Enjoy family fun at our 2nd installment of the Arts & Culture Pop-Up Series: Family Date!
Including creative workshops like DoodleBots with Talya Stein, granola-making with Bubbie’s Kitchen, and live music by Isaac DaBom!
Join us Friday, February 9th from 2 – 5 PM for an afternoon of music, art, and kid-friendly fun!
Date: Monday, January 27th | Doors: 6:30pm | Performance followed by talkback: 7–8:30pm | $20 general admission
Literature to Life adapts Erika L. Sánchez’s YA novel as their newest title in their Signature Performance series. This title will be co-produced in partnership with Freedom Reads, the only organization in the nation transforming the experience of incarceration by opening libraries in prison housing facilities. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter takes place in modern day Chicago. The novel focuses on the idea of finding one’s own identity, and breaking free from societal, cultural, and familial expectations.
United Palace of Cultural Arts presents
Literature to Life stage presentation of
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
By Erika L. Sánchez
Performed by Elizabeth Raquel Ramirez
Adapted and Directed by Ana Maria Jomolca
Based on the novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, © 2017
Production produced in partnership with Freedom Reads.
Elizabeth Raquel Ramirez is a proud Hispanic actress from San Antonio, Texas. Her credits include In The Heights at Oklahoma City University and two award-winning shorts, Most Likely To and Dream Carriers. She is most known for her contribution to the HBOMax documentary Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020, produced by Tony Award winner Laura Benanti.
LITERATURE TO LIFE (LTL) is a performance-based literacy program that presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of American literary classics. LTL’s mission is to perform great books that inspire young people to read and become authors of their own lives. LTL was founded more than three decades ago as the educational program of the American Place Theatre. Now an independent organization, this mighty collective of artists and educators brings the voices of diverse authors to thousands of students and audiences nationwide, giving them the tools to become the empowered “voices worth hearing” of our future. www.literaturetolife.org | @lit2life
Welcome to the Pop Up Marketplace! Join us at North End Food Hall for a day of shopping, food, and fun. Discover unique treasures from local vendors and artisans. Whether you’re looking for handmade crafts, accessories, pottery or essential oils, this event has something for everyone. Enjoy food or sips from our house vendors while you shop: El Barcito, Wahizza, Buunni Coffee, and La Chula! Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to support small businesses and snag some one-of-a-kind items. See you there!
Guest Vendors for Jan. 18th:
David Kaminsky – Cartoonist/Cards/Illustrations/T-Shirts, IG @davidkaminsky
Mamacita Accessories – Purses/Accessories/Jewelry, IG @mamacitaaccessories20
Corazones Rojos – Custom Made ArtIG, @corazonesrojos.ny
Bren Kali – Design & FashionIG, @bren.kali
DosDesign – Jewelry & Accessory, IG @dosdesignnyc
Dr. Bae Naturals – Beauty/Cosmetics/Personal Care, IG @dr.baenaturals
Gwyndolyn Bird – Art & Scientific Illustration, IG @birdoptera
La Luna Healing & Crystals – Crystal Healing, IG @lalunahealingandcrystals
Magnets Lady
Handmade Brooch
Andale Accesories
Word Up Bookstore
Mark your calendar! Our Pop Up Marketplace will occur every third Saturday of the month.
Country music makes its United Palace debut when THE WILDFLOWERS play the Grand Foyer.
TICKETS: https://unitedpalace.boletosexpress.com/country-nite-with-the-wildflowers/80189/
Take the A-train 175th Street.
(Parking also available 1 block north on Broadway.)
Space is limited – RSVP before it’s too late.
Sunday, January 12, 2025
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
