The Journey to Art With A Purpose

    OCU presents Tony-winning ‘In the Heights’ Broadway cast member to guest direct   OKLAHOMA CITY – Lin-Manuel Miranda’s debut musical “In the Heights” will be staged April 22-24 at Oklahoma City University, with a 36-member cast led by guest director and choreographer Luis Salgado of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production.  “The show is about community, it's about family, it's about home, and we invite everybody in the OCU area to be a part of this great experience,” Salgado said. “Revisiting this musical at OCU is re-visiting a perspective of validation, self-worth and cultural pride. We get to go deep into the concepts of belonging, of being, of accepting, of searching for what home really is.” “In The Heights” will be presented on OCU’s historic Kirkpatrick stage, 2501 N Blackwelder Ave., in three performances: 8 p.m. April 22 and 23, and 3 p.m. April 24.  “In the Heights” features music and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner Miranda and a book by Qu...

It’s been a month here in front of the ocean taking some time to feed my soul. Nature is so magical, so healing, so powerful. She re-constructs, cleans, and rejuvenates in such a magical way….. Now I return to the NYC… To work , to speak , to write from another point of view, to be in my home and from there take new action . “Before I go, I take in the ocean and the sand.  I try to find out how I can keep that with me, and integrate it in my NYC home. I must BE Present, I must BE FULLY; I must be complete and open to give the best of me. And if I fail, forget or doubt the memory of the ocean and the peace I felt here, I will be find it again in any ounce of water or human life around me and it will manifest again…  I look into the sea. While I seek guidance, I realize that under the sea there are SO MANY LAYERS, and such DEPTH that we may never understand.  This water that now surrounds me -as my body enters it and I allow its temperature to change my own- it is...

I should write this in Spanish? NO, I should write this in English... ummm, I should write this in every possible language and  then  write it on my skin. Because   in truth I do not know what my  role ,  duty,   or  want is anymore... But I am here daring to search for the answers in the middle of the unknown.  I have lost the north, the path, the light of the way, so many times in so little time.. I know there is light waiting for us all to discover. P erhaps this present time is a gift given  by the miracle that living is, so we can regain the strength of all that is basic and real. We lost the way to HUMANITY because we had our eyes blinded by power and ambition.  I have lost so much time… so many times... in so little time… ACTION IS REQUIRED. Holding hands, aiming to see eye to eye, respecting each other and valuing the natural world, the “thing” we should treasure most.  In the present time,...

Denisse Ambert y Luis Salgado DD Salgo a caminar y se que este rumbo me llevará lejos... o tal vez cerca.  La verdad es incierta... Dejo lo que ahora es mi casa (NY) y llevo conmigo a mi familia, camino a lo que es mi PATRIA (Puerto Rico). Los últimos años, La Bella isla del encanto -lugar donde nací- se ha visto afectada por muchas realidades. La política, los huracanes, los temblores y entre otra cosas, la pandemia que impacta al mundo entero. Esta realidad que hoy nos viste, causa tanto impacto y a la vez nos lleva de la mano a tantas cosas nuevas, o quien sabe, no tan nuevas… Porque quien sabe a qué llamamos (o llamo) nuevo hoy. A veces es simplemente el regreso a lo cercano, un re-encuentro con la raíz de nuestro ser. Un re-encuentro obligatorio con lo que necesitamos recordar, aprender, o limpiar dentro de nosotros mismos. Confrontar las verdades internas, los miedos, la capacidad que tenemos de atrevernos a más.  En los...