“Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage” Premiere
Interpreter of the cuatro jíbaro
Folk music--Puerto Rico
José Gabriel Muñoz at the premiere of the film “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage” at the Tapia Theater in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
José Gabriel Muñoz
José Gabriel Muñoz
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<ul><li class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="http://raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/collections/show/19" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="s2">Collection: Sharing Culture - Roots Music</span></a></span></li>
<li class="p1"><span class="s3"><a href="http://raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/1977" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="s4">Oral History with José Gabriel Muñoz</span></a></span></li>
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
José Gabriel Muñoz: Tapia Theater Performance
Interpreter of the cuatro jíbaro
Folk music--Puerto Rico
José Gabriel Muñoz performing at the Tapia Theater in San Juan, PR for the movie premiere of “Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage”.
José Gabriel Muñoz
José Gabriel Muñoz
©José Gabriel Muñoz
<ul><li class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="http://raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/collections/show/19" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="s2">Collection: Sharing Culture - Roots Music</span></a></span></li>
<li class="p1"><span class="s3"><a href="http://raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/1977" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><span class="s4">Oral History with José Gabriel Muñoz</span></a></span></li>
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hurricane Damage in Puerta de Tierra
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
Signs of the devastation and destruction caused by Hurricane María remained in plain sight island wide almost 4 months after the storm. This is damage caused to a roof and building in Puerto de Tierra.
Francisco G. Gómez
1-18-2018
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Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico
Puerta de Tierra
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
The devastation left by Hurricane María was still evident almost 4 months after the storm had passed.
Nicole Wines
1-18-2018
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Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico
“Luchar por los derechos es luchar por el futuro”
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
"To struggle for rights is to struggle for the future."
Nicole Wines
1-18-2018
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Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico
Puerta de Tierra - San Juan
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
A building collapsed on a car, still on the street in January 2018, almost 4 months after Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
1-18-2018
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Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico
Flag Roots
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
El Yunque
In the Old San Juan, someone had painted a Puerto Rican flag onto the roots of an uprooted tree along the waterfront.
Nicole Wines
1-13-2018
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
El Yunque
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Mural
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
The Puerto Rican flag appeared on many murals and pieces of street art seed throughout the one week trip Raíces made in January 2018, four months after Hurricane Maria.
Francisco G. Gómez
1-13-2018
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Che’s - Closed
Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria
A well known restaurant, Che’s, which was in Isla Verde in San Juan, remains closed after Hurricane Maria, as did many local businesses.
Francisco G. Gómez
1-13-2018
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
El Departamento de la Comida - Closed
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
We passed by where the Departamento de la Comida restaurant and local food farmer’s market used to be before Hurricane Maria. The restaurant and market were put on hold to create the PR Resiliency Fund project, which will support at least 200 sustainable farms and agroecology projects on the island of Puerto Rico over 24 months.
Francisco G. Gómez
1-13-2018
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Lucha Continúa
Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria
Mural in San Juan, Puerto Rico that reads “La Lucha continúa…NO a la Junta de Control Fiscal!”, meaning “The struggle continues…NO to the fiscal control oversight board.”
Nicole Wines
1-13-2018
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bomba Dancer
Afropuertorican
bomba
Bomba dancer, Nelissa Andrades, during a bombazo on the beach in San Juan.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Nelissa Andrades
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bombazo in San Juan
Afropuertorican
bomba
Melissa Hernández Romero, attorney, dancing bomba in Old San Juan. In bomba, the dancer and the lead drummer hold a conversation through music and dance, with the lead drum (or primo) responding to the movements (piquetes or picoteos) of the dancer.
Nicole Wines
7-24-2009
Melissa Hernández Romero
Rubén J. Almador
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bombero
Cultural Exchange
bomba
bombazo
Unknown drummer on the beach at night in San Juan, Puerto Rico playing the barril “bomba drum”.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bombazo
Cultural Exchange
bomba
bombazo
Bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Obanilu Ire
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bombazo
Cultural Exchange
bomba
bombazo
Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Nellisa Andrades
Obanilu Ire
Beba Febo
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bomba in San Juan
Cultural Exchange
Bomba
Bombazo
From left to right Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines, Co-Directors of the Raíces Cultural Center and Obanilu Ire at a bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
Francisco G. Gómez
Obanilu Ire
Nicole Wines
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Barriles de bomba
Cultural Exchange
bomba
barriles
Barriles “bomba drums” on the beach at night in San Juan. Puerto Rico.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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San Juan, Puerto Rico