Events

From September–October 2024 (Hispanic Heritage Month) through April 2025 (National Poetry Month), Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home will bring free public programs to thirty-two states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, including signature events in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, New York City, and San Juan and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. See below for more information on these and scroll down to see a full calendar of events nationwide.

Signature Events

Chicago

Thursday, Sept. 19, 6 PM | Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State St., Chicago, IL

Chicago Public Library hosts musical performances and readings in an event moderated by editor, Rigoberto González at their Central Branch.

New York

Wednesday, Sept. 25| Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, Sept. 29| Brooklyn Book Festival at Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn Public Library and the Clemente Center host an outdoor launch event with readings and performances at the BPL Central Branch and a featured panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival featuring Rigoberto González.

Houston

Wednesday, Oct. 9 | Nuestra Palabra
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St., Houston, TX
Click here for more info

Nuestra Palabra hosts Houston voices immortalized in Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology. Volume editor Rigoberto González and local teen poets from the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts will also make appearances.

Los Angeles

Saturday, Oct. 19 | Gloria Molina Grand Park
200 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Public Library hosts outdoor celebration with music, readings, and dedicated altar at the opening of the Day of the Dead Festival.

San Juan & Mayagüez

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 PM | Teatro Tapia
FV8Q+65P, Calle Fortaleza, C. de la Fortaleza, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Thursday, Nov. 21, 10:30 AM to 12 PM | University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Anfiteatro Ramón Figueroa Chapel
6V55+WRF, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Sunday, Nov. 24, 11 AM to 8 PM | Humanidades Puerto Rico at Isabela Municipality
Click here for more info

Puerto Rico Foundation for the Humanities and Puerto Rico Center for the Book host a book presentation at Teatro Tapia in San Juan, a reading and discussion at University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, and a poetry slam and reading at the annual Fiesta de las Humanidades in Isabela.

Miami

Sunday, Nov. 24 | Miami Book Fair
MDC Wolfson Campus, 300 NE 2nd Ave., Miami
Click here for more info

Miami Book Fair and Books and Books dedicate the closing day of the Book Fair to the Latino Poetry Anthology with a reading and conversation with anthology poets and a live music dance party.

Map of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home signature events across the United States.

Calendar of public programs

Seventy-five libraries and cultural organizations across the nation received grants to host public programs as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home. Check out the listings below for details on programs near you happening between September 2024 and April 2025.

September 2024

September 1, 2024
The Asylum Theater at the Rita Deanin Abbey Museum
Las Vegas, NV
Link
September 4, 2024
Gail Borden Public Library  
Elgin, IL
Link
September 12, 2024
Adriance Memorial Library
Poughkeepsie, NY
Link
September 12, 2024
Círculo de Poetas & Writers at Cabrillo College
Aptos, CA
Link
September 13, 2024
Colorado State University Pueblo
Pueblo, CO
Link
September 13, 2024
Gulf Coast Journal at the Lawndale Arts Center
Houston, TX
Link
September 13, 2024
LINCx Center at CSU Pueblo
Pueblo, CO
Link
September 14, 2024
Rawlings Library, Pueblo City County Library
Pueblo, CO
Link
September 14, 2024
Gulf Coast Journal at Basket Books and Art
Houston, TX
Link
September 14, 2024
Fayetteville Public Library
Fayetteville, NY
Link
September 16, 2024
Latino and Latin American Studies Department, SUNY, Oswego
Oswego, NY
Link
September 18, 2024
Olympia Timberland Library
Olympia, WA
Link
September 18, 2024
Santa Barbara City College, Calden Overlook
Santa Barbata, CA
Link
September 20, 2024
Centro Unido Latino-Americano
Marion, NC
Link
September 21, 2024
Anaheim Public Library, Sunkist Branch
Anaheim, CA
Link
September 22, 2024
Midwest Mujeres at A Room of One’s Own
Madison, WI
Link
September 23, 2024
Nevins Library
Methuen, MA
Link
September 24, 2024
Colorado State University Pueblo
Pueblo, CO
Link
September 25, 2024
Adriance Memorial Library
Poughkeepsie, NY
Link
September 26, 2024
Santa Barbara Public Library at la Casa de la Raza
Santa Barbara, CA
Link
September 30, 2024
Princeton Public Library
Princeton, NJ
Link

October 2024

October 2, 2024
Taller Comunidad La Goyco
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Link
October 2 & 3, 2024
Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee, WA
Link
October 3, 2024
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Link
October 3, 2024
Harry S. Truman College
Chicago, IL
October 3, 2024
Adrian District Library
Adrian, MI
Link
October 3, 2024
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council at Downtown Farmington Orchard Park
Farmington, NM
October 4, 2024
Rawlings Library, Pueblo City District Library
Pueblo, CO
Link
October 5, 2024
Town of Pelham Public Library
Pelham, NY
Link
October 5, 2024
Tavares Public Library
Tavares, FL
Link
October 7, 2024
Minnesota Humanities at Riverview Library
St. Paul, MN
Link
October 9, 2024
San Francisco Public Library and San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Link
October 9, 2024
William Paterson University, Martini Room
Wayne, NJ
Link
October 9 & 10 and November 6 & 11, 2024
Princeton Public Library
Princeton, NJ
Link
October 10, 2024
Teatro De Artes De Juan Seguin’s Cultural Arts Center
New Braunfels, St. Seguin, TX
Link
October 10, 2024
Medicine for Nightmares
San Francisco, CA
Link
October 10 & 11, 2024
CantoMundo at Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
at Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
October 12, 2024
Free Library of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Link
October 14, 2024
Penfield SUNY Oswego Library
Oswego, NY
October 15, 2024
Miami Dade College Padron Campus, Room 201
Miami FL
Link
October 17, 2024
Town of Pelham Public Library
Pelham, NY
Link
October 17, 2024
Nevins Library
Methuen, MA
Link
October 17, 2024
Centro Unido Latino Americano
Marion, NC
October 19, 2024
Fundación Ana Dalila Burgos
Orocovis, PR
October 19, 2024
Fayetteville Public Library
Fayetteville, NY
Link
October 21, 2024
Eastern Iowa Community College
Davenport, IA
Link
October 21, 2024
University High School
San Juan, PR
October 22, 2024
Memorial Hall, Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
Link
October 22, 2024
Eastern Iowa Community College
Davenport, IA
Link
October 23, 2024
Eastern Iowa Community College
Davenport, IA
Link
October 23, 2024
Biblioteca Municipal de Fajardo
Fajardo, PR
Link
October 24, 2024
Rutgers University
Virtual Event on Zoom
Link
October 25, 2024
Great Basin College, Winnemucca Center
Winnemucca, NV
Link
October 26, 2024
Tieton Arts and Humanities at Mighty Tieton Warehouse
Tieton, WA
October 29, 2024
Biblioteca Municipal e Infantil Mariana Suárez De Longo
Ponce, Puerto Rico
October 29, 2024
Books and Books
Miami, FL
October 29, 2024
Florida International University, Biscayne Bay Campus
North Miami, FL
Link

November 2024

November 1, 2024
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council
Farmington, NM
Link
November 1, 2024
Biblioteca Municipal e Infantil Mariana Suárez De Longo
Ponce, PR
November 1, 2024
Paul Sawyier Public Library and Kentucky Book Festival
Frankfort, KY
Link
November 2, 2024
Kentucky Humanities and Kentucky Book Festival
Lexington, KY
Link
November 2, 2024
Abode Press at San Marcos Public Library
San Marcos, TX
Link
November 2, 2024
Nevada Humanities at Sierra Arts Foundation
Reno, NV
Link
November 7, 2024
Gail Borden Public Library
Elgin, IL
Link
November 9, 2024
Blanchard Public Library
Santa Paula, CA
Link
November 9, 2024
William Paterson University
Wayne, NJ
Link
November 12, 2024
Albany Public Library
Albany, OR
Link
November 12, 2024
Northfield Public Library
Northfield, MN
Link
November 13, 2024
Dominican University, Noonan Reading Room
River Forest, IL
Link
November 15, 2024
Casa Latina
Seattle, WA
November 16, 2024
Midwest Mujeres at Centro Dane County
Madison, WI
Link
November 17, 2024
Beyond Baroque
Los Angeles, CA
Link
November 20, 2024
University High School at Universidad de San Juan, Rio Piedras
San Juan, PR
Link

December 2024

December 3, 2024
Latino Resource and Collection Center at the San Antonio Public Library with Gemini Ink
San Antonio, TX
Link
December 5, 2024
Latino Book Review
Virtual Event
Link