El Museo del Barrio and the Museum of the City of New York present the second edition of Uptown Bounce: Summer Nights @ 104 & Fifth, a FREE joint series featuring musical performances, gallery talks, art-making workshops, renowned DJs, festive summer drinks, local food vendors, and more. What this means in essence is 4 weeks in a row of art, culture and fun for the entire family for free. See below for a breakdown of each week. See you there…
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August 5 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
AT EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
Join us for a variety of events, including a guided tour of both Museum of the City of New York and El Museo del Barrio, an artist talk in the galleries featuring Rodriguez-Calero in conversation with guest curator Alejandro Anreus on her work in Rodriguez Calero: Urban Martyrs and Latter Day Santos. In El Teatro, a special screening of Third World Newsreel’s El Pueblo Se Levanta (1971), which focuses on the community of East Harlem, capturing the compassion and militancy of the Young Lords as they implemented their own social programs will be featured. Ongoing assorted sidewalk chalk hijinks by FEEGZ and crew. El Café presents the musical stylings of DJ Turmix, a specialist in Boogaloo, a favorite musical genre of the Young Lords and their generation; and live video performance by Lionel Cruet.
AT THE CITY MUSEUM
Get down with Operator Emz and DJ Misbehaviour of Mobile Mondays! spinning hip-hop, funk, & soul vinyl 45s. Learn classic street dance moves from renowned dance teacher ‘Sala.’ Chalk art by Kady Perry.
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August 12 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
AT EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
Join us for a variety of events, including a guided tour of both Museum of the City of New York and El Museo del Barrio, an artist talk in the galleries featuring the artists Maximo Colon, Coco Lopez, and Marcos Dimas from ¡PRESENTE! Young Lords in New York . On 104th Street between both museums, we host a live performance by George Sanchez, Buried Up To My Neck While Thinking Outside The Box. Sanchez reprises his original outdoor work in a free-wheeling, ongoing performance in which he is buried in a mountain of trash sprinkled with signs that state, “Trash=Art” or “Art=Trash”. His work asks, “…can our democracy withstand over 300 million people pursuing happiness all at the same time?” Ongoing assorted sidewalk chalk hijinks by FEEGZ and crew. El Café presents the musical stylings of DJ Turmix, a specialist in Boogaloo, a favorite musical genre of the Young Lords and their generation.
AT THE CITY MUSEUM
DJ Grandmaster Caz continues the musical journey into hip-hop; chalk art by Kady Perry.
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Related: Uptown Bounce: The Social Media Edition
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