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SUMMARY:(Partner Event) Study of Piles
DESCRIPTION: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 can utilize these often-overlooked yet pervasive structures within the urban landscape as symbols to reflect the human condition. The piece will be followed by a discussion between Quiles Bonilla and George Bolster\, Curator at the Foundation. \nRSVPs are encouraged
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/partner-event-study-of-piles/
LOCATION:The 8th Floor (17 W 17th St\, New York\, NY 10011)\, 17 W 17th St\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="The 8th Floor":MAILTO:info@the8thfloor.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T200000
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SUMMARY:(Partner Event) Artist Panel: Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the release of Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art: A Critical Anthology\, The Latinx Project hosts a special artist panel on Wednesday\, April 9\, 2025 at 20 Cooper Square featuring artists Candida Alvarez\, David Antonio Cruz and Maria Dominguez with moderator Adriana Zavala. Book editors Yasmin Ramirez and Arlene Dávila will offer an introduction.
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/partner-event-artist-panel-nuyorican-and-diasporican-visual-art/
LOCATION:Latinx Project\, 20 Cooper Square\, 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250403T210000
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SUMMARY:(Partner Event) Presentacion oficial en NY Poemario "Amnericas" de Miguelangel Suarez
DESCRIPTION:This coming Thursday\, April 3rd\, will be the official presentation of the poetry collection “Amnericas\,” written by Puerto Rican leading actor Miguelangel Suarez and published by the Alejandro Tapia y Rivera Institute of Puerto Rico. The presentation will be free at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at 6:00 p.m.\, with guest artists reading some of the poems. \nPresenter: PhD Carlos Manuel Rivera Guest Artists: Erck Gonzalez\, Frank Rodriguez\, Luis Laro Rodriguez\, singer-songwriter Mario Cancel… and Belange Rodriguez and Amneris Morales. You can purchase the book that evening. \n\n“Amnericas” is like the America we love\, our America\, simple\, sweet\, plain\, and sad like a corn crop\, like a harvest of hope.-Roberto Ramos Peres\n\n\nEl poemario “Amnericas” escrito por el primer actor puertorriqueno Miguelangel Suarez publicado por El Instituto Alejandro Tapia y Rivera de Puerto Rico. La presentación será libre de costo en El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños a las 6:00 P.M. con la participación de artistas invitados que leerán algunos de los poemas\nPresentador: PhD Carlos Manuel Rivera\nArtistas Invitados: Erck Gonzalez\, Frank Rodriguez\, Luis Laro Rodriguez\, el canta-autor Mario Cancel… y Belange Rodriguez y Amneris Morales\nEsa noche podrán adquirir el libro.\n\n“Amnéricas es como la América que se ama\, la América nuestra\, sencilla\, dulce\, simple y triste como una siembra de maíz\, como una cosecha de esperanza”. Roberto Ramos Perea
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/partner-event-presentacion-oficial-en-ny-poemario-amnericas-de-miguelangel-suarez/
LOCATION:CENTRO en El Barrio\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10065
CATEGORIES:Literature & Poetry,Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Barrio Independent Productions":MAILTO:barrioindependentproductions@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241213T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241213T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T072141
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SUMMARY:Caudal: Puerto Rican and Dominican Dialogues on Feminism and Queerness
DESCRIPTION:Join CENTRO December 13th for a panel discussion and celebration of a very special issue of the Summer 2024 CENTRO Journal\, titled “Caudal: Contemporary Feminist & Queer Perspectives on Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.” This journal focuses on contemporary feminist and queer/cuir perspectives of cultural\, social\, and political phenomena from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and their global diasporas. \n\n\n\nThe writers of this issue “rock the boat” of national insularity to highlight the region’s deep connective tissues. In examining Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic\, this issue refuses to pick from here nor there\, and instead brings together feminist and queer approaches to spotlight our practices of joy\, resistance\, and survival in the face of racist\, patriarchal\, capitalist\, misogynist\, homophobic and transphobic Caribbean politics and maneuvers in the 21st century. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto Credit: Fue esa la vía\, Helen Ceballos\, 2020. \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\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaribe Cuir [Leisure Space] by Circuito Queer\n\n\n\n3:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Hunter East Harlem Gallery\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hunter East Harlem Gallery opens up a tranquil space to relish on recent depictions of Caribbean cuir lives. The project Caribe Cuir: Las Casas de Ballroom will premiere showing 6 short films about the development of the Caribbean Kiki scene in both DR and PR by documenting local kinship formations. Come learn about the foundation of these houses: House of Goddesses\, Jaus of Pons\, Laboratoria Boricua del Vogue\, House of Soul\, Casa Atón\, and Draguéalo.  \n\n\n\nThis project is brought together by @cirqpr\, an organization that promotes strategic collaborations between activist and cultural initiatives headed by feminist and LGBTQIA+ and cuir leaders in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCAUDAL [Roundtable] : Puerto Rican and Dominican Dialogues on Feminism and Queerness\n\n\n\n6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Silberman Room 115AB\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpecial issue editors Dr. Celiany Rivera Velázquez and Dr. Carlos Ulises Decena initiate a roundtable discussion with a live reading of excerpts from the issue’s introduction to highlight its intentions\, uniqueness and impact. Field expert Zaire Dinzey-Flores (Rutgers)\, as invited responders to the issue\, will share their reflections. \n\n\n\nThe space will have a water-themed installations by artist Helen Ceballos. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCaudalosxs [the Reception] \n\n\n\n8:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Silberman Lobby\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter delving in the waters of Caudal\, we invite participants to let loose and dance to a performance by the queer and trans salsa band Las Mariquitas over some food and drinks to cheer the night and the semester away. The Hunter East Harlem Gallery will remain open through the night for folks to continue to enjoy the Caribbean Kiki [Lounge Space] and read a bit of the special issue before purchasing your own copy. Within the same space\, immerse yourself in Circuito Queer’s Las Casas de Ballroom\, a 6 part social media series to come out in 2025 about ballroom culture’s family formation on both islands. There will be 3 short documentaries about houses in DR (House of Soul\, Casa Atón\, and Draguéalo) and 3 short documentaries about houses in Puerto Rico (House of Goddesses\, Jaus of Pons\, Laboratoria Boricua del Vogue). These will play in the gallery’s video nook. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible with the support of Rutgers University\, Circuito Queer\, and the Latinx Project at NYU.
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/caudal-puerto-rican-and-dominican-dialogues-on-feminism-and-queerness/
LOCATION:The Silberman School of Social Work\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10035
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Puerto Rican Studies":MAILTO:centro@hunter.cuny.edu
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SUMMARY:(Partner Event) Jose Nogueras: Boricua Donde Quiera
DESCRIPTION:Kicking off the Navidad Season with IBA is Jose Nogueras!\n\nJosé Nogueras is one of Puerto Rico’s most versatile songwriters and singers. He has managed to reach the top of the music charts (Hit parade) in rock\, ballad\, Creole music and even tropical music.\n\nCheo Feliciano\, Rubén Blades\, Hector Lavoe\, Ismael Miranda\, Willie Colón\, Gilberto Santarrosa\, Manny Manuel\, Shakira\, Danny Rivera\, Los Hispanos\, Fernando Villalona and Olga Tañón are some of the artists who have performed his compositions.\n\nNogueras has been awarded over the years with important awards such as; “Composer of the Year” (Billboard Magazine)\, “Singer of the Year” (Agüeybana and Cemí Awards)\, “Christmas Production of the Year” and his compositions have always been distinguished by their simplicity\, depth and universal feeling.\n\nBorn in the town of Mayaguez where he was born on June 18\, 1951\, son of José Nogueras Chapel (QPD)\, from the town of Añasco and Milka Vega Soto from the city of cucumber\, San Sebastián. From an early age he felt a passion for music\, an inspiration that he has always channeled through the instrument he enjoys the most… the guitar. His father was a simple and humble human being\, with an extraordinary talent for poetry and perhaps it has been that vein that has allowed the development of José Nogueras as an author.\n\nAt the age of eight he came to reside in the city of Rio Piedras where he feels like an adopted son. During his school years\, between the ages of 8 and 16\, he participated in a number of musical groups. At the age of 17 he began his foray into music professionally.\n\nTheir record productions have been characterized by their excellent quality\, both technically and musically. Each of them is framed in a concept\, distinguished by its sensitivity and innovative way of harmonizing the topics.\n\nJosé Nogueras’ music has not only managed to captivate the Puerto Rican public with its contagious rhythm and flavor\, but has also been recognized in other Latin American countries and in the Hispanic sector of the United States.
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/partnership-jose-nogueras-boricua-donde-quiera/
LOCATION:Roxbury Community College Theater\, 1234 Columbus Ave\, Boston\, MA 02120\, Boston\, MA\, 02120\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Inquilinos Boricuas en Acci%C3%B3n":MAILTO:vanessa@ibaboston.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241109T180000
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SUMMARY:(Partner Event) enRIZOMAndo desde Vieques: An Afternoon Gathering for Archipelagic Histories and Futures
DESCRIPTION:Come join four Viequense community organizations for an afternoon gathering that celebrates the history of Vieques and the work being done to strengthen rhizomatic connections necessary to flourish futures in the broad Puerto Rican archipelago. The event will feature the Archivo Histórico de Vieques\, La Colmena Cimarrona\, Vidas Viequenses Valen and La Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses. There will also be poetry reading by Nicole Cecilia Delgado and Mariposa (María Teresa Fernández) as well as art with Sandra Reyes and the Taller Corazones en Recuperación. \n\nThere will be presentations\, booths\, art\, music and food.  We kindly request that you rsvp.
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/partner-event-enrizomando-desde-vieques-an-afternoon-gathering-for-archipelagic-histories-and-futures/
LOCATION:NYU The Latinx Project\, 20 Cooper Square\, Third Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Archivo Hist%C3%B3rico  de Vieques":MAILTO:info@ahvpr.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T183000
DTSTAMP:20260423T072141
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SUMMARY:(Partner Event) Lorenzo Homar's Cine Alba: An Intimate Portrait of North American Artists in Nineteen-Fifties Puerto Rico
DESCRIPTION:Laura Katzman\, Professor of Art History at James Madison University and 2024 Winner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Director’s Essay Prize\, will deliver a lecture on her prize-winning essay\, “Lorenzo Homar’s Cine Alba: An Intimate Portrait of North American Artists in Nineteen-Fifties Puerto Rico\,” which was published in José Orlando Sued and René Rodríguez-Ramírez\, eds.\, “La mirada en construcción; ensayos sobre cultura visual” (San Juan: Luscinia C.E.\, 2022). Julio Capó\, a juror for the prestigious prize and associate professor of history at Florida International University\, stated that Katzman’s “deeply researched article…offers a nuanced reading of [Homar’s] work and demonstrates how it reflects key social\, political and cultural moments in Puerto Rican history and\, especially\, its place in cultural nationalism. Katzman’s engaging\, beautifully written essay is a masterwork in interdisciplinary research and analysis.”
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/partner-event-lorenzo-homars-cine-alba-an-intimate-portrait-of-north-american-artists-in-nineteen-fifties-puerto-rico/
LOCATION:Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium\, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery\, 8th and G Street\, NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T173000
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SUMMARY:CENTRO Open House
DESCRIPTION:Calling all students\, professors\, community leaders\, activists\, artists\, and more! Join CENTRO on September 19th at the Silberman School of Social Work for an Open House celebrating our rich history of activism\, community\, and the preservation of the Puerto Rican experience. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about our accessible resources including archival collections\, library\, reports\, data tools & dashboards\, study guides\, lesson plans\, and more available to students\, researchers\, and the community for free! Plus\, don’t miss the opportunity to enter into an exclusive swag giveaway! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credit: CENTRO Staff Member
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/centro-open-house-2/
LOCATION:The Silberman School of Social Work\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10035
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240615T190000
DTSTAMP:20260423T072141
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SUMMARY:Partner Event: MiCasa SuCasa
DESCRIPTION:Each June\, Tola’s Room hosts an event celebrating the Puerto Rican diaspora and commemorating the birthday of Edwin Delgado\, our Founder and Creative Director’s father. This tradition not only celebrates our culture but also serves as an annual reminder of our continued work to highlight #PuertoRican culture in #Baltimore\n\nAt Tola’s Room\, we deeply value our creative community and its talents. We believe that fostering relationships and nurturing creative partnerships organically creates a thriving ecosystem and economy. This philosophy is at the core of our 4th annual event entitled\, MiCasa SuCasa\, taking place on Saturday\, June 15\, 2024\, from 2-7 PM. We’ve partnered with a diverse array of creative talents from Baltimore and across Maryland\, and we’re excited to share our space with them.
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/micasa-sucasa/
LOCATION:Tola’s Room\, 4212 Sheldon Avenue\, Baltimore\, MD 21206\, Baltimore\, MD\, 21206\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tola's Room":MAILTO:tolasroom@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240606T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240607T170000
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SUMMARY:Open Boats: Puerto Rican Studies in Relation
DESCRIPTION:Join CENTRO & The Diaspora Solidarities Lab (DSL) for two days of presentations\, workshops\, conversations\, a film screening\, live music\, and more leading up to the 116th St. Festival & the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. Taking place on June 6th and 7th at the Silberman School of Social Work in East Harlem\, this symposium will host scholars\, organizers\, cultural workers\, authors\, and artists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora. Come meet the DSL Fellows and join the CENTRO staff for an exciting week! \n\n\n\nDay One: June 6th\, 2024 \n\n\n\n11:45 AM EST – 12:45 PM EST The Practice of Solidarity: Grassroots Activism in Puerto Rico\nThe multiple ongoing crises in Puerto Rico encompasses a spectrum of challenges\, spanning from instances of femicide to food insecurity\, and environmental degradation. The government has exacerbated these issues by failing to address these compounding issues. In the wake of this\, grassroots community organizations have engaged in radical acts of solidarity as a means to mobilize constructive transformations. Join us in discussing the contours of knowledge and practices of solidarity and grassroots activism. Panelists include members of: Amigxs Del Mar\, Alianza Mujeres Viequense\, La Colectiva Feminista\, and Comedores Sociales. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:45 PM EST – 4:45 PM EST Open Boats\, Public Knowledge: Archival Study\, Storytelling\, & Digital Humanities Research\nJoin the DSL Open Boat Lab research groups\, community fellows\, and affiliates as they present their research to the community. The Open Boat Lab develops community\, story telling\, and curatorial skills. In addition to the creation of digital archives\, museum and gallery exhibits\, and community workshops\, they offer online and in-person workshops to help transform how we approach knowledge production\, storytelling\, documentation\, and archives. Presentations will include projects by: After the Storm: A Digital Archive of Survival\, The Afro-Latinx Lab\, Revista Étnica\, Proyecto Kokobalé\, Taller Entre Aguas\, Kitsimba Project\, members of the Caribbean Digital Collective\, and more.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6:30 PM EST – 8:00 PM EST Cafecito con… Natasha Alford: American Negra\nAward-winning journalist Natasha S. Alford’s latest book\, American Negra\, is a narrative that is part memoir\, part cultural analysis\, where she reflects on growing up in a working-class family from the city of Syracuse\, NY. Join Alford and renowned writer\, Keyaira Kelly\, as they explore American Negra and the expectations and realities of existing as an Afro-Boricua.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay Two: June 7th\, 2024\n\n\n\n1:30 PM EST –  2:30 PM EST Afternoon Tertulia: Communities in Relation: Cultural Work as Radical Praxis\nJoin us for an Afternoon Tertulia featuring NYC and Puerto Rican cultural workers. Panelists Charles Rice Gonzalez (Co-founder of BAAD – Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance)\, Rosalba Rolón (Artistic Director of Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater)\, Monxo Lopez (Curator at the City Museum of New York)\,  Caridad (La Bruja) De La Luz (Executive Director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe)\, and Alejandro Epifanio (Executive Director at Loisaida Inc.) will share their rooted community work and will share their trajectories to working with NYC-based arts and community organizations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2:45 PM EST – 5:00 PM EST Romance Tropical (1934) Screening & Post-Show Discussion\nJoin us for a special screening of Romance Tropical (1934)\, the first Puerto Rican feature film with sound\, and the second Spanish language movie with sound in the world! The film was considered lost for over 80 years\, before a print was located in the PHI/Krypton Collection at UCLA. Photographed\, directed and produced by Puerto Rican film pioneer\, Juan Emilio Viguié\, Romance Tropical tells the story of a young man who discovers a pre-modern tribe on an island and a fortune in pearls\, subsequently falling in love with a beautiful native woman while his upper-class sweetheart waits in the city. The man exploits the island and its assets\, both literally & figuratively\, before returning to the city to marry his sweetheart.  \n\n\n\nJoin Dr. Rojo Robles (Assistant Professor at the Black and Latinx Studies Department at Baruch College\, CUNY.)\, Maillim (May) Santiago (PhD candidate in the Cultural Studies program at George Mason University)\, and Pedro Doreste and Dalina Perdomo (DSL’s Manchineel Project) in conversation as we attempt to understand how the film is an allegory for the colonization and exploitation of third world nations. \n\n\n\nThis screening is produced by the DSL’s newest microlab\, the Manchineel Project\, a multimedia & multimethod interrogation of whiteness in Caribbean moving images & aims to create a living syllabus to better understand the intersections of race and cinema in the Caribbean and its diasporas.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5:15 PM EST – 8:30 PM Workshop & Performance led by Proyecto Kokobalé & Closing Party\nKokobalé/Cocobalé is a martial tradition of Afro-Puerto Rican origin that is practiced with sticks or machetes and with the musical accompaniment of the Puerto Rican Bomba\, our oldest musical tradition of African origin. This tradition includes elements of fighting\, music\, dance and rituals. Kokobalé Project is the only cultural-community organization dedicated to the research\, preservation\, development\, promotion and rescue of our ancestral dance/martial art\, Kokobalé/Cocobalé. Join us for a workshop where you can learn the rhythm of Kokobalé and move along with us!
URL:https://staging.centropr.dev/event/open-boats-puerto-rican-studies-in-relation-2/
LOCATION:The Silberman School of Social Work\, 2180 3rd Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10035
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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