La Bruja Performing at Baruch 3/22/11
While my classmates were munching on baked goods and listening to this semester’s Harman Writer-in-Residence, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, I was busy laying out table cloths and tea light candles in the multipurpose room.
As president of Writers’ Society, I was setting up the room for a performance by Def Poet, La Bruja. After a month of tedious logistics and paperwork, I was glad for the event to finally take place.
After some technical difficulties, La Bruja (which means witch in Spanish) took the stage gracing the audience with tracks from her latest two albums. Her style fuses elements from her Puerto Rican culture, humor, and socio-political messages. By the end of the night, she had everyone singing the hook to her parody of Rhianna’s “Umbrella”, entitled “Arroz con Habichuelas.”
I saw the flyers for this and was really interested in going. I hope I get another chance to!
Wow that sounds really interesting I would have loved to attend that. I think its great you decided to post this, I will definitely try to attend next time.
I saw the flyers for this too and I really wanted to go. I was so mad when I found out it was the same night as the Adrian LeBlanc reading. I love La Bruja ever since I saw her at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. I hope she can come back another time.