Hoosier Latino Celebration – Heritage Days & Nights

Saturday, September 16 – Saturday, September 30
Regular Admission | No Registration Required

Join the Hoosier Latino Celebration throughout the month; there’s always something new to experience! Visitors can continue celebrating Latino cultures for two weeks through additional activities like performances, food demonstrations, music, and arts and crafts activities! Recipe cards featuring historic recipes from the Indiana Historical Society collections and craft activities will be available on all of the listed days. See a description of the craft activities following the schedule.

The schedule will be updated regularly; subject to change.

Heritage Days, Heritage Nights

Tuesday, September 19 – 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

• 5:30 p.m. – performance by Alboroto in the Basile Theater
• 6:30 p.m. – Young Latino Leaders – panel discussion with Bernice Tenorio, Fabio Yacato, Guadalupe Pedraza and Marcos Navarro-Garcia moderated by Elise Shrock
• Activities include: Latino Flags Game, Mini Piñata, Mexican Tin Art

Saturday, September 23 – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

• 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. – performances by Alboroto on the Stardust Café Terrace, weather permitting
• 2:30 p.m. – Hoosier Latinos: A Century of Struggle, Service, and Success –  book talk and signing with authors Nicole Martinez-LeGrand and Daniel Gonzales
• Activities include: Peruvian Weaving, Taino Rock Carving, Latino Flags Game, Mini Piñata, Mexican Tin Art

Tuesday, September 26 – 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.

• 5:30 p.m. – Performance by traditional Peruvian flutist Carlos Torres
• 7 p.m. – The Politics of Indigeneity in Latin America – lecture with Carolina Castereno
• Activities include: Latino Flags Game, Peruvian Weaving, Taino Rock Carving

Saturday, September 30 – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Free admission day!

• 11:30 a.m. – Salsa making with Angel Gaeta
• 12:30 p.m. – “Outburst by the CLO Followed”: The Concerned Latins Organization, Protest Politics, and Recovering Indiana’s Civil Rights History – lecture by Emiliano Aguilar, Ph.D
• 2:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. – performances by Ballet Folkloric Mosaicos
• Activities include: Peruvian Weaving, Taino Rock Carving, Latino Flags Game, Mini Piñata, Mexican Tin Art
• Community tables including: Global Village, IUPUI Latino Student Association, Marian University

Presented by Lacy Foundation
Supported by Arthur Jordan Foundation

Craft Activities, available during Heritage Days, Heritage Nights hours

Taino Rock Carving

Carve your own piece of history like the petroglyphs found by the Taino peoples from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and the Greater Antilles. Take your clay carving home with you!

Peruvian Weaving

Weaving textiles is a rich and important part of Peru’s history. Try your hand at this art form to create your own version of this textile.

Mini Piñata 

Make your own mini piñata, inspired by artist Just Favela’s work in Lilly Hall. Learn how you can create this style of art in your own home!

Mexican Tin Art

Tap your way to your own Mexican Tin Art, or Hojalata. This is an art form that has spanned the centuries from tin that is pressed, stamped, or pounded into works of art.

Latino Flags Game

Test your knowledge and learn about the flags of various Latino countries by competing with your family in this memory matching game.