The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
The Nuyorican Poets Café kicked off a movement. Intentional or not, poetry fans across the world know the name of the little building known as the Nuyorican Poets Café. The Nuyorican is also synonymous with...
Defend Puerto Rico’s Christian Martir Talks Independence By Connection
The plight of Puerto Rico’s status has always been a complicated and confusing one. The politics are complex for one of the last territories to exist. Its a place where you can both be a U.S. citizen, but h...
Academics Voice Support for Junot Diaz In the Wake of Sexual Misconduct Allegations
By now the allegations of sexual misconduct made against Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz have been extensively reported on. Earlier in the month, several women in the literary world made allegations ag...
Hispanicize 2018 Delivers the Goods
Hispanicize, the epicenter of Latino content creators just wrapped its 9th annual conference in Miami. The 3-day conclave was filled with some of the most prominent and creative Latino influencers, journalists ...
4 Reasons Chicano Park Day Deserves Serious Hype
No matter where you live, you can always find monthly cultural events that pop up on your favorite local lifestyle sites. But certain ones deserve a little extra attention and, perhaps, even merit a plane ticke...
Men of the Year 2017
They come from all walks of life: government, law enforcement, the culinary arts, sports and entertainment just to name a few. In 2017 — they inspired, they united, they lent a helping hand or simply dared to D...
Leonard Foglia Talks Making America’s First Mariachi Opera
Cruzar La Cara De La Luna, produced by the Houston Grand Opera, is an opera that follows the life of Laurentino, who, upon his deathbed, reveals to his American-born son and granddaughter that he had a family...
‘Ride of the Dead’ Honors a 1,000 Year Old Oaxaca Treasure
The Trans Sierra Norte. What is it you may ask? Just little a three-day enduro mountain bike race that rips through the Oaxacan highlands of Mexico. People from all around the world descend upon Oaxaca to parti...
The Most Inspiring Latino Moments of 2017
To say that 2017 was a challenging year for the Latino community, would be an understatement. From the anti-immigration rhetoric and actions felt by those in the United States, to the natural disasters suffered...
Meet Rescate Ambar…A Team of Dominican First Responders Saving Lives On One The Most Dangerous Roads In the World
Rescate is a documentary short by Canadian filmmaker Mark Bone. It tells the fascinating story of Rescate Ambar, who are a group of volunteer emergency responders in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic who try, wi...