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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

As scientists race the clock to increase food production worldwide, new trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico, the cradle of corn.

As an artist and a yoga guru in Kansas City, Maria Calderon, 25, is in touch with herself and her surroundings.

October 28, 2009

Books for Día de los muertos

Newworldprints.com and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Open Exhibition of Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla Prints

Daily Bite: Chorizo-Potato Torta

Book Review: ‘Selenidad: Selena, Latinos and the Performance of Memory’

Smithsonian Latino Center Presents a 3-D Experience in the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum

NYC’s El Museo del Barrio reopens galleries

Day of the Dead dishes: From pan de muerto to El Fiambre

Tony-winner ‘In the Heights’ is overplotted, but powerhouse music, dance compensate – Tampa Review

Sour cream chicken enchiladas recipe

Cantaloupe Aqua Fresca with Beet Swirl

Inexpensive Restaurant Choices in Lima, Peru

October 27, 2009

Euripides’ Medea, With a Latina Twist – Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble presents the world premiere of The Medea Complex, Oct. 30 – LA

Preserving El Salvador’s historic memory: Organizer explains big L.A. event – “Preservación de la Memoria Histórica Salvadoreña”

Just released: Tell Me Something True, by Leila Cobo

Featured poetry: Raw Silk Suture, by Lisa Alvarado

Review of Gringolandia, by Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Review of Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz, by Belinda Acosta

New book gives author’s take on increasingly volatile relationship between United States and Mexico – In Wakeup Call From Mexico, first-time author Wilson Beck gives his analysis on how Mexico’s struggles with emigration, drugs, weapons and kidnapping are affecting the American economy and security

October 2009 NALAC eBoletin is Now Online – Día de los Muertos Issue – (lots of great content)

October 26, 2009

Isabel Allende Named to Council of Cervantes Institute

Cine+Más SF Debuts San Francisco Latino Film Festival November 5th-25th, 2009 SPOKEN WORD

One lucky chef: Ricardo Cardona cooks up winning meals for hungry Yankees

Into the Beautiful North with Luis Alberto Urrea

El Paso-style Lotería: Photographer Rick Jimenez Carrasco comes up with winning idea

As she embarks on her first tour of the U.S., singer-songwriter Yasmin Levy, 34, has built an estimable reputation as a champion of Ladino music, the ancient music of the Sephardic Jews of Spain.

Feet in 2 Worlds: Grand Central Publishing‏‏’s dedication to Latino storytelling, in English, celebrates universal experiences with a distinct Latino flair – Grand Central Publishing muestra una dedicación singular a través de su apoyo de autores latinos; cuyas obras en inglés y con los pies en dos mundos, celebran las riquezas de nuestras vidas

October 17, 2009

“The Great Inca Road,” a photo exhibition (of the famous Incan Capaq Ñan) organized by the Consulate General of Peru in New York, is currently open to public at the American Museum of Natural History.

Mambo Gee Gee – THE STORY OF GEORGE GOLDNER AND TICO RECORDS

Hispanic History in The Port City! – Mobile, Alabama

MISS TEEN FLORIDA LATINA 2008, SAYDELIS RODRIGUEZ ES ESCOGIDA POR LA ORGANIZACION MISS FLORIDA LATINA COMO LA IMAGEN OFICIAL DE IT COSMETICS

October 15, 2009

Disney Star Selena Gomez Launching Fashion Brand

October 14, 2009

‘Semblanza Latinoamericana,’ October 17 and 18 Only at Los Angeles Theatre Center

Afro-Latinos in Literature: Q&A with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa – While many Latinos have African roots, our literature doesn’t always reflect this

1969: Chicano Movement Rising – Notes on Raza history in East LA, Oct 14 at Cal State LA

Reading brings Latino LGBT poetry to life – Penn State

Thousands of Venezuelans congregated for candlelit rituals on a remote mountainside where adherents make an annual pilgrimage to pay homage to an indigenous goddess known as Maria Lionza.

Former Chicagoan brings us a taste of El Salvador A new coffee: Finca de Angeles Coffee – Stephanie Andersen-Samayoa

Tuesday night’s Fiesta Latina concert at the White House wasn’t just a chance to showcase Latin music. The White House brought in guest chef Maricel Presilla to help tell the pan-Latin story through finger food. – chef and co-owner of Zafra and Cucharamama, two restaurants in Hoboken, N.J.

University of Nevada, Reno professor Emma Sepulveda Pulvirenti was appointed to the commission this week by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. – National Museum of the American Latino Commission.

El Museo del Barrio marks re-opening, 40-yr. anniversary with fresh new look – NYC

Estefan, Longoria Ecstatic About National Latino Museum… We Just Need to Raise, Like $300 Million

October 13, 2009

Lucha Libre SANTO Poster Exhibit AND Teatro Chicano Invade Laredo, Texas!

October 12, 2009

Dudamel’s great, but he’s not the whole show – L.A. shouldn’t think that the Venezuelan conductor is the answer to its cultural neglect of Latinos.

Fifth Ave. alive with pride for Hispanic Day Parade that rolled up Fifth Ave. from 44th to 72nd St. on Sunday in NYC

Beyond the Barrio, With Growing Pains – El Museo del Barrio reopens with a new glass facade, a redesigned courtyard and modernized galleries, including one devoted to its permanent collection in East Harlem, NYC – Rafael Montañez Ortiz

2012 isn’t the end of the world, Mayans insist

Organicarte: Bringing more Hispanic Culture to UM – brings Latin American and Caribbean arts and artists to the University of Miami

As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close this week, many Valley Hispanics are reflecting on a history much different than the one told by traditional historians. – Hispanics, who had been largely left out of local history books, are finding their community played a much larger role in the development of metropolitan Phoenix than most people realized.

Scenes from Ana Castillo at UC Berkeley

CAPTURING THE MOMENT AT TÍA CHUCHA’S CAFÉ CULTURAL

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs law that highlights Hispanic history in public schools

Interview with Sueños chef Sue Torres in NYC

Interview with George Mendes, owner and chef of Aldea in NYC

Recipe: Ancho chile applesauce – (sounds great)

The joint effort of a former Californian and a Boston chef, the new taco spot Dorado brings authentically fine-tuned Mexican to Boston’s Brookline area.

Berklee music school reaches out to Latin America – the school has launched an even more aggressive effort to recruit more and be a dominant force in music education in Spanish-speaking countries.

Festival de la Familia Announces Poster Contest During National Hispanic Heritage Month – Northern California Artists Are Invited to Submit Entries Through November 30, 2009

October 9, 2009

2010 San Diego Latino Film Festival Poster Competition – Media Arts Center San Diego is now accepting submissions for our new Film Festival Poster Competition! Deadline: 11/25/2009

Clear your weekend: ‘La Gloria’ to dazzle with music, film, art, poetry and fashion – San Antonio

To read this Halloween: The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan

Latina Author: Alexandra Roman de Hernandez

Several acclaimed Argentine writers presented a new work that uses the Bible as its starting point but takes creative liberties with some of the most widely read passages of that holy text.

City of Berkeley Honors Poet & Artist Rafael Jesús González

October 7, 2009

The Find: Amalia’s Restaurant in L.A. – Amalia Zuleta’s elegant refinements turn the rustic dishes of Guatemala into an urbane cuisine that’s a magnet for her longtime devotees.

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