Hispanic Community

Puerto Rican Cultural Festival

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, August 7, 2022; Puerto Rican Cultural Festival, Roberto Clemente Park, 3690 Seymour Avenue: The band, Grupo Fuego, entertains the crowd.

Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center is new owner of the Archwood United Church of Christ building

Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center is new owner of the Archwood United Church of Christ building Plain Press, August 2022   Archwood United Church of Christ (UCC) and Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center are celebrating a new use for a building that has anchored Archwood Avenue since 1929. The former Archwood United Church of … Continue reading →

School Board renames two area schools

Plain Press, August 2022        At its June 28th meeting, the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education voted to change the names of two schools in the Plain Press service area. Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy will be renamed Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy. Louis Agassiz School will be renamed Mary Church Terrell School. The … Continue reading →

The Rainey Institute brings its music and arts programs to the Pivot Center

(Plain Press, June 2022)                            The Rainey Institute will be bringing its music and arts programs to the Pivot Center for Arts, Dance and Expression at W. 25th and Castle this summer. The Rainey Institute announced it has leased space in the Pivot Center and “aims to host an inaugural summer camp for Clark-Fulton youth in partnership with current … Continue reading →

Holy Week Carpet at La Sagrada Familia Parish

Día de Muertos 2021 

Artist Alicia Vasquez displays her work during Celebration of Hispanic Heritage at Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center

The Ohio Chapter of the New Era Young Lords pass out school supplies at Hispanic Heritage celebration

Let’s Make Música

7th Annual Festival El Rumbón Melón – Roberto Clemente Park