theater
Why the Trump-Peña Nieto meeting is perfect theater
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (3 minute read) All reports say that today’s visit between Donald Trump and Mexico’s president Enrique Peña Nieto, in Mexico, is to be a private affair. […]
Sol Project Aims to ‘Create a New Canon’ of Latino Theater
*This is not only cool, it’s also about time. VL By Joshua Barone, New York Times The Sol Project, a new initiative to raise the profile of Latino artists in theater, […]
National event to showcase diversity of Latino theater
*The best thing about Latino theater? It’s one place where we get to tell our own stories. VL By Mercedes Olivera, Dallas Morning News When Latino theater groups from around […]
Obama to appoint L.A. theater group director to National Council on the Arts
* Don’t know Ms. Rodriguez persoanlly, but her work and career are exceptional. Enhorabuena to her, and good for the Latino community in general. VL By John Schreiber, My LA […]
The True Story of the Latino Kids Who Beat MIT’s Best Robots, Coming Soon to Theaters
*An uplifting Friday morning read. I’m anxious to see this. VL By WIRED Ten years ago, contributing editor Joshua Davis received a press release that gave him pause. Clumsily formatted […]
The $1 Theater Sets The Stage For Family Memories
I grew up watching movies. My dad is a hard core movie buff, and since he usually got to pick the movies, right from the time I was a kid […]
The Top 5 Things You Sneak Into A Movie Theater
If you haven’t done it (or say you haven’t done it) then you just can’t understand what it’s like to bite into your bologna sandwich your mom made you, or […]
Mexican-American medic who documented Nazi camp horror dies at 93
Riverside, California (CNN)Two dozen veterans held US flags and stood at attention as they and dozens of family and friends bid farewell to Anthony Acevedo, one of the nation’s great […]
Latinos outraged as national news outlet labels nopales as ‘hottest food trend of 2018’
Nopales are a tried and true treat for generations of Latino families, but it seems to the wider internet they may become the “new avocado toast.” And people aren’t happy. […]
How a harsh criticism turned ‘Coco’ into Pixar’s most uniquely made movie yet
Director Lee Unkrich was hot off the box office success and Oscar win for 2010’s “Toy Story 3” when he delved into making a movie that focused on the Mexican […]