HartBeat Ensemble —  in collaboration with NoPassport Theater Alliance and support from the City of Hartford and the Greater Hartford Arts Council — presents a four day celebration of Latino/a artists in theater, film, and visual art.

On June 25-27, 11:30-2 and 4-6:30, stop by the Carriage House Theater (360 Farmington Avenue) to view art curated by Nina Salazar of Studio N111 and to pick up tickets for other events.

Members of the Hartford/Ocotal Sister City Project will give a free reading of The Güegüense, a farcical theatrical work dating back to 17th century Nicaragua. This will take place at 7pm on June 25.

There will be a free reception for visual artists at 7pm on June 26. This is an opportunity to meet the artists and purchase work.

The film 20 Centimeters, a story about a transgender woman’s surgery, will screen on June 27 at 7pm. This is free.

The festival culminates on June 28 with a series of play readings; each reading has a $10 admission price.

  • 2pm — Pick Up Pots by Ed Cardona, Jr. “exposes a hidden world behind the swinging kitchen doors of an upscale Connecticut restaurant.”
  • 3:30pm — Glimpses by Eliztaicha Marrero is described as a story about resiliency
  • 5pm — Olvido by Ines Garcia is about waking up in a place that is not home.
  • 7pm — Forever Never Comes by Enrique Uruet is the story of a young transgender man returning to his hometown in West Virginia

At 9pm, the festival closes with a party ($10) that includes food and drink.

Tickets are available online.