Lehman Center and Goya Foods’ holiday celebration
Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts and Goya Foods presents a special
holiday celebration: Aguinaldo
Navideño with three of salsa’s greatest
sonero superstars: 2018 GRAMMY
Award winner José Alberto ‘El Canario,’
a salsa legend well known for
establishing Salsa Romantica, Ismael
Miranda who will perform his universally
loved songs spanning several decades,
and Domingo Quiñones with his
impassioned live performance that is
sure to get the crowd up and moving on
Saturday, December 15, at 8 p.m. Also
enjoy the exciting dance rhythms of
Johnny Olivo Jr. and his Herencia de
Plena’s performance of their afro-rich
folkloric musical traditions of Puerto
Rican Bomba and Plena. Music by DJ
Andy Rodriguez. Produced by Lehman
Center and José Raposo.
This concert continues the completion
of the fi rst phase of renovations
at Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts. Concert goers will fi nd that the
lobbies have been upgraded for ADA
compliance with new ramps and carpeting,
and the interior of the theater
will have new seating, carpeted aisles,
and fi nished fl ooring as well.
José Alberto, Ismael Miranda, and Domingo Quiñones will be performing at Lehman Center
for the Performing Arts on Saturday, December 15.
The $15.4 million refurbishment
of the Center, which is expected to be
completed by mid-2019, will also include
5,400 square feet of enlarged
space, with a new main entrance and a
redesigned box offi ce, plus new administration
offi ces and restroom facilities
on the fi rst and mezzanine fl oors,
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and an elevator.
The center seats 2,278 people in the
concert hall and is the largest of its
kind in the borough. Funding for the
project is being provided by the Offi ce
of the Governor, the New York State
Legislature, the Bronx delegation of
the New York City Council, and the Offi
ce of the Bronx Borough President.
Additional funding is being raised
with a seat naming initiative, which
allows community members to make a
personal connection with one of New
York City’s most important not-forprofi
t entertainment venues.
Lehman Center for the Performing
Arts is on the campus of Lehman College/
CUNY at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard.
Tickets are $100*VIP, $65, $55,
$50, and can be purchased by calling
the Lehman Center box offi ce at (718)
960-8833 (Monday through Friday, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., and beginning at 4 p.m.
on the day of the concert), or through
online access at www.LehmanCenter.
org. *VIP Reception: The Havana
Café, Goya Foods and Lehman Center
special VIP pre-concert wine &
hors d’oeuvres reception will start at
6:30pm. VIP tickets include the reception
and the best seats in the house.
Sponsored by Havana Café Restaurant
and Goya Foods. Lehman Center
is accessible by #4 or D train to Bedford
Park Blvd. and is off the Saw Mill
River Parkway and the Major Deegan
Expressway. Low-cost on-site parking
available for $5.
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