Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn’s first Latino beep, closes Latino Heritage Month with ‘authentic’ musical celebration

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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, the first Latino to hold the position in Brooklyn, closed out Latino Heritage Month with a musical celebration at Borough Hall on Oct. 13.

The beep — together with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and the Jazz Foundation of America — celebrated the end the annual national celebration with an afternoon of authentic music and dancing courtesy of Brooklyn-born DJ DP One, local Bomba group Colectiv@, and a performance by the Steven Kroon Latin Jazz Sextet. 

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Colectiv@, a Bomba group, danced and taught Brooklynites some of their moves at the Latino Heritage Month event. Office of the Brooklyn Borough President

“We closed #LatinoHeritageMonth the only way we know how: enjoying music and performances from a few cultures that make up our beautiful and diverse people,” Reynoso said on Twitter after the event.