 Urban Music and Dance Children Breakdancing in NYC, photographed by Martha Cooper Prior to its founding in 1986, City Lore’s predecessor, the New York City Chapter of the New York Folklore Society sponsored " Music from the Islands: Puerto Rico, Cuba, and New York " at El Museo de Barrio, initiating a longstanding commitment to Latino music traditions. City Lore served as first fiscal sponsor for Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena band, Los Pleneros de la 21, whose director Juan Gutiérrez won a National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1996.
<coherence>  Urban Music and Dance Children Breakdancing in NYC, photographed by Martha Cooper Prior to its founding in 1986, City Lore’s predecessor, the New York City Chapter of the New York Folklore Society sponsored " Music from the Islands: Puerto Rico, Cuba, and New York " at El Museo de Barrio, initiating a longstanding commitment to Latino music traditions. City Lore served as first fiscal sponsor for Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena band, Los Pleneros de la 21, whose director Juan Gutiérrez won a National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1996.
 Urban Music and Dance Children Breakdancing in NYC, photographed by Martha Cooper Prior to its founding in 1986, City Lore’s predecessor, the New York City Chapter of the New York Folklore Society sponsored " Music from the Islands: Puerto Rico, Cuba, and New York " 