Hispanic Heritage Month Events in Greater Philadelphia

Officially running from September 15 to October 15, 2024, Hispanic Heritage Month offers a slew of city-wide events highlighting Philly’s diverse Hispanic and Latino community, including these over the October half of the celebration:

• Alexis Duque: Los Dueños De Nada at Taller Puertorriqueño: A special solo exhibition from Alexis Duque is on display as the Colombian-born, New York City-based artist celebrates people who society tries to force to the margins through paintbrush and pencil works inspired by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano’s poem Los Nadies (through October 26, 2024).
• Cookbooks & Convos with The Sisterly Love Collective: Paola Velez Celebrates Bodega Bakes with Ashley Huston at Barnes & Noble Center City: Step into la cucina as award-winning Dominican-American pastry chef-turned-Internet-sensation Paola Velez chats with Ashley Huston (the baker-in-chief behind Philly’s Dreamworld Bakes) about her new book Bodega Bakes (October 3, 2024).
• Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight at Taller Puertorriqueño: The Free Library of Philadelphia presents a month of celebration at Taller Puertorriqueño with a Bilingual Family Storytime featuring arts, crafts and special readings of children’s books highlighting Latino culture, and the Echoes of Heritage workshop celebrating the profound impact of Latin American poetry in Philadelphia (October 12, 2024).

Where: Taller Puertorriqueño, 2600 N. 5th Street