Art y Culture + Blogante News 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
November 21, 2009
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”
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
November 16, 2009
A Real Story About Latinos Doing Life – A review of “Confetti Girl” by Diana López
Interview with award-winning children’s author Lucia Gonzalez
Review of Evenings at the Argentine Club, by Julia Amante
Lunes Libro for los Chicos Edition : Al Galope
INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL LUIS MEDRANO
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Newworldprints.com and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Open Exhibition of Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla Prints
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 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
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
October 13, 2009
Lucha Libre SANTO Poster Exhibit AND Teatro Chicano Invade Laredo, Texas!
October 12, 2009
Fifth Ave. alive with pride for Hispanic Day Parade that rolled up Fifth Ave. from 44th to 72nd St. on Sunday in NYC
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
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
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
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
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
University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery hosts celebration of vibrant Hispanic culture
El Teatro de Los Oprimidos – Olga García Echeverría
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.
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.
Review of In a Town Called Mundomuerto, by Randall Silvis
Review: Cibolero, by Kermit Lopez
September 28, 2009
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
Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps by Lara Rios
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
Manuel Villa’s Habitable Polyhedron – A Family Garden Retreat
Vargas Llosa gana premio literario por su ensayo sobre Onetti
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
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
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
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”
Miracle Theatre’s La Luna Nueva event spotlights Latino artists – Portland
La Bloga Guest Columnist: Jesse Tijerina
September 15, 2009
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
Bracero Story Explored in New Smithsonian Exhibition
Meet ‘Confetti Girl’ author Diana Lopez Sept. 15 at the Twig – San Antonio
Just released: Daughters of the Stone, by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
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
“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
Good Writing with a Latina Flavor – White Bread Competition, a young adult novel by Jo Ann Hernandez
Now in bookstores: The Invisible Mountain, by Carolina De Robertis
Angie Cruz, author of Let It Rain Coffee – Interview
September 2, 2009
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
Book Review: Gringolandia
Catching Up on Catherine Ramirez’s THE WOMAN IN THE ZOOT SUIT
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
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 24, 2009
Interview with Oscar Casares, author of Amigoland
BronzeWord Latino Authors nominated for two awards – Jo Ann Hernandez
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
August 21, 2009
Amazing Mexican Monster Flickr Archive!
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
August 18, 2009
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
Latino Cartoonists Doing Their Thing – They now have a home on the earthlings world wide web: DontArrestUs.com
August 13, 2009
Los Angeles-based artist Ronald Llanos
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
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.
Acclaimed Spanish author Ana Maria Matute: Political Correctness “Ruining” Children’s Lit
Nélida Piñon’s Voices of the Desert
August 6, 2009
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 20, 2009
The 10 Hottest Summer Reads from Latina Magazine
July 16, 2009
Photographer Carlos Alvarez Montero
July 14, 2009
Review: Cuentos Del Centro. Stories From The Latino Heartland.
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.
July 13, 2009
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.
June 29, 2009
Interview with young novelist Estevan Vega
Interview with children’s author Lupe Ruiz-Flores
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
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.
June 23, 2009
The renowned Peruvian visual artist Carlos Runcie-Tanaka is presenting his works in Houston (Texas, US) starting on June 27th.
Literanista interviews Margaret Mascarenhas on Latina Bloggers – live June 26, 2009 from 11 am to 12 pm
Web surfers all over the world can now buy printed copies of 85 works from among the 18,000 available at the Biblioteca Digital Hispanica (Hispanic Digital Library) thanks to a new print-on-demand service.
Hispanic Artist Preserves Tradition of Religious Art in Colorado – Catherine Robles Shaw
June 22, 2009
Frosted Loteria Tags! (with mini-video)
June 17, 2009
Book Review: Adios to All the Drama, by Diana Rodriguez Wallach
June 16, 2009
Review: Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art: Artists, Works, Culture, and Education / Holden Caulfield missing.
Art in Los Cabos: ruining the secret for everyone
June 8, 2009
Thousands watch Long Island’s Puerto Rican/Hispanic Day parade
June 6, 2009
Museum dedicated to AfroPeruvian culture was inaugurated today
June 5, 2009
Colombian writer William Ospina won the prestigious Romulo Gallegos International Novel Prize on Thursday in a competition marked by the withdrawal of two Venezuelan authors due to differences with President Hugo Chavez.
June 4, 2009
Cristy C. Road, a voice for Cuban punk lit
Ballet Hispanico depicts Latin culture through dance
June 3, 2009
Review: Daniel Cano. Death and the American Dream. Final Report: National Latino Writers Conference. Notes.
Hermilda Escobar Gaviria es la figura central de la obra Una vieja muy berraca, que los grupos de teatro Ta’yer y Sinergia ponen en escena desde este fin de semana en el Teatro Frida Khalo de Los Ángeles.
Eduardo Galeano on “Democracy Now!” – Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano has become a household name after Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez presented Barack Obama with “The Open Veins of Latin America” at the Summit of the Americas.
June 2, 2009
The Cintas Foundation Announce 2009 Winners for the Emilio Sanchez Award in the Visual Arts – It was first awarded in 2005 to Christian Curiel, then in 2006 to Glexis Novoa, in 2007 to Gean Moreno, and in 2008 to Ernesto Oroza.
Teatro Vision celebrates past and future at anniversary event – San Jose
May 30, 2009
Art Review | Camilo José Vergara Harlem in Time-Lapse Photography
May 14, 2009
New Musical Return of Eva Perón to Play Washington DC’s Gala Theatre – June 4-28
May 11, 2009
The Orlando Hispanic Film Festival announces a call for entries for the 2009 Hispanic Film Festival slated for Sept. 16-20.
April 10, 2009
Quinceañera brings culture to Columbia, Missouri
April 2, 2009
Hispanic nightclubs fuse cultures, music – Oregon
March 23, 2009
Immigrant’s hope, disillusionment both have a place in ‘Cultural Studies’ – book by Kevin A. González
March 21, 2009
Cafe de la Opera – A storefront in the Libertad area of Tijuana has become a haven for opera lovers.
March 20, 2009
Interview With Rolando Hinojosa-Smith: The Writer’s Mission
March 19, 2009
A public art project that was supposed to depict the image of a snoozing Mexican with his head beneath a sombrero has stirred resentment from some Hispanics even though the sculpture collapsed just minutes after being removed from a mold.
Guanajuato’s mummies are a window on the past
March 18, 2009
Review: Blackout. An Inspector Espinosa Mystery. Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
March 17, 2009
Watching Ballet Hispanico, the renowned Latin dance company that returns to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center this weekend, viewers may notice that their feet have begun to move, heels shifting surreptitiously under their seats.
March 16, 2009
Gregg Barrios interview with writer Rigoberto Gonzalez
March 14, 2009
Isabel Allende on stage — a magical translation
Siete artistas argentinos y chilenos aterrizaron en Queens para mostrar las últimas tendencias del arte del Cono Sur, bajo el título de “El Tigre Celeste”.
Roberto Bolaño, Juan Felipe Herrera win book critics awards
El escritor Luis Henao Uribe rastrea las vivencias de inmigrantes en N.Y.
March 13, 2009
“The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos,” Published by SF’s Children’s Book Press, is Featured in Arbitron’s “Read to Grow” Event March 15 in Miami, Florida
March 11, 2009
Mexico City’s Museo de la Ciudad is playing host to a photojournalism exhibition — Expofotoperiodismo — that features nearly 50 photos from 2008.
Hugh Thomson’s top 10 South American journeys – From Waugh to Lawrence, writer after writer has come to the continent looking for adventure. The author of The White Rock picks out the best
New Books From Cinco Puntos Press – THE DOG WHO LOVED TORTILLAS – La perrita que amaba las tortillas
Eco Olive Oil Factory by Guillermo Hevia Architects
New Children’s Books From Piñata Books/ Arte Público Press
March 10, 2009
Arts groups push for Phoenix Latino museum
Review: The Book of Murder. Guillermo Martinez
Unitedstatesean Notes: Dream Man, by Sarah Cortez
March 6, 2009
Columbian illustrator Catalina Estrada, whose work has recently adorned Zune players, has designed a t shirt for charity project Comparte Corazon, which benefits a group of women artisans in Ayacucho, Peru.
March 4, 2009
Hispanic biker club now muy grande – Deltona clubhouse of the Latin American Motorcycle Associatio
March 3, 2009
With over 200 pieces of work from the 1930s-70s, “Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda” at UCLA’s Fowler Museum is a stunning retrospective and the first for the famed silversmith.
February 4, 2009
Mexico: Protesting the Proposal to Illuminate Teotihuacán Pyramids
February 1, 2009
Salsa dancing in Boston – places to go
January 29, 2009
A Chilean Writer’s Fictions Might Include His Own Colorful Past – Roberto Bolaño
Young Venezuelan author A. A. Alvarez makes the headlines with a fun novel where wit and reality demonstrate that money is not the only reason young Latin Americans immigrate to the USA.
January 28, 2009
The late Roberto Bolaño of Chile is among the finalists announced Saturday for the National Book Critics Circle prizes.
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will begin their first season together with a free concert at the Hollywood Bowl to introduce classical music’s current it-boy to the city.
Entrevista con Paco Ignacio Taibo II – es uno de los escritores mexicanos imprescindibles por su manera de conducir la tradición de la novela negra y el recuento de los procesos históricos del país. En esta entrevista, da cuenta de ambas pasiones
Hispanic Classical Music Wonders to Fire Up Audiences at Top International Music Festival
January 21, 2009
Su Teatro, Denver’s only brown theater company, will be among the 2009 recipients of Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts.
December 23, 2008
La ciudad invitada de la FIL de Guadalajara 2009 es Los Ángeles – Estados Unidos es ya un país hispanoparlante
December 19, 2008
University of Central Florida dean aids effort to establish Hispanic museum – Jose B. Fernandez
December 18, 2008
Soy Judia: Soul Food, Pomegranates, and Finding My Way Home
More Picture Books for Navidad from La Bloga
“Las bicicletas” (”the bicycles”) outside Mexico City’s Museo de Palacio de Bellas Artes is one of two works created by artist Gilberto Aceves Navarro especially for the museum’s retrospective exhibition of his art.
December 17, 2008
Review: Cecilia Urbina. A Tuesday Like Today. Translated by Clare E. Sullivan. San Antonio: Wings Press, 2008.
December 15, 2008
New Santa Cruz gallery features Latino folk art – Malintzi
She danced from Havana’s clubs to Virginia Beach’s ballet scene -Teresa Martinez
December 12, 2008
Interview with Pedro Alvarez whose’s style of artwork is known worldwide as Neoazteca
Fundar hace cuatro décadas el Teatro Rodante Puertorriqueño fue un “gran reto que valió la pena” y, aunque se han cosechado muchos éxitos, aún queda un largo camino que recorrer, según su fundadora, la actriz Miriam Colón Valle, homenajeada hoy en Nueva York.
Peru is suing Yale University to recover thousands of Incan relics excavated by an American explorer at Machu Picchu.
Puerto Rican Art Now-with Antonio Martorell Presented at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum Dec. 12
Edwin Sulca Lagos, one of the most prominent weavers of Ayacucho in southern Peru, will be exhibiting his textile designs during a five-month show at the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, SD.
December 10, 2008
Paula Rodriguez, 1915-2008: Artist ‘turned straw into gold’ – Santa Fean helped revitalize the art of straw appliqué
Exotic Stone Relics Shed Light on Pre-Hispanic Cuba
Houston author’s work featured at Latin book fest – The Legend of Mariquita and Other Short Stories by Matthew Rosas
Gabriel García Márquez comienza un taller en la Escuela de Cine de La Habana
December 9, 2008
Tampa Hosting its First Salsa Congress at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina
Mexico’s INBA Celebrates Dolores Olmedo’s 100th Anniversary with Important Exhibition
Mexico Book Fair Has 600,000 Visitors, Record Sales Reading isn’t dead in Mexico as Guadalajara pulls Carlos Fuentes and other literary superstars.
December 8, 2008
Ambiente de cabaret, boleros con pasión y despecho, trajes de lentejuelas, guantes de seda y el pasado torciendo el presente están en “La caja de Pandora”, a presentarse del 10 al 14 de diciembre en Roy Arias Studios & Theatres.
La rica cultura de los pueblos coloniales de Michoacán
Mummies from Guanajuato museum are on display in Monterrey, Mexico
December 6, 2008
Arte latino festeja su variedad y calidad en la feria Art Basel Miami Beach
December 5, 2008
Latino Arts flourish this weekend with Rodriguez and Conde – Milwaukee
December 3, 2008
Broadway diva, Natalie Toro, will appear as the Special Guest Star in GLIMPSES ON THE MOON Monday, December 8th and Monday, December 15th as the Off-Broadway-sold-out-musical-hit continues to delight audiences at the Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street – between 5th and 6th Avenues)
La vida de la poetisa uruguaya, Juana de América, en la realidad, no fue una poesía. Más bien se asemejó a las tragedias griegas.
Carlos Fuentes afirma que la censura de “Aura” generó más ventas
Book review: ‘Latino Spin’ – Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race By Arlene Davila
December 2, 2008
Dia de Los Muertos may have come and gone this year, but the spirit of the holiday lives on at the Autry National Center of the American West as part of the “Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas” exhibition – Los Angeles
Western Union Honors Los Angeles Hispanic Community, Unveils Artistic Mural
November 21, 2008
Young conductor Gustavo Dudamel lives his dream
El festival Borimix, creado por La Sociedad Educativa para las Artes (SEA) en el 2005, ha crecido en pocos años para presentar ahora un programa en el que además de teatro hay exposiciones de artes visuales, recitales de música, actividades para niños, poesía y una muestra de cine.
November 19, 2008
Fourth International Flamenco Fest at GALA with artists from Spain and the United States – Washington DC
The director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum said Tuesday he wants to return about 50 ancient carved Mayan jade pieces to Mexico, almost a century after a U.S. consul dredged the artifacts from the sacred lake at the ruins of Chichen Itza.
Sculptor Jesús Moroles was one of several figures honored with this year’s National Medals of the Arts and Humanities.
El mural “América” de Rufino Tamayo, el único de cinco en Estados Unidos que estaba en manos privadas, se vendió el martes por casi siete millones de dólares en la subasta de arte latinoamericano de la casa Sotheby’s.
