Hispanic Heritage Month

Flags were waving and salsa music was roaring Sept. 12, as the Puerto Rican Festival of Wisconsin took over the Summerfest grounds. Hispanic Heritage month is Sept. 15 - Oct. 15.

Meet Betty Suárez, founder of 'Aprende with Señora Betty,' a bilingual early literacy program that teaches children Spanish through storytelling, singing, dancing and more!

On Sept. 24, UWM Planetarium will explore Guatemala's night sky, history and culture. "A Night in Guatemala" will also feature a short film by UWM Film instructor Renato Umali.

Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski speaks with local labor leader Jesus Salas about the roots and legacy of the farmworkers movement.

WUWM’s Race & Ethnicity Reporter Teran Powell has been talking with Afro-Latinas from Milwaukee about exploring and celebrating their identities. In this conversation, Teran speaks with multidisciplinary artist Anamarie Edwards.

Joel Diviu, of La Mano De Dios, spent the summer tending to coals in a series of asado pop-ups at Zócalo food truck park in Walker's Point.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re continuing to highlight conversations with Afro-Latinas in Milwaukee. Today on Lake Effect, WUWM’s Race & Ethnicity Reporter Teran Powell talks with Rozalia Hernandez-Singh about her Afro-Latino identity.

WUWM is celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Milwaukee’s Hispanic and Latino people during Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting Afro-Latino voices in the city. WUWM’s Race & Ethnicity Reporter Teran Powell talks with Joan Marie Luciano Vargas about the importance of her Afro-Latina identity.

Voter registration efforts on the south side of Milwaukee are already underway.

As part of our Hispanic Heritage Month coverage, WUWM’s Emily Files talked to Maria Acosta about her unexpected path to comedy, and what it’s like to bridge two cultures in her work.