Arts
A Community-Generated EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO Letter Shifts Debate on Museum’s Future
Don’t forget about your roots?
LATINOS OUT LOUD Interviews Our Digital Media Editor Amanda Alcántara About Her Upcoming Book ‘Chula’
During the interview, they discuss some of the surprising inspirations behind the book and facing the fear of publishing independently.
From Street Vendors to SXSW Stars: How a Group of Salvadoran Women Fights Machismo Through Theatre
Ruth, Wendy, Magda, Chileno and Magaly are five Salvadoran women who started their own theatre company and aspired for a better life in a male-dominated culture.
These Teen Girls Are Sharing Their Guatemalan Culture Through Photos
“No one should be ashamed of who they are, what they wear, how they speak.”
VIDA, LUCHA Y VICTORIA: Cuando el margen se vuelve centro
En el 2018 hubo un resurgir de las artes y la cultura en Puerto Rico. El Hip-Hop no fue la excepción.
Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation Awardees Shine a Bright Future for Music
Meet the four scholarship recipients who had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and attend the Latin Grammys.
Why Do Latinx People Spend so Much at the Movies, Despite Lack of Representation?
The answer is complicated and varies from one moviegoer to the next.
Elizabeth Acevedo Wins National Book Award for Young People’s Literature With Debut Novel ‘The Poet X’
This is a tremendous win for the AfroLatinas and Dominicanas everywhere who found themselves in the story of young Xiomara.
A Glimmer of Hope
Phillip Arroyo writes about a mural dedicated to Puerto Rico he found in Orlando, and its meaning in the face of injustices.
East LA (A POEM)
My father told me things/As I came of age
Juan Rulfo, Rediscovering a Literary Giant
It’s a bit of a mystery why Rulfo remains so unfamiliar in the United States compared with similarly popular Latin American authors who have managed to attract wide followings in English translation.
Sueños: An Art Project for the Movement
“When I dream, I don’t dream of borders or barriers.”
El Museo del Barrio and the Act of Preserving Memory and a Culture
Created during such a period of civil unrest, El Museo served as a beacon for New York City’s Puerto Rican and African-American communities.
A Futuristic Music for Ecuador: Oliver Getz Rodahl
“The central message of Andean Sky is about being removed from one’s culture for so long that you have forgotten what it is.”
A Sci-Fi Vision of Ecuador: Carlos Villarreal Kwasek
Andean Sky tells the story of an immigrant who returned to his hometown in Ecuador to reconnect with his own culture in the 26th Century.
Tres miradas frente al autoritarismo en el Ecuador: Montalvo, Icaza y Yánez Cossío
El poder político abusivo, prepotente o, simplemente, autoritario, ha sido una preocupación constante, y acaso una obsesión, de nuestra literatura.
Stream iLe’s Debut Album, ‘iLevitable,’ Now (AUDIO)
It comes out June 3, but you can hear it on NPR.
Slo Light: One Latina Producer’s Effort to Make a New Kind of Film
I am the oldest daughter of Colombian immigrants. I was born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens. Seven years ago, after graduating from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, I made a decision to follow my dreams of being a producer. I had a great professor in my elective media class at John Jay, and […]
Kings of 7th Avenue: A New Era of Puerto Rican Literature
Puerto Rican neo-fiction seeks to address the social and psychological problems that afflict modern Puerto Rico, whether in regard to ‘self-racism,’ neo-colonialism, foreign influence, identity crisis and the effects of issues that have afflicted the island for the last two hundred years. The genre would not be bound by single traditional genres such as horror […]