FESTIVAL SCHEDULE: 4:00 Opening Taino Ceremony 4:30 Irka Mateo Folkloric Quartet 5:30 Procession & Ceremony at Spuyten Duyvil Creek 6:30 Gaga Pa’l Pueblo 7:15 Legacy Women Drum Cypher Join IgniVox Productions for their second Annual “Dominican Summer Solstice Festival”…
By Gregg McQueen The rites are coming. This week, a Northern Manhattan playground will be transformed into a place of ancient Taino rituals and traditional music. On Wed., June 21, Anne Loftus Playground at Broadway and Riverside Drive in…
Irka Mateo sings and writes “Mestizo Music” songs inspired by the Taino/Afro/European folk traditions of her native Dominican Republic, the Caribbean and Latin America. Her love of the peasant population– bearers of the ancient culture –led her to travel…
Josefina Baez Monday, May 9th 6:30pm doors, 7pm show Performance takes place in the Palace Foyer FREE with RSVP, seating limited to 100. Josefina Baez is a storyteller, ArteSana, performer, writer, theatre director, educator, devotee and founder and director…