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In collaboration since 2001 with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, our formal affiliation in 2005 named us Puerto Rico's Ambassadors in Texas and the Southwest. Our achievement and quality have been validated since 2001 by annual support from the National Endowment for the Arts (most years), including an NEA Chairman's Award (2007), Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (since 2011).
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We are a community bonded like Family, under an umbrella of Puerto Rican folklore and Taino arts. It takes a village to raise a child; we are that village, for them and for each other. You must travel to faraway places like Chicago or New York City to enjoy another center like ours! Our performing company of dancers, musicians, and juniors perform throughout the year.
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We serve the greater community with monthly performances and events,
and 10 weekly programs in folkloric dance, music, martial arts,
community theatre, and indigenous Taino arts.
Our multipurpose facility includes indoor and outdoor areas where free,
ongoing events attract tourism and give everyone
opportunity to participate in music and dance.
Since 2004, we annually create original community theatre musicals based in
history that honor unsung heroes. In 2024, we released our first album, Areyto Le Lo Lai!
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Since 2008, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center's educational program teaches Taino history, language, arts, crafts, and more. Our Taino - Yukayeke Yara Cu (Tribe of the Sacred Place) - shares free gatherings that give everyone opportunity to participate in Taino Areyto (music, dance, and song), games (Batu ballgame), and more.
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