Termite TV Collective and the Norris Square Neighborhood Project (NSNP), in partnership with The<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival (PHLAFF), invite you to El Bemb\u00e9<\/b> on Saturday, October 10,<\/b><\/p>\n
from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM<\/b>. Held at the historic Las Parcelas (2248 N. Palethorp St.) and Villa Africana<\/p>\n
Colob\u00f3 Gardens (2263 Palethorp St.), the event celebrates the launch of the latest Augmented and Virtual<\/p>\n
Reality (AR\/VR) installations from the ongoing community media project, Places of Power: Las Parcelas<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Co-directed by Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer (Termite TV) and Iris Brown (NSNP), Places of<\/i><\/p>\n
Power: Las Parcelas<\/i> engages an intergenerational group of Norris Square residents to preserve<\/p>\n
neighborhood memories, traditions, and stories. Through hands-on workshops, community participants<\/p>\n
have co-created immersive digital works using 3D photogrammetry portraits, 360-degree virtual tours, and<\/p>\n
filmed oral histories.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s showcase highlights stories centered on Bomba and Plena, two spiritual Afro-Puerto Rican<\/p>\n
musical traditions born from the need to honor ancestors, survive hardship, and resist colonialism. Through<\/p>\n
AR technology, physical landmarks and objects throughout the gardens are transformed into interactive<\/p>\n
portals, bringing resident voices and historic memories directly to visitors. \u201cBemb\u00e9\u201d is an African word for<\/p>\n
a celebration or gathering of friends, chosen to honor African roots and bring that cultural connection into<\/p>\n
the work happening in the workshops and the gardens.<\/p>\n
Event Highlights Include:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022<\/span> Immersive AR\/VR Art Installations:<\/b> Interactive media technology integrated throughout two<\/p>\n vibrant community gardens celebrating stories of Puerto Rico and the African Diaspora.<\/p>\n \u2022<\/span> Live Musical Performance:<\/b> A special presentation by El Junte<\/b>, an Afro-Puerto Rican collective<\/p>\n of community educators and artists honoring ancestral legacies through live drumming, song, and<\/p>\n dance.<\/p>\n \u2022<\/span> NSNP Archive Activation:<\/b> Explore photographs from NSNP\u2019s community archive and leave a<\/p>\n recorded memory for future generations.<\/p>\n The Places of Power: Las Parcelas<\/i> project is funded by the William Penn Foundation, People\u2019s Media<\/p>\n Fund and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Termite TV Collective and the Norris Square Neighborhood Project (NSNP), in partnership with The Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival (PHLAFF), invite you to El Bemb\u00e9 on Saturday, October 10, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25532,"template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2026-10-10 14:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2026-10-10 18:00:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2026-10-10 18:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2026-10-10 22:00:00","_EventShowMap":true,"_EventShowMapLink":true,"_EventURL":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/el-bembe-celebrating-immersive-community-art-tickets-2002521788576","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"$","_EventCurrencyCode":"USD","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[3107],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-25531","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/25531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/25531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25534,"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/25531\/revisions\/25534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25531"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/termite.org\/mound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=25531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}