Sunday Storytime with Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz
October 15, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Join Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz read from her book, Broken Butterfly Wings / Alas de mariposa rotas (2021, Arte Publico Press).
The 2022 Cleveland Foundation Artist Fellow has recently launched an Afro-Puerto Rican bomba album, entitled Que vengan los niños, are sung in Spanish and in English, and some are also bilingual. Created in collaboration with William Cepeda, a four-time Grammy-nominated Latin Jazz legend, composer, and educator, the 12 songs range in topics from the beauty of the island of Puerto Rico to animals, bomba music, and Boricua pride in the USA, and incorporate traditional Latin American children’s songs. Four of the songs are inspired by Dr. Ortiz’s children’s picture books and two theater productions.