OPENING NIGHT with Catalina La O

performed by Khattie Q & Jenny Larson
7:30-8:40pm @ VORTEX Main

Catalina’s mother is lost, unable to join her in Puerto Rico for the finale taping of Catalina’s one-hour TV program, “Ahora Conmigo.” Then a destructive hurricane hits Puerto Rico and throws Catalina into her darkest hour. Emerging from the aftermath, wet and wounded, Catalina seeks refuge in her television studio. Though her backing band and television crew have all gone missing, Catalina believes her beloved audience still survives. She sings and performs to them and to herself, sharing stories and songs of heartbreak, resistance, and survival. Catalina La O Presenta is a piece for the queer communities. It is a piece for the colonized body. It is a piece for Puerto Rico. It is a piece for anyone who has experienced heartbreak. It is a piece for survivors. It is a piece that speaks to resistance.

There will be a screening of the short film “Midnight at the Continental” by Lauren Hortie & Sonya Reynolds before the main show. Audience members must be seated by 7:30pm.

Rubén Rolando

9:00pm @ VORTEX Tent

Rubén Rolando is a queer audiovisual artist, composer and cultural producer. He is part of the second edition of the Puerto Rican Arts Initiative. This practice is in favor of Caribbean gender equality, LGBTIQ + public policies and habitat recovery. He is currently part of the Barrioization social and climate justice project, located in Manatí, which is dedicated to the investigation, recovery and conservation of the historical and environmental heritage of Puerto Rico.