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Recurring Gatherings

  • Cafecitos
    Fridays, 3-5pm | DB Room in La Casa
    Weekly informal meetups for conversation and networking. Led by Antonio.

Spring 2026 Events

  • 🐰 Benito Bowl — Super Bowl Watch Party
    Sunday, Feb 8, 6:00pm | Marsh Hall, Yale Science Hill
    Bad Bunny will be the first artist to intentionally represent Puerto Rico at the Super Bowl halftime show. We're gathering 400+ people to watch together. This is more than a watch party—it's a platform. We'll deliver a 5-minute speech representing the Latino community on ICE concerns, followed by a 5-minute video showcasing DB's work and promoting Calle Corona. Food from local PR restaurants, 100 disposable cameras, photo booth, and Sancocho Frog plushies.
    This is one of the few chances we get to make a message to this many people. Be there. 🇵🇷
  • 💃 Divas of the Dancefloor
    Friday, Feb 13, 10:00pm | St. Anthony Hall
    A night dedicated to genres pioneered by those at the intersection of being POC and queerness/womanhood: techno, house music, freestyle. 70s/80s retro dancefloor vibes with a talented Latina student DJ. These genres were created so marginalized communities could express themselves freely—that's why we're doing this the night before Valentine's Day.
  • 📜 Julia de Burgos Birthday Celebration
    Monday, Feb 16 | La Casa Cultural
    Honoring La Casa's namesake, the Afro Boricua poet born February 17. Collaborating with La Casa, Afro-American Cultural Center, YC³, DSA, Latina Women at Yale, Oye! Spoken Word, WORD, and Yale Black Women's Coalition. Featured: Diannely Antigua (poet) doing a reading, talkback, Q&A, and poetry workshop. Possibly a bomba performance.
  • 🏺 Taíno Heritage Event
    Late February – Early March | Peabody Museum
    Following the opening of the Peabody's Taíno exhibit last December, we're collaborating with the Peabody Museum and NISA Yale for a guided exploration with the curators, followed by a table discussion about Caribbean indigeneity. Questions we'll explore: What choices shaped the exhibit? What does it mean to present indigenous identity? How do we connect to Taíno identity today?
  • 📚 Emma Amador x RITM
    April 2026 | Details TBA
    Dr. Emma Amador (UConn History) presents her new book "The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rican Women Organizing for Social Justice." Co-sponsored by Yale's Center for Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM).
  • 🎉 CALLE CORONA — SanSe llegó al Norte
    Friday, April 24 | High Street & Crown Street, New Haven
    DB's most ambitious project of this decade. We're bringing Las Fiestas de San Sebastián to New Haven—blocking off streets for a flea market, live bomba y salsa performances, dance workshops, food trucks, and local vendors. This is about inviting Yale and New Haven together, making the Latino community visible and celebrated, and closing the gap between students and the city.
    Puerto Rico's most beloved festival, brought to Connecticut. This one's for all of us. 🎊
  • 🏛️ Estamos Aquí: In the Halls of Power
    Fall 2026 | The First Northeastern Puerto Rican Student Conference
    26 universities—Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Syracuse, and more—banding together to address the realities facing Puerto Rican youth. This conference is about our future: the political-cultural position of our community, bridging diaspora and island, the responsibilities of those in higher education, and addressing environmental justice and sustainability. Coalition building, academic exchange, and long-term collaboration across campuses.
    The first conference of its kind in a generation. History in the making. 🇵🇷

Recent Events 25-26

  • Dr. Antonia Novello Visit
    Thursday, Sept 18, 12:30-3pm | Yale School of Medicine
    The first woman AND first Latina U.S. Surgeon General came through and blessed us. Dr. Novello shared her journey breaking barriers in medicine, serving as Surgeon General, working at the NIH, leading as NY Commissioner of Health during 9/11, and coordinating healthcare in PR after Hurricane María and during COVID. Puerto Rican med students got a private trainee conversation with her afterward, and she even autographed books for DB!
    Status: STANDING ROOM ONLY ✓
  • Bad Bunny LIVE Watch Party
    Saturday, Sept 20, 8:30pm | Hopper Buttery
    When Bad Bunny announced he was livestreaming his FINAL Debí Tirar Más Fotos concert from Puerto Rico, we gathered to watch together. Antonio cooked fresh alcapurrias and arroz con gandules in the buttery, plus homemade limber. A night of music, food, and feeling connected to home—even from thousands of miles away.
    Lesson Learned: Alcapurrias need to be frozen first or they fall apart 😅
  • Hartford Puerto Rican Parade
    Sunday, Sept 21, 12-3:30pm | Pope Park → Downtown Hartford
    We marched as co-sponsors with Movimiento Cultural in the Hartford Puerto Rican Parade alongside thousands celebrating Boricua culture and community. We brought our instruments and made sure people heard us coming! The energy, the flags, the pride—pure Boricua spirit. 🇵🇷
    Vibe: Pure Pride
  • Brasil Club x DB x LUL Party
    Thursday, Sept 26, 10pm-1am | LUL House
    A blend of Brazilian and Puerto Rican music, coquito meets caipirinha—celebrating our shared Latin American roots.
  • Caribbean Students Mixer
    Friday, Sept 27, 7-9pm | La Casa Cultural
    Co-hosted with CSO, DSA, CAUSA (+ Sabro support). The ANNUAL Caribbean mixer: dancing workshop, social dancing, dominoes, and incredible food. DB brought Pan del Cielo II pastries and homemade coquito. DSA made arroz con leche, CAUSA brought mocktails, and CSO/Sabro led the dance workshop.
  • Día Nacional de la Salsa
    Sunday, Oct 5, 2-5pm | Beinecke Plaza
    In honor of Puerto Rico's Día Nacional de la Zalsa—an annual festival celebrating our salsa legends—we teamed up with Sabro to bring the music outside. Sabro led a salsa workshop, teaching choreography to anyone brave enough to learn, followed by social dancing with a salsa-only playlist echoing across campus.
  • Antonio Martorell Fireside Chat
    Thursday, Oct 9, 6-8pm | Luce Hall
    Legendary Puerto Rican multimedia artist Antonio (Toño) Martorell came through, and DB got to moderate a fireside chat with him about his work, his creative process, and the political messages woven into his art. Martorell brought his painting materials and created art live while talking. The audience—packed with students, faculty, and alumni—was captivated.
  • Tobin Report 50th Anniversary
    Friday, Oct 10, 1-4pm | Yale SOM
    The Center for a New Economy and Yale's Tobin Center for Economic Policy commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Tobin Report on Puerto Rico—a landmark 1975 assessment of PR's economic challenges commissioned by the governor and led by Nobel laureate James Tobin. Leading economists, policymakers, and scholars reflected on the report's legacy and discussed what it means for Puerto Rico's future today.
  • Cafecito Estilo Domino (DB x DSA)
    Friday, Oct 10, 3-5pm | DB Room + LWAY Room
    After many requests, we finally held a joint cafecito with DSA! DB brought 50 pastries from Pan Del Cielo II, connecting our Boricua and Dominican communities over coffee and conversation.
  • Reggaeton y Dembow Party (DB x DSA)
    Saturday, Oct 11, 10pm-1am | GodQuad
    The collab people had been waiting for: DB x DSA party with the best Puerto Rican and Dominican music in one room.
  • Bori-Grad Brunch
    Sunday, Nov 9, 11:30am-2pm | La Casa Cultural
    Professional school students joined us for our signature Grad Bori Brunch featuring queso frito, pan sobao, salchicas, bacalaitos, eggs, and farina. Most attendees were grad students from across the Latino community—proof that Puerto Rican food brings everyone together.
    Plot twist: People actually showed up on time. We're still in shock. 😳
  • MEChA x DB: Shared History Teach-In
    Thursday & Friday, Nov 20-21, 7pm | Beinecke Library & La Casa
    A two-day collaboration with MEChA diving deep into our shared history in New Haven. Diego Martinez and Sonia Rosa presented archival discoveries, followed by a session at the Beinecke exploring primary sources together.
    Turns out we've been making history while FINDING history. Very meta. 📖✨
  • Celebración de Lux — Lechón Asado
    Tuesday, Dec 2, 6:30pm | La Casa Cultural
    La Casa's annual holiday gathering, and DB went ALL OUT. Antonio Padilla picked up a 40-pound whole pig, butchered it at La Casa, and seasoned it with sofrito, vinegar, oil, sazón, adobo, paprika, chili powder, and garlic paste. Hours later: tender, flavorful pernil that had everyone coming back for seconds and thirds.
    40 pounds of pork. Sparse leftovers. That's called EFFICIENCY. 💪🐷
  • Last Cafecito of the Semester
    Friday, Dec 5, 3pm | La Casa Cultural
    Antonio and his Grandma came through with homemade flan de vanilla, flan de queso, and pastelillos de guayaba. Plus empanadillas and leftover pernil. The perfect way to close out the semester: sweet treats, good conversation, and the warmth of family.
    Shoutout to Antonio's abuela—you're officially an honorary DB board member. 🧡
  • Club Caribe — St. A's x DB Party
    Friday, Dec 5, 10pm | St. Anthony Hall
    Club Caribe took over St. Anthony's for a Caribbean-themed night. DB brought fresh coquito. The perfect end to the semester.
    From flan at 3pm to coquito at midnight. We call that a FULL day. 🌴🍹

Events 24-25

  • Brazilian Mixer
    Jan 25
    Mixer to encourage Brazilians to associate with La Casa and challenge what it means to be Latino.
  • Bad Bunny Party
    Jan 25
    Listening party to the #1 album in the world with a glass full of coquito.
  • Community Cooking at La Casa
    Saturday Feb 8, 5–7 PM
    Share recipes and stories in a communal cooking experience. Hosted by DB and local chefs.
  • PRU Cafecito
    Feb 14
    A warm, casual meetup to discuss pressing community issues over coffee.
  • Julia de Burgos Anniversary
    Feb 23
    Special poetry reading: "We Are Owned." Curated by Kris to honor the legacy of Julia de Burgos.
  • El Coquí Show – Long Wharf Theatre
    Feb 23 A theatrical tribute to Puerto Rican folklore, in collaboration with local performers.
  • Community Cafecity
    APR 12
  • Conga Handpainting: Last Cafecito of 24-25
    APR 25