Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is hosting a Latinx Heritage Night, on Thursday, September 26, 2024, 5:00 pm–10:00 pm. 

The City Talks: The Storytellers

7–8 pm
Riley Seminar Room

Join Boston-based artists as they share how their Latinx identity is used as a source of inspiration, world building, and story telling in their practice and work. Panelists include Silvia Lopez Chavez, artist; Anthony Febo, poet and one half of Adobo-Fish-Sauce; and Paloma Valenzuela, founder of Palomita Productions. Moderated by Marcela Di Blasi, assistant professor, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth College.

If you are interested in attending this event for free, contact Prof. Di Blasi to get the promo code. 

Another fun event: HopStop Family Show Dia De Los Muertos Celebration, on October 26, 2024, 11 am, Kilton Library. 

Create art for Day of the Dead to add to our shrine and experience live mariachi music!

Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month 

Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15 and it is a great time to learn more about the diversity of Hispanic and Latina/e/o/x experiences and cultures. In 2020, the U.S. Hispanic population was an estimated 62 million out of the total U.S. population of 331.4 million.

We know that just one descriptor can hardly capture the spirit and cultures of so many people who descend from a vast geography that includes present-day Southwestern U.S. states to the southern most tip of South America, and nearly every present-day country and island in between. This is why you'll see many different ways in which people describe themselves and their heritage. You'll see the terms Latina, Latino, and their non-gendered versions Latine and Latinx. You might also see people identify as Hispanic, Chicano, Tejano, Taino, Isleños, Boricua, Afro-Latino, in addition to the many more terms used for people who have families and ancestors in the 22 nations and territories that comprise Latin America. 

Hear and see an array of voices and stories in this collection of programs and documentaries. We hope you see yourself represented.

Read the full article and watch documentaries at this pbs.org link.