Tertulia
Sundays at 8 p.m. on 88.5 NEPM
On Tertulia a music lover will find Latin Jazz, Boleros, Salsa, Merengue, Nueva Trova, Tango and Folk music from Puerto Rico, Central America, Colombia, the Andean Region and Spain. News pieces in English and Spanish, discussion of topics of importance to the Latino community, and the weekly calendar of events are also heard on Tertulia. Find out more about Tertulia's host Raquel Obregon. Find playlists on Spotify. Request Line: 413-735-6650.
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On March 31, 2024, Tertulia and FOCUS Springfield had the pleasure of visiting William Cumpiano’s shop in Northampton, MA where we had the opportunity to learn about the process of guitar making.
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Professor Julia Lapping Rivera is a Leverett-based artist who teaches woodcut printmaking at Smith College, Northampton and at Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence. She was Tertulia’s guest on 3/3/2024.
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William Cumpiano, a luthier who specializes on fretted and plucked string instruments, was Tertulia’s guest on 1/28/24. He spoke about the origins of the guitar and its evolution in the Americas.
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Neftalí Durán was Tertulia Host Raquel Obregón’s guest on December 17, 2023.
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Music and history is what Elisa Gonzales brought to Tertulia on November 12, 2023. Ms. Gonzales spoke about her family’s difficult experience during the Mexican Repatriation Act in effect from 1929 -1936.
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Tertulia was honored to have Dr. Hatch as a guest on October 29, 2023.
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Idalí Torres and Orlando Isaza, founding members of the Carlos Vega Fund for Social Justice and Community Service were Tertulia host Raquel Obregón’s guests on October 8th, 2023.
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Ms. Waleska Lugo-DeJesús was Tertulia Host Raquel Obregon's guest at NEPM on September 25, 2023.
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Tertulia‘s guest on March 19, 2023 was Zenaida Smiley, assistant director of the Young Mother's Program at ROCA Inc., in Springfield.
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Tertulia was honored with the presence of two artists from Connecticut who shared music and talked about Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, in Mexico, which happens on November 1.