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CELEBRATE THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE GREAT POET FROM PUERTO RICO --- JULIA de BURGOS....  
February 17, 1914--July 6, 1953

NEW YORK PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE AND EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO WILL HOST A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd......
5:00pm -- BLESSING  and POETRY READING FOR JULIA DE BURGOS on 106th Street and Fifth Avenue, featuring Retumba, Taina Shaman - Candy Warinix, Soto and Poets Myrna Nieves and Mariposa.
6:00pm -- READING - JULIA DE BURGOS: CHILD OF WATER
directed by Candido Tirado and featuring Lorraine Rodriguez Reyes, Belange Rodriguez, Eric Aviles, Renoly Santiago, Edna Lee Figueroa, Athena Colon and Jose Antonio Melian.
8:00pm -- CLOSING BLESSING - CARIDAD "LA BRUJA" reading Julia's master piece, RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA.
Event is FREE to the public.

BARUCH COLLEGE -- Julia de Burgos: Child of Water -- in English --  New York City --  April 27th -  May 3rd.

MULTI-CITY CHORAL READINGS of Julia de Burgos: Child of Water, play written by Carmen Rivera
NEW YORK CITY --- 
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16th at 4pm -- in English
Teatro Circulo ---
CHICAGO --- 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17th -- in English
UrbanTheater Company 
BUFFALO, NEW YORK -- 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17th -- in English
Raices Theatre Company -- h
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17th at 7pm -- in English
Bregamos Community Theatre Company
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO --- 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17th -- in Spanish
translation by Belange Rodriguez
Amigos del Corralon de San Jose, Inc.


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