[caption id="attachment_4366" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado[/caption] This past Friday, IBA CEO Vanessa Calderón-Rosado was honored as one of ...
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For the past 48 years, Festival Betances has brought together the Latino communities of Boston and beyond for a three-day event. This celebration of culture and customs occurs once a year in mid July with the hope of bringing friends and family together in a welcoming environment. Those that are familiar with the rhythms and foods of the culture can enjoy a piece of their heritage for the weekend,...
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On Friday night, July 8th, at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, Ricardo Maldonado opened his show “De Aquí y de Allá” to the public. He is an artist originally from Spain who has been in Boston for many years. With bold, contrasting colors and images of familiar scenes in nature, Maldonado invited guests to appreciate the natural beauty around them. We had some time to speak with Ricardo, where ...
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It is a common known fact among school teachers that children tend to forget a lot of material from the previous school year over the summer. On average they have to spend four to eight weeks re-teaching these same things and losing valuable time where your child could be learning something new. After doing some research we found that children lose the most knowledge in math, but reading also decl...
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The last day of Festival Betances, Sunday July 17th, we will be presenting a salsa band from New York, made up of 8 musicians, that live up to their name 8 y Más (8 and More), with their music they fill the stage and sound as if a full orchestra were playing. The band’s drummer, Bobby Allende, told us about their origins, music, and trajectory. 8 y Más was formed 10 years ago, but Allende has bee...
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El último día del Festival Betances, domingo 17 de julio, tendremos el placer de presentar a una banda neoyorquina exclusivamente de salsa, compuesta de 8 músicos, pero como indica su nombre, 8 y Más, al tocar dan la sensación de ser una orquesta entera en el escenario. Bobby Allende, el conguero de la banda, nos contó acerca de los orígenes de 8 y Más, su música y trayectoria. 8 y Más se formó h...
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Jesus Pagán es un cantante puertorriqueño que siempre ha sentido una gran afinidad por el género de la salsa. A lo largo de su carrera, a partir del 1998, ha cantado como corista y también ejercido de percusionista con grandes como Rubén Blades. Hace 8 años decidió independizarse como cantante y desde entonces su éxito ha seguido incrementando. Él, acompañado de músicos de Nueva York y Boston esta...
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Jesus Pagán is a Puerto Rican singer who has always felt close the salsa genre. Throughout his career which started in 1998, he has been part of the chorus or percussionist for some of the greatest of salsa, the likes of Rubén Blades. He decided to branch off on his own eight years ago, and since then his success as singer and composer has only been increasing. He will be performing his unique sty...
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Edgar Zayas no siempre fue un cantante de música bohemia, descubrió su vocación mientras estaba en el ejército a los 30 años. “Allá me dió como ese sentir esa melancolía de la tierra, del escuchar música. Descubrí el contenido de la música borincana y desde entonces lo hago.” La música Bohemia, está compuestas por un ritmo romántico y un poco nostálgico que caracteriza a nuestras generaciones mayo...
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Edgardo Zayas wasn’t always a Bohemia singer, he discovered his vocation while serving in the military when he was 30 years old. “There I started to feel that melancholy that accompanies the earth, that goes with listening to music. I discovered the content of "borincana" music, and ever since then it has become what I do." Bohemia music is made up of a romantic rhythm with nostalgic overtones, wh...
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Last Friday was an important day for our organization with two different celebrations: one for our little ones and their successful completion of the Afterschool Learning Program, and the other to mark the opening of a special exhibit, “Emerging Latino Artists,” featuring local Latino artists who are making significant contributions to the Boston art scene. Afterschool Program End of the ...
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The Boston Business Journal has published an article about our CEO, Dr. Vanessa Calderón-Rosado. Education: Bachelor's degree in education, University of Puerto Rico, 1986; master's degree in speech language pathology, 1989; master's d...
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In recent studies it has been proven that children from a Hispanic background are not speaking Spanish at home anymore, in spite of their parents’ best efforts. Studies also show that bilingualism provides critical problem solving skills and helps develop a child’s mind as they grow into fruitful learners. This is why IBA’s bilingual preschool offers families the support they need when raising the...
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En estudios recientes se ha comprobado que los niños de familias latinas ya no están hablando español en casa, a pesar de los esfuerzos de sus padres. También muestran que el bilingüismo facilita procesos de resolver problemas y refuerza habilidades mentales importantes mientras que el niño se desarrolla. Es por ello que el Preescolar Bilingüe de IBA ofrece a las familias el apoyo que necesitan al...
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Our nation is experiencing a crisis in higher education; almost half of college students are leaving before they earn their degree. During the last decade, the city of Boston has made efforts to increase graduation and enrollment rates within the Boston Public Schools System, and although significant leaps have been made, the results are not equal across all demographics. Students of color are st...
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