In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, please join the Yale Latino Networking Group and Yale Police Department to support Chef Efrain Nieves, owner of Tata’s Restaurant and Food Truck. Chef Efrain has been providing authentic Puerto Rican cuisine for 13 years. The first 50 people to make a purchase at Tata’s food truck will receive free “frituras”. The food truck will be located at Bristol Street, behind the Yale Health Plan Parking Garage (55 Lock Street).
Yale Athletics is hosting Noche Latina in collaboration with La Casa as part of their Latinx Heritage Month celebration. The day will include a women’s (4 pm) and men’s (7 pm) soccer double header, food trucks, and free t-shirts, while supplies last. Stop by the Yale Latino Networking Group table for free swag! Reese Stadium is located at the Yale Bowl Complex, 75 Central Ave, New Haven, CT 06515. Parking and admission are free.
Join the Yale Latino Networking Group and Sonia Salazar, owner and chef of Barracuda Bistro & Bar, for a virtual cooking demonstration. Learn how to make Colombian empanadas. Come prepared with your own ingredients or just follow along.
Drawn from Imperial Intimacies, A Tale of Two Islands, the lecture will discuss how Professor Hazel Carby employed the insights of Stuart Hall into the nature of identities “as stories we tell ourselves,” and systems of recognition that we adopt, to trace the role of visual culture in creation of British imperial subjects and subjectivity.
Grab you dancing shoes, a partner, and join the Yale Latino Networking Group, as we celebrate the conclusion of Hispanic Heritage Month. Music will be provided by Herman Ham Entertainment Group. This event is family friendly, all are welcome!
Please join us online, October 1-2, for the 19th annual ¡Fiesta Latina! celebration, the Yale Peabody Museum’s long-standing community celebration of traditional and contemporary Latin American cultures, co-founded with Junta for Progressive Action.
¡Fiesta Latina! brings together artists, scholars, musicians, scientists, and community leaders from across Yale and New Haven to learn from and honor the perspectives and accomplishments of the Latin American diaspora.
The recent political crisis in Hong Kong is characterized by a level of social unrest the city has not seen since the riots of 1966/67. After that earlier round of turmoil, the British colonial regime secured legitimacy through socioeconomic improvement in Hong Kong. “Prosperity and Stability” became the hallmark of Hong Kong’s success. This catchphrase also came to be adopted as the slogan of the HKSAR government in its bid to seek legitimacy with socioeconomic appeals.
The New Haven Free Public Library, in partnership with the Yale Affinity Groups, is excited to bring you this new book club for families focusing on topics of social importance. This month we focus on Hispanic Heritage with a reading of Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise. Come for the reading and stay for the discussion. This event will take place in the Children’s Room of the New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St. Questions? Call (203) 946-8129.
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, please join the Yale Latino Networking Group and Working Women’s Network for salsa dancing and a beer cocktail tasting with Alisa Bowens-Mercado. No prior experience is required. We look forward to seeing you on the virtual dance floor!
Alisa Bowens-Mercado is the Founder, CEO, and Brewmaster of Rhythm Brewing Co. Affectionately known as “Lady Lager”, she made history by becoming the first African-American, woman-owned beer brand in the state of Connecticut (4th in the Country).
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, please join the Yale Latino Networking Group, Yale African American Affinity Group, and Nadia Calmet for an AFROPERUANOS: Resiliencia y Resistencia workshop.
Cultural educator, artivist, and producer Nadia Calmet will discuss history, cultural diversity, gastronomy, and religion. She will also lead a dance demonstration of Cajón, Cajita Quijada (Afroperuvian instruments), Festejo, and Zamacueca.
