(Partner Event) Latin American and Chinese Musical Landscapes

Bloomingdale School of Music 323 West 108th Street, New York, NY, United States

Join Puerto Rican guitarist Dr. José Maldonado and Chinese pianist Dr. Weiwei Zhai for an evening of music from China and Latin America. The program will feature traditional Chinese folk songs, Latin American boleros, and twentieth-century and contemporary works by composers from Mexico, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico. When: Friday, May 2nd at 7:00 PM … Continued

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(Partner Event) Performing the Bronx with Charles Rice-González & Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel / Queer presence in the Bronx

BAAD 2472 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, New York

Presented as part of Historias with The Clemente and as part of Performing the Bronx To join this free experience and to received specific directions as to where to meet, contact Nicolás at indioclaro@hotmail.com or click HERE Sunday, May 4, 12 Noon, 2025 Meet at BAAD! 2474 Westchester Avenue Charles Rice-González and Nicolás convene with … Continued

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Cafecito con… Glorimar Garcia: En tus manos/ En mi nombre

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

The tradition of lacemaking in Puerto Rico spans many generations. Brought to the island by Spanish settlers, the Puerto Rican bobbin lacemaking tradition, called mundillo (which translates to "little world") became an important economic activity for women across the archipelago. Artist Glorimar Garcia, whose work is featured in Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survial … Continued

Free

Afterlives of San Juan Hill: Lincoln Square/ San Juan Hill Exhibition Opening

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

In 1958, an emerging Puerto Rican community was displaced from the Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill neighborhoods to make way for the construction of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Utilizing never before seen archival documents made available to CENTRO by the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts and other archival materials, this exhibit … Continued

Free

(Partner Event) Esto No Tiene Nombre, one-woman show, by poet Denice Frohman

Teatro Latea 107 Suffolk Street, New York, New York, United States

The Clemente is proud to present Esto No Tiene Nombre, a one-woman show written and performed by acclaimed queer Nuyorican poet, Denice Frohman, for three workshop productions from May 15-17th. The play chronicles the oral histories of Latina lesbian elders told through a tapestry of vignettes exploring Latina lesbian activism, expression, and desire from pre-Stonewall … Continued

(Partner Event) Los Rivera Destino – BoriCorridor Tour 2025

Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx,, New York City, NY, United States

Bohemia, sátira y mucho ingenio, así puede describirse el estilo musical único de Los Rivera Destino, cuyo reconocimiento se ha disparado exponencialmente durante los pasados años. Carlos, Antonio y Fernando logran combinar el humor y picardía en sus letras con ritmos como el bolero y el rock, para ofrecer al público un espectáculo creativo, dinámico … Continued

$30 – $40

Diasporican Cultural Summit

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

The Diasporican Cultural Summit is designed to address the pressing need for gathering spaces that bring together diasporic cultural workers, fostering connections with the next generation of scholars, researchers, and artists. By creating a multidimensional learning environment, the DCS not only facilitates meaningful exchanges between cultural practitioners and emerging academics but also builds bridges to … Continued

Free

(Partner Event) Tove Jansson & The Responsibility of Children’s Literature

Brooklyn Public Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11238, NY, United States

Authors, illustrators and editors come together to unpack Tove Jansson's influential work and consider the field of children's literature more broadly as an invocation into citizenship. M.T. Anderson, Lauren LeBlanc, Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz and Tracy Hurren will raise important, even difficult questions on how we initiate our youngest into life in society, and what … Continued

Free

“Water Proof”: Exploring the Spring 2025 CENTRO Journal on Afro-Puerto Ricans

Virtual Event

In a moment when histories of marginalized peoples are being deliberately erased—alongside the ongoing erasure of Black Puerto Ricans—this webinar dives into a special issue of the CENTRO Journal offering a multidisciplinary approach to thinking about Black Puerto Rican pasts, presents, and futures. Join moderator Sarah Bruno, and panelists Daniel Morales-Armstrong, Milagros Denis-Rosario, and Isar … Continued

Free

CENTRO Fall 2025 Open House

UPDATE: The date for this event has been changed from the 19th to the 18th of September. Calling all students, professors, community leaders, activists, artists, and more looking to connect with their community and CENTRO! Stop by CENTRO en el Barrio on September 18th for an Open House to learn more about our upcoming renovation … Continued

Free

Cafecito con… CENTRO Summer Fellows

Join CENTRO Summer researchers Conor Reed, Alexandria Ramos, and Estelle Maisonett for a conversation on their research this summer. The research theme, Archives: Memory & the Present Past of Puerto Rico, invites researchers to engage with the word “archives” as concept, practice, and theory by bringing together some of the most important framings of historically … Continued

Free

Adrian Bermeo: No Need To Reminisce

LIV GALLERY 424 E 9th St., NY, United States

On view through Oct.4, 2025 Closing reception: Oct.4, 6—11 PM LIV GALLERY 424 E 9th St, New York, NY Mon—Sun, 11am—6pm "Rooted in his lived experiences as a native New Yorker of Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian descent, along with his formative influences in graffiti, Adrian Bermeo prompts audiences to consider a reverberating truth: intergenerational knowledge … Continued

$99

Data Hub Teach-In: Findings on San Juan Hill

Virtual Event

If you’ve watched West Side Story, enjoyed the infectious rhythms of Latin Jazz, heard of musical giants like Thelonius Monk, Nina Simone, explored the Arturo Schomburg collections, or even attended events at The Palladium Ballroom in your youth, then you—in some way, shape, or form—have been impacted by the legacy of San Juan Hill. Despite … Continued

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Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico

The Museum at FIT 300 7th Avenue, New York

Join FIT Associate Professor José Blanco F. and independent researcher Raúl J. Vázquez-López who will present their new book, Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico, in conversation with MFIT’s Senior Curator of Education Tanya Meléndez-Escalante. The book explores national identity and nation formation as well as past and current practices in Puerto Rican … Continued

Author Talk with Dr. Raquel M. Ortiz

Bronx Library Center 310 East Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, United States

Come join Dr. Raquel Ortiz for a special book talk on When Julia Danced Bomba /Cuando Julia bailaba bomba at the Bronx Library Center Auditorium on October 10th. The booktalk will be followed by a screening of the award winning Julia's Dance: A Bomba Flamenco Bedtime Tale and an interactive dance lesson. Suggested ages prekindergarten … Continued

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Cafecito con… Clara Román Odio: Spiritist Women in Puerto Rico

Virtual Event

Little is published in both the academic and lay literature about the ties between Spiritism, women, and colonialism. However, Puerto Rican women as practitioners of Spiritism, helped transform Puerto Rican society during its disruptive colonial transition from Spain to the United States.Join Rooted + Relational faculty presider, Jillian Baez, and author Dr. Clara Román Odio, … Continued

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Nuyorican Photography as Poetics: Diasporic Collage and the Loving Vision of Frank Espada

Celebrate the work and legacy of photographer Frank Espada with his son & Poet Martin Espada alongside a multi-generational cohort of acclaimed Nuyorican photographers including Máximo Colón, David Gonzalez, and Erika P. Rodriguez! Nuyorican photographers have long sought to document and preserve Puerto Rican history in the city and beyond. Their talents have gifted us … Continued

Free

Celebrating Blanca Vázquez Erazo

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

A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Blanca Vázquez Erazo Join us in celebrating the life of Blanca Vázquez: mentor, educator, activist, advocate, journalist, and creative spirit! Blanca 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 … Continued

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CENTRO x Nuyorican Poets Cafe

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 … Continued

Free

Library & Archives Lunch Hour: Kathy Andrade – Threads of Resistance

Virtual Event

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 … Continued

Free

CUNY, Boricuas, and Bilingual Education

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

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 … Continued

Free

Place-Keepers: Boricua Community Led Muralism

Virtual Event

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 … Continued

Free

Library and 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 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 … Continued

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