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SUMMARY:What Kind of Queen? Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 2\, 11am\n\n\n\nTaller Puertorriqueño | 2600 N. 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19133\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for Event\n\n\n\n\nFREE EVENT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us on Saturday\, May 2\, with illustrator Cindy Lozito to celebrate the launch of What Kind of Queen? A Royal Biography of Drag Queen and Activist José Sarria. The reading will be followed by a craft and interactive activity. This free event is for all ages! RSVP and pre-order the book below. \n\n\n\nAbout the illustrator \n\n\n\nCindy Lozito is a muralist\, illustrator\, and cartoonist based in Philadelphia. Originally from Queens\, New York\, she is the daughter of Nuyorican and Italian-American parents. Her murals and artwork have appeared in the World Trade Center\, New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, and the Philadelphia Art Museum. When she is not illustrating\, you can find Cindy giving her terrier mix belly rubs\, singing in her local choir\, or drinking too much cold brew.
URL:https://tallerpr.org/events/what-kind-of-queen-book-launch/
LOCATION:Taller Puertorriqueño\, North 5th Street 2600\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19133\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cold War Puerto Rico: Steve Howell in conversation with Vanessa Maria Graber
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 13\, 6:30pm\n\n\n\nTaller Puertorriqueño | 2600 N. 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19133\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n\n\nTicketing Options: Book + Admission | Sliding Scale Donation: $0 – $20\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a riveting discussion with author Steve Howell in conversation with Vanessa Maria Graber about his new book\, Cold War Puerto Rico. \n\n\n\nTicketing Options: \n\n\n\n\nRECOMMENDED: Book + Admission\n\n\n\nSliding Scale Donation: $0-$20\n\n\n\n\nAbout the book: \n\n\n\nA gripping history of FBI surveillance\, political repression\, and the fight for Puerto Rican independence. In the 1940s\, with the construction of a naval base and a bombing range\, Puerto Rico became a major geo-political military outpost for the United States. For a power claiming global leadership in a decolonizing world\, however\, the archipelago’s colonial condition underscored the dissonance between American democratic rhetoric and its imperial reality. The solution was a deal that\, in 1952\, gave Puerto Rico a degree of self-government without changing its legal status as an “unincorporated” US territory. The US then publicly claimed Puerto Rico was now more autonomous while using repressive tactics such as FBI surveillance\, arrests\, destabilization\, and other methods developed in Washington to silence activists and political parties pushing for full independence. \n\n\n\nIn Cold War Puerto Rico\, Steve Howell examines how J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI targeted Puerto Rican communists as part of an offensive against pro-independence parties and activists generally. Howell’s US-born father\, who fell afoul of Hoover for producing radical cartoons while working in San Juan in the 1940s\, remained on the FBI’s watch list long after exiling himself in Britain. His close friends\, the Puerto Rican author César Andreu Iglesias and Jane Speed de Andreu\, were meanwhile arrested and imprisoned three times during the 1950s. Drawing on a wealth of new sources\, including interviews and FBI files\, Howell tells their stories along with those of other activists who battled indictment in 1954 under the Smith Act\, challenged the jurisdiction of the House Un-American Activities Committee in San Juan in 1959\, and revived the Puerto Rican independence movement in the 1960s\, despite the FBI deploying the covert tactics of COINTELPRO against them. \n\n\n\nPuerto Rico is virtually invisible in histories of what is generally called McCarthyism\, yet anti-communist repression was in many ways more intense there than in the mainland US. Now\, with Puerto Rico’s future currently hanging in the balance\, Howell’s compelling history demonstrates why we need to understand the long enforcement of its colonial status.
URL:https://tallerpr.org/events/coldwar/
LOCATION:Taller Puertorriqueño\, North 5th Street 2600\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19133\, United States
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SUMMARY:Phamily Reunion
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 1\, 5pm – 8pm\n\n\n\nTaller Puertorriqueño | 2600 N. 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19133\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n\n\nTicketing Options: $10 tickets online\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese times call for radical imagining rooted in love\, community\, and revolution. \n\n\n\nPhamily Reunion is for Black\, Latino\, folks of the global majority\, and/or LGBTQ+ folx to catch up on life\, promote your business\, share your upcoming event\, and be in JOY. This is your space if you’re an \n\n\n\n\nentrepreneur\,\n\n\n\nhealer\,\n\n\n\nbusiness leader\, or\n\n\n\na creative (poet\, artist\, etc)\n\n\n\n\nand interested in lifting up your biz/org\, idea\, poem\, or call to action – get your ticket TODAY to reunite with Phamily! \n\n\n\nYour ticket gives you access to the LIVE recording of the Dearly Beloved (un)pod storyshare with \n\n\n\n\nhostess elicia – the Passion Doula\n\n\n\nErikka Goslin – Taller Puertorriqueño ED\n\n\n\nDeza Rullán-Fantauzzi – Afro-Boricua trans woman artist whose Taller exhibit ends June 6\n\n\n\nNaiymah Sanchez – trans Latina & longtime Philly organizer\n\n\n\n\nBut wait\, there’s more! Feelin’ bold?! Enter the Phamily Pitch 4 UR Life contest. This is a safe space to shine! OH – and compete for CASH. \n\n\n\n\nCome prepared with a 60-second pitch\, poem\, song\, or call to action.\n\n\n\nBuy a ticket (or 10) to enter the contest. (you can buy contest ticket at the event\, too!)\n\n\n\nContestants will be selected randomly “karaoke style” to compete. Note: not everyone who enters will be selected! The more tickets\, the greater your chances to win a chance to compete!\n\n\n\nIncorporate joy\, humor\, energy or get CUT by the crowd. Winner selected by Phamily! (bonus points if it incorporates Prince!)\n\n\n\n\nGet your tix today to vend\, pitch your biz\, or just show up to mingle and watch the Dearly Beloved (un)pod storyshare! Shine a light on your business or art – AND support local communities – 10% of all proceeds go to Taller Puertorriqueño & JUNTOS
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SUMMARY:Reception: Estamos Aquí - Student Arts Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us on Friday\, June 12th at 4pm for the reception of Estamos Aquí: Student Arts Exhibition. This year’s student exhibition celebrates memory\, resilience\, and cultural reconnection through the creative works of young artists. Through art\, students explore identity\, heritage\, and the enduring connections between people\, land\, and history—even in the face of displacement and loss. \n\n\n\nEach piece reflects stories of perseverance\, empowerment\, and belonging while honoring the cultural heritage and memories carried across generations. The exhibition seeks to uplift young voices as they reclaim and reimagine their place\, identity\, and creative expression within their communities and society. \n\n\n\nAbove all\, it is a declaration that their stories\, cultures\, and artistic expressions deserve to be seen\, valued\, and celebrated. \n\n\n\nFull Name *Email Address *How many people are attending with you?Just me1 more person2 more people3 or more peopleRegister\n\n\n\nEstamos Aquí: Student Arts Exhibition forms part of Taller’s yearlong initiative WE WILL NOT HIDE\, which reclaims the radical legacy of the 1976 Sin Colonias March to affirm everyone’s right to visibility\, respect\, and self-determination. Through exhibitions\, talks\, and community programs\, the series uplifts voices often marginalized in national commemorations\, emphasizing inclusion\, critique\, and transformation as Philadelphia and the nation observe the 250th anniversary.
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SUMMARY:Remembering the Sin Colonias March of 1976: Part ||: La Lucha Continúa 2026
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 13\, 2026 | 11 am – 2 pm\n\n\n\nTaller Puertorriqueño | 2600 N. 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19133\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP BELOW\n\n\n\n\nFREE EVENT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for Part II of our July 4th Sin Colonias programming at Taller Puertorriqueño. Building on our Part I panel\, where we heard from participants of the historic 1976 march\, this next gathering brings the conversation into the present\, linking that legacy to the urgent struggles shaping our communities today. \n\n\n\nFull Name *Email Address *How many people are attending with you?Just me1 more person2 more people3 or more peopleRegister\n\n\n\nThis event takes the form of a forum-style discussion\, centering today’s organizers\, artists\, and activists as they share how they are responding to ongoing injustice. Together\, we will ask: What does resistance look like now? What lessons have we learned from past decades of struggle? How are movements evolving? And how can we continue to build powerful coalitions across communities? \n\n\n\nGrounded in the belief that art is a vital tool for protest\, expression\, and collective action\, the program will also include hands-on activist banner-making activities\, inviting participants to create united visual messages that speak to today’s struggles and futures and can be used in upcoming activities.  \n\n\n\nAs we approach the 50th anniversary of this historic march\, we invite you to join us in discussing\, creating\, and organizing. This gathering serves as a powerful counterpoint to official U.S. semiquincentennial celebrations by centering community memory\, present-day resistance\, and the ongoing work of coalitions. \n\n\n\nPresented by Taller Puertorriqueño + July 4th Sin Colonias Coalition \n\n\n\nRemembering the Sin Colonias March of 1976 forms part of Taller’s yearlong initiative WE WILL NOT HIDE\, which reclaims the radical legacy of the 1976 Sin Colonias March to affirm everyone’s right to visibility\, respect\, and self-determination. Through exhibitions\, talks\, and community programs\, the series uplifts voices often marginalized in national commemorations\, emphasizing inclusion\, critique\, and transformation as Philadelphia and the nation observe the 250th anniversary.
URL:https://tallerpr.org/events/sincolonias2/
LOCATION:Taller Puertorriqueño\, North 5th Street 2600\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19133\, United States
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SUMMARY:Spanglish: Recipes & Stories with Monti Carlo in conversation with Amy Rivera-Nassar
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 30\, 6:30pm\n\n\n\nTaller Puertorriqueño | 2600 N. 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19133\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n\n\nTicketing Options: Book + Admission | Sliding Scale Donation: $0 – $20\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us on Thursday\, July 30\, for a special evening with two Boricua chefs in conversation! Chef Monti Carlo\, author of Spanglish: Recipes & Stories\, will be discussing her new book with Amy Rivera-Nassar of Amy’s Pastelillos. The event will include Q&A\, a cooking demo\, book signing\, and light bites.  \n\n\n\nTicketing Options: \n\n\n\n\nRECOMMENDED: Book + Admission\n\n\n\nSliding Scale Donation: $0-$20
URL:https://tallerpr.org/events/spanglish/
LOCATION:Taller Puertorriqueño\, North 5th Street 2600\, Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania\, 19133\, United States
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