Aurora & Zon del Barrio
Author, artist, & activist She is leader of the band & cultural writer warrior.
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At Hostos, a room full of Nuyorican charangueros danced, sang, and claimed what has always been theirs.
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At Hostos, a room full of Nuyorican charangueros danced, sang, and claimed what has always been theirs.
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At Hostos, a room full of Nuyorican charangueros danced, sang, and claimed what has always been theirs.
The Swing of Enlightenment: Guest Book Review
The Swing of Enlightenment: Guest Book Review
Reaching Beyond: Improvisations of Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life. Eugene Holley Jr.
An Audience with the King: April 20th is NYC's Tito Puente Day. The Rest of the Country can Smoke to That!
An Audience with the King: April 20th is NYC's Tito Puente Day. The Rest of the Country can Smoke to That!
The Sound They Packaged, The erased District that embraced Tito Puente and the making of New York’s Latin music Salsa!
Latin Fever: The Night Women Took the Salsa Bandstand!
Latin Fever: The Night Women Took the Salsa Bandstand!
How one of New York’s first all-woman salsa bands slipped from history. A Salsa Diaries series on the women who pushed through the doors of a macho music industry.
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ray Barretto
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ray Barretto
A son of Puerto Rican parents who grew up in the Bronx, Barretto moved between jazz and Latin music with relentless creativity. Hear 12 indestructible tracks.
Willie Colón: Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo.
Willie Colón: Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo.
El genio musical era innegable. La política, pues, no tanto.
Willie Colón: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Willie Colón: The good, the bad, and the ugly
The news of Willie Colón’s passing at 75 hit hard Saturday morning. Those of us of a certain age remember the defiance of the sixties.
Maestra Vida Vol. II / The School of Life
Maestra Vida Vol. II / The School of Life
An operatic masterpiece born of Blades’ pen and Colón’s brass — reshaping salsa as literature, theater, and protest.
Maestra Vida Vol. I / The School of Life
Maestra Vida Vol. I / The School of Life
Salsa as Opera, Protest & Memory: How Rubén Blades and Willie Colón deconstructed the dance floor to build a Latin American epic.
Willie Colón: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Willie Colón: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The music's genius was undeniable. The politics were not.
Catalino “Tite” Curet Alonso at 100: The Barrio Journalist Who Became Salsa’s Chronicler of a Pueblo
Catalino “Tite” Curet Alonso at 100: The Barrio Journalist Who Became Salsa’s Chronicler of a Pueblo
He did not merely write hits. He wrote history in clave.
The Drum Travels: The Body Remembers
The Drum Travels: The Body Remembers
Bomba music, Black memory, and the long road from Harlem halls to the Super Bowl stage.
Bad Bunny: Somos Boricua, Americanos
Bad Bunny: Somos Boricua, Americanos
Bad Bunny Brought Us ALL Together
Bad Bunny Brought Us ALL Together
This is NOT a Good Year!
This is NOT a Good Year!
Aurora Flores Hostos (@salsadiaries)
Aurora Flores Hostos (@salsadiaries)
Wave of Anti-ICE Protests Expected in Minneapolis and Other Cities: Live Updates
Wave of Anti-ICE Protests Expected in Minneapolis and Other Cities: Live Updates
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100 Years of Latin Music in New York
100 Years of Latin Music in New York
...it all began in El Barrio, East Harlem, NYC
Portrait Unveiling of Pedro Albizu Campos (HLS 1923) at the Harvard Club – Repeating Islands
Portrait Unveiling of Pedro Albizu Campos (HLS 1923) at the Harvard Club – Repeating Islands
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrates Celia Cruz this Saturday, 10/4
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrates Celia Cruz this Saturday, 10/4
New Jersey Hall of Fame Foundation holds exhibit & panel discussion on the Queen of Latin Music.
Don’t Let Them Erase Us…Whoppi Goldberg
Don’t Let Them Erase Us…Whoppi Goldberg
Hispanic Heritage Month, the Salsa Music Movement, & documenting N.Y. Latinos
The New Yorker’s Rightward Drift? Readers Aren’t Having It
The New Yorker’s Rightward Drift? Readers Aren’t Having It
Palmieri’s “Gotcha” to the World
Palmieri’s “Gotcha” to the World
JUSTICE / JUSTICIA - Fania Records
JUSTICE / JUSTICIA - Fania Records
Se Nos Fue El Musicazo Eddie Palmieri
Se Nos Fue El Musicazo Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri, The Sun of Latin Music
Eddie Palmieri, The Sun of Latin Music
New York's Dance of Displacement
New York's Dance of Displacement
Before Stonewall, Boricuas Boasted Colorful Parrots, Ducks, and Feathers.
Before Stonewall, Boricuas Boasted Colorful Parrots, Ducks, and Feathers.
Aurora Flores Hostos on Substack
Aurora Flores Hostos on Substack
Puerto Rican Parade New York City: An Evolution — The Latinx Project at NYU
Puerto Rican Parade New York City: An Evolution — The Latinx Project at NYU
Taking Back the Block:
Taking Back the Block:
New York's Dance of Displacement
New York's Dance of Displacement
¡Yo Soy Boricua! Just so ya' know!
¡Yo Soy Boricua! Just so ya' know!
Aurora Flores Hostos on Substack
Aurora Flores Hostos on Substack
Larry Harlow, El Judio Maravilloso & the Street Where He lived
Larry Harlow, El Judio Maravilloso & the Street Where He lived
Piñero Film Review
Piñero Film Review
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Comedia: Hector LaVoe
Comedia: Hector LaVoe
Maestra Vida Vol. II / The School of Life
Maestra Vida Vol. II / The School of Life
Maestra Vida Vol. I / The School of Life
Maestra Vida Vol. I / The School of Life
Feel the Moment: The Latin Sound of New York (1964-1978)
Feel the Moment: The Latin Sound of New York (1964-1978)
Larry Harlow, salsa music pianist/bandleader and Fania All-Star passes into ancestry.
Larry Harlow, salsa music pianist/bandleader and Fania All-Star passes into ancestry.
Trump slapped with Puerto Rico plan to save America $617 billion
Trump slapped with Puerto Rico plan to save America $617 billion
Sixty Years of Fania Records
Sixty Years of Fania Records
Kino Film Collection
Kino Film Collection
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center panel discussion on Puerto Rican music of the 20th Century
Lincoln Center panel discussion on Puerto Rican music of the 20th Century
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center
Epistle: Dear Celia Remembering the Queen of Latin Music
Epistle: Dear Celia Remembering the Queen of Latin Music
Programa especial de NY1 Noticias sobre la Salsa
Programa especial de NY1 Noticias sobre la Salsa
Developer Seeks Aid From Adams’ Housing Commissioner After Scandal That Ensnared Both of Them
Developer Seeks Aid From Adams’ Housing Commissioner After Scandal That Ensnared Both of Them
Yo Soy Boricua… So That You Know
Yo Soy Boricua… So That You Know
New York City's Puerto Rican population is long-established...and shrinking. | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
New York City's Puerto Rican population is long-established...and shrinking. | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News
Woman mayor shot dead in Mexico day after Claudia Sheinbaum's historic presidential win
Woman mayor shot dead in Mexico day after Claudia Sheinbaum's historic presidential win
Gulliver
Gulliver
Craft Latino Celebrates Fania Records’ 60th Anniversary With Box Sets & Remastered Albums
Craft Latino Celebrates Fania Records’ 60th Anniversary With Box Sets & Remastered Albums
Conversations with the Masters: Manny Oquendo Conjunto Libre
Conversations with the Masters: Manny Oquendo Conjunto Libre
Mongo Santamaria interview by Yeyito Flores and Americo Berrios part 2
Mongo Santamaria interview by Yeyito Flores and Americo Berrios part 2
Mongo Santamaria interview by Yeyito Flores and Americo Berrios 1975 in NYC. Part 1
Mongo Santamaria interview by Yeyito Flores and Americo Berrios 1975 in NYC. Part 1
ALFREDO “CHOCOLATE” ARMENTEROS: “A SWEET LIFE”
ALFREDO “CHOCOLATE” ARMENTEROS: “A SWEET LIFE”
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros & Wynton Marsalis At The Great Hill of Central Park
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros & Wynton Marsalis At The Great Hill of Central Park
Diosa Costello - Bim-Bam-Boom
Diosa Costello - Bim-Bam-Boom
Elsie Bayron - Disco Rayado
Elsie Bayron - Disco Rayado
adp.library.ucsb.edu
adp.library.ucsb.edu
La–Yoli Remembers her mother: La Lupe A Women's History Month Interview
La–Yoli Remembers her mother: La Lupe A Women's History Month Interview
“I’m A Mother, and I’m a Mother”: A Eulogy for Evelina, The Hell Lady of the Bronx — The Latinx Project at NYU
“I’m A Mother, and I’m a Mother”: A Eulogy for Evelina, The Hell Lady of the Bronx — The Latinx Project at NYU
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Netanyahu built a coalition of messianic zealots and shameless opportunists’
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Netanyahu built a coalition of messianic zealots and shameless opportunists’
Mariachis, Parranda caroling & a Chinese Lion Dance leads to a Skating Rink, East Harlem’s 20th Tree Lighting Ceremony
Mariachis, Parranda caroling & a Chinese Lion Dance leads to a Skating Rink, East Harlem’s 20th Tree Lighting Ceremony
Epistle: Dear Celia Remembering the Queen of Latin Music
Epistle: Dear Celia Remembering the Queen of Latin Music
Rafael Cortijo & Ismael Rivera - El Negrito Culembo
Rafael Cortijo & Ismael Rivera - El Negrito Culembo
My Showdown with Cancer
My Showdown with Cancer
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26417971_Ecua_Jei_Ismael_Rivera_El_Sonero_Mayor_A_Personal_Recollection Personal_Recollection
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26417971_Ecua_Jei_Ismael_Rivera_El_Sonero_Mayor_A_Personal_Recollection Personal_Recollection
Sign the Petition
Sign the Petition
The 99 Year Old Traveler | This is one of my favorite videos yet. Vincent Leville, a 99 year old native of Brooklyn, shares what it was like to travel in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.... | By Drew Binsky | Facebook
Facebook Video
The 99 Year Old Traveler | This is one of my favorite videos yet. Vincent Leville, a 99 year old native of Brooklyn, shares what it was like to travel in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.... | By Drew Binsky | Facebook
Where did Arsenio live? Fuego en la 23: Adonde vivio Arsenio Rodriguez?
Where did Arsenio live? Fuego en la 23: Adonde vivio Arsenio Rodriguez?
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www.washingtonpost.com
Lincoln Center Dance of Displacement
Lincoln Center Dance of Displacement
Legacies of San Juan Hill: Exploring the Puerto Rican Experience in New York City (1920–1960)
Legacies of San Juan Hill: Exploring the Puerto Rican Experience in New York City (1920–1960)
El Cocotazo
El Cocotazo
La Marqueta
La Marqueta
Pork
Pork
Swinging thru Spanish HRlem
Swinging thru Spanish HRlem
Happy in Spanish Harlem
Happy in Spanish Harlem
Spanish Harlem
Spanish Harlem
Jane’s walk
Jane’s walk
Jane’s walk
Jane’s walk
Janes walk
Janes walk
Jane’s Walk Swing thru Spanish Harlem
Jane’s Walk Swing thru Spanish Harlem
Plena Corona de Aurora; Music Under Lock-down in Latin New York. Musica en cuarentena.
Plena Corona de Aurora; Music Under Lock-down in Latin New York. Musica en cuarentena.
Spanish Harlem Swing… Salsa Music Tour – The Municipal Art Society of New York
Spanish Harlem Swing… Salsa Music Tour – The Municipal Art Society of New York
El Rey del Timbal: Tito Puente's Centennial Celebration
El Rey del Timbal: Tito Puente's Centennial Celebration
Larry Harlow, salsa music pianist/bandleader and Fania All-Star passes into ancestry.
Larry Harlow, salsa music pianist/bandleader and Fania All-Star passes into ancestry.
La–Yoli Remembers her mother: La Lupe A Women's History Month Interview
La–Yoli Remembers her mother: La Lupe A Women's History Month Interview
Capetillo, Luisa - a biography
Capetillo, Luisa - a biography
100 Years of Latin Music Part III the 1940s / Cien Años de Musica Latina en N.Y. Los 40s.
100 Years of Latin Music Part III the 1940s / Cien Años de Musica Latina en N.Y. Los 40s.
Ray Barretto interview: 2003
Ray Barretto interview: 2003
History Erased - Women’s Media Center
History Erased - Women’s Media Center
100 Years of Latin Music in NY Part II: the 1930s
100 Years of Latin Music in NY Part II: the 1930s
The Architect of Liberation: Eugenio María de Hostos
The Architect of Liberation: Eugenio María de Hostos
Voice of the Waterlily- Our Stories: Ep. 21 Celebrating The Life And Work Of Rafael Cortijo (with Aurora Flores) on Apple Podcasts
Voice of the Waterlily- Our Stories: Ep. 21 Celebrating The Life And Work Of Rafael Cortijo (with Aurora Flores) on Apple Podcasts
Yomo Toro & Zon del Barrio Carnaval Asalto Navideño
Yomo Toro & Zon del Barrio Carnaval Asalto Navideño
East Harlem Holiday Tree on Instagram: "From singing to our ancestors, our grandparents & abuelitos, to our children of the @East Harlem Tutorial singing songs of today - El Barrio moves forward while keeping our roots and shining a light into the future
East Harlem Holiday Tree on Instagram: "From singing to our ancestors, our grandparents & abuelitos, to our children of the @East Harlem Tutorial singing songs of today - El Barrio moves forward while keeping our roots and shining a light into the future
An Audience with the King
An Audience with the King
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