Puerto Rican pride at Tola's Room!

By Sheilah Kast,

Published June 23, 2023 at 10:47 AM EDT

Artist and educator Christina Delgado is the creator of Tola's Room, an interactive home museum filled with artifacts reflecting the music, art, food and spirit of Puerto Rico. Photo: Jefferson Liu, provided by CD.

Tola’s Room engages all the senses. The home museum is chock full of photos, food offerings, music and artifacts -- all inspired by the spirit of Puerto Rico -- and in memory of the family patriarch. We hear from its creator, artist and educator Christina Delgado.

Links: Tola's Room, Un Verano en Baltimore! happening Saturday 6/24 from 5 to 8pm, Bmore Art interview with Christina Delgado.

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Sheilah Kast

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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