Images/Imagenes Celebrates Latino Culture
on NJN Public Television
Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 8:00 am

Trenton – Award-winning series Images/Imagenes on NJN Public Television examines the issues, trends and concerns important to the Latino community with in-depth studio interviews with community leaders and field pieces from New Jersey and beyond. The series celebrates Latino culture with features on music, dance, and art. . The half-hour program airs on NJN Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 8:00 am. This month Images/Imagenes celebrates the life of Hector Lavoe, one of greatest vocalists in the history of Latin music; looks at the origins of Latino dances and their importance to Latin American culture, and takes the stage with “Yo Soy Latina”.

Images/Imagenes: Latinos in Theatre and Fashion
Thursday, November 2 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, November 5 at 8:00 am
“Yo Soy Latina”, the sensational off Broadway production comes to New Jersey and the best Latino designers in the metro area unveil their collections in a unique show filled with Caribbean flavor.

Images/Imagenes: Pulsating Salsa
Thursday, November 9 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, November 12 at 8:00 am
Salsa superstar Herman Oliveras is featured in a performance that is a tribute to the legacy of Latin music and dancing. Recorded at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, it is sure to get your feet tapping. This program is sponsored by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Images/Imagenes: La Bomba
Thursday, November 16 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, November 19 at 8:00 am
This edition of Images/Imagenes focuses on the birth, history, and tradition of Puerto Rico's most famous rhythm – La Bomba with performances by the popular family of dance Los Cepeda and New Jersey’s own Segund Quimbamba.

Images/Imagenes: Latino Traditions in Dance
Thursday, November 23 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, November 27 at 8:00 am
This program takes a look at Latino dances, their origins, and importance to Latin American culture. The success of television show “So You Think You Can Dance” will be featured and viewers will learn the winner of this national competition lived in Mexico, speaks fluent Spanish, and loves pulsating Salsa.

Images/Imagenes: Tribute to Hector Lavoe
Thursday, November 30 at 6:30 pm and Sunday, December 3 at 8:00 am
One of the greatest vocalists in the history of Latin music, Hector Lavoe is celebrated in this edition of Images/Imagenes. A talented vocalist who gained fame all over the world yet died a troubled young man, Lavoe, known as “El Cantante”, is the subject of an Off-Broadway production and a movie telling the story of his life is currently in production.

Images/Imagenes airs on NJN weekly on Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 8:00 am and is web cast at njn.net and can be seen on NJN’s Jersey Vision and on Time Warner Cable on channel 750 in New York. Closed-captioning is provided.