Bombazo Social - Celebrating 25 years
Puerto Rican Cultural Center
September 11, 2022, 2-5pm
Free & Indoor Event (masks welcome)
Come dance, play, and sing Bomba and help us cut our birthday cake. This Bombazo will celebrate -- 25 years holding our bandera high -- bringing Puerto Rican culture and traditions to Texas.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center is the only center in Texas and the Southwest affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP) for ongoing programming that cannot otherwise be experienced in this region. Our nonprofit promotes Puerto Rican pride through educational programs and cultural events based in folklore, history, and living traditions -- dance, music, community theatre, ancestral fighting arts, and indigenous Taino heritage.
You must travel to faraway places like Chicago or New York City to enjoy another cultural center like ours!
This celebration will take place indoors at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street in Austin, Texas. Our cultural center is still standing thanks to CARES/ARP/COVID recovery support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Texas Commission on the Arts, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, as well as the Mid-America Arts Alliance -- with additional support from the NEA, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas -- and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.
Bring your harvest, beach chair, and maraca! Taino & Guaytiao (Friends) will be celebrate the Fall Harvest under the Pecan trees.
Bring the kids, it's a family gathering! We'll play Batu (Taino ballgame), dance Areyto (Taino ceremonial dance), and thank Ataabey (Mother Earth) for the Harvest that has blessed our lives this year!
YARA TAINO & GUAYTIAO is the indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Since 2007, our center defends and share Taino Heritage every day. Ask how you can become involved!
Our cultural center is still standing thanks to CARES/ARP/COVID recovery support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Texas Commission on the Arts, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, as well as the Mid-America Arts Alliance -- with additional support from the NEA, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas -- and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.
SAVE THE DATE!
October 9, 2022
Join Yara Taino & Guaytiao for an unforgettable Indigenous Heritage Celebration, featuring direct from Hawai'i -- Halau Kiawekupono O Ka Ua under the direction of Kumu Hula Ulukoa Duhaylonsod. Also, Kalpulli Teokalli Teoyolotl founded by Rosa Tupina Yaotonalcuauhtli. More announcements coming soon!
Yara Taino & Guaytiao, Leader & Naguety Tekina-eiru, is the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Since 2007, our center defends and shares Taino Heritage every day. Our members represent world indigenous cultures. Contact us for more information!
This project is funded in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts East Austin Cultural District Program. Standby for more Sponsors! Become a Sponsor!
Photo copyright, Halau Kiawekupono O Ka Ua.
This event will take place at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street 78702. Entrance is in back of building. This season's educational outreach is sponsored in part by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
She came from a long-time, coffee growing family in Las Montañas. He was an obrero from Cangrejos. Their friendship spanned lifetimes. In his ancestral past, she saved his life. He has returned to this lifetime to repay the debt.
This December we debut our 20th original musical rich in oral history! Set in the 1950s -- Cordillera Central and San Mateo de Cangrejos -- our annual play will combine original live music, dance, community theater, and cocobale (ancestral fighting arts) to bring history to life and honor unsung heroes!
Grateful thanks to Professor Lester Nurse Allende for sharing oral history of San Mateo de Cangrejos. Standby for more details, acknowledgements, and sponsors! Become a sponsor!
Invite your friends!
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After two long COVID years, Los Tres Reyes Magos will come to Austin once again to celebrate Octavitas with us! They are bringing gifts for the kids! Come sing aguinaldos one last time! Enjoy performing company and student performances, and dancing for all! More info later this year.
6th Earth Day - It's About Relationship
with Yara Taino & Guaytiao
Sunday, April 23, 2022 - 2-5pm
FREE EVENT!
BRING YOUR BEACH CHAIR & MARACA !!
Join Yara Taino & Guaytiao as we dance under the Pecan Trees! Activities will share ways the whole family can build a relationship with Nature -- from your own backyard, everyday!
Come play the 1,000 year old Taino ceremonial ballgame of Batú. Bring your maraca -- we will dance Areyto (Taino ceremonial dance) -- ALOT! Special presentations by:
Yara Taino & Guaytiao is the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Ask how you can become involved!
This joyful gathering will take place outdoors on the Great Lawn of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702. Our entrance is in back facing the lawn, steps away from free parking.
Stand by for sponsor announcements! Become a sponsor!
Find your dancing shoes!! We will be celebrating another great year with a Salsa & Heritage Festival. More details next year!
Bomba Social - Celebrating 26 years
Puerto Rican Cultural Center
September 10, 2023, 2-5pm
Free & Indoor Event (masks welcome)
Come dance, play, and sing Bomba and help us cut our birthday cake. We're celebrating -- 26 years holding our bandera high -- bringing Puerto Rican culture and traditions to Texas.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center is the only center in Texas and the Southwest affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP) for ongoing programming that cannot otherwise be experienced in this region. Our nonprofit promotes Puerto Rican pride through educational programs and cultural events based in folklore, history, and living traditions -- dance, music, community theatre, ancestral fighting arts, and indigenous Taino heritage.
You must travel to faraway places like Chicago or New York City to enjoy another cultural center like ours!
This celebration will take place indoors at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street in Austin, Texas. Standby for more details and sponsors in 2023.
Join us as we present our BIRTHDAY GIFT to YOU!
LIVE PREMIERE Performance - Our 25th Anniversary Gift
Celebrando 2022 - 25th Anniversary Heritage Performance
Sharing Puerto Rico & Mexico's AfroHerencia
Sunday Sept 4, 2022, 7pm CT
Join Livestream - https://www.facebook.com/PRFDanceCC/
Donations appreciated through paypal
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=4RCHBM8RGMA8Q
Join us as we present our BIRTHDAY GIFT to our virtual community of our master performance from our 25th Anniversary Salsa & Heritage Festival (June 12, 2022) -- featuring a cultural exchange of Puerto Rico and Mexico's shared AfroHerencia including:
We received a special RECONOCIMIENTO from the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture for 25 years of excellence and cultural contribution to the Southwest Region.
The Celebrando 2022 Heritage Project was supported in part with donations from Six Square, DRS Architects & Planners PC, HEB, and with funding and support by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Texas Commission on the Arts, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National
Announcing auditions for roles in an original play featuring a multi-ethnic cast -- adults, all ages, including lively seniors!
CANGREJOS Y CAFE is our 20th original, bilingual play based in Puerto Rican oral and documented history.
She came from a long-time, coffee growing family in Las Montanas. He was an obrero from San Mateo de Cangrejos. Their friendship spanned lifetimes. In his ancestral past, she saved his life. He has returned to this lifetime to repay the debt.
Set in the 1950s, our annual mainstage production will combine original live music, dance, community theater, and cocobale -- STICKS & MACHETE FIGHTING -- to bring history to life and honor unsung heroes!
See our Actors call for auditions for audition details. By appointment only.
Our 25 Anniversary Celebration!
Celebrando 2022 - Salsa & Heritage Festival
JCC Austin Ballroom
7300 Hart Ln, Austin, TX 78731
Sunday, June 12, 2022 - 3-8pm
Masks optional for those vaccinated.
SEMI-FORMAL EVENT. Find your dancing shoes!! We will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary with an amazing Salsa & Heritage Festival featuring Orquesta TrabuRikan -- the BEST salsa Orquestra in Texas -- handcraft artesania and comida criolla for sale by La Sabrosa!
Enjoy performances of folkloric music and dance as we explore the shared African roots of Puerto Rico and Mexico featuring:
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!!
BUY HERE - https://tickets.prfdance.org/
Adults - $24 in advance (20% discount!) / $30 day of the festival
Children (ages 3-12) are $5.00. (Bring the kids!)
Children 2 & under are FREE.
Invite your friends -- See invitation!!
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Our 25th Anniversary Celebrando 2022 Heritage Project is supported in part by donations from Six Square, DRS Architects & Planners PC, HEB, and with funding and support by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Texas Commission on theArts, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Our cultural center is still standing thanks to CARES/ARP/COVID recovery support from all of the above, as well as the Mid-America Arts Alliance -- with additional support from the NEA, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas -- the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
LIVESTREAM EVENT!!
Afroherencia: Conversatorio de la historia Afro en Mexico y Puerto Rico
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Note: This event will be in Spanish. (See translation below).
Estamos celebrando una decada conmemorada a la afrodescendencia por la UNESCO (2015-2024)! Unase a nosotros el 22 de mayo para una conversatorio animada y educativa sobre la herencia Africana de dos pueblos hermanos: Mexico y Puerto Rico. Unase a la conversacion y experiencia unica -- con presentaciones especiales y diálogos de distinguidos oradores de ambos paises.
We are celebrating a decade commemorated to Afro-descendencia by UNESCO (2015-2024)! Join us on May 22 for a lively and educational Livestream conversation on the African Heritage of two sister pueblos -- Mexico and Puerto Rico. Join the conversation and unique experience --with special presentations and dialog by distinguished speakers from both countries:
o Dr. Yoalli Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Lake Forest College.
o Chuy Chacon, Director, Roy Lozano Ballet Folklorico de Texas
o Raul de La Paz, Director, Ballet Sangre Viva
o Dr. Tekina-eirú Maynard, Director, Puerto Rican Cultural Center
ALSO DON'T MISS....
This exciting event is part of our -- 25th ANNIVERSARY -- Celebrando 2022 - Salsa & Heritage Project. Don't miss the Festival!
Celebrando 2022 - Salsa Festival celebrating 25 years! (June 12, 3-8pm)
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The Celebrando 2022 Heritage Project is supported in part by DRS ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS PC, and with funding and support by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Texas Commission on theArts, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Our cultural center is still standing thanks to CARES/ARP/COVID recovery support from all of the above, as well as the Mid-America Arts Alliance -- with additional support from the NEA, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas -- the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
FREE EVENT!
BRING YOUR BEACH CHAIR & MARACA !!
Join Yara Taino & Guaytiao as we dance under the Pecan Trees! Activities will share ways the whole family can build a relationship with Nature -- from your own backyard, everyday!
Come play the 1,000 year old Taino ceremonial ballgame of Batú. Bring your maraca -- we will dance Areyto (Taino ceremonial dance) -- ALOT! Special presentations by:
Yara Taino & Guaytiao is the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Ask how you can become involved!
This joyful gathering will take place outdoors on the Great Lawn of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702. Our entrance is in back facing the lawn, steps away from free parking.
Earth Day is supported in part by McKinney Falls State Park​, Good Water Texas Master Naturalists, and with funding and support of the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Our cultural center is still standing thanks to CARES/ARP/COVID recovery support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, as well as the Mid-America Arts Alliance -- with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas -- and the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.
MASKS OPTIONAL. Join us as we honor our Legado Ancestral (ancestral legacy) with a special workshop on Mexico and Puerto Rico's Afro-Herencia!
Featuring live music and dance, our guest master will teach:
The workshop will culminate in an exciting duel between Mexican and Puerto Rican dance traditions that the Bomba drums will answer! This exciting cultural exchange will be led by guest masters including:
This workshop is part of our larger Celebrando 2022 Heritage Project. It will be followed by a picnic celebration and a festival in June. See invitations below to read more!
The Celebrando 2022 Heritage Project is made possible in part through funding and support by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Our cultural center is still standing thanks to CARES/ARP/COVID recovery support from all of the above, as well as the Mid-America Arts Alliance -- with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas -- the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
Invite your friends!
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5th annual PICNIC, RITMO y BAILE
with Special Guests from Puerto Rico & Mexico!
WHEN: April 3, 2022 2pm-5pm (PICNIC)
WHERE: Puerto Rican Cultural Center
701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702
FREE EVENT - Donations Appreciated
http://paypal.me/PuertoRicanCulturalC
MASKS OPTIONAL. Bring your beach chairs and falda! Come dance Bomba, Plena, and more under the Pecan Trees with special guests direct from Puerto Rico and Mexico!
There will be performances of traditional music and dance as we share an exciting cultural exchange of Puerto Rican and Mexican Afro-Herencia featuring:
Our community picnic will take place on April 3, 2022, 2pm-5pm on the Great Lawn of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702
Our 5th annual picnic kicks off our 25 YEAR CELEBRATION which culminates in the Celebrando 2022 Salsa & Heritage Festival (June).
ASK ABOUT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES!
The Celebrando 2022 Heritage Project is made possible in part through funding and support by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Our cultural center is still standing thanks to CARES/ARP/COVID recovery support from all of the above, as well as the Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
MASKS REQUIRED.
Calling sports lovers of all ages! Bring the Family! Come learn the Taino
ballgame of Batu!
Yara Taino & Guaytiao will be teaching the 1,000 year old ceremonial ballgame of Batu. A cross between volleyball and soccer, Batu was played for competition, fun, and to resolve conflicts between communities. This indigenous ballgame introduced Europeans to the rubber ball!
YARA TAINO & GUAYTIAO is the Indigenous community of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. This event will take place on the great lawn outside the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX 78702.
Share the invitation:
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The Puerto Rican Cultural Center is here today thanks to CARES Act/ARP support through the National Endowment for the Arts, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Better Business Bureau with the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
Join us on Valentine weekend as we present a GIFT to our virtual community.
Enjoy our Livestream Premiere of Valiente Soy - our 19th original Musical,
filmed in front of a live audience in December 2021.
FREE event - Donations welcome:
http://paypal.me/PuertoRicanCulturalC
Join Livestream here: @PRFDanceCC
https://www.facebook.com/PRFDanceCC
The felt pulled to return to the island. Little do they know it's an ancestral call to uncover secrets out in plain view. Failure will destroy mountains!
Exciting and funny play - written by Tekina-eiru Maynard - features original music, Puerto Rican Folkloric dances, and traditional sticks and machete fighting. Bilingual play based in Puerto Rican history and current events explores the value of preserving cultural heritage in these complex times -- when issues such as destruction of nature and gentrification are pitting modern progress and economic advancement against traditional values, nature, and community wellbeing.
This musical took place on December 11-12, 2021, at the Carver Theatre at the George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina St, Austin, TX 78702.
ASK HOW YOU CAN SPONSOR FUTURE PROJECTS!
Sembrando Herencia 2021 - Valiente Soy was made possible in part with sponsorship from the MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Our season was additionally made possible through Cares Act/ARP support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, and the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
The Carver Theatre venue was sponsored by the City of Austin Parks & Recreation, Museums & Cultural Programs. The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided by calling (512) 974-3914 or Relay Texas 7-1-1.
With much regret -- to protect the children, elders and our community -- we are cancelling our upcoming Octavitas with Reyes event. As you can see from the new cover photo, our annual event is VERY popular and social distancing is not possible.
Community transmission rate in our City has spiked to the highest levels (Stage 5) in the last couple of weeks. Protecting our community -- especially our young unvaccinated children is a priority.
We will organize a wonderful youth event this spring when COVID subsides and we can hold the event outdoors.
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14th Annual Octavitas with Los Reyes Magos
January 23, 2022, 2-5pm
FREE EVENT - Donations appreciated!
Puerto Ricans are joyful people because our holidays start in November and
last until end of January!
Los Tres Reyes Magos will come to Austin once again to celebrate Octavitas with us! They are bringing gifts for the kids! Come sing aguinaldos one last time! Enjoy performing company and student performances, and dancing for all! More info later this year.
