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We share this Library of Congress (LOC) announcement for a Caribbean Area Librarian (Vacancy: VAR003411). The closing date for applications is August 31, 2026. See more details below and at the LOC. Description: This position serves as a Librarian in the Latin American, Caribbean and European Division, General and International Collections Directorate (GICD), Research And […]
[Many thanks to the Caribbean Philosophical Association for bringing this item to our attention.] Omaris Z. Zamora’s Ciguapa Unbound: AfroLatinx Feminist Epistemologies of Tranceformation is forthcoming through NYU Press (December 2026). The book explores “how AfroLatinx artists transform the body into an archive of resistance through a decolonial ciguapa aesthetic.” The book cover features…
The Puerto Rico Film Festival runs from August 19 to 23, 2026, in selected theaters in southwestern Puerto Rico. Summer of Three, directed and written by Carlitos Ruíz-Ruíz (with Marcel Ruiz and Mariana S. Belaval) will open the festival on Wednesday, August 19, at 7:00pm (AST) at Teatro Yagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Synopsis: “Returning home […]
[Many thanks to the MCC Communication Haïti and to Veerle Poupeye (Critical.Caribbean.Art) for bringing this item to our attention.] Haitian visual artist Patrick Vilaire passed away at the age of 84 today (August 16, 2026) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Born on September 16, 1941, “he was celebrated internationally for conceptual works blending science, anthropology, and Haitian […]
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Enter the Lion: The 1966 State Visit of Emperor Haile Selassie I to the Caribbean, by John P. Homiak, Giulia Bonacci, and Jahlani A. Niaah, will be released on September 29, 2026, by Duke University Press. The book is available for pre-ordering. Description: On April […]
Lyle O. Reitzel Gallery (LOR Arte Contemporáneo) in Santo Domingo, presents “De Güibia a Boca Chica,” by Andalusian, DR-based artist Santiago Ydáñez, opening on September 3, 2026. Description (by Miguel de Mena): “The paintings of Santiago Ydáñez (Jaén, 1967) possess that strange ability to immerse us in multiple spheres, to pull us in like a […]
In its “Noches de Cine” series— “celebrating the latest voices in Latine cinema” and curated by Sebastián Rea— El Museo del Barrio presents Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, Dile que no soy malo), written and directed by Dominican American filmmaker Joel Alfonso Vargas (2025). This screening takes place at El Museo (1230 Fifth Avenue, New York, New […]
Jamaican-born author and educator Claudia Rankine’s new book, Triage, was published by Graywolf Press last week (4 August 2026). [It’s on my “must order NOW” list!] In NPR’s “The Book Ahead” series, C. Dywer says “Few writers manage the range evident in Claudia Rankine’s tapestries of poetry, theory, history, memoir, fiction, occasionally even illustration — as in […]
Before its release on August 25, 2026, Edwidge Danticat’s Dèy: A Novel (Penguin Random House) has appeared on many lists of recommended books for this summer. To mention two of these outlets, which are directed at varied audiences, Danticat’s latest is featured in “August 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us,” by Karla J. Strand […]
Beginning today, August 13, 2026, Anthology Film Archives (AFA) and the Cuban Cultural Center of New York will co-host the annual Cuban Film Festival. The 2026 Cuban Film Festival: Salvus presents talks with Cuban filmmakers Iván Acosta, Ricardo Bacallao, Liena Cid Navia, Rolando Díaz, Raúl Francisco Dorticós, Pavel Giroud, Patricia Pérez Fernández, and Orlando Rojas. Today, […]
