Between Ceramics and Glass

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:08:47 +0000

New exhibition from the Green Leaf Pottery: Between Ceramics and Glass – Artwork by Erica Boulongne and Sara Cook

Catch this at the Fort Count Mirasol Museum, Vieques. At the well-attended opening on Saturday, November 19, we were also treated to a performance of traditional bomba music and dance.

Fun can be very “taxing”

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:47:41 +0000

The Vieques Cultural Festival was a great success on all “accounts”. All three nights (April 16, 17 & 18) it was well-attended and presented great typical Puerto Rican music, dance and puppet performances. Food was sold to raise money for the students graduating this year and for the Relay for Life (cancer services). My favorite food was the “relleno de platano” – a fried ball of mashed plantain with a center of ground beef. The arts and crafts were very beautiful, as always.

So how does this get so “taxing”? On Saturday night I was happily bouncing in my seat to one of the many live bands, when, over the beat of the music, I heard my name called from several seats away. I was motioned to come over by Sandra, who I know very well from the Vieques Women’s Alliance. Sandra, who is also the director of the local Revenue Office, wanted to let me know that I had dropped off my tax return without signing it. I thanked her and said I would be there to sign it after the weekend. Kudos to Sandra for going above and beyond the call of duty on a Saturday night. What a joy to live in Vieques where personal service is the norm and even filing taxes can be fun.

Vieques Cultural Festival, April 16-18

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:32:36 +0000

Español abajo

Celebrating the XXXIII Viequense Cultural Festival

Fort Count Mirasol Museum

Institute of Puerto Rican Cullture

PO Box 71 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765

t. 787 741-1717 f. 787 741-4688
rrabin@icp.gobierno.pr

5 April, 2010

Celebrating the XXXIII Viequense Cultural Festival

Vieques celebrates its 33rd annual Cultural Festival this year between 16
and 18 April. Three nights of artistic-cultural presentations will take
place at the Fort Count Mirasol Museum, project of the Museums and Parks
Program of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. The Festival is the
oldest and most diverse manifestation of Viequense-Puerto Rican culture to
happen on the island-municipality.

Folkloric Ballet, typical Puerto Rican music, Bomba and Plena, an artisans
fair – with dozens of craftspeople from the main island and Vieques – and a
Vieques book fair, are among the weekend’s activities that begin each night
around 7:00. The Municipal Band, the Band’s Orchesrta Workshop, music
groups Mariyandá and Albacaná, the Pleneritos del Son (Luquillo), Sol del
Caribe Folkloric Ballet (Guayama), music and puppet theatre by the Caguas
Municipal Cultural Office, the Pleneros de Vieques, Victoria Sanabria and
her Orchestra form part of the program

The festival is dedicated this year to Myrna Pagán and Charlie Connelly for
seventeen years of journalism through the Vieques Times (1987-2004). Also,
we will hold a posthumous tribute to two Viequense cultural workers with
close ties to the Cultural Festival: Dr. Rafael Rivera Castaño y Mario
Solis.

Two special exhibitions will be at the Museum during the Festival and
continue to the end of May: a presentation of Vieques Times’ front pages
and an impressive exposition of Puerto Rican popular arte that includes
masks, wood carvings, ceramic and musical instruments.

This very special event is sponsored by the Institute of Puerto Rican
Culture, Vieques Municipal Government, Vieques Artisans Guild, the
Department of Education and a large group of Viequense businesses.

For more information please call 787 741-1717

Contact: Robert Rabin 787 375-0525

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Programa Tentativo*

Tentative Program

Viernes 16 de abril

Actos de Apertura Oficial/Openning Ceremonies

Dedicatoria: Charlie Connelly y Myrna Pagán por 17 años de periodismo
viequense a través del Vieques Times

Dedication: C. Connelly, M. Pagan for 17 years of Vieques journalism vía
Vieques Times

Banda Municipal de Vieques/Vieques Municipal Band

Oasis de Vieques (Proyecto Educativo): Dramatización escenas de la
esclavitud africana en Vieques

Oasis Vieques Ed. Project: Dramatization scenes from African slavery in
Vieques

Los Pleneritos del Son (Luquillo) /Children Plena Group (Afro-Caribbean
rythm)

Taller Orquesta (Banda Municipal de Vieques)/Orchestra from Vieques
Municipal Band

Sábado 17 de abril

Grupo Folklórico Sol del Caribe (Guayama)/Folkloric Dance Group from
Guayama, PR

Ballet Folklorico Mariyandá/Mariyandá Folkloric Dance Group

Los Pleneros de Vieques/Pleneros of Vieques

Domingo 18 de abril

Ballet Folklórico “Las Caribeñas” (Esc. Maria M. Simons, Vieques)/Student
Folkloric Dance Group

Municipio de Caguas:Caguas Municipal Government

Teatro Titeres/Puppet Theatre

Ballet Folklórico/Folkloric Dance

Taller Típico Criollo/Typical PR Creole Music

Conjunto Albacaná/Albacaná Music Group

Victoria Sanabria y su Orquesta/Salsa and other Puerto Rican music by V.
Sanabria

Cada noche se celebrará una Feria de Artesanos y una Feria de Libros
Viequenses
Each night an artisans and Vieques book fair

Exhibiciones especiales en el museo : Vieques Times: 17 años de
periodismo viequense

Artesanía Puertorriqueña (Artes Populares ICP)

Special exhibits in the museum: Vieques Times: 17 Years
of Vieques Journalism

Puerto Rican Popular Art (Institute of PR Culture)

Habrán kioskos de bebidas y comidas típicas

Actos de recordación de dos fallecidos trabajadores de la cultura viequense:
Dr. Rafael “Toñín” Rivera Castaño y Mario Solís

Kiosks with local food and drink

Remembrance activities for two Viequense cultural workers: Dr. Rafael
Rivera Castaño and Mario Solis

*Programa sujeto a cambio más info. 787 741-1717………Subject to change More
info… 787 741-1717

Auspician: Special Thanks to: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña; Gobierno
Municipal de Vieques; Cooperativa A/C Roosevelt Roads, Vieques; East Coast
Repair and Fabrication; Sea Gate Hotel; Lcdo. Gino Negreti y Ardelle Ferrer;
Seaborne Airlines; GE Industrial PR

Para donar: cheque a Comité Timón Festival Cultural Viequense; Apartado 71
Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765

To donate: cheque to Comité Timón Festival Cultural Viequense; PO Box 71

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Español

Museo Fuerte Conde de Mirasol

Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña

Apartado 71 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765

t. 787 741-1717 f. 787 741-4688
rrabin@icp.gobierno.pr> rrabin@icp.gobierno.pr

5 de abril de 2010

Celebran XXXIII Festival Cultural Viequense

Del 16 al 18 de abril se celebrará en la Isla Nena la trigésima tercera
edición del Festival Cultural Viequense. Tres noches de presentaciones
artístico-culturales se llevarán a cabo en las facilidades del Museo Fuerte
Conde de Mirasol, proyecto adscrito al Programa de Museos y Parques del
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. El Festival es la más amplia y más
antigua manifestación de la cultura viequense-puertorriqueña que se celebra
en la isla municipio.

Ballet folklórico, música típica, bomba y plena, una feria de artesanía –
con decenas de artesanos de la Isla Grande y de Vieques – y una feria de
libros viequenses cuentan entre las actividades del fin de semana que
comienzan cada noche a las 7:00PM La Banda Municipal de Vieques y su
Taller Orquesta, los grupos Mariyandá y Albacaná, Los Pleneritos del Son
(Luquillo), Ballet Folklórico Sol del Caribe (Guayama), una presentación de
baile, teatro de títeres y música típica del Municipio de Caguas, Los
Pleneros de Vieques, Victoria Sanabria y su Orquesta forman parte del
programa del Festival.

Este año se dedica el Festival Cultural a Myrna Pagán y Charlie Connelly por
diez y siete años de periodismo viequense a través de la publicación de El
Vieques Times (1987-2004). Además, se rendirá tributo póstumo a dos
trabajadores de la cultura viequense vinculados al Festival Cultural: Dr.
Rafael Rivera Castaño y Mario Solís.

Dos exhibiciones especiales estarán en el Museo durante el Festival y
continuarán hasta finales de mayo: una muestra de portadas del Vieques Times
y una impresionante exposición de arte popular puertorriqueño que incluye
máscaras, tallas en maderas, cerámica e instrumentos musicales.

Auspician este evento muy especial junto al Instituto de Cultura, el
Gobierno Municipal de Vieques, la Hermandad de Artesanos de Vieques, el
Departamento de Educación y un amplio grupo de comerciantes viequenses.

Para más información pueden llamar al teléfono, 787 741-1717.

Contacto: Robert Rabin, 787 375-0525

Museo Fuerte Conde de Mirasol

Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña

Apartado 71 Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765

t. 787 741-1717 f. 787 741-4688
rrabin@icp.gobierno.pr> rrabin@icp.gobierno.pr

5 de abril de 2010

Celebran XXXIII Festival Cultural Viequense

Para más información pueden llamar al teléfono, 787 741-1717.

Contacto: Robert Rabin, 787 375-0525

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Lighting of Christmas Tree

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:08:32 +0000

Saturday night, the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was held at the Plaza. The artificial tree is a 20 foot high piece of art. It is lime green – very pretty. The City Hall (Alcaldia) and other government buildings on the Plaza are decorated with huge red poinsettias. Amazing. There was a parade with children in costumes arriving at the Plaza earlier in the day. We were treated to a concert from Son de Almendro – we were moving our bodies to salsa and plena and signaling in the true start of the Christmas holiday in Vieques. More musival events to come: Sat, Dec 19 – Trova Music at the Plaza, Thursday, Dec 31, New Year’s Eve party at the Plaza.

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Between Ceramics and Glass

Fun can be very “taxing”

Vieques Cultural Festival, April 16-18

Celebrating the XXXIII Viequense Cultural Festival

Lighting of Christmas Tree