Our Friday night tradition, when we lived in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, was to sit on our balcony and toast our friends, Arturo and Violeta, as they sat on their balcony across the patio. Many nights, we’d eventually wander our way over to Arturo’s apartment or they’d wander their way over to ours and enjoy conversations about poetry, politics, and, of course, music, over a rich red Chilean wine.

Arturo Yepez, cartoonist for El Vocero, one of Puerto Rico’s national daily newspapers, is a man you can’t help but love at first sight, and we were fortunate to have him as a neighbor and a friend. Always smiling, always working passionately on a project, Arturo’s enthusiasm for life is contagious.

Catch Arturo in person a month from now at his lecture on tango music–one of his biggest interests–in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Arturo is a dynamic speaker, and he’ll be focusing on the influence of African music and culture on tango.

Interested? Hit the “Contact” button above and send us an e-mail to request more details about the event.

Can’t attend? Watch this great YouTube video.

For more from Arturo, be sure to check out his fascinating and funny book, Humor a Quien Humor Merece, (Humor for Whom Humor is Due), a fantastic and totally accessible study of the history of political humor in Puerto Rico.