Nuestros Eventos

Join us for El Bembé! A gathering of friends to celebrate “Places of Power: Villa Africana Colobó Garden”A project of Termite TV Collective & Norris Square Neighborhood Project Presented by the 2024 Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival, Leeway Foundation Media Artist + Activist Residency and Mural Arts Philadelphia

El Bembé is a celebration of the community-based Augmented and Virtual Reality project, "Places of Power: Villa Africana Colobó Garden."

Come and experience AR/VR installations in a community garden celebrating African heritage and the West African diaspora in Puerto Rican culture. Project directors Iris Brown of Grupo Motivos / Norris Square Neighborhood Project and Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer of Termite TV Collective have been facilitating workshops with long-term residents to share the memories and stories of this Latinx neighborhood in Norris Square.

We will also be celebrating the new Grupo Motivos mural by artist Celso Gonzales.

There will be musical performances by Youba Cissokho and El Junte.

Born to a Cali storyteller family in Senegal, Youba is a 72nd generation kora player. The kora is a harp made from calabash gourd.

El Junte is an Afro Puerto Rican collective composed of an array of community educators and artists who pay homage to their ancestral legacy through the sounds of drums, song and dance.

Date: Saturday October 19 from 2-6pm(Rain Date: Saturday October 26)

Location: Villa Africana Colobó & Las Parcelas Gardens, 2263 Palethorp St.

“Places of Power: Villa Africana Colobó Garden” is funded in part by Independence Public Media Foundation, Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund and Temple University

Join NSNP in its monthly volunteer day! Meet us at Las Parcelas garden, 2248 N Palethorp Street, and help us beautify our gardens.

Take your family, friends, or yourself to Bonefish Grill—Willow Grove in support of NSNP! A portion of your bill for the evening will benefit NSNP and help keep over 50 years of youth leadership, land stewardship, and cultural preservation alive.