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TODAY IS
BAAD!
‘S BIRTHDAY!!!
On December 11, 1998, Arthur, Charles and a band of supporters including Arthur’s dancers, community members like Mrs. Ross, Charles’ mother, Maria, and Majora Carter, the folks at the Point (Paul, Mildred, Steve and Maria) and men from GMoB – Gay Men of the Bronx cleared space in the American Banknote Building to create a performance area for Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre. It was called the Quinceañero Concert because it was celebrating Arthur’s 15 years of being a dancer (see post card promoting the show below). There was no heat, broken windows covered by aluminum foil, but lots of love, art and people – three of the essential seeds used to plant BAAD!
 THANKS to the many people who have come to our shows, to the artists who have helped us create a movement and space for women, people of color and queer people to create together, to all the board members who have helped us build BAAD!, the leaders who have stepped up, the funders and foundations who help keep our doors open and all the hundreds of individual donors who believe in our work.
Tonight we will celebrate! There is a performance of Los Nutcrackers at 8pm, followed by birthday cake and champagne. Come see the show or come after and shake your groove thing.
Also, you can help us keep it going with a donation. Sprinkle something our way because large or small, it all helps BAAD! Grow. Click Happy Birthday BAAD!
On behalf of Arthur, Charles, the board of directors – Marion Dienstag, Reginald Bullock, Jr., Kelly McGowan, Frances Lugo, Barbara Berliner and Elizabeth “Macha” Marrero, and everyone at BAAD!
Thank you!
¡Gracias! Mercí!
Obrigato! Arigatō!
Xièxiè! Grazie! Dhonnobad!
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LOS NUTCRACKERS: A CHRISTMAS CARAJO
CONTINUES THRU DEC. 19
Don’t wait, order tickets now!
New director! Luis Caballero
2015 Cast: (l-r)
Adriel Muñoz as Richie and multiple characters
Jonathan Cruz as Elena and multiple characters
Arnold Godoy as The Guide
Johnathan Cedano as Carlos
Justin Crowley as Gabriel
Director Luis Caballero
Helen Hayes Award nominee Luis Caballero, the acclaimed writer, actor and film and theater director of Off-Broadway hits La Lupe: My life and My Destiny and DC-7 The Roberto Clemente Story, in addition to dozens of other plays, will direct this year’s production of Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo. He has directed extensively in his native Puerto Rico, New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and his credits as a film director includes ”La Gringa: A Tale of a Town,” with Sully Diaz, the award-winning ‘”El Color de la Guayaba,”and his upcoming film is “Romeo y Romeo,” a gay twist on the Romeo and Juliet classic tale. He obtained a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master of Arts in Theater and Education from New York University.
Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo, celebrating its 12th annual production, interweaves two holiday classics, The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol, and creates a queer, Latino play about a gay couple who go on a psychedelic trip through their lives one Christmas Eve.
Remaining show dates are:
Fri., Dec. 11 at 8pm (performance celebrates BAAD’s Birthday)
Sat., Dec. 12 at 3pm & 8pm
Wed., Dec. 16 at 8pm
Fri., Dec. 18 at 8pm
Sat. Dec. 19 at 8pm
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TO DONATE AND CELEBRATE 17 YEARS OF BEING BAAD!
FOR MAKING 2015 THE BEST YEAR EVER!
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BAAD!’s Charles Rice-Gonzalez reads new work along with Charlie Vasquez
Dec. 17 / 7pm
at Latino Pride Center in El Barrio
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THANKS TO OUR FUNDERS
BAAD!/AATT receive support from:
The Lambent Fund of the Tides Foundation
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Mertz Gilmore Foundation
The New York Community Trust
The Simon Bolivar Foundation
The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
The NY State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
and private donations.
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BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance
2474 Westchester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
718-918-2110
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Author: Annie Boller
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