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

The 2nd Annual Lower East Side Puerto Rican Day Parade & Festival is a tribute to the Boricuas who built this neighborhood—brick by brick, beat by beat, and struggle by struggle. In the face of gentrification, which continues to erase our stories and rewrite our history, this parade stands as a bold reminder: our legacy … 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

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

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