Founder and Executive Director of Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, Inc.    LYDIA AND YORUBA 2 Afro-Puerto Rican (BOMBA) Music and Dance  Performing Arts Company Lydia “The Bomb of RI” or “The Ambassador of Caribbean Arts” in New England. Lydia's company, Yoruba2 is an award-winning, nationally renowned, consulting and traditional music and dance group from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. The group is known for playing genres of music such as bomba, plena, and other rhythms. Lydia offers solo, as well as residency classes and workshop of Bomba and/or Plena for ensemble groups in school programs as integration arts academic development fostering 21st century leaders. Her audiences are introduced to a wealth of information on the culture of Puerto Rico. Lydia has received the 2000 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) Fellowship Award, and the 2000 Rhode Island Foundation Fellowship.  In 1998 and 2010, she rec...

Providence, Rhode Island, March 21, 2013@10:00am. While we were in the State House at Governor Chafee's conference to announced the dedication of the National Puerto Rican Parade of New York to Rhode Island, in Puerto Rico we had the same "Protocol" with Enid DeLeon and Osvaldo Castillo wi th the dedication of The National Puerto Rican Parade to the town of Guayanilla. We had the connection uplink between Rhode Island and Puerto Rico, and both proceedings were watched live simultaneously. RHODE ISLAND  PUERTO RICO For more information: Puerto Rican Cultural Festival and Parade RI Gallery Colegio de Abogado, Puerto Rico

A news conference by Governor Lincoln Chafee at 10am on Thursday, March 21st will announce the dedication of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City to Rhode Island this year. The National Puerto Rican Day Parade has over 80,000 participants with over twice the population of Rhode Island as spectators along its parade route and will be seen on television, cable and internet by over 7 million more PLUS print and radio coverage. Many dignitaries, including congressional, state and local officials and prominent Puerto Ricans (aren't we all?) are expected to be in attendance.  Members of the legendary Puerto Rican 65th Infantry who served in Korea are also expected.  Their valor was chronicled in a recently released documentary movie "The Borinqueneers." This historic announcement is possible due to the diligent work of the Puerto Rican Cultural Festival and Parade of Rhode Island inc., whose outreach has been noted in numer...

Providence, Rhode Island: El dia 11 de marzo de 2013, se llevó a cabo un festín de salsa con en grupo Nklabe. Luna Night Club junto con la emisora Poder 1110 de nuestro amigo el Sr. Tony Méndez, se dieron a la tarea de que se llevara a cabo una pieza del "Reality Show MÚSICA, CÁMARA Y ACCIÓN DE NKLABE, en Providence, Rhode Island, como parte del masivo "Reality Show"  que se estará llevando a cabo en Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo y en la Diáspora. Como puedes notar en este sencillo y lucido video Providence, Rhode Island estuvo presente. La delegación Puertorriqueña estuvo compuestas por las organizaciones Puertorriqueña representadas por sus presidentes tales como: la Sra. Vivian Moreno del "Puerto Rican Cultural Festival & Parade of Rhode Island", La Sra. Brenda Burgos del Comité Herencia Puertorriqueña, y la Sra. Lydia Pérez de "Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy, Inc." Hermosas damas, jóvenes y Reinas tuvieron la oportunidad de d...