Chaluisan/El Extreme Published by: Fly By Night Press A subsidiary of A Gathering of the Tribes, NYC ISBN 1930083173 100 pages with color photos $10.00 Also available on roughrican CD and DVD Productions with more than a dozen added selections of live performances, original music and period film from Spic Chic (mamboXman: the adventure continues (c) 2009 roughrican CD/DVD featuring Chamaco El Gangster performed live at the Nuyorican Cafe, Papo Vazquez, David Amram, La Gran Orquesta El Extreme, Maria Hernandez as Lola Magdalena, Gang Bang Bang, El Extremes Electric Cabaret y mucho mas!)
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"In an era when spoken-word poetry has carved out a niche in "slam" competitions and even on HBO's Def Poetry, Chaluisan's work is old- school - often as literate as it is lyrical, stuffed with images drawn from New York City life. Clem Richardson - NY Daily News
Luis Chaluisan Selected Artist In Residence at Carnegie Library Based Heritage House.
As the success of Spic Chic: The Adventures Of The Last Nuyorican continues to expand WEPAnews is proud to say that New Edge Theater founder and director Luis Chaluisan (El Extreme) has been named Artist in Residence at the Brownsville Heritage House. The Heritage House functions as a library/museum and is home to a variety of books by, and historical photographs of prominent African-Americans. Art includes sculptures, graffiti by local artists, and photo collages depicting the history of Brownsville.
I think Spic Chic is strong stuff, right in the Nuyorican tradition. Poems and then stories back into poems that are often emotionally moving. A self exploration in a non chronological history consistent in language and point of view it is clearly a highly personalized work that is successful in the Nuyorican free-style genre and successful in the broader sense as well.
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SPIC CHIC PAVES WAY FOR 3 SCREENPLAYS INCLUDING LIFE OF SALSA PIONEER
While the NY Brooklyn Public Library system continues to add dates to the ongoing Spic Chic book club series, roughrican productions has been hired to write and edit screenplays for three major projects due for release later this year and 2010. (The book club has also been booked for stops in Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo and more than 20 cities in the US plus readings overseas.)
On deck are the lives of one of Salsa music’s leading Salsa music promoters (spanning from 1948-2007), the stellar boxing career of middleweight champion Joey Gameche (55 and 4) and a documentary on the spiritual teachings of Hasidim in Crown Heights (Toward A Meaningful Life: The Wisdom Of The Rebbe author: Simon Jacobson) directed by Joseph Savoy (grandson of the famed Savoy Ballroom founder in Harlem.)
In the meantime, WEPAwebTV is filming new sequences featuring “Lola Magdalena” (Maria Hernandez) for release in May at MNN studios in Manhattan. (Ms. Hernandez is currently handling translation duties for the New York Yankees. On Tuesday she fielded questions for Yankee catcher/slugger Jorge Posada and other Latino players on the Bronx Bombers roster for national media at the new stadium.)
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