JACKSON, Wyo. — This fall, Teton County Library (TCL) is celebrating Jackson Hole’s Latino heritage by offering free, all-ages programs, highlighting handicrafts, music, dance and literature.
“Travel to another country with a trip to the library!” TCL wrote via press release.
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed each year in the U.S. from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, to recognize the achievements, histories, traditions and cultural diversity of Hispanic/Latino Americans.
Programs for children and adults will be offered at the library throughout October.
On Saturday, Oct. 4, at 9 a.m. in the TCL lobby, children can make colorful mini piñatas. Kids can take home a craft kit while supplies last. Also on Oct. 4, families are invited to the Dance de los Huehues (old men), a centuries-old tradition with costumes, paper maché masks and elaborate hats from Tlaxcala, Mexico. The dance will take place in the Ordway Auditorium from 1 to 2 p.m.
Community members are invited to visit with children’s author Donna Barba Higuera on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., in TCL’s Ordway Auditorium. Higuera received a Newbery Medal for her book, “The Last Cuentista,” a middle grade dystopian novel that one reviewer described as “a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human.”
On Friday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 6 p.m., TCL is offering a Puerto Rican bomba music workshop with El Laberinto del Coco. The musical group will share its rich Afro-Caribbean rhythms, while participants “move along to the Bomba beats!”
All month long, works by Latino authors are being displayed throughout the library. Books are available in both Spanish and English from celebrated and lesser-known Latino authors, according to TCL.
