Art y Culture + Language Issues 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 11, 2009

Featured children’s bilingual book: Rene Has Two Last Names/Rene tiene does apellidos

July 28, 2009

Twitter en Español: LACMA the First Museum to Offer Bilingual Tweets

December 18, 2008

A ‘West Side Story’ With A Different Accent – The Broadway-bound revival, staged by co-creator Arthur Laurents, rethinks the musical from top to bottom. Some characters sing in Spanish, for one thing. And those lovable gang thugs? They’re angrier now.

September 10, 2008

‘Pardon My Spanglish:’ Bill Santiago’s bicultural crash course

In Pardon My Spanglish, stand-up comedian Bill Santiago chronicles the quintessentially American alegrías of his mother tongue: the quirky, hilariously improvisational fusion of inglés and español spoken by millions (even if they don’t know or admit que están doing it).

September 9, 2008

Politics aside, Spanish opens rich literary terrain

August 7, 2008

‘Borinquen Vive en El Barrio:’ Spanglish dreams

August 6, 2008

Did You Know? Loisaida is a term derived from the Latino (and especially Nuyorican) pronunciation of “Lower East Side”, a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City.

July 17, 2008

Jets, Yes! Sharks, ¡Sí! in Bilingual ‘West Side Story’ Production Planned for Broadway

June 26, 2008

‘Romeo y Julieta’ : Shakespeare en Español – Chicago

April 28, 2008

Latest Blue Beetle issue published almost entirely in Spanish

September 23, 2007

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

August 27, 2007

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

August 16, 2007

La Bloga: Coco Fusco — English Is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas-