Brooklyn Gypsies Collective and The Performing Garage Present !OYE! FOR MY DEAR BROOKLYN
Writer and actor Modesto 'Flako' Jimenez performs his autobiographical and uncompromising collection of poetry, Oye Para mi Querido Brooklyn (Listen For My Dear Brooklyn.) Hiding out in his abuelita's bathroom, Flako, a young Dominican man, escapes into the memories of losing his culture and self to the gentrified blocks of Bushwick. Oye For My Dear Brooklyn is performed in both English and Spanish through a series of poems, video projections, and music. Lyrical and savage, Flako's poetry is populated with immigrants, drug dealers, condoritos, tiguerasos, mothers and sons, all asking the same question, "What's my moral worth?"
JACK to Present Brooklyn Gypsies in OYE! AVANT-GARDE NIGHT
Making its first landing at JACK, OYE! Avant-Garde Night is an annual festival curated by Modesto Flako Jimenez and devoted to the development of new performances by artists from Bushwick and surrounding areas. The festival will run September 15-17, 2016 at 8 p.m.