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(Partner Event) A Performance With Brenda Torres-Figueroa

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum 547 E Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI, United States

Have you ever felt homesick? Join Puerto Rico-born, Chicago-based artist Brenda Torres-Figueroa for a performance inspired by diaspora, survival, and the legacies of Afro-Puerto Rican women. Registration for this free event is encouraged. This performance is offered in connection with the exhibition Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People, which is on view … Continued

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(Partner Event) Broad Underground: Puerto Rican Montage

MSU Wells Hall 619 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI, United States

Learn more about Puerto Rican diasporic experiences and film language at this Broad Underground screening. This event is programmed by Dalina A. Perdomo Álvarez, Assistant Curator at the MSU Broad Art Museum, and Dr. Pedro Noel Doreste Rodríguez, Assistant Professor, MSU Film Studies Program. Broad Underground is an ongoing collaboration between the MSU Broad Art … Continued

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(Partner Event) Opening Reception of RicanVisions: Global Ancestralities and Embodied Futures!

NYU The Latinx Project 20 Cooper Square, Third Floor, New York, NY, United States

The Latinx Project invites you to the opening reception of RicanVisions: Global Ancestralities and Embodied Futures, the newest exhibition of the organization. This exhibition was curated by Ana-Hilda Figueroa de Jesús, Andrea Sofia Matos & Xavier Robles Armas and will be open from January 31 - May 2, 2025, at the 20 Cooper Square Gallery … Continued

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Décimas por Sacos de: Teófilo Torres

Loisaida Center 710 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009, New York, NY, United States

Puerto Rican actor, writer, professor, and author Teófilo Torres, better known for his classic on-stage monologues such as; "Papo Impala está quitao" and "El Caso Dios," is back in New York City with his latest creative endeavor, the satirical laugh-out-loud book, Décimas por Sacos. Written in the preferred style of the Puerto Rican jíbaro and … Continued

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Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Johnny Torres Papers

Virtual Event Virtual Event

If you love NYC Bodegas, grab your favorite order and join CENTRO Archivist, Herbert Duran, during lunch as he explores the Johnny Torres papers housed at CENTRO. Torres was a former businessman and president of the Metropolitan Spanish Merchants Association, also known as La Metro. After successfully running several bodegas, Torres became a food wholesaler … Continued

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Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Ibrahim Gonzalez Papers

Virtual Event Virtual Event

For this month's Library & Archives Lunch Hour, we are so excited to dive into the collection of Ibrahim Aqil Adbush Shakur González, known as Ibrahim González. González was a multifaceted artist; musician, photographer, radio host, activist, and educator born in East Harlem well known for helping set up one of the first Latino-Muslim organizations … Continued

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Opening Night of Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico & the Survival of a People

The Silberman School of Social Work 2180 3rd Ave, New York, New York

Join CENTRO on the opening night of Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People, on view at the CENTRO Gallery in El Barrio from March 13th, 2025 to September, 2025. This exhibition honors Puerto Rican identities in the archipelago and its diasporas. The Puerto Rican diaspora can be understood as a collage … Continued

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CENTRO x Cumbre – Sites of Black Memory: Our Ancestors, Archives, and Arts

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Cumbre Afro is coming to New York for the first time and will be ending in East Harlem, nestled between two prominent archives, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) and the NYPL's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This year's theme for Cumbre Afro, Sites of Black Memory: Our Ancestors, … Continued

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Cafecito con… Ángela Maria Dávila: Translating Animal Fiero y Tierno

Iconic Afro-feminist and Afro-Caribbean poet and visual artist Ángela María Dávila Malavé left as part of her legacy, animal fiero y tierno/fierce and tender animal, a force of rhythm and a delicate combination of the of the expressive and the colloquial in the language. Originally published in 1977 (Editorial QueAce, Puerto Rico), it has never … Continued

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CENTRO x The Nuyorican Poets Cafe

CENTRO en El Barrio 2180 3rd Ave, New York, New York

April is poetry month, so celebrate in style with The Nuyorican Poets Cafe at CENTRO. Join us for an evening of spoken word and connect with your favorite poets in the heart of El Barrio. Attendees will have an opportunity to recite some poetry, meet new poets, check out the CENTRO archival poetry collection, enjoy … Continued

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Cafecito con… Rudy Guevarra: Aloha Compadre – Latinxs in Hawai’i

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Join CENTRO for a Cafecito Con…Professor Rudy Guevarra, author of Aloha Compadre -Latinxs in Hawaiʻi, the first book to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawaiʻi. Since the early 1830s, the Latinx community continues to help shape Hawaiʻi’s history, yet their contributions are often overlooked. Latinxs have been a … Continued

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Echoes of East Harlem: A Workshop on Memory & Older Adults

CENTRO en El Barrio 2180 3rd Ave, New York, New York

How long have you lived in El Barrio/East Harlem? If you've been here long enough, you've likely witnessed the neighborhood’s transformation—corner bodegas closing, familiar faces leaving, and new buildings rising where old landmarks once stood. Join the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) for Echoes of East Harlem, a multisensory journey into the heart of … Continued

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