Art y Culture + Hispanic News Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
October 5, 2009
September 1, 2009
Smithsonian celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with many free events
August 25, 2009
State agency hears testimony on treatment of farm workers – Michigan
June 16, 2009
April 16, 2008
Mexico marks Octavio Paz anniversary
Of Mice and Men Laborers Will Be Latino in Pasadena Playhouse’s Fresh Look at Classic
April 14, 2008
Teatro Luna paints unvarnished portrait of Latina life – all Latinas in Chicago
La Bloga: New Latino Biographies for Children
April 10, 2008
April 8, 2008
La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON SUSANA CHÁVEZ-SILVERMAN
Experts apply high-tech tools to a Spanish altarpiece, peering back 500 years to solve a mystery
Dancer Jock Soto Looks Back on a Life in Tights (and Fishnets)
Karina Casiano’s ‘Rootless:’ Beating nostalgia with a song
Pulitzer winner stays true to Jersey roots – Junot Diaz
Junot Díaz wins Pulitzer Prize
Chicano photographer offers up-close view of Mexican-Americans
April 7, 2008
Paul Revere of Texas – Juan Seguin
April 2, 2008
Documentary follows Mexican couple’s pursuit of American Dream – Intimidad
April 1, 2008
5TH ANNUAL CALL FOR ENTRY HBO/NYILFF
LACMA Exhibition Showcases Provocative Artworks Created After the Chicano Movement
March 31, 2008
Sor Juana Festival is a celebration of Mexican women – Houston
LA Chicano Muralist George Yepes to Speak at VC April 17 – Ventura College
March 24, 2008
La Bloga: INTERVIEW WITH AARON MICHAEL MORALES
UTSA presents multimedia works of Latina artists – University of Texas at San Antonio
After Frida – Mari Carmen Ramírez – Latin American Art
Hispanic listeners embraced – Changing demographics offer new opportunities for Cleveland Orchestra
Aetna Plays Host to Esperanza Academy Art Students – Philadelphia
March 20, 2008
La Bloga: Libropalooza™ : A Festival of Latino/a Authors
A Puerto Rican Poets Fight With Alzheimers – Jack Agüeros
Gisela Colón: Kinetic Light Opening at LS Contemporary
MECA Honors Cesar Chavez – Houston
March 18, 2008
Cuban-Dominican artist Quisqueya Henríquez exhibits in Miami – DominicanToday.com
‘Zoot Suit’ cast of county teens dramatize barrio history – Monterey County, California
Luna Negra concert shatters stereotypes
Luna Negra builds its audience, then feeds it – Chicago
Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art can be seen at Atlanta’s High Museum through May 4
Puerto Rico Painter Rafael Tufino Dies at 85
Playwright pays tribute to his roots – Juan Felipe Herrera
March 17, 2008
Solo Tu is by Latinas, about Latinas – Teatro Luna in Chicago
March 13, 2008
Cuban Art Finds a Home in Miami Galleries
No barriers for Mexico Symphony Orchestran
March 11, 2008
Latino Life Blog: 500 years of Chicana history – Betita Martinez
Tomás Rivera Conference Honors Painter, Poet – Alfredo Arreguín and author Lauro Flores
March 10, 2008
March 9, 2008
Azúcar! Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz at the New World Theater
March 6, 2008
La Bloga: Teatro Luna’s Shining Light – Chicago
Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide wins Hasselblad Award
Poet Guillermo Rebollo-Gill At University of Connecticut
‘Chorus Line’s’ Original Morales, Priscilla Lopez, Returns to Broadway
March 5, 2008
Linda Nieves-Powell goes ‘Free Style’
Antonio Skarmeta Offers Wisdom at Hispanic New York Class – Columbia University
Mural on Hispanic culture draws concerns – Homestead, Florida
February 28, 2008
La Bloga: Juan Felipe Hererra on raulsalinas
Longer fest shows depth of Mexican arts, culture – Nuestras Raices Literary Arts Festival in Tucson
Mysterious Pyramid Complex Discovered in Peru
February 25, 2008
La Bloga: Max Benavidez comes to the Web
La Bloga: Interview with Juan Felipe Herrera
Latino Life Blog – Kahlo show uncovers new details of her work
Manny Vega and His ‘Hip Hop Byzantine’ Art
Loss of poet Raúl Salinas is loss to literature
Carrying on the Valdez heritage – FATHER AND SON COLLABORATE ON ‘MUMMIFIED DEER’ AT SJSU
February 21, 2008
‘Interlingual’ poet to visit Park University – Brenda Cardenas – Kansas City
February 20, 2008
La Bloga: Las Hijas de Juan and A Land So Strange
Defining Latino identity in poetry – The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry
With Kahlo, a Mexican flavor comes to Philadelphia Museum of Art
February 19, 2008
Learning From Tijuana: Hudson, N.Y., Considers Different Housing Model
State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico – Hispanic Classics Flavor a New York Debut – New York
February 18, 2008
Traditional music of Mexico casts spell on new generation
“Border Stories” explores life of gay men on both sides of Mexican border
Celia Cruz’s story found in translation – Show hits big with Spanish language niche
February 14, 2008
La Bloga: Palabra Pura News — New Latino Poetry on Tour
Couple brings Mexican dome architecture to Arizona
Fourth Orlando Latin American Film and Heritage Festival starts Thursday
Texas’ Peyote Hunters Struggle to Find a Vanishing, Holy Crop
February 13, 2008
‘In The Heights’ hits the spotlight, vowing to end ‘Capeman’ curse
Rick Castro – Rick Castro is the curator and owner of Antebellum Gallery in Hollywood, CA.
February 12, 2008
La Bloga: The Rain God: An Inscribed First Edition
February 11, 2008
Artist Humberto Saenz deals with immigration in Irving exhibit ‘The Réel’ -Texas
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
The Battle of Valverde and Rafael Chacón
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
February 7, 2008
CIMS » JOSÉ GALVÁN FEATURED IN NEW FLAMENCO DVD
Hispanic Museum to Feature Las Vegas Entertainers Exhibit
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
La Bloga: Multi (bits) cultural (and pieces)
Cuban art makes a grand showing in Montreal
Annual Maya Fiesta in Jupiter celebrates Guatemalan heritage – Florida
February 4, 2008
La Bloga: Latinos in Lotusland on the radio!
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 31, 2008
La Bloga: Spotlight on Sheryl Luna
A Latin American plaza springs up in Chicago – at The Old Town School of Folk Music
State Symphony of Mexico to play Asheville concert – North Carolina
January 30, 2008
Latino Street Fiction Hits L.A. – Urbano Publishing signs local author David Bueno Hill
Oscar Hijuelos Plans New `Mambo Kings’ Novel
January 29, 2008
Long-Lost Set of Robert Capa Negatives Taken During Spanish Civil War Found in Mexico
Over 40 Pre-Hispanic Textiles Return to Peru from Germany
January 28, 2008
La Bloga: Mexico in the Heartland
Latin Notes: Los Vaqueros: Mexican cowboy culture in photos, portraits | MySA.com
Mexican Museum still searching for a home – San Francisco
Gates grant launches Su Teatro – Denver
January 24, 2008
La Bloga: La Bloga’s Triple Threat!!!!!!!
Sought-after Peruvian conductor debuts at Carnegie – Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Perú Negro showcases new CD ‘Zamba Malató’ at City Center – NYC
Arte / Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000 – El Museo del Barrio in New York
Art Boutique Brings Mexico to Georgetown – Washington DC
January 23, 2008
Ancient Maya scarified boys not virgin girls
January 22, 2008
Virgin America Premiers New Spanish-Language Independent Film Line Up From Sundance Film Festival
Hispanic families reveal shared heritage with city through photographs, tales – Phoenix
All-hispanic Luna Negra dance company debuts in New York
January 17, 2008
La Bloga: Michele Serros: Scandalosa y Fabulosa!
Selling… en Español – Translated Books
January 16, 2008
Chicano Art Panel at the Getty – Los Angeles
La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON AZTLAN BOOKS Y MAS – Las Vegas
Time Capsule from 1791 Found in Mexican Cathedral
Yuyi Morales, Margarita Engle win Pura Belpré Awards
Latinidad- Critique Writing Groups – An interview with writer Alicia Aucone
January 15, 2008
“Queen of Salsa” items bring Celia Cruz exhibit to life – San Antonio
University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus Ángel González Dies in Spain
January 14, 2008
Making mariachi music now certified academic pursuit – Texas
Spanish Poet Angel Gonzalez Dead at 82
January 11, 2008
Boise Art Museum throws a fiesta for Mexican art exhibit – Idaho
January 10, 2008
‘The Violin’: Visual beauty in the face of bleak reality
Maintaining a vibrant passion amid lackluster sales of crafts – the Folk Tree in Pasadena
Learning the Language: Immigrant Teens Show Their American Lives in Photos
January 9, 2008
Yiddish ‘recuerdos’ at New York Jewish Film Festival
NALAC Fund for the Arts Awards $143,000 to Support Latino Artists and Arts Organizations
January 8, 2008
Correspondences: Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros – Massachusetts
Alberto Alonso – Cuban choreographer
January 7, 2008
End of Mexican-American War to be marked – Los Angeles
Moms teach Hispanic culture to children – Livermore, California
Hispanic community marks Three King’s Day – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Hispanic Coalition keeping alive celebration of Three Kings Day – Columbus, Ohio
January 4, 2008
Ballet’s Alberto Alonso remembered
Three Kings Day holiday gaining ground in Central Florida
Book offers pictorial history of Mexicans in Phoenix
January 3, 2008
Cuban ballet choreographer dies in Gainesville – Alberto Julio Rayneri Alonso
The politics and love of Isabel Allende
Latin choral group mirrors San Francisco community
Tamara Alvarado resigns from MACLA
3 Kings Day Celebrations Come to Las Vegas Valley
Marketplace: Three Kings Day gives gift of sales – (Let us commercialize another holiday)
January 2, 2008
Latina digital magazine starts writing contest
Laura Aguilar & Delilah Montoya, Natural Forces: Against Type
A closer look at Waukesha’s Latino history – Wisconsin
Julia Alvarez traces rite-of-passage stories in ‘Quinceañera’
Archaeologists to hear about Penitentes
December 28, 2007
Ancient pyramid found in central Mexico City
December 12, 2007
Mexican company launches beer in honor of unofficial drug saint – Jesus Malverde
Guadalupe Spreads Her Theatrical Wings
Man Eegee – El Día de Guadalupe Redux
December 11, 2007
David Dorado Romo: Ringside Seat To A Revolution
The Death of a Mexican Musician – Heber Rasgado
December 10, 2007
December 9, 2007
Latino theater a first for Soledad – Salinas, CA
Richland College professor provokes with art project – Dallas
December 6, 2007
Duke University – Ramón Saldívar to win MLA prize
Latin Culture Center Museum to Reopen – SUNY-New Paltz
San Antonio museum inspires N.Y. designer’s commissioned pieces – Marisol Deluna
December 5, 2007
La Bloga: Picture Books for Navidad
Missing Peruvian pre-Incan gold artifacts found in treasure-filled hideout in Spain
December 4, 2007
School Of Visual Arts Announces Design Courses in Spanish: ¿Hablas Diseño? – New York City
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
Che Guevara: hero, revolutionary or murderer?
Author reveals his ’secret life’ writing poetry – John Phillip Santos
November 30, 2007
Mexican muralist Rivera wins back fame over Kahlo
Argentinian poet Juan Gelman wins top Spanish literary prize
COLOMBIA: The Chibcha Culture – Forgotten, But Still Alive
V-me :: Viva Voz Special From Guggenheim Bilbao
Professor Adriana Zavala revalues lesser-known figures in Mexican art – Tufts University
November 28, 2007
Hot and spicy films, Latino style – the 11th International Latino Film Festival in Marin, California
Hispanic tradition in state Senate leadership – Denver
November 27, 2007
Teatro del Pueblo: Facing Latino community issues through theater – Minneapolis – St. Paul
November 26, 2007
La Bloga: Children’s Books Celebrate Basics: Eating, Learning
Latin American art exhibit opens Saturday in Monterey – California
Brujas and Other Characters at Fest – Hispanic New York Film Festival
November 25, 2007
US court blocks auction of Mexican artist’s painting – Rufino Tamayo
Underwater archaeologists pursue Spanish exploration of Panhandle – Florida
“Palladium Nights” brings back mambo era at Joyce Theatre – New York City
It’s rough times for Latino art galleries in San Diego and Tijuana
November 19, 2007
A Bit of the Divine Found in Tepoztlan, Mexico
November 18, 2007
US Artists Organization give nine $50,000 grants to Latinos/Hispanics
November 15, 2007
Mexican school for Down syndrome art gains international acclaim
Cuban-American Examines Profound Effect of Political Upheaval in New Memoir
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
Writer returns to Colombia, where drug war is everywhere, nowhere
‘Oldest American mural’ is found in Peruvian temple
International Latino Film Festival Comes to Sacramento
‘Mongrels, Bastards, Orphans, and Vagabonds,’ by Gregory Rodriguez – (a review)
Film celebrates achievements of only all-Hispanic military unit – The Borinqueneers
November 12, 2007
God Inside the Devil: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Toes For Business: Latin Dancers Revive Ballet
November 11, 2007
Temple built 4,000 years ago unearthed in Peru
Is the Next Tyler Perry a Latina? – Linda Nieves-Powell
November 5, 2007
La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON HIMILCE NOVAS
Dearly departed return in spirit at Dia de los Muertos festivities – Los Angeles
Bay Area’s 11th International Latino Film Festival kicks off
November 4, 2007
La Bloga: Cibolero by Kermit Lopez – a review
Veronica Gonzalez (”Twin Time: or, How Death Befell Me”)
Large Ancient Settlement Unearthed in Puerto Rico
NPR Music: Pepe Romero and the Art of the Spanish Guitar
November 1, 2007
Castro’s Cuba setting for Pulitzer winner’s early play – Nilo Cruz
San Francisco Latino Film Festival
October 31, 2007
Mexican School for Down Syndrome Art Gains International Acclaim
Spanish king unveils new wing at Prado museum
Smithsonian Magazine – Q&A with Cheech Marin
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)
Oakland Museum of California: Ancient Roots/Urban Journeys: Expressions for Días de los Muertos
Day of the Dead draws thousands to Fruitvale – Oakland
October 28, 2007
Mexican sand painting a colorful feature of Seattle Center Day of the Dead celebration
October 25, 2007
October 24, 2007
Oldest Quran Sells For $2.3 million by the Hispanic Society of America
Tempe honors Cesar Chavez with art exhibit
Angeles Anonimos – Creating Fair-Trade Jewelery with Peru’s Disabled
October 23, 2007
Ancient Native American Discoveries & Spanish Artifacts Unearthed In Utah
October 22, 2007
La Bloga: FRANCISCO ARAGÓN TALKS ABOUT LETRAS LATINAS
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, gets new life here – Cleveland
Latino Art Beat Awards $20,000 Scholarship to National ‘Hispanic Heritage’ Art Competition Winner
October 21, 2007
Keep your hands off my beans! Spanish language production of ‘Frijoles Colorados’ – New Jersey
La Bloga: GUEST INTERVIEW: JUNOT DÍAZ
October 20, 2007
Latino character: Professor talks chicanery, writing craft at Napa Valley College – Daniel Chacón
October 18, 2007
Latino poet shines spotlight on Lawrence – Martin Espada – Massachusetts
October 17, 2007
Latino Film Festival To Open Two Films – San Diego Latino Film Festival
October 16, 2007
Bolivian Troupe’s En Un Sol Amarillo to Rise in Los Angeles
Forty Years of Cuban History through Food in Eduardo Machado’s The Cook at Seattle Repertory Theatre
Ballet Folklórico de México – New York
October 15, 2007
La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON EDUARDO SANTIAGO
Placido Domingo conducts Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra
Mexican film wins Chicago fest’s top prize – Carlos Reygadas’ “Silent Light”
Irish role in Spanish war marked
I Was Cuba: A photo historian gets a look at a Cuba he never knew
