Amant and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) invite visitors to a walk-through, screening, and conversation on the occasion of Natalia Lassalle-Morillo exhibition En Parábola/Conversations on Tragedy. A film and theater commission that reimagines the tragedy of Antigone with a cast of Puerto Ricans based in Puerto Rico and its New … Continued
The "Titi Strikes Back-Evelina's Return" play is inspired by the life of Dr. Evelina Antonetty, a significant activist in the Puerto Rican diaspora during the 20th century. In the play, Evelina returns to Earth for her 100th birthday celebration after leading Universal Justice in Heaven for 38 Earth years. Facing charges by an illegal Celestial … Continued
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 at 4 PM ET Join CENTRO in East Harlem for La Meriendita, a story hour dedicated to children’s books! This month’s Meriendita is Window Fishing, written by DK Dyson and illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez. A heartwarming story following Rudeday, who dreams of creating art that brings people joy but instead, he … Continued
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 at 12 PM ET Join CENTRO's archivist Cristina Fontánez Rodríguez and Professor Felicia Kornbluh for a compelling exploration of the life and legacy of Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias, a pioneering advocate for women's health and reproductive justice. Drawing from CENTRO's Archives and Kornbluh's book A Woman's Life Is a Human Life, … Continued
Join us for an afternoon with the Hostos Archives to celebrate its new digital repository showcasing the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art (MoCHA) Collection. The event will launch the open-access portal Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York, an online gallery containing a dazzling array of exhibition catalogs and other primary sources at your fingertips. As … Continued
Puerto Rican Archives: Preserving Community Memory is a two-day symposium focused on the political potency of Puerto Rican archives—both on the island and in the diaspora. The symposium is a collaboration between Digitizing the Barrio (an archival project of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center), The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, and the … Continued
Mairym Cruz-Bernal, Poeta, editora, traductora, columnista y ensayista puertorriqueña (1963). Presidió el PEN-Puerto Rico (2008-2012). Dirigió desde el 1993 al 1999 el Grupo Puertas: Movimiento artístico-literario de fin de siglo. Presidió el V Encuentro Internacional de Escritoras en Puerto Rico, evento realizado en 2003 donde más de 300 escritoras firmaron un manifiesto por la paz, … Continued
Puerto Rican Archives: Preserving Community Memory is a two-day symposium focused on the political potency of Puerto Rican archives—both on the island and in the diaspora. The symposium is a collaboration between Digitizing the Barrio (an archival project of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center), The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, and the … Continued
Join us for a virtual symposium “At the edge of each other's battles”: Puerto Rican, Palestinian, Black, & Indigenous Futures which convenes scholars and writers to examine the legacies of colonialism, dispossession, and solidarity practices across a series of overlapping experiences. Using the word of Audre Lorde as a point of departure, this day of … Continued
April 12, 2024 (7pm) @ Bronx Music Heritage Center (1303 Louis Nine Blvd., Bronx, New York). Jazz Boricua presents a jazz tribute to Puerto Rican Danza. Enjoy memorable Puerto Rican songs to the rhythm of jazz, along with four formidable masters of popular music. Jazz Boricua is part of the BoriCorridor Tour 2024 program.
Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, Puerto Ricans have crafted and negotiated complex ideas about nationhood. Join Dr. Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and CENTRO Directora, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, as we explore Meléndez Badillo's latest book, Puerto Rico: A National History, that gives voice to … Continued
On September 28, 2020, the Black transfeminist collective, La Colectiva Feminista, summoned and organized the “¡Vivas nos queremos! — pa’ la tumba el patriarcado” march to end in front of La Fortaleza, the governor’s mansion, in Old San Juan, repeating their call to the Puerto Rican government to declare a State of Emergency due to … Continued