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Raíces Roots Music Oral History Interview: Sarah Town
Oral history interview with musician, dancer, composer and researcher Sarah Town.
Raíces Rehearsal
Raíces students often rehearse and perform with the core of the Raíces Ensemble. Practicing voices for a full chorus in the Spring of 2010.
Raíces Rehearsal
Raíces Co-Directors Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines in a Raíces Ensemble rehearsal. Francisco is also the Musical Director of Raíces. Pictured here in the spring of 2010 surrounded by cultural objects and instruments.
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble - Cuban Són
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing the genre of Cuban són at a concert dedicated to the music of the Caribbean at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble - Batá
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing songs for the Orishas on the batá drums at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.
Raíces Ensemble Performance
The Raíces Folkloric Ensemble performing batá at the Reformed Church of Highland Park in 2017.
Orisha Art Show Cultural Display
Cultural and educational display at the Orisha Art Exhibit. The display includes the batá drums, and peripheral instruments used in Afro-Cuban music, an orisha Oyá doll, a handmade Eleguá, Orisha tiles and a an Orisha poster.
Kwanzaa Celebration
The Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble was asked to share the traditions and cultures of the Caribbean through music, dance and song as part of the 2010 NAACP Kwanzaa Celebration. Raíces Ensemble members are pictured here playing batá and singing to…
Havana Province - Street Mural
Street mural on El Prado Old Havana.
Havana Province - Street Mural
Street mural on El Prado Old Havana.
Habana Province - Virgen de la Caridad de Cobre
Statue of the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre in the church of Regla is shown on a wooden stand with the painted emblem of Cuba at its base.
Habana Province - Teatro Céspedes
Teatro Céspedes in the city of Regla
Habana Province - Sierra Maestra Customs Terminal
The Sierra Maestra Customs Terminal in Old Havana.
Habana Province - Restaurant
Chi Tack Tong restaurant in Chinatown in Old Havana. Absolutely delicious menu and warm friendly staff.
Habana Province - Old Lonja del Comercio building
"Old Lonja del Comercio building.The Lonja del Comercio (Chamber of Commerce) building in Old Havana, Cuba served as the stock exchange in the capital until the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Today, it is an office building.
Based in the building are local…
Based in the building are local…
Habana Province - Old Havana street
Busy street in Old Havana in front of the Capitol building.
Habana Province - Old building in Havana
Typical building in Old Havana with columns, porticos and balconies.
Habana Province - Maximo Street
Maximo Gómez street in the port city of Regla.
Habana Province - Iglesia de Regla
Iglesia (Church) de la Virgen de Regla. Statues and Altars of the different saints worshipped in the church. Dino sits in pew facing camera.
Habana Province - Iglesia de Regla
Iglesia (Church) de la Virgen de Regla
Habana Province - Hotel Rachel
Front view of the Hotel Rachel in Old Havana.
Habana Province - Hotel Rachel
Second floor lobby in the Hotel Rachel. Many of the rooms have biblical names and besides the hotel being called The Rachel there are decorative references to the Bible and to the Jewish faith throughout the building, which was restored.
Habana Province - Hotel Rachel
Stained glass canopy roof of the Hotel Rachel in Old Havana. The Hotel Raquel stands at the intersection of Calle Amagura and San Ingnacio in the traditional Jewish quarter of Old Havana. Built in 1908 as a bank by the architect Naranjo Ferrer, in…
Habana Province - Havana Club Bar
Bar Havana Club in the port of Old Havana.
Habana Province - Ferry Regla
Entrance to the ferry that runs back and forth between the old port of Havana and the city of Regla.