Show Category: Dinner Symposium

Presented as part of the Clemente’s Historias initiative, the Remesas y Sobremesa series invites you to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue.

Inspired by the 1960s Young Filmmakers Foundation of the Lower East Side, the Clemente/Historias Youth Film Club empowers teenagers to document their realities through mobile filmmaking. This screening, presented by Gabo Camnitzer and Justin Denis of the 2024/2025 Youth Filmmakers cohort alongside special guests from the original Young Filmmakers Foundation, bridges generations through film. Featuring both new works and archival gems, the screening will be followed by a conversation exploring storytelling as a powerful tool for self-representation and intergenerational dialogue.

Presented as part of the Clemente’s Historias initiative, the Remesas y Sobremesa series invites you to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue. This event will be the third iteration of Remesas y Sobremesa, focusing on Urban Ecology, one of Historias core thematic tracks.

Join us for the second iteration of Remesas y Sobremesa, an ongoing series co-presented by PSNY as part of The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center’s multiyear Historias initiative. Remesas y Sobremesa invites you to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue. This edition will be focusing on Migration and Spiritual Belief, one of Historias core thematic tracks.
 
Artist and anthropologist Cynthia Santos-Briones will host an intimate discussion over shared food and drink about mutual aid, her recent border trips to Mexico, and NYC’s migrant services.
 
Santos-Briones, along with academic Michel Castañeda, journalist Paola Ramos, and photographer Natalia Mendez, will discuss mutual aid as a vital response to anti-immigrant policies and how to provide immediate and long-term relief to fractured communities. The conversation will highlight the role of artists as cultural bridges—preserving and sharing knowledge through their work.

Join us for the inaugural event of the Remesas y Sobremesa Series, presented by Historias. The evening will feature a group discussion that explores the multifaceted influence of Latino and immigrant businesses on New York City’s economic, social, and cultural landscape. From their roles as drivers of economic growth to their impact as cultural anchors, these businesses have long created a “cultural scaffolding” that strengthens and sustains communities. The conversation will delve into the complexities of Latino entrepreneurship in NYC, where small businesses act as hubs of commerce, identity preservation, and resilience amidst evolving challenges.
 

The Remesas y Sobremesa series invites guests to gather around the table, where the warmth of food and shared meals meets thoughtful dialogue.
 

Guest Speakers: Ligia Guallpa, Co-Executive Director at Worker’s Justice Project, Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, Deputy Director at Street Vendor Project, Rosa Ayala, Executive Assistant at United Bodegas of America, and Dra. H.C Rosa B. Ayala, Community Leader and Human Rights Advocate.

rafa esparza breaks open the stage and creates momentum in two Acts. Act I, a public intervention in the streets of D.C., cuts down and reframes the symbolism of architectures of power. As an artist who considers himself brown and queer, raised by working-class, immigrant parents, esparza seeks to build connections with nontraditional art audiences in communities with similar histories and origins. With his action, esparza examines the physical structure housing the core of power and government, challenging the ethics of certain rhetoric that has, in various ways, enabled the inhumane practices of separating families, confining children, and detaining adults under intolerable conditions.

In Act II, the remains of the performance will be transported back into Performance Space’s theaters. Here, invited collaborators Timo Fahler, Raquel Gutiérrez, Sebastian Hernandez, Risa Puleo, and Yosimar Reyes will share the space with their communities for an eventful public dinner conceived by celebrated chef Gerardo Gonzalez to collectively witness readings that take a cue from the invited artists’ and writers’ respective knowledge, ideas, and experience of change.

*ASL will be available, if you have any questions please email boxoffice@PerformanceSpaceNewYork.org.