tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76581682013-04-22T16:58:56.648-04:00Puerto Rico SunEmpowering...Informing...Building Community since 2002Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2150125blogspot/HVdghttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-52619356929488195862013-01-07T16:31:00.000-05:002013-04-04T16:34:41.380-04:002013-04-04T16:34:41.380-04:00PRSUN SocialUpdates are being made to our PRSUN social media outlets. This blog is on hiatus. To stay connected, like our FB page at http://facebook.com/prsun or follow @prsun. Thank you.
Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-33732358204661075732013-01-06T15:57:00.000-05:002013-02-28T09:09:47.884-05:002013-02-28T09:09:47.884-05:00Three Kings in El BarrioHappy New Year Puerto Rico Sun blog followers and Happy Three Kings Day.
PRSUN was at the Three Kings Day Parade in East Harlem on Friday, Jan. 4. Here is a slideshow of scenes from the parade and more.
Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-12942304631941042322012-11-17T10:57:00.000-05:002012-11-17T10:58:49.735-05:002012-11-17T10:58:49.735-05:00Bxbiz Holiday Network and Toy DriveThe Bronx Entrepreneurs and Business Network (BEBN) Toy Drive will go to benefit kids and teens living in Bronx shelters. Our chosen charity is Bronx Works who will distribute the toys. Our toy drive runs until December 12, the night of the BEBN Holiday Network and Toy Drive event at El Habanero Restaurant, the Bronx.
We recommend focusing on toys appropriate for two age groups:
* Infants and Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-21095764692535153822012-11-14T08:33:00.001-05:002012-11-14T08:33:14.037-05:002012-11-14T08:33:14.037-05:00New Documentary Spotlights Puerto Rican Migration in U.S.Featured Puerto Rican Heritage Month event
There are now more people who identify as Puerto Ricans living in the United States than on the island of Puerto Rico.
A new 10-part documentary, Válvula de Escape, or The Way Out, sheds lights on why, by the year 2011, there were 4.6 million persons who identified themselves as Puerto Rican in the U.S. while only 3.5 million were living on the islandClarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-59059763440594843432012-10-21T11:13:00.000-04:002012-10-21T11:13:15.193-04:002012-10-21T11:13:15.193-04:00New Lemon Doc Airs Tonight On TV
Lemon, a new documentary about the acclaimed New York poet/playwright Lemon Andersen airs at 7 TONIGHT in New York City on Channel Thirteen/WNET as part of the Latino Public Broadcasting's art and culture series VOCES on PBS. The documentary premiered nationally on PBS Friday.
A Tony Award winner, Lemon Andersen's personal art reflects his raw upbringing in Brooklyn. The son of a Puerto Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-45317494536655759372012-10-09T18:00:00.000-04:002012-10-09T18:00:01.632-04:002012-10-09T18:00:01.632-04:00Support Toy Drive to Benefit Bronx Kids The Bronx Entrepreneurs and Business Network (BEBN) Toy Drive will go to benefit kids and teens living in Bronx shelters. Our chosen charity is Bronx Works who will distribute the toys. Our toy drive runs until Dec. 12, the night of the BEBN Holiday Network and Toy Drive event at El Habanero Restaurant, the Bronx.
We recommend focusing on toys appropriate for two age groups:
* Infants and small Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-76022511452861424242012-09-28T11:49:00.000-04:002012-09-28T11:49:58.910-04:002012-09-28T11:49:58.910-04:00Puerto Rico Embraces NYC this Weekend Puerto Rico Tourism Company celebrates the Island’s offerings Today-Sunday
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC) announced that it is taking NYC by storm this weekend at some of the biggest events in town. From the Lexington Armory to MetLife Stadium, Puerto Rico is reaching out to New Yorkers in a big way.
The highlight of PRTC’s weekend blitz is the Travel + Leisure Global Bazaar℠, a travelClarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-60969339058576046022012-09-25T11:56:00.001-04:002012-09-25T11:56:00.303-04:002012-09-25T11:56:00.303-04:00BRONX LATINO: Bronx Stories: Young LordsBRONX LATINO: Bronx Stories: Young LordsClarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-9677232118336515512012-09-02T09:00:00.000-04:002012-09-02T09:00:01.855-04:002012-09-02T09:00:01.855-04:00Dancing in the Streets of the Bronx
Preview of Paseo
Dancers on fire escapes to the sounds of mambo were part of Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education and Dancing in the Streets' sneak preview of PASEO (Promenade), a traveling site-specific work that celebrates the Latin cultural and music history of the South Bronx, held on Friday, Aug. 31.
The main event of PASEO takes place Oct. 6. Conceived by Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-36084323526042841982012-07-20T16:46:00.001-04:002012-08-29T23:45:41.084-04:002012-08-29T23:45:41.084-04:00Happy Puerto Rico Sun Communications Day in the Bronx
The Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. proclaimed July 20 as Puerto Rico Sun Communications Day in the Bronx. We are celebrating our 10th anniversary and network tomorrow night at Joe's Place in the Parkchester section of the Bronx. You are welcome to celebrate with us. To RSVP, http://prsun10.eventbrite.com.
Thank you for being part of the PRSUN network.
-- Clarisel
Our bright yellow Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-33909082788020544882012-07-17T16:03:00.002-04:002012-07-17T16:04:51.166-04:002012-07-17T16:04:51.166-04:00Community members to be honored as PRSUN Ambassadors
PRSUN Ambassador Award recipients:
Rev. Carmen Hernández, NYC LGBTQS Chamber of Commerce
Ismael Nuñez, contributing writer and photographer
Cecil Harris, advisor
Jose Boricuation Medina, contributing graphic designer
Mike Callender, Bronxmedia
Kevin P. Tyson, contributing photographer
Eileen McNamee, contributing photographer
Miriam Quiñones, contributing photographer
Vivian Lake, Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-9423284666165050372012-07-14T11:12:00.000-04:002012-07-14T11:12:43.060-04:002012-07-14T11:12:43.060-04:00Meet the PRSUN Award Winners
Complete list of 2012 PRSUN Award Winners:
Dayanara Marte, In Bold Rebirth
Trini Quiroz, activist/radio personality
Joyce Rivera, St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction
Edwin Pagán, Latin Horror
Roberto Soto, City Island Images
Shannon Lee Gilstad, Bronx Movers & Shakers
Julio Pabon, Latino Sports
Michelle Cruz, East Harlem Cafe
Butch Nieves, Mr. America's Personal Training
Deirdre Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-25023609356123672932012-07-11T16:31:00.000-04:002012-07-11T16:31:14.613-04:002012-07-11T16:31:14.613-04:00Come Celebrate Our Anniversary
Could you believe it? I started Puerto Rico Sun as an e-magazine 10 years ago. I started blogging in 2004. Ten years have gone by, and it is time to celebrate.
Come join us for our anniversary and networking event in the Bronx on Saturday, July 21. Free admission.
To RSVP, http://prsun10.eventbrite.com.Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-56105246001876818812012-06-23T10:42:00.000-04:002012-06-23T10:54:12.006-04:002012-06-23T10:54:12.006-04:00PRSUN Photo Team's Eileen McNamee at the PR Day ParadeThis was the second year Eileen McNamee covered the National Puerto Rican Day Parade as part of the PRSUN photo team.
Our team was working on a photo project to document the 2012 parade through the lens of a diverse team of photographers and photojournalists. This was the third year PRSUN curated an online group exhibit. All team members received official press passes from the National Puerto Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-85731908906871811312012-06-14T17:42:00.003-04:002012-06-14T17:43:00.174-04:002012-06-14T17:43:00.174-04:00Our own soul
Pensamientos
the daily news
printed the cuban
flag instead
of the puerto rican
flag
in their piece
we must be our
own soul if we
have our own
flag
-- Samaris Ayala
Samaris Ayala is a contributing writer to PRSUN. Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-71935919287592371522012-06-11T09:37:00.000-04:002012-09-10T09:45:23.422-04:002012-09-10T09:45:23.422-04:00@ the PR Parade
Here is a slideshow of photos I took at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, one of the largest cultural celebrations in the city:
Enjoy.
Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-86545274764234695152012-06-09T06:58:00.000-04:002012-06-09T07:20:42.407-04:002012-06-09T07:20:42.407-04:00Scenes from Centro's 100 PR Campaign Luncheon in Honor of Parade Presidents
Centro's 100 Puerto Ricans Campaign yesterday honored present and past presidents of the Puerto Rican Day Parade at a luncheon at the Silberman School of Social Work in East Harlem, which is where Centro's Library & Archives is based. Yesterday's event highlighted presidents who have donated their papers to the campaign. They include current parade president Madelyn Lugo and past presidents, Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-82938686454656427082012-06-04T11:20:00.002-04:002013-01-17T16:23:53.293-05:002013-01-17T16:23:53.293-05:00Photos from the Bronx PR Day Parade
PRSUN had a photo team at yesterday's Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade. Happy 25th anniversary to the Bronx parade.
The PRSUN photo team included Kevin Tyson, Miriam Quiñones, Benny Betancourt, Ismael Nuñez, and moi.
Here is a link to the photos I took at the parade:
To view the team PRSUN Project: Bronx Puerto Rican Day slideshow go to:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bxprparade/Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-73505879124684986032012-05-31T17:51:00.001-04:002012-05-31T17:51:23.720-04:002012-05-31T17:51:23.720-04:00Bronx Entrepreneurs and Business Network: A Night at the RacesBronx Entrepreneurs and Business Network: A Night at the Races: Our upcoming networking event with The NetWorks Organization is TOMORROW night at Yonkers Raceway/Empire City Casino. The Bronx Entrepreneur...Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-76918842843720426052012-05-31T01:34:00.001-04:002012-05-31T01:34:28.761-04:002012-05-31T01:34:28.761-04:00BRONX LATINO: Querido amigo,BRONX LATINO: Querido amigo,: I am not the best person to ask about matters of the heart. You see my heart is broken. It has been for a long time. Days and nights. I l...Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-13578237720523899582012-05-29T22:13:00.000-04:002012-05-29T22:13:10.986-04:002012-05-29T22:13:10.986-04:00Puerto Rican Artists Organization (PAO) is born
The Puerto Rican Artist Organization (PAO) was launched Sunday at the 25th Annual Losaida Festival.
PAO is a new nonprofit, membership organization for Puerto Rican artists working in all media. It facilitates, designs, promotes and advocates for projects and programs which foster the appreciation and growth of our unique cultural heritage, while addressing the interests and well being of theClarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-82745287519276307802012-04-27T01:12:00.001-04:002012-05-21T11:27:01.144-04:002012-05-21T11:27:01.144-04:00'Rebirth of a Queen'
"Congratulations on being an honoree! We look forward to celebrating your fierceness and powerful way of being in the world; reading the kind and wonderful words that your nominator sent us has filled us with hope that our community will continue to persevere because of womyn like you!" -- Carmen Mojica, program director, Casa Atabex Ache - The House of Womyn's Power, the Bronx
Tomorrow I Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-42573181395483540892012-04-24T18:00:00.000-04:002012-04-24T20:44:15.593-04:002012-04-24T20:44:15.593-04:00The Union and Reunion of the Puerto Rican Diaspora
For more information, info@diversityfoundation.net.
Community Calendar
A conference focusing on the future of the Puerto Rican community in New York in the 21st Century
Where:
1199 SEIU United Healthcare
Workers East Union
310 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
When:
Saturday, April 28
From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Confirmed Participants
Jaime Estades, Founder - Latino Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-41401132246987675222012-04-21T19:34:00.001-04:002012-04-21T19:36:14.777-04:002012-04-21T19:36:14.777-04:00PRTT Playwrights Unit FestCommunity calendar
The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre proudly presents:
The 2012 Playwrights Unit Festival of Readings and Insight Series 18
Readings* of new plays from the Professional Playwrights Unit:
Thursday, May 3, 8 p.m.
Mine of Crystals, by Mario Golden
An ex-prostitute’s death creates a desperate sense of absence in her only son.
Monday, May 7, 8 p.m.
Negative is PositiveClarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658168.post-47794552043540654762012-04-13T18:00:00.000-04:002012-04-13T20:20:18.951-04:002012-04-13T20:20:18.951-04:00From Menudo to Evita, Ricky Martin Shines
By Rita J. EganI was in the sixth grade when friends and I prepared a skit around the music of the Broadway play Evita. I'm not quite sure how we came up with the idea, but I do remember the commercials and how badly I wanted to go to New York City and see the play.I never did get a chance to see the original, and grew up to be a teenager who was a huge fan of the group Menudo. Through the Clarisel Gonzalezhttps://plus.google.com/101320780440649352097noreply@blogger.com0