Upcoming Events
Parranda por el Barrio with Los Pleneros de la 21!
Date: December 21st, 2024
Location: Starting at Urban Garden Center on 111th and finishing at La Marqueta at 115th.
Time: 4pm-5pm
SAVE THE DATE for LP21's Sancocho Musical featuring Guest Artist Boricua y de Mayagüez!
Join us for the highly anticipated La Gran Fiesta Navideña with Los Pleneros de la 21! 🎶✨
📅 Date: December 15, 2024
Join Los Pleneros de la 21 this December for a special Parranda edition of classes. Discover the art of playing panderetas for this holiday season, and learn the vibrant dance styles that connect us to our ancestors and community.
🎉 ¡Atención, vecinos de Santa Cruz y Nicoya, Costa Rica! Los Pleneros de la 21 está emocionado de ser acogido por la Embajada de EE. UU. en Costa Rica como parte del programa Arts Envoy del Departamento de Estado de EE. UU. el 8 y 10 de noviembre. ¡Prepárense para dos días inolvidables de conciertos gratuitos con los vibrantes sonidos de la música bomba y plena! 💃🏻🕺🏻
Estamos encantados de dirigirnos a Guanacaste para esta serie de intercambios y celebraciones entre nuestra comunidad Latinx. Un agradecimiento especial al Departamento de Estado de EE. UU., al programa Arts Envoy, a la Embajada de EE. UU. en Costa Rica y al Festival Internacional de las Artes (FIA) por la invitación. ¡No podemos esperar para compartir experiencias increíbles llenas de ritmo y cultura! ¡Nos vemos allí!
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🎉 Attention, neighbors of Santa Cruz and Nicoya, Costa Rica! Los Pleneros de la 21 is excited to be hosted by the USA Embassy in Costa Rica as part of the U.S. Department of State Arts Envoy program on November 8 and 10. Get ready for two unforgettable days of free concerts featuring the vibrant sounds of bomba and plena music! 💃🏻🕺🏻
We’re thrilled to head to Guanacaste for this series of exchanges and celebrations among our Latinx community. A big thank you to the U.S. State Department, the Arts Envoy program, the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica, and the Festival Internacional de las Artes (FIA) for the invitation. We can’t wait to share amazing experiences filled with rhythm and culture! See you there! 🎶
Join Los Pleneros de la 21 in November for Bomba and Plena adult workshops. Registration is now open at www.losplenerosdela21.org/bpaw Space is limited
Join Los Pleneros de la 21 Friday, October 25th, in Buffalo for the Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY's Hispanic Heritage Month event. This is a free event at Erie Community College, City Campus Auditorium. See you there!
LP21’s Bomba and Plena Adult Workshops are back! Join us for drumming on Mondays (10/21 & 10/28) and dance on Tuesdays (10/22 & 10/29), both at 6:00 PM. Just $25 per class! Reserve your spot now: www.losplenerosdela21.org/bpaw
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This program is part of LP21's Bomba & Plena for All: Learning through the Arts Initiative, made possible in part with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and generous contributions from individuals like you!
Space is limited. Reserve your spot today!
21 de septiembre de 2024 | 12pm a 4pm
Resnick Education Wing | Entrar en 881 de la 7a Avenida
September 21, 2024 | 12pm-4pm
Resnick Education Wing | Enter at 881 Seventh Avenue
Register your children for Bomba and Plena classes: www.losplenerosdela21.org/bpcw
Join Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21) for the special return of El Sancocho Musical on June 15th, 6pm at Teatro Latea. Immerse yourself in this cultural feast as part of LP21’s 40th anniversary celebrations!
Come join us at the Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center for a fun and interactive musical workshop!
UPA Master Clinic con Nelson ‘Mateo’ Gonzalez: Pintando la figura en la Bomba
Bomba dance Master Clinic | June 3rd and 4th | 6pm - 7:30pm | $20 per class
Bienvenidos al jardin de la 21! Join us as we celebrate the next generation of Bomberos and Pleneros.
Sunday, June 2nd | 11am
Julia de Burgos Cultural Center Theater
1680 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10029
UPA con Julia L. Gutiérrez-Rivera
Entre intenciones y la Falda:
Skirt work amd embodied storytelling through Bomba
May 14th and 15th
6pm | $20 per class
Registration: www.losplenerosdela21.org/upa
The Feast of the Holy Cross is a special annual event based on a Catholic tradition in honor of the Cross that Puerto Ricans inherited from Spain. Las Fiestas de Cruz is a long-standing testament to key cultural expressions of Puerto Rico, and is still practiced by the Puerto Rican community in East Harlem.
May 11th, 2024 | 7pm
1680 Lexington Avenue
1st floor
NY, NY 10029
PMD Alliance está colaborando con Moving Brains Foundation y Dance for PD para ofrecer: PMD Alliance is collaborating with Moving Brains Foundation and Dance for PD to present:
CEREBRandO con mi barrio | CeleBRAIN with Friends
¡Todos están invitados a este evento GRATUITO! • Everyone is invited to this FREE event!
Los Pleneros de la 21 estará presente • Los Pleneros de la 21 will be present!
Paso Negro and Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21) present a cultural intercambio. This month’s registration to LP21’s April BPAW dance classes will give you access to Paso Negro’s Phenomenal Tales of Womanhood – and vice versa!
Los Pleneros de la 21 offers Bomba and Plena drumming and dancing classes for adults. BPAW classes* are beginner friendly and are flexible -- join as many classes as you can. No minimum required.
Los Pleneros de la 21 offers Bomba and Plena drumming and dancing classes for adults. BPAW classes are beginner friendly and are flexible -- join as many classes as you can. No minimum required.
Los Pleneros de la 21 is back with another Un Paso Alante: Master Class Clinic. This UPA is a 2-part series with the esteemed Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera, professor and co-director of AFROlegado. You are welcomed to join one or both sessions. All sessions will take place online – all are welcomed!
The Museum of the City of New York welcomes children of all ages and their families to join us this February for activities inspired by our exhibition Byzantine Bembé: New York by Manny Vega.
The Museum of the City of New York welcomes children of all ages and their families to join us this February for activities inspired by our exhibition Byzantine Bembé: New York by Manny Vega.
Los Pleneros de la 21 offers Bomba and Plena drumming and dancing classes for adults. BPAW classes are beginner friendly and are flexible -- join as many classes as you can. No minimum required.
In-person adult classes will begin in the new year on January 8th!
Don’t miss out on this enchanting afternoon of celebration, learning, and community.
El Museo's Three Kings Day 2024 Community Celebration
Three Kings Day Community Celebration with Los Pleneros de la 21
This is our Christmas aguinaldo for you all… On behalf of Los Pleneros de la 21, this Christmas we want to offer you a very special present: an aguinaldo with Puerto Rican master traditional artist, Don Orlando Laureano. Maestro Laureano will meet with us via ZOOM directly from Puerto Rico to talk with us all about the origins, meaning and evolution of the Puerto Rican Aguinaldo, and how this musical offering has been at the heart of the Puerto Rican Christmas’ parrandas for generations.
A community celebration of the holiday season and a LP21 cultural initiative legacy and annual tradition.
LP21 will be in El Barrio Saturday Dec 15 and we want you to join us for a family-friendly parranda in the neighborhood.
Bomba and Plena Adult Workshops (BPAW)
December classes: Parranda Edition
Registration is now open!
Join us for Una Navidad Nuyorkina, a spectacular musical celebration of 40 years of Los Pleneros de la 21!
Hosted by Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, this not-to-be-missed event will take place on Saturday, December 2nd at the Hostos Center for the Arts in the Bronx.
Experience the rich legacy of the revered East Harlem Puerto Rican troupe as we come together to honor their Afro-Puerto Rican cultural expressions of Bomba and Plena.
1680 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10029
