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Arts and Entertainment

Fairhill: Puerto Rican Institute of Music Brings Cultural Pride to Community

October 5, 2011 29

 https://vimeo.com/30003951] The melodic sounds of festive singing accompanying thumping rhythms of barriles drums poured out onto North Fifth Street late Sunday night.  The sounds were emanating from the Instituto Puertorriqueno de Musica, or the Puerto [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Fairhill: Raices Culturales Brings Diverse Latino Culture in the Community

February 9, 2011 0

As you walk north of  Fifth Avenue toward Somerset Street in the business strip of Fairhill you  will pass by an important cultural organization. Raices Culturales  Latino Americana or Latin American Cultural Roots, with the rear [continue reading…]

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