Art y Culture + Blogante Headlines Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

April 10, 2008

Why Wao’s Pulitzer Matters

Emerging from the supernatural shadows – Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer-winning novel pulses with the energy of Latin America’s post-Marquez generation

April 8, 2008

Experts apply high-tech tools to a Spanish altarpiece, peering back 500 years to solve a mystery

Did You Know? Junot Diaz is the second Latino to win the Pulitzer for fiction, after Cuban-American writer Oscar Hijuelos

Junot Díaz wins Pulitzer Prize

April 7, 2008

Chicano art, beyond rebellion – ‘Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement’ provides a rare showcase at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Paul Revere of Texas – Juan Seguin

April 2, 2008

A documentary follows ballet dancer Jock Soto’s footprints – Water Flowing Together on PBS’ Independent Lens

Latino show speaks with several voices – Con Safos: Contemporary Chicano Art From the Joe A. Diaz Collection at the National Museum of Mexican Art – Chicago

March 31, 2008

Sor Juana Festival is a celebration of Mexican women – Houston

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.

Hispanic listeners embraced – Changing demographics offer new opportunities for Cleveland Orchestra

March 20, 2008

A Puerto Rican Poets Fight With Alzheimers – Jack Agüeros

March 18, 2008

Luna Negra concert shatters stereotypes

Puerto Rico Painter Rafael Tufino Dies at 85

March 17, 2008

Solo Tu is by Latinas, about Latinas – Teatro Luna in Chicago

March 9, 2008

Hispanic writers top Book Critics Circle awards – Junot Diaz won fiction prize, Edwidge Danticat was cited in autobiography

March 5, 2008

Mural on Hispanic culture draws concerns – Homestead, Florida

February 28, 2008

Longer fest shows depth of Mexican arts, culture – Nuestras Raices Literary Arts Festival in Tucson

February 21, 2008

Club tries to keep Mexican folklore alive – Cal State Fullerton introduces a new organization on campus — Ballet Folklorico de CSUF.

February 20, 2008

Defining Latino identity in poetry – The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry

February 19, 2008

Learning From Tijuana: Hudson, N.Y., Considers Different Housing Model

February 18, 2008

Margarita Engle wins 2008 Pura Belpre Award for “The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano”

Celia Cruz’s story found in translation – Show hits big with Spanish language niche

February 14, 2008

Museum exhibits explore heritage of Afro-Mexicans – California African American Museum in Los Angeles.

Raúl Salinas, poet, teacher and activist, dies – Austin resident and bookstore owner gave voice to Chicano struggle.

Texas’ Peyote Hunters Struggle to Find a Vanishing, Holy Crop

February 11, 2008

The Search for a Civic Voice: California Latino Politics – Book Review

Mexico’s Robin Hood a blessing to both sides of the law – Jesus Malverde

You Can’t Bite Your Lip and Deliver ‘Molotov Kisses’ – Gustavo Ott Writes Plays To Challenge Fellow Hispanics – Washington DC

February 6, 2008

Playing to Latino audiences – First-class theaters are planned for inner-city areas – Los Angeles

U art professor (Kim Martinez), students to paint a mural downtown – Salt Lake City, Utah

February 5, 2008

Cuban art makes a grand showing in Montreal

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

Madrid museum hosts unique Picasso exhibition

St. Fabiola: An art exhibit reminds a Cuban exile how she learned to appreciate her name.

Musician’s sounds survived the tomb – pre-Columbian bone instruments

Hispanic cartoonist Gus Arriola, creator of Gordo, dies at 90

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

Gates grant launches Su Teatro – Denver

January 24, 2008

Arte / Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000 – El Museo del Barrio in New York

January 23, 2008

Chicano/Chicana Life Across America Exhibition at the Muzeo Museum in Anaheim « THE LOS ANGELES EASTSIDE SCENE

Ancient Maya scarified boys not virgin girls

January 22, 2008

All-hispanic Luna Negra dance company debuts in New York

January 17, 2008

Selling… en Español – Translated Books

January 16, 2008

Time Capsule from 1791 Found in Mexican Cathedral

Yuyi Morales, Margarita Engle win Pura Belpré Awards

January 14, 2008

Austin School District To Host Second Annual All-City Mariachi Festival on Saturday, January 26, 2008

January 10, 2008

Learning the Language: Immigrant Teens Show Their American Lives in Photos

January 9, 2008

NALAC Fund for the Arts Awards $143,000 to Support Latino Artists and Arts Organizations

January 8, 2008

Alberto Alonso – Cuban choreographer

January 7, 2008

“The Finishing Touch: Accessories from the Bolivian Highlands,” on View at The Textile Museum February 15 through September 18, 2008, Showcases the Region’s Cultural Wealth – Washington DC

January 4, 2008

Book offers pictorial history of Mexicans in Phoenix

January 3, 2008

The politics and love of Isabel Allende

Latin choral group mirrors San Francisco community

Marketplace: Three Kings Day gives gift of sales – (Let us commercialize another holiday)

December 12, 2007

Mexican company launches beer in honor of unofficial drug saint – Jesus Malverde

Man Eegee – El Día de Guadalupe Redux

December 10, 2007

Marcos Loya has gone from a rough childhood to a magic career – A kid marked for prison or grunt work surprised everyone by becoming a world-class composer and the musical force behind SCR’s ‘La Posada Mágica.’

Houston dancers celebrate Lady of Guadalupe – Annual event draws 3,000 Catholics to celebrate the upcoming feast day – Houston

December 9, 2007

Tigard playwright creates a modern-day nativity story – ‘In from the Cold’ is a multi-cultural story of forgiveness – Oregon

December 6, 2007

BUENOS AIRES’ HOTTEST TANGO COMPANY ESTAMPAS PORTEÑAS MAKES BOSTON DEBUT IN TANGO FIRE AT CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE January 11 – 13, 2008

San Antonio museum inspires N.Y. designer’s commissioned pieces – Marisol Deluna

December 5, 2007

La Bloga: Picture Books for Navidad

December 4, 2007

Her dye is cast – “From the Earth: Modern Art From Traditional Hispanic Papermaking Roots,”

December 3, 2007

Latino growth brings more healing botanicas in New Jersey

Empowering Women and Latinas in Modern Publishing: How the ‘South Beach Chicas’ Caught More than Their Men – Caridad Piñeiro

November 30, 2007

Unlikely hero of Mexican Revolution – Chicago professor’s work has preserved and elevated country’s historical legacy – Friedrich Katz

Mexican muralist Rivera wins back fame over Kahlo

Professor Adriana Zavala revalues lesser-known figures in Mexican art – Tufts University

November 28, 2007

Hispanic tradition in state Senate leadership – Denver

November 25, 2007

Rebel with many cause – After nearly four decades, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin remains an artist for justice – Pasadena

“Palladium Nights” brings back mambo era at Joyce Theatre – New York City

Lowrider culture gets high profile – L.A. museum’s exhibition looks at cars’ beauty and significance – “La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels.”

It’s rough times for Latino art galleries in San Diego and Tijuana

November 18, 2007

US Artists Organization give nine $50,000 grants to Latinos/Hispanics

November 14, 2007

La Bloga: New Books From Cinco Puntos Press

November 13, 2007

Chocolate invented 3,100 years ago by the Aztecs – but they were trying to make beer

Film celebrates achievements of only all-Hispanic military unit – The Borinqueneers

November 12, 2007

“Ballet is traditionally controlled by the big companies, but more and more companies have found success with the help of Hispanics,” says Octavio Roca

Toes For Business: Latin Dancers Revive Ballet

Help this movie get a theatrical distributor – AMERICAN HARVEST MOVIE (THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT IMMIGRANT AMERICA)

November 11, 2007

Is the Next Tyler Perry a Latina? – Linda Nieves-Powell

November 4, 2007

Luis Valdez: the father of Chicano theater – Festival honors playwright/director who blazed a trail for Latinos in theater and film

October 31, 2007

Mexican School for Down Syndrome Art Gains International Acclaim

Spanish king unveils new wing at Prado museum

October 30, 2007

Dual Tradition: Halloween mixed with Peruvian Criolla music and dance

October 29, 2007

Newly Discovered Works by Mexican Artist – Martin Ramirez – (found in a garage)

October 24, 2007

Oldest Quran Sells For $2.3 million by the Hispanic Society of America

Angeles Anonimos – Creating Fair-Trade Jewelery with Peru’s Disabled

October 23, 2007

One Person’s Trash Is Another Person’s Lost Masterpiece – (A painting by Mexican Rufino Tamayo found in the garbage in NYC worth a cool million $$)

October 22, 2007

Where did Mexicans come from? – They have a choice of ‘origin myths’ — one a tale of betrayal, another a story of beauty.

Portrait of a Mexican muralist only scratches the surface/only goes skin deep – José Clemente Orozco – Boston

October 3, 2007

La Bloga: Books in English and Spanish for Halloween or Dí de las brujas

Goya Storms the Freedom Tower – Exhibit in Miami

October 1, 2007

Y Tu Thespian También – Three successful actors discuss the long road up.

September 30, 2007

Carlos Acosta: a ballet superstar – The wayward Havana boy turned ballet superstar tells our correspondent why he is still fiercely proud of his roots; and, below, an extract from his new autobiography

September 27, 2007

Did You Know? Blacks and Latinos combined make up only about 4 percent of the musicians in American professional orchestras

September 26, 2007

‘Frida’ Makes Brief, Rare Mexican Visit – 16 years of waiting, Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art, known here as “Marco,” finally hosts the city’s first exhibit – devoted entirely to Frida Kahlo.

September 25, 2007

Snake-bird gods fascinated both Aztecs and pharaohs – Exhibit in Monterrey, Mexico – (sounds really cool)

QUOTE: “There are huge cultural parallels between ancient Egypt and Mexico in religion, astronomy, architecture and the arts. They deserve to be appreciated together,” said exhibition organizer Gina Ulloa

September 23, 2007

‘How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life,’

September 17, 2007

Now Starring as Cesar Chavez – Actor and singer Danny Bolero playing to standing room only houses at the NOHO Arts Center through November 4

‘Wonder Tierra’ mixes best of Lewis Carroll, Oz – Alicia in Wonder Tierra – Dallas

September 16, 2007

TV Preview: ‘American Masters’ draws viewers into world of Mexican muralists – “Orozco: Man of Fire” and “Rivera in America.” – PBS

Stuart illustrator Orlando Ramirez brings story of ‘Cheech’ to life

Explorer Who Found Lost Peru Cities Dies – Douglas Eugene “Gene” Savoy found 40 lost cities!

September 15, 2007

Did You Know? 5 million people who have seen Forever Tango

September 12, 2007

More than 50 years of Puerto Rican fine art is surveyed in “Puerto Rican Art: Image of a Culture” on view through Oct. 28 at the Orlando Museum of Art.

September 11, 2007

‘Oscar Wao’ packs punch of erotic Latino persuasion – Junot Díz

Mexican Independence Day, Diez y Seis de Septiembre, is this Sunday, September 16 – (there is even a book about it)

U.S. Politics, Literature, Sports Show Cultural Influence of Hispanics – Latino heritage adds to U.S. cultural diversity, Smithsonian official says

September 9, 2007

Exhibit reflects on how the Latin West was won – Los Angeles County Museum of Art – epic-size exhibition “The Arts in Latin America: 1492-1820.”

Mummified Inca maiden wows crowds in Argentina

September 7, 2007

U.S. opera sees future in black and Hispanic audience

August 29, 2007

More Hispanics choose cremation

August 27, 2007

Latinos Describe “How I Learned English” in New Essay Collection

Rebel with a cause – Two biographies take objective looks at Venezuela’s unobjective — and outspoken — leader – Hugo Chávez

August 22, 2007

La Bloga: An interview with Christianne Meneses Jacobs, editor of Revista Iguana.

August 21, 2007

Cine Latinoamericano: Celebraci ón de Fin de Semana en LACMA – Viernes, 24 de agosto al domingo, 26 de agosto – Los Angeles

Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts turns 30 – San Francisco

August 13, 2007

Did You Know? In May, Dr. Rivera-Barnes, a Spanish professor at Penn State Worthington Scranton campus, won the 2006 International Latino Book Award prize for best romance novel for her book, “Do Not Pass Go.”

August 6, 2007

Julia Alvarez’s Once Upon a Quinceañera and Adrianna Lopez’s Fifteen Candles – La Quinceañera, American style: Two new books examine the shifting fortunes of a Latino tradition

July 30, 2007

El Pachuco is back – Playwright’s son, Kinan Valdez, directs revival of iconic `Zoot Suit’