Bad Bunny drops new album, a love letter to Puerto Rico
Benito released his latest album, DeBí ToRAR MáS FOToS, Sunday, January 5th. Alongside the new music he released a short film, highlighting the gentrification taking place in Puerto Rico. It's linked below so you can give it a watch!
Casa Borinqueña en San Francisco!
Casa Borinqueña opene their doors at Saluhall in downtown San Francisco on April 11th, 2024! Let's join together to show some love to our Puerto Rican family.
Saluhall Is located at 945 Market Street, San Francisco 94013. You can find Casa Borinqueña on the second floor right as you walk up the stairs. Learn more about Casa Borinqueña here.
Saluhall Is located at 945 Market Street, San Francisco 94013. You can find Casa Borinqueña on the second floor right as you walk up the stairs. Learn more about Casa Borinqueña here.
ESMERALDA SANTIAGO is the author of several best selling novels including, When I was Puerto Rican and Almost A Woman, which was adapted into an award–winning PBS movie.
She was born in 1948 in Toa Baja, en el campo de Puerto Rico to a family of jibaro farmers. At age 13, she moved to Brooklyn, learned English in 2 years, excelled in school, and eventually graduated Magna cum Laude from Harvard University.
One day in 2008, Santiago noticed her work was unintelligible and looked like a foreign language. She had suffered a stroke. At the time, her novel Conquistadora was unfinished. Santiago had to re-learn to read and write in order to finish the book.
Fifteen years later she brings you, Las Madres. It is the first complete novel Santiago has written since the stroke. It has already received acclaim and recognition by high profile authors and the media…
“Las Madres is a deep-dive into the history of modern Puerto Rico and a number of its extraordinary women—their secrets, their tragedies, and the reclamations they share.” -Cristina García
She was born in 1948 in Toa Baja, en el campo de Puerto Rico to a family of jibaro farmers. At age 13, she moved to Brooklyn, learned English in 2 years, excelled in school, and eventually graduated Magna cum Laude from Harvard University.
One day in 2008, Santiago noticed her work was unintelligible and looked like a foreign language. She had suffered a stroke. At the time, her novel Conquistadora was unfinished. Santiago had to re-learn to read and write in order to finish the book.
Fifteen years later she brings you, Las Madres. It is the first complete novel Santiago has written since the stroke. It has already received acclaim and recognition by high profile authors and the media…
“Las Madres is a deep-dive into the history of modern Puerto Rico and a number of its extraordinary women—their secrets, their tragedies, and the reclamations they share.” -Cristina García
Aurora Levins Morales, Puerto Rican, Ashkenazi, feminist, writer, historian and activist is offering apprenticeships in writing and/or family history research for work exchange in Maricao, Puerto Rico. For more information visit her website or apply here.
Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco, Inc., is a Puerto Rican Social Club organization. Our club was incorporated on February 25, 1912 and is the oldest Latina/Latino/Latinx organization in the United States.
The goal of Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco, is to conserve and promote the values and culture of
Puerto Rico.
The goal of Club Puertorriqueño de San Francisco, is to conserve and promote the values and culture of
Puerto Rico.