2023 Stage Garden Rumba

Date: Saturday, September 16, 2023
Time: 2pm to 6pm
Location: Pregones Theater, 575 Walton Avenue, Bronx, NY 10451

• Caridad De La Luz is a multifaceted performer also known as “La Bruja.” She raps, acts, sings, hosts, dances, writes, and teaches others how to do the same. Winner of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2020-2021, she has been one of America’s leading spoken word poets for over 15 years.

• DeLaCeiba is an Hondureño born poet/rapper/DJ/scholar/father/husband/activist that grew up in South Central Los Angeles.
• Los Pleneros de la 21 Founded in 1983, the intergenerational ensemble creates infectious sounds combining raw percussion elements of Puerto Rican Bomba & Plena genres with contemporary and urban styles, like son, salsa, jazz and hip hop.
• Circa ’95 is an independent Afro-Latino Hip-Hop music group. Patty Dukes and Reph are Puerto Rican & Dominican by way of The Bronx and Washington Heights. They rhyme seamlessly through English and Spanish.
• Bulla en el Barrio is a bullerengue ensemble based in New York City. Founded by Carolina Oliveros in 2015, the group has promoted the Afro-Colombian expression and practice across venues, spaces and throughout communities across the city. Through their collective and inclusive work, they have emphasized the open space of bullerengue, welcoming any participant to enjoy and learn of their music and culture.

• Brother North – Luis Cañada: Hailing from the rugged streets of the South Bronx, Brother North is an MC/poet who proudly emphasizes an original in your face sound, and a thought provoking rap edge. With his descriptive heart of the Bronx lyrics, Brother North is clear on what his lyrics and music represents. It’s music and poetry for the have-nots and underdogs.
• Rise Felicia – Felicia Cade: International Poet, Author, and World Activist. Born and raised in Long Beach, Ca. Felicia has been named one of LA County’s most prominent Poets and has grown a city wide reputation as “The Voice Of A Rising Generation”. Felicia’s work is true to her handle @risefelicia. It raises humanity to a new and inclusive space of thought, Unity, and Love. She is an experience and an ever unfolding Poem.Along with teaching and performing internationally Felicia has two published books “Collected Pieces & Shed Skin” and “Hallway Confessions”.
• Laney – Delaney Jocelyn: 18 year old poet known as Laney, born and raised in Orlando, Florida. She has been performing spoken word poetry since October of 2019 with Exodus United, and has since fallen in love with the art form. She’s currently a freshman at NYU hoping to create more forms of Art therapy. To her, poetry serves as both a teacher and healer and she seeks to do the same for others through her poems.

• Mercedes Aguirre Saenz – Mental Health

ARTISANS

• Stacey Toro

PLEASE NOTE – Due to increment weather we are forced to cancel this event. Please join us on Saturday October 14 at Sunshine Garden for the next Stage Garden Rumba.

• Caridad De La Luz is a multifaceted performer also known as “La Bruja.” She raps, acts, sings, hosts, dances, writes, and teaches others how to do the same. Winner of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2020-2021, she has been one of America’s leading spoken word poets for over 15 years.

• DeLaCeiba is an Hondureño born poet/rapper/DJ/scholar/father/husband/activist that grew up in South Central Los Angeles.
• Bulla en el Barrio is a bullerengue ensemble based in New York City. Founded by Carolina Oliveros in 2015, the group has promoted the Afro-Colombian expression and practice across venues, spaces and throughout communities across the city. Through their collective and inclusive work, they have emphasized the open space of bullerengue, welcoming any participant to enjoy and learn of their music and culture.
• Bambula Project: Puerto Rican Bassist Alex “Apolo” Ayala-Berríos blends his Afro-Caribbean roots with Jazz language, in his intricately and beautifully arranged musical project, “The Bámbula Project”. Through this quartet, he creates an effortless yet equally complex pacing between bomba, blues, jazz, swing and more. The project released a full length album in 2022, under Truth Revolution Recording Collective, and has been amazing audiences throughout the New York tri-State area and Puerto Rico in every performance.
• People of Earth is a global music collective quickly emerging as one of the United States’ most exciting Latin and tropical bands, with an explosive blend of the music of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and beyond. The 13 musicians comprising this supergroup represent a cross-section of the world, boasting an array of some of the best musicians from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Canada, Switzerland, Haiti, Greece and more.  Formed in 2017, the band has performed at acclaimed venues including Disney Hall in LA, The Kennedy Center in D.C.,  The Kimmel Center and Mann Center in Philadelphia, and The New World Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. PoE’s debut self-titled album was released in May of 2023 on the Truth and Revolution Records label, and since their founding the group has collaborated with several notable musicians and organizations.

• Sergio Jimenez is a Latinx spoken word artist hailing from the Bronx. A teaching artist with Urban Word NYC, Sergio has also taught for Cooper Union College, CityLore, Project X, and Dreamyard. With a discipline in poetry, performance, and education, Sergio has featured at The Apollo, The Mist and The Snapple Theater.
• Vanessa Hidary – Internationally acclaimed Spoken Word Artist/Solo Performer/Author/ Actress/Writer/Director, from NYC’S culturally diverse Upper West Side. Her experiences as a Sephardic Jew with close friends from different ethnic and religious backgrounds inspired her to write “Culture Bandit” the nationally toured solo show that chronicles Vanessa’s coming of age during the golden age of Hip-Hop.
• Simply Rob – This Bronx-based poet and LGBTQ+ activist is one of the original members of El Grito De Poetas, an all-Latinx poetry collective. Among many other accolades, Rob is also the subject of the 2011 film “Simply Rob” by Tom Shrapnel.

• Zayda Rivera –  is the founder of Mindful Living with Z, which she launched in 2019 following a near-death experience. After more than a decade of practicing meditation and yoga, Z answered the call to take a deeper dive in healing modalities to heal herself and others.
• Jessica Mitchem – Bio upcoming.

ARTISANS

• Stacey Toro
• Karla Mayenbeer Cruz

PLEASE NOTE – Due to increment weather we are forced to cancel this event. Please join us on Saturday October 28 at The Bronx Historical Society for the next Stage Garden Rumba.
Time: 2pm to 6pm

• Caridad De La Luz is a multifaceted performer also known as “La Bruja.” She raps, acts, sings, hosts, dances, writes, and teaches others how to do the same. Winner of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2020-2021, she has been one of America’s leading spoken word poets for over 15 years.

• DeLaCeiba is an Hondureño born poet/rapper/DJ/scholar/father/husband/activist that grew up in South Central Los Angeles.

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Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023
Time: 2pm to 6pm
Location: Bronx Historical Society. 3266 Bainbridge Avenue, The Bronx, NY 10467

• Caridad De La Luz is a multifaceted performer also known as “La Bruja.” She raps, acts, sings, hosts, dances, writes, and teaches others how to do the same. Winner of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship 2020-2021, she has been one of America’s leading spoken word poets for over 15 years.

• DeLaCeiba is an Hondureño born poet/rapper/DJ/scholar/father/husband/activist that grew up in South Central Los Angeles.
• Jadele McPherson
• Bambula Project
• BPCW Next Gen

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