El taller será impartido por Andreína Soto del Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective (CDSC). Los objetivos son: Apreciar la importancia e impacto de la planificación en la gestión de colecciones digitales. Aprender sobre elementos claves de la planificación estratégica en la gestión de colecciones digitales. Familiarizarse con herramientas, estándares y mejores prácticas asociadas a la planificación … Continued
Kevin Quiles Bonilla presents a new iteration of his lecture-performance "Study of Piles", using the concept of the pile as a catalyst to explore various moments, places, and people, specifically imagery from Puerto Rico's political history. The artist approaches the pile as a universal structure that transcends geographical, cultural, and political barriers, asking how we … Continued
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
This event is open to Covello Older Adult Program members only. Non-members who wish to attend must register as members. Registration is free and can be done in-person right before the workshop. Call the Leonard Covello Older Adult Center for more details at 212-423-9665 How long have you lived in El Barrio/East Harlem? If you've … Continued
El emblemático conjunto de la Nueva Trova puertorriqueña, Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, celebrará su 50 aniversario, uniéndose a la programación de BoriCorridor Tour 2025 para llevar su música al público de la diáspora que sigue cantando sus grandes éxitos. Dos de sus fundadores, Silverio Pérez y Josy Latorre, junto a Alex Croatto y una … Continued
We’re celebrating our Rooted + Relational Research initiative with a symposium aimed at contending with the material and theoretical importance of the archive in contemporary scholarship and research practices. Through a day of panels, the inaugural cohort of CENTRO research associates, hybrid-fellows, artists in residence, and dissertation fellow will engage with contestation, archival reckoning, archival … Continued
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
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
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
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
Festival Flamboyán is a one-day festival that will be a celebration of Puerto Rican arts and culture, including food, arts & crafts, music, theatre, dance, and comedy. The festival will showcase the multi-faceted aspects of the Puerto Rican experience, with a wide range of artistic disciplines, genres, and artistic expression on display. The festival is … Continued
Tú Cuentas Cine Youth Fest would like to invite you to participate in “Cortitos,” a unique national film contest that offers middle school students an opportunity to have their work showcased on HITN, the nation’s largest Hispanic cable TV station, in addition to a cash prize. Entrants will create a 1-minute film about one of … Continued