Tickets
General Ticket: $30
Children (12 and under): $20
The East End is filled with outstanding artists of Latino descent, and we are thrilled to present a showcase introducing you to a small number of them. Una Noche Espectacular is a collaboration between Tu Prensa Local, a Spanish language, non-profit media organization that provides news, resources, and information to the Latinx community, and The Church in celebration of Latino culture and community.
With a roster full of multi-talented performers, the program will feature varying Latino dance, poetry, and music. This is the first in-person event that Tu Prensa Local has presented. Maria del Mar Piedrabuena and Juliana Holguín—Tu Prensa Local’s founders—have curated an unforgettable evening spotlighting Latinos of our community. The Church is honored to be a collaborator. Along with performances that range from Colombian dancers to a Mariachi band, the program will include light festive bites donated from Taqueria Mi Pueblito in Hampton Bays.
Upon entry, guests will be met with an authentic Día De Los Muertos altar constructed on our studio floor by Mexican artist Filiberto Perez. Guests are encouraged to bring gifts and offerings for the altar to honor their late loved ones.
The program will be held on the Main Floor and feature performances from Grupo Folklórico Xochipli, a Mexican dance group whose goal is to elevate and showcase Mexican folk culture and ensure that traditional dance is passed down to future generations. Award-winning author, poet, educator, and cultural activist, Adriana Devers whose work highlights her cultural heritage, having been born and raised in the Dominican Republic, while promoting an open dialogue on current issues and emphasizing the importance of community support and involvement. Brentwood Multicultural Club is a Colombian dance group performing traditional dances across the East End. Accordionist, musician, and singer Duey Meza, who describes his fresh and unique sound as “Cumbiaton” (Cumbia Urbana), a phrase he coined, which fuses Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Club, and traditional Colombian folk music. Southampton-based Mariachi Mexico Juvenil, a mariachi band that brings authentic 20th-century Mexican mariachi hits to the East End.
Come along for festive food, drink, and performances that celebrate and emphasize the vibrantly talented and creative culture of Latinos in our community.
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Founded by María del Mar Piedrabuena and Juliana Holguin, Tu Prensa Local, Long Island's leading Spanish news site, launched in February 2020, a pivotal moment in our region due to the impending global pandemic. It quickly became a crucial source of information and education to the diverse Latino community that lives and works on the East End. As a nonprofit news organization, Tu Prensa Local’s mission is to produce community-centered, high-quality, local news with the goal of informing, engaging, and empowering local Latino immigrants, in their language, from a culturally relevant perspective, which in turn has fostered greater civic participation and involvement in our region. Tu Prensa Local reaches hundreds of thousands daily through their award-winning articles, videos, radio newscasts, and more.
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Award Winning Author, poet, educator, cultural events coordinator, and creative. Founder of Cuentos de Triadas INC., creating immersive cultural enriching experiences for the community using a multidisciplinary approach. Patchogue Arts Council PEACE Project Teaching Artist and Cultural Partner. Her cultural programs present a variety of topics, addressing the needs of underrepresented youth.
Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Devers received her Spanish Language and Literature Bachelor's degree, Master’s degree in Liberal Studies and Teaching Certificate from Stony Brook University, NY. Former Westbury Arts 1st Vice President. Eastern Suffolk BOCES and Nassau BOCES Arts-In-Education Presenter. Former freelancer for Orgullo Latino Magazine, Queens N.Y. Freelancer for online Spanish language literacy programs (2021-2022). 2022 New York Foundation for the Arts Incubator for the Arts and Culture Leaders of Color in the Tri-State Area training. 2022 and 2023 Recipient of the Huntington Arts Council NY Regrant Program, with programs that highlight her work as a writer, storyteller and cultural activist. Her love for the arts and involvement in the community keep her actively engaged with several non-for-profit organizations in Long Island. Through her work, Devers looks to highlight her cultural heritage, promoting an open dialogue on current issues, while nourishing a safe space and encouraging community support.
Works published: poem “la negra del batey'' anthology Mujeres de Palabra, Poética y Antología (2010), poetry book Huellas de una Memoria Perdida (2008); Award winning bilingual children’s book Mi Chiquitica en Luna Llena My Little One in Full Moon (2018), short story book De cuento en cuento (2019). Children 's book ¡Todos a bailar! (2020). Co-author of Best Seller Mujeres que se atreven y superan límites, Historias de inspiración en tiempos difíciles (2021). Valentina Valente, She is my dad (2022) Honorable Mention at International Latino Book Awards and Writer's Digest, Award Winning title Huellas de una Memoria Perdida, 2nd edition (2022).
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Brentwood Multicultural Club was born with one simple premise: reaching the hearts of people through culture and dance, highlighting the richness and diversity of Colombian traditional dances such as salsa, champeta, and cumbia, and showing Long Islanders the perseverance, passion, love, and discipline of Colombian people through an artistic expression of body, mind, and spirit. The group is led by the talented Ana Valentina Ortiz Jiménez, who, at just 18 years old, has conquered stages all over Colombia and New York. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, she has trained in traditional Colombian dance since she was 5. She has won several national folkloric dance contests and was chosen Miss Teen Universe Colombia in 2022.
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Duey Meza was born into a musical family in North Bergen, New Jersey. His grandfather was Lisandro Meza, a legendary Colombian artist with a successful career spanning more than half a century in the music industry. With such deep musical roots, it was inevitable that Duey Meza would follow in the footsteps of his family. He began writing his own music at age 12, and in just a few years he has become an expert musician, teaching himself how to play accordion. Today he is an established singer with a powerful voice who writes and composes his own songs. His music is a mix of Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Club, and traditional Colombian folk music with a sound that is fresh and unique that he has created and dubbed “Cumbiaton” (Cumbia Urbana).
Duey Meza's Music is heard all over the world and on important radio stations. His recent song “Llegaron Los Meza” (feat. Lisandro Meza) was a hit during the Christmas season in Colombia and one of the featured songs at the famous musical festival Feria de Cali (Colombia). Duey and his grandfather Lisandro recorded an Official Jingle/Commercial for Telemundo with Duey’s song “The Mezas have arrived.”
Duey Meza has also recorded and played the accordion with Gerardo Ortiz in the Song “Christmas Bells” for “Our Christmas” a Univision TV Special along with artists such as Manuel Medrano, Natalia Jiménez, Yuri, Pandoras, Ventio and many more.
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Grupo Folklórico Xochipili was founded in 2007 by seven Hamptons residents with the goal of elevating Mexican folk culture, passing it down to future generations, and to showcase it for the local community. Since then, they have performed in dozens of venues. Currently, under the helm of Karina Gutiérrez who is in charge of choreography, the group members are Ana Alvarado, Ashley Uruchima, Lourdes Tenecora, Lina Tenecora and Noemi Sanchez.
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Mariachi México Juvenil was founded in 2004 in Southampton by the late Ezequiel Flores, Catalino Aguilar, J. Trinidad Soledad, Margarito Bonilla, and Fernando Bonilla. The group has been playing and recording ever since, bringing to the Hamptons authentic Mexican mariachi hits from the 20th century. Currently, Agustín Ochoa-Vihuela is in charge of the guitarrón, Arturo Soledad and Miguel Angel Escamilla play the trump, Fernando Bonilla the violin and Miguel Aguilar voice.