Join us for a Cafecito con William D. Caballero: Big Stories with Small Figures. We’ll be joined by filmmaker William D. Caballero and Dr. Jillian M. Báez to discuss William’s 2017 short film Chilly & Milly, which explores the director’s own experiences with his chronically ill father and his mother’s role as his eternal caretaker. […]
Join Professor Carmelo Esterrich and Professor Bayram Gascot Hernández on Star Wars Day (May the 4th!) for un Cafecito con… Carmelo Esterrich: Star Wars Multiverse. Moderated by Centro Outreach and Partnership Manager (and resident Star Wars fan), Rosa Cruz Cordero. This Cafecito con will explore Esterrich’s latest book, Star Wars Multiverse, and how the rich complex […]
Join us for a Cafecito con… Christopher Sorrentino: Now Beacon, Now Sea. In this event, we will be in partnership with the Calandra Italian American Institute, to discuss Christopher Sorrentino’s memoir: Now Beacon, Now Sea. This memoir depicts the death of Christopher Sorrentino’s mother in 2017, marking the end of a journey that had begun eighty […]
Join Centro for a Cafecito con… Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones! This conversation between Dr. Diaz-Quiñones and Sofía Gallisá Muriente will explore Arcadio’s extensive history in Puerto Rican studies across various genres including memory and resistance throughout the diaspora. Dr. Díaz-Quiñones has explored topics of colonial capitalism, militarization, ecocide, massive migrations, gender, sexual and race inequalities as well […]
Tune in with us on Thursday, May 12th, 2022 at 6 PM EST for an Afternoon Tertulia - #PRSyllabus Fellow’s Showcase: Accessibility, Interdisciplinarity, and Intersectionality in the Puerto Rico Syllabus. We’ll be joined by the Puerto Rico Syllabus Research and Curricular Fellows as they present their work on research, translation and accessibility that significantly improved […]
Join us on Saturday, June 11th at 10am for the 37th annual 116th Street Festival. This in person event will take place on 116th Street and Third Avenue, and will feature live music performances, community art, and food, and arts & crafts influenced by Puerto Rican and Hispanic culture. The 116th Street Festival started in 1985 […]
Join us on Sunday, June 12th at 11am for the 65th National Puerto Rican Day Parade(NPRDP)! The National Puerto Rican Day Parade highlights Puerto Rican culture, achievements and our legacy with music, dance and colorful displays of cultural pride before an estimated 1.5 million spectators. After a mandatory two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the NPRDP Board of Directors is […]
Join us on Thursday, June 16th at 4pm and Friday, June 17th through Saturday, June 18th starting at 11amfor Jornadas Educativas - 2nd Conference on Art, Research, and Multidisciplinary Creation. In this event, the applicants of our collaborative call with el Museo del Arte de Puerto Rico will come together to showcase their work surrounding community educational […]
Join us on Tuesday, June 21st at 12pm for the final Library Lunch Hour of the year: Queer Identity in Media. This Library Lunch Hour stars Heriberto Gonzalez, the host of HoMoVISIONES, the first television program to cover LGBTQ+ issues from the Latino/Latina/LatinX perspective, as the host of this event. James King, Artistic Director of ALL ARTS, will […]
CENTRO's Digital Collections is an ever-growing resource of material digitized from the Archive's holdings. It provides access to over 32,000 photographs, documents, artifacts, art, maps, oral histories, moving images, audio clips, and other material pertaining to the Puerto Rican diaspora. This Library Lunch Hour explores the process of how we digitize collections at CENTRO, an […]
