This will be followed by a live music performance by Plena Libre with dancing from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. It’s all at Grant Park’s Spirit of Music Garden (601 S. Michigan).

Q: This is a festival for all kinds of Caribbean dance, but with Cuba at the center. Why did you organize it that way? A: I’d say 80 percent of the Caribbeans who come to the Bay Area are artists.

La Casita's Bomba & Plena Dance Troupe and Syracuse University's Raices student dancers also will perform. For more information, call 443-1879 or go online.

Claudio made Syracuse her home in 1983 and alongside her late husband, Margaro DeJesús, opened the first Hispanic-owned grocery store on the city’s West Side called La Familia, festival organizers ...

October 21, 2020 Black Cultural Center offering virtual programs on Puerto Rico’s musical, dance heritage Purdue University’s Black Cultural Center will offer a free virtual educational trip and ...

Born in Ponce at the end of the 19th century, plena continues to beat strong thanks to its African roots, narrative function, and the dedication of generations of Puerto Rican musicians.

Plena Libre exploded out of Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s with an innovative and irresistible approach to traditional plena, a local musical style based in African rhythms. This 13-member ensemble ...