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October 2009 - Posts
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Twenty-five movies, representing the United States and several other countries, will be part of the fifth annual program at Stony Brook University. Read More...
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The arrival of George Lopez’s new nightly program, “Lopez Tonight” on TBS, is breaking up what Jay Leno likes to call “the parade of nine white men” on the late-night talk shows. Read More...
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For many of us, the holiday weekend will end with Saturday’s gut-busting gorging of Halloween candy. But for legions of people living in the Valley and across the Southwest, another special day is just beginning. Día de los Muertos — Mexico’s Day of the Read More...
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Julian Valentin the Los Angeles Galaxy and Ante Jazic of Chivas USA live under the same roof, making their team’s home-and-home series, which starts Sunday, even more interesting. Read More...
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Veronica Flores-Paniagua: Oral history project now seeks to collect the stories of Latino veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Read More...
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PROVIDENCE -- Stroll down Atwells Avenue and all signs tell you that you're in Rhode Island's Little Italy. Read More...
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It’s been a long while since the Rolling Stones, The Who or Pink Floyd played the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park, but Bruce Springsteen had two sold-out concerts there early this year, and you can’t do much Read More...
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"The Lion", papier-mâché sculpture for the Dia de los Muertos celebration, courtesy SF Symphony. As part of its family activities, the SF Symphony organizes a Dia de los Muertos celebration on Sunday, November 1st. There will be vivid, animated displays Read More...
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Written by Shelby Knox and Rachel Simmons On Saturday night, a fifteen year old girl was brutally gang raped outside a homecoming dance she attended.... Read More...
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By Gustavo Arellano Dear Mexican: For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the huge mistake of marrying a Salvi. Once I became engaged to my Salvi girlfriend or whenever I would Read More...
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'Nosferatu' with a twist at the Downtown Independent tonight. PERFORMANCE Culture Clash --the Latino performance troupe that hilariously rips the U.S. melting pot--takes to the Royce Hall stage at UCLA tonight. For their 25th anniversary special, the Read More...
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama leave the Blueduck Tavern restaurant after having dinner in Washington on their 17th anniversary. Read More...
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It’s said that the spirits of the deceased return to loved ones who remember them on the Day of the Dead. Read More...
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Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel writes: The blockbuster "Ice Age" movies have, to a one, left me cold. Read More...
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Grassroots organization, South Monterey County Center for Arts & Technology (http://www.SoMoCoCAT.org), is offering digital media workshops for the first time in Monterey County's 'salad bowl of the world." A 'lettuce curtain' isolates residents of rural Read More...
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It is not a problem for Bangkok to have more than one film festival; some cities host more, like Paris, Seoul, even a supposedly less well-off metropolis like Manila (see side story). The problem, however, is how each festival can farm the maximum fruits Read More...
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Troy Duffy went from a bartending screenwriter to Harvey Weinstein's golden boy in the '90s with his calling-card script "The Boondock Saints" -- a brash action comedy about twin vigilantes. Read More...
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Cajon Street Halloween festival planned REDLANDS - Spooks and goblins are ready to take over Cajon Street between Fern and Cypress avenues on Halloween. Police will close the area to traffic Saturday night because of the Halloween festival there. Read More...
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By David Cole Race, Incarceration, and American Values by Glenn C. Loury, with Pamela S. Karlan, Tommie Shelby, and Loïc Wacquant Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice by Paul Butler Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Read More...
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Fifteen percent of the U.S. population is of Latino descent, but Latinos make up only 4 percent of on-camera talent on English-language television. Read More...
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Comedian George Lopez is about to enter a world in turmoil by competing for American TV viewers against the likes of Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien with his own nightly talk show. Read More...
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Comedian George Lopez is about to enter a world in turmoil by competing for American TV viewers against the likes of Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien with his own nightly talk show. Read More...
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The calendar is being oh so kind to demons and ghouls. Not only does Halloween fall on a Saturday night, but it's a turn-your- clocks-back-sleep-in-as-late-as-you-want-the-next-day Saturday night. ... Read More...
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Exhibit listings are published on a rotating basis as space allows. Read More...
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"Two Worlds" will be the theme at a concert featuring music from noted Native American and Latino composers. R. Carlos Nakai will play the Native American Flute as Co Nguyen conducts the Redlands Symphony Orchestra at the free concert Sunday at 3 p.m. Read More...
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The Latino Luncheon Club on Friday will feature speaker Tracey Diaz Lawrence, author of "My Father, Maker of the Trees: How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide." Read More...
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For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the huge mistake of marrying a Salvi. Once I became engaged to my Salvi girlfriend or whenever I would tell any Mexican that I married Read More...
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Dear Mexican: For most of my life I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the huge mistake of marrying a Salvi. Once I became engaged to my Salvi girlfriend or whenever I would tell any Mexican Read More...
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The author of a new book on the impact of Wal-Mart on Bentonville claims she had offers for two appearances at libraries in Northwest Arkansas rescinded after library trustees expressed concern over how the book portrays Wal-Mart. Read More...
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Los Lobos plays the Flytrap Music Hall Thursday in Tulsa. Read More...
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Dear Mexican: For most of my life, I was oblivious to the hate that Mexicans have for Salvadorans. I became aware of it when I made the huge mistake of marrying a Salvi. Once I became engaged to my Salvi girlfriend, or whenever I would tell any Mexican Read More...
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Where Latinos are born and their immigration status affect the quality of health care they receive in the US, according to Professor Michael Rodríguez and colleagues from the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and the Network for Multicultural Research Read More...
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Students gathered in the Brown Alley Room last Wednesday to watch the premiere of the CNN documentary “Latino in America,” less than a week after the close of the month-long University of Richmond Latino-Hispanic Heritage Celebration. Read More...
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Sitting at a table in the corner of the Great Lakes Chocolate and Coffee Co. shop in Lansing’s Stadium District on a recent afternoon, Nino Rodriguez has both his hands placed on top of a small stack of his campaign literature and a copy of Adelante, Read More...
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Veteran Italian actor Toni Servillo's craggy wise-hood face -- as impassive and immobile as a dentist staring into your mouth or a panther regarding its prey -- is at the center of a jaw-dropping whirlpool of bloody events and political crime, portrayed Read More...
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Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Oct. 26. Read More...
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Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Oct. 19. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed. Details about how to obtain tickets appear at the end. Read More...
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El recinto John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall del Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts se llenó con el público aficionado a la cocina y los estudiantes de artes culinarias de Johnson & Wales University para recibir a tres chefs latinas Read More...
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An exhibition featuring rarely seen original broadsides and prints of calaveras by Mexican printmakers Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla is now open at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, CA. Read More...
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Movie review: 'Gentlemen Broncos' a saddle-sore mess, lame retread of 'Napoleon Dynamite' Read More...
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"Gentlemen Broncos" is a comedy so weird, so off, so simply wrong that even freakish hero Napoleon Dynamite would have a hard time lending it his catch word, "Sweet." Read More...
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'Day of Dead' a lively celebration of ancestors Read More...
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Microsoft has backed out of a deal to sponsor a show of Family Guy after executives watched an episode and were horrified by jokes about the Holocaust deaf people and incest. Read More...
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Lights up on Kyle Beltran, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Natalie Toro, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, among others, in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. The company debuts Oct. 27 at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Read More...
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The 2008 Tony Award–winning In the Heights gives the world a tour of a very musical Manhattan neighborhood. Read More...
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A columnist's recent writings on illiteracy lead to a surprising discovery much closer to home. It isn't every day that a 50-year-old family secret comes tumbling out of the closet. Read More...
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Coming from a family that is something of a racial and ethnic stew — her mother is Afro-Cuban, her father Australian with Irish roots — CNN’s Soledad O’Brien can choose to identify herself in any number of ways. But when O’Brien began knocking on doors Read More...
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Western Nevada College's Latino Student Club is looking for those who can sing, dance, play an instrument or tell jokes for the second annual "Show Your Talent Contest" on Saturday, Nov. 7. Auditions are open to WNC students and the... Read More...
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BY KERRY BENEFIELD THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Middle school librarian Cathryn Howell has lived through budget cuts, but if Santa Rosa City Schools eliminates another seven librarian positions, campus library services will be reduced to a shell of what they are Read More...
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Tony Chiroldes, an original cast member of In the Heights, will step into the role of Piragua Guy Oct. 26. Read More...
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Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Oct. 26. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed. Details about how to obtain tickets appear at the end. _"A Steady Rain." Daniel Craig Read More...
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One Latino giant of the arts in New Haven declared that his work owes "nothing to my Latino culture." The other said her work is an exploration of her identity as a Puerto Rican woman of mixed African, Taino and Spanish ancestry. Read More...
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The classical music field is abuzz about the new music directors on opposite American coasts. Read More...
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For years now, the Latino Theater Company has presented a holiday gift to the community, its production of "La Virgen De Guadulupe, Dios Inantzin." Adapted for the stage by company member and playwright Evelina Fernandez from the mid- Sixteenth Century Read More...
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The 38th Annual Whittier College Tardeada celebration of Latino culture is taking place at 4 p.m. today at the Campus Center Courtyard, 7214 Painter Ave. Read More...
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Cine+Más SF 's debut of the San Francisco Latino Film Festival (November 5-25, 2009) arrives in theatres, museums and cultural centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area spanning four cities over three weeks. Cine+Más SF encompasses Latino arts beyond Read More...
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Cine+Más SF 's debut of the San Francisco Latino Film Festival (November 5-25, 2009) arrives in theatres, museums and cultural centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area spanning four cities over three weeks. Read More...
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Latino in America, 8-10 p.m., CNN; repeats at 11 p.m., 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.; second half at same times Sunday. If you missed this documentary, here's a second chance. Read More...
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The indescribable, genre-busting Upsouth Twisters will be drawing from Elvis-era Rock and Roll, Cajun, Zydeco, delta blues, classic country, Latino salsa plus Tex-Mex, all at The Turning Point at 9 p.m. The New York-based quintet promises a good time Read More...
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Demonstrators, newly inspired by CNN’s extended look at Hispanics, said the cable channel has tried to keep anti-Lou Dobbs comments off the air. Read More...
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The presence of Cain Velasquez, a rising heavyweight of Mexican descent, on Saturday's UFC 104 card at Staples Center advances promoters' attempts to broaden the sport's appeal south of the border. The presence of Cain Velasquez, a rising heavyweight Read More...
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Miller-Jones Mortuary and Menifee Valley Memorial Park will host its seventh annual All Souls/Day of the Dead Remembrance Celebration on Nov. 7. The free community event will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a procession and memorial service officiated by the Read More...
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NEW YORK - CNN aired a four-hour special on Latinos in America this week that ignored its own commentator Lou Dobbs, whose persistent advocacy against illegal immigration has angered many Hispanics. Read More...
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Latinos play a crucial part in the U.S. If you watched CNN’s recent “Latino in America” special, you probably got a good glimpse of it. U.S. Latinos number 44 million and counting. By 2010, we will make up 16 percent of the population. We’ll total 22 Read More...
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Nearly six months since the end of a high-profile homicide trial, national media attention once again turned to Schuylkill County on Thursday when Shenandoah was featured prominently in CNN's "Latino in America." The two-part documentary, hosted by jour Read More...
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Two Redondo Beach-based, Latino-themed restaurants with bars decided life needed a little more salsa — or, perhaps, some samba. Read More...
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The call was for individuals interested in a community theater group, an innocuous ad in area Latino newspapers. Read More...
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It's not easy for a young artist to catch a break but the Nave Museum is bucking tradition and showcasing a whole new generation of Latino artists in its latest exhibit "Tres Latinos." Read More...
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Latino Review has posted a lengthy interview with Ron Clements and John Musker, the directors of the upcoming Disney animated feature film The... [read more] Read More...
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Concepcion Saravia, originally from Nicaragua, says she's always been surrounded by a large family. Read More...
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Hours before the premier last night of CNNs highly publicized documentary series, Latino in America, immigrant rights supporters rallied outside the cable news giants headquarters to call for the firing of anchor Lou Dobbs. Read More...
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Pennsylvania Youth Theatre takes a step off the beaten track with a bilingual play about a Latino teenager trying to bridge the gap between where she lives and where she's from. Read More...
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Black United Students and the Spanish and Latino Student Association discussed issues affecting both ethnicities, including their relations, at the "Black and Brown Dialogue" last night in the lecture hall of Oscar Ritchie Hall. T. David Garcia, associate Read More...
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A local CMS teacher will appear nationally in the CNN documentary, "Latino in America" Wednesday night. Read More...
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Dear Mexican: As a teacher, we've been exhorted to expand our efforts in closing the achievement gap between majority and minority students (read: Anglos and Mexicans). I teach all of my students in the best ways that I can determine for each individual Read More...
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What does it mean to be Latino in America? As CNN prepares to debut "Latino in America," a two-part, four-hour documentary that explores the many answers to the question, Host Michel Martin talks to CNN's Soledad O'Brien, who hosts the documentary. The Read More...
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Luna Negra Dance Theater, Chicago's 10-year-old company devoted to evoking the full spectrum of Latino life through dance and music, has a new artistic director. He is 31-year-old Spanish choreographer Gustavo Ramirez Sansano. He succeeds Luna Negra's Read More...
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In the Heights is the musical that brought a propulsive blend of salsa and hip-hop to Broadway, with Lin-Manuel Miranda's homage to Washington Heights, the Latino barrio at the top of Manhattan. The Tony Award winner launches its national tour in Tampa. Read More...
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Lou Dobbs has championed a strong crusade for tightening the U.S.’s southern borders and punishing illegal aliens. Dobbs ‘has done more to slander Latin people in America than any other single human being,’ says Fox New Channel’s Geraldo Rivera. Read More...
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LAS CRUCES - "Red Mesa," a short film made in Las Cruces by former Las Crucen Ilana Lapid, took top honors at the 13th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, which qualified it for Oscar contention. Read More...
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Bill and Betty Garcia moved from New York City to Charlotte, N.C., so their sons could grow up away from the grind and grime of urban life. Now they think they made a mistake. Read More...
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LONG BEACH - City Councilman Robert Garcia will be featured in Soledad O'Brien's CNN documentary special "Latino in America." Read More...
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Verizon FiOS this week launched a "freeview" of its Spanish-language package, enabling current FiOS TV customers to sample for free, and during an entire week (Oct. 19-25), a package of 27 channels that is normally available for an additional $11.99 per Read More...
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NEW YORK - CNN is airing a four-hour special on Latinos in America this week that ignores its own commentator Lou Dobbs, whose persistent advocacy against illegal immigration... Read More...
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For its grand re-opening, El Museo del Barrio, New York's leading Latino cultural institution, turned to C&G Partners, in Manhattan, to design its two main art exhibits: "Voces y Visiones," a permanent exhibit; and "Nexus New York," a show of Latino and Read More...
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CNN is airing a four-hour special on Latinos in America this week that ignores its own commentator Lou Dobbs. Read More...
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CNN stays away from Lou Dobbs during four-hour documentary on Latinos Read More...
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NEW YORK — CNN is airing a four-hour special on Latinos in America this week that ignores its own commentator Lou Dobbs, whose persistent advocacy against illegal immigration has angered many Hispanics. Read More...
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CNN is airing a four-hour special on Latinos in America this week that ignores its own commentator Lou Dobbs, whose persistent advocacy against illegal immigration has angered many Hispanics. Read More...
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Multiple Grammy-winning Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 has lost another gig following recent political comments made by the lead singer on the MTV Latino Awards. Read More...
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Officials of the Hispanic Hotel Owners Association (HHOA), a rapidly growing non-profit organization that seeks to increase Latino ownership of hotels, today announced the election of two new members to its Board of Directors: Juan Carlos Contalba, vice Read More...
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Bellator ups the ante to an already busy MMA schedule with a new series of broadcast partners. Read More...
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Spanish singer David Bisbal has the boisterous exuberance of a puppy, and his trademark curls bounce as he bounds into his label's offices to discuss his new album. Read More...
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Michelle and Barack Obama sat one table over from J. Lo and Marc Anthony, and all four of them were rocking in their seats as Sheila E. shook the house — well, really the tent. Read More...
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To further embrace the Hispanic community, the National Basketball Association is launching a new marketing campaign entitled "éne•bé•a." The "éne•bé•a" campaign will highlight the NBA's Latino players. Read More...
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CAPITAL CULTURE: Marc Anthony to Charlie Pride, Obamas big on White House gigs showcasing arts Read More...
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A year and a half after closing for renovation, El Museo del Barrio is back. And what a reopening it has been. Culinary fare does... Read More...
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Latino singer Yasmin Levy returns to the US for the first time since 2005, with a 10 City US tour to support her third album, but first release in the US titled Mano Suave. She is the recipient of the Anna Lindh award for promoting cross cultural dialogue, Read More...
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Oct. 17--NEW HAVEN -- The first floor of City Hall has never been as architecturally sound as it is right now. Read More...
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Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Oct. 19. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed. Details about how to obtain tickets appear at the end. Read More...
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Hedy Weiss: I would happily exchange a ticket to any big fat Broadway show for one to "The House on Mango Street," Tanya Saracho's beguiling, bittersweet, music-infused stage adaptation of the bestselling 1984 novel by Sandra Cisneros about growing up Read More...
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City high schools where students have more access to art classes have higher graduation rates, a new study shows. Read More...
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Amid growing criticism by immigration advocates that the Obama administration is failing to move forward on its promise of comprehensive immigration reform, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis on Sunday said the president plans to have new laws in place Read More...
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Have you ever seen 47 million people hold their breath and hope for the best? Read More...
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O ne of the great joys of TV journalism is seeing first-rate correspondents matched up with subject matter that they are passionate about. Think of the late Ed Bradley sitting down to interview a pop culture pioneer whom he admired like Lena Horne, or Read More...
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The Random House dictionary describes folk art work as produced by "untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and... Read More...
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In honor of Hispanic Latino Heritage Month, Metropolitan Community College’s south campus will hold Estampa Mexicana, a music and dance event. Read More...
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Years after making a cult movie (and some powerful enemies), Troy Duffy strikes again with a sequel. Read More...
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NEW HAVEN — The first floor of City Hall has never been as architecturally sound as it is right now. Read More...
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"I stumbled upon myself in New Orleans," deadpanned Oscar Garza, a Los Angeles journalist. Read More...
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LOS ANGELES----Fresh off the heels of its successful opening of Arthur Meiselman's AIDS drama Hello and ...Goodbye!, the American Latino Theatre announces its partnership with AIDS Healthcare Foundation . Read More...
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The inaugural exhibition at El Museo del Barrio is a crowded, episodic but absorbing chronological history of the Latino art presence in this city in the first half of the last century. Read More...
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Congress creates commission to create a Latino-American heritage museum iin Washington, D.C. Read More...
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University officials announced the proposed elimination of the Spanish language program, along with others and that has many upset. Read More...
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Dobbs does CNN no favors with LatinosCommentary By Raul Reyes Next week, in a nod to Hispanic Heritage Month, CNN will premiere a two-night, four-hour Latino in America. The documentary purports to thoroughly examine the Hispanic experience. We'll see. Read More...
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Valley residents will make altars for Dia de Los Muertos. Index-Tribune file photo Members of the Latino and Anglo community will participate this year in what is expected to be the largest Dia de Los Muertos joint celebration Sonoma Valley has ever experienced Read More...
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PASADENA More women are having cesarean births, especially black women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study released recently. The study showed a significant increase in cesareans among all groups over the past 10 years, but African-American women Read More...
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The inaugural exhibition at El Museo del Barrio is a crowded, episodic but absorbing chronological history of the Latino art presence in this city in the first half of the last century. Read More...
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Ken Burns’s 4-year-old daughter Olivia eats her meals atop a U.S. map so she can track her father. Read More...
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Two of the most popular voices on the airwaves and two of the popular Latino groups in the area will headline "Latino Unidos," the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration sponsored by East Aurora School District 131 and Alderman Juany Garza. Read More...
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A coal group and two of its contractors were aware of forged lobbying letters that had been sent to three Democratic House members before a vote on major climate legislation, but the lawmakers weren't told about the forgeries until well after the vote, Read More...
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ASHEVILLE — After decades of Hispanic immigration to Western North Carolina, the first home for Latino artistic contributions is on the horizon. Planners hope the center will help inspire the type of citywide event planning currently focused on Hispanic Read More...
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With CineVegas out of the picture, we need events like the Las Vegas Latino Short Film Festival more than ever. Read More...
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NEW YORK----On Friday, October 9, 2009, Interpublic Group’s Hispanic/Latino Heritage Group, SOMOS, in partnership with their colleagues from IPG’s Multicultural Employee Resource Groups for Excellence , celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with a Gala Reception Read More...
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A half-dozen activists representing all aspects of the community were honored by Latino Town Hall at its 13th Annual Awards, held September 18 at the historic Casa del Mexicano. Read More...
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The Gilbert Historical Museum will emphasize the impact of Latino culture on the visual arts during a reception celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and the work of two local artists Saturday. Read More...
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Call him Don Juan Obama. President Obama got the cold shoulder from wife Michelle last night after busting out in an impromptu salsa dance with spicy Latin pop star Thalia. The surprise dance occured during Fiesta Latina, a concert featuring Hispan.. Read More...
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OMAHA – Estampa Mexicana at Metropolitan Community College’s South Omaha campus will celebrate Hispanic/Latino heritage Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Read More...
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The Latino Theater Company in the Historic Core neighborhood of Downtown and the Friends of the Chinese American Museum at the El Pueblo Historical Monument are two Los Angeles based-arts organizations who have benefitted from the stimulus package. Read More...
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Singers Gloria Estefan and Jose Feliciano performed at the White House Music Series' Fiesta Latina. Photo by Alexis C. Glenn / EPA for pool / UPI Read More...
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The National Museum of the American Latino moved one step closer to reality Tuesday with a kickoff event at the U.S. Capitol for the museum's commission featuring Hollywood actress Eva Longoria Parker and music producer Emilio Estefan. Read More...
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The National Museum of the American Latino moved one step closer to reality Tuesday with a kickoff event at the U.S. Capitol for the museum's commission featuring actress Eva Longoria Parker and music producer Emilio Estefan. Read More...
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Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held as part of the White House Music Series. Read More...
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FREEHOLD — Downtown Freehold Borough was alive with the sights, sounds, colors and flavors of the Latino culture on Oct. 3. The fifth annual Latino Festival celebrated Latino heritage and culture and reached out to people of all backgrounds during a day Read More...
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The White House became "La Casa Blanca" on Tuesday, celebrating Hispanic musical heritage with a South Lawn concert and such guests as Gloria Estefan, George Lopez, the Bachata music group Aventura, Jose Feliciano and more. Read More...
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Thirty years after the first mainstream rap song hit the US charts, what effect has hip-hop had on New York and wider US society? Read More...
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Michelle Barnes (senior-psychology), Laura Tramontana (graduate-law) and Mark Gardner (graduate-education) act out a poem Monday night in Waring Commons. The final event of National Coming Out Day Week allowed groups to combine ethnic poetry and diversity Read More...
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An 8-foot-by-20-foot Latino Immigration mural is currently on display in the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library at Misericordia University in conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month. Read More...
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Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows as of Oct. 12. Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available at the theaters' box offices for the shows listed. Details about how to obtain tickets appear at the end. Read More...
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The video games release list for October 12-18. Read More...
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The week in video games, October 12-18. (Note: Days listed are ship-to-store.) Read More...
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AS The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were exploding in the US, a pre-adolescent Jimmy Smits was uprooted from his East New York home to move with his family to Puerto Rico. It wasn't easy to be "yanked" from New York during what he calls, rather wis.. Read More...
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One filmmaker wanted a project about music. The other wanted to make mainstream audiences more aware of Hispanic culture. One result is “Latin Music USA.” Read More...
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Latin Americans turned out in the masses to celebrate the 69th annual Hispanic American Parade. Read More...
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From "La Bamba" to "La Vida Loca," from mambo to Reggaeton, Latin music is "as diverse as the Latino experience, as American as it gets," a new documentary observes. Read More...
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CALDWELL — Saturday's Latino Expo brought together resources in Spanish and English for the second year in a row. Held at the O'Connor Field House in Caldwell, the expo provided visitors with a chance to talk to representatives from health care, financial, Read More...
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The inaugural West Side expo showcased Latino arts and artists. Read More...
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A long stream of people flowed down Guadalupe Street Saturday night for “Una Noche de La Gloria — Contemporary Art in the Culture Zone,” an expo that showcased the arts and artists of the Latino creative community. Read More...
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Oscar Quintanilla, owner of El Tropicabana Restaurant and Night Club on Jefferson Davis Highway in South Richmond, often hears people expressing disbelief about the big music artists coming to his place. “Is it true that so and so is coming here to Tropicabana?“ Read More...
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Capital Region native Josh Norek has been promoting Latino music for 14 years. He now co-hosts The Latin Alternative on WEXT (97.7 FM) on Saturday nights. He said it is the only syndicated program to promote the genre in the country, and it started in Read More...
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El Museo del Barrio tweaks its mission to focus not only on Puerto Rican culture but on all Latin American art. Read More...
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Cesar Millan, the “Dog Whisperer” is a cultural icon, commanding respect wherever he goes. He has helped scores of celebrities and moguls in dealing with their pets. Read More...
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City Hall had a distinct ethnic atmosphere Saturday afternoon as music, dance and food filled up Hanna Park for the third annual Latino American Festival. Read More...
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Mariachi music has been Adrian Longoria's passion since he was a child. The Houston-born 21-year-old has performed for packed wedding receptions, private business parties and in dark corners of Mexican restaurants. Read More...
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The Berklee College of Music has taken its push to attract more Latino students outside the country. Read More...
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On October 16TH, 17th and 18TH, 2009 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena Texas, there will be a Hispanic family cultural festival and Expo, featuring authentic Live Regional Mexican music and dancing, cuisine, arts and crafts, as well as a carnival Read More...
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Music superstar Alejandro Fernandez stood before a crowd of nearly 200,000 in his hometown of Guadalajara this summer, performing one of two massive free concerts he organized to spur tourism to Mexico after the outbreak of swine flu. Read More...
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Putting on the festival for a 13th year is a real struggle. The festival was started to create opportunities for Latinos in film. Stepping out of her office in the Hollywood & Highland complex for a late (make that very late) lunch, Marlene Dermer was Read More...
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Katie Holmes and Suri sure do love shopping together. Our spies spotted them earlier today at Madewell on Boston's Newbury Street taking home bags and bags of stuff. Mama... Read More...
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The San Diego Latino Film Festival continues the 10th Annual 2009 Cinema en Tu Idioma Film Series showcasing two critically acclaimed Latin American feature films. This month will feature screenings of the Argentinean film LEONERA and the Chilean film Read More...
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The San Diego County Library will host its first book festival, Page One: Celebration of the Written Word, from Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October 18, in five library sites system-wide. The festival will feature nationally-known, best selling Read More...
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PASADENA More women are having cesarean births, especially black women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study released last week. The study showed a significant increase in cesareans among all groups over the past 10 years, but African-American women Read More...
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The Sphinx Organization, based in Detroit but with a national reach, is devoted to teaching classical music to black and Latino students, both as performers and as listeners. Read More...
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As you walk into Casa Ramirez, a Mexican folk art store in Houston's Heights neighborhood, you'll need a moment to recover from the sensory overload. Read More...
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Dynamic conductor and pianist William Eddins does double duty with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra this weekend, when he performs Gershwin's Piano Concerto and conducts an all-American program. Read More...
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There's a ton of stuff to do that is free and fun this weekend. Take a look at the events you can enjoy - lots of festivals, a free carriage ride and an alpaca obstacle course among them - all without busting your budget. Read More...
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FLETCHER — Saturday's Fiesta Latina isn't just the largest Hispanic festival in North Carolina west of Raleigh. For Susan Ellege, who attends these events for a living, it's also one of the most energetic festivals of any kind. Read More...
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Culture yourself during the day and dance away the night! This weekend has a line up of thoughtful speakers and exhibits, including photographer Thomas Fuesser and painter Mao Yanyang. That's right, every night, party hard wild child. Or if you'd prefer Read More...
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In "La Mission," an upcoming movie set in San Francisco's Mission District, Christopher Borgzinner plays a street thug who clashes with the main character, an ex-convict-turned-bus driver played by Benjamin Bratt. The 18-year-old Borgzinner was never Read More...
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When the federal government mandated the switch to digital broadcasting earlier this year, it claimed the conversion would present certain advantages to consumers. One of those advantages — expanded programming choices — is coming to fruition in Austin. Read More...
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Grupo 'Los Ticos,' a Costa Rican folk dance group among severals at the Holy Redeemer's Hispanic fiesta in Kissimmee. Read More...
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Jamal Speakes has been teaching drama at Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Baldwin Hills for nine years. After losing a number of students to gang violence, he decided he had to do something. Read More...
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OREM -- When The Blue Aces, an all-girl band, came to Orchard Elementary in Orem recently to help kick-off a school-wide reading program, it was, to say the least, not your typical assembly. Read More...
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KLRN 's series Voces , a "showcase of documentaries celebrating the rich diversity of Latino life" begins tonight with Celia the Queen , a bio on legendary Cuban singer Celia Cruz (as seen in the video above) featuring interviews with varied musicians, Read More...
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Dallas, TX – Oct. 8, 2009 – The Greater Dallas Chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals, with presenting partner Communities Foundation of Texas , proud partners in philanthropy, will honor the 2009 National Philanthropy Day Award Recipients Read More...
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The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC) had teamed up with the UofL Latin American and Latino Studies Program to celebrate the Dia de los Muertos “Day of the Dead” holiday by hosting several special events. From October 19 through November 11, 2009, Read More...
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Marketing the off-Broadway hit "Altar Boyz" is difficult. A musical comedy about a Christian boy-band brings up a number of questions. Is it strictly religious or does it make fun of religion? Is there a story or is it like a concert? Read More...
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Mr. Zaldívar was a co-founder of the Repertorio Español, New York City’s premiere Spanish-language theater company. Read More...
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MOSAIC, the only annual display of multicultural literature in Nebraska, opens Wednesday, October 7, at the Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) District Office located at 5901 O Street. Read More...
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Growing up as a young Latino in Salinas can be overwhelming. Read More...
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AIDS AWARENESS DAY: The seventh annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day will take place from 3 to 7 p. m. Friday at the Father Belle Center, 104 Maryland St. The event will include HIV/STD testing, a health fair, music and games. For more information, Read More...
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African American and Latino populations are traditionally undercounted. Census officials and advocacy groups are trying to figure out ways to fix that. Read More...
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When it comes to authentic Cuban Jazz, The Elio Villafranca Quintet brings you only the best. Elio Villafranca first appeared on stage with his quartet in the New Dimensions in Latin Jazz Series in 2007. Since then, this gifted pianist and composer won Read More...
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MARIACHI MUSIC FILLED the historic Sonoma Barracks during Noche de Luna Sunday evening. Emily Charrier-Botts/Index-Tribune Noche de Luna, the largest annual fundraiser for La Luz center, raised $176,650 during Sunday's celebration of the Latino culture Read More...
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When you have a name like María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien, you have a lot of explaining to do. My mother is black and also Latina, more specifically Cuban. She is a devout Catholic who credits the Virgin Mary with any success she's had in this country. Read More...
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Today is an exciting moment to be a Latino student at Columbia. This is an exciting time to be a Latino student at Columbia. Latinos are currently the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the country. As a result, we command near $1 trillion Read More...
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ArtsFest, a free festival of the arts in Conway set for Wednesday through Saturday, will have a Latino/Latin American theme. Several events are scheduled in keeping with this theme. Read More...
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MARIACHI MUSIC FILLED the historic Sonoma Barracks during Noche de Luna Sunday evening. Emily Charrier-Botts/Index-Tribune Noche de Luna, the largest annual fundraiser for La Luz center, raised $79,200 during Sunday's celebration of the Latino culture Read More...
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This week in New Orleans, Puccini's "Tosca" opens the 2009-2010 Opera Season and a handful of festivals highlight the week ahead. The New Orleans Film Festival kicks off Thursday, the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown attracts hundreds of swing dancers to.. Read More...
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Eventus, the leading national Hispanic experiential marketing, sports and entertainment company, announced today that its President and CEO Nelson Albareda was nominated to serve on a commission created to study the establishment of a National Museum Read More...
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1. The Great Progression: How Hispanics Will Lead America to a New Era of Prosperity by Geraldo Rivera. Like many Americans, I was disappointed by Geraldo’s anticlimatic incursion into Al Capone’s vault and decision to go bald , but I like idea that this Read More...
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Thanks to Latino Heritage Month, the students of UIC had a one-night crash course in salsa dancing. At 7 PM on September 28, I went to the East Terrace of SCE to see what it was all about. I never danced salsa before and was a little nervous. Especially Read More...
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Hundreds of people turned out for the Hispanic/Latino Heritage Family Day at the Memorial Art Gallery. Read More...
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Jerry Brown will be making a South Valley appearance at this weeks highlighted event as the keynote speaker for the 15th Annual Latino Peace Officers Association and Dinner and Dance in Lindsay. Spaghetti dinner to aid band Granite Hills Read More...
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Corridos -- songs that tell the stories of notorious characters -- have gained new prevalence among mainstream followers of regional Mexican music thanks to artists that are daring to sing in the bluntest of terms and radio's new willingness to play the Read More...
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EL PASO — KINT-TV (Channel 26) personalities Ariadna Lopez and Hector Urrutia will join writer Cesar Alejandro for a night of Latino love songs and poems at 6 p.m. today at UTEP's Magoffin Auditorium. Read More...
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For some, dancing with Greeley's Orgullo Latino Dance Co. is a way to keep cultural traditions alive.For a Gilcrest woman, it began as a way to help her child. Read More...
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STOCKTON - There was a moment, right before the concert started, when the overhead lights were turned off, and upon a white curtain hanging at the front of the stage was projected the shadows of the audience. Read More...
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PASADENA - Hundreds of people celebrated Latino culture and the historical influence of the city's Latino residents Saturday with a parade and festival.| With Gallery Read More...
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“The House on Mango Street” chronicles the life of Esperanza, a 12-year-old Mexican-American girl growing up in the Latino quarter of Chicago. Read More...
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Decades into impressive patches of urban renewal, the South Bronx is the stage for a fresh production. Read More...
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CHICAGO | CNN plans to devote four hours of airtime later this month to a two-part documentary meant to tell "the story" of the fast-growing Latino population -- which some officials believe will account for about one-third of the U.S. population by the Read More...
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For energetic young hosts like LATV's Pili Montilla and MTV Tr3s' Carlos Santos, their playful Spanish-English fusion comes spiked with a dose of media savvy. They say things like " Antes de la break" and " Mira que cute." One is a clownish, Puerto Rican-born Read More...
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By Dante Lima Correspondet Film director Alex Rivera doesn't believe in boundaries, because they can always be crossed. Read More...
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By Dante Lima Correspondent Film director Alex Rivera doesn't believe in boundaries, because they can always be crossed. His father crossed several to get from Peru to the United States, his protagonist in the feature film "Sleep Dealer" uses an Internet Read More...
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As the year-long bicentennial celebration of Latino newspapers in the United States comes to a close, its legacy continues to grow and serve a community. {sidebar id=484} “The bicentennial is a significant event for journalism and we have a responsibility Read More...
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LUCINDA CHILDS choreographs dances as intricate and elegant as Persian carpets — dances in which patterns interlace with both complexity and lucidity. Read More...
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Start practicing your cha-cha and merengue steps. There's going to be some hot music this weekend - Latino style. Read More...
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"A Kid's Guide to Latino History," by Valerie Petrillo (Chicago Review Press; $14.95). Read More...
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FREEHOLD — Latino music, cuisine and culture will take center stage Saturday at the fifth annual Latino Festival of Monmouth County. Read More...
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When she embarked on her quest in 1999 to fill history's missing pieces of Latino military service during World War II, Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez harbored modest ambitions. She figured that if her fledglingstrong Read More...
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Comedian Paul Rodriguez has been rushed to the hospital in Washington, D.C. for an abdominal infection, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Rodriguez, who is the chairman of the California Latino Water Coalition, was in Washington for congressional meetings. On Read More...
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For a decade, the Luna Negra dance troupe has poured their blood, sweat and tears into their art. Read More...
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BELLINGHAM - Celebrate this year's Latino Fest Sunday, Oct. 4, with music, dance and food. Loc Read More...
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In my humble opinion, a true artist is one who can take a situation, make it into art and convey an emotion or set of emotions through its presentation. I’m a big fan of making art for a purpose and the legendary Gil Scott Heron is one of the most passionate Read More...
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EXPAT sculptor Ricky Swallow is settled in Los Angeles and expanding his old themes. Read More...
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Thirty years after the first mainstream rap song hit the US charts, what effect has hip-hop had on New York and wider US society? Read More...
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