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January 6th: A Celebration. A Bodega Princess remembers tradition not Insurrection by Iraisa Ann Reilly

  • 60 Thomas St., 2nd Fl New York, NY 10013 (map)

In the basement cafeteria of St. Nicholas School in Egg Harbor City, NJ, the Latiné community held a huge celebration every January 6th to celebrate the Feast of Los Reyes Magos. In the moments before the fiesta in 1998, eight-year-old Iraisa Ann Reilly prepares for her first ever solo.  Granddaughter of the neighborhood-famous Pepe, a cultural and social cornerstone of the community, Reilly leads us through years of Reyes Magos celebrations, sharing her family and her hometown where she grew up divided between language and culture. Will her performance that night change the course of her life forever?

Earlier Event: January 14
KING JAMES by Rajiv Joseph
Later Event: January 22
HALFTIME WITH DON by Ken Weitzman