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SUMMARY:A Diasporic Classroom: Teaching with Stories\, Archives\, and Culture
DESCRIPTION:Join a one-day educator institute exploring diasporic histories and identities through panels and workshops that engage with primary sources \n\n\n\nJoin us for a full-day educator institute presented by NYPL’s Center for Educators and Schools in partnership with CENTRO (The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College). \n\n\n\nThis gathering invites educators to explore how diasporic histories\, identities\, and cultural expression can shape classroom practice. Through panels\, interactive sessions\, and hands-on workshops\, participants will engage with archives\, primary sources\, literature\, music\, and creative publishing practices that illuminate diasporic experiences across Latin America and beyond\, with several sessions drawing on Puerto Rican case studies. \n\n\n\nTogether we will consider how migration\, memory\, language\, and culture shape the experiences of students and communities—and how educators can bring these perspectives into the classroom. \n\n\n\nParticipants will leave with practical strategies\, classroom-ready resources\, and connections to NYPL and CENTRO collections\, staff\, and educational programs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP NOW
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/a-diasporic-classroom/
LOCATION:Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library\, 455 5th Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Bajo el Lino
DESCRIPTION:I am pleased to present Bajo el Lino: The Guayabera\, Colonial Gender Systems\, and the Decolonial Possibilities of Dress\, my senior thesis project\, realized as a one-night exhibition.\n\nDeveloped in collaboration with Seventh House Gallery and Julia de Burgos Bookstore at Taller Puertorriqueño\, this project examines the guayabera as both a material object and a historical archive. The garment is approached as a site through which colonial structures—particularly those of race\, gender\, and national identity—are inscribed\, embodied\, and reproduced.\n\nThrough processes of deconstruction and reconstruction\, including the alteration of inherited silhouettes and the incorporation of embroidered texts and symbols of resistance\, the work positions the guayabera as both critical inquiry and embodied praxis. In doing so\, it proposes dress as a medium through which colonial logics may be materially unsettled and reconfigured toward more expansive and enduring forms of individual and collective expression.\n\nAdmission is free. Proceeds from the event and participating vendors will support Sylvia Rivera Law Project\, which provides legal services and advocacy for trans\, queer\, and gender-nonconforming communities in New York City.\n\nMay 4\, 2026\, 6:00–10:00 PM\n35 Meadow Street\, Brooklyn\, NY 11206\n\n—–\n\nMe complace presentar Bajo el Lino: La guayabera\, los sistemas coloniales de género y las posibilidades decoloniales del vestir\, mi proyecto de tesis de licenciatura\, realizado como una exposición de una sola noche.\n\nDesarrollado en colaboración con Seventh House Gallery y la Julia de Burgos Bookstore de Taller Puertorriqueño\, este proyecto examina la guayabera tanto como objeto material como archivo histórico. La prenda se aborda como un espacio donde las estructuras coloniales—particularmente aquellas relacionadas con la raza\, el género y la identidad nacional—se inscriben\, se encarnan y se reproducen.\n\nA través de procesos de deconstrucción y reconstrucción\, que incluyen la alteración de siluetas heredadas y la incorporación de textos y símbolos de resistencia bordados\, la obra sitúa la guayabera como un ejercicio de investigación crítica y praxis encarnada. De este modo\, propone el vestir como un medio a través del cual las lógicas coloniales pueden ser materialmente desestabilizadas y reconfiguradas hacia formas más amplias y duraderas de expresión individual y colectiva.\n\nLa entrada es gratuita. Los fondos recaudados durante el evento y por los vendedores participantes apoyarán al Sylvia Rivera Law Project\, que brinda servicios legales y defensa a comunidades trans\, queer y de género no conforme en la ciudad de Nueva York.\n\n4 de mayo de 2026\, 6:00–10:00 PM\n35 Meadow Street\, Brooklyn\, NY 11206
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/bajo-el-lino/
LOCATION:Seven House Gallery\, 35 Meadow St\, Brooklyn\, CA\, 11206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Rooted + Relational: Boricuas in Relation
DESCRIPTION:We’re celebrating our Rooted + Relational Research initiative with the second annual symposium centering the 2025-2026 theme\, Boricuas in Relation. We invited researchers\, students\, and artists to engage with the phenomenon of Boricua archipelagic and diasporic community formation with other racial and ethnic groups. Through special screenings\, presentations\, and panels\, the current cohort of CENTRO fellows will engage with Puerto Rican relations\, histories\, and  practices with multiple communities across the US and beyond. Join us on  expanding Puerto Rican Studies as a field\, a community\, and a praxis of call and response as we learn how to tend to our complex and overlapping relationships across global geographies and specific communities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMay 1\, 2026 | 3 PM – 8 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3PM | Free Walking Tour of “Máximo R. Colón: A Lens Rooted in Solidarity” at Harlem Art Park\n\n\n\nJoin us for a free walking tour of an installation highlighting the work of Máximo R. Colón. Over several decades\, Colón’s lens has accompanied marches and demonstrations in New York\, capturing moments of civic participation that\, while not always centered on Puerto Rican subjects\, are shaped by a Puerto Rican photographer’s perspective. This installation will be on view for one week only. No RSVP required. \n\n\n\n5PM | Screening: Archiving\, Movement\, & Mapping Memory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an evening of experimental and documentary film screenings to celebrate the opening of the “Boricuas in Relation” symposium. These screenings foreground documentary and experimental film as relational research practices. Through movement\, montage\, and archival intervention\, these works interrogate absence\, urban memory\, and embodied mapping. Together\, they ask: How do Boricuas narrate and navigate place when the archive is fragmented\, incomplete\, or silent? And how might creative practice become a method for tending to what history leaves behind? \n\n\n\nFeatured directors:\n\n\n\nNoelia Quintero-Herencia | We are the city: Mapping No es extraño este sitio para la danza \n\n\n\nCarla Gutiérrez and Kristofer Ríos | The Gaps Are the Story: Documentary Practice and the Incomplete Record \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here :\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMay 2\, 2026 | 10 AM – 7 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2 of the Rooted + Relational: Boricuas in Relation Symposium will be hybrid. RSVP to join virtually here :\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11 AM | Panel 1: Diasporic Formations — Language\, Race\, and Archival Silences\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis panel examines how Boricua identities take shape across racialized landscapes of migration and settlement. Moving from Afro-Nuyorican poetics and linguistic struggle in New York City to overlooked labor histories in Utah\, presenters trace how diaspora exceeds the nation-form and unsettles dominant archives. Together\, these works explore relation as lived practice—through language\, errantry\, education\, and survival—while confronting the silences that structure historical record-keeping. \n\n\n\nPanelists include: \n\n\n\nCristel Jusino Díaz | Moderator \n\n\n\nJanelle Viera | Contextualizing Race in Place: Diasporic Boricua Identities \n\n\n\nMell Rivera Díaz | Errantry Beyond the Nation-Form: Opacity and Afro-Nuyorican Relation \n\n\n\nKatherine Morales | Relating to Spanish: Puerto Rican Oral Histories and the Making of Bilingual Education in New York City \n\n\n\nNichole Garcia | Making Life Beyond the Ledger: Puerto Rican Migration and Archival Silence in Utah’s Bingham Canyon \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here :\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:45 PM | Panel 2: Archipelagic Solidarities — Revolutionary\, Caribbean\, and Transpacific Relations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCentering solidarity as method and practice\, this panel maps Puerto Rican political and cultural relations across Greater Mexico\, the U.S. Virgin Islands\, Vieques\, Palestine\, and South Korea. Presenters explore revolutionary networks\, anti-militarism struggles\, and inter-island friendships to illuminate archipelagic thinking beyond colonial borders. By foregrounding memory work and activist praxis\, the panel considers how Boricua relationality generates shared political imaginaries across geographies. \n\n\n\nPanelists Include:\n\n\n\nEssah Díaz | Moderator  \n\n\n\nMichael Staudenmaier | Puerto Rican Revolutionaries in Greater Mexico\, 1978-1988 \n\n\n\nKiana Gonzalez-Cedeño | Islander Friendships: US Virgin Island/Puerto Rico Friendship Day and Lessons on Caribbean Relation \n\n\n\nSara Awartani | Archiving Solidarity: A Memoir of Methods and Praxis \n\n\n\nYeongju Lee | Narrating Vieques Anti-Militarism Activism from a Transpacific Perspective \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here :\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30 PM | Panel 3: Cultural Afterlives — Literature\, Comics\, and Global Solidarity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom early women’s fiction to contemporary music and comics\, this panel explores how Boricua cultural production theorizes relation across time and territory. Presenters revisit neglected literary texts\, examine global solidarities articulated in popular music\, and trace graphic storytelling as diasporic worldmaking. Together\, these works show how art not only reflects social conditions but actively constructs relational futures rooted in feminist\, anti-colonial\, and transnational struggle. \n\n\n\nPanelist include: \n\n\n\nJillian Baez | Moderator  \n\n\n\nSuuru (Ashley Torres Carrasquillo) | Afro Saberes: Co-constructing a Community-Based Archive–Archivo de Historias\, Aspiraciones\, Resistencias y Cuidados Colectivos de personas negras que viven y sueñan en Barrios\, Barriadas y Caseríos de Puerto Rico \n\n\n\nAdrianna Ríos | Forgotten Novels\, Enduring Questions: Marriage\, Violence\, and Domesticity in Early Puerto Rican Women’s Fiction \n\n\n\nAlex Sastre-Rivera | Rooted and Relational: Global Solidarity against Settler Colonialism in “Lo Que le Pasó a Hawaiii” by Bad Bunny and “Mundi” by Chuwi  \n\n\n\nAndres Olan-Vazquez |Trazando Líneas: The Making of ¡Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here :\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:00 PM | Rooted Histories and Shared Futures Keynote: A Conversation with Dr. Yomaira Figueroa Vasquez\, Iris Morales\, and Sharayna Christmas \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis keynote conversation brings together an intergenerational reflection on relationality across activism\, scholarship\, and community praxis. Grounded in memory\, and community care\, this dialogue explores how Puerto Rican histories of struggle\, migration\, and cultural production are deeply entangled with Black\, Latinx\, and global liberation movements. Across generations\, the speakers will reflect on their work building solidarities\, navigating conflicts\, and sustaining communities within and beyond institutional spaces. Together\, they will consider how relational praxis can inform both intellectual and collective action. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: People smiling and wearing leis\, Blase Camacho Souza Papers\, CENTRO Archives\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational Initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/rooted-relational-boricuas-in-relation/
LOCATION:CENTRO en El Barrio\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10065
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Last Request
DESCRIPTION:Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s. \n\n\n\nWritten approximately two years before his death in 2004\, the play is a rare theatrical work by the Poet Laureate of the 1960s Puerto Rican revolutionary organization\, the Young Lords. Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s by a young couple\, an old couple\, and a blind couple. Their reactions to his possessions trigger escalating chaos and revelations about their personal lives\, becoming an exploration of morality\, greed\, dignity\, and survival in mid-century urban life. \n\n\n\nKnown for elevating street language\, working-class experience\, and collective memory in his poetry\, Pedro Pietri was a foundational figure in the Nuyorican poetry movement. Presented at Teatro LATEA\, a location that sustained experimental bilingual performance throughout the 1980s and 1990s\, the production locates Pietri’s rarely staged theatrical work within the same cultural context that originally shaped his artistic voice. The play is directed by Juan Valenzuela\, a México-born director\, playwright\, actor\, short story writer\, and performer who has been active in the downtown New York scene since the 1970s. He has directed several plays by Pedro Pietri and has served as space manager at the Yippie Museum. His plays include “Love\, Ambition & Destiny.” \n\n\n\nThis play will be presented alongside an exhibition by artist Miguel Trelles\, curated by Alejandro Torres\, titled Nuyorican Splendor II. This exhibition brings together portraits and “garabatos” inspired by Trelles’ encounters with iconic Nuyorican writers. \n\n\n\nThis production and exhibit promises to immerse viewers and attendees in the energy of the Nuyorican movement through the works of Pedro Pietri and the many people he inspired. The show runs from April 9th to 26th.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/partner-event-last-request/2026-04-26/
LOCATION:The Clemente Center
CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Theater
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Last Request
DESCRIPTION:Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s. \n\n\n\nWritten approximately two years before his death in 2004\, the play is a rare theatrical work by the Poet Laureate of the 1960s Puerto Rican revolutionary organization\, the Young Lords. Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s by a young couple\, an old couple\, and a blind couple. Their reactions to his possessions trigger escalating chaos and revelations about their personal lives\, becoming an exploration of morality\, greed\, dignity\, and survival in mid-century urban life. \n\n\n\nKnown for elevating street language\, working-class experience\, and collective memory in his poetry\, Pedro Pietri was a foundational figure in the Nuyorican poetry movement. Presented at Teatro LATEA\, a location that sustained experimental bilingual performance throughout the 1980s and 1990s\, the production locates Pietri’s rarely staged theatrical work within the same cultural context that originally shaped his artistic voice. The play is directed by Juan Valenzuela\, a México-born director\, playwright\, actor\, short story writer\, and performer who has been active in the downtown New York scene since the 1970s. He has directed several plays by Pedro Pietri and has served as space manager at the Yippie Museum. His plays include “Love\, Ambition & Destiny.” \n\n\n\nThis play will be presented alongside an exhibition by artist Miguel Trelles\, curated by Alejandro Torres\, titled Nuyorican Splendor II. This exhibition brings together portraits and “garabatos” inspired by Trelles’ encounters with iconic Nuyorican writers. \n\n\n\nThis production and exhibit promises to immerse viewers and attendees in the energy of the Nuyorican movement through the works of Pedro Pietri and the many people he inspired. The show runs from April 9th to 26th.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/partner-event-last-request/2026-04-25/
LOCATION:The Clemente Center
CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Theater
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T210000
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Last Request
DESCRIPTION:Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s. \n\n\n\nWritten approximately two years before his death in 2004\, the play is a rare theatrical work by the Poet Laureate of the 1960s Puerto Rican revolutionary organization\, the Young Lords. Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s by a young couple\, an old couple\, and a blind couple. Their reactions to his possessions trigger escalating chaos and revelations about their personal lives\, becoming an exploration of morality\, greed\, dignity\, and survival in mid-century urban life. \n\n\n\nKnown for elevating street language\, working-class experience\, and collective memory in his poetry\, Pedro Pietri was a foundational figure in the Nuyorican poetry movement. Presented at Teatro LATEA\, a location that sustained experimental bilingual performance throughout the 1980s and 1990s\, the production locates Pietri’s rarely staged theatrical work within the same cultural context that originally shaped his artistic voice. The play is directed by Juan Valenzuela\, a México-born director\, playwright\, actor\, short story writer\, and performer who has been active in the downtown New York scene since the 1970s. He has directed several plays by Pedro Pietri and has served as space manager at the Yippie Museum. His plays include “Love\, Ambition & Destiny.” \n\n\n\nThis play will be presented alongside an exhibition by artist Miguel Trelles\, curated by Alejandro Torres\, titled Nuyorican Splendor II. This exhibition brings together portraits and “garabatos” inspired by Trelles’ encounters with iconic Nuyorican writers. \n\n\n\nThis production and exhibit promises to immerse viewers and attendees in the energy of the Nuyorican movement through the works of Pedro Pietri and the many people he inspired. The show runs from April 9th to 26th.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/partner-event-last-request/2026-04-24/
LOCATION:The Clemente Center
CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Theater
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: Last Request
DESCRIPTION:Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s. \n\n\n\nWritten approximately two years before his death in 2004\, the play is a rare theatrical work by the Poet Laureate of the 1960s Puerto Rican revolutionary organization\, the Young Lords. Last Request presents the story of a corpse discovered in the lobby of a pre-war Bronx apartment building in the 1950s by a young couple\, an old couple\, and a blind couple. Their reactions to his possessions trigger escalating chaos and revelations about their personal lives\, becoming an exploration of morality\, greed\, dignity\, and survival in mid-century urban life. \n\n\n\nKnown for elevating street language\, working-class experience\, and collective memory in his poetry\, Pedro Pietri was a foundational figure in the Nuyorican poetry movement. Presented at Teatro LATEA\, a location that sustained experimental bilingual performance throughout the 1980s and 1990s\, the production locates Pietri’s rarely staged theatrical work within the same cultural context that originally shaped his artistic voice. The play is directed by Juan Valenzuela\, a México-born director\, playwright\, actor\, short story writer\, and performer who has been active in the downtown New York scene since the 1970s. He has directed several plays by Pedro Pietri and has served as space manager at the Yippie Museum. His plays include “Love\, Ambition & Destiny.” \n\n\n\nThis play will be presented alongside an exhibition by artist Miguel Trelles\, curated by Alejandro Torres\, titled Nuyorican Splendor II. This exhibition brings together portraits and “garabatos” inspired by Trelles’ encounters with iconic Nuyorican writers. \n\n\n\nThis production and exhibit promises to immerse viewers and attendees in the energy of the Nuyorican movement through the works of Pedro Pietri and the many people he inspired. The show runs from April 9th to 26th.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/partner-event-last-request/2026-04-23/
LOCATION:The Clemente Center
CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Theater
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SUMMARY:Cafecito con... Víctor Fragoso: ser islas
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for the official launch of the latest book released in the Diasporican Library collection of the CENTRO Press\, ser islas/being islands by Victor Fragoso and translated by Paul Orbuch! \n\n\n\nVictor Fragoso (1944-1982)\, a Puerto Rican writer\, made his mark in poetry\, playwriting\, and essays. His work traversed disciplines and boundaries\, leaving an indelible impact on the Puerto Rican and queer communities in New York and beyond. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published in 1976\, this latest edition of ser islas/being islands delicately interwines images from Fragoso’s personal archival collections\, elegantly capturing the nostalgic and intimate nature of his work with new essays by Archivist Herbert Duran and Gustavo Quintero Vera. “In Fragoso\, the intimate and the political do not clash; there is a poiesis of encounter\, a queer gaze upon the always-queer experience of being human” (Ángel Antonio Ruiz Laboy). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Here!
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cafecito-con-victor-fragoso-ser-islas/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81492982178
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: "Julia VIVE" ("Julia LIVES") - Documentary/Drama feature film from Puerto Rico
DESCRIPTION:“Julia VIVE” (“Julia LIVES”- in English) is an award winning feature-length dramatic documentary selected for the 2026 Latino Film Market’s opening-night program in NYC.\n\nOur film harmonizes the narrative lyricism of fiction with the educational character of the documentary genre\, in a joyous artistic convergence that honors the life\, work & legacy of the iconic Puerto Rican poet & patriot JULIA DE BURGOS. \n\nOur film’s documentary thread is fueled by elements of Julia’s brief & intense life\, validated by well-documented interviews with highly-regarded international academic & cultural experts on her legacy\, supported by abundant photos & footage from Puerto Rico\, Cuba & NY in the 1930s to 1950s. \n\nThey are enriched by well-crafted drama scenes that portray Julia’s intense spirit\, sensibility\, passions and the splendor of her poetic work\, featuring a talented cast\, meticulous period styling & production values that proudly honor her legacy. We are very honored and grateful by the enthusiastic support of Julia de Burgos’ family to our film!
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/julia-vive-julia-lives-documentary-drama-feature-film-from-puerto-rico/
LOCATION:The Silberman School of Social Work Auditorium\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10065
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Arlene Torres: Honoring a Legacy of Education
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Dr. Arlene Torres\, retiring associate professor in Africana\, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (AFPRL) at Hunter College. Dr. Torres has had a rich career and leaves behind a lasting legacy. \n\n\n\nBefore her time in the AFPRL department at Hunter College\, she served as University Dean of Recruitment and Diversity and the Director of the Chancellor’s Latino Faculty Initiative in Academic Affairs in the CUNY Central Administration. Dr. Torres is a cultural anthropologist with expertise in Caribbean\, Latina/Latino and Latin American Studies. Early on her scholarly work on the Americas and the Caribbean archipelago prompted her to study the impact of social inequality structurally and relationally over the long durée of history. Her groundbreaking edited volume\, Blackness in Latin America and the Caribbean (with Norman E. Whitten\, Jr.)\, is widely regarded in Latin American and Latinx Studies. Dr. Torres has mentored dozens of undergraduate and graduate students\, in addition to junior and midcareer faculty\, throughout the country. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP to join us in-person here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP to join us virtually here:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Photograph of Arlene Torres\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the generous support of the New York City Council.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/celebrating-arlene-torres-honoring-a-legacy-of-learning/
LOCATION:Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter  College\, 47-49 E 65th St\, New York\, New York\, 10065\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T130000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260121T152620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T181213Z
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SUMMARY:Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Mi Puerto Rico & Cerro Maravilla
DESCRIPTION:Join CENTRO Rooted + Relational Archives Fellow\, Gianna Brassil\, as they explore the connections between the Raquel Ortiz Mi Puerto Rico Film Collection and the Cerro Maravilla Hearings VHS Video Recordings Collection. Brassil seeks to understand how each collection contributes to distinct yet important facets of Puerto Rican history\, especially in relation to US imperialism and the struggle for Puerto Rican self-determination. Come learn more about the richness of the CENTRO Archives and what archivists do behind the scene. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Helicoptero sobre campamento\, Vieques\, the Raquel Ortiz Mi Puerto Rico Film Collection.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/library-archives-lunch-hour-mi-puerto-rico-cerro-maravilla/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89912245489
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T193000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260323T224120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T224131Z
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SUMMARY:Printing Nueva York
DESCRIPTION:Historias is excited to partner with MCNY to present a conversation on Printing Nueva York with author Kelley Krietz. Krietiz’s groundbreaking study maps the vibrant world of nineteenth-century Spanish-language print culture in New York\, tracing networks of Cuban émigrés\, political exiles\, and Puerto Rican intellectuals who used newspapers\, pamphlets\, and literary journals to shape public discourse and assert self-representation.\n\nUsing Printing Nueva York as a historical anchor\, the conversation will reflect on the longer continuities of Latinx knowledge circulation in New York—from nineteenth-century print networks to contemporary digital humanities projects such as Nueva York Chronicles. Kelly will be joined by Alana Casanova-Burgess\, host and producer of WNYC’s NPR podcast La Brega. \n\nThis conversation is moderated by Monxo López\, MCNY’s Curator of Community Histories with an opening performance by Urayoán Noel\, a writer\, translator\, and performer based in the Bronx who also is an Associate Professor of English\, Spanish and Portuguese at New York University.\n\n\nTickets are limited.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/printing-nueva-york/
LOCATION:Museum of the City of New York\, 1220 5th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10029\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Museum of the City of New York":MAILTO:info@mcny.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T193000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260120T192429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T205137Z
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SUMMARY:Diasporic Puerto Rican Communities in Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Tune in as we explore the Fall 2025 CENTRO Journal on Puerto Rican migration. Recent decades have witnessed economic\, political\, ecological\, and socio-demographic changes that have engulfed Puerto Rico\, with out-migration being a common response to such transformations. While the Puerto Rican diaspora was once concentrated in New York City and Chicago\, Puerto Ricans from the States and the archipelago continue to migrate to non-traditional destinations across the country\, with the current majority residing in Florida. In the last decade\, states like Georgia\, Ohio\, and North Carolina have experienced significant growth in their Puerto Rican population. \n\n\n\nCascading events in the past two decades such as the expiration of Section 936 tax breaks\, a prolonged economic recession\, Puerto Rico’s unaudited debt and the subsequent imposition of the Puerto Rican Fiscal Oversight and Management Control Board (la Junta)\, Hurricanes Irma and Maria\, the earthquakes of 2019–2020\, and the COVID-19 pandemic\, all have contributed to migration. Exploitative labor recruitment of Puerto Ricans from the archipelago by stateside companies continues to draw people away. Concurrently\, the Puerto Rican diaspora has grown\, and Puerto Rican communities have diversified\, though less is known about how Puerto Rican families and communities in the diaspora have become heterogenous through patterns of exogamy\, cultural identities\, regionalism\, social mobility\, and other factors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Cándida González\, Caldero Familiar\, 2024. Photo credit: Rik Sferra. Mixed media installation of found and altered objects with printed digital collage.\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/diasporic-puerto-rican-communities-in-transformation/
LOCATION:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T170000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260320T140925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T141015Z
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SUMMARY:ESTA ISLA by Cristian Carretero & Lorraine Jones Molina
DESCRIPTION:First-ever Puerto Rican film to win a Spirit Award\, ESTA ISLA\, Opens March 20th in theaters in NYC at Village East by Angelika \nWinner of Best Director\, Best Cinematography\, and the Jury Award at the 2025 Tribeca Festival!  \nFilmmaker Q&As with Directors Cristian Carretero & Lorraine Jones: Friday\, Mar. 20 @ 7:20pm; Saturday\, Mar. 21 @ 7:20pm \nA deeply personal and moving portrait of the Puerto Rican experience\, sharply exploring the complexities of identity\, resilience\, and colonial legacy. Featuring strong performances and striking cinematography\, the debut feature by Lorraine Jones and Cristian Carretero is a powerful exploration of a troubled youth searching for a better future amid a precarious present.   \nBebo\, a teenager from a coastal Puerto Rican town\, lives with his brother in a public housing complex. They fish for a living\, but growing desperation drives them to illegal dealings that promise easy money. When a job goes wrong and blood is spilled\, Bebo flees with Lola\, a wealthy girl seeking to escape her troubled reality. As they navigate the labyrinthine mountains\, they encounter remnants of a fading way of life\, contrasting with the violence that follows them. As hitmen close in\, Bebo must confront his choices and decide if redemption is possible\, or if the sea will be their final escape.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/esta-isla-by-cristian-carretero-lorraine-jones-molina/2026-03-20/2/
LOCATION:Village East by Angelika\, 181-189 2nd Ave\,\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260327T235959
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260320T140925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T141015Z
UID:10002331-1773964800-1774655999@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:ESTA ISLA by Cristian Carretero & Lorraine Jones Molina
DESCRIPTION:First-ever Puerto Rican film to win a Spirit Award\, ESTA ISLA\, Opens March 20th in theaters in NYC at Village East by Angelika \nWinner of Best Director\, Best Cinematography\, and the Jury Award at the 2025 Tribeca Festival!  \nFilmmaker Q&As with Directors Cristian Carretero & Lorraine Jones: Friday\, Mar. 20 @ 7:20pm; Saturday\, Mar. 21 @ 7:20pm \nA deeply personal and moving portrait of the Puerto Rican experience\, sharply exploring the complexities of identity\, resilience\, and colonial legacy. Featuring strong performances and striking cinematography\, the debut feature by Lorraine Jones and Cristian Carretero is a powerful exploration of a troubled youth searching for a better future amid a precarious present.   \nBebo\, a teenager from a coastal Puerto Rican town\, lives with his brother in a public housing complex. They fish for a living\, but growing desperation drives them to illegal dealings that promise easy money. When a job goes wrong and blood is spilled\, Bebo flees with Lola\, a wealthy girl seeking to escape her troubled reality. As they navigate the labyrinthine mountains\, they encounter remnants of a fading way of life\, contrasting with the violence that follows them. As hitmen close in\, Bebo must confront his choices and decide if redemption is possible\, or if the sea will be their final escape.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/esta-isla-by-cristian-carretero-lorraine-jones-molina/2026-03-20/1/
LOCATION:Village East by Angelika\, 181-189 2nd Ave\,\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T193000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260121T131117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T175759Z
UID:10002326-1773165600-1773171000@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Shifting Social Work to Social Justice: Feminism\, Care Work\, and Puerto Rican Women's Community Building
DESCRIPTION:Pivotal Puerto Rican feminist figures like Julia de Burgos\, Yolanda Sanchez\, Antonia Pantoja\, and countless others have laid the groundwork for community-centered activism. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss our upcoming panel with authors Vanessa Pérez-Rosario and Emma Amador as we work to understand and contextualize the stories of women like Burgos\, Sanchez\, and Pantoja and how they overlap in the struggles of national liberation in a patriarchal society. \n\n\n\nPérez-Rosario and Amador’s recent publications\, I Am My Own Path: Selected Writings of Julia de Burgos and The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice help us understand the root of these women’s work and how it’s grounded in a commitment to addressing the high stakes class struggles of women\, migrants\, and people of color. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Social workers / Unas Trabajadoras Sociales | Offices of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States (OGPRUS)\, CENTRO Archives\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/shifting-social-work-to-social-justice-feminism-care-work-and-puerto-rican-womens-community-building/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86210812363
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T200000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260120T191128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T135048Z
UID:10002322-1772733600-1772740800@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Join CENTRO and El Museo del Barrio for the exciting book launch of P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance! Through a series of original interviews that include artists like De La Ghetto\, iLe\, Jowell & Randy\, Tainy\, MAG\, and others\, this book traces Bad Bunny’s career from his early days on SoundCloud to the release of DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS in January 2025. This book\, authored by professors Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera Rideau and published through Duke University Press\, utilizes Bad Bunny’s body of work and subsequent explosion as a global superstar to provide a deeper analysis of the past thirty years in Puerto Rican politics and history. \n\n\n\nJoin authors Díaz and Rivera-Rideau (creators of the “Bad Bunny Syllabus”) as they explore Bad Bunny’s place in a long tradition of infusing both joy and protest into music and honor the many evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissed this event? Catch the recording here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Cover Design by Matt Tauch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative\, and the generous support of the New York City Council.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/p-fkn-r-how-bad-bunny-became-the-global-voice-of-puerto-rican-resistance/
LOCATION:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260226T193000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260121T143553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T150248Z
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SUMMARY:Cafecito con... Alison Rand - Sentido: On Sensemaking\, Culture\, and the Practice of Becoming
DESCRIPTION:Sentido is a word layered with meaning. Sense\, feeling\, awareness\, direction. It’s also a way of moving through the world. Join author Alison Rand for a conversation exploring how sentido shapes how we make sense of who we are\, where we come from\, and the systems we’re part of. \n\n\n\nDrawing from her forthcoming book with MIT Press\, Sentido: On Sensemaking\, Culture\, and the Practice of Becoming\, Rand shares how growing up Puerto Rican\, Jewish\, and New York–raised taught her to see complexity not as something to solve but to understand. Together\, we’ll reflect on how identity\, culture\, and care can guide how we lead\, create\, and connect — especially in times of uncertainty and change. \n\n\n\nAt its heart\, this talk is about what it means to stay human inside the systems that shape us\, and how sentido\, in all its forms\, can help us find our way back to purpose and each other. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissed this event? Catch the recording here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Photograph by Joe Navas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cafecito-con-alison-rand-sentido-on-sensemaking-culture-and-the-practice-of-becoming/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81919781873
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260120T173536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T141909Z
UID:10002321-1770919200-1770922800@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Cafecito con… Jose Cruz: Con la música a otra parte
DESCRIPTION:Puerto Rican music has made many headlines over the last few years due to its global cultural impact. However\, the influence and development of Puerto Rico’s musical genres\, rhythms\, and songs have roots that have evolved over and across generations. Don’t miss this Cafecito con…Professor José Cruz and moderator Elena Martinez as they discuss Cruz’s latest book\, Con la música a otra parte. \n\n\n\nThis book weaves fiction and reality to tell the stories that may have inspired some of the most emblematic songs in the Puerto Rican popular repertoire\, inviting us to scrutinize the soundtrack of a bygone era and to reflect on the familiarity that the songs evoke in us. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMiss the event? Catch the recording here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Photograph of Jose Cruz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible thanks to the Mellon funded Rooted + Relational initiative.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cafecito-con-jose-cruz-con-la-musica-a-otra-parte/
LOCATION:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260109T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20260109T175645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260109T175657Z
UID:10002324-1767952800-1768582800@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Rebirth III
DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of cultural paintings made by Nelson Host Santiago\, Nuyorican artist. Deeply rooted in my heritage. Spreading the love of my people through my artwork.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/rebirth-iii/
LOCATION:New York
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251203T180000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20251125T174522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T175015Z
UID:10002320-1764777600-1764784800@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Proyección West Side Story
DESCRIPTION:On December 3 at 4:00pm at the Seminario de Historia del Arte in the Faculty of the Humanities\, join us for a screening of West Side Story (1961)\, a film based on a musical of the same name released in 1957\, precisely at the time when the relocation of the Puerto Rican neighborhoods of Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill was being discussed. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nImage Credit: Scene from West Side Story (1961) – publicity still (cropped)\, with Rita Moreno and Jets
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/proyeccion-west-side-story/
LOCATION:UPR Rio Piedras  Seminario de Historia del Arte  Facultad de Humanidades
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T130000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20250903T030448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T205247Z
UID:10002312-1764676800-1764680400@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Library and Archives Lunch Hour: New Books in Puerto Rican Studies
DESCRIPTION:Looking to expand your reading list? Join CENTRO for a virtual Library & Archives Lunch Hour on December 2nd 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 lunch hour! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissed this event? Catch the recording here! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: CENTRO Stacks
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/library-and-archives-lunch-hour-new-books-in-puerto-rican-studies/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89637709250
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T193000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20250903T025930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T205159Z
UID:10002311-1764093600-1764099000@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:Place-Keepers: Boricua Community Led Muralism
DESCRIPTION:Moderated by Jessica Lopez Lyman\, this panel features muralists Olivia Levins Holden and Colectivo Moriviví\, and highlights how artivism—a combination of art and activism\, solidarity movements\, and mural traditions rooted in Chicanx feminism—is essential to how they work in community. Co-sponsored by the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota. This event is part of the related programming for the exhibition\, Vaivén: 21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora\, on view from September 9 – December 6\, 2025 at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery\, Minneapolis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissed this event? Catch the recording here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage caption \n\n\n\nLeft: Colectivo Moriviví\, 1ro de mayo de 2018(May Day 2018) (detail)\, 2018. Latex and acrylic on wood panel\, 8 × 40 ft. (2.4 × 12.1 m). Commissioned by Borinken ¡Me Llama! Public Art Festival and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, Chicago. Located at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4046 W Armitage Ave\, Chicago\, Illinois. Image Credit: Raysa Raquel Rodríguez García. Courtesy of Colectivo Moriviví. \n\n\n\nRight: Olivia Levins Holden in collaboration with James Autio\, Samie Johnson\, Magdalena Kaluza\, Katrina Knutson\, Camila Leiva\, Chaka Mkali\, Juliette Myers\, Nell Pierce\, Crystal Price\, Simone Rendon\, Claudia Valentino\, Mattie Weiss\, and Missy Whiteman\, Defend\, Grow\, Nurture Phillips (detail)\, 2019. Acrylic on Polytab and stucco\, 36 × 100 ft. (10.9 × 30.4 m.) (approx.). Located at 1035 East Franklin Avenue\, Minneapolis\, Minnesota. A project of Hope Community’s Power of Vision Mural Project with Project for Pride in Living and Minneapolis Institute of Art. Image Credit: Minneapolis Institute of Art. Courtesy of Olivia Levins Holden.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/place-keepers-boricua-community-led-muralism/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87012229929
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20250903T025321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251216T205149Z
UID:10002310-1763661600-1763670600@centropr.hunter.cuny.edu
SUMMARY:CUNY\, Boricuas\, and Bilingual Education
DESCRIPTION:Did you know Bilingual Education in New York has direct ties to the struggle\, leadership\, and advocacy of the Puerto Rican community? From Sonia Nieto\, Diana Caballero\, Alice Cardona\, Evelina Antonetty and more\, the fight for equity and accessibility in bilingual education lives on today! Skip class 😉 and RSVP today to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Urban Education PhD Program at the CUNY Graduate Center! We will host a panel moderated by Ofelia Garcia with Sonia Nieto\, Pedro Pedraza\, Carmen Mercado\, and Madeline Perez DeJesus as they reflect on their contributions\, collaborations\, leadership and scholarship\, and discuss the role that CUNY and CENTRO had on the development of bilingual education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissed this event? Catch the recording here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Offices of the Government of Puerto Rico in the United States (OGPRUS) Records. Children at Intermediate School 201.Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives\, Hunter College\, CUNY.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cuny-boricuas-and-bilingual-education/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89530116366?pwd=3bfPlXN8FjiIrrMX61ic3NbbbZLpu8.1
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T160000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
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SUMMARY:Documentary Film Premiere — STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the New York premiere of STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon\, a new feature documentary that celebrates Sonia Manzano—known to millions as “Maria” from Sesame Street—who made history as the first Latina on American television in a regular role. Through candid interviews\, archival footage\, and animation\, STREET SMART explores Sonia’s groundbreaking journey from the South Bronx to television history\, highlighting her lasting impact across generations. Presented as part of the DOC NYC Film Festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Ernie Bustamante and film protagonist Sonia Manzano.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/documentary-film-premiere-street-smart-lessons-from-a-tv-icon/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T160000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20251103T180847Z
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SUMMARY:Diasporican Arts in Motion Docuseries Screening
DESCRIPTION:The CENTRO Diasporican Arts in Motion Docuseries is being screened at Regal Battery Park as part of this years International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival! The DAM Docuseries presents in-depth testimonies from 10 Puerto Rican artists living and working in the NYC area\, documenting their diasporic experiences while exploring how cultural memory\, identity\, and resilience are preserved\, challenged\, and reimagined through their art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet your ticket here!
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/diasporican-arts-in-motion-docuseries-screening/
LOCATION:Regal Battery Park\, 102 N End Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10282\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival":MAILTO:partnerships@iprhff.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20251021T133603Z
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SUMMARY:Cafecito con Actors and Directors: Puerto Ricans in Television and Film
DESCRIPTION:CENTRO and the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (IPRHFF) present a conversation with talented Puerto Rican actors and directors who will share their experiences\, challenges\, and insights into the future of Puerto Rican representation in film and television. \n\n\n\nJoin us as we bring together some of the most talented Puerto Rican actors and directors to share their experiences\, challenges\, and insights into the future of Puerto Rican representation in film and television. This annual event offers students\, faculty\, and community members a unique opportunity to hear directly from industry leaders about their creative journeys and the power of storytelling in shaping cultural identity. \n\n\n\nWe are honored to welcome three distinguished guests: \n\n\n\nWilson Cruz\, Actor of Afro-Puerto Rican ancestry\, best known for his roles as Dr. Hugh Culver on Star Trek: Discovery\, Junito on Noah’s Arc\, and Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life. Cruz is also a longtime LGBTQ+ activist and currently serves as Chair of GLSEN (Gay\, Lesbian & Straight Education Network). \n\n\n\nSonia Manzano\, author\, creator\, and executive producer of Alma’s Way on PBS\, and beloved actress known for portraying Maria on Sesame Street throughout her groundbreaking career. \n\n\n\nKristian Mercado\, film and music video director whose work includes collaborations with Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish. His feature film\, If You Were the Last\, is currently streaming on Peacock. \n\n\n\nCome be part of this inspiring conversation celebrating Puerto Rican artistry\, creativity\, and resilience in the entertainment industry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissed this event? Catch the recording here!
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/cafecito-con-actors-and-directors-puerto-ricans-in-television-and-film/
LOCATION:CENTRO en El Barrio\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10065
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T130000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
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SUMMARY:Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Kathy Andrade - Threads of Resistance
DESCRIPTION:The struggle of labor and workers’ rights is directly intertwined with the struggle of undocumented laborers – Kathy Andrade knew this and made an everlasting impact on the lives of all laborers in NYC. Grab your lunch and join CENTRO archivists Herbert Duran & Grace McKenna virtually for a Library & Archives Lunch Hour as they explore the Kathy Andrade papers housed at CENTRO! Kathy Andrade was a Salvadoran-American unionist\, member of the Hispanic Labor Committee and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement\, who fought for both immigrant and women’s right to work and be educated\, building up to her role as the Director for the Department of Education for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) New York chapter\, Local 23-25. With them\, she worked and fought alongside Puerto Rican women for immigrant workers rights\, becoming a leading advocate for all undocumented workers in New York. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMissed this event? Catch the recording here!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Kathy Andrade Papers\, Amnesty for Undocumented Workers Protest in Washington D.C.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/library-archives-lunch-hour-kathy-andrade-threads-of-resistance/
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88447394596
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T203000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20250903T022834Z
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SUMMARY:CENTRO x Nuyorican Poets Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Join CENTRO and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for another exciting night of poetry! Come listen to (and recite!) some poetry and connect with your favorite poets in the heart of El Barrio. Across cities\, islands\, and generations\, Boricuas remain connected – by memory\, by struggle\, by love. This open mic invites poets and performers to journey through CENTRO’s digital archive and reflect on the relationships that shape us: to place\, to each other\, to freedom. \n\n\n\nYou’ll have an opportunity to recite their poetry\, meet new poets\, enjoy some delicious fritura\, and celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage Credit: Miguel Algarín Papers. Performers at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives\, Hunter College\, CUNY.
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/centro-x-nuyorican-poets-cafe/
LOCATION:New York
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251025T180000
DTSTAMP:20260511T020424
CREATED:20250925T174712Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Blanca Vázquez Erazo
DESCRIPTION:A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Blanca Vázquez Erazo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us in celebrating the life of Blanca Vázquez: mentor\, educator\, activist\, advocate\, journalist\, and creative spirit!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlanca Vázquez’s life (December 1947-July 2025) was defined by an unyielding commitment to justice and solidarity. She carried that same fierce energy standing against U.S. Navy bombings in Vieques\, demanding independence for Puerto Rico\, and calling out police violence\, and organizing tenants against predatory developers who would have ousted over 503 minority tenants in the UWS. She was a co-founder of the Latin Women’s Collective\, a member of the CLP and most recently Harlem Palestine Peace Walk for Justice & Liberation. This unwavering commitment to social justice extended to the creation of the Centro’s Journal which she helmed for over 15 years; her work in the classroom at Hunter College\, where she mentored and taught students to critically examine social issues through the lens of race\, class\, and gender. Her passion for justice propelled her to the leadership of CUNY PSC where she fought for part time adjunct professors. Even in her final days\, she urged those around her to “stay vigilant in the struggle to end the genocide in Palestine.” Blanca Vázquez Vive – La Lucha Sigue!La vida de Blanca Vázquez (diciembre de 1947–julio de 2025) estuvo marcada por un compromiso inquebrantable con la justicia y la solidaridad. Llevó consigo esa misma energía combativa exigiendo la independencia de Puerto Rico\, protestando contra la guerra de Vietnam\, denunciando la violencia policial contra las minorías y organizando a los inquilinos contra los landlords depredadores. Fue cofundadora del Latin Women’s Collective\, miembro del CLP y\, más recientemente\, del Harlem Palestine Peace Walk for Justice & Liberation. En las aulas del John Jay y de Hunter College\, orientó y enseñó a los estudiantes a examinar críticamente los problemas sociales a través de las lentes de raza\, clase y género. Fue pionera en la creación del Journal of Puerto Rican Studies del Centro\, el cual dirigió durante más de 15 años. Su militancia la llevó al liderazgo de CUNY PSC\, donde luchó por un salario justo y beneficios para los profesores adjuntos. Incluso en sus últimos días\, exhortó a quienes la rodeaban a “mantenerse vigilantes en la lucha por poner fin al genocidio en Palestina.”Amada y respetada por su familia y por incontables amistades y compañeros en Puerto Rico y la diáspora\, Blanca Vázquez Vive – ¡La Lucha Sigue! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us In-Person!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us Virtually!
URL:https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/blanca-vasquez-memorial-service/
LOCATION:CENTRO en El Barrio\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10065
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