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September 2008 - Posts
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Heroes "One of Us, One of Them" September 29, 2008 Chris Haston: NBC"Yeah, I'm going to need you to move back the perimeter, make sure we've got some guys ready to storm in there at any directive, a direct line... Read More...
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CAROL ROSEGGJoshua Cruz, left, and Glenn Davis in "Wig Out!" Wig Out! Where: Vineyard Theatre, 108 E. 15th St., New York. When: Through Oct. 19. 7 p.m. Tuesdays; 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays; 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. How much: $20-$55. Call... Read More...
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Though a dramatic narrative might have been more emotionally gripping, Quilombo Country serves its purpose by highlighting the wide and tragic gap in both race and culture between Brazil’s Latino and African populations. Read More...
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First Showing recently caught up with Donald De Line, producer of the upcoming Green Lantern movie, and used the occasion to pump ol' Donny for some info about how Green Lantern is coming along. According to De Line, things are still proceeding in the Read More...
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'La Lupe' was the outrageous Cuban singer who mesmerised 1960s audiences with her explosive performances, before dying in obscurity. Now, writes Sara Wajid a whole new generation is falling in love with this legend of Latin soul Read More...
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Jose Andres the author of creative Spanish fare Read More...
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Writer Julia Alvarez found her voice in her second language and discovered a new culture. by Valley Haggard Reading and writing may be her most vital sources of nourishment, but author Julia Alvarez says in terms of the chicken or the egg, reading definitely Read More...
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Jose Andres the author of creative Spanish fare Read More...
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Seattle Children's Theatre's 2008-09 season includes adaptations of "Night of the Living Dead," "The Wizard of Oz," and Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," plus an encore of the beloved "Goodnight Moon." Read More...
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World War II is a sensitive subject for many reasons. Aside from the fact that it delivered some of the most horrific moments of the 20th century, it is sensitive for the aging veterans who carry that terror with them every day. On top of that, there Read More...
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In real life, 33-year-old Cuban-American actor Laz Alonso has a boyish charm that makes him look younger than he is. But in the opening scene of Spike Lees Miracle at St. Anna, Alonso is virtually unrecognizable, and looking a half a century older. Read More...
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Ventura County's arts organizations have grown dramatically over the past dozen years, making them a major player in the economy, a report released Monday says. Read More...
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INDUSTRY - Deputies overheard the gunshots that killed a man Sunday night, but could not get to the crime scene sooner because of traffic on a dirt road. Read More...
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INDUSTRY - Deputies overheard the gunshots that killed a man Sunday night, but could not get to the crime scene sooner because of traffic on a dirt road. Read More...
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A music teacher in an Orleans County school district was in court Monday on official misconduct charges. State troopers arrested Scott Ballard, 33, of Medina. The misconduct charges stem from a couple of situations allegedly occuring in 2004 and 2006 Read More...
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If you think "Fort Apache, The Bronx" is the borough's big screen highlight, fuhgeddaboudit! This week, the Boogie Down Bronx will give Sundance and Tribeca a run for their money when the first South Bronx Film Festival kicks off in the Port Morris artists Read More...
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He's a legend in his native Brazil, where he's often mentioned in the same breath as Antonio Carlos Jobim. But in his adopted homeland of the United States, Cesar... Read More...
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Members of one Twin Cities' spoken word group are exploring their love of poetry and performance by writing about what it's like to be Latinos in the Midwest. Read More...
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Miracle at St. Anna , Spike Lee's effort to set the record straight on the contribution of black and Latino servicemen to the combat against Germany in World War II, winds ... Read More...
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The physically strenuous, full-body workout known as "Boeing-Boeing" has two new participants in its frantic, farcical maneuverings. Greg Germann and Missi Pyle have joined Tony winner Mark Rylance and Christine Baranski in the comedy hit. Read More...
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Authorities are searching for the gunman responsible for the slaying at the Gilman Horse Ranch. A concert Sunday night in the City of Industry was the scene of a fatal shooting, and police are still looking for the gunman, authorities said today. Read More...
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Universal Music Group , the world's leading music company, has appointed Jeffrey Harleston to Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs. The appointment, effective immediately, was made today by Michael Ostroff, UMG's General Counsel and Executive Read More...
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The days of jazz and wine and mellow times on the Mesilla Plaza have become a classic autumn tradition for the Mesilla Jazz Happening. Read More...
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Hundreds attended the Hispanic Heritage Family Day festivities at the Memorial Art Gallery on Sunday. Read More...
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LA PUENTE - Two men escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash Saturday after robbing an El Pollo Loco restaurant, authorities said. Read More...
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Hispanic culture is on display at the Memorial Art Gallery as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Sunday's family day featured food, music, dance and more. Exhibits from more than 20 different Spanish speaking countries were on display. Read More...
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Jazz - All About Jazz | Music, Clubs and Culture Read More...
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In a weird way, Victor Villaseñor's “Crazy Loco Love” is the bizzaro-world soul mate of Myriam Gurba's recent “Dahlia Season” – though Gurba's pieces track the obsessional compulsive extremes of LGBT (*** gay bisexual transgender) protagonists in Long Read More...
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It's rare to see a film festival as well-organized as the Boston Palestine Film Festival so early in its tenure. Only in its second year, the festival opens on Friday with a reception at Harvard University. Read More...
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Chicago audiences know a little something about top-flight orchestral performances by talented teens and college-age musicians. Free concerts by the Civic Orchestra, founded as a training ground for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra nearly 90 years ago, Read More...
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H amilton Tavern is the noisiest restaurant I've ever eaten in. OK, maybe not noisier than RA Sushi with its loud rock and roll, but for a restaurant where no music is playing, it was the noisiest. Read More...
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There's a reason Colorado listeners can't hear many of the eclectic, artful, progressive shows offered through National Public Radio to local affiliates. It's not an oversight, it's by design. Read More...
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EVENTS Fall Circuit & Futurity, 8 a.m. today, Kansas Coliseum, 85th North off I-135. Free. Information, 316-660-1000. Midwest Bicycle Fest, bicycle games, custom and classic bikes and oddities, prizes, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Riggs Park, 700 Sara Lane, Read More...
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“You can tap your feet to this music, but at the same time it’s extremely dark and serious.” Read More...
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In 2006, Carmen Consoli's album "Eva Contro Eva" went to number one on the Italian pop charts, internationally hailed as Consoli's "return to her roots". Two years later, Consoli is back on tour and making her first stop in Milwaukee at the Miramar Theater Read More...
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Think all teen movies are shallow? Meet 'Nick & Norah.' Read More...
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SOUTH BEND -- Paul Martínez Pompa, a faculty member in the English department at Triton College in River Grove, Ill., is the 2008 recipient of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. The prize is given by Letras Latinas, the literary program of the University Read More...
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Catholic history takes center stage at the Thursday opening of the Archbishop John C. Favalora Archive & Museum at St. Thomas University in northwest Miami-Dade. Read More...
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RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Little Britain USA. Comedy. 10:30 p.m. Sundays on HBO. RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)The Life & Times of Tim. Comedy. 11 p.m. Sundays on HBO. HBO goes for laughs in a twisted way on Sunday with two distinctly different and bracingly... Read More...
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The Greenville County Library System is teaming up with the Association of Hispanic American Women (AHAM) this weekend to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with an up-close look at the history and culture of Hispanic Americans. Read More...
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Artists from Spain, Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico are among those represented in "Encounters/Encuentros: Tradition and Innovation in the Art of Spain and Latin America," an exhibit at Valparaiso University's Brauer Museum of Art. The exhibit is part of Read More...
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Hard-luck singer in another accident San Antonio - Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira, still recovering from major injuries suffered in a bus wreck six months ago, was back in the hospital Thursday after another traffic accident. Emilio and wife.. Read More...
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From left, Matteo Sciabordi, Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Derek Luke and Laz Alonso in "Miracle at St. Anna." Read More...
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Jose Garces was Latino way before Latino was cool. Before it was prefixed with nuevo. Before the Chicago of his childhood had a single Latin restaurant -- "zero," he recalls -- though the occasional taqueria had begun to sprout. Read More...
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For the seventh and final Illusion art and performance event, the format remains basically unchanged: The walls of Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts will be covered in white paper for the artists to do live drawing along with dance and musical.. Read More...
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Shakira, a longtime activist for Latin American's poor children, plans to make her Colombian children's foundation a global one in the near future. Read More...
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Chats with Stephen Whitty about paparazzi, L.A., comics and Klingons Read More...
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Spike Lee's film about black soldiers in World War II sometimes stumbles under its self-imposed burden of historical significance. Read More...
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This fall, Congress has the opportunity to expand local radio choices for people in cities and towns across America by passing a single... Read More...
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MySpace, the world ’s premier social network, ... Read More...
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The culmination of Latino Heritage Month arrives this weekend with Latinopalooza. "It's always the big event for the month," said Nathan Olmeda, president of the Latino Student Union. "It has a two-part extravaganza." And for the first time, Latinopalooza Read More...
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COMEDY By Jennifer Heaney GEORGE LOPEZ is arguably the most successful Latino comic in mainstream American pop culture. His success has come from more than 20 years of working club after club, carefully refining his material. Lopez is part of a generation Read More...
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By Michael Gill Last week, choreographer Ana Dumet opened the doors at La Casa Latina, a place, she says, where artists from the Latino community can think of as a home for their creative endeavors. The organization is housed at St. Coleman's Hall (2001 Read More...
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Recently the home of such restaurant/night club hybrids as Third Edition and 59 Lake, the new Stingray is committed to Asian and Latino cuisine. The added bonus of a monstrous sushi bar has replaced the dance floor. Read More...
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The Latin American Cultural Center hosted a discussion titled: "Latino vs. Hispanic vs. Spanish" this past Wednesday and was one of several events honoring Latino Heritage Month at the University of Massachusetts. Read More...
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While his own recordings have taken an unexpected literary turn, guitarist-musicologist Ry Cooder has trained his attention as a producer on the rediscovery of Latina vocalist Ersi Arvizu, one of the forgotten queens of East Los Angeles. The last time Read More...
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Latin Future Magazine holds 1st Annual Carnaval to celebrate Latin culture Read More...
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