Hispanic arts, literature celebrated at PCL

PROVIDENCE – Hispanic arts and literature is being celebrated this weekend at the Providence Community Library through Feria del Libro y las Artes de Providence.
The Oct. 3-5 event features books, poetry, storytelling and creative workshops with authors and artists from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York State, New Jersey, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and all over the Latin American world. October is National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Dominican writer and feminist Ángela Hernández Núñez will talk about “Las Zonas Insoluble en la Vida de las Poetas” (Insoluble areas in the lives of poets). She also will sign copies of her latest novel Leona o la Fiera Vida (Leona or the Proud Life), which she is currently promoting in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The Ecuadorian artist Ildefonso “Poncho” Franco will lead several interactive arts workshops and there will be folk dancing and a wide variety of performances aimed at both adults and children.
New York-based writer Diógenes Abreu will discuss and sign copies of his latest book, “Sin Haitianidad no hay Domenicanidad” (There is no Dominican identity without Haitian identity), while poet Edgar Smith (Island Boy) will also autograph works. Dominican poet César Sánchez Beras will read short stories and poems for children.
A grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and sponsorship from Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island have made the festival possible.