"Cubanacan" will a major event as it is the first opera in almost 50 years to come out of Cuba. The work is written by Charles Koppelman and composed by Roberto Valera. The production team recently announced that director Charles Chemin was brought into create the vision for the work's premiere.
Chemin has an extensive background in theater and film, but "Cubanacan" will be his first crack at opera. The Frenchman called in from his native country to talk to Latin Post about how he got involved with the project and his vision for bringing Cubanacan to life.
Marcos Rojo celebrated his 25th birthday on Friday, but the Manchester United defender will not play for his club on his special day according to manager Louis Van Gaal.
James Rodriguez is reportedly nearing his return for Real Madrid and the popular midfielder showed that he is still on target despite being sidelined by a foot injury.
Minnie Miñoso, who was Major League Baseball's first black player in Chicago when he joined the White Sox in 1951, has died, the Cook County medical examiner said Sunday.
It's time to focus some attention on las chicas...the women who've penetrated industries and markets, offering their unique talents and perspectives, while simultaneously making enormous gains for themselves and setting the stage for the multi-generational success of Latinas. These women are power-wielding bombshells and champions of Latina sisterhood.
With the Super Bowl held in Phoenix, events hosted at Verizon Super Bowl Central had definite Latino sabor. On Thursday, January 29th, the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee sponsored a full day of Latin oriented programs and David Farca was a driving force in organizing the events.
Cisneros still has an enduring relationship with libraries. While she no longer treks to the library to find herself weighed down by borrowed literature (with much thanks to her assistant, who makes research trips for her), she continues to donate to libraries, contribute time to libraries, persuade young children to acquire library cards and patronizes the gift shop section of the library so she doesn't have to give the books back.
Chicana novelist and poet Ana Castillo who coined the term "Xicanisma" at a time when the lives of Chicanas were finally being formalized into writing.
No, you won't have to re-gift your toaster. Instead, you're going to fish through you kitchen and bathroom cabinets, you going to search through your pantry and you're going to scour that drawer where you all the miscellaneous items that don't normally use, and you're going to use those spare things to create fierce and unforgettable gifts.
President Obama announced the U.S. will re-establish its diplomatic relations with Cuba, and open economic and travel ties between the two nations after a decades-long embargo.
The Guatemalan-U.S. partnership Cultiva Tours impresses upon foodies the charming qualities of Guatemalan The new Guatemalan-U.S. partnership Cultiva Tours educates foodies about the charming qualities of Guatemalan cuisine and artistry, by way of authentic Guatemalan food and drink producers, hotels, farms and restaurants with top chefs.
Yo-yoing between birthplace Bogota, Colombia and New York City since the age of 18 sparked an insatiable need for author Angela Lang to travel. When she wasn't able to satisfy the urge to travel physically, she did so mentally: happily ingesting highly-imaginative Colombian literature and sauntering toward the great entryway of world creation, keeping one leg in the world of journalism the other in the world of literature
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in a speech from the National Palace on Thursday revealed his new security plan for the country in response to protests against the disappearance, and presumed murder, of 43 students two months ago. In his speech he announced a series of measures to check organized crime in municipal governments.
Each holiday demands a production, particularly those that come toward the end of the year. Between the gifting, the shopping, the cleaning, the cooking, the hosting, the traveling and the general rearrangement of life simply for a 24-hour stint of high energy food production and consumption, Thanksgiving, and similar holidays, leave home entertainers mercilessly tired.
President Obama Friday announced that Michael Greco has been nominated to be the next United States Marshal for the Southern District of New York. Greco currently serves as a lieutenant in the state police and would be the first Latino to hold the post.
