EventDreams and Shadows: An Immigrant’s Journey
Join Dr. Emma Violand-Sánchez, an educator and advocate for immigrants and refugees, for a discussion of her new memoir, Dreams and Shadows: An Immigrant’s Journey with Fanny Smedile, founder of …
EventCville Sabroso Festival
Join the Cville Sabroso festival for nine hours of live Latin American music and dance performances, diverse foods, and artisan crafts!
EventPlenazo Community Jam featuring Kadencia
A Puerto Rican tradition comes to Hardywood following Kadencia’s two performances at the Richmond Folk Festival! Based in Richmond, Kadencia performs plena—a narrative, energetic, and percussive musical genre created in …
NewsSeven Great Reads for National Hispanic Heritage Month
To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, we’ve compiled a list of titles—several newly released—by contemporary Latinx authors who continue to display literary excellence.
EventEnshrining Blackness: Afro-Latinidad & the K-12 Curriculum
Can K-12 classrooms be used to expand understandings of the African Diaspora and to combat anti-Blackness through lesson plans and curricula that center AfroLatines?
EventFaith in Blackness: An Exploration of Afro-Latiné Spirituality
Black Latiné people around the world practice a myriad of faith traditions. This short-form documentary explores dynamic identities of these Afro-Latiné people and their journey for a home, a faith in Blackness.
NewsTwo Newbery Authors Join 2023 Festival
Join Andrea Beatriz Arango, author of Iveliz Explains It All, and Meg Medina, the New York Times bestselling author of Merci Suárez Plays It Cool on Saturday, March 25th at 12:30.
NewsMargarita “Tata” Sanchez Cepeda & Isha M Renta Lopez
Bomba Dance Bomba is, as Margarita “Tata” Sanchez Cepeda puts it, “all about love. I was taught under love, bomba is a form of love, and we continue to carry …
NewsFinding the “Nuevo South” Sound with Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop – Folklife Fieldnotes 10
Joe Troop and Larry Bellorín met in the Raleigh/Durham area of North Carolina and hit it off immediately. Joe was dealing with a shift in his musical career and Larry …
EventDancing With He’aven Fleming Bryant: A Workshop
Join Creciendo Juntos on October 20th, for a movement-based workshop with He’aven Fleming Bryant, a Charlottesville-based choreographer and dancer. He’aven will be talking about her journey and passion for dancing …
EventHispanic Heritage Month Celebration
Join us for our 3rd annual Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at Wells Fargo Plaza in downtown Roanoke. The multi-faceted cultural heritages of Latin America will be on display through a …
EventBomba Dance Workshop
Join Virginia Folklife mentor artist Tata Cepeda and her team from the Escuela de Bomba y Plena Doña Caridad Brenes de Cepeda for this unique opportunity to learn the fundamentals …
