Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Marieve Herington (Big City Greens), Maroon 5’s Jesse Carmichael and Sam Farrar, Cosette Hauer (Gordita Chronicles), Benito Martinez (With Love, 9-1-1: Lone Star), Carlos Gomez (The Baker and the Beauty) and Momo Rodriguez (Mayans MC, Lopez vs. Lopez) are just some of the celebrities confirmed to attend the Caribbean Nocturnes Veterans Day Benefit Concert hosted by Air Force veteran and This Is Us star, Jon Huertas and featuring Joachim Horsley and The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra. The star-studded red carpet event will take place on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11th at NeueHouse Hollywood and will benefit BaseCamp for Veterans, a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to respond to the needs of those who serve our nation and protect its values, by promoting personal and professional growth, and contributing to an effective, sustainable path towards reintegration. US Veterans are invited to attend as guests of honor and will receive complimentary admission.

”We at BaseCamp for Veterans are thrilled to partner with Jon and Joachim for this event. We are honored to be recognized as this years beneficiary for our work with veterans and their families. Thank you to everyone who is participating and supporting our veterans, mustangs, and community by donating and contributing to the silent auction. We are truly grateful,” said Theo Windish and Deborah Plum, Co-founders of BaseCamp for Veterans.

The BaseCamp for Veterans Online Auction is officially open to the public and will run through midnight on November 11th. Supporters now have the opportunity to bid on one-of-a-kind items including a pair of authentic Colombian maracas handmade by Orito Cantora, Big City Greens Original Art by Chris Houghton and an African Safari Adventure for two, just to name a few of the unique items up for auction in support of BaseCamp for Veterans.

Guests attending the Caribbean Nocturnes Benefit Concert will also have the opportunity to attend the pre-concert masterclass featuring Composer/Pianist Joachim Horsley, Conductor Jacomo Bairos, and Colombian guest percussionists Jenn Del Tambó, Orito Cantora. This is a very special opportunity to learn about traditional Afro-Colombian music in detail, orchestration and composition and many other topics related to the show that evening.

Masters in the Afro-Colombian traditions of music, Orito Cantora and Jenn del Tambó are founders of the first network of women percussionists in the Caribbean who, at the root of their work, bring a mix of Cumbia, Bullerengue, Chalupa and other traditional rhythms of the Caribbean region. Orito is a composer, singer and a skilled maracas player who participates in several musical projects, among them the Red Tamboreras de Colombia, founded in early 2016 with percussionist Jenn Del Tambó. The duo are featured artists on the Caribbean Nocturnes album which was recently released and reached #2 on the World Music Chart.

Caribbean Nocturnes also features other guest artists from Europe, North and Latin American including English violinist, Charlie Siem; Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble with Jacomo Bairos conducting; Cuban bassist, Damian Nueva Cortez; Colombian guitarist and percussionist Pedro Barrios; French, Caribbean percussionist, Natasha Rogers; Haitian percussionist, Jeff Pierre; Martinican percussionists Thomas Bellon and Boris Reine-Adelaïde; Venezuelan percussionist Yonathan “Morocho” Gavidia, The Hollywood Chamber Orchestra from Los Angeles, California, and Trinidadian Classical Soprano, Jeanine De Bique singing an original Caribbean Aria written by Horsley based on the Haitian poem Testaman by Felix-Morrisseau Leroy.

Caribbean Nocturnes Veterans Day Benefit Concert takes place on Veterans Day, November 11th at NeueHouse Hollywood located at 6121 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 90028. Doors open at 7:30 PM and show begins promptly at 8:00 PM.

To purchase tickets, please visit: caribbeannocturnesLA.eventbrite.com

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Developed by Najera, NIA is a humor-filled, effusive podcast show created with a heart to fill the void for a much-needed conversation with today’s top voices in diversity, entertainment, and politics. Initial guests to date include Academy Award® nominee/Tony Award® winner Edward James Olmos, comedians Wendy Leiberman, Carole Montgomery, Erik Rivera, Momo Rodriguez and former Telemundo President, author, and motivational speaker, Nely Galan.

Najera explained that NIA, created at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, came from his desire to give people hope during a very difficult time. As the creator of Latino Thought Makers, his on-camera, current live show of more than six years, Najera was already trying to bring diversity to the forefront. With his new podcast, he wants his audiences to know that people, around the country, are all in this together.

The initial show guests are comedian Momo Rodriguez; independent producer, former President of Entertainment for Telemundo, Nely Galan, and Hector Rodriguez . The conversation is informative, warm and conversational. It is fun, funny, and yet you will learn something with each guest in the pilot podcast, about culture, relationships, and life struggles during these unprecedented times. “Nowadays, people are waking up and saying: ‘My God how can it get worse?’ Well, in this show I get to tell you in a comedic way,” Najera states.

“Nowadays, people are waking up and saying: ‘My God how can it get worse?’ And points to his coping process, “I know my friends, I know who my family is and I know who I am. That’s the most important thing you need to know because when the winds of change happen…It’s your opinion of yourself that really matters.” He points out that Najera in America gets to the issues and does so in a comedic way.

reVolver Podcasts is a multicultural, audio-on-demand content creator and distributor in the U.S. Home to , The Power of Us,” and “Don Cheto, Al Aire” plus more than 50 additional programs spanning sports, music, finance, entertainment, lifestyle, health and wellness, inspiration, news, branded content and live events. The podcasts are distributed on reVolverPodcasts.com, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Pandora, and iHeartMedia.

“Storytelling is at the core of reVolver Podcasts entertainment lineup,” said President of reVolver Podcasts Jack Hobbs. “I am excited to have Rick and his show bringing important subjects such as diversity, entertainment, and politics to our unique digital platform.”

A consummate industry professional and a Los Angeles native, Najera worked his way up from Shakespeare at the Old Globe Repertory Theater to writing for major television comedies such as In Living Color, Robert Townsend, MADtv to dramatic shows, such as East Los High for Hulu. He developed his self-written stage play: Latinologues, which was taken to Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre in New York. Najera is considered among the top sketch comedy writers and speakers in Hollywood. He also starred in two Showtime specials, Diary of a Dad Man and Legally Brown. Currently, he is also working on his fifth book with Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, based on writing and speaking.

Najera in America is produced by reVolver Podcasts and Cohesive Entertainment Group, LLC and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart, Spotify.

Follow the Najera in America podcast on social media at @najerainamerica and hashtag #NIA and #NajeraInAmerica.

Najera is repped by Daryn Simons at Cohesive Entertainment Group, LLC.

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