Sentences with phrase «rican heritage»

More... UPCOMING: ROBERTO LUGO in GHETTO GARNITURE: WU TANG WORCESTER opens August 22, 2015 In this solo installation, Lugo explores eclecticism and culture through juxtapositions of graffiti, European decorative arts, and his native Puerto Rican heritage.

In his exhibition, Victory, DZINE celebrates the universal desires for victory and recognition, while paying homage to his rich Puerto Rican heritage.

I» of Puerto Rican heritage and have been living in New York City for most of my life.

Juan Sanchez explores his Puerto Rican heritage and the issue of Puerto Rican independence through his work as an artist and writer.

His mother was of Puerto Rican heritage, and his father a Haitian immigrant.

Over the course of the project, Soto works with visitors to graft remembrances of her Puerto Rican heritage upon these discarded materials.

Colo's Puerto Rican heritage is African, Hispanic, and indigenous, as are the politics of his work.

Juan Sanchez is a Brooklyn - born activist, educator, and artist whose body of work explores his identity and Puerto Rican heritage through a variety of media.

Queen room accommodations are tastefully appointed and accessorized with all the comforts of home in a contemporary décor that complements our Puerto Rican heritage.

Growing up first in rural Puerto Rico, then later in the very poorest sections of New York City, Esmeralda Santiago was a young girl with seemingly few options, both oppressed and comforted by her Puerto Rican heritage.

Ms. Irizarry, 34, is white, grew up in the Netherlands, married a man of Puerto Rican heritage and has a school - age son.

The only heroes exhibited on the walls were those considered suitable for children of Puerto Rican heritage.

I am of Colombian and Puerto Rican heritage, born and raised in NY.

«Charlie allowed the campaign embrace his Puerto Rican heritage,» a campaign source said.

At the concert, Rivera wishes to celebrate Sotomayor's Puerto Rican heritage and the Bronx along with her success.

Campaign operatives said Mr. Rangel, an African - American who presided over the base of black political power in America, was always reluctant to discuss his Puerto Rican heritage.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's snapshot shows that the neighborhood is enjoying record - high employment, while maintaining itself as a hub for Puerto Rican heritage.

For some reason I've become obsessed with NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's recent order ending «English - only» elections in ten upstate counties by applying a federal law enacted to ensure voter participation by American citizens of Puerto Rican heritage that are illiterate in English.

For nearly three decades, the largest city in western Massachusetts has held a flag raising ceremony on the first Monday in November to celebrate Puerto Rican heritage and the cultural contributions of the people from the Caribbean island.

Monserrate is of Puerto Rican heritage and was the first Latino elected to public office in Queens.

Renaming of the Morrisania Post Office for Herman Badillo Today, President Obama signed legislation into law renaming of the Morrisania Post Office in honor of Herman Badillo, New York's first elected congressman of Puerto Rican heritage.

«Westchester County is home to more than 44,000 Americans of Puerto Rican heritage,» Astorino said.

tMayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito came together Wednesday to celebrate Puerto Rican heritage amid some friction over the upcoming Puerto Rican Day parade and the city budget.

He's now said that he won't attend the parade, but will instead attend an unspecified «celebration of Puerto Rican heritage.»

That is how activists, union leaders and New Yorkers of Puerto Rican heritage characterized the Financial Oversight Board during a rally in lower Manhattan on Mon..

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Arlene is extremely proud of her heritage and promotes Costa Rican cooking whenever possible, but her «La Hora de Arlene» showcases all types of cuisines.

In a couple of instances in which members have repeatedly highlighted both their European and Latino heritages, membership in the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators was used as a determining factor.

Thousands of Puerto Rican revelers clad in red, white and blue will hit the streets of New York City on Sunday to celebrate their heritage in the annual Puerto Rican...

The overwhelmingly Democratic upper Manhattan and Bronx - based district is majority Latino, which may be a boon to Mr. Rodriguez, though Dominican voters are likely to back candidates of their own heritage, like State Senator Adriano Espaillat, and not Puerto Ricans like Mr. Rodriguez.

Neither Senft nor Connor said they begrudge ordinary Puerto Ricans turning out to celebrate their heritage at the event, although Connor wondered what parade - goers were thinking as Lopez Rivera's float passed by — noting that the vast majority of people from the Caribbean island don't support independence.

«The National Puerto Rican Day Parade has never been about one person, it's about celebrating our great culture, our heritage, and our contributions to this country, as citizens,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «Puerto Rico has much greater issues than to worry about who is marching in a parade.»

Basquiat's art was influenced by imagery and symbolism from African, Aztec, Greek, and Roman cultures, as well as that of his own Puerto Rican and Haitian heritage, and Black and Hispanic cultures.

Basquiat drew his subjects from his own Caribbean heritage — his father was Haitian and his mother of Puerto Rican descent — and a convergence of African - American, African, and Aztec cultural histories with Classical themes and contemporary heroes like athletes and musicians.

The substantive research findings were that Puerto Rican adolescents reported high levels of attachment to their parents and alliance with their ethnic heritage in early adolescence.