Thursday, Jun 05, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Carlos Jaramillo was 23-years-old when he was told his dad was from Colombia and not from Cuba as had always benn told. Excited to share an upcoming trip to what he thought was his father’s birthplace, Havana, Jaramillo was met with a confession: his father had made the tough decision to hide his true identity even from his own family.

Carlos still embarked on the trip, which no longer held a homecoming significance of meeting an extended family. It was in this state of mind that he met Erislandy, a Cuban pigeon racer who’s known throughout Old Havana for dyeing his birds fluorescent colors.  

Picadero not only documents the tradition of Old Havanan colombofilia (pigeon racing) but also the relationship between Carlos and Erislandy, who he visited multiple times and viewed as a father figure; and even more so his state of mind at a moment of impasse.

This colorful book is accompanied by a poem by Chicana scholar Aída Hurtado, Designed by Studio Lin and edited by Martha Naranjo Sandoval.

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