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Cafecito con… Marisel Moreno: Crossing Waters

Virtual Event

Join Marisel Moreno, award-winning author of the book Crossing Waters: Undocumented Migration in Hispanophone Caribbean and Latinx Literature & Art, and Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, CENTRO Directora, for a cafecito as they reconsider the traditional understanding of borders, migration and Puerto Rico's unique position in the migration narrative. Debates over the undocumented migration of Latin Americans … Continued

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Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Celebrating Carmen Pabón – La Madrina de Loisaida

Virtual Event

Join CENTRO Archivist, Herbert Durán, and Gabriela Sanchez, board member and volunteer at the Carmen Pabón del Amanecer Jardín, as they explore the Carmen Pabón del Amanacer Jardín Collection housed at our Library & Archives. Carmen Pabón, dubbed “La Madrina de Loisaida”, was a community leader who transformed a vacant lot into a community garden, … Continued

Cafecito con… Monica Jimenez: Making Never Never Land

Virtual Event

Join CENTRO for a Cafecito con…Mónica Jiménez and Alvin Padilla-Babilonia as they discuss Jimenez's new book Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico. This “brilliant study” (Latin American Review of Books) and “insightful analysis of Puerto Rico and how the U.S. government treats it” (Library Journal), examines a larger history … Continued

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Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Digitizing 100 Years of Puerto Rican History & Culture

Virtual Event

Join CENTRO's Digital Projects Specialist, Grace Mckenna, on October 15th for a virtual Library & Archives Lunch Hour as she shares her favorite new items that have been added to the digital collections thanks to the support from the National Endowment for the Humanities for our digitization grant project “100 Years of Puerto Rican Arts … Continued

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La Meriendita: Call Me Roberto

East Harlem Tutorial Program 2050 2nd Ave, New York, New York, United States

Join CENTRO in East Harlem for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children’s books! This month’s Meriendita is Call Me Roberto, written by Nathalie Alonso and illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez. Roberto Clemente always loved baseball. Growing up in Carolina, Puerto Rico, he swung tree branches (since he didn’t have a bat) and hit tin … Continued

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Library & Archives Lunch Hour: New Books in Puerto Rican Studies

Virtual Event

Looking to expand your reading list? Join CENTRO for a virtual Library & Archives Lunch Hour on December 3rd as we highlight new books in Puerto Rican Studies. The field of Puerto Rican studies is rich and diverse in both its subject matter and those who write about it, and there’s something for everyone this … Continued

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