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Get Your Norteño out of My Conjunto – Saenz, like many Tejanos, is angry because he sees conjunto, the traditional music of Tejanos, vanishing from the airwaves and record stores, replaced by norteño. :: from www.texasobserver.org
Latino Artists Win Big at 2011 Billboard Music Awards: Taio Cruz, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias y Bruno Mars :: from latina.com
Oscar de la Hoya has checked himself into an undisclosed California rehab center for substance abuse. :: from www.laht.com
Dung loaming: how llamas aided the Inca empire – Inca culture spread from Andes after manure from llama herds provided fertiliser for corn crops at high altitude :: from www.guardian.co.uk
10 Famous, Memorable and Notorious Latina Maids :: from elzonkeyshow.com
Video: Doodle 4 Google winner: Matteo Lopez, 7 of South San Francisco, California :: from digitallife.today.com
Abel Quezada drew the idiosyncratic soul of Mexico – exhibit on Quezada’s work, “Códice Abel Quezada,” currently on view at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico in downtown Mexico City :: from latimesblogs.latimes.com
Actresses Sofia Vergara and Kate del Castillo captivated the press at People en Español’s red carpet gala celebrating this year’s edition of its “50 Most Beautiful” Hispanics. :: from www.laht.com
Video: Coming In November 2011: Documents of 20th-Century Latin American and Latino Art and Critical Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art , a digital-archive and its companion publications project. This effort is the result of a decade-long, multimillion-dollar initiative to identify and retrieve thousands of primary and critical texts (including manifestos, newspaper articles, correspondence, artists’ production sketches and notes, lectures, and other unpublished manuscripts) by notable Latin American and Latino artists, critics, curators, and others who have played an important role in the development of the art produced along this cultural axis. :: from www.chron.com
Entertainment & Musica
Opening Night HOLA Mexico Film Festival :: from www.latininla.com
Get Your Norteño out of My Conjunto – Saenz, like many Tejanos, is angry because he sees conjunto, the traditional music of Tejanos, vanishing from the airwaves and record stores, replaced by norteño. :: from www.texasobserver.org
Selena Gomez’s Daring Dress at Billboard Awards :: from www.latingossip.com
“Chela” Presents Award-Winning Performance at Hollywood Fringe Festival starring Dulce Maria Solis – Los Angeles :: from mylatinovoice.com
Pitbull Looking Fine in a Tux at Billboard Awards :: from www.latingossip.com
Latino Artists Win Big at 2011 Billboard Music Awards: Taio Cruz, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias y Bruno Mars :: from latina.com
PR: LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Unplugged #1 iTunes debut in U.S. & Mexico
Oscar de la Hoya has checked himself into an undisclosed California rehab center for substance abuse. :: from www.laht.com
Nastassja Bolivar Wins Nuestra Belleza Latina :: from www.latingossip.com
PR: Budweiser Kicks Off Vicente Fernandez’ 20-City U.S. Tour
Enrique Iglesias & Shakira Win at Billboard Awards :: from www.latingossip.com
Fabian Lavalle’s Cameo in Ni Contigo Ni Sin Ti :: from www.latingossip.com
The best show this week at the 2011 Upfronts was La Barberia. :: from hispanicprpro.com
Country Music Singer’s Charity Benefits Anti-Immigrant Group – Darryl Worley :: from imagine2050.newcomm.org
Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) Legends: MARÍA MONTEZ :: from elblogdehola.blogspot.com
Review: Le Butcherettes – Sin Sin Sin :: from www.clubfonograma.com
Dominican singer-song writer Wason Brazobán commands stages with U.S. tour :: from www.dominicantoday.com
Benjamin Bratt Brings “Mystery” to Season Finale of Private Practice :: from blogamole.tr3s.com
Shakira Names Pique in a Song During a Show :: from www.latingossip.com
Star Tracker: Rosie Perez, Lorenzo Lamas and Poncho Herrera! :: from latina.com
Meet William Levy’s New Girlfriend – Barbara Lopez, the 19-year old daughter of television producer Reynaldo Lopez. :: from latina.com
Victoria’s Secret Model Adriana Lima: “Motherhood has done wonders for me. Physically, I feel more beautiful” :: from latina.com
Michelle Rodriguez Stuns The Cannes Crowd :: from latina.com
Jenni Rivera To Take Gabriel “El Gabo” Vázquez to Court! :: from blogamole.tr3s.com
Enrique Iglesias: ‘Latin Artists Are Here to Stay’ :: from www.billboard.com
La Banda de las Recodas, a group famous for parodying the folk ballads about drug lords that have become a staple of the norteño genre, has announced a concert in this capital “with more than 140 cartel assassins on stage.” :: from www.laht.com
Actresses Sofia Vergara and Kate del Castillo captivated the press at People en Español’s red carpet gala celebrating this year’s edition of its “50 Most Beautiful” Hispanics. :: from www.laht.com
PR: Raúl de Molina, el Gordo, Receives Honorary Degree from Montclair State University in New Jersey
Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquin Sabina announced the postponement of tours he had scheduled for May in the United States and for June in Mexico because of an illness due to “acute diverticulitis” with risk of complications. :: from www.laht.com
Eliades Ochoa Praises Cubadisco 2011 in Santiago de Cuba :: from www.plenglish.com
Food
Recipe: Pina y Pepino Margarita :: from sweetlifebake.com
Beef Tostadas Recipe: a comfort food/Receta de Tostadas de Carne Deshebrada :: from www.mexicoinmykitchen.com
Recipe – Rabo de Mestiza: Poached Eggs in a Tomato and Poblano Rajas Sauce – Huevos Rabo de Mestiza: con Salsa de Jitomate y Rajas de Poblano :: from patismexicantable.com
Recipe – Refried Bean and Cheese Chimichangas – Chimichangas de Frijoles con Queso :: from patismexicantable.com
SEVILLA: VIRTUAL TAPAS :: from mykitcheninspain.blogspot.com
Recipe – Garibaldis: Pound Cakes with Lime-Apricot Glaze and Sprinkles : Panquecitos con Chabacano y Chochitos :: from patismexicantable.com
Recipe: Chilaquiles With Green Salsa & Chicken :: from newstaco.com
More Cultura News (still needs curation)
Posted on: May 23rd, 2011Why Does Chile Celebrate May 21st Each Year? To honor Arturo Prat Chacón, Chile’s most famous historical figure :: from www.santiagotimes.cl
Mexican Artist Obsessed with Deserts Because “That’s Where We’re Headed” – Alfredo de Stefano :: from www.laht.com
Cape Coral packs downtown for Hispanic celebration – Viva Cape Coral, hosted by the Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce :: from www.news-press.com
Smithsonian in Saginaw: Exhibit stop at Castle Museum, recounts the stories of migrant workers – Michigan :: from www.mlive.com
LATISM dreams come true :: from blog.latism.org
Mexican-Americans and other Latinos see race differently – about 217,000 of them in Santa Clara County, CA wrote in identifying terms such as “mestizo” or “Chicano.” Or they simply wrote in their national origins, such as Mexican, Salvadoran or Puerto Rican, or the ethnic umbrella terms Latino or Hispanic, which are not racial terms at all. At the same time, almost as many Latinos — 210,000 — declared their race as white, or Caucasian. :: from www.mercurynews.com
Ramón Rentería: Children deserve our love :: from www.elpasotimes.com
Students, activists, journalists and bloggers have launched the digital magazine El Punto to foster a transnational conversation between Puerto Ricans living on the Island and those who belong to the diaspora in the United States. :: from globalvoicesonline.org
Inclusive Hispanic congregation established by Rev. Jose A. Claudio in Buffalo, NY :: from www.buffalonews.com
“The Book of Want” at Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore! :: from labloga.blogspot.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Baby Mama — ‘Self-Hating’ Hispanic – Mildred Patricia Baena :: from www.tmz.com
The Beautiful and the Damned: New Art Featuring the Ghosts of Lupe Velez and Others :: from textmex.blogspot.com
Presenting Guest Blogger Marissa M. Juárez – A Chicana Feminist Reflection on What it Means to be Pocha :: from writerscholarprofessional.blogspot.com
Prompting Cubans to Think and Talk – Patricia Grogg, interview with MANUEL CALVIÑO, host of a popular Cuban TV programme :: from ipsnews.net
Grand Theft Auto-esque Scene Sees Mexican Soldiers Battling Drug Cartel :: from latino.foxnews.com
Thousands attend Las Fiestas Patrias festival in Santa Maria – California :: from www.msnbc.msn.com
Casa de las Americas Announces 2011 Literature Contest :: from www.plenglish.com
Chicanonautica: Mysteries of La Llorona :: from labloga.blogspot.com
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