In partnership with the Council, Rhode Island Latino Arts' 500 Years of Latino History programming will begin on August 15, 2015 from 12-2PM at the Southside Cultural Center with a Kick-Off of Café Recuerdos, a traveling humanities art installation that will engage participants with the theme of “Re-Examining America’s Social and Cultural History.” The installation […]
Funded by the "Latino Americans: 500 Years of History" grant opportunity offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), this forum will focus on Rhode Island Latino activism—from AmeriCorps VISTAs registering voters in the 1990s, to DREAMers of today. The event will include a video created by PBS […]
Cuba and Rhode Island: Then and Now will be a discussion on the complexities of the Cuban-American experience through changing political climates. This event helps us re-examine America's social and cultural history. We will show excerpts from the acclaimed PBS series: Latino Americans 500 Years of History — Episode 4 -The New Latinos to help […]
Mayor James Diossa and Rhode Island Latino Arts invite you to the unveiling of Nuestras Raíces Latino History Panels! Learn about the contributions of Central Falls residents to Latino history of Rhode Island Monday • July 11, 2016 Central Falls City Hall Refreshments will be served
“People’s stories make for moving theater.” — Viola Davis, upon accepting her Supporting Actress award at the 2017 Oscars“ Davis’s speech reminds us that actors do their best to disappear into the people they portray and tell their characters’ stories with grace and dignity. Nuestras Raíces is offering Theatricizing Oral Histories workshops to learn how […]
