Eye Openers + Art y Culture Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
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
November 10, 2009
‘Mayan 2012 apocalypse theory’ not true, Nasa says
November 5, 2009
Francisco Ayala, honored Spanish author, dies at 103
Guest Columnist: Sergio Troncoso. Is the Texas Library Association excluding Latino writers?
October 28, 2009
Book Review: ‘Selenidad: Selena, Latinos and the Performance of Memory’
October 9, 2009
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.
September 17, 2009
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 9, 2009
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.
August 25, 2009
State agency hears testimony on treatment of farm workers – Michigan
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.
August 18, 2009
Latino murals from downtown L.A. building up for sale – from the lobby of downtown’s Victor Clothing building on Broadway
August 13, 2009
Curanderos mexicanos y médicos de Colorado comparten planes de salud integral
July 28, 2009
Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets
June 2, 2009
A book by IndyCar driver Milka Duno has been selected the best young adult sports/recreation book of 2009 at the 11th Annual International Latino Book Awards.
June 1, 2009
Mexico City museums ask for help after influenza
May 29, 2009
Sofía Vergara, cartoonish ‘Chicago’ don’t deliver show’s old razzle dazzle
January 23, 2009
Did the New Yorker rip off a drawing done last year by Lalo Alcaraz, iconic Chicano cartoonist and author of the syndicated comic La Cucaracha (click through to see)
January 21, 2009
Heavy rains have damaged part of one of Peru’s top tourist destination, depositing clay and sand on mysterious figures etched in the desert sand by indigenous groups centuries ago, an archaeologist said Monday.
December 17, 2008
Estudio: Mayoría de latinos en EEUU cree en milagros
December 8, 2008
Debate Rages in Peru: Was a Lost City Ever Lost? – Machu Picchu
A Lifestyle Distinct: The Muxe of Mexico – Mexico can be intolerant of homosexuality; it can also be quite liberal. Gay-bashing incidents are not uncommon in the countryside, where many Mexicans consider homosexuality a sin. In Mexico City, meanwhile, same-sex domestic partnerships are legally recognized — and often celebrated lavishly in government offices as if they were marriages. But nowhere are attitudes toward sex and gender quite as elastic as in the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca. There, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call “muxes”
December 3, 2008
In the face of an unfolding legal battle over its ownership, the Gelman collection of 20th-century Mexican art has been hidden by its current owner, American curator Robert Littman
Venezuela ‘exporta’ a EE UU su sistema de orquestas juveniles – El modelo de José Antonio Abreu se implantará en zonas como el Bronx
October 23, 2008
Controversial art shows Arpaio holding people at gunpoint
September 17, 2008
A prison-cell painting by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been auctioned for US$255,000 to raise money for his socialist party.
September 11, 2008
Wax figurines of prominent Hispanic celebrities are on display in a Hispanic Heritage Month exhibit at Madame Tussauds Interactive Wax Attraction. – Las Vegas
July 23, 2008
Cicero gets OK from Mexican city of Guanajuato to host mummy exhibit – Chicago
Thanks to Frida Kahlo, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Finally Draws Latino Crowd
July 13, 2008
A Nation of Everybody: A Chicago art exhibit stirs dialogue on immigration reform
June 19, 2008
Why the Guggenheim won’t open a branch in Guadalajara, Mexico
June 3, 2008
Gothamist: Who’s Afraid of the Puerto Rican Day Parade?
May 22, 2008
Report by Hispanic center cites a cultural tug of war
May 20, 2008
Theatres of Color Fight Marginalization – Coalition says companies face bias from media, audiences, and grantors.
May 6, 2008
A Latino institution struggles to stay open – Rueben Martinez, owner of Libreria Martinez Books and Art Gallery in Santa Ana, might have to close his shop by year’s end despite the store’s renown as one of the nation’s largest Latino-themed bookstores.
May 5, 2008
Not Mexican Independence Day: Cinco de Mayo – Rep. Joe Baca on The Huffington Post
April 7, 2008
Paul Revere of Texas – Juan Seguin
March 24, 2008
The Cuban Art Revolution – Collectors are betting the next hot art hub will be an island most Americans still can’t visit. Now, some U.S. art lovers are finding legal ways into Cuba to shop for works — before the market gets too crowded.
March 5, 2008
Mural on Hispanic culture draws concerns – Homestead, Florida
February 19, 2008
Learning From Tijuana: Hudson, N.Y., Considers Different Housing Model
February 11, 2008
Mexico’s Robin Hood a blessing to both sides of the law – Jesus Malverde
February 5, 2008
UC Berkeley music professor and renowned composer Jorge Liderman (Argentinian) committed suicide Sunday morning by jumping in front of a BART train
February 4, 2008
Musician’s sounds survived the tomb – pre-Columbian bone instruments
January 29, 2008
Long-Lost Set of Robert Capa Negatives Taken During Spanish Civil War Found in Mexico
January 28, 2008
Mexican Museum still searching for a home – San Francisco
January 23, 2008
Ancient Maya scarified boys not virgin girls
January 16, 2008
Time Capsule from 1791 Found in Mexican Cathedral
December 5, 2007
Missing Peruvian pre-Incan gold artifacts found in treasure-filled hideout in Spain
December 3, 2007
Empowering Women and Latinas in Modern Publishing: How the ‘South Beach Chicas’ Caught More than Their Men – Caridad Piñeiro
November 28, 2007
Hispanic tradition in state Senate leadership – Denver
November 13, 2007
Chocolate invented 3,100 years ago by the Aztecs – but they were trying to make beer
October 30, 2007
Dual Tradition: Halloween mixed with Peruvian Criolla music and dance
