Josefina Baez – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu The official news site for Fordham University. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:13:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://now.fordham.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/favicon.png Josefina Baez – Fordham Now https://now.fordham.edu 32 32 232360065 Latina Performance to be Held at Rose Hill https://now.fordham.edu/university-news/latina-performance-to-be-held-at-rose-hill/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:18:01 +0000 http://news.fordham.sitecare.pro/?p=41609 O’Keefe Commons on Fordham’s Rose Hill campus will be alive with readings and performances by three legendary artists on Thursday, November 17.

The 1 p.m. showcase will feature:

-Magdalena Gomez, author of Dancing in My Cockroach Killers and artistic director of Teatro V!da and a National Endowment of Arts master artist.

-Josefina Baez, author of Dominicanish and founder/artistic director of Ay Ombe Theatre Groupe.

-Alina Troyano, aka Carmelita Tropicana, author of I, Carmelita Tropicana: Performing Between Cultures (Beacon Press, 2000) and Obie award winner.

The performance, which is sponsored by the department of Modern Languages and Literature, is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. For more information, call (718) 817-2698

—Patrick Verel

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