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Miss Puerto Rico Hits Its Stride

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven School  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc. Abiba Biao | April 29th, 2026

"A Commemoration, Not A Celebration," As PRU Remembers Abolition

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc. Lucy Gellman | March 30th, 2026

Magaly Cajigas Photo.

New Haven Feels Bad Bunny

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Musicians  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | February 9th, 2026

Commemorating Abolition, PRU Honors Its Afro-Boricua Roots

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc. Lucy Gellman | March 25th, 2025

Carlos Cruz, who is a member of the bomba collective Proyecto Cimarrón. Lucy Gellman Photos.

SCSU Student Mentorship Makes "El Coquí" Soar

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Comics  |  Culture & Community  |  Education  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Puerto Rico  |  Southern Connecticut State University  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | February 7th, 2025

Curtis Brown Photography, courtesy of Long Wharf Theatre.

Puerto Ricans United Gala Recognizes Boricua Troops

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Morris Cove  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc. Lucy Gellman | July 30th, 2024

Miss Puerto Rico Crowns Two Cultural Champions

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc.  |  Wilbur Cross High School Lucy Gellman | April 8th, 2024

Puerto Rican Fest Brings The Beat

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culinary Arts  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  Music  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc.  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | August 14th, 2023

Puerto Ricans United Kicks Off Festival Weekend With Flag Flying High

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  New Haven Green  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc.  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | August 10th, 2023

Miss Puerto Rico Returns To New Haven

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc.  |  Wilbur Cross High School  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Abiba Biao | March 21st, 2023

After Fiona, CT Puerto Rican Day Parades Put Out A Call For Help

Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc.  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | September 20th, 2022

A moment from New Haven's Puerto Rican Festival in August of this year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

"Boricua All Day:" Puerto Rican Fest Turns The Green Into A Heartbeat

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  New Haven Green  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc.  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | August 15th, 2022

"La Mujer Puertorriqueña" Takes Center Stage At PRU Gala

Alisa's House of Salsa  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  East Shore  |  Junta for Progressive Action  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | July 29th, 2022

Puerto Rican Festival Parties On At Criscuolo Park

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  COVID-19  |  Fair Haven  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  Public Health  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | August 16th, 2021

Artists On The Census: Kica Matos

Black Lives Matter  |  Boricua pride  |  COVID-19  |  Census 2020  |  Immigration Lucy Gellman | September 15th, 2020

'La Negra' Brings A Bomba Heartbeat To Hopper

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Movimiento Cultural Afro-Continental  |  Yale University Lucy Gellman | November 15th, 2019

Boricua, From Loíza To New Haven

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Boricua pride  |  Downtown  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | August 12th, 2019

Puerto Ricans Fête An Artist Of Their Own

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  David Sepulveda  |  New Haven  |  New Haven Independent Lucy Gellman | July 27th, 2018

"One of those silent heroes." Lucy Gellman Photos.

“Heroes & Icons” Hits The Capitol

ARTE Inc.  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Hartford  |  How to Help  |  Latino  |  New Haven  |  Politics  |  Puerto Rico Lucy Gellman | October 12th, 2017

Lucy Gellman Photos.

Queen Of The Week: Malaya Love Nations

168 York Street  |  Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Drag  |  LGBTQ  |  New Haven  |  Partners Cafe  |  Queen Of The Week Lucy Gellman | September 23rd, 2017

Photo Credit Daniel Eugene.

From San Juan, With Love

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Downtown  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  Food & Drink  |  Music  |  New Haven  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | August 13th, 2017

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