Stage Garden Rumba Digital

Filmed July 23, 2022
Location: Pregones Theater & Garden, 575 Walton Avenue

Hosted by Caridad De La Luz

Presented in partnership with Nos Quedamos

• 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.
• Nina Dilet is a vocal powerhouse whose unique fusion of Yoruba sacred song with African-and Afro-Caribbean-inspired dance music lights up any dance floor.
• Kumera Zekarias is a multilingual singer-songwriter, producer, and the former band leader of Kino Musica—a five-piece group based in Washington, DC.
• Jarana Beat is a 10-piece band that incorporates music and dance into its vibrant live performances, double nominee at the 2020 Independent Music Awards, and winner of the 2015 Mexican Music Award for Best Contemporary Folk Band.

• Advocate of Wordz is a published award-winning performing poet, certified breeder of mythical creatures, and an educator who teaches his students how to talk their way out of detention.
• Destiny Padilla is a spoken word artist and poet from the Bronx, New York. Spirituality, NYC, Women, and Latinx/Indigenous identity are the driving forces behind her work.
• Brother North Luis Henrique Canyada PKA Brother North is an artist educator from the Bronx. He is the lead vocalist for the Hip Hop Music group Division X.

• Esperanza Martell is a human rights activist, peace educator, organizer, healer, life-skills coach, mother, poet, and accomplished artist.
• Gregory Jost is an adopted Bronxite of nearly 30 years, working on campaigns for community control of reinvestment, land and institutions.

ARTISANS

• Karla Mayenbeer Cruz: Author, The Adventures of Pepita Morales at City Hall: The Fight to Save el Jardin.
• Olga Ayala: “Hecho A Mano” handmade crafts. Jewelry and functional art in polymer.
• StayFree Wellness (Stacey Toro): Herbal crafted body and wellness products including tinctures, salves, body butters & herbal packs.
• Saviana Arts: Collaboration of Nuyorican artists Vivian Lipman-Denis and Sara Morales, featuring art prints and crafts.
• Carmen Ayala: Paintings and hand-made collectibles.
• Mercedes Molina: Traditional and spiritual dolls. “May the spirits of your Ancestors always walk with you.”
• Taller Experimental de Arte: Handmade jewelry, garments, paintings, calligraphy and more by local collective featuring Virginia Ayress, Nieves Ayress, Rosita Ayress, Graciela Muñoz, and Adriana Quesada.

Filmed August 27, 2022
Location: Sunshine Garden, 174th St & Bryant Ave in The Bronx

Hosted by Caridad De La Luz

Presented in partnership with Nos Quedamos

• 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.
• Oñí Añá is a group of young batá drummers from New York led by Nelson Matthew González, trained in the art of Yoruba drumming and chants from the Orisha tradition.
• People of Earth is a global music collective set on blurring the barriers between the great art forms of the terrestrial sphere, creating an explosive blend of the music of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and beyond. .
• Los Cielitos is a Bolero project from husband and wife duo Jill Peacock, Canadian vocalist and bass player, and Yasser Tejeda, Dominican guitarist and vocalist. Their classic take on Latin American Boleros brings back the greatest love songs from the 1930’s, 40s and 50s..

• Rich Villar is a poet, essayist, educator, and performer. He is the author of the poetry collection COMPREHENDING FOREVER (Willow Books, 2014), and one of the co-founders of Acentos, a grassroots initiative for Latinx literature in the United States, based in the Bronx. He works as a community health worker and counselor for the NYU Prison Education Program..
• Bonafide Rojas  is the author of four collections of poetry: Notes On The Return To The Island (2017), Renovatio (2014), When The City Sleeps (2012) & Pelo Bueno (2004). He’s appeared on Def Poetry Jam & has been published in numerous anthologies & journals.
• True Rodríguez is a poet, playwright, and visual artist from Queens, NY. In her work, True deconstructs the titles thrust upon women, highlighting women’s evolution in various social, political, and cultural constructs to show there is no one way to woman.

• Wanda Salamán is Executive Director of Mothers on the Move, working to end disparities in education by fighting political corruption and organizing students to take leadership roles in their schools.
• Mili Bonilla is a long-time South Bronx activist and a founding committee member and Lead Organizer of South Bronx People for Change.

ARTISANS

• Karla Mayenbeer Cruz: Author, The Adventures of Pepita Morales at City Hall: The Fight to Save el Jardin.
• Olga Ayala: “Hecho A Mano” handmade crafts. Jewelry and functional art in polymer.
• Mercedes Molina: Traditional and spiritual dolls. “May the spirits of your Ancestors always walk with you.”

Filmed September 10, 2022
Location: Rincón Criollo, 749 Brook Ave, in The Bronx

Hosted by Simply Rob

Presented in partnership with Nos Quedamos

• 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.

• DeLaCeiba is an Hondureño born poet/rapper/DJ/scholar/father/husband/activist that grew up in South Central Los Angeles.
• Oñí Añá is a group of drummers who have studied the art of batá drumming and the chants of the Yoruba tradition in the United States since very young. Led by Nelson “Mateo” González, their aim is to show how these traditions are being passed on to and preserved by new generations via live performance.
• Bámbula Project is a vibrant and dynamic quartet fusing Afro-Puerto Rican “Bomba” rhythms with Jazz, and led by Alex “Apolo” Ayala. A unique musical celebration of Afro-Boricua heritage and culture.
• La Manga is a cultural identity laboratory honoring Black and Indigenous oral traditions, celebrating Afro-Colombian life through storytelling and bailes cantaos. This collective of women artists features Daniela Serna, Mafer Bandola, Andrea Chavarro, Katherine Ocampo and Lina Fernanda Silva.

• Anthony Morales
• Storm Marrero

• TBA

ARTISANS

• Karla Mayenbeer Cruz: Author, The Adventures of Pepita Morales at City Hall: The Fight to Save el Jardin.
• Olga Ayala: “Hecho A Mano” handmade crafts. Jewelry and functional art in polymer.
• StayFree Wellness (Stacey Toro): Herbal crafted body and wellness products including tinctures, salves, body butters & herbal packs.
• Saviana Arts: Collaboration of Nuyorican artists Vivian Lipman-Denis and Sara Morales, featuring art prints and crafts.
• Carmen Ayala: Paintings and hand-made collectibles.
• Mercedes Molina: Traditional and spiritual dolls. “May the spirits of your Ancestors always walk with you.”