Culture events, discussions on issues facing Latino communities and a poetry festival highlight T九色视频鈥檚 Latino Heritage Month activities, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, this year.
The celebration begins with a kickoff breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the North Academic Center鈥檚 Hoffman Atrium. The event, free and open to City College students, faculty and staff, will include food and music from different Latin nations.
The other heritage events include:
Tipico Night 5: A showcase of different genres of Latino music, featuring a live band and DJ. From 8 p.m. to 2a.m., Friday, Sept. 18, in the Great Hall, Shepard Hall. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Click for more information and to purchase tickets.
Latino Heritage Month Diversity Talks: A discussion on the issues facing Latino communities around the globe. Presented by City College鈥檚 Department of Student Life & Leadership Development and the Latino Heritage Month Student Committee. 12 鈥 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29, NAC Ballroom.
Latino Heritage Month Wednesday Night Live: A night of live entertainment by various performers. Free Latino food will be served. 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 14, NAC Ballroom.
The Americas Poetry Festival: A multilingual poetry festival and writers鈥 conference that this year honors the memory of poet William Akcoo (aka William Beltr谩n 1973-2011). Sixty poets from 15 countries will participate. Oct. 14-16. Presented by the . Visit for more information and venues.
鈥淪ixteenth-Century La Espa帽ola: Glimpses of the First Blacks in the Early Colonial Americas:鈥 An exhibit featuring manuscripts about one of the earliest ancestral groups of Dominicans who trace their origins to black Africans. Monday, September 14 to December 31, 2015, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Archives and Library, NAC Room 2/202.
For additional information on events at CCNY鈥檚 upper Manhattan campus, please call the at (212) 650-5002.
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