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Past Performances and Shows
Lágrimas
de Cocodrilo
Crocodile Tears
A one-person-show
Written & Performed By Ignacio Rivera
Directed By C. Sala Hewitt.
How does a single mother survive the lingering nightmare of
childhood sexual abuse and find inner peace? Lágrimas
de Cocodrilo is spoken-word activist Ignacio Rivera's tale
of survival delivered in raw, vivid poetic monologues.
Journey into one woman's struggle with female-on-female childhood
sexual abuse, lesbianism and raising a female child in the midst
of recovery.
INGRIDients
A collection of poems written by Ignacio Rivera.
- New York University, Kimble Center (New
York, NY)
November 5, 2005
4:15pm-5:15pm
Facilitating panel discussion entitled "But mommy said no"
Covering taboo within the Latino community around sexuality,
contraception and homosexuality
- University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh,
Penn)
November 14, 2005
8:45pm
Performing “Lagrimas de Cocodrilo/ Crocodile Tears”
(one-person show)
- Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
November 18-20, 2005
Conducting workshops at Conference (LGBT/POC)
Art Via Activism and Class workshop
- NJCU (Jersey City, NJ)
September 22, 2005
Performing INGRID-ients
- Bushwick High School (Brooklyn, NY)
September 29, 2005
Performing poetry for Hispanic Heritage Month
- Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
October 6, 2005
Performing INGRID-ients
- SUNY Fredonia (New York)
Friday, April 1, 2005
Lecture and performance.
8pm
*more information to follow.
- La Salle (Philadelphia)
Tuesday, April 5, 2005
7-9pm
Performance.
Union - Backstage Coffee shop
No Cover Charge.
Outside guests welcome.
Contact: lasalle_olas@yahoo.com
- Rutgers University (New Jersey)
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Performing Poetry.
Rutgers University Queer organizations are celebrating GAYRIL,
which is a month filled with programs dealing with queer issues.
LEGO (Queer People of Color Organization at RU) is sponsoring
the event.
Free.
Open to the public.
Contact: June Dowell 973.941.2104
Douglass College Campus - Rutgers University
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
162 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ
Directions.
- Oberlin College (Ohio)
April 21-23, 2005
Performing, hosting open mic and providing workshops at Black
Queer Conference
Working Our Way Home Conference
We Are the People We‚ve Been Waiting For.
Working Our Way Home is a 4-day conference focused on the lives,
needs and struggles of people--primarily students in northeastern
Ohio--in the African Diaspora who would welcome a conversation
of their sexualities and genders that are more complex than mainstream
categories. While recognizing language limitations and the difficulties
of defining identity, we will explore (1) how our racial and ethnic
identities relate to our sexuality and gender, (2) how we self-identify
and exist between and outside conventional/traditional labels,
and (3) how we form homes - supportive communities and families.
Contact: Working_our_Way_Home@yahoo.com
- WOW Cafe (New York City), Rivers of Honey
May 6, 2005
Sharing new pieces of his works in progress.
Doors open at 10:30pm
$5 suggested admission/no one turned away for lack of funds
A monthly cabaret featuring women and trans artists of color.
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University of Mich (Ann
Arbor)
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
Performing her one-woman show Performing Lágrimas
de Cocodrilo/ Crocodile Tears (see above for info).
Free with a donation request of $3-$5
Open to general public.
Contact: tanyasaunders@mac.com.
Tentative event location is the American Culture Forum Room
on the
Ground level of Haven Hall on State Street
Detroit, MI.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Performing INGRID-ients.
Special invited guest: BLAIR
9:00 pm - Midnight
Open mic till 10pm
- SUNY Oswego (New York)
Thursday, March 10, 2005
7pm
Performing INGRID-ients.
Contact the Rainbow Alliance
*more information to follow.
- June 6-28, 2003
BAAD! - The
Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance presents...
OUT LIKE THAT!
The Bronx's Only Cultural Festival Celebrating Gay Pride
CELEBRATE GAY PRIDE IN THE BRONX EVERY WEEKEND IN JUNE WITH FILM!
DRAMA! THEATRE! DANCE! AND MORE
(Bronx, NY) - BAAD! - The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance presents
OUT LIKE THAT! 2003, a Bronx cultural celebration of Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender Pride. The festival runs weekends from
June 6 through June 28 at BAAD!, 841 Barretto Street in the Hunts
Point section of the South Bronx. Tickets cost $10 -$15 and a
festival pass costs $45. BAAD! accepts the Bronx Cultural Card.
Ticket offers cannot be combined.
To reach BAAD! take #6 train to Hunts Point Avenue. For further
information call (718) 842-5223 or visit their
website.
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8:00 p.m.
POETIC
DRAMA!
Ignacio Rivera's Crocodile Tears (Lágrimas
de Cocodrilo), The Work of Shirlene Holmes and Poet Shelley
Barry
South African Poet Shelley Barry begins the evening of powerful
works. Then, Janis Astor del Valle and Carmen Kelly interpret
the works of the celebrated, award-winning, African-American
lesbian playwright and professor, Shirlene Holmes.
The evening closes with the premiere of Ignacio Rivera's Crocodile
Tears (Lagrimas de Crocodrilo), a semi-autobiographical play
about a Black, Latina lesbian who survives female on female
sexual abuse, raises a family in the midst of recovery and carves
his own path using a series of poetic monologues.($15)
Lágrimas
de Cocodrilo/ Crocodile Tears
A one-person-show
Written & Performed By Ignacio Rivera
Directed By C. Sala Hewitt
DESCRIPTION:
How does a single mother survive the lingering nightmare of
childhood sexual abuse and find inner peace?
Lágrimas de Cocodrilo is word activist Ignacio Rivera's
tale of survival delivered in raw, vivid poetic monologues.
Journey into one woman's struggle with female-on-female childhood
sexual abuse, lesbianism and raising a female child in the midst
of recovery.
WRITER/PERFORMERS BIO:
Ignacio Rivera’s poetry exudes the consciousness of political
activism. He honestly and powerfully unveils issues of race,
discrimination, sexual abuse, sex, gender and white supremacy
with his life experiences.
Ignacio Rivera is a Black Boricua, queer, economic and racial
justice activist/ performance
artist. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, participates
in poetry slams and has been featured at The Nuyorican Poets
Café. He has also shared his poetry/spoken word at Yale
University, University of Connecticut, La Salle University,
Bluestockings Women’s Bookstore, Cowpasture Coffee House,
DUMBA, and in other venues.
Gathering of the Tribes Gallery
Dates and Times:
Sunday July 13th, 3PM (Open Mic to Follow)
Saturday July 19th, 3PM & 7PM (Open Mic
to Follow 7o’clock)
$10
285 East Third
Between C and D
(212) 674 -8262
www.tribes.org
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THAT TAKES OVARIES! BOLD FEMALES
AND THEIR BRAZEN ACTS
That Takes Ovaries! Reading and Open mic event
Ignacio Rivera Emcee and performance Come hear stories from the
new book THAT TAKES OVARIES!: BOLD FEMALES AND THEIR BRAZEN
ACTS, then share your own real-life tales about being a
brazen babe. Can cover anything you have *ever* done -- little
or big -- that was gutsy, outrageous, audacious, courageous,
or inspirational. It can be playful, serious, spontaneous, calculated,
smart, sexy, and/or an example of leadership. Anything that
when you think about it today, makes you nod your head with
*pride* or even semi-disbelief and think, "Wow! I did that!"
Come ready to read your pre-written tale -- or share one off
the top of your head. Stories should be true and short: 1-5
minutes. Or come to
hear *others* tell about their wild-n-crazy, daring deeds!
WHEN:
Wednesday May 22, 6:30 pm
ADDRESS:
66 Crosby Street (btwn Spring & Broome), Loft 3B, New York,
NY 10012
DIRECTIONS:
Subway: F train @ Broadway Lafayette: walk 2.5 blocks
south. 6 train @ Spring Street: walk 1 block west to
Crosby, then .5 blks south. For details: sohosalon.org
WHO:
All ages/genders invited (Guys, come share stories about moms,
sisters, daughters!)
SUGGESTED
DONATION: Sliding scale $5-50 ($$ goes to Equality Now and
Girls Row New York)
CO-SPONSORS:
That Takes Ovaries! and Girls Row New York
ACCESSIBILITY:
"There are several small stairs to get into the building,
but once inside there's an elevator that goes directly to our
floor."
-- Ms. Hostess Lela
QUESTIONS?
Contact Salon host Lela Goren:
212-334-7224 // lela@sohosalon.org
RSVP, please.
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Lawrence
Human Rights Week
Various workshops and performance Lawrence, Mass
- May
30- June 1, 2002
- Sister
Space Weekend
Workshops and Performances Aberdeen, Maryland
- September
13-15, 2002
- Boulder
Health Summit Workshop
Boulder, Co
- August
21-26, 2002
- Sister
Space Weekend
Workshops and Performances
Aberdeen, Maryland
- September
13-15, 2002
- Encuentro
Conference
Workshop and Tentative performance by ¡RAYA!
- October
10-14, 2002
- ¡RAYA!
Radical Activists y Artistas
(members are Martha, Ignacio and Saul)
¡RAYA! – A Spanish word, which loosely translated
means mark. Mark: a lasting impression.
We are a queer multi-ethnic/racial ensemble of
artists within the "Latina" experience. We are
radical activists y artistas who, via cultural
activism within a multi-media discipline, educate,
provoke and entice.
¡RAYA! Fosters multiple identities i.e. the dyke,
mother, student, working class, political, gender
queer, radical, polyamorous…
We strive to honor multi-issue grassroots
political movements via street performance, political
action, printed word and visual arts, through our
very existence and beyond.
Grupo_RAYA@Latinmail.com
- Creating
Change Confernce
Portland, Or
Workshops/ People of Color and Class Institute
- November
6-10, 2002
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