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Bomba and Plena Rocked El Barrio
Last week Centro’s special event Raíz de Bomba y Plena shook the walls of the auditorium at the Silberman School of Social Work in El Barrio. Jorge Arce’s artistic skills led participants on a journey into the origins of bomba and plena to its current practices as demonstrated in his interactive...
Two Centro Collections on View in Exhibit at El Museo Del Barrio
By Madonna Hernandez PLAYING WITH FIRE: Political Interventions, Dissident Acts, and Mischievous Actions is currently on display until January 3rd 2015 at El Museo del Barrio. Curated by Nicolás Dumit Estévez, the exhibition highlights the art work “that confronts the status quo with a wide range...
Puerto Rican Heritage Month Sale at Centro Store
Puerto Rican Heritage Month Sale at Centro Store The Centro Store is having a 30% off sale on all of our merchandise, which includes books, artwork, DVDs, educational posters and academic journals. Also, when you spend $30, you get a free gift! You can choose between The State of Puerto Ricans 2013...
Centro’s Oral History Project Presented to the Community
On October 22nd, Centro presented our Oral History Project to members of the community at Hunter College. Centro’s director, Edwin Meléndez, gave a brief introduction about the project while interviewers presented preliminary findings as they shared some clips from some of the over 70 interviews...
Centro at El Mini Fest
This past Saturday, October 18th The Loisaida Center celebrated a family day (#elminifest) and Centro was there. Local Loisaida families, together with families from across town including El Barrio and Brooklyn, spent a marvelous day of music, dance, readings and play at their renovated facilities...
Centro Library and Archives Awarded Grant to Process Two Collections of Pioneering Puerto Rican Women
Centro was recently awarded a $14k grant in order to process two collections from a pair of trailblazing Puerto Rican women: Olga Méndez and Elba Cabrera. Each of them aimed to ignite change within the political, social and cultural spheres. The award is a Documentary Heritage Program grant from...
A Famed Reporter, a Quest by a Mom, a Pionera’s Unpublished Story, A Historical Novel and a Book Review… Next in Centro Voices
The next issue of Centro Voices is packed with five stories you will not want to miss. The famed reporter is the inimitable David Gonzalez, the well-known New York Times reporter and photojournalist. The object of the mom’s quest is culturally relevant children’s books. The short story is by Pura...
The Paradox of the Puerto Rican Voter
Among government office holders, Puerto Ricans are often represented in close proportion to their numbers as a percent of the voting age population in locations of long standing settlement. Yet given that a lower percent of the Puerto Rican population (along with other Hispanics) than non-Hispanic...
Centro’s Open House Opened New Minds
Last Thursday, Centro opened its doors to Hunter students and it was a success. The west building cafeteria floor became crowded and alive with students rushing up and down the halls several times throughout the period of late morning to early afternoon. Most of the Centro staff was there, willing...
CENTRO Journal to Spotlight Chicago
The Chicago Puerto Rican experience will be the subject of a special issue of CENTRO Journal in 2015, and the Chicago-based guest editors are calling for academic papers on current housing, political, educational and other social issues of the city. “The Chicago Puerto Rican experience represents a...

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