Saturday, November 21, 11:00am - 9:00pm

Once a month, El Museo del Barrio opens its doors to everyone interested in exploring the vibrancy and diversity of Latino Culture. Through free concerts, exhibitions, gallery tours, art making workshops, walking tours, film screenings, and Spoken Word recitals, Super Sábado showcases traditions, cultural expressions, and the latest in Latino art.

Exhibitions On-view
NEXUS NEW YORK: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis
VOCES Y VISIONES: Four Decades through El Museo del Barrio’s Permanent Collection
11:00am – 6:00pm, The Galleries
Nexus New York looks at the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who lived in New York City before World War II and helped shape the American avant-garde; Voces y Visiones focuses on milestones in the history of El Museo through artwork documentation and memorabilia from our Permanent Collection.

Live music and more
Block Party
11:00am - 6:00pm, Courtyard
Enjoy the best in Live Latino Music from DJ V-Nyce of La Mega 97.9 FM (throughout the day), merengue and bachata group Gersy Nicolas y Bachata Nueva (12noon – 2pm), and salsa band La Nueva Crema (4:00 – 6:00pm).

Food Tasting
Target Dollar Pack
11:00am - 6:00pm, El Café
Enjoy empanadas, tamales and soda for only one dollar while supplies last! (One Target Dollar Pack per person)

Photo Booth
Super Sábado Photo Station
11:00am – 3:00pm, The Courtyard
Take pictures with your family and friends at the Super Sábado Photo Station, and don't forget to pick up your free gift from Target!

Art Making Workshop
Your City/Your Canvas
11:00am – 3:00pm, El Taller
Just like Joaquín Torres García did with his costume-ball suit, children are invited to work on decorating an object based on New York as their point of departure. Participants will express their creativity by using the Bullseye Book of Activities, personalizing their very own Bullseye Canvas Backpack to represent their favorite part of the city!

Storytelling
COLORIN COLORADO … City I love
12:00pm – 1:00pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm, El Café
Local author and playwright Frank Perez will read poetry to children from his book City I love, which is filled with lively poems that celebrate the diversity and joys of urban life - lights, skyscrapers, hydrants, taxis, and music!

Visual Arts
Gallery Tours
3:00pm and 4:00pm, The Galleries
Artist Educators guide visitors through our beautiful galleries. All tours are offered in both English and in Spanish, and meet at the entrance of the galleries five minutes prior to start time. Space is limited, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Concert
NEW YORK, NUEVA YORK
3:00 – 4:00pm, El Teatro
Face the Music performs an energetic, rhythmic program of works by New York and Latino composers. The centerpiece of the concert is the world premiere of Chaqui Chaqui Bámbula by Francis Schwartz, a longtime composition professor at the University of Puerto Rico and renowned creator of riotous “audience interactive” experiences. Also on the program: Nepomuk’s Dances, a driving, rock-influenced string quartet by Brazilian composer Marcelo Zarvos, better known for his scores to films like The Door in the Floor and Kissing Jessica Stein; Miguel del Aguila’s Salón Buenos Aires, which calls to mind the Latin America of a gentler era, albeit with a little bit of especiar; and Face the Music “standards” Exquisite Corpses and Yo Shakespeare, both “hard-rocking classical” pieces with a strong connection to the city in which we live. Phil Kline, Exquisite Corpses (1997) Michael Gordon, Yo Shakespeare (1992) Miguel del Aguila, ,Salon Buenos Aires: Obsessed Milonga (2005) Marcelo Zarvos, Nepomuk’s Dances: Memory (2002) Francis Schwartz: Chaqui Chaqui Bámbula (2009 – world premiere)

Spoken Word
OH, SNAP! Young Powerful Voices at Work
4:30 - 6:30pm, El Taller
The Peace Poets, a community based arts collective from New York City, facilitate a two-hour spoken word workshop for teens. Right after the workshops, participating youth will share their work with the public as part of El Museo's spoken word series SPIC UP/SPEAK OUT!

Spoken Word
SPIC UP/SPEAK OUT! Emanuel Xavier Spics Up!
6:30–8:30pm, El Café
Recognizing the power and influence of spoken word in New York City, El Museo presents poet and author Emanuel Xavier with a lineup of renowned voices in the discipline, including Caridad de la Luz aka La Bruja, Mahina Movement and Edwin Torres. After the performance, visitors are encouraged to grab the mic and speak up!