Caribbean: Crossroads offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore the diverse and impactful cultural history of the Caribbean basin and its diaspora. More than 550 works by 379 artists spanning four centuries illuminate changing aesthetics and ideologies and provoke meaningful conversations about topics ranging from commerce and cultural hybridity to politics and pop culture.

The exhibition is the culmination of nearly a decade of collaborative research and scholarship organized by El Museo del Barrio in conjunction with the Queens Museum of Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Visitors who purchase one admission at any of the three participating museums will be issued a CARIBBEAN PASSPORT, which grants its holder access to free admission at the other two venues during the duration of the exhibition.

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This exhibition features work from our Permanent Collection and highlights themes of race and ethnicity, language and dialogue, along with affinities and differences throughout the Caribbean.

VOCES Y VISIONES: Gran Caribe compliments the CARIBBEAN: Crossroads of the World exhibition by further exploring artists for whom the Caribbean is both a point of departure and a homecoming, as well as critical voices that explore new ways of thinking about how Caribbean bodies and voices are represented.

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Maestros, todos estan invitados a nuestro Fall Educator Open House! Are you a teacher who is curious about using the arts to enhance your curriculum? Are you interested in discussing ideas for integrating the museum experience into your classroom? If so, please join us for an evening devoted to making connections between the gallery and the classroom, and get a first-hand look at El Museo del Barrio's exhibitions and cultural celebrations as the school year begins.

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Join El Museo, as we celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Mexico's beloved 3,000 year-old tradition that commemorates friends and relatives who have passed away with food, music, dance, and drink. We will explore the various ways different cultures honor deceased loved ones and invite them back to the world of the living for a special gathering once a year. With traditional Mexican altars, a street altar honoring the memory of Costa Rican singing legend Chavela Vargas, La Catrina, and a ghost bike, there is plenty to discover.

* RSVP's will be taken up until 5pm on Friday, October 5

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As part of Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, Caribe Now: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Diaspora is an exhibition by artists of Caribbean descent who explore how the Caribbean, through its diaspora, continues to be conceived through the lens of contemporary culture. Dealing with issues such as race, gender, and class as well as questions revolving around social justice, practice, and expectations, this exhibition explores the connections between island populations here in the U.S. and in the Caribbean.

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To make a reservation to view the exhibition, contact the Nathan Cummings Foundation at NCF.Events@nathancummings.org, or (212) 787-7300, x1283.

In conjunction with Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, El Museo del Barrio, The Studio Museum in Harlem and Queens Museum of Art present a three-day symposium bringing together scholars and practitioners from across the Caribbean and its diaspora.

Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott opens the SYMPOSIUM with a keynote address, "A Part of the Continent, from John Donne." The evening will also include a theatrical reading of Walcott's landmark play, Dream on Monkey Mountain, by the Classical Theatre of Harlem with André de Shields reprising his role as Makak.

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As part of SYMPOSIUM: Caribbean Crossroads, The New International Center of Diverse Artists (NICODA), presents, How We Are Connected, a performing arts production inspired by National Geographic's Genographic Project.

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Disfrute de un libro escrito por el destacado periodista y crítico literario cubano Jorge Mañach (1898-1961), Martí, el Apóstol. La obra nos ofrece una biografía que presenta la poética existencia que vivió José Martí y que da cuerpo a la figura que emerge del texto.

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Join us for a special Super Sábado, as we celebrate Mexico's beloved 3,000 year-old tradition that commemorates friends and relatives who have passed away.

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Join El Museo in celebrating the groundbreaking of Artspace PS109. This community-driven project will transform an abandoned public school building in East Harlem into an arts facility with 90 affordable live/work residences for artists and their families and 10,000 square feet of complementary space for arts organizations. The event will be hosted by City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito and El Barrio's Operation Fightback Founder Gustavo Rosado, and will feature the legendary Johnny Colón and his Orchestra, as well as other local artists. Speakers will include Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Artspace President, Kelley Lindquist, Manhattan Borough President, Scott Stringer, and many more.

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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Undesirable Elements series, Ping Chong + Company is hosting the Undesirable Elements Festival: Real People. Real Lives. Real Theater. at La Mama from October 18th through November 4th. This festival will feature three productions from this acclaimed series: Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo (October 18-21), Secret Survivors featuring adult survivors of child sexual abuse (October 25-28) and Inside/Out…voices from the disability community (November 1-4). All of the performances bring to the stage first hand narratives that explore issues of culture and difference. In addition to performances, the festival will include panel discussions, live streamed events, and workshops.

Tickets are on sale now. Call 212.475.7710 or to RSVP. For more information, visit pingchong.org.

Honor the departed with traditional Pan de Muerto, bread baked for both the living and dead and hot chocolate typically placed on altars and graves during Day of the Dead.

Photo credits listed in order from top to bottom:

1. Arnaldo Roche Rabell, We Have to Dream in Blue, 1986, 84 x 60 inches, Oil on canvas, Collection of John Belk & Margarita Serapion, Photo courtesy of Walter Otero Gallery.

2. Francisco Oller y Cestero, (Puerto Rican, 1833 − 1917), Platanos amarillos, ca. 1892−93, Oil on wood panel, Gift of Joseph and Carmen Ana Unanue.

3. Photo courtesy of El Museo del Barrio

4. Photo courtesy of El Museo del Barrio

5. Jayson Keeling, $ Girl $, 2009. C-print 40 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist.

6. Enrique Grau Araújo (Panamá 1920 − Bogotá 2004). La mulata cartagenera, 1940. Oil on canvas. 71 x 60,8 cm. Collection of the Museo Nacional de Colombia.

7. Photo courtesy of Derek Walcott.

8. Photo courtesy of The New International Center of Diverse Artists.

9. Book image. Martí, el Apóstol, por Jorge Mañach. Published by Ediciones Universal (November 1998).

10. Super Sábado image courtesy of El Museo del Barrio.

11. Photo courtesy of Artspace PS 109 Project.

12. Photo courtesy of Undesirable Elements Festival by Ping Chong + Company.

13. Photo courtesy of A30_Tsitika/Flickr.