Hispanic Heritage Month Cultural Night: Los Bomberos de la Calle

Start Date: 
Friday, October 14, 2022
Event Time: 
6:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: 
Heritage Hall, HUB

Hispanic Heritage Month Cultural Night: Los Bomberos de la Calle
Bomba y Plena:  A Story of Identity and Resistance
Friday, October 14
6:009:00 p.m.
Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Join us for a night of music, dinner, and an interactive presentation by Puerto Rican music and dance group Los Bomberos de la Calle.  Los Bomberos will discuss the history of the musical genre of Bomba and Plena and its function as political and spiritual expression, based on the African heritage of Puerto Rico.  Be ready to dance, as this is an interactive presentation!