Un tesoro de arquitectura escondido en Columbus, Indiana.

Si quieres aprovechar ver los colores del otoño en el area, no te pierdas pasar por Columbus, Indiana. Ademas del colorido follaje, puedes caminar por el pueblo y apreciar la arquitectura del pueblo tan solo caminando por sus calles. Aquí podrás encontrar un itenerario gratuito y darte un tour por 12 de los edificios más importantes de esta ciudad. Tour gratuito aquí >

En 1964, la revista Saturday Evening Post rebautizó Columbus, Indiana, una pequeña ciudad a 80 kilómetros de la capital del estado, Indianapolis, como “la Atenas de la llanura” por su valor como joya del diseño y la arquitectura modernos en mitad del medio oeste americano más profundo. mas>

Si prefieres ir en carro y ver un tour mas amplio de las edificaciones, puedes también utilizar éste mapa.

Fiesta de Otoño 2022

The City of Bloomington invites community members and visitors to Fiesta del Otoño (Fall Festival) on Saturday, September 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 through October 15. This free, family-friendly celebration will be held in conjunction with the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market at Showers Plaza in front of City Hall (401 N. Morton St.). Free parking is available in the Morton Street parking garage and in several lots nearby (please see map below).

The theme of Fiesta del Otoño 2019 is “Trabajando juntos por Nuestra Comunidad,” which translates to “Working Together for Our Community.” The event will feature educational opportunities and entertainment that showcase Hispanic cultures, including a performance by Mariachi Zelaya, a stroll by Latinx Greek organizations, and a community performance of “Jarabe Tapatio,” a traditional Mexican dance. Nearby, a dance competition will give visitors the chance to show off their own moves in salsa, merengue, cumbia, bachata, and other genres. In a kids’ zone, children and families can learn how to make traditional Latin American crafts, play loteria (Mexican bingo), and more.

“As a Latina, I know how important it is to strengthen bonds in our community. Working together will make our community and our nation stronger,” said City of Bloomington Latino Outreach Coordinator Josefa Luce. “During National Hispanic Heritage Month we want to recognize the contributions and influence made in our community and country by the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans and celebrate our heritage and culture through our commitment to family, our strong work ethic, and service to our community.”

Fiesta del Otoño is a partnership between the City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department and Gamma Phi Omega, the first Latina-oriented sorority founded at Indiana University.

A complete list of the City’s Hispanic Heritage Month programming is available here. Information about additional programming is available through IU’s La Casa Latino Cultural Center and El Central Comunal Latino.

For additional information about Fiesta del Otoño, please contact Latino Outreach Coordinator Josefa Luce at lucej@bloomington.in.gov or by phone at 812-349-3860.

Support our community efforts to help asylum seekers, refugees and other displaced migrants

A wonderful music performance group, the Chasqui Quartet has organized a concert tour that includes  Bloomington, Franklin TN and Nashville TN. 

Following a successful Colorado residency in 2021, Chasqui Quartet presents “Journeys,” a musical trek crossing centuries and continents. Music of Florence Price, Franz Josef Haydn, and Gabriela Lena Frank depicts travel on foot and on horseback, up mountains and into the spiritual realm. 

Playing together since 2019, Chasqui Quartet is known for their commitment to the storytelling power of music, creating immersive concert experiences rooted in local communities and causes.     Several of the members are very active and well known in our community.   

This group is very supportive of our community efforts to help asylum seekers, refugees and other displaced migrants, and they are donating a portion of the proceeds from this tour to the Bloomington Refugee Support Network.      

The concert in Bloomington is 5/31/2022, at 7pm at the First United Church. 
Please review the attached poster as well as a press document detailing their concert and locations. 

Thanks to the First United Church for hosting this event.   
Please share with your friends and family, and I hope you can join us being part of this spectacular musical journey. 
Please come and celebrate this musical journey.  Tuesday May 31,  7pm.  First United Church, 2420 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47401

Clases de ballet folclórico en Indianápolis

¿Quieres formar parte de un grupo folclórico? El Grupo Folclórico Macehuani abrió su convocatoria 2021 para jóvenes y adultos interesados en aprender folclor mexicano. No es necesario tener experiencia.

Inscripciones comienzan el 5 de febrero. Para mayores informes visite la página de Facebook del grupo Macehuani. El uso de mascarilla será obligatorio para la seguridad de familias y bailari

QUEER ALIENation

QUEER ALIENation is a free, interactive evening of visual art, installation art, performances, conversation, and community solidarity. Join six local scholars, artists, educators, and activists as they play with issues of time, space, equity, and identity in order to present original artworks about their experiences as queer im/migrant graduate students with​in the United States. Grounded in arts-based research and rooted in a conception of art as activism, this show is a clarion call for individual and collective commitments to justice, mutual aid, and liberation.

Featuring the work of:
Javier Cardona Otero
Daniela Gutiérrez López
Asja Žero
Marie Papineschi (Marie French)
Don Dumayas
Kelvin Burzon
with original research by Alexandria Hollett and in collaboration with The Back Door.

March 27, 2018 from 6pm to 10pm, Dance Party at 10pm:
Cruise the room from 6 – 8 PM,

ask questions during the panel discussion from 8 – 9 PM,

and be fabulous on the dance floor when we turn the disco lights on from 10 – 3 AM. Most importantly, though, show up for queer im/migrants and their lives from now – as long as it takes to build a queer future, without borders.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2064458157166120/