, the Nuyorican Poets Café was once called "the most integrated place on the planet" by none other than Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Today it ...
An off-off-Broadway hub for Puerto Rican artists whose East Village home was once considered off the beaten path is about to get a major mainstream makeover. On Wednesday, the city will begin a $24 ...
If Sonia Sotomayor becomes the next associate justice of the Supreme Court, she will find a family of two fellow Puerto Rican New Yorkers waiting for her in Congress. Reps. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) and ...
In recent years, there has been a renewed discussion of and focus on who holds the camera and documents history-making events and daily life. There have been museum retrospectives aiming to correct ...
Ramos to also star in Bob the Builder, Mattel Films' first animated theatrical movie in development When Roberto “Bob” travels to the enchanting Island of Puerto Rico for a major construction job, he ...