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

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

November 19, 2009

My Latino Book Review: Belinda Acosta’s “Drama, Damas and Ana Ruiz”

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

November 12, 2009

Meet Anjanette Delgado, author of The Heartbreak Pill

November 10, 2009

Tortuphina Press Announces New Book by Ana Munoz-Jordan: ‘How Turtle Became a Dolphin’

Book review: Sworn to Silence, by Linda Castillo

November 5, 2009

A ‘Precious’ opportunity for young nuyorican actress – Stephanie Andujar

November 2, 2009

Tales of weeping woman passed down in Hispanic culture – La Llorona

SFist Interviews Artist Gabriela Lena Frank

October 29, 2009

As an artist and a yoga guru in Kansas City, Maria Calderon, 25, is in touch with herself and her surroundings.

October 26, 2009

Isabel Allende Named to Council of Cervantes Institute

October 14, 2009

Afro-Latinos in Literature: Q&A with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa – While many Latinos have African roots, our literature doesn’t always reflect this

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.

October 12, 2009

Scenes from Ana Castillo at UC Berkeley

October 9, 2009

Latina Author: Alexandra Roman de Hernandez

October 7, 2009

Zorro Unmasked: a review of Zorro, by Isabel Allende

October 5, 2009

Book Review: “How To Leave Hialeah” by Jennine Capó Crucet (***1/2)

Sandra Cisneros’ ofrenda to her parents on exhibit in Chicago

El Teatro de Los Oprimidos – Olga García Echeverría

October 2, 2009

Edna Campos Gravenhorst to present her book at Texas A & M University

September 30, 2009

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.

Angela de Hoyos, grande dame of Chicano poetry, dies in San Antonio

Juanita Castro, the exiled sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, is set to release a first-person memoir in which she talks at length about her brothers.

September 28, 2009

Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps by Lara Rios

Sandra Cisneros honors her mother for Day of the Dead

September 24, 2009

30 Days of Latino Heritage: Erika Lopez in NYC, Oct. 2

September 22, 2009

From the Book Shelves: Just Like Us The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America By Helen Thorpe

Marcela Landres to review for PowerfulLatinas.com

September 21, 2009

Quinceanera class readies girls for Catholic coming of age in Kalamazoo, MI

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

Meet ‘Confetti Girl’ author Diana Lopez Sept. 15 at the Twig – San Antonio

Just released: Daughters of the Stone, by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

Interview With Author Diana Lopez

September 8, 2009

Book Review: Mayra Santos-Febres and Our Lady of the Night

Book review: How to Leave Hialeah by Jennine Capo Crucet

September 4, 2009

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

Award-winning Latino Playwright Coming to SoCal Controversial play “Miss Lebron” arrives in Orange County on September 4, 2009 – René Solivan

Angie Cruz, author of Let It Rain Coffee – Interview

September 2, 2009

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

Catching Up on Catherine Ramirez’s THE WOMAN IN THE ZOOT SUIT

Latino Book Club: Faith by Bonnie S. Mata

August 27, 2009

Interview with Author Julia Amante – Evenings at the Argentine Club will be released in September 2009.

August 24, 2009

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

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 11, 2009

Amelia Santiago’s dog sculptures

Belinda Acosta’s Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz

August 10, 2009

Nélida Piñon’s Voices of the Desert

July 31, 2009

Two Wise Latinas Show Their Pride – Nancy De Los Santos and Azucena Maldonado celebrate Sonia Sotomayor with “Wise Latina” T-shirts

July 23, 2009

Sandra Posadas, Vida Bella y La Voz Puertorriquena

July 14, 2009

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.

Fernanda Cohen illustrates for The Gap

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 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 25, 2009

Cristina Acosta: Luminous Work, Lasting Art – Exhibit: Reshaping the Divine – Contemporary Hispanic Retablos Exploring the Divine Feminine – El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, New Mexico

June 24, 2009

Marlene Forte puts on a new hat as the creative director of the famed theater group Company of Angels

June 23, 2009

Literanista interviews Margaret Mascarenhas on Latina Bloggers – live June 26, 2009 from 11 am to 12 pm

A Poem by Literanista: On Being Latina

Hispanic Artist Preserves Tradition of Religious Art in Colorado – Catherine Robles Shaw

June 22, 2009

Prominent Mexican women, private thoughts, in 2nd volume of essays – Denise Dresser has released a second volume of “Gritos y susurros” (“Cries and Whispers”)

June 19, 2009

Virtual book tours especially for Latino/a authors – Jo Ann Hernandez, the lady behind BronzeWord Latino Authors

June 17, 2009

Elaine Del Valle’s one-woman show, “Brownsville Bred,” is playing at Teatro La Tea. – NYC

Book Review: Adios to All the Drama, by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

June 4, 2009

Cristy C. Road, a voice for Cuban punk lit

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.

May 31, 2009

When the New York-based Ballet Hispanico takes to the stage of the Ahmanson Theatre June 5-7, the critically acclaimed troupe will be making its Music Center debut. But it also promises to be a bittersweet farewell: Its dynamic artistic director, Tina Ramirez, who founded the company in 1970, will step down at the end of June; her successor, former Ballet Hispanico dancer Eduardo Vilaro, begins his reign in August.

May 30, 2009

Puerto Rico Sun Radio chats with boricua actress Jazmin Caratini

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.

February 26, 2009

Newbery Award-winning advice for writers of all stripes from Margarita Engle

February 5, 2009

La revolución cultural de María Verónica – La artista guayaquileña compartió sus experiencias en el medio cultural europeo, durante una conferencia.

December 28, 2008

Cross-border quinceañera: Toppenish teen becomes a young woman in two worlds – Some Washington residents live their lives in the U.S but their hearts remain in Mexico, where they gather to mark important events with family.

December 18, 2008

University of Texas at San Antonio’s English department emphasizing cross-cultural identity – emphasis on transnational and cross cultural studies is only seven years old and is already turning out U.S. Latino literature experts such as Patricia Trujillo and June Pedraza who have had personal experiences with these issues.

December 15, 2008

She danced from Havana’s clubs to Virginia Beach’s ballet scene -Teresa Martinez

December 12, 2008

The State Board of Education recently awarded Santa Barraza, professor of art at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, one of its 2008 Heroes for Children Awards during a Nov. 21 ceremony.

My big fat Dominican Orthodox Jewish wedding

December 10, 2008

Young-adult author Diana Rodriguez Wallach serves up plenty of boyfriends and family dramas — and something new, too – author of Amor and Summer Secrets

Paula Rodriguez, 1915-2008: Artist ‘turned straw into gold’ – Santa Fean helped revitalize the art of straw appliqué

December 8, 2008

Maria Elena Salinas: The unusual path of hemisphere’s saint – Virgin of Guadalupe

December 5, 2008

Lucía González and Lulu Delacre, author and illustrator of The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos, celebrate the remarkable efforts of New York City’s first Latina librarian, Pura Belpré, in her native Puerto Rico.

December 3, 2008

Artist Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz Tackles The Melodrama of Latina Stereotypes

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)

Book review: ‘Latino Spin’ – Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race By Arlene Davila

November 18, 2008

La veterana actriz salvadoreña Isabel Dada recibió hoy el Premio Nacional de Cultura de manos del presidente de este país, Elías Antonio Saca, por su destacada carrera en las artes escénicas y por ser considerada un referente del teatro nacional. – El Salvador

November 11, 2008

She doesn’t like to use the word retire. Though at the end of this season she will relinquish her role as artistic director of Ballet Hispanico, the company she founded in 1970, Tina Ramirez plans to continue serving as a roving ambassador and spokesperson for the company and its affiliated school.

November 3, 2008

Karen Olivo: From ‘The Heights’ to ‘West Side’

October 20, 2008

The poet of East L.A.: Debut brings women’s stories to wider audience – Peeping Tom Tom Girl (San Diego City Works Press, $12.95 paperback) by Marisela Norte

October 15, 2008

Interview with Marta Acosta, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Casa Dracula Series

Teatro Luna playwright Tanya Saracho is drawn to ‘people’s darkness’

October 2, 2008

Networking: A Smart Step for Latino Writers Q & A with senior book editor Johanna Castillo, Latinidad

September 27, 2008

Soraida Martinez, Artist Shaping the U.S. Cultural Scene, Selected as One of 15 Prominent Hispanic-Americans in the Arts in America

September 15, 2008

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Broadway’s Chicago welcomes back Mexican actress Bianca Marroquin to the role of merry murderess Roxie Hart beginning Sept. 15.

September 9, 2008

‘Coqui’ SINGS – Tadpole of an idea grows into prizewinning children’s book – Marisa de Jesus Paolicelli’s ”There’s a Coqui in My Shoe!” – 2008 International Latino Book Awards for best children’s educational book and second place for best children’s picture book earlier this year.

September 8, 2008

Famed Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos is the focus of this year’s NYSUT Hispanic Heritage Month poster – (pretty cool – I am printing one up – download link provided)

September 5, 2008

Poet and author Pat Mora will receive the 2008 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature at the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival on Saturday, September 27. Sponsored by UC Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Book Council, the annual award will be presented at a 3:30 p.m. ceremony in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Main Library.

September 3, 2008

The J. Paul Getty Museum has received a 2008 MUSE Award for Audio and Visual Tours for its bilingual audio tour for the exhibition The Goat’s Dance: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide.

August 20, 2008

A Washington Heights vendor of habichuelas dulces (sweet beans), a livery cab driver, an attorney and a college president are among 127 Dominican women whose portraits are being shown now at City College

August 17, 2008

San Antonio artist Kathy Sosa’s artwork to get TV viewership

August 12, 2008

In Julia Alvarez’s book Once Upon a Quinceañera, the Vermont-based author with Dominican Republic roots traces the ancient Aztec rite that has become an elaborate fiesta in the U.S., celebrating a Latina girl’s passage into womanhood on her 15th birthday.

August 11, 2008

‘Mexican Enough’ by Stephanie Elizondo Griest – A young writer with verve and moxie spends time in Mexico, confronting both its exotic and unseemly aspects as she learns about her heritage.

August 7, 2008

Brooklyn ‘mamitas’ shine at photo exhibit

August 6, 2008

Perez Celis, 69, an Argentine painter, sculptor and muralist whose highly visible works adorned museums, banks, airports and universities as well as soccer stadiums and wine bottles, died of leukemia Aug. 2 at a clinic in Buenos Aires.

August 5, 2008

Mexican Enough My Life Between the Borderlines By Stephanie Elizondo Griest

August 4, 2008

Teen cadet dance crews as escorts are all the rage at Hispanic girls’ coming-of-age parties -quinceañeras

August 3, 2008

Renowned Argentine artist Perez Celis dies at 69

July 30, 2008

U.S. graphic novelist and artist Phoebe Gloeckner is a contributor to a book funded by human rights group Amnesty International about the largely unsolved murders and disappearances of hundreds of women near the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez.

Interview With Author Carmen Tafolla

July 29, 2008

Review: Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda by Sonia Rivera-Valdés

July 23, 2008

“Novel Embodies True Teenage Latina” – New novel “Esperanza” about a 14-year old Mexican-American girl growing up in the barrio – Sandra Lopez

Dora Machado introduces her new fantasy novel, Stonewiser: The Heart of the Stone

July 22, 2008

Mujer Dominicana en Nueva York exhibit

July 21, 2008

Mariachi Mama in Topeka, Kansas

July 17, 2008

Latina writer publishes collection of stories – ‘The Holy Tortilla and a Pot of Beans’ By Carmen Tafolla

July 14, 2008

An interview with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, author of the ‘Dirty Girls’ books

TelAranaTelAranaTelA by ANA T. FERNANDEZ – Art show in San Francisco

June 30, 2008

Some fear quinceañeras are losing religious significance in race for the most memorable bash

June 10, 2008

Listen to podcast interview with Maria Lopez De Leon, executive director, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture and artist Laura Varela about art – Hispanic MPR

June 9, 2008

Latina Author Lauded for First Novel – San Gabriel author Cecilia Samartin presented prestigious award by International Latino Book Awards

June 3, 2008

Cuban native makes sock monkeys for love as well as money – Dulce VanDyken in Michigan

June 2, 2008

‘Conscientious Projector: Photographs by Maria Teresa Fernandez’ – The Armory Center for the Arts at Pasadena exhibition focuses on the U.S.-Mexico border fence.

May 29, 2008

UTSA, Blue Star host ‘Latina Voices’ panel May 29 – University of Texas at San Antonio

May 27, 2008

Book review: Talk Dirty Spanish « ñ-marketing

May 22, 2008

Interview with San Antonio performer Anna De Luna about her upcoming one-woman show ¿Chicana Atheist?

Report by Hispanic center cites a cultural tug of war

May 21, 2008

Sculpting an Identity – the sculpture of Ana Flores in Rhode Island

Lola Montes, 90; influential head of Spanish dance company – Los Angeles

May 20, 2008

Laguna Hills woman pens book about her Mexican American roots – Sarah Rafael Garcia’s first book “Las Niñas: A Collection of Childhood Memories”

Latina writers blend “Words” and “Wisdom” in special kind of blog tour

May 19, 2008

Lindiana Flores has big plans for the Hispania Dance Co. – Worcester, Massachusetts

May 12, 2008

Mexican moms have their day

May 1, 2008

Susanna Baca’s Peruvian Passion

April 30, 2008

13-year-old enjoys sharing her culture through Mexican dance

April 29, 2008

Cuba is fertile territory for ‘Surrender Tree’

April 25, 2008

Puerto Rican Cultural Pageant, teaching and developing – Buffalo

April 14, 2008

Teatro Luna paints unvarnished portrait of Latina life – all Latinas in Chicago

April 10, 2008

Why Wao’s Pulitzer Matters

April 8, 2008

La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON SUSANA CHÁVEZ-SILVERMAN

Karina Casiano’s ‘Rootless:’ Beating nostalgia with a song

March 31, 2008

Sor Juana Festival is a celebration of Mexican women – Houston

March 24, 2008

UTSA presents multimedia works of Latina artists – University of Texas at San Antonio

March 20, 2008

Gisela Colón: Kinetic Light Opening at LS Contemporary

March 17, 2008

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

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

For Those Who Fled, a Retort to Cuba – Carmen Peláez created a play about her parents’ homeland. “I had somebody come to me after a show and say, ‘Don’t ruin Cuba for me!’ ”

March 6, 2008

Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide wins Hasselblad Award

‘Chorus Line’s’ Original Morales, Priscilla Lopez, Returns to Broadway

March 5, 2008

Linda Nieves-Powell goes ‘Free Style’

February 21, 2008

‘Interlingual’ poet to visit Park University – Brenda Cardenas – Kansas City

February 18, 2008

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

February 6, 2008

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

February 5, 2008

New! First and Only Quinceañera Planner and Keepsake is Every Girl’s Complete Guide to Planning the Perfect Quinceañera

February 4, 2008

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

January 31, 2008

La Bloga: Spotlight on Sheryl Luna

January 17, 2008

La Bloga: Michele Serros: Scandalosa y Fabulosa!

January 16, 2008

Latinidad- Critique Writing Groups – An interview with writer Alicia Aucone

January 8, 2008

Correspondences: Contemporary Art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros – Massachusetts

January 7, 2008

Moms teach Hispanic culture to children – Livermore, California

January 3, 2008

The politics and love of Isabel Allende

January 2, 2008

Latina digital magazine starts writing contest

Laura Aguilar & Delilah Montoya, Natural Forces: Against Type

December 6, 2007

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

December 4, 2007

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

December 3, 2007

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

November 30, 2007

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

November 25, 2007

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

November 11, 2007

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

Julia Carias: Sister Outsider

November 5, 2007

La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON HIMILCE NOVAS

November 4, 2007

Veronica Gonzalez (”Twin Time: or, How Death Befell Me”)

October 29, 2007

A cross-cultural fiesta: Area teachers create bilingual children’s book – “La Fiesta y el Mariachi” – Marta Arroyo – Carlsbad, California

October 14, 2007

Brooklyn Photographer Captures Inner Strength Of Latino “Superheroes” – Dulce Pinzon

October 13, 2007

Kathy Cano-Murillo, “The Crafty Chica”, comes to LifetimeTV.com

October 10, 2007

La Bloga: Guest Columnist: Ann Cardinal

October 2, 2007

Spanish author tackling English-language market – Lorraine C. Ladish

September 26, 2007

Norma Saldivar named interim director of University of Wisconsin Arts Institute

September 25, 2007

Latina Conductor Brings Music to the Masses – Sonia Marie de León de Vega

September 24, 2007

Prof Patricia Zavella coedits new book on women and migration

September 23, 2007

Book review: Telling look at Latina quinceañeras

September 15, 2007

Wisconsin Book Festival 2007: Ana Castillo speaks

September 9, 2007

Latina Dance Project offers politically aware ‘Coyolxauhqui’ – Los Angeles

Mummified Inca maiden wows crowds in Argentina

August 27, 2007

River of Tears/Rio de Lagrimas: An Evening of Women Supporting Women At Albuquerque Museum on September 13th

August 21, 2007

Princess for one glorious day -Julia Alvarez’s ONCE UPON A QUINCEANERA: Coming of Age in the USA.

August 20, 2007

Tell Me a Story: Blanca Flor a Mexican fairy tale

A Mexican-American novelist tells of the ghosts that drive her fiction. Ana Castillo

August 16, 2007

La Bloga: INTERVIEW WITH ANA CASTILLO

August 13, 2007

Coming of Age: Julia Alvarez tackles the ritual of quinceanera

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

August 2, 2007

La Bloga: Johanny Vázquez Paz — A Force of Nature

August 1, 2007

First Texas Latina Film Festival seeks submissions

Rosie Perez Nervous About Broadway Outing in “The Ritz”

July 25, 2007

Natascia Diaz to Star in Theatre of the Star’s West Side Story – New York City

July 19, 2007

Prescott College Presents: Playwright Cherrie Moraga – Arizona

July 15, 2007

Frida Kahlo: Feminist, Chicana Heroine

July 10, 2007

Grant supports Latina filmmakers

June 28, 2007

A Flower In Her Heart: An Interview With Writer Jane Alberdeston Coralin, Part One

June 27, 2007

Study This Summer W/ Lorna Dee Cervantes Poetry Workshops in Berkeley

June 17, 2007

A Real Life Fairy Godmother – Isabella Wall – Quinceañeras fame

June 11, 2007

Latin teen tradition gets a modern twist – Quinceanera

June 4, 2007

Earthquake Chica opens this week – Arizona

June 3, 2007

The Bluebird Art House presents Crossing the Line”¦ Echoes at the Threshold of Abstraction: An Exhibition of Abstract and Figurative Paintings by Pola Lopez. – June 9th, 2007 : July 7th, 2007 – Whittier, California

April 30, 2007

La Bloga: Conspiring With Margo Tamez

April 29, 2007

Local singer achieved stardom in mariachi – Debra Martinez in New Mexico

April 23, 2007

Chiori Santiago was a drumbeat of Bay Area arts scene

April 22, 2007

NAU librarian fills history gap with Hispanic locals’ stories – Delia Ceballos Munoz – Arizona

April 19, 2007

La Bloga: Conspiring With Margo Tamez

One-on-One With a Chicana Indigena Legend – Playwright Cherrie Moraga visited UC Santa Cruz and spoke with City on a Hill Press

April 18, 2007

Berkeley writer Chiori Santiago dead at 54

April 8, 2007

Book celebrates Latino women achievers in New Mexico – Hispanic MPR

April 2, 2007

La Bloga: INTERVIEW WITH HELENA MARÍA VIRAMONTES

March 28, 2007

I am Mujer – CineMujer Film Festival – San Antonio

March 26, 2007

New Book Sheds New Light On Convicted Cuban Spy – Ana Belen Montes

For One Cuban Immigrant, Going Home Was Necessary to Realize Identity – book – “Scatter My Ashes Over Havana”

March 22, 2007

Latina Panel to Celebrate Women in Theatre

Fabric of their lives: Mexican rebozos and their cultural significance form basis of new local exhibit

March 20, 2007

Renowned author Sandra Cisneros to read at One Book closing event – Escondido, California

March 19, 2007

Latina author shares trailblazing tales – Sylvia Mendoza’s “The Book of Latina Women: 150 Vidas of Passion, Strength and Success.”

March 15, 2007

Colombian artist tackles Latino issues – New York

March 8, 2007

Latina life shown – “Soul Latina: Dancing in the Mirror” by Linda Nieves-Powell

March 2, 2007

Chica lit inspires Hispanic authors – In separate books, 2 writers use the Spanish conquest to examine the state of women’s lives.

February 28, 2007

Celebrating quinceanera – Hispanic girls’ rite of passage embraces religion, symbolism

February 26, 2007

La Bloga: Out of the Confessional, Demetria Martinez Steps into the Light

February 16, 2007

Latina writer, producer secures film rights – Deborah Franco – Hispanic MPR

February 12, 2007

Activist Author to Headline Winter Words Event – Ana Castillo – Aspen, Colorado

February 2, 2007

Professors play to premiere on New Yorks Theatre Row – Kathleen Anderson Culebro’s “La Llorona, The Crying Woman”

February 1, 2007

She makes the Quinceanera bonita – Dominga Martinez in Madison, Wisconsin

January 31, 2007

Adventures of a Barrio Girl – Rising star Quiara Alegria Hudes puts Washington Heights center stage in a new musical

January 30, 2007

Latina Lista: Superhero Exhibit Underscores Value of Immigrant Labor

January 24, 2007

Darling Rita Moreno Moves

Detroit in two tongues

Mexican- American artist realizes gallery dream to be 1 of the . . . – Magdalena Hoyos-Segovia – Carmel, Indiana

January 22, 2007

A writers life: Cuban exile author draws from painful experience

January 18, 2007

La Bloga: Guest Columnist: Lisa Alvarado

January 16, 2007

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Welcomes New Curator – Tariana Navas-Nieves as Curator of Hispanic and Native American Art.

January 14, 2007

Chilean exile rises from ashes with poetry – Mariela Ibáñez Griffor – Detroit

January 10, 2007

Rita Returns: Multi-award winner Rita Moreno comes back to New York to make her Café Carlyle cabaret debut

January 8, 2007

La Bloga: INTERVIEW WITH MARGO CANDELA

CATALINA Magazine Announces “Top 5 Books by Latina Authors’ in 2006

Latina Attorney Celebrates the Bite of Success for The Calling Vampire Novels

January 4, 2007

Rita Moreno Plays Cafe Carlyle for 4 Weeks Starting Jan. 16 – New York

December 27, 2006

Chita Rivera brings her life story to the Carnival Center – Miami

December 15, 2006

Local woman Elevinia Sanchez, 82, prepares 40 dozen tamales every Christmas – Ohio

December 7, 2006

Artist wins ‘Loteria’ – Teresa Villegas

December 4, 2006

Lady of Colombia – Totó La Momposina

November 27, 2006

La Bloga: SPOTLIGHT ON DÉSIRÉE ZAMORANO

November 13, 2006

Celebrating Quinceanera – Newton, Wisconsin

November 10, 2006

Susana Baca enhances experience for Luna Negra’s dancers

October 29, 2006

Magic number for Latinas: Quince

October 26, 2006

Nina Marie Martinez was among 10 authors to receive this year’s Whiting Writers’ Award, which comes with a $40,000 cash prize.

October 24, 2006

Write-minded Latina – Marta Acosta follows her snappy, comedic first novel with an appearance at The Author’s Table

October 12, 2006

‘Cha cha feminist’ shares life experiences, insights, art – Indiana