La CURA del ENCANTO: The Cure of Enchantment
A Poetry Reading by Martín Espada

Followed by Yerbabuena’s electrifying Puerto Rican Soul Music

Friday, April 16, 2010 at 7:00pm
Miller Theatre 2960 Broadway at 116th Street
Tickets are $20 General Admission
www.cosmoprimarycare.org

For questions contact: Cyrus Boquin at cyrusboquin@yahoo.com

This unforgettable night celebrating poetry, music, advocacy and Boricua culture is brought to you by CoSMO, Columbia’s medical student-run free clinic for the uninsured.   All proceeds go toward prescription medications for CoSMO’s patients (www. cosmoprimarycare.org).

Martín Espada, “the Pablo Neruda of North American authors” is one of the premier poets of the Americas, born and raised in Brooklyn, NYC. A former tenant lawyer, Espada is now a professor of English Literature at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. See www.martinespada.net

Yerbabuena, under the musical direction of Tato Torres, is keeping Puerto Rico’s traditional music (música de raíz, bomba y plena) relevant, alive and con sabor in contemporary New York City for future generations to come. See www.myspace.com/yerbabuena

Co-Sponsored by  The President’s and Provost’s Student Event Fund, NewYork-Presbyterian  Hospital Ambulatory Care Network, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Dept. of Government & Community Affairs, Columbia University Medical Center Dept. of Government & Community Affairs, The Program in Narrative Medicine, Latino Alumni Association of Columbia University, The Acentos Foundation