Theatricizing Our Oral Histories
Rhode Island Latino Arts and Nuestras Raíces have commissioned an original monologue written and directed by Marcel Mascaró and starring Magnolia Pérez as Doña Fefa.
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Este Es Mi Barrio | This is My Neighborhood
Residents of the Broad Street and Cranston Street neighborhoods in Providence and Dexter Street in Central Falls are invited to participate in monthly pláticas (community conversations).
Oral History Best Practices Workshops 2018
RILA’s Executive Director and Nuestras Raíces Project Director will offer Oral History Best Practices Workshops in 2018
To Rhode Island from Puerto Rico | Hurricane María
History is not about the ancient past, or even about what took place 10 years ago.
Encuentro 2018 hosted by RI Latino Arts
Providence, RI – Latinos in Heritage Conservation (LHC), Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA), and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) will present a three-day historic preservation and cultural heritage conference in Providence, RI. Encuentro 2018 will be held on April 26-28, 2018 at the Roger Williams University School of Continuing Studies, Downtown Campus with additional programs elsewhere in Providence and the Blackstone Valley.
RILA's Nuestras Raíces receives Creative Community Award
On June 9, 2017 Rhode Island Latino Arts received the Creative Economy Award for Excellence in Cultural Community Development in New England at the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) 2017 Creative Communities Exchange (CCX) held in New London, CT.
Theatricizing Oral Histories | Stage Presence: How to Deliver Your Monologue
Rebecca Noon, Actor/Creator/Producer and Community Engagement Coordinator and Teaching Artist at Trinity Repertory Company, will lead us through this participatory workshop on how to deliver our oral history monologues to a live audience.
Theatricizing Oral Histories | An Introduction to Scriptwriting
Mark Valdez, writer and director who has worked at theaters across the country, will lead us through an introduction to scriptwriting workshop.
The History of La Bodega
Convenience stores and corner stores are staples of American life, but for Latinos, bodegas are necessary for cultural survival.
Janes Walk to include Bilingual Walking Tour of La Broa' by Nuestras Raíces
Mi Sueño, 1070 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02907
Join us for a fun, educational and eye-opening Jane’s Walk on Lower Broad Street | La Broa’ — Providence’s Latino Cultural Corridor. It will be the only bilingual walk in Providence, and will be led by Nuestras Raíces Director, Marta V. Martínez along with students from Providence College, Global Studies Program.
Theatricizing Oral Histories | The Art of Storytelling
Valerie Tutson of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) will lead a workshop on best practices and the art of storytelling.
Theatricizing Oral Histories | Community Plática
“People’s stories make for moving theater.”
— Viola Davis, upon accepting her Supporting Actress award at the 2017 Oscars“
Voces Latinas | Latino Voices Continues
Marta V. Martínez, Director of Nuestras Raíces interviews Victor Capellan, Superintendent
of the Central Falls Schools for the Voices Latinas | Latino Voices project in the
studios of Rhode Island PBS
Returning in 2017
1st Community Plática | Theatricizing Oral Histories
Attend the first Community Plática to learn more
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 • 5-6:30pm
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Latino Oral Histories Will Become Monologues
Thanks to grants from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, we will be transforming the Latino oral histories into theatrical monologues.
Read More...Senator Jack Reed celebrates Latino History Month with a walking tour of RI Latino historic sites
On Wednesday, October 12, 2016, Senator Jack Reed’s office reached out to the Project Director of the Latino History Project and asked that asked that we take him to some of the sites listed in the Latino History Walking Tour in Providence.
1st Providence Fotohistoria: Fefa's Market
Unveiling of First RI Latino Fotohistorias in Providence: Fefa's Market
In the in 1960s in Providence, a young Dominican woman named Josefina Rosario and her husband, Tony, single-handedly launched a community. They sponsored dozens of Dominicans, rescuing them from tyranny and helping them resettle here.
Read More...Nuestras Raíces and PPS Receive Grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
We are pleased to announce that Rhode Island Latino Arts in partnership with the Providence Preservation Society (PPS) was awarded a grant by the National Trust for Historic Preservation from the Antoinette Downing Fund for Rhode Island. These grant funds will be used to Explore Places of Significance to RI's Latino Communities.
Fotohistorias • Latino History Banners Unveiled in Central Falls
Today we celebrated what's good in this world: Immigrants raising a dying industry from the ashes, in a small city one-square-mile in size and making it one giant success story for all of Rhode Island to be proud of.
Guía Virtual Blingüe • Latino History Rhode Tour
Information from the Nuestras Raíces archives and collected during the panel discussions of LA500, has been translated into Spanish and added to the Rhode Tour mobile app and website. Guía Virtual Bilingüe will make the Latino histories meaningful, relevant, and accessible to the Spanish-speaking population that serves as the subject of the Latino History Project.
Read More...Cuba & Rhode Island: Then & Now
This will be a discussion on the complexities of the Cuban-American experience through changing political climates.
Historic New England Lecture & Book Talk
Join Nuestras Raíces Program Director and RI Latino Arts Executive Director for an interesting evening in Lincoln, RI
The History of the Latino Labor Movement in RI
Join us for a screening of Pride & Prejudice, which features César Chávez and the history of the labor movement in the United States.
The History of Political Empowerment in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has seen a rising Latino political tide. In 2015 the state elected its first Latina to a statewide office, its second Latino Providence mayor, and its first Latina City Councilwoman in Pawtucket.
Foto Historias • Digital Stories
In 2015 RI Latino Arts, the parent organization of Nuestras Raíces, received funding from the ADD Fund of the Rhode Island Foundation to create digital stories based on the Latino history project.
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RI Latino Voices on Rhode Island PBS
Nuestras Raíces • RI Latino Arts have partnered with RI public television station WSBE Channel 36 to create and present a series of short videos with leaders of RI Latino community who have contributed to the history of Latinos in RI.
Latino Oral History Project /RILatino Arts Awarded Competative NEH Grant
Rhode Island Latino Arts • Latino Oral History Project, in partnership with Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has been selected to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History (LA500) grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).
First Latino Police Officer
Café Recuerdos – Featuring RI Latino Pioneers
We have just completed a traveling art installation that will feature the stories of Latin American immigrants in Rhode Island based on the Latino Oral History Project of RI.
Our Project Director and her new book featured in the Providence Journal!
Marta V. Martínez, head of Rhode Island Latino Arts, has written "Latino History in Rhode Island: Nuestras Raices," which grew out of an oral history project she started in 1991.
RI Latino History is now a book
May 20 is Cuban Independence Day
On May 20, 1902 Tomas Estrada Palma took office as Cuba’s first President, elected by the people in fair and free elections. To many Cuban Americans this date commemorates the beginning of Cuba’s sovereignty.
Got Coffee Cans?
Do you drink Café Bustelo? Do you know anyone who does? We are collecting 10 oz. cans for an upcoming art exhibit related to the collection of our Cuban Stories project.
Contact us if you can donate. EMPTY cans only, please!
Love Letters from Latin America …
We are interested in reading and getting copies of any letters that were exchanged between immigrants who moved to Rhode Island at any time in their lives and a family members, friend or colleague back home.
Can you identify any of these individuals?
L-R (back row): Marcos Rico -- Julio Filomeno(??) -- Unknown
Rosario Peña -- Luis Astudillo -- Unknown
(front row) Juán Francisco -- Victor Mendóza -- Millie López -- Unknown -- Elida Araujo
My memories of seeing snow for the first time ...
The Cuban Story in RI Unfolds ...
Tessie Salabert, 2013
We are currently focusing on collecting stories of Cubans and writing a general history of Cubans in New England. We recently conducted an interview with Tessie Salabert, who came to the U.S. from Cuba in 1961.
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This photo from the archives of the International Institute of RI was taken on June 13, 1965.
My Christmas Memories ...
We are collecting Latino holiday memories that include traditions from your home countries. Do you have a special Christmas memory ...
History made in Central Falls
THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL/BOB THAYER
James A. Diossa, right, celebrates his win in Tuesday’s Central Falls mayoral election with a hug from campaign worker Bernardo Chamorro.
For Diossa, chance to open new door
On his first visit to mayor’s office, he talks about the need for cooperation and change in Central Falls
Proud to a Latino?
Looking for Cuban Rhode Islanders ...
We are looking for stories from Cuban individuals who immigrated to Rhode Island in the 1960s ...
Latino festivals in Rhode Island ...
We are looking for stories and photographs from people who attended this and other festivals at the Temple to Music through the years...
The way my Abuela made it ...
What Latino food or ingredient do you have a difficult time finding in Rhode Island or New England, and what dish do you miss the way it was prepared in your home country? What do you do to satisfy that hunger for your favorite foods?
Add your story ...
The Latino Oral History Project of Rhode Island would like to offer you, as a Rhode Island Latino, an opportunity to share a story and submit it to this project. We are looking for any excerpts that capture when, why and how you immigrated to the U.S. and then to Rhode Island. Use this Blog to send us your excerpts.