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Pese a la incertidumbre, comunidad latina celebra el Mes de la Herencia Hispana
En medio de la preocupación por las detenciones migratorias, sacerdotes, artistas y residentes de New Bedford comparten lo que esta celebración significa para ellos este año.
Despite uncertainty, Latino community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Amid concern over immigration arrests, New Bedford priests, artists and residents share what this celebration means to them this year.
Alfonso D. Acevedo
In RI’s Hispanic community, when someone says the name “Alfonso Acevedo,” you would immediately think of the journalist who founded the American News more than 34 years ago. Since its founding in 1992, the newspaper’s mission has been to inform its community. As of today, it is…
Jennifer Ugarte
Jennifer Ugarte is a woman who lived most of her life in Guatemala, where she studied marketing and photography. She loves being part of the greater RI community and giving back. She has used her education, skills, and artistic talents to help others. When Jennifer came to RI a…
Niko Tolentino
“My heritage colors who I am, and my art is pieces of who I am.” Niko was born here in PVD. As a young child of about 5 years old, he remembers visiting his relatives in the Dominican Republic. He recounted hearing the rain bounce off their corrugated roof. Niko grew up here in…
Rene Gomez
Rene Gomez was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to Providence as a young child. He is immensely proud of his heritage. It was no accident that he walked into our meeting wearing a shirt that read, “Dios, Patria, Libertad,” which translates to, “God, Homeland, Liberty.”…
Jesus Andujar
When I first came to RI from New York, I asked my friend, “Where is all the Latin music? Where is all the jazz?” One of the first people he introduced me to was Jesus Andujar. I remember he was playing in Burnside Park. I really enjoyed it. It took me back to New York […]
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Lydia Pérez
What can I say about Lydia Pérez? She is a local gem and a talented artist, fluent in Puerto Rico’s history. She is always ready to share its history and folklore with anyone who will listen. She can sing you a song, lead a drum circle, and even carve a saintly statue in the…
Elvys Ruiz
It was an act of kindness that brought Elvys Ruiz to the US and to Rhode Island. When Elvys found out that a man, James Edward Parsons, was looking for Latin American playwrights’ works to translate and publish, he sent out a colleague’s play. That same publisher eventually…
ON THE COVER: Nilton Cárdenas
Cover artist Nilton Cárdenas of Cranston refuses to stand still. “I am constantly moving, and creating art,” he says in an interview at Sharks Peruvian Cuisine on Broad Street in Central Falls. And when he’s not putting a brush to canvas, or a pencil to a sketchbook page, he’s…
Magda León: An Immigrant Woman Full of Fire
Magda León is more than a multidisciplinary artist; she is an immigrant woman who uses art to explore her identity, her roots, and her connection to community. When I asked her how she describes herself, her answer was short: “I’m just an immigrant woman.” And she channels that…