Nuestra Cultura Community Day
This Hispanic Heritage Month, join the Norton in celebrating the rich, diverse cultures from across South America, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and our own communities. This exciting festival features Latin music, dance, art activities, and much more.
This is a FREE program
Este Mes de la Herencia Hispana, únete al Norton para celebrar las ricas y diversas culturas de América del Sur, América Central, México, el Caribe y nuestras propias comunidades. Este emocionante festival incluye música latina, danza, actividades artísticas y mucho más.
Este programa es GRATUITO.
Event Day Parking
Parking in the Norton Museum visitor lot will be free during the day. Spaces are limited, so please carpool or use public transportation if possible. Free overflow parking will be available for the day at the Family Church lot.
Overflow Parking Map [Download]
Great Hall
DAVID LUCCA Y LOS CLÁSICOS
David Lucca has been in the music business for more than 45 years, has been nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards, and has traveled worldwide with many artists, including Tito Puente and Dave Valentin. Music runs in the Lucca family; David Lucca is the cousin of Papo Lucca, a member of the famed Puerto Rican Salsa band, La Sonora Ponceña. David Lucca y Los Clasicos specialize in 70s big-band salsa for salsa dancers.
11 AM
DANCE CLASS
Join dance instructor Jan Clancy for a lively hour of dancing! Learn the basics of bachata, merengue, and salsa, no partner or experience required. Just bring your energy and get ready to move, groove, and celebrate culture through dance!
12:30 PM
PLENA ES
Plena Es, founded by Pierre Ramos in 2004, is a high-energy Latin dance band from South Florida. The group specializes in the Puerto Rican percussion-based styles of bomba and plena. Bomba comes from enslaved Africans in Puerto Rico who used drums to communicate safely and privately through specific rhythmic patterns. Plena music also functioned as a mode of communication: when news outlets and radio stations were controlled by the American government, musicians would take up small hand drums and travel around the city singing lyrics about current events, politicians, religion, gossip, and other everyday topics to spread news freely from person to person.
2 PM
Korman Room
STORYTIME
This special dual-language program, offered in both English and Spanish, invites children and their grown-ups to join in a shared experience of book readings!
12:15 PM, 1:45 PM, 3:15 PM
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Learn how Hispanic, Latino, and Indigenous organizations in Palm Beach County are making a positive impact in our communities.
ONGOING
DOMINOES
Learn to play dominoes with The Puerto Rican Cultural Society of Palm Beach County and discover why this centuries-old game is a beloved pastime throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.
ONGOING
Stiller Auditorium
THEYDREAM (2026, DIR. WILLIAM D. CABALLERO)
After 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go. Through a one-of-a-kind blend of miniature artistry, handcrafted figurines, digital rotoscoping, and full 3D motion capture, Caballero and his mother literally transform themselves into their ancestors — reanimating family stories with honesty, complexity, and profound love. Ultimately, THEYDREAM becomes a cinematic act of survival: a testament to creative collaboration, intergenerational healing, and art’s ability to resurrect memory, restore connection, and guide families through the darkest grief toward light.
12 PM
PRESERVE VOICES
Preserve Voices, uses Wilkine Brutus’ 5 essential interviewing skills to teach people how to interview their parents and love ones to archive overlooked family stories to transform oral history into lasting legacies. To bring these techniques to life, the session incorporates the power of film and journalism, showing participants how to frame meaningful questions, capture authentic emotion, and preserve personal histories with professional depth. To ensure participants don't just learn the theory but actually master the craft, the workshop features fun, engaging breakout sessions that provide a safe, interactive space to practice active listening, test out interview prompts, and connect deeply with fellow attendees.
2:15 PM
Garden
DJ RUMBLE
Dance to your heart’s content with DJ Rumble! DJ Rumble moves rooms, reads the crowd like a conversation, and treats every set as a living thing, shaped in real time by the energy in the room rather than a fixed setlist.
12 PM
PIÑATA PARTY
Bring the kids for a pull-string piñata party; no sticks, just ribbons, surprises, and plenty of candy fun!
1:30 & 3:45 PM
MARIACHI PANCHO VILLA
For three decades, Mariachi Pancho Villa has brought the rich traditions of Mexican music to life. Experience corrido, cumbia, and other timeless favorites.
3 PM
FOOD
Savor empanadas inspired by a variety of Latin cultures, crafted fresh by The Restaurant at the Norton, and enjoy them alongside Latin American beers and specialty cocktails.
ONGOING
Tours (Meet in Maurer Lobby)
SPOTLIGHT TOURS
11:30 AM, 12:45 PM, 1:45 PM
EXPRESS TOUR IN SPANISH & ENGLISH
12 – 12:30
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLLECTION IN SPANISH & ENGLISH
2:30 – 3:30
Classrooms & Garden
OPEN STUDIO
Join a teaching artist for a fun and creative project!
ONGOING
Support for the Docent Program was provided by The Donald and Linda Silpe Endowment for the Professional Development of Docents and The Marcia Mahon Education Endowment Fund.
Support for Open Studio was provided by The Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schott Endowment for Education.