
The Lower East Side Girls Club presented “New Rican Spirit,” a reunion, discussion, and celebration of Eddie Figueroa’s New Rican Village Arts and Cultural Center, which stood on Avenue A between 6th and 7th Streets in the East Village from 1976 to 1979.
Founded by the former Young Lord, activist, and actor Eddie Figueroa, it was a sanctuary for artists of all stripes. Also, it was the space that sowed the seeds for the creation of the Fort Apache Band, Mario Rivera, and the Salsa Refugees, and Manny Oquendo & Libre, among others.
