Heritage Celebration Programming, Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month, NYPL en Español, Writing Workshops: Writing Workshop: " "How to Make Climate Change" with Caridad De La Luz aka LA BRUJA

Join the Nuyorican Poets Café  and NYPL for a writing workshop to celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month!

This event will take place in-person at Soundview Library

Workshop Description: 

 "How to Make Climate Change" is intended for participants to follow prompts and examine inner / outer worlds to compare, draft, and share in an informal way. It is a structured and interactive session designed to create meaningful writing under the guidance of Caridad "La Bruja" who shares valuable anecdotes and methods she has used to write poems, songs, hip hop bars, parodies and more. 

About the Instructor

Caridad De La Luz aka LA BRUJA is an Emmy-winning poet and current Executive Director of the famed Nuyorican Poets Cafe. She returns to her lifelong local library, where she wrote her very first hip hop verses and short stories, to conduct a writing workshop / Q& A. All ages and bilingual welcome. Caridaddelaluz.com @LaBrujaNYC - NUYORICAN.ORG 

Caridad De La Luz (she/her/hers) is a world renowned spoken word artist known as La Bruja. She became Executive Director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Jan. 2022 after beginning her career there in 1996. She won an Emmy in 2022 as Script Writer for Legacy of Puerto Rican Poetry, aired on ABC during the National Puerto Rican Day Parade 2021. Currently, Caridad has helped secure a 24-million-dollar renovation project called Nuyorican-Struction, which will be completed in 2026. All of the cafe's legendary programming continues off-site in the meantime, see our full calendar by visiting NUYORICAN.org.

CaridadDeLaLuz.com @LaBrujaNYC on IG, Twitter and TikTok

About the Nuyorican Poets Café 

Over the last 50 years, the Nuyorican Poets Café has served as a home for groundbreaking works of poetry, music, theater and visual arts. A multicultural and multi-arts institution, the Café gives voice to a diverse group of rising poets, actors, filmmakers and musicians. Founded in 1973, the Nuyorican Poets Café began as a living room salon in the East Village apartment of writer and poet Miguel Algarin along with other playwrights, poets, and musicians of color whose work was not accepted by the mainstream academic, entertainment or publishing industries. By 1975, the performance poetry scene had started to become a vital element of the Puerto Rican diaspora and African-American culture marked by the release of a “Nuyorican Poetry” anthology, and Miguel Piñero’s “Short Eyes,” which was a hit on Broadway. By 1981, the overflow of audience and artists led the Café to purchase a former tenement building at 236 East 3rd Street, and to expand its activities and programs from the original space on East 6th Street.

Over the past several decades, the Café has emerged as one of the country’s most highly respected arts organizations. Our programming includes poetry slams, open mics, Latin & Contemporary Jazz and Hip Hop concerts, theatrical performances, educational programs, and visual art exhibits. Our weekly poetry slams draw thousands of spectators each year and have popularized competitive performance poetry. Our educational programs (which are funded in part by the city and state of New York) provide literacy and public speaking to thousands of students and many school groups each year.  Our theater program has been awarded over 30 Audelco Awards and was honored with an OBIE Grant for Excellence in Theater. Learn more at https://www.nuyorican.org/ 

ACCESSIBILITY NOTES   

In-Person

• Assistive listening devices and/or hearing loops are available at the venue.
• You can request a free ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or CART (Communication Access Real-Time Translation) captioning service by emailing your request at least two weeks in advance of the event: email accessibility@nypl.org or use this Gmail template.

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