Saturday, September 28, 2024

The Clemente Center kicks off its Historias initiative with a block party on the LES

Later today, the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center will hold a block party to kick off Historias, a $2.5 million three-year initiative to tell Latinx stories in NYC. 

Read more about the Historias project here and here. 

The event will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. on Suffolk Street outside of the Clemente at Rivington. (Organizers confirm the festivities will proceed regardless of rain later today.) This link includes the full rundown of the block party events. 

The Clemente, a 30-year-old Puerto Rican and Latinx cultural space, is currently undergoing renovations.
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2024 at 11:17 AM

    Former home to Hotel Amazon, the great rap club opened by Leonard Abrams. The space and some of the tropical decor from that time can be glimpsed in the Jonathan Demme movie Married to the Mob, there are shots on the street outside as well.

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