The Latin Influences of Go-Go Music
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution’s “Black Mosaic,” a groundbreaking exhibition at the Anacostia Community Museum...
Category: Afro-Latino Culture
Afro-Latinidad in the District and beyond
Earlier this week, Afro-Latino culture was the focus two fascinating public events hosted by the local Afro-Latino Alliance and the...
Afro-Latinos in the Diaspora Tonight!
The District’s AfroLatino culture will be discussed and celebrated in special events tonight and tomorrow night. Tonight, there’s public panel...
Casineros: D.C. dance + Cuban flair
Every Thursday at 8 p.m. sharp, Amanda Gill presses play on an old stereo in the center of a classroom...
Early Days: Growing up in D.C.’s “Latin American village”
An Interview with Carmen Torruella Quander Growing up in Washington’s tiny and tight-knit Hispanic community in the 1950s, Carmen Torruella...