Raíces
Cultural
Center

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Cultural
Center

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Cultural and FOLKLORIC Arts

Classes: Raícitas "Little Roots" Family Workshops

Program Information

When

Raícitas workshops will be held from 11am-12:30pm the 4th Saturday of every month throughout 2026, except for December when it will be held on the 3rd Saturday of the month.

  • 1/24/2026
  • 2/28/2026
  • 3/28/2026
  • 4/25/2026
  • 5/23/2026
  • 6/27/2026
  • 7/25/2026
  • 8/22/2026
  • 9/26/2026
  • 10/24/2026
  • 11/28/2026
  • 12/19/2026

Registration is now open for January-June.

Where

Raíces Cultural Center at the
Eugene Young Environmental Education Center
20 River Rd., Highland Park, NJ

Who
Raícitas Family Arts and Culture workshops are intended for families with children 10 and under. If you are interested in classes for children aged 11 and up, please check out our dance and drum classes for kids and teens.
 
A guardian must remain present at all times for children and youth programs. Registration is limited to the first 6 families per session, please sign up early!
 
Raíces reserves all rights of acceptance to the program through the registration process. 
Class Fee
We ask for a donation of $5 per participant per class. These class fees help Raíces Cultural Center expand our programming and improve our program space. 
What to Expect

During our monthly workshops we will: 

  • Share stories and cultural traditions related to the music and songs of Caribbean traditional arts.  
  • Learn and practice dance steps and rhythmic patterns to accompany them.
  • Learn the use of Call and Response (Antiphony) for songs
  • Participate in arts and crafts and other hands-on activities related to the topics being explored in the workshops. 
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Sign up for our Fall Raícitas "Little Roots" Family Arts and Culture Workshops

Program Support

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Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund. For information on events, go to MiddlesexCountyCulture.com.

Made possible by funds from Middlesex County, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Additional support has been provided by the New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund and the Highland Park Arts Commission.