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Ticket for group fundraiser concert “A Spiritual Crossroads” held at the Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ in July 2011. Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble was one of the featured performers and Raíces helped to organize and promote the…

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Flyer for the 2011 Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble Production “Festival for the Dead: Ancestral Musical Traditions in the Diaspora”

EVENT DESCRIPTION
Featuring the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble and Grupo Ribeiro.

For many cultures, death has…

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Tickets for Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble’s 2011 Production “Festival for the Dead: Ancestral Traditions in the Diaspora” Tickets

EVENT DESCRIPTION
Featuring the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble and Grupo Ribeiro.

For many cultures, death has…

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In 2009, Raíces Cultural Center created and presented its first production thanks in part to an award a MINI grant by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble performed with guest artists and Raícitas…

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“Raíces” painted on the Raritan River Art Walk by Albus Cavus founder and artist Peter Krsko at the 2010 Spring Jam, a collaborative community event that fused a variety of forms of art, culture, education and community. The Raritan River Art Walk…

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Tickets for Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble’s 2010 Production “Spirit of the Drum: History and Evolution of an Afrocaribbean Tradition” Tickets

EVENT DESCRIPTION
The Spirit of the Drum takes the audience on a musical journey through the history…

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Postcard for the 2010 Raíces Ensemble production “Spirit of the Drum: History and Evolution of an Afrocaribbean Tradition”. This production was made possible in part by funding from a Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage MINI Grant, as well as a…

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Flyer to generate interest in our 2011 cultural exchange trip to Puerto Rico. Trip was later postponed to 2013.

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José Gabriel Muñoz speaking with Raíces Cultural Center director Francisco G. Gómez after his oral history interview with the Raíces Digital Archive Crew

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Family participants in the vejigantes Arts and Family Day event got to try the instruments of bomba and plena and learn how to play a simple bomba rhythm together.

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Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez explaining the instruments used in the music of bomba and plena, which is the music most closely related to the tradition of the vejigantes.

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Flyer for the February 2011 Arts and Family Day Program: Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Raíces Cultural Center hosts monthly Family Arts Days with:
-Storytelling
-Family Arts and Crafts
-Cultural Displays
-Slideshows and…

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At this Arts and Family Day event, participants got to learn about and meet los vejigantes de Puerto Rico in an interactive presentation and performance.

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Flyer for the March 2011 Arts and Family Day Program: Lembranças/Recollections.

EVENT DESCRIPTION
Meet the artist Amy Garas as you explore her solo exhibit "Lembrancas: A Recollection". Participate in creating art with your children and families…

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Participants in this Arts and Family Day event had the opportunity to paint and take home their own miniature vejigante masks.

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After hearing stories about Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico and making their own vejigante masks, participants colored vejigante costumes and masks and later put their artwork on display at the Raíces studio.

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After learning about the history of the vejigantes, families who participated in this Arts and Family Day event worked together on vejigante based crafts.

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Flyer for spring 2011 series of Arts and Family Day Programs.
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