
The Day After Thanksgiving 402 Years Later
The celebration went on as usual, no different than any other day, as we always give thanks to Source and Pachamama every time we break bread on the day of thanks or not!
The celebration went on as usual, no different than any other day, as we always give thanks to Source and Pachamama every time we break bread on the day of thanks or not!
Reflections on 2023 student dance and drum classes at the Eugene Young Environmental Education Center and Raíces’ new home.
Carribean Authors & Writers Interview with Yvette Canoura: A Reflection by Natalie Saldarriaga Raíces Cultural center is proud to announce our Caribbean Authors & Writers oral history Collection. In this
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.
Flashback to Afribembé 2022 and This Year’s Celebration by Francisco G. Gómez Last year’s Afribembé celebration was off the hook. There was a diverse lineup of performers, speakers, poets and
Raíces Cultural Center has received two years of NEA ARP funding support for our core arts program team.
Family Ties Interview with Ty Thompson: A Reflection by Natalie Saldarriaga ENGLISH Something that has always intrigued me about history are the small moments that change the trajectories of our
Raíces Cultural Center is honored to receive grant support from the New Jersey Council for Humanities COVID-19 Response Grants to support the official launch of our newest program branch, the Branch of Community History.
In her TED Talk, Dominique Luster examines the “impact” and “power” that “bias and privilege” have in the ability to create “silenced landscapes” within the archives. We often think of the archives as a place we can find first-person experiences, but Luster reminds us these spaces have been “strategically curated”. We can’t escape the reality that some voices are purposely silenced while others are uplifted.
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 )
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 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
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.
Raíces Cultural Center has Arts and History Program Grants from the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History (MCOAH) for 2020.
Photo galleries from the Raíces Folkloric Ensemble’s October 19 presentation of “Tale of Two Waters” at the Elizabeth Public Library.
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
Photo gallery of Segunda Quimbamba’s September 19, 2019 performance at the Perth Amboy Ferry Slip
Photo gallery from the 2019 Raíces EcoCulture MicroFarm summer season.
by Nicole Wines It’s official…the growing season has begun! We have put our first seeds in trays – sweet and hot peppers, eggplants, tomatoes and herbs – rigged up a
Raíces Cultural Center has teamed up with TaínaSoy Apiario Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Conservancy to provide fiscal sponsorship for the awarding of a Bee Cause Foundation grant which will help launch an educational program in Aguada, Puerto Rico to Save the PR Bee.
Check out the photo gallery from our November 10 concert featuring Pepe Santana & Grupo INKHAY
Check out the photo gallery and video clips from our September 22 concert featuring Gabriel Muñoz & Melodías Borinqueñas.
Check out the photo gallery from the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series event featuring Magnolia Street String Band.