This week on Under the Radar:

There will be plenty of traditional music, food, dance troupes and parade floats at this weekend’s Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts, back for its 55th annual celebration. The three-day event kicks off on Friday, July 29 at Franklin Park. The fourth-largest Puerto Rican festival in the nation honors the history of the largest Latino group in the state.

GUESTS:

Marilyn Rivera, the Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts' board vice president and pageant director.

Nimzay Vazquez, the Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts' 2022 Pageant Queen.

Lorna Rivera, director of UMass Boston’s Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy.