Feliu Gasull
August 8th, 2009IU student launches new chapter of PATHE
August 6th, 2009
Growing up in Elkhart, Ind., Cesar Escovar never doubted that he’d eventually go to college. A first-generation American whose family came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, Escovar was the son of two doctors who instilled in him a clear understanding of the importance of higher education.His perspective seemed unique among the Latino high school students in his acquaintance, however; Escovar noticed that while some of his peers applied for college, many didn’t even consider it as an option.
Mariano Morales
July 19th, 2009Compass Points
July 24th, 2008The second half of the concert felt more convincing than the first. After Mr. Giorgetti’s “Dialogue” came the Venezuelan-American composer Ricardo Lorenz’s “Compass Points,” the most successful piece on Sunday’s program. Each of the work’s three sections was written in a different location and reflects the composer’s state of mind and circumstances at the time. The first movement, composed in Umbria, Italy, offered a sultry canvas with passionate violin interludes. The second — both melancholy and defiant, with languid clarinet riffs — was written in Bloomington, Ind., as a tribute to the pianist and composer Robert Avalon. The frenzied, driven dance rhythms of “Scherzarengue,” the last movement, evoke a busy period in the composer’s life when he moved to East Lansing, Mich.
Achy Obejas
January 7th, 2008As part of a new history project, Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim interviewed Obejas to discuss the latter’s writing activism and Cuban roots. ( She was born in Havana June 28, 1956. ) Following are excerpts from that interview.
Windy City Times – Achy Obejas Talks About Cuba, Books and Sexuality
The burrito king of Argentina
December 3rd, 2007It all began when Metzner was a student at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. After spending a student year in Barcelona, where he sharpened his fluency in Spanish and cultivated a taste for the Latino culture, he decided that this was the culture in which he wanted to start his first business. But the skyrocketing value of the euro vis-a-vis the dollar made raising capital in Europe too difficult, so he settled on Buenos Aires.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the City of Bloomington!
September 25th, 2007In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department presents the second annual Fiesta del Otoño / Fall Festival on October 13th, 2007 at Bryan Park, from 12-4pm. This event is the closing celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
The Fiesta will promote cultural awareness and provide a venue for local Latino artists and community members to showcase their traditions and talents. Local businesses will host booths selling jewelry, stained glass, fair trade goods, gourmet coffee, and more. Performers include Bembe, Piel Morena, Valeria de Castro, and the dance stylings of Arthur Murray Dance Studio, Arturo Rodriguez and more. You’ll want to try something from every restaurant…authentic Latin foods brought to you by El Norteno, KRC Catering, La Charreada, and other vendors will have pan dulce, atole, empanadas, amd more for sale.
Services providers, businesses, and other community organizations are encouraged to participate at the event by providing information to the public on their services and programs. Interested agencies should complete a booth request form available online at: www.bloomington.in.gov/cfrd/latino.php
We also invite you to show your support of this event and the community’s commitment to cultural awareness and diversity by becoming a Fiesta sponsor. All levels of sponsorship are welcomed. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or would like more information about the event, please contact me at 349-3860 or by email at brittonm@bloomington.in.gov by October 1st. Come join us in celebrating the Hispanic/Latino contributions to our heritage.
the man who ate himself
June 18th, 2007
Roberto Harrison is the author of Counter Daemons (Litmus Press), Os (subpress) and Elemental Song (Answer Tag Home Press), all published in 2006. He was born in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1962, to Panamanian parents. A few months after his birth, he and his family moved back to Panama, where they lived until he was seven. In 1969, he and his family moved to Delaware.
Cindy Valentin en el Isla de Tenerife Aguere
February 24th, 2007La base puertorriqueña Cyndi Valentin ha llegado a un acuerdo con el Isla de Tenerife Aguere para disputar el tramo final de la temporada. Sustituye en la plaza de extracomunitaria a su compatriota Chris Roper, que ayer regresó a su país tras solicitar la baja en el representativo. Cyntia Marie Valentin acaba de finalizar la Liga en Israel, donde ha promediado con el Elizur Holon 18,5 puntos, 5 rebotes y 3 asistencias en los 19 encuentros disputados.
FEDERACION ESPAñOLA DE BALONCESTO
La base portorriqueña le dio, por fin, el ritmo de ataque que casi nunca ha tenido este año el Isla. Tiros largos, cortos, robos, asistencias. Valentín contribuyó para dar a las suyas una marcha extra.
Rafael Romero en Plan B
November 6th, 2006With this post I’ll start a new category called “Latinohoosier“, that was my original intention in the first place. These posts will be about people that in one way or another (for better or for worse) have lived (or are still living) in Indiana and to which I will homage (like it or not) as Latinohoosiers.
Plan B es la ópera prima de Alejandro García Wiedemann, director de fotografía de amplia trayectoria en el cine venezolano (su último trabajo ha sido la dirección de fotografía de Elipsis).El filme cuenta la historia de un asalto y una posterior persecución que transcurre en el Cerro Ávila, montaña desde la que se domina la capital venezolana. Casi un 90 por ciento de la trama se desarrolla en esta reserva forestal.Plan B está protagonizada por Edgar Ramírez, Fabiola Colmenares, Rafael Romero, Luis Gerónimo Abreu, Javier Paredes y Paul Vega. Su estreno está pautado para el próximo 3 de noviembre de 2006.En la página de Maraca Producciones encontrarán más información.
