Mother makes history at Houston Ballet as first Hispanic principal dancer
Mother makes history at Houston Ballet as first Hispanic principal dancer
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — She’s the face of the Houston Ballet, and she’s making history as the first Hispanic principal dancer. Karina Gonzalez started studying dancing in Caracas, Venezuela when she […]
Sandra Cisneros to receive PEN/Nabokov Award for international literature
Sandra Cisneros, the Mexican American novelist whose books “The House on Mango Street” and “Woman Hollering Creek” are widely considered contemporary classics of American literature, has won the PEN/Nabokov Award for […]
The Literal Whitewashing of Chicago’s Latino Murals
*For some this is progress, for others it’s displacement. At a deeper level it’s erasing culture. VL NewsTaco CULTURE THURSDAY By Andrea Penman-Lomeli, Citylab (3.5 minute read) Iconic images—of […]
Effort to Create American Latino Museum on National Mall Gets Push in Bipartisan Bill
*This is yuuge! . . . and about time. (*note to self, it’s not a museum, it’s an infrastructure project that happens to be a National Latino Museum.) VL By […]
¡Feliz Aniversario! The Smithsonian Latino Center Enters its Third Decade
*Twenty years ago the Smithsonian Latino Center was an act of courage. Today it’s a necessity. It’s a pillar of national Latino storytelling. There are plans for a permanent home […]
Don’t culturally appropriate Cinco de Mayo or anything else
*Why you should read this: Because Ray Salazar has a bone to pick about silly Cinco de Mayo celebrations – “if wearing a cultural object requires you to explain why […]
The Making of a Mexican-American Dream
*There are two pieces that I believe you should read today. I’ll be posting both of them and I’ll start with this one. It’s a 30 minute read, but it’s […]
Focus on the majority leaves key research on minority populations untouched
*This is the problem: “Latinos and other minority groups are hardly researched, producing less information about how each of their respective cultures influence their health and overall well-being.” VL By Khadija […]
American Latino literature has focused more on undocumented immigrants
*The literature of the undocumented has “become an important piece of the immigration policy debate that often can be discussed only in black-and-white legal terms.” VL By George Diepenbrock, The University […]
Being a barber is about more than cutting hair
*I like stories like this one, that find the extraordinary in what we think of as ordinary. They provide texture to our community. VL By Ray Salazar, The White Rhino […]
