Posted on Sep 24, 2023 in La Voz de Milton, Mundo, Voces

Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month Events

Let’s get out to celebrate some local and virtual events to commemorate Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month.

Ongoing, all month: Fiesta en la plaza, City Hall Plaza, Boston
Ongoing, all month: Boston Public Library events
Ongoing: Milton Public Library reading recommendations
Released over the course of the month: Becoming Frida Kahlo on PBS. Explore the life of celebrated artist Frida Kahlo in a three-part docuseries.
Ongoing: The newly released Amazon Original film A Million Miles Away tells the real-life story of NASA flight engineer José Hernández. The film follows him on a decades-long journey, from a rural village in Michoacán, Mexico, to more than 200 miles above the Earth in the International Space Station.
Ongoing: “Salud” podcast on GBH. “Salud” es un podcast en español que cuenta historias sobre los retos que han enfrentado latinos en Estados Unidos en cuanto a su salud y estilo de vida.
Ongoing: Nuestra América: 30 latinas/latinos que han forjado la historia de los Estados Unidos. A virtual gallery from The National Museum of the American Latino.
Ongoing: Latino Global, a Spotify playlist featuring global grooves
Ongoing: Poesías de Martín Tonalmeyotl. Martín Tonalmeyotl is a Nahua poet and linguist from Atzacoaloya, Guerrero, México. He is the author of three bilingual poetry collections.
Ongoing: Shaping Latino Representation at the Movies with Patricia Cardoso, Library of Congress series

Monday 9/25: Premier of Uýra – The Rising Forest. Through dance, poetry, and stunning characterization, Uýra, a trans indigenous artist, boldly confronts historical racism, transphobia & environmental destruction in Brazil.
Tuesday 9/26: Latinx Association Assembly on campus featuring speaker Maysa Akbar and performers Ten Tumbao
Wednesday 9/27: GBH News welcomes Java with Jimi, live at the BPL Studio
Wednesday 9/27 – Thursday 10/5: Cine Fest Latino Boston
Monday 10/5: El Equipo. This GBH co-presentation with VOCES tracks the work of legendary anthropologist Dr. Clyde Snow as he and his team use modern forensic methods to find answers to decades-old questions in Argentina, El Salvador, Bolivia and Mexico.