LatinX Heritage Month

Event Sponsors 

THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

THE DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

THE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

THE ROSE O'NEILL LITERARY HOUSE

THE GOLDSTEIN PROGRAM in public affairs

THE WILLIAM JAMES FORUM FUND

THE LATINX STUDENT ASSOCIATION

STUDENT AFFAIRS

Event Info

• Fiesta Latina, September 16, 10:00 AM, Raimond Cultural Center — Hosted by the Kent Cultural Alliance at their space at 101 Spring Avenue and nearby Park Row, this community event will start off the month with talavera painting during the day and food and dancing in the events. More on the Alliance's website.
  
• Piñatas & Piña Coladas With LSU, September 27, 7:00 PM, The Egg — Hosted by the LatinX Student Union, this event is for anyone in the Washington College community who is interested in learning more about and celebrating Latin culture, meeting new people, and listening to great music!
• Alejandro Brittes Quartet, September 28, 2023, 7:30 PM, Decker Theatre –  Based out of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, this unique ensemble innovatively explores the traditional, cross-border chamamé musical genre whose epicenter is northeast Argentina, a confluence of indigenous Guaraní and Iberian Baroque influences, slow-cooked over centuries. Learn more on the Washington College calendar.
  
• Danza y Cultura, September 30, 1:00 and 4:00 PM, Raimond Cultural Center — Hosted by the Kent Cultural Alliance, reservations are required for this event featuring folklórica, salsa y tango, bomba, y canto de tangos.  More on the Alliance's website.
• Save-the-Date: Day of the Dead celebration, November 10, 2023 – Details to come, but this will be a community celebration on campus.