Explore Día de la Raza in Puerto Rico: October 12 history, Taíno survival, African heritage, and what the day means for Cleveland’s Boricua community.
October 12, 2026
CLEVELAND BORICUA
Cultura – Cleveland Boricua Uniendo a la comunidad, celebrando nuestras raíces.
September 20, 2026
Cleveland’s Largest Mural Is Officially Complete — A Downtown Tribute to Rock and Roll
Photography courtesy of Aerial Agents (@aerialagents). Downtown Cleveland has a new landmark, and it is impossible to miss. An 11,000-square-foot mural by internationally recognized Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra now fills the walls of the 55 Public Square Garage at West 3rd Street and St. Clair Avenue. The finished work brings four foundational voices of rock […]
September 16, 2026
A Puerto Rican Cultural Garden Is Taking Root in Cleveland
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland’s Puerto Rican story is getting a place to bloom. Puerto Rican pride on display at a Cleveland community celebration. A new Puerto Rican Cultural Garden is planned for Cleveland’s East Side near East 88th Street, across from the Rockefeller Greenhouse and Sam Miller Park. The project is set to join Cleveland’s […]
September 15, 2026
Cleveland Boricua Honors Roberto Clemente as Hispanic Heritage Month Begins
CLEVELAND, OH — Roberto Clemente’s name still carries a kind of weight that reaches far beyond baseball. On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, as Major League Baseball celebrates Roberto Clemente Day and the country begins National Hispanic Heritage Month, Cleveland Boricua joins Boricuas across Northeast Ohio, Puerto Rico, and the baseball world in honoring the legacy […]
September 15, 2026
Cleveland Boricua Momentum Grows After Inaugural Block Party as Hispanic Heritage Month Begins
Cleveland Boricua is entering a new chapter. After months of planning, community outreach, vendor coordination, sponsor support, volunteer energy, and grassroots organizing, the inaugural Cleveland Boricua Block Party brought Puerto Rican culture to Clark Field on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. What began as a vision for music, food, culture, family, local business, and Boricua pride […]
August 23, 2026
Cleveland’s Cultural Gardens Could Get a Dominican Landmark—Inside the Historic Plan
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A community organization founded only three years ago is pursuing its most permanent statement yet: a Dominican cultural plaza or garden in Cleveland’s celebrated Cultural Gardens. The Club Dominicano de Cleveland announced the vision during a Dominican Republic flag-raising ceremony at Cleveland City Hall on Aug. 14, 2026, and described it publicly […]
August 23, 2026
Blue Palm Is Closed—Can Lucky’s Corner Memphis Avenue’s Latin Nightlife Market?
With The Blue Palm closed, Lucky’s no longer appears to have a comparable direct competitor on Memphis Avenue. We examine whether that opening could let Lucky’s capture—and potentially dominate—the corridor’s Latin food and nightlife market.
August 22, 2026
Did The Blue Palm Close? What We Found at Palms on Memphis
UPDATE: A person in charge confirmed The Blue Palm is closing for good. Court records show the related case ended in an agreed judgment, without findings on the allegations or admissions by the defendants.
August 8, 2026
Dominican Cultural Festival fills Estabrook with music, food and community pride
A deeply sourced Cleveland Boricua recap with a 15-photo gallery by Manny Fresh Studio from the fourth annual Dominican Cultural Festival.
