Monthly Archives: June 2012

Dancin’ in the Park, East Harlem Style

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Craig Nelson

Every year Spanish Harlem lights up on the day before the National Puerto Rican Day Parade with a huge festival on 116th Street, music blasting all day, people out in the streets strutting their stuff, homemade cooking on every block…it’s … Continue reading →

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Backstreet Cultural Museum (Tremé) – “They don’t do this nowhere else but in New Orleans”

Posted on June 5, 2012 by glowinski

Fi Yi Yi, Wild Magnolias, Creole Wild West, Congo Nation, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Black Seminoles, 9th Ward Hunters, 7th Ward Hard Headers, Flaming Arrows, Black Eagles, White Eagles, Red Hawks Hunters, Golden Comanche, Wild Bogacheeta… New Orleans is home to one … Continue reading →

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