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The Clemente

The Clemente or Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center is a community cultural center in the Lower East Side (Loisaida). The former PS 160 public school building is the home of many cultural organizations.

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The Clemente Soto Veléz Cultural & Educational Center (courtesy The Clemente)
The Clemente Soto Veléz Cultural & Educational Center (courtesy The Clemente)

theclementecenter.org

The Clemente
107 Suffolk St
(between Delancey & Rivington)
Lower East Side, Manhattan

Subways
(F)(M) or (J)(Z) to Delancey St – Essex St
(3 blocks)

Cultural Programs

The Center’s Three Kings Day celebration produced by Teatro SEA is one of the great places in New York City to celebrate this very important Latin holiday.

Resident Organizations at The Clemente

Theater Organizations

  • Teatro SEA
  • Teatro LATEA (Latin American Theater Experiment Associates)
  • Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA)
  • The Fantastic Experimental Latino Theater (FELT)

Dance Companies

  • Afro Brazil Arts ~ capoeira
  • Dorrance Dance ~ tap dance
  • Feraba ~ tap dance and West African dance
  • Mark Degarmo Dance ~ dance for children

Music Organizations

  • Arts for Art ~ jazz arts

Arts Centers

  • ABC No Rio
  • Artists Alliance Inc.
  • LAZO

Clemente Soto Vélez

The Center is named after Puerto Rican writer and activist Clemente Soto Vélez (1904-1993). He was a great mentor of artists.

The Clemente continues his mission by nurturing talent in the Lower East Side ~ one of New York’s great forges of culture.

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