¡Dímelo! Open Mic Photo Album

Photos from our ¡Dimelo! Open Mic events held in Winter and Spring 2025.
Where We Live: NEA Big Read Photo Album

Photos from our NEA Big Read public program series, documenting our projects, programs, events and creative works inspired by the book Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
VIDEO: 12th Encuentro de Tambores: La Delegación de la Diáspora

March 31, 2024 – La Concha Acústica Frankie Ruiz Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Directed by Ivelisse Bombera de Corazón Diaz
Raíces at the EC

Raíces Cultural Center has a new home! Read more about our vision to create a center for exploration, collaboration and cultural fusion within the performing, visual and media arts, as well as, their connection with Nature and Planet Earth.
Master Drum Maker Juan “Juancho” Figueroa

Custom drums handcrafted in the Bronx.
A Taste of Racism in Old Habana – 2007

A Taste of Racism in Old Habana – 2007 by Francisco G. Gómez August of 2007: my excitement was on overload as my friend D ( Dean Warren Schomburg ) […]
Dawn of the Mascaras – A Solo Exhibit by Nathan Bunce

The Dawn of the Mascaras, the first solo art exhibit of Nathan Bunce, at El Museo de Los Sures, Feb-March 2020.
Balkan Meets Bomba

Balkan Meets Bomba by Francisco G. Gómez If you love the AfroBoricua music of Puerto Rico or the music of the Balkans, you would have made it a point not to […]
Support Spotlight: Raíces Cultural Center Awarded Incubation Grant from NJCH

Raíces Cultural Center has been awarded an incubation grant from NJ CH to develop a research initiative that examines the role and impact of gender in folkloric expressions and cultural traditions from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.
Day of the Dead Celebration

by Francisco G. Gómez The Day of the Dead goes by many names, Día de los muertos, Day of the Ancestors, Day of the Egún, All souls Day and many […]