For this month's Library & Archives Lunch Hour, we are so excited to dive into the collection of Ibrahim Aqil Adbush Shakur González, known as Ibrahim González. González was a multifaceted artist; musician, photographer, radio host, activist, and educator born in East Harlem well known for helping set up one of the first Latino-Muslim organizations […]
Join CENTRO on the opening night of Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People, on view at the CENTRO Gallery in El Barrio from March 13th, 2025 to September, 2025. This exhibition honors Puerto Rican identities in the archipelago and its diasporas. The Puerto Rican diaspora can be understood as a collage […]
Cumbre Afro is coming to New York for the first time and will be ending in East Harlem, nestled between two prominent archives, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) and the NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This year’s theme for Cumbre Afro, Sites of Black Memory: Our Ancestors, […]
Cumbre Afro is coming to New York for the first time and will be ending in East Harlem, nestled between two prominent archives, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CENTRO) and the NYPL’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This year’s theme for Cumbre Afro, Sites of Black Memory: Our Ancestors, […]
Iconic Afro-feminist and Afro-Caribbean poet and visual artist Ángela María Dávila Malavé left as part of her legacy, animal fiero y tierno/fierce and tender animal, a force of rhythm and a delicate combination of the of the expressive and the colloquial in the language. Originally published in 1977 (Editorial QueAce, Puerto Rico), it has never […]
April is poetry month, so celebrate in style with The Nuyorican Poets Cafe at CENTRO. Join us for an evening of spoken word and connect with your favorite poets in the heart of El Barrio. Attendees will have an opportunity to recite some poetry, meet new poets, check out the CENTRO archival poetry collection, enjoy […]
Join CENTRO for a Cafecito Con…Professor Rudy Guevarra, author of Aloha Compadre -Latinxs in Hawai'i, the first book to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawai'i. Since the early 1830s, the Latinx community continues to help shape Hawai'i’s history, yet their contributions are often overlooked. Latinxs have been a […]
Join the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) for Echoes of East Harlem, a multisensory journey into the heart of El Barrio's past, brought to life through CENTRO’s archival materials. This special gathering invites elders from the El Barrio/East Harlem community to reflect on the neighborhood’s history and share their own lived experiences. Participants will […]
Join artist Glorimar Garcia & CENTRO Directora, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa, as we explore Garcia's contribution to Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People, on view at the Hunter East Harlem Gallery at the Silberman School of Social Work from March 13th - September 2025. Garcia's work draws on the Puerto Rican bobbin […]
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 […]
