Over the course of Radames "Juni" Figeroa's exhibition, Sabroso Veneno, the show will serve as a platform for a variety of activities, including musical events, talks, dance, drag performance, and karaoke, that explores, play on, and push up against the notion of tropical “sabrosura.” These programs aim to generate a dialogue between cultural practices that explore the history of Latin America and the Caribbean, the fetishization of certain kinds of cultural production, and the way knowledge can be expressed through the body.

Events include:

NAAFI
Thursday, August 10, 2017
11pm – 4am

KARAOKE SULLIVAN and NINA DE LA FUENTE
Thursday, August 17, 2017
10pm – 2am

A night of singing and drag with Nina de la Fuente and KARAOKE SULLIVAN. In a night of tropical sabrosura, KARAOKE SULLIVAN is cross-dressed on the stage and under the lights of Sabroso Veneno. Along with drag performer Nina de la Fuente and Karaoke Sullivan’s host Manuel Bueno, you are invited to partake in a night of singing and dancing. The evening will feature a drag show by special guest Nina de la Fuente followed by karaoke for all. **Open to the public and free admission

YOLANDA WOOD VENENO SABROSO: A Look into the Afro-Cuban Culture and Religion through the Arts in Two Parts

Talk: Afro-Cuban Visual Arts and Religion, with a documentary screening of
Diago: Un artista apalencado, 27 min, 2013
Directed and produced by Juanamaria Coordones Cook
Friday, August 25, 2017
7-10pm

Presentation of documentaries and discussion Olazábal
Un hacedor de objetos, 34 min, 2015
El mundo mágico de Mendive, 40 min, 2015
Produced and directed by Juanamaría Coordones Cook
Saturday, August 26, 2017
12-4pm

In the final installment of Sabroso Veneno’s programming, renowned art historian Yolanda Wood will lead a series of presentations and discussions on Afro-Cuban religions. This series will offer the public a unique view into the marginalized and folkloricized beliefs of this area of Latin American history, much of which is still shrouded in mystery. Through discussions and a series of documentaries, Dr. Wood will introduce a lineage of Caribbean cultural production in which artistic exploration stems from and helps to constitute a religious philosophy defined by its tradition of oral and corporeal knowledge, and is expressed through collective ritual spaces and performances.

Through Doctor Wood’s program, Anonymous gallery hopes to encourage reflection on the different connections that stem between Figueroa’s body of work and Caribbean artistic production born from productive tropicality and popular traditions of communal ritual space.

**Open to the public and free admission