Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 4:00 AM
TODAY 30
SALSA: Percussionist Ralph Irizarry — who played with Rubén Blades’ Seis del Solar for 14 years — and friends at MILK Lounge, 2056 Second Ave. at 106th St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., shows at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets $5-$10.
TOMORROW 1
EVENT: The Puerto Rican Freedom Project marks release of “The Freedom Album” with a benefit concert featuring folk singer Roy Brown, cuatro player Yomo Toro, Zon del Barrio and hip-hop acts Siete Nueve and The Welfare Poets, at Taller Boricua’s Multi Arts Space, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, 1680 Lexington Ave. at 106th St., 8 p.m. Tickets $20.
THEATER: “Paso del Norte” and “Tell Them Not to Kill Me!"— inspired by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo’s short stories and directed by Germán Jaramillo — continue at Theater for the New City, 8 p.m. Through Sunday. Tickets $15.
EXHIBIT: Crossing Bridges/Cruzando Puentes, featuring works from the collective Generation 4 — Vicente Fabre, Luis Leonor, Moses Ros and Reynaldo García Pantaleon — at Taller Boricua, 1680 Lexington Ave. at 106th St. Tuesday to Saturday, through Nov. 7. Free.
GAY: Comic book and graphic novel artists Ivan Vélez (“Tales From the Closet”), Jennifer Camper (“The Juicy Mother: Celebration”), Erika López (“Flaming Iguanas”) and Carlo Quispe (“Killer Heights”) share their work at opening of annual BAAD! BlakTino Performance Series, 841 Barretto St., South Bronx. Free.
FRIDAY 2
HIP HOP: Reggaetón duo Wisin y Yandel at Madison Square Garden, 8 p.m. Tickets $46-$96.
BALLAD: Spanish crooner José Luis Perales at the Beacon Theater, 8 p.m. Tickets $85-$125.
TANGO: Gustavo Santaolalla’s eight-member band, Bajofondo, at the Highline Ballroom, 8 p.m. and 12 a.m. shows. Tickets $25.
GAY: San Francisco-based, New York-born cartoonist and performer Erika López brings her one-woman show, “The Welfare Queen,” to BAAD! 841 Barretto St., South Bronx, part of annual BlakTino Performance Series, 8 p.m. Tickets $15.
FLAMENCO: Alma Flamenca and the Andrea del Conte Danza España dance company tribute to the late dancer and choreographer del Conte at Thalia Spanish Theater, 41-17 Greenpoint Ave., Sunnyside, Queens, 8 p.m. Weekend shows, through Oct. 18. Tickets $25-$30.
THEATER: The Puerto Rico-founded theater company Nueva Escena debuts in New York with “Salsa Gorda,” about the salsero and photographer Daniel Cuevas, 8 p.m. At Pregones Theater, 571-575 Walton Ave., the Bronx. Also tomorrow and Sunday. Tickets $22.
FLAMENCO: Spanish guitar maestro Paco Peña and his Flamenco Dance Company present A Compás! at Town Hall, 8 p.m. Tickets $25-$45.
FILM: Mike Vargas and Moni Pineda’s documentary “Friends We Love,” which follows artists as they reveal what inspires them to create, with music by deejay Moni and performances by The Real Live Show, Sarah White and TK Wonder, at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 6 p.m. Free.
EXHIBIT: Opening of Guatemalan Regina Jos Galindo’s installation work with one-day-only performance by the artist, 7 p.m., at Exit Art, 10th Ave. at 36th St. Free.
FLAMENCO: Jorge Navarro’s Pasión Flamenca presents “Por Callejeras,” at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 8 p.m. Tickets $30-$42. Also tomorrow.
BOOKS: Fourth New York Book Fair Expo at Queens Museum of Art. Also tomorrow.
SATURDAY 3
THEATER: David Lamb’s “Plátanos & Collard Greens,” about black-Latino romantic relationships, at French Institute/Florence Gould Hall, 55 E. 59th St. between Park and Madison Aves., 8 p.m. Tickets $52.50. Also Oct. 10.
HIP HOP: Venezuelan group Dame Pa’ Matala, with opening by Rebel Diaz band, at the Marian Anderson Theater, Aaron Davis Hall, City College, 150 Convent Ave., 7 p.m. Free.
CHARANGA: José Fajardo y sus Estrellas with guests Sonny Bravo, Eddy Zervigón, Dave Valentín and others at 60 Days of Charanga, Hostos Community College, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $30-$50.
EVENT: Macy’s marks Hispanic Heritage Month with “Encanto Latino,” featuring recipes from chef George Duran of the Food Network show “Ham on the Street,” and table designs by Carolina Buia and Isabel González, authors of “Latin Chic,” at Macy’s Herald Square, The Cellar, 2 p.m. Free.
GAY: Performance artist Bruno Aponte presents Brunegro, his one-man show about queer Dominican Blackness, 8 p.m. at BAAD! 841 Barretto St., South Bronx, part of the annual BlakTino Performance Series. Tickets $15.
MONDAY 5
JAZZ: Gregorio Uribe Big Band, a 16-piece ensemble with a Colombian tint, at Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., 8 p.m. Tickets, $15.
EXHIBIT: “Aquí! (Here),” a group exhibition featuring 15 local artists, at the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance gallery, 178 Bennett Ave. at 189th St., third floor. Through Dec. 30, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free.
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