The Woodlawn Conservancy to Host Celia Cruz Exhibit and Concert
BRONX, N.Y. (PRWEB) July 16, 2018 -- The Woodlawn Cemetery is honored to have been selected as the final resting place for Celia Cruz. In honor of the 15th anniversary of her passing (July16th) Woodlawn announces that on Sept. 27 – Sept. 30, 2018, The Woodlawn Conservancy, in conjunction with the Celia Cruz Estate and Celia Cruz Legacy Project, will host the “Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa, Exhibit and Concert” at The Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. The exhibit will feature costumes, wigs, stage hats, shoes and personal photographs which document the life of the “Queen of Salsa.”
A video documentary, provided by the Estate, will be shown during the exhibit, which will run daily from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Woodlawn’s Woolworth Chapel. Exhibit Curator, Omer Pardillo Cid, President of the Celia Cruz Foundation, has stated that an exhibit of this magnitude has never before been hosted in the New York City area.
On Sunday, September 30th a concert will be held at her mausoleum and will feature the music of Celia Cruz and other Latin American artists. Throughout the exhibition, The Woodlawn Conservancy Trolley will shuttle attendees to and from the exhibit and the Cruz Mausoleum, which will be open for viewing from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Cuban-born Celia Cruz was internationally recognized as the “Queen of Salsa” and, during her lifetime, received numerous awards including three GRAMMY Awards, four Latin GRAMMYs and The Lifetime Achievement Award of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1987, Hollywood bestowed on her a star in the Walk of Fame. In 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton awarded her the highest honor the country bestows upon an artist: The National Endowment for the Arts. The Smithsonian Museum hosted an exhibit called Azúcar: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz from 2005-2015, and in 2011, the United States Postal Service honored her invaluable contributions to the entertainment industry and international impact by placing her image on a US postage stamp as part of the Latin Music Legends Series.
The “Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa, Exhibit and Concert” is a FREE event and open to the public. Registration is required due to limited space. For further details and to register for the event, visit http://www.WoodlawnEvents.org.
Barbara Selesky, The Woodlawn Cemetery, http://www.thewoodlawncemetery.org, +1 718-408-5652, [email protected]
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