AMLA – Artistas y Músicos Latinoamericanos
Led by acclaimed pianist and recording artist Suzzette Ortiz, Teatro Esperanza resident ensemble, AMLA will explore the folk and dance music of Puerto Rico.
Philadanco
Across the nation and around the world, Philadanco is celebrated for its innovation, creativity, and preservation of predominantly African-American traditions in dance. To celebrate its upcoming 50th anniversary, Philadanco dancers will perform company favorites Between the Lines and Super 8. Founded in 1970, Philadanco has a legacy of breaking barriers and building bridges across cultural divides, consistently performing for audiences representing an amalgamation…
Plena Libre
Plena and Bomba are distinctive musical styles of Puerto Rico, and the virtuoso musicians of Plena Libre are their contemporary masters. These four-time Grammy Award nominees combine a hard-hitting horn section, master hand drummers, and lush three-part vocal harmonies into a modern blend. Plena Libre mix traditional Puerto Rican rhythms with modern Afro-Caribbean influences, and folkloric musical roots with…
{Tres}
Led by saxophonist José A. Zayas Cabán, {Trés} brings their Tribute to Puerto Rico national tour and fundraising concert to Philadelphia in a program that spotlights the music and composers of Puerto Rico. All donations will support Friends of Puerto Rico, which is dedicated to creating an economic and innovation hub in Puerto Rico by…
Sofia Viola, with Dat Garcia
Few cities offer such a colorful, varied and unpredictable underground music scene than Buenos Aires, and no singer gives a better sense of the Buenos Aires music scene than Sofia Viola. Blending the tradition-grounded directness of folk singing with the vast emotional palette of jazz, Viola’s songs reach deep into Argentina’s multi-layered cultural heritage. *Tickets will…
Esperanza Talks: Dr. Jon Marsh
We sat down with Dr. Jon Marsh, the new CEO of Esperanza Cyber Charter School (ECCS) and talked with him about the future of cyber education and what it has done for students in the community. Marsh came to Esperanza with over 18 years of charter school leadership experience. He served 11 of those years…
Esperanza College celebra nuevamente el Simposio de Minorías en Ciencias de la Salud
Por Nilsa Graciani Edición Andrea Bolinaga ¿Sabes cómo mantiene su ritmo el corazón? ¿Se puede investigar el cáncer utilizando moscas? ¿Cuál es el tamaño real de un cerebro? ¿Ha ganado algún hispano el Premio Nobel de Medicina? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre un médico y un doctor en osteopatía? Si quieres obtener la respuesta a…
Where to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Philadelphia in 2019 – Visit Philly; September, 2019
The Esperanza community center in North Philadelphia’s El Centro de Oro neighborhood hosts Javier Ávila, who closes out the monthlong celebration with The Trouble with my Name, the author and performer’s one-man autobiographical story about moving between cultures and the quest to correct misconceptions about American Latinos.
Green up this fall with a free tree paid for by the city – WHYY; September 27, 2019
By David Ortiz I can’t say I remember looking up to count the trees as a kid growing up in Hunting Park. But I do remember the asphalt burning through my sneakers while playing in the schoolyards during sweltering summer heat. It wasn’t until much later, through my work as a community planner, that I…