PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER proudly presents
9th annual PICNIC, RITMO y BAILE
Puerto Rico & India Cultural Exchange
Featuring special guests
Paracumbe (Puerto Rico) & Austin Dance India
Performances & Cultural Workshops
Sunday, April 12, 2026, 11am-5pm
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT - Donations Welcome
BRING BEACH CHAIRS & THE KIDS!
"The Picnic" launches our 26th Annual Celebrando Heritage Project, featuring Puerto Rican Master
artists visiting from the island.
Join us beneath the trees of our Batey for a vibrant afternoon of cultural workshops, music, and participatory dance traditions. Experience the living heritage of Jibaro, Bomba, Plena, and Taino Areyto, alongside a beautiful cultural exchange with the classical dance traditions of India. Interactive Performances Include:
SCHEDULE
Cultural Workshops (Indoors)
We are offering TWO powerful, FREE cultural workshops led by master artists — a rare opportunity you won’t find anywhere else in Texas.
11am - Puerto Rican Music of African Descent: Past & Present Perspectives
with Nelie Lebron Robles, Emanuel Dufrasne-González, and Paracumbe
Discover the West African roots of Puerto Rican music — what has been preserved, what has transformed, and what still lives in the sounds of Bomba, Plena, and beyond. Featuring visual/audio examples and live musical demonstrations.
12pm - Bharata Natyam Dance of India: Moving Myths of India
with Anu Naimpally & Austin Dance India
Enter the world of Indian classical dance, where mythology comes alive through gesture, expression, rhythm, and movement. Experience how stories are told through the body — hands, eyes, and feet in perfect harmony.
The Picnic Celebration (Outdoors)
2-5pm
Interactive performances - come ready to dance, sing, and celebrate!
COME HUNGRY!
Borinken Roots will be selling delicious comida criolla.
This event will take place indoors and outdoors in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin, Texas
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
Here's the Event Page
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) is a 29-year-old nonprofit (501c3).
This heritage project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (ACME), and the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture. Since 2005, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center has proudly been affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Bring your beach chair & maraca!
Join Yukayeke Yara Cu as we honor Ataabey - Mother Earth & Cosmic Mother - with a Spring Ceremony & Yuca Planting Workshop!
Come enjoy workshops on how to plant Yuca and more. Bring your Maraca! We will dance Areyto and bless the plants in ceremony for all to take home!
For the Taino, the Spring Season begins with the Spring Equinox, and is marked with celebrations of gratefulness for the Spring rains that bring new life to the Earth. During this season, Attaabey (Atabey) invites us to plant not only new seeds into the Earth but into our lives.
Our Spring Gathering will take place in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX.
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ABOUT OUR TAINO YUKAYEKE!
Yukayeke Yara Cu (Tribe of the Sacred Place) is a Taino Yukayeke of blood descendants and Guaytiao (friends) proudly serving Central Texas. Since 2008, our Cultural Center defends and shares Taino Heritage everyday. JOIN US!
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) is a 29-year old nonprofit (501C3). Our season is sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (ACME). Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Become a sponsor!
Do you remember how to play Trompos (Tops) and Gallitos? Come relive your childhood, or just socialize! Don't forget to bring the kids! Free event.
Austin’s beloved Puerto Rican cultural festival returns!
The 15th Celebrando Salsa & Heritage Festival is the - grand culmination of a year in development - for our Puerto Rico–India Cultural Exchange, bringing master artists from Puerto Rico together with Indian classical dance in a vibrant evening of Salsa, folklore, and living cultural traditions.
Presented by the Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin), this milestone 15th anniversary festival celebrates *nearly three decades of community work preserving and sharing Bomba, Plena, Jíbaro music, and Boricua dance traditions in Central Texas.
Find your dancing shoes and join us for an unforgettable evening of music, culture, and community.
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Live Salsa
Dance Salsa Gorda with the electrifying Orquesta Sabore!
Enjoy artesanía and delicious comida criolla by Boriken Roots throughout the evening.
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Featured Cultural Performances
Southern Bomba & Plena direct from Puerto Rico
with master artists Nelie Lebrón Robles, Emanuel Dufrasne-González, and Paracumbé,
joined by the performing company Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance
Bharata Natyam Dance of India
with Anu Naimpally & Austin Dance India
Original Jíbaro, Salón, Bomba, and Plena music and dance performed by Puerto Rican Cultural Center students, Coquí dancers, and our PRFDance performing company
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Live Salsa • Cultural Exchange • Folklore • Community Celebration
will take place at the JCC Ballroom at Shalom Austin, 7300 Hart Ln, Austin, TX
Invite your friends!
Event Page
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) is a 29-year-old nonprofit (501c3).
This heritage project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (ACME), the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture -- and Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Since 2005, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center has proudly been affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
PLEASE SHARE!
Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) presents
Sembrando Herencia 2025 - PiraguaMan Returns 2025
FREE EVENT!! Donations appreciated!
Our 23rd original, bilingual musical is full of action, comedy, and adventure. PiraguaMan reminds us that true heroism is born from the memory, culture, and heart of the people.
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VIDEO PREMIERE:
March 15, 2026 (2-4pm CST)
YouTube Link Here!
Support our nonprofit mission with a donation of any size!
Paypal Donation Link Here!
See more details below!
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Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) presents
Sembrando Herencia 2025
PIRAGUAMAN RETURNS!
23rd original, bilingual musical full of action, comedy, and adventure.
SYNOPSIS
Our Puerto Rican superhero is back! PiraguaMan, along with his brave instructor, travels through time to rescue crucial moments in Puerto Rican history.
Our community theatre musical - play and music written by Tekina-eiru Maynard - comes alive with original music and dance, and Boricua Warrior Arts (fighting with sticks and machete) to honor our forgotten heroes.
This musical features original Jibaro Mountain, Plena, Bomba, Salon, and Taino music and dance. Our live production took place on December 13-14, 2025 at the Boyd Vance Theatre at the Carver Museum in East Austin, TX.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
This video premiere is sponsored by the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture.
Our 2025 Sembrando Herencia community theatre project was supported in part by the Carver Museum and Cultural Center, the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME), Texas Commission on the Arts, Quaker Fund for Indigenous Communities, and Huston-Tillotson University. Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy was supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
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!! ENJOY THE LAST PARRANDA of the Season!!
Celebrate Octavitas with Los Reyes Mago !! Bring your favorite Parranda instrument and sing along with us as we recreate the joyful celebrations our abuelitas loved!
For 17 years, we have been celebrating Octavitas with Los Reyes Magos in Central Texas! Bring your Parranda Instruments because they are returning! Bring the kids -- they always come bearing gifts! Let's recreate this wonderful tradition once again for the children! Join us in a Parranda singalong, performances by our company, Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, our students, and dancing for all!!
** COME HUNGRY! BORINKEN ROOTS WILL BE THERE!! **
Our Octavitas celebration will take place on Sunday, January 18, 2026, 2-5pm, at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, in Austin, Texas 78702. Entrance is in the southside of the building facing our Batey (Great Lawn). Free Parking.
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
This Reyes event is supported in part by the Sons of Borikén. Our 2026 season of cultural outreach is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music & Entertainment (ACME). Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
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BECAUSE OUR WORLD NEEDS A HERO!
PiraguaMan RETURNS!
Puerto Rican Cultural Center presents
Sembrando Herencia 2025
PiraguaMan RETURNS!
Our 23rd original, bilingual play full of action, comedy, and adventure.
Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center (Boyd Vance Theatre)
1165 Angelina Street, Austin TX 78702
December 13 (6:30pm) and 14 (3:00pm), 2025
SYNOPSIS
Our Puerto Rican superhero is back!
PiraguaMan, along with his brave instructor, travels through time to rescue crucial moments in Puerto Rican history.
PiraguaMan reminds us that true heroism is born from the memory, culture, and heart of the people.
Our community theatre musical, written by Tekina-eiru Maynard, comes alive with original music and dance, live actors, and Boricua Warrior Arts - fighting with sticks and machetes - to honor our forgotten heroes.
Our production will take place on December 13 (6:30pm) and 14 (3:00pm), 2025 at the Boyd Vance Theatre at the George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center, 1165 Angelina Street in East Austin, TX.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
Buy Discount Tickets Here!
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Our 2025 Sembrando Herencia community theatre project is supported in part by the Carver Museum and Cultural Center, the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME), and Texas Commission on the Arts, and Huston-Tillotson University. Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Become a sponsor!
Is your Taino blood calling?
The Taino are the LIVING indigenous people of Borikén (Puerto Rico) and the Greater Antilles! Do you feel an inexplicable pull to learn more?
Bring your burning questions and your maraca! Join Kacike Tekina-eiru for an informal conversation that will answer your questions on topics such as Taino history, spirituality, culture, language, and living traditions.
This informal time of togetherness... ...will take place on Saturday, October 25, 12-2pm CT -- outdoors under the trees of our Batey at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702.
We look forward to spending time with you!
Kacike Tekina-eiru is the Chief of YUKAYEKE YARA CU (Tribe of the Sacred Place) -- a Taino Yukayeke of blood descendants & Guaytiao (friends) proudly serving Central Texas.
Invite friends who would appreciate!
https://www.facebook.com/events/820887276982643
FREE event! Donations appreciated!
Rock your best guayabera and sombrero, we're having a Dominoes Social! Come show off your handcraft table and favorite dominoes!!
Bring the Family! Lets make it a party!
HAPPY NEWS! Boriken Roots will be there selling comida criolla!
This Dominoes Social will take place at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street #13, Austin 78702. Our main entrance faces the trees of our Batey just steps away from free parking.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Austin's Puerto Rican Cultural Center is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME). Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
BRING YOUR FALDA -- WE'RE HAVING A PARTY!
Come dance and sing Bomba! And help us cut our birthday cake. This bombazo and album release party will celebrate -- our 28 years holding our bandera high -- bringing Puerto Rican culture and traditions to Texas. Come ready to Party! Our nonprofit is the only center in Texas and the Southwest affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP). We promote Boricua pride through cultural programs - dance, music, community theatre, ancestral fighting arts. This event will take place at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Austin's Puerto Rican Cultural Center is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME). Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Free & Open to the Public!
October 12, 2025 (2-5pm)
BRING YOUR MARACA & BEACH CHAIR!
Learn how to make Casabe bread - Taino style, in ceremony - with Yukayeke Yara Cu.
The Yuca Harvest was sacred for our Taino Ancestors. Yuca was our food staple. When grated and properly prepared into Casabe (traditional flatbread), it could feed a Yukayeke through post-hurricane times when there was little food -- as Casabe would keep without molding for a year.
In the tradition of our Ancestors, our gathering will open in ceremony led by our Kacike Tekina-eiru, and feature an afternoon of Casabe making and joyful Areyto -- ceremonial dance for all!
We will make Casabe to remember our Ancestors and...
Remind ourselves -- after the torrential rains of Spring and incinerating Summer heat -- the Fall harvest is up ahead!
Our Taino Harvest Gathering will take place under the pecan trees of our Batey at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX 78702.
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1370671130678610
WHO ARE WE?
YUKAYEKE YARA CU (Tribe of the Sacred Place) is a Taino Yukayeke of blood descendants and Guaytiao proudly serving Central Texas. Since 2008, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center defends and shares Taino Heritage everyday.
Live in Central Texas? Contact us to become involved!
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Austin's Puerto Rican Cultural Center is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME).
Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Celebrate Opening Day of our 28th Season with a free day of community classes in Traditional Dance, Percussion (Bomba & Plena), Children's Coqui Dance, and Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts (Cocobale).
Everyone is welcome from any culture or background!
No experience in these wonderful arts required!
Try any of our classes for free on Aug 9th, 2025.
See our
CLASS PAGE for more class information.
9am - 10am CST
Coqui Children's class! - Boricua culture for children & teens
10:00am-11:30am CST
Bomba, Plena y Mas Traditional Dance
12pm-1pm CST (Starts in Sept)
Cocobale Class - Afro-Boricua Warrior Arts
1pm-2pm CST
Bomba Percussion Class
2pm-3pm
Plena Percussion Class
Our classes take place at our Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street #13, Austin TX.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Austin's Puerto Rican Cultural Center is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin Office of Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME).
Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Austin) invites you to enjoy our VIDEO PREMIERE of Celebrando 2025 - Boricua cultural exchange with Bahia Brazil -- featuring "La Ruta de Santiago"!!
Video Premiere, July 27, 2025 (2-4pm CST / 3-5pm ET/AST)
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/yHUn7qr9hqQ
Grateful for donations to our nonprofit mission!
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=4RCHBM8RGMA8Q
Our 14th Celebrando Heritage Festival took place on June 8, 2025 in Austin Texas and presented direct from Puerto Rico:
Loiza Ancestral Traditions
celebrating the Festival de Santiago with
- Nercy Cordova from Loiza
- Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera
- Raul de La Paz
- Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance!
Our Brazilian exchange featured
Bahia Folklore & Traditions including
- Samba de Roda with
Marcia Workman, Luiz Coutinho, Matt Hashone
- Capoeira Luanda & Ilê Bahia de SA
Our 14th Celebrando Heritage Festival was filmed live on June 8, 2025 at the JCC Ballroom / Community Hall in Austin TX.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Our Heritage project was sponsored by The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, H-E-B, the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Division, and Humanities Texas, the State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities!
Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
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BUY NOW - DISCOUNT IN ADVANCE!!
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14th Celebrando - Salsa & Heritage Festival 2025
`Bahian Dream - Boricua cultural exchange with Bahia, Brazil!
June 8, 2025, 3-8pm
SEMI-FORMAL EVENT!!
Find your dancing shoes! Our 14th Salsa & Heritage Festival will feature a Boricua cultural exchange with Bahia Brazil.
Salsa Gorda with Orquesta Sabore, handcraft artesania, and comida criolla by Boriken Roots.
Folklore performances including traditional and new works with
Our performing company - Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance!
& Special Guests:
Bahia Folklore & Traditions
- Marcia Workman, Luiz Coutinho & Matt Hashone
- Capoeira Luanda & Ilê Bahia de SA
Loiza Ancestral Traditions direct from Puerto Rico
- Nercy Cordova from Loiza
- Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera
- Raul de La Paz
The Salsa & Heritage Festival will take place at the JCC Ballroom at Shalom Austin, 7300 Hart Ln, Austin, TX 78731.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
BUY NOW - DISCOUNT IN ADVANCE!!
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Keep up with the excitement on Facebook (invitation)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1156365635991040
Our Celebrando Heritage Project 2025 - Bahian Dream will be the culmination of a semester long program exchange with Bahia Brazil.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
This Heritage project is sponsored by The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, H-E-B, the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Division, and Humanities Texas, the State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities!
Our cultural center's 2025 digital strategy is supported by Internet Leaders. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
8th Earth Day - Taino Areyto for Ataabey!
YUKAYEKE YARA CU!
Sunday, April 27, 2025 - 2-5pm
FREE & OPEN TO ALL!
Bring your beach chair & maraca!
Join Yukayeke Yara Cu as we honor Ataabey - Mother Earth & Universal Mother - with a Spring Ceremony of Areryto ceremonial dance and Native family activities under the Pecan Trees of our Batey! Special presentations include:
For the Taino, Spring Season begins with the Spring Equinox, and is marked with celebrations of gratefulness for the Spring rains that bring new life to the Earth. During this season, Attaabey invites us to plant not only new seeds into the Earth but into our lives.
Bring your Maraca! WE ARE TAINO and in Taino tradition, we dance ALOT!!
Our Spring Gathering will take place in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX.
Invite your friends!
https://www.facebook.com/events/631921909275934
ABOUT OUR TAINO YUKAYEKE!
Yukayeke Yara Cu (Tribe of the Sacred Place) is a Taino Yukayeke of blood descendants and Guaytiao (friends) proudly serving Central Texas. Since 2008, our Cultural Center defends and shares Taino Heritage everyday.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Earth Day is supported by the Good Water Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program.
Our Puerto Rican Cultural Center's 2025 season of cultural outreach is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Become a sponsor!
PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER proudly presents
8th annual PICNIC, RITMO y BAILE
& Cultural Workshops
Special Guests from Puerto Rico, Bahia Brazil & Taino of Boriken
Sunday, April 6, 2025
FREE EVENT - Donations appreciated!
BRING YOUR BEACH CHAIRS & THE KIDS!
Come dance Bomba, Plena and more with us under the Pecan Trees of our Batey!
We are celebrating 25 years of the Celebrando Heritage Project!
This year's cultural exchange is with Bahia Brazil & Puerto Rico featuring:
SCHEDULE:
11-1pm: Cultural Workshops, indoors (see below)!
2-5pm: Picnic & Interactive Performances, outdoors!
COME READY TO DANCE!
Performances by our company - Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance!
With Special Guests:
Bahia Folklore & Traditions
- Samba de Roda with Marcia Workman & Luiz Coutinho
- Capoeira Luanda & Ile Bahia de SA
Bomba de Loiza, direct from Puerto Rico
Plena, Jibaro folklore y mas
- Nercy Cordova from Loiza
- Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera
- Raul de La Paz
BRING YOUR MARACA!!
Taino Areyto, ceremonial dance FOR ALL led by
- Kacike Tekina-eiru, Yukayeke Yara Cu (Tribe of the Sacred Place)
COME HUNGRY!!
Austin's own Borinken Roots will be selling comida criolla!!
CULTURAL WORKSHOPS / Talleres Culturales!
(Free, donations appreciated)
11-12pm: Loiza Ancestral Culture: Come share a unique, interactive experience where you'll enjoy the traditional bomba music and dance from the town of Loiza. Come channel your joys and sorrows! By Nercy Cordova Rodriguez, Raul de la Paz, and Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera, direct from Puerto Rico.
12-1pm - Introduction to Capoeira: This workshop is open to all levels and will
cover the foundational movements of Capoeira (Ginga, Esquiva, e ataque) as well as
music and history. By Capoeira Luanda & Ile Bahia de SA, Marcia Workman & Luiz
Coutinho.
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2118774665220816
This event will take place indoors and outdoors in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX.
"The Picnic" is part of our 25th annual Celebrando Heritage Project! Don't miss....
* 14th Celebrando - Salsa & Heritage Festival *
Bahian Dream, June 8, 2025 *
https://facebook.com/events/s/14th-celebrando-salsa-heritage/1156365635991040/
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center is a 28-year old nonprofit (501C3). This Heritage project is sponsored by The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, H-E-B, the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Division, and Humanities Texas, the State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities!
Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Puerto Ricans are joyful people because our holidays start in November and last until end of January! Enjoy a Parranda singalong, performances by our company Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance, and dancing for all!!
SPECIAL GUESTS - Plenero Danny Rodriguez and Estilo Peruano dancing La Marinera Nortena!
Our Octavitas celebration will take place on Sunday, January 19, 2025, 2-5pm, at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, in Austin, Texas 78702. Entrance is in the southside of the building facing the Batey (Great Lawn). Free Parking.
This Reyes event is supported in part by Cleartrace and the Sons of Boriken! Our 2025 Season of cultural outreach is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts. Watch for addition sponsors. Since 2005,our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Please share the happy news!
Sembrando Herencia 2024 - Mas Que Pantalones
22nd Original Community Theatre Musical
with special guest Rupert Reyes
December 14-15, 2024
Our 22nd original Musical - Mas Que Pantalones - is inspired by the life of Luisa Capetillo -- Labor Union leader, activist, writer, anarchist, and spiritist -- who tirelessly defended the rights of women and poor agricultural workers. Despite her important contributions in the early 20th century as a passionate Labor Movement leader, she is most popularly remembered as the 1st woman in Puerto Rico to wear pants.
Based in oral and documented history, this historical fiction is written in English, Spanish, and Taino. Set in the mid 1970s and circa 1917, it honors early 20th century female labor union leaders who fought for the rights of women and laborers and opened the doors to feminism in Puerto Rico! Traditions inherited from our Boricua Taino ancestors are also included!
The original script, music, and choreographies by Tekina-eiru Maynard feature Jibaro, Salon (Vals & Mazurka), Plena, Bomba, and Taino music.
Special Guest Rupert Reyes -- celebrated Latino playwright and actor, and director -- joins our cast of actors, dancers, musicians, and Cocobale -- STICKS & MACHETE FIGHTERS -- to bring history to life! This musical will take place on Saturday, December 14 (6:30pm) and Sunday, December 15 (3pm) at the Huston-Tillotson University, King-Seabrook Chapel, 900 Chicon St, Austin, TX 78702.
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!!!!!!!
https://tickets.prfdance.org/events/sembrando2024/
TICKET INFO:
DISCOUNTED 20% IN ADVANCE!
- Adults, $20.00 in advance ($25.00 day of show).
- Children (ages 3-12) - $5.00.
- Lap children 2 & under - FREE!
PARKING INFO:
FREE Visitor Parking on Chalmers Avenue.
Set your GPS to 810 Chalmers Ave, Austin, TX 78702
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
The Sembrando Herencia 2024 Community Theater project is sponsored in part by Six Square, Huston-Tillotson University, the MAP Fund, and the Texas Commission on the Arts, with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Austin Economic Development Division. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Photo Artwork by Tekina-eiru Maynard (Copyright)
Composite with photos in Public Domain
- Sugarcane Workers Strike, c1900s
- Luisa Capetillo wearing Men's Clothing, 1915
Catch it! Like Roberto Clemente Did!
We will honor Roberto Clemente -- The Great One -- Hall of Famer and greatest Boricua baseball player of all time with a showcase of collector grade memorabilia, hosted by forever-fan Edwin Baez.
After 50+ years, Puerto Ricans still continue to remember and honor this selfless
humanitarian. Clemente was "an unmistakable force on the field who made a
powerful impact on young ballplayers." His career was cut short on New Year's
Eve 1972, when Clemente died in a plane crash at age 38 attempting to deliver
relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Read more about him:
https://www.whec.com/national-sports/mlb-celebrates-roberto-clemente-day-ceremony-at-citi-field/
Also enjoy our Traditional Arts students
rehearsing Bomba and other folkloric music and dances for our upcoming December play -- Mas Que Pantalones.
INVITATION:
https://www.facebook.com/events/406248522177886
Our Roberto Clemente & Folkloric Arts Display will take place November 9, 2024, from 10am-12pm at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, in Austin, Texas 78702. Our entrance is in the south end of the building, steps away from the free parking lot.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Austin's Puerto Rican Cultural Center's season of outreach is supported in part by Six Square, the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Since 2005, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Taino Indigenous Heritage Gathering 2024
with Yukayeke Yara Cu
and Special Guest
Behike Miguel SOBAOKO KOROMO Sague Jr
Free & Open to the Public!
October 13, 2024 (2-5pm)
BRING YOUR MARACA & BEACH CHAIR!
Join our Taino tribe, Yukayeke Yara Cu, as we hold a very special gathering to celebrate Indigenous Heritage. This year we are excited to host the esteemed Taino Behike Miguel (Sobaoko Koromo) Sague Jr. who will be sharing traditions from his Caney Indigenous Spiritual Circle (Pittsburgh).
As each year, we invite the community to celebrate with us in Taino tradition, including an opening ceremony led by our Kacike Tekina-eirú, as well as an afternoon of joyful Areyto -- ceremonial dance for all!
So bring your maraca and beach chair, and join us for this "once in a lifetime" Indigenous Heritage gathering in the Batey under the Pecan Trees of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX 78702.
Share the Invitation: https://www.facebook.com/events/1079907417091289
WHO ARE WE?
YUKAYEKE YARA CU (Tribe of the Sacred Place) is a Taino tribe of blood descendants and
Guaytiao proudly serving Central Texas. Since 2008, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center
defends and shares Taino Heritage everyday.
Live in Central Texas? Contact us to become involved!
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Austin's Puerto Rican Cultural Center is supported in part by Six Square, the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Since 2005, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
BRING YOUR FALDA -- WE'RE HAVING A PARTY!
Come dance and sing Bomba! And help us cut our birthday cake. This bombazo and album release party will celebrate -- our 27 years holding our bandera high -- bringing Puerto Rican culture and traditions to Texas. We will also public debuting our 1st recording album - Areyto Le Lo Lai! Come ready to Party! Our nonprofit is the only center in Texas and the Southwest affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP). We promote Boricua pride through cultural programs - 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 #13 in Austin, Texas.
The Taino are the indigenous people of Boriken (Puerto Rico) and the Greater Antilles! Is your heart screaming to learn more?
Throw your beach chair or blanket in your car! This gathering will take place on June 29, 2024, 1-3pm -- outdoors in the Batey (under the trees) of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery St #13, Austin, TX 78702. IF IT'S TOO HOT, we will sit indoors in the cool AC!
Kacike Tekina-eirú is tribal chief of YUKAYEKE YARA CU (Tribe of the Sacred Place) -- a Taino Tribe of blood descendants & Guaytiao (friends) proudly serving Central Texas.
See Invitation with more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/814819173935878
Celebrando 2024 - SALSA & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Madre Patria Africa - Boricua & West Africa cultural exchange!
June 9, 2024, 3-8pm
SEMIFORMAL EVENT!
Find your dancing shoes! This year's Salsa & Heritage Festival will feature a cultural exchange of West African and Afro-Puerto Rican traditions, handcraft artisans, cocina criolla (traditional food) by Borinken Roots, and Salsa dancing for all!
Our cultural exchange is significant because while Puerto Ricans proudly celebrate our Afro-Boricua traditions, many don't know a lot about our African ancestors, or the Motherland where they came from. What are the traditions that are alive in Africa today?
This festival will feature:
The Salsa & Heritage Festival will take place at the JCC Ballroom at Shalom Austin, 7300 Hart Ln, Austin, TX 78731.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE! https://tickets.prfdance.org/
o Adults - $24 in advance / $30 day of the festival
o Children (ages 3-12) are $5.00. (Bring the kids!)
o Children 2 & under are FREE.
(There will be no extra fees to buy online!)
INVITE YOUR FRIENDS!
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This event is part of our program series - Celebrando Heritage Project 2024 - Madre Patria Africa that included:
* 7th Picnic Ritmo y Baile & Cultural Workshop Experience (April 7)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1445074183034566
* Madre Patria Africa - The Presence of Africa in Puerto Rico (Feb 25)
Livestream Conversation & Video Premiere of the Prince & The Pana, 21st Musical
Video Link!! - https://www.facebook.com/prfdance/videos/911761903924225
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
This Heritage & Festival project is sponsored by Six Square, H-E-B, the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Division, and Humanities Texas, the State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Come and learn the authentic African Caribbean Diaspora martial arts of Puerto Rico and Cuba. Gran Maestro Miguel Quijano is a keeper of the traditions of cocobale/kokobale, calinda and el juego de mani.
Stick, machete, and unarmed combat – traditions brought from Africa and forged in the Caribbean for resistance and survival. Sometimes set to drum and dance. Gran Maestro has taught all over the world for several decades and has 55 years in these traditions. Don’t miss this opportunity!
Donations are welcome from non-students of the cultural center. Current students will be prioritized in the workshop experience.
This workshop will take place at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery St #13, Austin, TX 78702
7th Earth Day - Taino Areyto for Ataabey!
YUKAYEKE YARA CU!
Sunday, April 21, 2024 - 2-5pm
FREE EVENT!
BRING YOUR BEACH CHAIR & MARACA !!
Join Yukayeke Yara Cu as we honor Ataabey (Mother Earth) -- with a Spring Ceremony -- of ceremonial dance and family activities under the Pecan Trees of our Batey!
For the Taino, the Spring Season begins with the Spring Equinox, and is marked with celebrations of gratefulness for the Spring rains that bring new life to the Earth. During this season, Attaabey invites us to plant not only new seeds into the Earth but into our lives.
Bring your Maraca! In Taino tradition, we will dance Areyto - ceremonial dance and song! Come learn to play the Taino ballgame of Batu, and other native games for the whole family.
Our joyful Spring Gathering will take place in the Batey of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin TX 78702. Our entrance is in back facing the lawn, steps away from free parking.
Invite your friends!
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YUKAYEKE YARA CU (Tribe of the Sacred Place) is a Taino tribe of blood descendants and Guaytiao proudly serving Central Texas. Since 2008, our Cultural Center defends and shares Taino Heritage everyday. Live in Central Texas? Contact us to become involved!
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Earth Day is supported by Good Water - Texas Master Naturalists!
Our 2024 season of cultural outreach is sponsored in part by Six Square, the Texas
Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Austin
Economic Development Department. Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is
proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Become a sponsor!
ARE YOU COMING TO THE AUSTIN ECLIPSE?
Bring beach chairs & the kids!
We're having a picnic in our Batey!
Join us the DAY BEFORE THE ECLIPSE for our....
7th annual PICNIC, RITMO y BAILE & CULTURAL WORKSHOPS
Featuring Music & Dance from Puerto Rico, West Africa & Taino of Boriken
Sunday, April 7, 2024
FREE EVENT - Donations appreciated!
SCHEDULE:
BRING YOUR BEACH CHAIRS & THE KIDS!
Come dance with us under the Pecan Trees of our
Batey! From 11-1pm there will be music, dance, and cultural workshops from West
Africa & Puerto Rico - BOMBA!
From 2-5pm, our interactive outdoor event will feature live traditional music from
West Africa, Puerto Rico, and Taino from Boriken.
YES! BRING YOUR MARACA & REPRESENT!
There will be Areyto -- Taino music and dance for all!
Festivities include:
COME HUNGRY!! Austin's very own TexaRican512 food truck/restaurant will be selling comida criolla!!
Our annual heritage picnic will take place in the Batey (under the trees) of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, Austin 78702. This event is part of our program series - Celebrando Heritage Project 2024 - Madre Patria Africa. Don't miss the...
* Celebrando 2024 - Salsa & Heritage Festival (June 9)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1401235027450674
* 7th Picnic Ritmo y Baile & Cultural Workshop Experience (April 7)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1445074183034566
* Madre Patria Africa - The Presence of Africa in Puerto Rico (WAS: Feb 25)
Livestream Conversation & Video Premiere of the Prince & The Pana, 21st Musical
Video Link!! - https://www.facebook.com/prfdance/videos/911761903924225
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
This Celebrando Heritage & Festival project is sponsored by Six Square, H-E-B, the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Division, and Humanities Texas, the State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Since 2005, our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Puerto Ricans proudly celebrate our Afro-Boricua traditions, but many don't know alot about our African ancestors, or the Motherland where they came from. Who were our Ancestors before they came to Puerto Rico? What are the traditions that are alive in Africa today?
Over the next several months, our season Celebrando 2024 Heritage Project - Madre Patria África - will present a series of programs that will share relevant history to present day, cultural traditions, and more through workshops, performances and the annual Salsa & Heritage Festival!
This livestream conversation - Madre Patria Africa - The Presence of Africa in Puerto Rico - kicks off the series.
Join us on February 25, 2024, 4-7pm CT for this exciting Livestream Charla (conversation) and Video Premiere of The Prince & The Pana, our 21st original musical. Our special guests, Afro-Boricua historians, presenters, and humanities experts include Dr. Pablo Luis Rivera, University of Puerto Rico Professor (in Puerto Rico), Melanie Maldonado, Founder and President of PROPA (in Florida), and Dr. Tekina-eiru Maynard, PRCC Executive & Artistic Director (Austin)!
This introductory livestream conversation will feature a highly energized discussion and review of the history of Africa in Puerto Rico. After our conversation we will enjoy the Livestream Video Premiere of The Prince & The Pana. Set in the mid-19th century - before the Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico - this play follows an African Prince and his journey to save his people. Our play includes the history of the Majesty, the last known illegal slave ship to come to Puerto Rico in 1859. The Prince & The Pana was performed before a live audience on December 9-10, 2023 in Austin TX.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Our 2024 / 2023 Project sponsors include Six Square, Huston-Tillotson University, the Texas Commission on the Arts - East Austin Cultural District, The National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Austin Economic Development Division, and Humanities Texas, the State affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Since 2005,our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
Puerto Ricans are joyful people because our holidays start in November and last until end of January! Enjoy a Parranda singalong, company and junior performances, and dancing for all!!
Our Octavitas celebration will take place on Sunday, January 21, 2024, 2-5pm, at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, 701 Tillery Street, in Austin, Texas 78702. Entrance is in the southside of the building facing the Batey (Great Lawn). Free Parking.
This Reyes event is supported in part by the Sons of Boriken. Our 2024 Season of cultural outreach is sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts with the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Since 2005,our Puerto Rican Cultural Center is proudly affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
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