Program Activities
The Great Hall — 1st Floor
Performances
10:30 Alturas Duo
11:30 Tarpukuy Peruvian Art & Culture — Peruvian Dance
12:30 Carlos y su Momento Musical — Merengue, Salsa, Bachata y Boleros
2:00 Generación Latina — Ecuadorian Dances
3:00 Mariachi Connecticut
Hall of Mammalian Evolution — 1st Floor
Fossil Dig
Rock Polishing by New Haven Mineral Club
Face Painting
Fossil Fragments: The Riddle of Human Origins — 1st Floor
Vertebrate Zoology Collection — Specimens from Latin American Cultures
A Variety of Specimens
Pacific Cultures — 1st Floor
My Plate — Craft Activity
Hall of Native American Cultures — 1st Floor
Learn about the Taino Culture with Jorge Estevez (10:30 to 3:30)
Birds of Connecticut — 3rd Floor
Color a Flag!
Decorate a Latin American Bird with the Girl Scouts of Connecticut
Birds SciCart (10:30 to 4:00)
Curious Creatures —Live Animals (11:00 to 2:00)
North American Dioramas — 3rd Floor
11:00 “Live the Story” by Leeny Del Seamonds — Storytelling in English
12:00 “ Live the Story” by Leeny Del Seamonds — Storytelling in Spanish
Storytelling sponsored by the Connecticut Humanities
Southern New England Dioramas
Dinosaur Soccer Game
Auditorium — 3rd Floor
11:00 “Tommy Enjoys Exercising” by Hispanic Health Council —Puppet Show in English
12:00 “Tommy Enjoys Exercising” by Hispanic Health Council — Puppet Show in Spanish
1:00–2:30 Salsa-making Demonstration and Tasting by Mezcal
3:15 Zumba Class with Laura Richling
Presentation
2:00 and 3:00 Planetarium Show at Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory
(in Spanish) 355 Prospect St., New Haven (space is limited)
The following organizations will host Activity Areas on the day of the celebration:
CitySeed, Inc., Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (C.A.R.E.), Connecticut Humanities Council, General Ecuadorian Consulate of Connecticut, Elm City Market, Hispanic Health Council, Junta for Progressive Action Inc., The Latina A.R.M.Y. Inc., State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Girl Scouts of Connecticut, New Haven Public Schools, New Haven Mineral Club, Slow Food Shoreline, Yale Sustainable Food Project, UCONN Master Gardeners, Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity
