A Cultural Happening on Staten Island: Art, Live Music, Pool, Skate, Parks, Community, Fun at Faber Pool & Park.
“La Isla Bonita Arts & Music Festival” was born as a series of public art developed by Colombian-born, Staten Island-based artist Lina Montoya under the LMProject. In June 2014, the first piece of this series was installed at Richmond Terrace and Jewett Ave called “Mariposas Amarillas”
– 18,000 yellow butterflies along the Terrace to represent migration as a symbol of a community’s evolution. The series aims to transform public spaces around the Island by involving community members in the process and continues to exist, with more than 10 pieces on display throughout the North Shore of Staten Island. Last Summer, LMProject and local arts collective ISLA, partnered up to create a Summer Festival in the North Shore of Staten Island with the help of the NYC Parks, Partnerships for Parks and California organization Sol Collective – naming it La Isla Bonita Summer Festival. With the goal of building a yearly cultural happening which celebrates Staten Island’s diversity and multiculturalism, La Isla Bonita Summer Festival highlights Faber Park’s beautiful waterfront park, while promoting accessible and family-friendly local & global arts and culture for the community.
“People don’t think Staten Island is beautiful, but we want to celebrate the beauty that is here, in ourselves, our friendships and our community relationships. The ultimate goal for all of us is to create something that reflects us,” ISLA founder Nati Conrazon told the Staten Island Advance. The festival’s inaugural event in 2015 included live music performances, spoken word, dance, active sports, education, arts and crafts, marking an exciting development for cultural programming in the heart of Staten Island’s rich immigrant community of Port Richmond and particularly at Faber Park, where the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and Partnerships for Parks have been concentrating their community engagement efforts. Programming for the festival is intentionally chosen to reflect global and local sounds, with bands and DJs who are honoring traditional music while modernizing their sound for new audiences. Future installments plan on furthering this mission in order to celebrate how dialogue between different cultures, generations and regions can inspire new imaginations and solidarities.
04/01/2020
Attn: Artists on Staten Island
Join NY federal, state and local elected officials and freelancer advocates for a briefing on the impact of COVID-19 and advocacy for economic relief for artists, freelancers, and gig workers.
Join NY federal, state and local elected officials and freelancer advocates for a briefing on the impact of COVID-19 and advocacy for economic relief for artists, freelancers, and gig workers. Speakers will include: Congressmember Carolyn Maloney State Senator Brad Hoylman State Assemblymember Yuh-l...
03/16/2020
Consider volunteering Staten Island:
Dear Neighbors, We are building a robust network of volunteers throughout Staten Island who can mobilize and take action to help fellow Islanders in need through this crisis. We aim to match willing helpers in each neighborhood and block with folks who self-identify as needing assistance during any....
10/07/2019
"Pete McParland would like to invite you to our annual BBQ in Willowbrook Park on Indigenous People's Day aka Columbus Day this Monday, Oct 14. Please bring food to share to compliment the hot dogs, burgers and chicken we supply. We will also have water, soda and beer. If you have a special or ethnic dish to share, we would love it ! Families, friends and kids are all welcome. Dress for the seasonal weather. Meet us past the carousel at noon. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Also bring a chair if you can. We do have some chairs available."
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08/11/2019
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08/03/2019
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07/19/2019
Due to the NYC Mayor's Office’s heatwave declaration, La Isla Bonita Festival's 5th Year Anniversary with SummerStage NYC is canceled. As we face climate change, these kinds of extreme weather events will happen more frequently.
A message from LIB's organizers, Lina of LMProject and Nati of ISLA. Stay cool this weekend: instagram.com/p/B0HTEnBh181 ❤️
07/18/2019
Thanks for the love Staten Island Advance!
"Live music will continue on Saturday for La Isla Bonita Summer Festival, featuring artists Ana Tijoux, L’Unicorns, DJ Shame and Combo Chimbita. This event is hosted by Jen and Marie of MakeHerSpace, a radio show on Maker Park Radio in Stapleton."
Here's what is happening on Staten Island from July 19 to 21.
07/18/2019
Thanks to our partnership with SummerStage NYC - which started in 2018 - we've been able to have more food options. Bring cash with you and an empty stomach for Caribbean food from Bernadette's Place on Saturday!
07/17/2019
: Combo Chimbita
We can't wait to hear them rock on Staten Island at Ana Tijoux / Combo Chimbita / L'Unicorns / DJ Shame for La Isla Bonita Festival!
The New York band fuse the indigenous art of storytelling with musical styles from Latin America and the Caribbean on debut album Abya Yala.
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La Isla Bonita Festival: A Cultural Happening on Staten Island!
“La Isla Bonita Arts & Music Festival” was born as a series of public art developed by Colombian-born, Staten Island-based artist Lina Montoya under the LMProject. In June 2014, the first piece of this series was installed at Richmond Terrace and Jewett Ave called “Mariposas Amarillas” – 18,000 yellow butterflies along the Terrace to represent migration as a symbol of a community’s evolution. The series aims to transform public spaces around the Island by involving community members in the process and continues to exist, with more than 10 pieces on display throughout the North Shore of Staten Island.
In 2015, LMProject and local arts initiative ISLA, partnered up to create a Summer Festival in the North Shore of Staten Island with the help of the NYC Parks, Partnerships for Parks and California organization Sol Collective – naming it La Isla Bonita Summer Festival. With the goal of building a yearly cultural happening which celebrates Staten Island’s diversity and multiculturalism, La Isla Bonita Summer Festival highlighted Faber Park’s beautiful waterfront park, while promoting accessible and family-friendly local & global arts and culture for the community.
“People don’t think Staten Island is beautiful, but we want to celebrate the beauty that is here, in ourselves, our friendships and our community relationships. The ultimate goal for all of us is to create something that reflects us,” ISLA’s organizer Nati Linares told the Staten Island Advance.
The festival’s inaugural event in 2015 included live music performances, spoken word, dance, active sports, education, arts and crafts, marking an exciting development for cultural programming in the heart of Staten Island’s rich immigrant community of Port Richmond and particularly at Faber Park, where the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and Partnerships for Parks have been concentrating their community engagement efforts.
Programming for the festival is intentionally chosen to reflect global and local sounds, with bands and DJs who are honoring traditional music while modernizing their sound for new audiences. Future installments plan on furthering this mission in order to celebrate how dialogue between different cultures, generations and regions can inspire new imaginations and solidarities.
Past artists have included: Flor de Mariachi Toloache, International Dub Ambassadors, Underground System, Consumata Sonidera, DJ H20, Jodi Da Real, Doll T**s, Yeti, DJ Run P, Dizzle the DJ, Nani Castle, Udachi, Captain Ahab & The Sea Crackens, Jordan Barone, DJ H20, DJ Jigue from Cuba.
Mark your calendar for 2018! La Isla Bonita Festival will be at a new park, has new partners, but will be bringing you those same global local sounds. Join us on Saturday, July 21st at Corporal Thompson Park in West Brighton with SummerStage!
More about 2018’s La Isla Bonita Festival: Los Angeles’s Las Cafeteras began out of an attempt to remix Afro-Mexican music. The group has since evolved into a six-piece group, where its members imbue social consciousness within their twist on traditional roots songs. After sharing stages with the likes of Café Tacvba, they’ll be joined by the Colombian luminaries out of Queens, New York City M.A.K.U. SoundSystem and the wide-ranging stylings of the DJ duo iBomba.
Featuring pre show Voices of A People’s History Workshop with Lemon Andersen and The Big Good Wolf performance from the CityParks PuppetMobile, 4pm. Anderson is a native New Yorker from Brooklyn, a playwright, television writer, brand creative, and Tony Award-winning poet. Performing a selection of work by: Yuri Kochiyama, “Then Came the War” (1991), Gustavo Madrigal-Piña, “Undocumented and Unafraid” (2011), Howard Zinn, “The Problem Is Civil Obedience” (1970).
Visit: http://www.lmproject.org/libfest2018
