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November 20, 2009

Interview with Children’s Author Lucia Gonzalez – Gonzalez’s latest children’s book, The Storyteller’s Candle, is dedicated to Pura Belpre

Favorite Thanksgiving Latino Recipes: Pumpkin Flan

Patchwork of Cultures: The Sephardic-Latino Connection — Free Education Program Concert for 900 Los Angeles Students

Mexico City Noir and the Six Word Story

Recipe: Chipotle sweet potato soup

Guatemala: The Illustrations of Roberto Galvez

Celebrate Puerto Rican Heritage at the Comité Noviembre Puerto Rican Artisans & Health Fair – Saturday, Nov. 23 – Bronx, NYC

November 19, 2009

Lark Play Development Center’s U.S. / MÉXICO PLAYWRIGHT EXCHANGE – NOVEMBER 21 – 23 – NYC

America’s “Best Darn Tamale List” Released – CasaQ’s 5th Annual “Best Darn Tamale List” is compilation of tamale locations across the U.S.A.

My Latino Book Review: Belinda Acosta’s “Drama, Damas and Ana Ruiz”

Farewell to an icon: Artist who tore at racism is buried at 99 – R.I.P. José Cisneros

November 18, 2009

New Report: More Than 2 Million Hispanic Households With Children Face Hunger – Hispanic households with children experiencing very low food security up almost 50%

Reviewed: Gringo: A Coming-of-Age in Latin America, by Chesa Boudin

Belleza Q&A: Rose-Marie Castano

Finally, a Book on Style Written for Latinas – Fashion and Beauty Expert Martín Llorens Reveals all the Secrets to Projecting Your Best Image According to Your Body Type, Age and Budget in His First Book, ” Discover Your Style: Your Guide to Dressing Better”

Peru: Documentary about the “Diablada” dance will be done in Puno

Remembering mail art in Mexico

Northern Mexico’s Yaqui Indians buried their lost warriors after a two-year effort to rescue the remains from New York’s American Museum of Natural History, where the victims of one of North America’s last Indian massacres lay in storage for more than a century.

November 16, 2009

15th annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio – more than 1,000 professional & student musicians participating – 8-day festival of mariachi competitions, workshops, presentations, serenades & concerts attracts more than 15,000 visitors annually.

A Real Story About Latinos Doing Life – A review of “Confetti Girl” by Diana López

Interview with award-winning children’s author Lucia Gonzalez

Just released: Humberto the Bookworm Hamster

Review of Evenings at the Argentine Club, by Julia Amante

‘The African Presence in México’ – Anacostia museum mounts border-crossing mission

Hispanic were more than twice as likely as whites to report that food in their home was scarce – Government report

Comments on a California Legislative Bill by a Hispanic Newspaper in 1856

Eva Mendes knows how to accessorize

Lunes Libro for los Chicos Edition : Al Galope

INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL LUIS MEDRANO

Feeling like an outsider inspires work of Junot Diaz

José Cisneros 1910-2009 – Iconic El Paso artist dies at age 99

Mexican writer Jordi Soler again digs through weeds to find his family roots in his latest novel “La Fiesta del Oso” (The Republican Tale),

Peruvian archaeologists have reached the conclusion that the Incas decapitated their enemies to use their heads as offerings after finding three skulls in a ceremonial vessel in the southeastern city of Cuzco.

Foraging- Mercado de Dulces in Morelia, Mexico

2012 fears are down for Maya ‘Long Count’ calendar

November 13, 2009

Latino Fashion Week Delights a Fashionable Crowd in Chicago

‘Tamale Lawyer’ to dish out start-up tale at YWCA lunch – Nancy Andrade, founder of Mexifeast Foods Inc. in Chicago, quit her job as a lawyer to launch her tamale business after many co-workers requested her mom’s recipe.

Tacos Al Pastor: Lebanon’s Gift to Mexico

Peruvian restaurant adds spice to downtown St. Louis – Mango

Hair Poll: Shakira’s Evolving Look

Inside Her Makeup Bag: Kate del Castillo

November 12, 2009

Meet Anjanette Delgado, author of The Heartbreak Pill

Literanista: The LOST TAINO TRIBE Documentary

Ancho chili powder comes from poblanos; chipotles freeze well

Charlotte’s classical-music station, Davidson College’s WDAV-FM (89.9), is looking at adding a Spanish channel. – Called “Concierto,” it would be broadcast on one of WDAV’s HD radio channels and streamed on the Web.

November 11, 2009

Univision 23, TeleFutura 49, and Univision Radio’s local stations have partnered to present the 3rd Annual “Festival del Tamal” (Tamale Festival) on Sunday, November 15 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Dallas Market Hall.

Featured children’s bilingual book: Rene Has Two Last Names/Rene tiene does apellidos

All aboard for a tour of Little Tokyo and East L.A. Next stop: foodie nirvana

Tex-Mex chicken and dumplings recipe

Latina Beauty » Alexa Rodulfo Needs Your Help

November 10, 2009

Actors, film directors and arts supporters gathered at the Indio Performing Arts Center on Monday to announce the lineup of the inaugural Coachella Valley Latino International Film Festival. – Dec. 4-6, will coincide with the 18th Annual Indio International Tamale Festival

Juan Misael Gonzalez-Montañez, 8, of Sacramento used crayon and watercolors to create his winning entry in an artwork competition sponsored by the government of Mexico. He was one of 15 top winners out of 6,266 entries worldwide for the official 2010 Mexican calendar.

Interview: Don Navarro, master rum-maker

Famous Guatemalan chicken restaurant opens first Rhode Island location in EP

‘Mayan 2012 apocalypse theory’ not true, Nasa says

Tastes of Newly Fashionable Valparaíso, Chile

Hofstra University Cultural Center Bilingual Conference on Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, Philospher and Poet, to Attract International Scholarly Participation

Women say ‘adios’ to black hair salons in favor of Dominicans

Tortuphina Press Announces New Book by Ana Munoz-Jordan: ‘How Turtle Became a Dolphin’

Book review: Sworn to Silence, by Linda Castillo

El Dia de Los Muertos at Self Help Graphics in LA

Mexico City’s literary circle – The Centro Histórico area is the nation’s repository of rare and antique bookstores.

El Museo del Barrio: Illuminating Past, Present and Future of Latino and Latin American Art

November 9, 2009

Puerto Ricans in Buffalo Boxing History: Believe it or not!

Argentine Photographer Humberto Rivas Dies in Barcelona

Hispanic Entrepreneur profile: For Thyme Matters chef, good food becomes a way to connect – Alejandra Chavez in El Paso

November 7, 2009

Isabel Toledo Describes New Michelle Obama Dress: “It’s Very Marilyn Monroe” (VIDEO)

CNN’s Rick Sanchez Interviews Juanita Castro: “While you were still in Cuba and your brother was beginning a Marxist revolution, you were not only cooperating with the CIA, but you were protecting CIA agents who were inside Cuba at the time.”

November 6, 2009

Francisco Ayala, 103 – Acclaimed Spanish writer was a resolute opponent of Franco

Interview with mystery author Steven Torres

Gregorio Announces Newest Latino-Inspired Neckwear Collection Just in Time for the Holiday

Day of the Dead goes mainstream

November 5, 2009

Francisco Ayala, honored Spanish author, dies at 103

Hispanic women snap up brands that boost their behinds- Colombian jeans celebrate women’s curves

Day of the Dead influencing U.S. fashion merchandising

How Day of the Dead was celebrated throughout the Americas

A ‘Precious’ opportunity for young nuyorican actress – Stephanie Andujar

Teatro Pregones marks 30 years with new musical, ‘Aloha Boricua’ – Bronx, NYC

Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?

Editorial Ultramar Launches Miami Hispanic Poetry Collection

Cocktail of the Week: Coronela

Tlaloc the Aztec ‘rain god’ ate babies

November 4, 2009

Guatemalan Writer Jaime Barrios Peña Dies

Latino Fashion Struts its Stuff – Fashion Week geared toward Latino design – Chicago

November 2, 2009

Tales of weeping woman passed down in Hispanic culture – La Llorona

Grasshoppers? Eew! But chocolate? Yum! – The youngsters get a taste of multicultural Mexico in Oaxaca.

Peru: Nasca civilization succumbed to “El Niño” due to deforestation

“Day of the Dead” one of those concepts often misunderstood

Interview with horror author J.F. Gonzalez

Mexico’s death museum lives up to morbid name in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Latino veteran history project expands its scope

SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank

Peru expects to export US $750 million in asparagus annually

Video Puerto Rico in the ’40s

With restaurant association, Mexican cuisine broadens its borders

A growing operation: New cheese factory ready for business – Nuestro Queso in Ilinois

October 30, 2009

Cacao with the best aroma in the world grows in Peru

October 29, 2009

Cien años después, José Limón sigue marcando el paso en danza

FDA Releases Brands of Tortillas, Shells, Tostadas, and Chips Affected by “StarLink” Corn Recall

Jalapeno cheese bun recipe for a proper Texas burger

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