SPECIAL & CULTURAL EVENTS

Our community is extremely important. A part of our social commitment is to include in our programming social and cultural-artistic events as well as educational ones that help to maintain a social conscience and raise funds that serve to support the community in times of crisis.

Hope In Harlem

As per request from Dr. Sidney Hankerson, MD, MBA (Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry Director, Mental Health Equity Research, Institute for Health Equity Research (IHER) Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), BIP was part of HOPE IN HARLEM CONFERENCE, a celebration of community mental health, & Wellness by Mount Sinai Health Systems, HOPE Center and FCBC on May 18th at First Corinthian Baptist Church. This in-person conference brought together nationally recognized experts and community partners to share best practices around innovative mental health services in Harlem and the surrounding NYC area. BIP participated in the Panel Discussion about “Drama Therapy for Hope and Change”.

Latino youth to cope challenging

Latino youth face many challenges. How can Latino theatre support youth mental health?” — Amneris Morales’ conference for Brooklyn College students and members of the APREE organization.

Book presentations / Readings / Singing

Morada De Miradas

A book of poems by Mario Muratti presented at El Barrio’s Artspca, with the collaboration of La Casa del Herencia Cultural Puertorriquena and the support of New York Poetry Press.

Borracho [Very Drunk] – LOVE POEMS & OTHER ACTS OF MADNESS

A book of poems by Jesus Papoleto Melendez presented at El Barrio’s ArtSpace

On February 13th, BIP presented at El Barrio’s ArtSpace PS 109 (215 East 99 Street – Between 2nd & 3rd Avenues) The Soirée Poetry Book Party, The official presentation to the community and media BORRACHO [Very Drunk] – LOVE POEMS & OTHER ACTS OF MADNESS [Poemas de amor Y Otros Actos de Locura] by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, published on February 1, 2020 by Leaf Press; trade distribution handled by University of Chicago Press / Chicago Distribution Center.

This event featured the participation of extraordinary artists and personalities who gave voice to the poems in English and Spanish, accompanied by live jazz music and Spanish guitar. Among the actors performing were Rhina Valentín, Víctor Cruz, Indio Meléndez, Miriam Cruz, Amneris Morales, Belange Rodríguez, Sery Colón, Iván Goris and Elliott Ortiz. Mr.Melendez read one poem to close the evening; Interview and audience Q & A followed the presentation. This book is a poetic autobiography of a hopeless romantic that extols the essence of a man’s character laid bare in the foibles of his desire and passionate pursuit of love, “equating the state of being in love with “madness,” as Susana Torruella-Leval describes in the introduction of this book. This journey through a poet’s struggle in love and life were written during times of exhilarated love and joy, as well as through times of a soul’s darkness, the painful moments of being out of love in one’s life.

Anyone who has ever loved or ever lost will find some affinity with these poems, and their experience with love’s embrace. You can find the book on Amazon.

El Secreto de mi padre

A “memoirs” by Silverio Peres presented at presented at El Barrio’s ArtSpace

Amnericas

A book of a poems by Miguelangel Suarez presented at Center of Puertorrican Studies

Humanity Fundraisers and Campaigns

La Patria Resiste…The Motherland Resists

THE MOTHERLAND RESISTS is a social and cultural-artistic series of event that seeks permanent solutions to the crisis in Puerto Rico after the hurricane Maria and it social and political consequences. We aim to bring Diaspora & from Puerto Rico groups and individuals to facilitate truly participatory communication & discussions about the crisis in Puerto Rico. All contributions were donated to artists in Puerto Rico who are in need.

For us it were vital your participation. You support helped strengthen the ties between the Puerto Ricans of the Island and those of the diaspora, so that together we could contribute to improving the current situation and the future of Puerto Rico after of Hurricane Maria.

De aqui y de alla

“De Aquí y de Allá Festival” (First Edition) was produced by BIP when we were still Beautiful Angelbello Productions, with the collaboration of La Marqueta Retoña, and Hispanic Federation.
“De Aquí Y De Allá” is a comedy festival where artists of different nationalities but located in New York City welcome fellow countrymen artists to share, on the same scene, unipersonal and stand-up comedy shows.

This celebration of the “De Aquí y de Allá” Festival was dedicated to Puerto Rico after the passage of Hurricane Maria. The entrance was free of cost and a donation was suggested to help the artists in Puerto Rico. The proceeds were pierced to the Pregones fund to be donated to the fellow artists of Puerto Rico who are in need after Hurricane Maria.

The festival ran for three consecutive weekends with different presentations every weekend at Julia de Burgos Theater (1680 Lexington Ave, New York, New York 10016).

Esperanza y Vida social media campaign

BIP joins Boriken Neighborhood Health Center and Mount Sinai Hospital to offer, a series of FREE educational workshop on breast and cervical cancer and prevention media campaign.