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Puerto Rican Heritage Cultural Ambassador Program Pioneros/as Series: Plena is Work, Plena is Song
Thursday, May 2, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 PM Centro Library Room 120, Silberman School of Social Work 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, NY, NY 10035 Plena is an original Puerto Rican musical tradition in the form of storytelling song. The documentary traces the historical and cultural development of plena...
Puerto Rican Heritage Cultural Ambassador Program Pioneros/as Series: Pura Belpre: Storyteller
Thursday, April 4, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 PM Centro Library Room 120, Silberman School of Social Work 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, NY, NY 10035 Pura Belpré, New York City’s first Puerto Rican librarian was an ambassador for the New York Public Library’s work with the Puerto Rican/Latino community...
Meet the Author: Edna Acosta-Belen and Carlos E. Santiago: Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:45 -2:15 PM Hemmerdinger Screening Room 706, East Building Library, 7th Floor Hunter College, 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, NYC 10065 ROOM CHANGE: The event is now at the Hemmerdinger Screening Room 706, East Building Library, 7 th Floor at Hunter College, 68 th Street...
Psychoanalysis in the Barrios : Race, Class and the Unconscious
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 6pm - 8pm Glass Café, 3rd Floor West Building Hunter College, 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, NYC 10065 Psychoanalysis in the Barrios : Race, Class and the Unconscious Panel will discuss pressing issues raised by the new anthology Psychoanalysis in the Barrios: Race,...
Centro Book Launch --Liberalism and Identity Politics
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 6:00 - 8:00 PM Centro Library Room 120, Silberman School of Social Work 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, NY, NY 10035 A recollection and analysisof the role of ethnic identity in Puerto Rican politics in New York City between 1960 and 1990. Jose Cruz argues that Puerto...
Meet the Author--Judge Nelson A. Diaz: “Not from Here, Not from There”
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:00 - 8:00 PM Glass Cafe, 3rd Floor, West Building Hunter College 68th Street and Lexington Ave. NY 10065 In his inspiring autobiography, " Not from Here, Not from There " , Diaz tells the story of his struggles and triumphs as his perspective widened from the New York...
Meet The Author: Harry Franqui-Rivera - Soldiers of the Nation
Thursday, November 8, 2018 6:00 - 8:00 PM Centro Library and Archives Silberman Building, Rm 120 2180 Third Ave. at 119th St. New York, NY 10035 In Soldiers of the Nation , Harry Franqui-Rivera argues that the emergence of strong and complicated Puerto Rican national identities is deeply rooted in...
Film and Discussion Puerto Rican Puppetry
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 6:00 - 8:00 PM Glass Cafe, 3rd Floor, West Building Hunter College 68th Street and Lexington Ave. NY 10065 Film and Discussion Puerto Rican Puppetry MEET THE DIRECTOR: Títeres en el Caribe Hispano/Puppetry in the Caribbean: Episode 3 (Puerto Rico) A chronological...
Meet the Author: Consuelo Martinez Reyes--- Not the Time to Stay: The Unpublished Plays of Victor Fragoso
Thursday, September 27, 2018 6:00 - 8:00 PM Centro Library and Archives Silberman Building, Rm 120 2180 Third Ave. at 119th St. New York, NY 10035 Centro Press’ upcoming publication of Not the Time to Stay: The Unpublished Plays of Victor Fragoso , is an edited collection of the previously...
Meet The Authors: Marie T. Mora, and Havidán Rodríguez, Population, Migration, and Socioeconomic Outcomes among Island and Mainland Puerto Ricans--La Crisis Boricua
Thursday, April 19, 2018 6-8 pm Faculty Dining Room, 8th Floor,West Building, Hunter College, 68th Street & Lexington Ave., NYC Population, Migration, and Socioeconomic Outcomes among Island and Mainland Puerto Ricans--La Crisis Boricua by Marie T. Mora; Alberto Dávila and Havidán Rodríguez -...
Meet The Author: Llana Barber: Latino City: Immigration and Urban Crisis in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1945–2000
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 6pm - 8pm Hunter Faculty Dining Room, 8th Floor, West Building, Hunter College New York City Llana Barber explores the transformation of Lawrence, Massachusetts, into New England’s first Latino-majority city. Like many industrial cities, Lawrence entered a downward...
Meet the Author: Carlos Sanabria: Puerto Rican Labor History 1898-1934-Revolutionary Ideals and Reformist Politics.
Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 6pm - 8pm Centro Library Room 120, Silberman School of Social Work 2180 Third Avenue (119th Street) New York City Puerto Rican Labor History 1898-1934- Revolutionary Ideals and Reformist Politics by Carlos Sanabria (just released December 2017) presents a history of...
Meet The Author: Licia Fiol-Matta: The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music
Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 6pm - 8pm North Cafe, West Building, 3rd Floor Hunter College, 68th Street & Lexington Avenue Licia Fiol-Matta analyzes the lives and works of Ruth Fernandez, Myrta Silva, Ernestina Reyes (La Calandria) and Lucecita. New York and the diaspora play a huge role in the...
Meet The Author: Edgardo Melendez: Sponsored Migration
Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 6pm - 8pm North Cafe, Hunter College, West Building Lobby, 3rd Floor, 68th Street & Lexington Avenue Sponsored Migration Sponsored Migration places Puerto Rico's migration policy in its historic context, examining the central role the Puerto Rican government played...
Asi Somos
Meet The Author: Ada Nivia López
May 04, 2017, 6pm - 8pm Centro Library and SB 115 & 120, Silberman School of Social Work Asi Somos I Who We Are Chicago-based author Ada Nivia Lopez and photographer Mark Joseph will present Asi Somos / Who We Are, a unique collection of artful, vibrant images capturing the diversity and...

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