Please join us for an evening of live music, refreshments, and cultural conversation. We're having a book discussion with The Young Lords Speak author Jacqueline Lazú. Moderated by SRBCC Executive Director Omar Torres-Kortright. Presented by SEIU Illinois in collaboration with Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center.
Join Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center’s La Cantera—our Afro-Caribbean jazz ensemble for emerging musicians (ages 19–24)—for a monthly residency at The California Clipper in Humboldt Park. Rooted in Puerto Rican tradition and shaped by Chicago’s forward-moving jazz scene, La Cantera brings a fresh, high-energy set each month alongside special guest artists from Chicago and beyond.
Join us every last Friday of the month for Barrio Bugalú—Chicago’s monthly celebration of salsa, boogaloo, and Afro-Caribbean dance music.
Dominican-American pianist, composer, and South Arts Jazz Road awardee Julián Pujols Quall announces the release of Quisqueya, the debut album by their ensemble Mamey. The album debut will be celebrated with a phenomenal Chicago release event curated by Julián Pujols Quall and presented by Fulcrum Point New Music Project’s Discoveries Auxin: Connected! Series and Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center.
Nuestra Lírica: Hip hop de Pe-erre & The Chi brings together artists whose work reminds us that lyrics are more than entertainment—they are memory, testimony, resistance, healing, and imagination. This Independence Day weekend, as Chicago's Puerto Rican community gathers in Humboldt Park for the historic Jolgorio Boricua: No Kings, No Colonies celebration—a call for self-determination, cultural affirmation, and solidarity—Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center welcomes two influential voices from Puerto Rico, rapper Siete Nueve and producer, DJ, finger drummer, and MC El S, for a special residency at La Resi and an unforgettable evening dedicated to the power of words.
Presented during Peña’s stay at La Resi, SRBCC’s artist residency, this special album presentation brings together the rhythmic heartbeat of Puerto Rico’s Afro-Caribbean traditions with the harmonic richness, improvisational depth, and energy of modern jazz. Rooted in rhythms such as bomba, plena, guaracha, and son, Equilibrio reflects Peña’s search for balance between tradition and innovation, with a trio sound shaped through constant musical conversation.
Las Guaracheras (Colombia) with Special Opening Performance by La Cantera Join Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center for a vibrant evening of Afro-Latin music, cultural exchange,
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