Art y Culture + Art y Culture Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 24, 2009
Junot Díaz, author of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” will host a reading and book signing at Connecticut College Dec. 2.
November 23, 2009
Final Play May Be the Last for Breath of Fire Latina Theater in Santa Ana
Featured Holiday Book: Las Christmas, by Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow
GALA Hispanic Theatre’s fifth Fuego Flamenco festival got off to an exhilarating start Friday night with Isabel López y Compañía, in “Flamenco Desde Abajo,” presented by the Spanish conservatory/foundation Casa Patas, a festival collaborator since 2006.
Pedro Friedeberg, master surrealist
Anthology on Juan Bosch spreads Dominican thought abroad
San Antonio’s Museo Alameda in financial straits
November 21, 2009
Poetry Series Spurs Debate on the Use of an Old Slur Against Latinos – “Spic Up/Speak Out” — at El Museo del Barrio
Susana Iglesias, writing from the streets – Mexico City native is winner of the first-ever Aura Estrada Prize, an international competition for young women writing literature in Spanish.
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
Patchwork of Cultures: The Sephardic-Latino Connection — Free Education Program Concert for 900 Los Angeles Students
Mexico City Noir and the Six Word Story
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
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
Reviewed: Gringo: A Coming-of-Age in Latin America, by Chesa Boudin
Peru: Documentary about the “Diablada” dance will be done in Puno
Remembering mail art in Mexico
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
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),
November 12, 2009
Meet Anjanette Delgado, author of The Heartbreak Pill
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
Featured children’s bilingual book: Rene Has Two Last Names/Rene tiene does apellidos
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.
‘Mayan 2012 apocalypse theory’ not true, Nasa says
Hofstra University Cultural Center Bilingual Conference on Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Writer, Philospher and Poet, to Attract International Scholarly Participation
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
Argentine Photographer Humberto Rivas Dies in Barcelona
November 6, 2009
Francisco Ayala, 103 – Acclaimed Spanish writer was a resolute opponent of Franco
Interview with mystery author Steven Torres
Day of the Dead goes mainstream
November 5, 2009
Francisco Ayala, honored Spanish author, dies at 103
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
November 4, 2009
Guatemalan Writer Jaime Barrios Peña Dies
November 2, 2009
Tales of weeping woman passed down in Hispanic culture – La Llorona
“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
SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank
Video Puerto Rico in the ’40s
October 29, 2009
Cien años después, José Limón sigue marcando el paso en danza
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
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
Tony-winner ‘In the Heights’ is overplotted, but powerhouse music, dance compensate – Tampa Review
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
Scenes from Ana Castillo at UC Berkeley
CAPTURING THE MOMENT AT TÍA CHUCHA’S CAFÉ CULTURAL
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
Zorro Unmasked: a review of Zorro, by Isabel Allende
A conversation with Oscar Hijuelos and Esmeralda Santiago – Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at El Museo del Barrio – New York City
Status Report: Exhibit Confronts Audience With Mexican Immigrants’ Unseen Lives – NYC
Children’s Readings and Panels at The Latino Book & Family Festival – Los Angeles, October 10-11 CSULA at Greenlee Plaza
From Mexico to NYC stage – For director and choreographer Edgardo Lar, the challenges he faced were many when staging a musical in Spanish about a 16th-century French massacre with a cast of 25 high school and college students from Mexico. – “Anjou, A Tale of Horror”
October 5, 2009
Book Review: “How To Leave Hialeah” by Jennine Capó Crucet (***1/2)
An Interview with Horacio Castellanos Moya – author of nine novels and five books of short stories that have made him an important literary figure in the Spanish-speaking world
Sandra Cisneros’ ofrenda to her parents on exhibit in Chicago
Alex Rubio’s calavera print part of Chicago museo’s muertos show
Latino Life bookshelf: saints, sinners, Texas Rangers and chicle
Actress Ruby Nelda Perez returns to Jump-Start Theater in November in a new play by Rodrigo Duarte-Clark titled “El Fin del Mundo Motel.” – San Antonio
University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery hosts celebration of vibrant Hispanic culture
El Teatro de Los Oprimidos – Olga García Echeverría
Husband and Wife Team Keep Native Traditions Alive – Beatriz Ortega Ruiz y Mario Augustin Gaspar Rodriguez create using a pre-Hispanic technique called pasta de caña de maiz & maque, an indigenous form of lacquer ware that already had a long tradition when the Spaniards arrived 500 years ago.
Senator Robert Menendez releases book celebrating Latino heritage and calling for government reform – “Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive As Our Largest Minority Flourishes”
October 2, 2009
Edna Campos Gravenhorst to present her book at Texas A & M University
For a decade, the Luna Negra dance troupe has poured their blood, sweat and tears into their art. – Chicago
October 1, 2009
Latin jazz artist Nestor Torres to mentor Martin County students
On his first day as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel gave a lesson in geography, namely what constitutes America.
UNESCO Declares Tango Part of World Cultural Heritage
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Wednesday at the age of 28, deploying digital tools to draw a younger and less elite audience to classical music.
September 30, 2009
Daniel A. Olivas to moderate author’s panel for Latinos in Lotusland anthology
Interview With Author/ Illustrator Adalucía Quan
Chicana Phenom Writer Marisela Norte! Now Available as a Cool Commodity!
September 29, 2009
Review: Reyna Grande. Dancing With Butterflies.
Angela de Hoyos, grande dame of Chicano poetry, dies in San Antonio
Review of In a Town Called Mundomuerto, by Randall Silvis
Review: Cibolero, by Kermit Lopez
National Hispanic Heritage Month website – (I personally love the clean design)
Juanita Castro, the exiled sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, is set to release a first-person memoir in which she talks at length about her brothers.
Jo Ann Hernandez – Caroling for Christmas – looking for essays written by authors covering the different ways readers/book buyers can assist People of Color authors in spreading the word about their books
September 28, 2009
Contemporary Chicano Art Exhibit on Display at ETS – New Jersey
Noted Hispanic authors read works for Texas Public Radio’s “Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story”
Latino author works to make literature dangerous again – “The Protesters Handbook” by Tony Diaz
From the Bookshelves: Luis Alberto Urrea, Into the Beautiful North
From the Pulpit, New Moves To Change Machismo Culture – Hispanic Evangelical Pastors Try to Instill Respect for Women and Families
Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps by Lara Rios
Sandra Cisneros honors her mother for Day of the Dead
September 24, 2009
The world-famous British Museum is leaping into another controversy with a special exhibit re-examining the life of Montezuma, the doomed last ruler of the Aztecs.
30 Days of Latino Heritage: Erika Lopez in NYC, Oct. 2
Peru’s Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded with “Caballero Bonald” prize.
Mexican federal prosecutors said Tuesday they are investigating a claim that more than 1,000 items attributed to artist Frida Kahlo were forged.
Bilingual young adult author to address children at library – René Saldaña Jr. – Texas
Emilio Estefan may finally have his shot at getting the Miami Sound Machine named a national treasure. – President Barack Obama has deemed the former member of group member a suitable candidate for the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino
Manuel Villa’s Habitable Polyhedron – A Family Garden Retreat
Vargas Llosa gana premio literario por su ensayo sobre Onetti
Martín Espada in Spanish
Efrain’s Corner: El Grito de Lares, Puerto Rico
September 22, 2009
Potomac artist group melds art forms to benefit orchestra – Group decorates old violins with traditional Latin American images – Maryland
Professor’s new book explores life in Honduras – Janet Gold, professor of Spanish at the University of New Hampshire – “Culture and Customs of Honduras” (Greenwood Press, 2009)
From the Book Shelves: Just Like Us The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America By Helen Thorpe
When the Border Lands on Your Front Door – “Visitors Guide to Arivaca” is a powerful, emotional and thought-provoking play at the Alexandria Hotel – LA
Author of Controversial Novel “America Libre” on Tour – Raul Ramos y Sanchez appears at community centers, colleges and bookstores to discuss issues of identity, racism and liberation
Review: La Ranfla & Other New Mexico Stories
Marcela Landres to review for PowerfulLatinas.com
Mayans ‘played’ pyramids to make music for rain god
September 21, 2009
A West Side photo studio has been snapping pictures of Chicago’s Latino community for 40 years. Those pictures tell the story of people and their families as well as their increasing political role in the city’s life. – Miguel Zuno
Quinceanera class readies girls for Catholic coming of age in Kalamazoo, MI
Celebrated artist José Cisneros has become a bit of a history lesson himself – now 99 years old and colorblind, he is an artist like no other. – The king of Spain even bestowed knighthood on him
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, better known as MACLA, launched its 20th anniversary celebration Wednesday with a peek at a provocative installation commissioned just for the occasion.- Salt Lake City
Noted Chicano artist Gabriel S. Gaytán and his son, Gabriel Itzai, will unveil their new mural, “El Corazón de El Paso,” during the Lincoln Park Car Show from noon to 5 p.m. today in the park. – El Paso
Latino culture put on display through artwork at Columbia, Chicago State University
September 17, 2009
Tango with Piranha! The National Aquarium in Washington Celebrates Latino Heritage Day on September 20
Armando Molina, co-artistic Director for Company of Angels, directs this September the nationally significant production of “Visitors Guide to Arivaca (Map Not to Scale) ” written by Evangeline Ordaz and produced by Marlene Forte and Xavi Moreno for Company of Angels. The play runs September 11 through October 4th at the Alexandria Hotel, dowtown LA.
Latino Arts gears up for its next full season – Milwaukee
Fabian Perez Named Official Artist of the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY(R) Awards
Newark Public Library opens homage to Peru this September
Legendary Colombian photographer Nereo López Meza is finally coming into focus in the U.S. with the first stateside release of a book about his work. “Nereo: Images From Half a Century”
More than 60 authors will participate in the third annual Hispanic/Latino Book Fair of New York this weekend in Jackson Heights, Queens. The fair is dedicated to Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz.
Miracle Theatre’s La Luna Nueva event spotlights Latino artists – Portland
La Bloga Guest Columnist: Jesse Tijerina
Chilean-American author Isabel Allende explores the topic of slavery in her new novel, a subject she says is as important as ever because “there have never been more slaves in the world as there are now.”
September 15, 2009
Oscar Castillo Photography Show. Latino Book Fest. – Los Angeles
Hispanic-America: Historic roots in U.S. history and culture
New Book: Ethical Borders: NAFTA, Globalization and Mexican Migration
Book reviews: PORTRAIT OF A LADY LEAVING CAMELOT by Virginia Alanis y Becky and Her Friends by Rolando Hinojosa
September 14, 2009
Edgardo Buitrago Buitrago, historian, university professor, intellectual and author of works on poet Ruben Dario, died of a heart attack in Leon, a city in western Nicaragua, his family said Sunday. He was 85.
Inland Empire Latino artists are presenting an exhibition of their work “To Realize the Dream” on display between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 at the County of San Bernardino Government Center.
September 10, 2009
Celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month and enjoy the full spectrum of Latino arts at the Latino Arts Festival in Kansas City, Kan.
September 9, 2009
Photos: National Museum of American History Explores Bracero Story in New Exhibition – website http://americanhistory.si.edu/bracero
Bracero Story Explored in New Smithsonian Exhibition
Fighting over Frida Kahlo – In Mexico, the emergence of work said to be made by the artist has led to a very public debate about its authenticity.
Meet ‘Confetti Girl’ author Diana Lopez Sept. 15 at the Twig – San Antonio
Just released: Daughters of the Stone, by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
With Culture Clash, nothing is sacred except satire – Latino troupe prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, putting a modern slant on the ancient comedy of Aristophanes.
UNC Wilmington’s first Spanish theater group, Puro Teatro
Interview With Author Diana Lopez
Colorful works of artist Rafael López
Colombia: Medellín Celebrates its Festival of Flowers
September 8, 2009
Book Review: Mayra Santos-Febres and Our Lady of the Night
Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes tends to reflect the realities of his country in his books, but never to the extent that he does in his latest novel, “Adan en Eden” (Adam in Eden), a journalistic report on drug trafficking and political corruption in Mexico to be published in November.
“LETRAS LATINAS PRESENTS: Alicia Gaspar de Alba/ Orlando Ricardo Menes – September 17, 2009 – University of Notre Dame
San Antonio’s Gallista Gallery and seven of its prominent Latino and Latina artists are being recognized with a two-DVD set
Book review: How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capo Crucet
September 4, 2009
Book Review: Building the Latino Future: Success Stories for the Next Generation by Frank Carbajal and Humberto Medina
At Casa Margarita, FotoSeptiembre is all about legs, Italian legs – Photographer Gloria Garcia
September 3, 2009
‘LOL! Latina on the Loose’ Opens September 25 at Los Angeles Theatre Center; World Premiere Comedy
Good Writing with a Latina Flavor – White Bread Competition, a young adult novel by Jo Ann Hernandez
Award-winning Latino Playwright Coming to SoCal
Controversial play “Miss Lebron” arrives in Orange County on September 4, 2009 – René Solivan
Celebrate Mexico Now! festival returns Sept. 8-20 to New York City
Now in bookstores: The Invisible Mountain, by Carolina De Robertis
Angie Cruz, author of Let It Rain Coffee – Interview
September 2, 2009
Mummies Of Guanajanto: Amazingly Preserved Mummies Go On Display – (fotos y video)
Video – NYC Dominican Day Parade 2009 featuring Charlie Villanueva and La Mega 97.9 DJ Lobo
A celebration of Puerto Rican culture in Central Park – Fiesta Folklorica – NYC
Author Gloria Zamora’s memoir, titled “Sweet Nata: Growing Up in Rural New Mexico,” recounts her early days as a member of a large Hispanic family in that southwestern state.
September 1, 2009
Geraldo Rivera new book “The Great Progression: How Hispanics Will Lead America to a New Era of Prosperity”
Drama About Immigration Raids and their Human Consequences in Arizona Is No Fiction for Many – The Tears of Lives, a play produced by Phoenix’s New Carpa Theater Company and written by James Garcia
Book Review: Gringolandia
Catching Up on Catherine Ramirez’s THE WOMAN IN THE ZOOT SUIT
Smithsonian celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with many free events
Latino Book Club: Faith by Bonnie S. Mata
Author Tells Of A 90s Cuba – Achy Obejas
August 29, 2009
Barksdale Theatre is pleased to launch The Hispanic Theatre Project with its 2009-10 season opener . . . Boleros for the Disenchanted – Richmond, VA
August 27, 2009
Mexico players fight for pre-Hispanic game site
GALA Hispanic Theatre Launches a Re-designed Webpage WWW.GALATHEATRE.ORG
Interview with Author Julia Amante – Evenings at the Argentine Club will be released in September 2009.
Ecuador: XXII National Festival of Ecuadorian Music
El polifacético artista cubano Manolo Torrente falleció en Miami el pasado jueves 20 víctima de varios problemas de salud. Tenía 83 años.
August 26, 2009
If you’re in New York City, I strongly suggest you check out Reportorio Español’s highly entertaining play, Insomnio Americano, a one-man show starring master improviser Saulo Garcia
August 25, 2009
State agency hears testimony on treatment of farm workers – Michigan
August 24, 2009
Interview with Oscar Casares, author of Amigoland
BronzeWord Latino Authors nominated for two awards – Jo Ann Hernandez
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gets a street salute from ‘Pavement Picasso’ Hani Shihada
Come Out to Tijuana and Indulge in the Magificent Art of Rosario Castellanos, August 27, 2009 @ 6:30pm
El Clandestino is a punk alternative space in Ecatepec in suburban Mexico City.
Voices from VONA: E-interview with Vickie Vértiz – Every summer the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) brings renowned writers from around the country to the University of San Francisco to nurture developing writers of color
A British company is releasing a new line of textile designs inspired by paintings by George Mendoza, Las Cruces’ internationally renowned blind artist.
August 21, 2009
The international financial crisis and the outbreak of swine flu have had a profound effect on Argentina, including what many see as part of its very essence – the tango.
Amazing Mexican Monster Flickr Archive!
Jalepeño Blintzes: Latin and Jewish Fusion at Lincoln Center
Rudolfo Anaya, BLESS ME ULTIMA Interview
Book Review: THE DOG WHO LOVED TORTILLAS by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
August 20, 2009
Monster and Animal Hands by Hector Serrano – cool
Office of Cultural Affairs’ Artist of the Month for San Antonio – writer, producer and artist Victor Payan
August 18, 2009
Cultura Latina: LA’s longest standing Latino bookstore
Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway
StoryCorps wants Hispanics to tell their stories with Historias
Rogue Community College students have created a mural honoring the contributions of the Rogue Valley’s Latino community – Oregon
August 17, 2009
Interview with Gregg Barrios
August 16, 2009
Los Angeles Latino Film Festival Seeks Volunteers – Learn the film Industry by volunteering with the 13th annuall LALIFF team
Latino Cartoonists Doing Their Thing – They now have a home on the earthlings world wide web: DontArrestUs.com
Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende said in an interview published Friday in the online edition of Colombian daily El Tiempo that her new novel, which features a female slave as protagonist, articulates her “obsession” with freedom.
In Los Angeles, Songs Without Borders – In clubs, bars, swap meets and concert halls, from car radios and ringing cellphones, you will hear corridos, old-time folk ballads in the banda and norteño styles
August 13, 2009
Los Angeles-based artist Ronald Llanos
Curanderos mexicanos y médicos de Colorado comparten planes de salud integral
August 11, 2009
Amelia Santiago’s dog sculptures
Belinda Acosta’s Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz
Review: The Husband Habit. For Every Farewell, a Welcome. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.
Nicaraguan Writer Sergio Ramirez Has New Anthology Coming Out – “Perdon y Olvido”
August 10, 2009
Interview with author & poet Daniel Olivas
Mexico said Friday it accepts the recommendations of a U.N. committee that criticized a now-suspended plan to install lights on the ancient Teotihuacan pyramids to make it accessible for nighttime visits.
10 Classic Nuyorican Authors & Poets
Acclaimed Spanish author Ana Maria Matute: Political Correctness “Ruining” Children’s Lit
Nélida Piñon’s Voices of the Desert
August 6, 2009
On Sunday, August 2 in celebration of Ecuador’s bicentennial, hundreds of people waved their yellow, blue and red flags along the stretch of Northern Boulevard in Queens
Cubanos interpretan a Shakespeare en EEUU
Paul Martínez Pompa: His Aim Is True
August 5, 2009
“Dictionary of Thoughts” by Fidel Castro will be presented on the eve of the former Cuban president’s 83rd birthday, a spokesman at state publishing house Editora Politica said Tuesday.
Mexico’s Diego Rivera murals get restoration treatment
August 4, 2009
The DC Center will host a one-night-only celebration of Latino art and culture this Friday (8/7/2009) at the GALA Hispanic Theatre in Columbia Heights. “Latino Art in the City,” featuring musicians, dancers, and visual artists, will serve as fundraiser for the DC Center’s arts and cultural programs.
August 3, 2009
Chicano Music Festival and Auction in Denver – August 6th-9th
About 3,000 years’ worth of Mexican artistry makes up one of the latest Wichita Art Museum exhibits. “Los Artes de Mexico,” or “The Arts of Mexico,” runs until Sept. 6 and features work from artists such as painter and muralist Diego Rivera.
In a partnership with the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs (GACHA), the Biggs Museum will exhibit the works of contemporary Hispanic artists living or working in the State of Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic Region
July 31, 2009
Celebrity Tees You Can Bet On – One-of-a-kind t-shirts raise funds for Miami’s Latino community – Palomita Education Fund
Two Wise Latinas Show Their Pride – Nancy De Los Santos and Azucena Maldonado celebrate Sonia Sotomayor with “Wise Latina” T-shirts
July 28, 2009
Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets
July 23, 2009
Sandra Posadas, Vida Bella y La Voz Puertorriquena
July 20, 2009
The 10 Hottest Summer Reads from Latina Magazine
July 16, 2009
Photographer Carlos Alvarez Montero
July 15, 2009
In 39 years performing, Afro-Peruvian songstress Eva Ayllón has recorded almost 30 albums, played for audiences 30,000-strong in her homeland and, last November, packed Carnegie Hall. – catch her in NYC at the Blender Theater at Gramercy July 17 and 18.
July 14, 2009
Review: Cuentos Del Centro. Stories From The Latino Heartland.
Interview with Emanuel Xavier
Chicana artist Cristina Acosta has turned to sacred art as a means of exploring her religious and cultural heritage, incorporating aspects of her life, beliefs and family history into Madonna retablos.
Fernanda Cohen illustrates for The Gap
July 13, 2009
Ecuador: The Passing of Writer Jorge Enrique Adoum
Review of Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario – Every once in awhile, as a writer, you read a book that raises that bar in your own mind about what is possible in your profession.
July 9, 2009
Reggaeton fever shakes up Cuba’s culture
June 29, 2009
Interview with young novelist Estevan Vega
Interview with children’s author Lupe Ruiz-Flores
NEW DRAMA “THE SCENES OF THE CROSS”/“LAS ESCENAS DE LA CRUZ” MAKES WORLD PREMIERE ON JULY 17 WITH IMMIGRANT STORIES PERFORMED BY THOSE WHO LIVED THEM — SIX BILINGUAL PERFORMANCES FROM JULY 17–AUGUST 1 AS PART OF 2009 MIDTOWN INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL
The executive director, Sofia Ochoa, of the Miami Symphony Orchestra has resigned, three years after her husband and the symphony’s founder died.
15 Essential Chicana Poets
Review of Hungry Woman in Paris, by Josefina Lopez
June 26, 2009
New Education Building at National Hispanic Cultural Center Awarded Top Environmental Certification – Albuquerque
June 25, 2009
Museo Alameda’s exhibit explores influence of Latinos on American music
Latino Cultural Center Showcases Dallas Artists with 6th Annual Hecho en Dallas Exhibit July 2nd – August 22nd, 2009
BOOK REVIEW: America Libre by Raul Ramos y Sanchez
Cristina Acosta: Luminous Work, Lasting Art – Exhibit: Reshaping the Divine – Contemporary Hispanic Retablos Exploring the Divine Feminine – El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Writer Mario Vargas Llosa, 1994 Cervantes Prize winner, said Tuesday that when he was starting out he “never” thought he would find an editor for his works and thought he would have to pay to have them published “like all the other Peruvian writers” of his time.
June 24, 2009
Marlene Forte puts on a new hat as the creative director of the famed theater group Company of Angels
Los Angeles Accordion Festival takes you on a musical journey from 1920’s Paris to Mexico and Louisiana
The Peruvian exhibition Deep Roots (Raices Profundas) will open tomorrow at 18:00 hours (23:00 GMT) at Peru’s embassy in Washington DC.
Paper Taco Trucks!!
