Art y Culture + Eye Openers 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