Cancelled
Jun 11, 2026

CANVAS-Cocobalé at Humboldt

Date and Time:
Jun 11, 2026
Thursday, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location Notes

This event will occur on the Humboldt Park tennis courts off of California Ave. before the boxing showcase.

Event Fee
$0.00
Age Range
All Ages
Categories:
Music , Night Out in the Parks , Dance , Arts & Culture , Cultural Center Events , Heritage & Cultural Celebrations
Image
An older trainer in a hat guides a boxer using a weighted mace in a brick-walled boxing gym.

Description

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER.
Humboldt Park Boxing Program fighter, artist, and creator of CANVAS, Noelia Cruz, partners with Humboldt Park Bomba culture bearer and musical director of Colectivo Sayba, Leonarda Lazú Rodríguez, to present CANVAS–Cocobalé.Chicago Parks Boxing Director Angel Ocasio and Coach Johnny Plaza invite us to Humboldt Park’s Annual Boxing Show to honor the Afro-Indigenous Puerto Rican resistance combat art that precedes the legacy of the Nation with the most boxing world champions per capita in the world.Through the Calindá rhythm of Bomba, Colectivo Sayba interpret punches as ancestral sounds of Cocolembe, an extension of Cocobalé, introduced within the ring-batey. https://noeliacv.com/