Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month

¡Feliz Mes de la Herencia Hispana!

September 15 to October 15

The observance began as a single week in 1968 and expanded to 30 days in 1988.

The start date is deliberate:

• September 15 marks the independence days of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
• Mexico follows on September 16
• Chile on September 18
• Belize on September 21
• October 12 is Día de la Raza.

This month, take a few minutes to read, watch, or listen to something new, support a Hispanic-owned business, or ask a colleague about where their family comes from.

Below are places to start.

🎵 Playlists

Spotify

• Viva Latino, Spotify’s flagship Latin playlist

Apple Music

• ¡Dale Play!, the biggest Latin tracks from Spanish-language artists worldwide

YouTube Music

• Browse the full Latin catalog, including Classic Latin Hits and Happy Latin Pop

🎭 Around Boston

• Malden Hispanic Heritage Festival, Sat Sep 19. Live music, traditional dance, food, art, and family activities from the North Shore Hispanic Association.
• Saborcito Night, The Anchor, Charlestown, Mondays Sep 21 to Oct 5, 6 p.m. Free outdoor salsa and bachata lessons with Sabor Latino and Salsa y Control. All levels welcome.
• Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Fri Oct 2, Chelsea High School. Free concert featuring Márquez, Gomes, and Gottschalk, performed side by side with Chelsea High students.
• MFA First Friday, Oct 2. Partnering with We Are ALX to celebrate the ALX 100 honorees, with a live DJ set.
• CineFest Latino Boston at The Brattle, Sat Oct 3. Latin American and Latino film screenings.
• Vida Latina at the Boston Public Library. A librarian-curated booklist on Hispanic cultures and histories, available in print at all branches and online at bpl.org.

📺 Watch

Coco · Encanto · In the Heights · Roma · Selena · Real Women Have Curves · Stand and Deliver

Documentaries: Dolores (Dolores Huerta) · Harvest of Empire · Latino Americans (PBS, free to stream)

Series: One Day at a Time · Gentefied · Acapulco · Los Espookys

📚 Read

The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros · In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez · Solito, Javier Zamora · The Undocumented Americans, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio · Our Migrant Souls, Héctor Tobar · Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Podcasts: Alt.Latino · Radio Ambulante (Spanish) · Latino USA

Please find a way to celebrate this month!