2026 Celebration Juneteenth Festival
Thursday, June 18, 2026
7:00 PM
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451
Scheduled
About This Event
At the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture as part of the 2026 Celebration Juneteenth Festival, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Roy Brown and composer-singer Dr. Zoraida Santiago perform material rooted in nueva trova and folk, emphasizing narrative, social memory and clear acoustic delivery. The program pairs their songcraft with Grand Pistachio, a puppet-theater company whose original productions for young audiences have toured nationally and reached over 50,000 people.
About Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and Unbowed
At Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, *Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and Unbowed* revisits the life and public record of the Brooklyn congresswoman who forced open national politics as the first Black woman elected to Congress and a 1972 presidential candidate. The program frames her as a New York figure shaped by local constituencies and national pressure. Featured performers include Grand Pistachio, adding a live, contemporary layer to the material. The clearest takeaway is how current Chisholm’s language still sounds in a city that keeps renegotiating power.
About the Artists
Grand Pistachio
Welcome to the Grand Pistachio community. We create original theater with puppets for young audiences. Our productions have toured nationally and been received and loved by over 50,000 young people.
Roy Brown
Roy Brown is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter associated with nueva trova, trova, and Latin folk traditions. In New York City, he appears at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, including the program *Roy Brown & Zoraida Santiago: De la tierra en que nací* with composer-singer Dr.
Zoraida Santiago
Dr. Zoraida Santiago is a composer and singer whose work draws on Puerto Rican folkloric traditions, often aligned with the nueva trova current. In New York City she has appeared at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, including the program *Roy Brown & Zoraida Santiago: De la tierra en que nací* alongside Roy Brown and the puppet-theater company Grand Pistachio.